#RottedTropicz Tomorrow our heroes come face-to-face with an abomination. Somewhere beyond the ruins, someone was signaling with a mirror. Was it Carlos? And if so… why is he locked inside that building? Tomorrow – 8PM EST StatMonkeyPresents on Twitch & YouTube #RottedCapes #ActualPlay #TTRPG

I posted this a while ago on my old blog site, but the @7thsea3e.bsky.social facebook page shared it!! so I thought I would move it over to my new blog's page... Incase you missed it thestatmonkey.com/blog/why-rul... #TTRPG, #Blog, #StatMonkey, #GameDesign

#LoreThursday The Florida Keys didn’t collapse the way cities did. Islands turned into enclaves. Bridges became choke points. Water became leverage. What does your apocalypse look like? tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #RottedCapes #Worldbuilding #TTRPG #IndieRPG

#WIPWednesday I’ve wrestled with how hard Rotted Capes should lean into survival So I built an optional Resource Scarcity module. Not bookkeeping. Not spreadsheets Roll when it counts. Feel the squeeze It’s your apocalypse. thestatmonkey.com/blog/scarcit... #RottedCapes #TTRPGDesign #IndieRPG

#RottedTropicz Deadheads drift through sun-bleached streets of Marathon Key, and somewhere inside that silence is Old Man Carlos. Tonight the crew goes in to find him, hope its not too late. 8 PM EST /StatMonkeyPresents on Twitch & YouTube #RottedCapes #ActualPlay #TTRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#RottedTropicz Tonight the crew goes into Marathon Key to find old man Carlos before its too late. Live Now - 8pm EST, StatMonkeyPresents on Twitch & YouTube #LiveNow #RottedCapes #ActualPlay #TTRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#MonsterMonday Simon Blackwell survived a cave collapse The Molindur healed him, made him something more Then he got Z'd Now Blackstalk rules Centennial Park vines as weapons, impaled heroes as warnings Rotted Capes 2nd Edition tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #RottedCapes #SuperZ #TTRPG #RPGHorror

#RottedTropics is taking a break this week.. But we'll be back next week.. Same tropical time same tropical channels... #RottedCapes, #ActuralPlay, #TTRPPG

#Ttrpg design question Charatcer sheets..how do you feel about a section for character portrait... I have on on my #RottedCapes charatcer sheet, but wondering if its "needed" as it eats up a lot of room. What do you all think?

#RottedCapes New Character Sheet in Progress #TTRPG #GameDesign

I tried to give the Rotted Capes 2nd Bite character sheet a comic-book look. Right now? I don’t think it works. It’s not bad. It’s just not right. And “almost” isn’t good enough. Thinking about a full redesign. Would love your thoughts. #RottedCapes #TTRPGDesign #IndieRPG

Today’s trending word seems to be: trust. In Rotted Capes, trust is the rarest resource in any enclave. Lose it once, and walls fall faster than zombies can push. That’s not horror. That’s politics. Get Alerted at Launch tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #IndieRPG

Next on #RottedTropicz Water is power The Barrel Men of Stirrup Key turned rain into survival, and that into an advantage. They’ll trade. Tonight 8 PM EST - Twitter & YouTube /StatMonkeyPresents #RottedCapes #ActualPlay #TTRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#MonsterMonday Puppeteer doesn’t kill you first He makes you doubt the person next to you Your friend suddenly takes a swing at your head Then your other friend's brain starts bleed out of their ears Rotted Capes 2nd Edition KS tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #RottedCapes #TTRPG #RPGHorror #IndieRPG

#SundayThoughts Rotted Capes isn’t about stopping the apocalypse. It’s about deciding what still matters after it already happened. That question should come up at the table more than once. #RottedCapes Kickstarter Soon tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #IndieRPG

#GMAdvice The fastest way to kill horror is to explain it. Describe what’s happening. Let players decide what it means. tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #IndieRPG

#FollowFriday No closed doors here. Rules drafts, design calls, playtest scars, all of it’s part of the process. If you like seeing games built in the open, you’re welcome here. tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #IndieRPG #TTRPGCommunity #RPGDesign

#LoreThursday Most survivors don’t die on the road because of the dead. They die because they trusted the wrong living people at the wrong stop. The zombies just make the cleanup easier. #RottedCapes, Be alerted at launch tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #PostApocalypse #TTRPG

#WIPWednesday One big design shift in Rotted Capes: Skillsets over granular skills. Skill Sets describes what your hero does. It's up to you to choose how you use it. Fewer checklists. Stronger fiction. Rotted Capes 2nd Edition KS: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPGDesign #GameDesign #IndieRPG

Tonight or heroes have a choice to make They survived the Iron Tomb... and have a boat filled of supplies But a storm brews over the horizon Same waters. Fewer choices /StatMonkeyPresents on Twitch & Youtube, 8pm Est #RottedTropicz, #ActualPlay #TTRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#MonsterMonday Not all deadheads shamble. In #RottedCapes, the common zombies can be slow and relentless… or fast, twitchy, and terrifyingly direct. Speed changes everything, changing confidence to panic. Rotted Capes 2nd Edition KS: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #RPGHorror #IndieRPG

#RottedTropicz is back in the deep end. Campaign notes and character sheets are live for anyone following along, or catching up. thestatmonkey.com/vault/rotted... Same waters. Fewer exits. #RottedTropicz #ActualPlay #TTRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#SundayThoughts Rotted Capes isn’t about saving the world. It’s about deciding what survives when the world already failed. If that’s the kind of story you want at your table, 2nd Edition is built for it. ➡️ Rotted Capes 2nd Edition KS: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #RottedCapes #TTRPG #IndieRPG

#FollowFriday #RottedCapes isn’t a black box project. I talk openly about rules, design calls, and why things work the way they do. Download the F&Q tinyurl.com/StatMonkey Follow the project. Ask questions. Kick the tires. Rotted Capes 2nd Edition: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #RPGDesign

#LoreThursday Before Z-Day, heroes were myths in bright costumes. After Z-Day, their ruins became landmarks. HQs & Bunkers no one remembers how to open. The world didn’t forget its heroes, it built scars around them. #RottedCapes 2nd Edition KS: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #Worldbuilding

It’s #TTRPGRising – Help those starting to rise, Rise, RISE! <1000 Followers 🧡 Like & repost 💬 Engage 1000+ Followers 🧡 Like & repost 📣 Shoutout those on the rise Let’s lift the #TTRPG community & help new creators shine! #TTRPGRising #TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #TabletopRPG #ActualPlay #TTRPGCreators

I have no idea how else to get word out about Rotted Capes, its frustrating...

#WIPWednesday #RottedCapes, combat doesn’t get harder by inflating numbers. It gets harder when the rules change. Combat Modes stack situational pressure Hordes, Unleashed villains, Danger Zones Same encounter. New problems. thestatmonkey.com/blog/combat-... #TTRPG #IndieRPG #GameDesign

Looking for someone realy good at game system math to look over something... I feel sometning is "off" but I cant put my finger on it. #TTRPGdesign #designerproblims

I'm not saying a Hero might be infected, but im also not saying a hero is infected..... Guess next week we all find out Aether's fate #RottedTropicz, #Acturalplay, #Zombies

LIVE TONIGHT – 8 PM EST Season 3 of #RottedTropicz continues as our heroes push deeper into the USS Freedom. Steel corridors hide old secrets. Bad decisions echo loud over the water. Twitch & YouTube: /StatMonkeyPresents #RottedTropicz #ActualPlay #TTRPG #ZombieApocalypse #IndieRPG

If you want to follow along with #RottedTropicz, or see what the heroes are actually working with. Campaign notes & character sheets here thestatmonkey.com/vault/rotted... Live Tonight, 8pm Est, Twitch & YouTube at /StatMonkeyPresents #RottedTropicz #ActualPlay #TTRPG #IndieRPG

Join us for S.3 of #RottedTropicz Tomorrow night as our heroes delve deeper into the USS Freedom.... 8pm East, on Twitch and YouTube /StatMonkeyPresents #RottedCapes #MonsterMonday #TTRPG #RPGHorror #IndieRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#MonsterMonday Super-Z isn’t just harder to kill. It remembers who it was, what it lost, & what you did Mondays we spotlight a different monster from Rotted Capes, threats built to create pressure, not just body counts. #RottedCapes 2nd KS: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #IndieRPG #RPGHorror

#RottedTropicz will be back this Tuesday!... same heat, worse decisions, and consequences that don’t wash away with the tide. If you missed it, now’s a good time to catch up! #RottedCapes 2nd Bite is on the way: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #ActualPlay #IndieRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#GMAdvice Prep situations, not solutions. Let players surprise you. #RottedCapes 2nd Edition KS: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #GMprep #TTRPG #IndieRPG

#FollowFriday If you like your superhero games: • a little desperate • a little scary • and very unforgiving You’ll feel right at home here. #RottedCapes 2nd Edition KS: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #TTRPG #ActualPlay #IndieRPG #ZombieApocalypse

#LoreThursday Nobody knows what caused Z-Day. Alien tech. Bad magic. Government hubris. Pick a theory; someone believes it. The truth? Your heroes probably won’t live long enough to prove it. #RottedCapes 2nd Edition is coming: tinyurl.com/RottedCapes2b #Worldbuilding #TTRPG #IndieRPG

#WIPWednesday - Monsters as Problems, Not Punching Bags In #RottedCapes, fewer moving parts means threats that actually matter, mechanically clean, philosophically sharp, and built to create pressure instead of paperwork. tinyurl.com/RottedCapes #TTRPGDesign #IndieRPG #GameDesign #RPGCreator

Bad news, survivors: I’ve been taken out by a non-zombie plague. Out of an abundance of caution (and tissues), we’re canceling this week’s Rotted Tropicz session. We’ll be back next week #RottedTropicz #RottedCapes #TTRPG #ActualPlay #StreamingRPG #ApocalypseVibes #TabletopRPG

Armor that never breaks feels fake; durability rules feel like homework. Digging into how to make armor degrade without slowing play or tracking nonsense. thestatmonkey.com/blog/rethink... #WIPWednesday #RottedTropicz #RottedCapes #TTRPG #RPGDesign #IndieRPG

#RottedTropicz live on both www.youtube.com/@statmonkeyp... & www.twitch.tv/statmonkeypr... Session Two: Deep in the mangroves to the north rests the haul of the USS Freedom, waiting the brave, the dumb, or the curios. #RottedCapes #TTRPG #Acturalplay

Tuesday – Live Tonight LIVE TONIGHT – 8 PM EST back in the Keys with #RottedTropicz: The Iron Throat. deep in the mangroves sits the USS Freedom. Hope is dangerous, & Curiosity gets you eaten. /statmonkeypresents - Twitch & YouTube #ActualPlay #TTRPG #RottedCapes #ZombieApocalypse #IndieRPG

So, WordPress themes. I fought them. I lost. I built my own. It’s probably a little buggy. That’s the price of freedom. If you’re curious why I rolled my own theme (and what I’m building toward), it’s all here: thestatmonkey.com/monkey-busin... #WordPress #WebDev #IndieCreator #BuildInPublic

The crew heads back into the spray and rust for #RottedTropicz The trail points offshore to the USS Freedom. Is it salvation? A floating tomb? Or something worse wedged in steel and secrets? Tomorrow 8 PM EST /statmonkeypresents on Twitch & YouTube #RottedCapes #ActualPlay #TTRPG #LivePlay

#MonsterMonday Meet the Super-Z, what happens when an super dies & keeps their powers? Smart. Territorial. Personal. Mondays we’re spotlighting a different threat from Rotted Capes. Super-Zs, abominations, the horrors... Your turn: what monsters freak you out at the table? #RottedCapes #TTRPG

LIVE TONIGHT - 01/13/26 - 8:00 PM EST Session 1: "Once Upon A Sunny Day" #RottedTropicz a #RottedCapes: Second Bite game Come watch the first bad decisions get made Twitch and YouTube: StatMonkeyPresents #TTRPG #ActualPlay #IndieRPG #ZombieRPG #SuperheroRPG

Tomorrow night, 7pm (est) join us for session 1 of Rotted Tropicz at statmonkeyproductions on both Twitch and YouTube.. #Ttrpg #RottedCapes #Actualplay #zombies #superheros

New blog post: I’m writing a Rotted Capes “issue” and keep falling back into the classic read-aloud/scene/stats format. Modern toolkit style is harder for my brain, and yeah… it makes me question if I’m any good or just leaning on a crutch. Also, I design for 4–8 hour convention slots, so pacing mat

I'm writing an issue (adventure) for rotted capes. Trying to write in modern format but keep falling into old habbits. Read aloud text / scene setup / stats. Do GM still like this format or prefer more open ended formats? You tell me #writersdelema #ttrpg #IndieRPG #gamewriting