Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr

A good tip for narrative more generally.

Hey, that's me! Inspired by my conversation with @newmadras.bsky.social, I dig into what it means to think about solo rpgs as "open-ended" or "close-ended" and what makes solo RPGs replayable. I end by considering what these ideas could mean for traditional, group RPGs. I hope you check it out!!

Remember when Bone was in Disney Adventures magazine? I certainly do, so I dug into the story behind its time there, talking with @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social, @comixace.bsky.social, Marv Wolfman, and @cliffchiang.bsky.social about the how it all came together and its impact.

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Nine Delights 2026

"This Moment is Our Proof" by Poet Cornelius Eady. youtu.be/vTjdjw6a-is?...

"mortifying" okay

I did improvised singing??? In an Actual Play??? for the first time ever and I didn't suck ass and I'm not going to shut up about it anytime soon thank you. Go listen to Last Train to Bremen on One Shot and then go congratulate @rpgmajor.bsky.social on their major arc finale for their campaign!!!

This sentiment was originally meant as part of a discussion in a broader #TTRPG discourse, however, I think it is beautiful in & of itself. *This* is what I want to most try to remember in 2026, as AI continues to plague our existence; I want to create, and to work, and to love Human creation 🤲

All it takes is one bad gig.

The place I’m eating dinner for NYE tonight as a rabbit dish on the menu. Feels good, feels right.

Okay, so my second #LARP entry for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam, THE COTTONTAILS, may take a little more time than I was hoping. (Holidays, and all.) That said, the page is up and I have a three page preview available for free download! gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...

Frustratingly, I don't think I'm going to be able to finish my second LARP in time for the deadline, but I'll release a preview of it...

Doing homework...

New to the #SoloRPG List: OFFPLANET from Ravendesk Games A Golden-Age Retro-Future Solo Space Survival Game. CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

Tumblr screenshot relevant to the tone of Seething lol You can grab this game and many more wonderful projects in the Bundle with Benefits, which ends in the next few hours! itch.io/b/3377/bundl...

A cool surprise I woke up to: OTHER PEOPLE has garnered more single-day views and downloads than any other project I’ve shared so far.

"People didn't put politics in their gaming in the old days". The year is 1969, a 25 year old Jim Dunnigan designs the wargame "Up Against the Wall, Motherf*****", a game about the student demonstrations at Columbia. One player plays the Administration and the other the Radicals.

it's finally FINALLY time: INFINITE REVOLUTION, my star-powered, zodiac-inspired exosuit dogfighter RPG, is finished, crowdfunded, and publicly released!! Spin up your Revolver Drive, defend the stars, fall in love, burn up, and remember—THE ONLY THING BRIGHTER THAN YOU IS MORE OF YOU🌠 Link ⬇️

#TTRPG #TTRPGSky in the 35 years I've been playing #TTRPGs I don't think I've ever had to use safety tools at a table *during play* before tonight. Lay out lines & veils in advance, deploy X-Card and Script Change thoughty.itch.io/script-change, press start and away you go, all of those for sure.

My itch.io wrapped for 2025 is - I made 10 TTRPGs - I made 2 browser games - I made 2 LARPs (one is published and another is on the way) - I participated in 15 jams - I got to playtest my first big multiplayer game - I got to meet and chat with a lot of cool people

Just in time for New Year's Eve, here's my take on Jean-Paul Sartre's classic French drama NO EXIT... but in #LARP form! This is my first attempt at the genre, written for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam over on itch.io

I want to take a break from plugging my Christmas game to plug this very charming Hannukah game jumpgategames.itch.io/tvstmawgtsib

Oh HELL yeah

Did my first playtest of this game tonight and holy crap it was fun! I mean getting together with friends to run the game and try to figure stuff out was fun, but lots of parts of the game were fun, too! Need to make some adjustments before running the next one.

New to the #SoloRPG List: Wherefore by @mallenhall.com Two player game of improvisational theatre, prepare to profess your love in Shakespearean fashion! #Shakespeare #TTRPG CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

Doing a Merely Players playtest from 7-9 on Sunday evening, if anyone’s interest in taking my last two slots.

Kinda weirded out by that movie Primate because isn’t that just that subplot from Nope?

Doing a Merely Players playtest from 7-9 on Sunday evening, if anyone’s interest in taking my last two slots.

New to the #SoloRPG List: Wizard School Word War by @gowanusaurusrex.bsky.social Find spells in your book and use them on your friends to learn what they do. Duet Bookmark Game CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

I submitted my game Wizard School Word War to the #TTRPGsTeach Jam, so I wrote up this guide for educators on how you might want to implement it in the classroom. Let me know what you think!

I am but a humblr and annoying artist. If you have ever read or played one of my games, I'd love to have your thoughts!

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements.

“On behalf of Director Park Chan-wook's new film, we are cordially inviting all Fortune 500 CEOs to a special screening of NO OTHER CHOICE. This is truly a film that speaks to our gracious executive leaders and the culture they have cultivated.” Beast mode shit.

This was a lot of fun to make, and as we enter the third week of advent your characters will only become more powerful!

It occurs to me that this is maybe my most kid-friendly game. I thought "But you'd need a really extensive vocabulary to play," but no, actually, you just need to pick an age appropriate "spell book."

My second (of maybe 3?) entries to @unknowndungeon.itch.io's #TTRPGBookmarkJam! #ttrpg #1pRPGJam 2 wizard kids enter the ring, pick words from the spell book, and the winner describes what sort of magic their word even does. (Maybe grab a dictionary, too?) gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/wizard-schoo...

Heroes of Great Britain advent calendar - door 13

My first (of maybe 3?) entries to @unknowndungeon.itch.io's #TTRPGBookmarkJam! #ttrpg #1pRPGJam It's like if Cards Against Humanity unlocked the wisdom of the ancients and the secret depths of the human soul. (More than it already does, I guess.) gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/scripture

Okay I wrote a little blog about it

Just in time for the Holidays... 24XX: 'TWAS THE NIGHT Join the Kringles, a special elf task force devoted to keeping Christmas safe from supernatural threats.

Always a little surpised and mystified when I check my itch.io analytics and a game has more downloads than visits.

Pinning again!

Sometimes I feel like I hallucinated this show, but here's the evidence. Only had one season, but I recall kind of liking it? I should write something about it.

I'm cramming loads of 2400 reading because I've become temporarily obsessed with the 24XX SRD.

Adam Serwer's Atlantic piece (and gift article!), "Why Elon Musk Needs #D&D to Be Racist," is a pretty succinct explanation and defense of #TTRPG reconsideration of race in the game. As a Midwest misfit and gamer grognard, I approve. www.reddit.com/r/rpg/s/UHWe...

THREE! MORE! HOURS!