Latest issue of my newsletter/blog is up! 🗞️ Featuring: 🎲 New TTRPG design notes! 🎨 New art asset packs! 👀 Commission sneak peek! ⭐ And the usual collection of cool links to share! penflower-ink.com/penflower-po...

Things are slowing down with my meatspace responsibilities, so I am looking for ILLUSTRATION GIGS! ALL OSR/NSR like- DCC OSE HMTW DND ADND SHADOWDARK MORK BÖRG MOTHERSHIP TRAVELLER MECHS DON'T SEE IT? JUST ASK! PRICES THAT WILL MAKE YOU SAY "WOW, ARE THESE FROM 10 YEARS AGO?!"

friends! acquaintances! help! i'm looking to hire a game designer (living in the Netherlands) to help build games in The Hidden Folks Universe, starting with a sequel to the indie hit game Hidden Folks. know someone who's a good fit? pls forward this, ty! hiddenfolks.com/job-opening/...

Planning when to run the Kickstarter campaign for Pine Shallows. I don't feel it should be during Zine Month: it's a bit bigger than a zine, and I also feel like I want to keep Zine Month to starting designers. Any people have results with running in March? Any crowdfunding fatigue?

Planning when to run the Kickstarter campaign for Pine Shallows. I don't feel it should be during Zine Month: it's a bit bigger than a zine, and I also feel like I want to keep Zine Month to starting designers. Any people have results with running in March? Any crowdfunding fatigue?

In general, are kickstarters in February more likely to be successful if you don't have a large audience?

Would creating epubs of their games be a service people would be willing to pay for? I do have time in the upcoming months.

Happy to see that even when I was struggling with getting words on paper the last few months, I did manage to break my goal of a 100 words a day last year (108 per day in the end). Hopefully this year will be even better!

Good morning, my monsterfuckers Switching gears today. What is YOUR least favorite trope and why? Storytelling, narrative, character trope, etc I think mine is the "virginal purity" subcategory. There is a long history of pinning a femme person's worth on whether or not they've had sex and- 1/2

What category would you assign to my post? Theory? Advice? monstermind.substack.com/p/the-five-l...

Still moving around some ideas for a year review post. What's more interesting? Which games I played? (not many, but they were fun) Sales results (per platform, etc)? Games I finished? (not enough, but some day...) Plans for 2026?

When will the media stop using inhalers as a stupid fucking trope to signal a character as a nerd? Addendum: when will asthmatic characters in media use inhalers correctly? For fucks sake, it’s 2025

The great @christmasagogo.bsky.social collaborated with NL's The Mieters on the rockin' LA-LA-LA-KERST EP, which will probably go down as one of 2025's best, even if we don't understand Dutch. But we do speak ROCK, and that's what matters. Now at @bandcamp.com!

Three hand-drawn paper games to give your kids (FREE). CAT QUEST - You're on a quest through dangerous lands to find the City of Cats! ULTIMATE BATTLE WARRIORS - You're a warrior in the Ultimate Battle Arena! SCARY CAVE - Your friend Suzie is in deep deep trouble. Only you can get her back out!

De nep politieke spam accounts zijn nu ook in een Nederlands smaakje? Dit soort posts gecombineerd met de profielfoto en de bio maken me meteen duidelijk dat dit geen echt account is...

Not to be like a pushy d-bag but time is running out & I have 2 kids to feed so if you want a great gift for the boardgamer in your life get them my book The Game Changers (UK) / Across The Board (US) all about how games shaped civilization & make us human. Many critics have vouched for them!

My submission to the TTRPG Bookmark Jam is out! "B.O.O.K.'s field to fighting the Corruption" is a game where you defend the book you're reading from an evergrowing calamity and end up with a keepsake to remember your adventure by. fantasticjean.itch.io/books-field-...

I’m so happy to see people’s playthroughs of A Visit to San Sibilia, this one is really great including some very nice art! Really lovely novellette, do check it out!

I recently created an illustrated novelette based on a solo journaling game A visit to San Sibilia made by @jimmyshelter.bsky.social ! The ebook is available on itch.io and more platforms both local and international! thecanonformula.carrd.co (more preview in replies!)

AI is one of the reasons I‘m quitting my tech job. What’s ironic is that I actually studied AI in college in the late 90s. The promise of freeing up humans to do creative stuff by automating boring stuff did not exact pan out…

Having to write a CV for the first time since... checkes notes... 2010. (Voluntary! I did this to myself, doing a sidewards move into a completely different type of job, burned out on tech)

Make your own TTRPG bookmark! Exploring the different types of games that can fit on a bookmark, and how books can be used as part of tabletop mechanisms: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/ttrpg-book... Also, three new bookmark games for the TTRPG Bookmark Jam. #ttrpg #rpg #bookmark #solorpg

You might not know this, but I wrote two novels that make great Xmas gifts. The first, The Honours, is set in 1935 in a country house in Norfolk. It has secret passages & mysteries & a 13-year-old protagonist called Delphine. I would describe it as 'weird gothic'. www.waterstones.com/book/the-hon...

What are the best TTRPG bookmark games (or whatever) that I should be checking out? Having a lot of fun with this format and I'm curious to see what others are making.

I am looking for suggestions for some indie sci-fi skirmish wargames that are rules light and require very few miniatures. No campaign, just skirmishing. Rules light enough, and quick enough, that I could play it with an 8 year old. I know Space Weirdos, what else is there? #boardgames #wargames

👀 Here’s some of the little weirdos I’ve drawn so far for ISLANDS OF WEIRDHOPE.💃 😎You can expect so many more in the finished book.🧞‍♂️ If you’re curious about the book everyone is hotly anticipating, don’t wait to be press-ganged; go check it out you salty sea dog: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

Surprise, mofos! If we hit 20k, legendary @amandalee.bsky.social is writing an adventure for Islands of Weirdhope! Sand Trap- a rickety mobile resource extraction plant has inadvertently gathered a collection of people, animals, and junk in its interior. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

Omg! There are only 48 hours left of ISLANDS OF WEIRDHOPE on Backerkit. The past couple of months have been a wild ride either way @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social We’re about to put to sea, jump aboard sailor. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

Do you take notes when you play TTRPGs? Do any of you take notes in a journal? If so what kind of notes are you taking? Had some ideas for a game design journal, but curious about what players are thinking about.

If you read my newsletter "News from the Grid" you know I've been working on a zine collecting reviews of films I watched in October to celebrate Halloween. Well here it is! "Halloween Horror Marathon" is free to download, so go check it out! fantasticjean.itch.io/halloween-ho...

Indie Game Roundup (November 28, 2025) virtualmoose.org/2025/11/28/i...

I can understand that so many indie creators feel the need to participate in Black Friday but I am so over the barrage of emails

I thought this might warrant it's own post. I quit my job. Free time starting the end of December. I do have some ideas on what I want to do next (no tech anymore, that's for sure), but first a bit of time off. Which does mean, more writing time!

Pine Shallows as written doesn't contain any rules for combat. Still, people do ask on how to handle combat (and my own players are also known to start a fight). I wrote up some guidelines! monstermind.substack.com/p/pine-shall...

This Saturday 6:30 pm EST, The Melting Mask. A supernatural-thriller ttrpg event. Watch on twitch.tv/nevialden

New art available on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/novemb... I was having some fun with this one.

Brute Fort! This is a solo 18 card dungeon delving game, launching on Kickstarter 18th November. This is a pulpy micro-game + tape cassette soundtrack that pulls no punches. Come sign up for updates / share with your friends! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf...

🚨 Brute Fort is live now on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/alf... 💸 Come back the project 📣 Share it around 🗡 Vanquish the evil that lurks in the fort 18 card dungeon delving game by me + tape cassette soundtrack by Gus BC

Brute Fort. Brute Fort. Brute Fort. Brute Fort.

the new Christmas EP from my garage punk band is online! themieters.bandcamp.com/album/la-la-... (also available on most streaming services)

My schedule is open for the end of the year, so if you're planning a zine for ZineMonth/ZineQuest or need a custom design for something else (cover art, poster...) hit me up! My DMs are open and you can reach me via my portfolio: jeanverne.design

The Palestinian Children's Relief TTRPG bundle is coming to itch Tuesday October 21st! Join me and 112 other creators as we raise money for the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, and get over 1000 ttrpg and print / play projects for $10! Link below! Free Palestine! 🇵🇸 itch.io/blog/1086812...

Er gaat een oproep rond om veel en massaal naar Vrijheid, Gelijkheid, Zusterschap van Sophie Straat op Spotify te luisteren. Als protest dat een anti-AZC nummer (gegenereerd door AI) op 1 gaat komen en dat willen we niet. Wij zijn met meer. Doen jullie mee?

Leer de magie van de Zungeon in deze Zpeciale aflevering van DND met een Zachte G. @napel.itch.io is te gast om de mysteries van de Zine Dungeon te ontrafelen. Geniet van deze extra lange aflevering met praktische tips voor de moderne Game Master! www.buzzsprout.com/2317351/epis...

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

I don't have the ambition to be a big rpg designer, I just want to be big enough for it to make sense to be asked as a stretch goal contributor.

The Palestinian Children's Relief - TTRPG Bundle for PCRF is live! Come support Palestinian children and get a ton of TTRPG and Pring/Play titles for $10! itch.io/b/3299/pales... Free Palestine!

I contributed a game to this! Go play "Kingdoms of the Valley version 0.1" and over two-hundred more TTRPGs today!!

I've just started reading the famous Magic of Inventorying by @rolistespod.itch.io. I love how the game itself throws you in media res while it is usually a DM choice. Grab it in TTRPG Bundle for Palestinian Children's Relief Foundation for $10.00 along with +200 other games! itch.io/b/3299/pales...

it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement! Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*