We need a TTRPG community to have 1% of the sauce of the FGC

WOTC refusing the union? Guess I'm coming out of retirement for one last job.

Are you an TTRPG game designer in Chicago? Do you want to see your games in all of our great local stores? Submit to Games Made in Chicago! A zine showcasing all the best games made in our city.

Going and seeing Speed Racer in 4K is the single best thing anyone can do today.

Read this today. "Moreover — in a now-deleted tweet — one of MoonPunk’s creators second-guessed the inclusion of a politician class in a game about direct action and mutual aid." No. We never second-guessed this. The politician playbook is based off Alex.

Britain. 1813. Across the island, the folk ballads of the common people are coming to life. The dead walk, dragons rise, lovers betray one another, authorities condemn innocents to die — whatever happens in the song happens in real life. My latest TTRPG is now live on Kickstarter! bit.ly/4sc4MLb

Kids Bop LARP: Go to karaoke, sing any song but you gotta keep it PG.

We got hired to write the new Kids Bop album. Really cooking with "The dreams in which im flying are the best I ever had"

Someone asked if we're excited abut the Harry Potter trailer 😬😬😬 Yeah, that's gonna be a hard no from us Some books to read instead: bookshop.org/lists/even-t...

Open call for TTRPG streams/podcasts: if you want an advance draft of my new @mothership.bsky.social module to run yourselves, or if you'd like me to run it for you, hit me up in DMs. Only caveat is that I'd prefer it be published before the beginning of May. signalinterruption.itch.io/red-shift

This is, and always will be a #FreeMelee home.

We have exactly the runtime of Shrek left in the Aqua Tofana campaign. By the time you read this you won't have a full Shrek to back it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wan... @shrekhistory.bsky.social

We would advertise the last 24 hours of the Aqua Tofana KS campaign. But he have been busy prepping for a LARP at @goblinmkt.bsky.social

In case you missed it, I dropped issue #50 this week! ... Its ZineMonth, and we're celebrating a bunch of new zines. Remember to Pledge, Play, and Promote! open.substack.com/pub/chaotica...

Despite being back at work, Kickstarter is retaliating against our teammates for our legally-protected strike action from last year. Tell Kickstarter’s CEO this is both ILLEGAL and UNACCEPTABLE

I've announced a stretch goal for Aqua Tofana. I will be donating 50% of any proceeds over $1000 to the WINGS Program supporting survivors of domestic violence. If you want to join me in supporting them, you can learn more about their program: wingsprogram.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wan...

The #ZineMonth, #ZineTopia, #ZineQuest, #ZiMo thread of all the projects we are backing is here! Get a cozy drink and let's check some cool #TTRPGs that are launching this February!

I cooka da pizza

I made a Rascal announcement for Blightfall, which I use to thank the mentors and community that got me all the way to a funded project! www.rascal.news/mentorship-i...

Fresh out for Zine Quest: Aqua Tofana, a baroque solo game about poisoning your husband. Inspired by the true events of the Spana Prosecution, you play an Italian woman trapped in a marriage you can only escape from through drastic means. Please share! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wan...

The shit AI on my phone just spoiled the TV show I'm watching while I responded to an email. Gemini devs are on sight.

Visit the Tabletop Games Demo Expo this Saturday from noon to 5pm to try out new and in-development TTRPGs from Chicago-area designers. Join us in shopping the curated wares of @goblinmkt.bsky.social at the Co-Prosperity gallery. Maybe find your next favorite game! Learn more: demoexpo.games

Next Friday, play Under the Table: a Chicago Mafia Larp by guest GM @lottiealawest.bsky.social Step into Chicago history! Under the Table is a 1930s Prohibition-era intrigue game about loyalty, power, and secrets, where every conversation could make or break an alliance.

Seeking Professional Illustrators for Viva, Goblonia! an indie ttrpg about goblin pirates sailing the Sea of Sorrows and fighting the imperialist faeries and their industrial colonization. We are a Zero AI company, only 100% human artists need apply. Learn more at www.facebook.com/665717317/po...

Making a new TTRPG called everyone is Sheldon

The character creation in this is so good I've been trying to recreate something like it for a year now.

Ok, I think the Obelisk prelaunch page on Kickstarter has enough minimal content to make it worth sharing around! Why not get notified when we're live (sometime next year)? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ade...

Piracy rules.

During one of the biggest marketing pushes I've ever had, itch has decided to not let people purchase my game. I will likely hand out plenty of business cards at PAX U. And people can't buy my game. This is extremely frustrating and disheartening.

We are the world's first agentic TTRPG company.

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️ As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike. WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

The part about persuasion checks is saying something we have thought about a lot while designing. Just better Some version of our "transactional dialog" rules will always be reflected in future games. If that makes certain games expressionist, I am not sure

Upload is what everyone tells me The Expanse is.

Yes. actionnetwork.org/petitions/ks...

A note of somberness spreads across the crowd as the Seahawks play Crazy Train once again. Geno Smith sheds a single tear.

A modest #gencon2025 haul. Rich in spirit, poor in cash. 😂 Wanting to support a fellow indie, I went by the @igdn-official.bsky.social booth and picked up @wannabegames.bsky.social Moon Punk! Perfect for a hard left-leaning former punk rock kid!

GenCon afternoon was a Dune LARP where I got to be the empress of the galaxy, 50 years before the birth of Paul Atreides, scheming to get my son Shaddam into the throne. Worked pretty well! DUNE history was on my side, after all.

Favorite Dune LARP moment: A Bene Gesserit getting pain-box tested to make sure she wasn't a face-dancer. BG: So I stick my hand in and scream, like the other players? GM: What? No. You're a Bene Gesserit. You don't have to scream at pain, you just roll your eyes. For you, this is just Tuesday.

Come check out our new game at Gencon. Projected to be the biggest colab of the year! FLULA BORG

People don't talk about ficus trees like they used to.

Hate mini golf Love putt-putt

Yesterday, I commented on medium about this. They have since stopped allowing replies. So yes, they are watching the backlash

"Yes, art can be political. Good art often is" 5$ says this dudes favorite movie is The Dark Knight

DrivethruRPG absolutely not beating the media literacy allegations

I'm in the actual play. The Republican party wants Queer folks like me hidden or just dead. We are watching immigrates being dragged from homes. We are being forced into wars while children are slaughtered. This isn't politics, it's cruelty. There is no both sides. Bella Ciao. #rebelscum

Roll20, which owns DriveThruRPG, told Rebel Scum's designer (@9thlevelgames.bsky.social) that allowing their "hateful content" and political speech on its platform constituted a "slippery slope."

Rebel Scum, a game about punching thinly metaphorized space Republicans in the face, technically broke Roll20's Product Standards Guidelines for "overt political agendas or views." Censoring political art does the fascists' job for them, no matter how staunchly Roll20 proclaims 'no politics!'

This is precedent to delist nearly every game we have ever put out. Cowardly moves by DTRPG www.rascal.news/drivethrurpg...

We are at Origins so I remembered social media exists. Find us and our latest zines at 1009 the 9th Level Booth.