Everybody shut the fuck up and pay attention to the most important thing happening at this moment.

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Hold onto your butts, data nerds. I've been looking Evil Hat's distro performance — solely based on our distro invoicing that we do through Freshbooks; we don't invoice IPR there so they aren't represented in these data. The TLDR: 2025 was the worst year for EH's distribution in the past 10 years.

If anyone told me they preferred the green cover of Palace I would definitely think less of them afterwards. As they say in the blog, Travis is more or less the only interesting piece added/upgraded here, and that doesn't much make for a better adventure.

some thoughts amidst burn out + grief, but keep at it. #iceoutnyc #iceoutmpls #iceoutcomics

Use public domain art. Marginalia from illuminated manuscripts

Proof arrived for MONSTER GUTS 2e and it's absolutely surreal to hold the game I made in my hands. Ordering another proof cuz I'm not fully happy with it, but this is a huge personal milestone for me as a game designer, and I'm over the moon that this game tangibly exists. #MG2E #MONSTERGUTS2e

If I brought a super limited print run of a No Amount of Armor Ashcan edition to Gen Con, would people be interested in picking that up from me? It would just be the player-facing rules, no GM stuff. I'd probably sell them at cost to anyone interested as a way to give out samples of the full book.

Party of One is back from our holiday hiatus and it's bangers only in 2026.

hello I’m MICHIUMS, freelance comic artist, merch designer and digital producer! currently full time freelancing as I lost my day job in Oct 2024 + open for WFH 💫 🎨portfolio: michiums.carbonmade.com 🛍️ michiums.bigcartel.com ☕️ ko-fi.com/michiums ☘️ www.patreon.com/michiums 💌 michiumsart @ gmail!

It's been a bit! NULL_SPACE is coming out in 🚨 three weeks 🚨 so let's get into how one of the core interesting mechanical ideas, Complex Challenges, works. 🧵

New year means new shows! We have two casting forms open now, check out this thread for more details and links and sign up if you're interested :D No streams this week, but as you can see, we're getting a lot of exciting things ready behind the scenes ;3

3 DAYS UNTIL KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE

the trick with getting people to play non-D&D games is just to do it and not act like its a big deal at all.

MONSTER GUTS 2e is available now from @dubdubpub.itch.io Get it here: tinyurl.com/yyua63sy An action-focused tabletop roleplaying game inspired by our favorite monster-hunting video games. #ttrpg

Discord wants to know how you feel about AI. Go tell them: discord.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

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Our next crowdfunder! Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future! New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun. Sign up here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

The momatoes bundle has been extended for one year! Four of my award-winning games, for only $40 — a $37 discount. From heart-racing adventures to sad tales of longing, this bundle is a great way to explore new games. I think it's very cool :) itch.io/s/161143/the...

Please share this information widely. In short, the USPS has very recently and rather quietly changed the definition of a "postmark date" and it can and will impact things with postmark deadlines, such as mail-in ballots, healthcare payments or appeals, tax filings, and so on.

Hey pal, did you know my good friend @dubdubpub.itch.io just released the fabulous and absolutely gorgeous second edition of Monster Guts, the Premier Monster Hunting ttrpg? WELL NOW YA DO dubdubpub.itch.io/monster-guts...

“No one gets to wear the rotting crown of “THE” OSR - but we’re all its horrible little children.” Enjoyed this read from @ratkingrpg.bsky.social on the state of our scene(s) in 2026. Has me motivated to focus more on dungeon design in the next year alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are here! Have you published a LARP, table top RPG, card, board, or other analog game in 2025? We want to see it! Submit yours today: forms.gle/Jgnu7Ev5BnkU... Visit www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers for more details. Submissions close on January 31st.

David Velasco in @equatormag.bsky.social www.equator.org/articles/how...

Happy New Year! I'm trying to stay focused on getting #SHELL-ttrpg ready for release, but both @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com and @dubdubpub.itch.io started up game jams that I'm super excited to submit supplements for. See below: Nightsong Season 1: itch.io/jam/nightson... MG2e Jam: itch.io/jam/mg2e-jam

Listen, I get it. You're about to see "The Bloggies" all over your feed and it's going to get real old real quick. That's why you can mute it on BlueSky and bookmark the official page. I made it so you can still participate without losing your mind. Submissions are officially open til Jan 31st.

And the MONSTER GUTS 2e game jam is live! Check it out here: itch.io/jam/mg2e-jam

Did you know that I released a new game this year? Going For Broke is a fast-paced, party roleplaying game that tells sitcom stories about a collective house that's scrambling to pay rent. It's cheap, easy to teach, and takes less than an hour to play. Check it out! buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb

Also the swing back to old tech is just plain practical; much of it works better than what we have now! Why put playlists on your phone and worry about space when you can get an iPod and load it up with 20,000 songs, and listen to them for free?

ANYWAY You should watch the video. It’s good. It’s the sort of thing I wish we had more of. If you agree, maybe toss a few bucks into @aavoigt.bsky.social ’s hat - making this stuff is hard work, and I for one am very grateful that he did it.

still figuring out if insurance will cover it, but in the meantime it'd mean the world if you'd consider: 1. picking up my latest game "The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal Back": jumpgategames.itch.io/tvstmawgtsib 2. or a 20% bundle of all my other games: itch.io/s/176257/jum...

*people who primarily play a game that once rewarded XP for every gold piece you looted* "I think incentive structures are bad and possibly demonic actually"

My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.

this really was a absolutely abysmal rough year but I finished my thesis + got my masters after 8 years and scrapped by till the end . we’ll see what I’ll make next year ! thanks for your support + kindness and hope you like more comics from me #artvsartist #artvsartist2025

MONSTER GUTS 2e is now finished! If you missed the crowdfund campaign, you can pick up your (digital) copy here! dubdubpub.itch.io/monster-guts... #MG2e #MONSTERGUTS2e #ttrpg #indie-ttrpgs

The final MG2e playtest has concluded. I'm now starting the final edit pass, which is the last step before the book is ready for digital release! I can't wait to get into y'all's hands. #MG2e #MonsterGuts2e #indiettrpg

Thanks to everyone who's chipped in so far. This is so heartening to see! As a reminder, if we cross $25,000, PMG is going to donate $5000 at the start of January.

playtests are going well Player just used the War Bugle to light someone on fire while also putting them to sleep. When asked how they did this, they just said "it's like stacking all the warm blankies" Can't wait for y'all to play it. #MG2e #MONSTERGUTS2e #ttrpg

Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead. I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.

anyway…. i’m gonna be thinking about Hbomberguy’s Letterboxed review of Tank Girl forever maybe, I can’t believe we both had the exact same tank girl experience at 17, fun, transgressive art for little grungy punk teens is the best (though I also realized how deeply I was attracted to women)

the good news is that the media attention and support from an audience has helped Horses do well enough that Santa Ragione has been able to pay all its owed royalties and loans. so it's not in debt. the bad news is it's still not enough to keep the studio together. www.ign.com/articles/hor...

I've been pretty quiet the last few months regarding MONSTER GUTS 2e, but I'm thrilled to announce that the game is almost finished. I'm expecting to release the PDFs sometime next week. #MG2e #MONSTERGUTS2e www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...

popping on to say that the new D2 expansion had great gameplay, but oof the story was rough. When are Zavala, Ikora, and the Drifter going to act like themselves? They've been acting out of character all year.

here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it

Yeah ok I’ve seen and love this one too I admit. It’s not .. as useful.. but still. (Need one with like Kiki smith etc in there too)