Crowdfunding getting you down? Me too—what are y’all’s alternative strategies? One thing I’m trying is using itch sales of my prior zines with a sale goal to fund the print run of the next zines. Feels like lately it’s time for safe bets. itch.io/s/171885/tar...

Nobody is allowed to die right now, Yall hear me? 2 in 24 hours and 2 funerals this week. I need to beat the “it comes in threes” rule.

Want some silly, saucy fun? My love letter to Taco Bell is finally in a consumable form. Relish your saucy hotness: nerdsomatics.itch.io

Had a lovely time in community last week: we ran a shop but mighty Tarot x Gamer event at our local FLGS Pure Panic and then jammed all day outside Peoples Book for an indie game fair. Thanks @stickydoodler.bsky.social for all your organizing and commitment.

A free local event next Thursday in Silver Spring. Come join the tarot / gamer party!

A playful game about a hella serious topic (power and non-consent), it's the thing I've had the most fun (yet) designing and testing this year.

Here's the list of 184 products from 108 of our member publishers we'll have in #Booth449 at #GenCon2025, including a link to download a 36 page PDF or ePub with short descriptions of all of them, in case you wanted a little travel reading. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...

Got my weird lil game about credibility and archival silence I've noodled on for two years out of playtest draft and into a TTRPG coherent form by using the @tabletopartsfund.org grant as a Real Due Date. #neurospicy #gamedesign

It’s finally here! Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning takes a look at how board games make persuasive arguments, how they might move us emotionally, and how the ways we talk about the form might hinder its development. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG4z...

Spicy opinions on spicy games, a recording: genesisoflegend.podbean.com/e/episode-38...

Designed in the DMV is back out with v2 of our catalog of locally-crafted games! We're using these catalogs to engage local businesses and their customers with our creations. While the main focus is on TTRPGs, we also have a page of locally-designed boardgames such as Wingspan and Fluxx! (1/2)

My lil LARP got a little award, and so did my friend @greylibertine.bsky.social Check em out! www.goldencobra.org/2024winners....