10 games? Must be nice, I’ll get 1 done if I’m lucky.

big ups to fellow Story Games Boston alumn and long-time “your favorite designers favorite designer” getting some well-deserved recognition!

Show me how your 2025 went

There it is!

Cover art by the very talented @teeketch.art Design work by @ndpdesign.com Logo work by @rubri-san.bsky.social

Folks!!! Remember all that stuff I said about commissioning art cards for use as eidolons in Swords Without Master? bsky.app/profile/epid... Here's a little sneak preview!

Hi if you haven't checked this out, WWWRPG is some of the best rip-roaring entertainment I've had in a long time, and it's a revolutionary blend of pre-planning and improvisation.

Okay let's do this again. Emergency graphic design commissions. Simple stuff only (i.e. title treatments), starting at 30 US dollars without revisions. Buy me almond milk and keep my heart unexploded 👍

It’s Tabletop Tuesday at IMMORTAL SCIENCE, and it’s time for another FIASCO! playset! This time, everything that can go wrong will go wrong in the flashy nightclubs and seedy back rooms of Golden Age Hollywood in…”Stuck in the System”!

I have a lot to do before The Thing This Is For but uh, the 1969 James Garner Marlowe may have the hardest detective still of all time.

Reminder for your holiday travel and/or something to share with your Garner-loving relatives.

Advent of Swords, Day 6: I've probably miscounted in there, somewhere, but it matters not! Here's a thing, by design, you can write an entire Swords scenario on a notecard. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

For every direct sale of the World Wide Wrestling PDF, I add a free community copy to itch. So far we've added 487 since starting this last year. I'd love to get that to 500 by years end! Regular sales add +1 community copy, tips and bundles add +2. ndpdesign.itch.io/the-world-wi...

Advent of Swords, Day 5: Hey it's the solstice! I've got 1,000 errands to run, but I should really post about Swords, too. Did you know that Swords has a phase your only allowed to play when you're not playing?

Had the awesome (derogatory) experience of an unexpected medical bill from something last April coming in a few days before Christmas, so uh sales right now both help me AND add community copies!

It's EOY wrap-up season but here at IGRC World HQ that just means we'd better push out all the mini-reviews we didn't do all year long. 38 short reviews of what showed up on our doorstep in 2025. Is your favorite game in there? Looking for something new to play? Big year. Much books. Wao.

Had the awesome (derogatory) experience of an unexpected medical bill from something last April coming in a few days before Christmas, so uh sales right now both help me AND add community copies!

This morning S asked me “what do you like most: unicorns, sharks or fish” and friends? The existential angst of trying to come up with an answer surprised me.

I love drawing skeletons #taverncore

Advent of Swords, Day 4: Hiding in the advance game, there's a section on Rituals. Optional rules in #TTRPG tend to be the kind of rules where someone, usually a GM-type, proposes them to the group ahead of play. Maybe to get buy-in. Maybe as a warning. www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Happy Friday! We've added a few community copies (thanks!), still aiming for 500 by the New Year. It's one way to give the gift of game!

Advent of Swords, Day 3: If you're designing a #ttrpg, what's its objective? What are the players trying to accomplish? Can you clearly put that into words? Would those words help you organize your thoughts and design? If you confessed the objective to the players, would that help them play?

Happy Friday! We've added a few community copies (thanks!), still aiming for 500 by the New Year. It's one way to give the gift of game!

Late on this tonight, the 2nd night of the Advent of Swords. But things have been BUSY. Okay, here's a short one, because I've only got a two hour window to watch a holiday horror film in tonight and I don't want to miss it! Sometimes you think you know a game and then over a decade later…

For every direct sale of the World Wide Wrestling PDF, I add a free community copy to itch. So far we've added 487 since starting this last year. I'd love to get that to 500 by years end! Regular sales add +1 community copy, tips and bundles add +2. ndpdesign.itch.io/the-world-wi...

Someone recently asked about influential indie ttrpgs from 2001-2015. I was a tabletop normie for a lot of those years but Swords Without Master was a real eye-opener for me. Get on board 👇

ANNOUNCING MY WINTER ANTI-SALE for the next few weeks, itch.io is doing its winter sale, where devs who cut their game prices get promoted. but my games are all already underpriced, so i'm jacking up the prices by 50% instead. ho ho ho happy holidays

No power at ndphq today, which is good for the stack of things I never quite get to putting away, but bad for my goal of being Done With Everything This Week.

Will you be the 666th follower of this kickstarter‽ (I like that my computer autocorrects to an interrobang.) It's a really fun game!

So Epimas is in a week, and the gift I most want for the holiday is to see the number of followers on this to hit 666: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw... I think it's possible. I believe in the power! To help it along, for the next week, I'm doing an Advent of Swords.

Working on a thing 👀

Orders made today will most likely arrive by Christmas! Thanks to the folks who have picked something up from my store so far 🎄🙏 💪

Stranded Time Travelers

Folks! Join us tomorrow!

I dig these stranded astronauts and their dinosaur buddies so much! If you'd like a system-adventurous scenario about this very situation (featuring this very art), check out: unwrittenearths.itch.io/annual-2025

Damn thats a lot of dishes

look at that! :D

EL INMORTAL UNMASKED IN THE EVENT! is a LARP about a legendary wrestler facing the final match of their career, told through the people around them (his opponent, his friends, the wrestlers following in his stead) all building towards the question: "When this is done, what does it all mean to you?"

feel old yet? paul galesko turns 100 today and is still anxiously awaiting parole. happy birthday mr. galesko we love you

A heartfelt thank you to all who buy from independent artists, hire us, or even share our work or give words of encouragement. Even the most established of artists are feeling a decline in work and sales this year. Your support in all or any way is felt and appreciated amongst us! Thank you!!

I don’t get why people don’t like Paul’s Christmas song. He is simply having a wonderful Christmas time!

reblusking for the weekend crowd

Finally, while I'm out of World Wide Wrestling, if you know someone who's into the game or thinking about running it in the new year, the supplements could be a great gift! There's the Move Card deck, Warlock Pro Wrestling, and/or Five Rings Wrestling Alliance. www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/warl...

For the fighting tournament fan or holiday game night host: New Year's Fray! A game of festive fisticuffs, pick a Champion of Cheer and play through a wrestling tournament to determine the nature of next year's Holiday Spirit. Only $10, stuff a stocking! www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/nyf-...

For the literary historical horror fan: Imp of the Perverse. My best game! Create socially-grounded protagonists with an Imp tempting them with their darkest desires, and deal with it by hunting down those who have already given in and turned into (literal) monsters. www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/imp

For the con game enthusiast/PBTA sicko: The Big Store. Build a false world around a mark who deserves to be ripped off, then keep the ball rolling once things start to go sideways. It's The Sting, but put in your hands to build the store and make the score! www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/the-...

For the larper, theorist and/or niche appreciator: Color Games Trio. BLACK is a fully embodied existentialist game that plays with light; WHITE is a solo semi-journaling game about death; HEIST:RED is a heist game that cares about movement in space and time. www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/colo...

For the ttrpg sicko and/or 70s road/90s post-western movie fan: Trouble For Hire! No GM, no prep, take on the different roles of the story as you play out the weird, violent and bizarre adventures of Rueben Carlos Ruiz. My pick for "game more people should know!" www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/t4h-...

For the Columbo fan: One More Thing, a duet game where you play a murderer and the detective who catches them. The box set is sold out, but the Just the Facts set includes 5 pregen case files and full-on Writers Room rules to make your own favorite whodunits! www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/one-...

Maybe you love A Christmas Carol. Maybe you love Winnie the Pooh. Maybe you'd enjoy seeing that silly ol' bear struggle with some hundred acre ghosts of Christmas? #dickens #pooh #ChristmasCarol shannonmcmaster.itch.io/a-hundred-ac...