Contributor highlight: Writer/consultant @clearkeep.bsky.social is an award winning designer! One of the first writers for Trophy, he has since twisted his roots in the system into games like Sunken and The Wassailing of Claus Manor (link in comments!) His Dark incursion is about a city in revolt!

I don't think I ever posted the portrait @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social made of our pit bull Mordy! I liked it so much I had it printed and framed. Thanks again, Kendra!

Happy drenching rainstorms season to all who celebrate

Speaking of TLR, we have a logo now! Courtesy of @jesseross.com

Contributor Highlight: @signalstation.bsky.social! Michael created Devil, Aim For Me and Die, Grave Robber, Die! He's contributed to various Gauntlet TTRPG projects and The Wassailing of Claus Manor. His anthology Gold incursion is themed around Wellness and it's set at a WEIRD af wellness retreat!

Mumbling “Hill House, NOT sane…” to myself in the same cadence and tone as Gonzo in A Muppet Christmas Carol says “And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die…”

Spending the holidays as they're meant to be spent: writing rules for Step Right Up, trying to synthesize the best rulesets of various Carved from Brindlewood games into something new. Can't believe that just because I wrote a game, I'm now expected to tell ppl how to play it.

Launching on March 1!!! Super excited!

▶️ Watch the season finale of Gastronauts on Dropout: watch.dropout.tv/videos/inco...

In case you hadn't heard, Public Access is *finally* coming to crowdfunding! We're looking to launch early next year (basically once The Between is off to the printers). The Big Man is positively quivering with excitement! Sign up for prelaunch below! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

This anthology is chock full of incredible designers. Go sign up to back it and get yourself a bunch of fresh Trophy incursions!

wanna stay up late and watch some TV? www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

I am so excited to be part of this.

There's only a few days 'til xmas, so if you're panic shopping, maybe consider The Wassailing of Claus Manor and all its attendant expansion zines for your loved ones? And if someone's been REALLY good, maybe they deserve the deluxe family deck. MAYBE. plusoneexp.com/collections/...

My response to anything over the next two weeks

🚀 TONIGHT! The season finale of Gastronauts launches on @dropout.tv at 7PM ET / 4PM PT Join host Jordan Myrick for a series of WILD cooking challenges from the Try Guys: ☄️ Keith Habersberger ☄️ Zach Kornfeld ☄️Jonny Manganello

Here it is. The final 24 hours. You've helped coax banked embers into a steady flame. Tell me, what is one thing you'll bring with you into What-Comes-Next? Seeds? Thread? A good kitchen knife? What will you make of what's left? Together, let's light up the world. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

My mind is so TTRPG-poisoned. I keep seeing people's ideas for Knives Out mysteries and wanting to comment "hey you should write this as a Brindlewood Bay mystery"

We have a fancy(-ish) graphic now! Come one, come all! Enjoy The Hearth Magazine Winter Sale an get 50% off Issues One thru Three of magazine! A perfect gift for the small press/Indie #TTRPG gamer in your life! itch.io/s/175651/the...

Okay, this time a proper sale! Grab Issues One thru Three of The Hearth Magazine at 50% off until January 5th! Individual copies or as a bundle, the discount is the same. Fill in the gaps or grab a gift for the Small Press/Indie #TTRPG lovers in your life. itch.io/s/175651/the...

The mist and rain of a California winter surrounds my house. Inside, the heater is having trouble keeping up so I’m wrapped in a voluminous, fleecy blanket with the tiger and magpie from KPop Demon Hunters on it. I’m sipping coffee and reading a book. I have no thoughts or worries other than this.

Gay Bluesky going to have a melt down over Jonathan Bailey barking and growling directly to camera…..

"Mechanics" are the clockwork. "Rules" are how the clockwork works. Mostly doesn't matter, lots of overlap, but …

We're currently bingeing all of Gastronauts and we're allllllmost caught up which makes me so sad. But it's so funny and fun and full of (mostly) delicious-looking food! @gastronauts.bsky.social

we're a few months away from the kickstarter so I'm still updating the website but I'm really excited for our upcoming #Trophy #TrophyTTRPG #TTRPG anthology of new incursions for Trophy Gold and Trophy Dark! You can sign up to get notified when the kickstarter launches! ruinanthology.com

Halfmoon, Twaincut. Done for Realis. I just put up a post for my $1 tier talking about the process for Halfmoon Twaincut, as well as a layered PSD of what my layer stack madness looks like if you're at the $5 tier. www.patreon.com/posts/145625...

My new game Beach Blanket Body Bag is now available in our $7+ Patreon feed! Inspired by teen beach party movies and slasher flicks, and Carved from Brindlewood, it’s designed to be played in just two sessions. Don’t be a square! Grab it today! www.patreon.com/posts/145536...

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

What is The Between, Shadow Society, and Suns of Another World? Let’s talk about it and why you don’t want to miss this pre-order before it’s gone! 🧵

All three books are retailing for $45 each after the campaign, you will literally never find them this cheap again!!

My husband managed to take a very evocative and unflattering photo of me and our dog while we were watching Gastronauts tonight.

The Between is now available to preorder! If you missed the crowdfunding campaign, now is your chance to grab the books, plus a few delicious add-ons. Please re-post! the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential

If you missed the hypetrain for when this was crowdfunding, it's up for pre-order now. AND Ain't Slayed Nobody is finishing their The Between campaign?! Best day.

This is one of those things where a layman could look at it and go "amazing, that's really cool" but as someone who makes their living drawing I'll go, "No actually it's magic, it's absolute wizardry, you don't know how impossible it is that this guy made it look so effortless."

I’m at the counter, ordering my usual, and he’s walking out the door. I catch him a block away. “No hello for an old friend?” I say wistfully, laying a hand on his arm. I haven’t touched him in a century. “Try me again in two hundred years,” he replies and turns away, casually sipping his latte.

Did you miss out on the backerkit for The Between TTRPG and want to preorder?? Well now is your chance! the-between.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

I'm supposed to remind you that there's just 8 hours left to back Pick Me on Kickstarter. Also, there's a new creepy dressup doll character, because it's not Christmas without creepy dolls oozing goo.

Really proud of myself for actually pitching stuff for The Gauntlet Pitch Day, since I've never done anything remotely like that before. I was super nervous and kind of ended up explaining my various ideas backwards and inside out, but I did it!

No Boring Murals. Gary Friedman for LA Times, 1981. Part of UCLA Library Digital Collections.

I regret to inform you there are people still trying to undertake new projects for 2025 Sadly, the legal deadline for new projects was five days ago. Those are now 2026 problems

The Gauntlet Pitch Day is tomorrow! I’m looking for help writing The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html

Here's my #TTRPGWrapped: Published in Sprigs & Kindling: - The Man in the Sun Mask and the Most Beloved (monologue) - The Coming of the Horned Knight (short story) - Every Date a Little Death (Brindlewood Bay Mystery) - 'Ware the Witch (short story) - Into the Wildwood (Trophy Dark incursion)

If you're a fan of Trophy Dark/Trophy Gold, just a quick heads up that a bunch of Trophy writers are compiling new incursions for a Kickstarter for next year. I'll no doubt talk about it more as the date approaches, but if you wanna set a reminder for yourself: ruinanthology.com

I like this one! Introduce yourself in Five #ttrpg classes Warlock (D&D) The Factotum (The Between) The Criminal (Monster of the Week) The Whisper (Blades in the Dark) Cleric of a Neutral God of Death (lots of games) …wait, why are all my characters subservient to some greater, usually dark power?

Introduce Yourself in Five #TTRPG Classes 🎲🎲 - The Spooky (Monster of the Week) - The Nova (Masks: A New Generation) - The Vessel (The Between) - The Illegitimate (The Between, homebrew) - The Hexblade (D&D 5e) I'm sensing some themes here, but I'm choosing to ignore them

The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! I’m taking pitches for scenarios and other game elements for The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below! www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html

I stop by the bookstore, to start with, and pick up a steamy-looking M/M romance that takes place in a fantasy setting called “Earth.” Then I find the nearest watering hole that offers something other than ale and nurse a Faery Fire cocktail until it’s time to board.

Huge thanks to @iamatrex.com and the Sprigs & Kindling community for being so welcoming, encouraging, creative, & dedicated. And big thanks to @jasoncordova.bsky.social and @jesseross.com and all the Gauntlet & Trophy contributors for creating games & worlds that lit my imagination on fire.

So excited for this! The community has really taken this setting and run with it. So glad Jason is giving people the chance to play in his sandbox!