Tacklebox is kinda blowing up at the moment, thanks to Quinn's Quest (~1500 copies & counting). Just in case anyone's interested, I would also be open to co-publishing some of my other games (Geiger Counter, Planarch Codex, Restless, Tomb Priestesses, Lofty Beacons, Metrofinal, Last Kings, etc).

I did some game store retailing last weekend. I really enjoyed selling games to strangers of the street, lots of whom had never played role playing games before (though plenty who had) I found myself going back to Desperation, Ghost Court, Stewpot, and A Land Once Magic. As the solution for most!

look at my green kaiju puppet son

Check out the full video on the Quinns quest YouTube channel at YouTube.com/ at quinns_quest or by searching “Quinns quest” in the search bar. You can get a copy of Desperation for yourself through our website, link in our bio. #ttrpg #ttrpgtok #indiegame #roleplayinggame #cardgame

Sometimes I write something hard into a script, for fun. Am I having fun here? It's not clear

99% of rpg zines and books should have page numbers. And that's just the start. There's actually a lot of technique and intentionality behind things like page numbers, running headers, etc. Let me know what you think! www.explorersdesign.com/designing-si...

Con el City of Winter y mientras los personajes se preparan para "La gran mudanza", nosotres llegamos a 3.000 euros recaudados para Agarra la vida!!! Todavia queda Changeling y seguiremos recaudando todo el mes de diciembre en www.rolporlaesperanza.es

A 300 page hardbound book is a generally a terrible game component.

This was a nice surprise 👀 As always, Rascal and Chase continue putting out great articles and thoughtful takes. FWIW the pessimism in the design of Revolt! is both intentional and convenient given the legacy design I wanted to lean into. 👑 🐸 I hope more people check out the game!

I’m happy to share that I’m stepping into the role of Game Design Director for the Dungeons & Dragons TRPG. I'm immensely grateful to my team, my mentors, and everyone who has supported my career along the way. A short 🧵 below!

one of the ways i’m a bad person is that if I don’t like you and I see your rpg in the game store bargain bin I’ll have myself a little chuckle.

DM: Do you know Thieves Cant? Me: Not with that attitude

this is SO sick

these bloodsoaked pages were found in the back of antique luggage and have been restored with original linographs for your enjoyment! my favorite game of 2024 once more in PDF

How much tea does your 3rd cup of tea have if you just keep adding bags without removing the old ones?

Just a lil' reminder that Terri, Jabari, Bloom and I are cooking up a new BFF! and you DON'T want to miss it! follow us on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...

Normalize making every rpg you run in December a “holiday special”.

Today I'm GIVING THANKS not just for this review, but for @ludopolitics.bsky.social, @inauthenticity.bsky.social, @patrickedell.bsky.social, & Ellie White's hard work making these games possible! Quinns really gets what makes Tacklebox & Better Strangers special, so click away to learn for yourself!

5 out of 6 games Quinns mentions in this review are available and in stock at heartofthedeernicorn.com! Desperation, Skeletons, Tacklebox, Better Strangers, Fall of Magic, AND City of Winter!

Not to toot my own horn but 🎺TOOT TOOOOT! 🎺 youtu.be/9ilR7h4q78o?...

Blazed in the Dark: You and your stoner roomates have failed to pay the electric bill.

Screenprinter tips to stay healthy -use push strokes -use an ergonomic squeege with vertical grips -print no more 4 hrs a day -wear wrist braces at all times -set up ventilation -monitor air quality and mask up if needed (n95 for particulates or a solvent mask for vocs or discharge ink)

An obvious gift for someone you love who likes writing, or who's introspective, or metaphysical, is a nice journal. But you'd like to be more thoughtful than that? Wrap a journal with The Balsam Lake Unmurders (or another journaling game), a nice pen, and the cards or whatever they need to play. 🎁🎄

Oh hey - if you're in the UK and need cheaper shipping + no customs shenanigans, guess who serendipitously just received a whole new batch of these! peregrinecoast.press/products/cit...

Finally, @peregrinecoast.press were right next to SoulMuppet, and I still missed them on my first round. You could've found them at L15-16, but it's a little late for that now, so go buy Milkbar from their webshop. (ft. @jellymuppet.bsky.social who's gotten really good at this "candid photo" thing)

Asmodee China has officially licensed Bad Baby Lich Lords and plans to release a Chinese edition at Dice Con August 2026

Delighted to see @jmstar.bsky.social's and @rosscowman.bsky.social's games are featured here, they're so elegant and gorgeous and everyone should buy and play them. Also was treated to the description of Jason'swriting as "as dirty and delicate as a used needle" in the first five minutes 10/10

New Quinn's Quest features City of Winter ( @rosscowman.bsky.social ), Lovecraftesque ( @armadajosh.bsky.social , @beckyannison.bsky.social ), Desperation ( @jmstar.bsky.social ) & more! youtu.be/9ilR7h4q78o?...

Two-Hand Path Review: Getting a Grip on Luck and Magic "After the locusts and pits and boiling seas. After the war in heaven and feasting on earth. After the seven years of blood and forty years of night. There is magic. Magic and bone. Where streets grow weeds and skyscrapers stand hollow. Where…

We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are not—whether indie or AAA. Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

March 14th in Olympia, WA. I’m helping put on a Tabletop Games Summit with the @tga.bsky.social. tabletopgamesalliance.org This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks mark you calendar!

This was a great episode. @ehronlime.bsky.social has such insight and experience at making a great, functional RPG playtesting community. And also such a purposeful sense of making games. Also, "More Matts than women" 😮

Green Ronin is in effect at booth 4109 at PAX Unplugged. This is our last convention of the year and to celebrate our 25th anniversary, everything is 25% off. Find old favorites like Dragon Age and Blue Rose, and newer releases like Modern AGE Powers and Engine Magazine.

11 Episode Podcast of Fall of Magic in Hebrew. It is always such joy to hear one of my games being played in other languages! www.podbean.com/ew/pb-6kxkr-...

Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS! ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

Just finished a 12 sessions game of Fall of Magic for my ##ActualPlay. This game is absolutely brilliant. We got so much milage out of its understated prompts. Highly recommended. ##ttrpg ##fallofmagic

*Normal Brain* Researching weather science to model weather for your D&D campaign. *Genius Brain* Realizing weather is controlled by the Gods *Galaxy Brain* Researching family systems theory to model weather for you D&D campaign.

Remember that old man in a hole in the metallica music video for unforgiven? What did he do that was so bad?

I don’t know how true this is but 10 years ago I FELT like I could keep up with ttrpg discourse. All the convos I cared about happened in the storygames forum. Its cool how broad it is now, but I feel like I can’t meaningfully contribute other than to make a new game every couple years.

When we walked in, having managed to have no preparatory conversation in two days, I said “do you trust me?” So here’s @itsquinns.bsky.social in a trust fall, recorded (with thanks to @brianflaherty.bsky.social for some quick cleanup on this audio)

Just a note to those going to PAX Unplugged that we will have a limited supply of the Vault of Mini Things available at Zulu’s Games shop. Also, we will be releasing a new standee pack as well! Stay tuned for more!!

I’d love it if games journalists and awards stopped using the word game to only mean video game.

loving this 20 page example and flowchart for AD&D initiative. I never clocked how wild this shit was when I was 8 years old. knights-n-knaves.com/dmprata/ADDI...

Generations of game designers tried their best but the only word they could muster was “GMless”

Hey all you PAX Unplugged attendees. We will be running demos of the Vault of Mini Things at the Zulu Board Games booth where it will finally be available for sale! 🎉🎊🎉 come find us and say hello! #PAXU #dnd #Pathfinder #tinkerhousegames

I've actually gotten to do game design every day this week. What is even going on?

I love how lets you integrate notecards. Something so simple and integral to story games that is really hard to find in other VTTs. screentop.gg/@Deernicorn/...

Game design writing. So much words! Tens of thousands more words than end up in the finished game. But I'm really not writing for the words, I'm writing to have the ideas.

To my past self wondering how long it will take to negotiate this license agreement: 9 months

Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!