Daniel did an amazing job for my upcoming adventure for Cairn. This is the front and back cover as a wrap for the project. Check out his other fantastic work on his Bluesky

Who else is checking out Melsonia's new shop with Igloo this Saturday?

Chris Bissette's Candle arrived today! Excited to try a reverse dungeon crawl with my group @loottheroom.bsky.social

​I highly recommend checking out this amazing set of games from DNGN CLUB. Purchasing the bundle not only gets you great games but also directly supports an independent developer navigating a difficult situation.

I've got 4 Ennies! Let me put them to work...FOR YOU! I'm also going to start doing Pokémon and Magic proxies soon!

The one and only @danielharila.bsky.social (the brilliant artist for my next adventure) has a new Kickstarter project launching, and it is a must-see. Duginthroat Divided is an OSE dungeon with over a 100 locations, faction play, mass combat rules. Go check it out! kickstarter.com/projects/dan...

A dungeon on your doorstep! Duginthroat Divided is a 124 page (and counting) campaign starter for Old School Essentials coming to Kickstarter Oct 6th! (Pre-launch starts sep 9th) inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft and Astrid Lindgren and featuring more than 100 keyed locations!

top 3 itch pages I've had open all week, thinking about! loottheroom.itch.io/candle by @loottheroom.bsky.social dngnclub.itch.io/instant-star... by @dngnclub.itch.io eryk-sawicki.itch.io/milk-bar-cut... by @peregrinecoast.press they just all look soooo good!

Just a couple of normal animals doing normal animal things. Please don't worry about these chaps, adventurers. They are of no concern. You can meet them un Plundering the Athenaeum of Ilth soon (hopefully next month?)

I highly recommend What Dreams We Left Below. It is a brilliantly designed mystery for Mothership, and the entire module is beautifully presented. Go check it out!

​I am excited to start playtesting a folk horror adventure I have been working on for Cairn 2e. ​For me, the best part of design is always that moment at the table when players begin to truly grapple with the central themes, creating an emergent story you could never have fully anticipated. #ttrpg

I want more games to exist 🥺 I'm opening up my skills in UX & Product design to help you get your projects done.

I'm looking for some additional small projects to fill in some gaps, and I'm opening up commissions. (prices are ballpark) Hit me up if you're interested in working together on illustration or even something bigger! Email: [email protected] #commissionsopen #ttrpgart #ttrpgcommunity

Hello again, tabletop RPG designers! The second Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant is now taking applications! I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece. Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants

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Short thread explaining how I do my layout work for games. I basically break it down into four distinct steps. Step 1: Create Templates (25%) Step 2: Bulk Layout (50%) Step 3: Layout Refinement (20%) Step 4: Proofing (5%) Let's explain what these steps consist of.

You awaken trapped in a ritual chamber with only one goal, to survive. How do you escape? ​Find out in CANDLE, a fantastic reverse dungeon crawl for MÖRK BORG

We here at TTRPG Insider are trying to help but need shares, support, etc. Help us help you!

This upcoming solo horror RPG looks incredible. It is a sequel to the original The Wretched. Go check it out

I know all sorts of things about game design

We're at 42 followers on The Haunting Of The Wretched. When we hit 50, I'll share the full cover art. #ttrpg www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

I've been reading Emily Dickinson, and this one stuck out to me. Maybe how I should be as a person. If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain.

Deep into writing a new folk horror adventure for Cairn. It all starts with a simple contract to investigate a silent village... but what do you do when you arrive and find not a massacre, but a paradise? And why are its perfectly happy residents sending their children away with empty eyes? #ttrpg

10 games to get to know you The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Diablo 2 Guild Wars Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon Dark Souls The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Planescape Torment Tekken 3 Disco Elysium Divinity Original Sin 2

Perplexing Ruins currently has some amazing original art for sale. If I were in the US, I would certainly be buying a piece. Go check them out!

Not only did Amanda organize an entire week of seminars, playtests, hang seshes and events, but so many presenters recorded themselves, creating a pool of post-retreat resources for /everyone./ The Gauntlet/Sprigs & Kindling community continues to do amazing work.

Just about 7 hours left to submit your game!

Quick reminder: you can quickly give ratings to any game you've downloaded on your FEED tab on Itch. Ratings are super easy ways to help out designers! Go forth and give the gift of discoverability!

I've seen some people disheartened at their Appendix N jam rankings, and I know this sounds corny as fuck; but I'm proud of you & your work, and FAR more importantly, you should be too! You made something constrained by time, theme, & space- then put it out into the world to be judged. That's brave

The #AppendixNJam voting is over and I'm speechless. He Who Walks with Shadows, finished as the #1 MOST RATED game. It received 60 ratings, in a jam where the median was just 15. Wow. Thank you to every single person who gave my first game a chance. labyrinthine-press.itch.io/he-who-walks...

Sneak peek of my next module: www.patreon.com/posts/i-hear...

The support for "He Who Walks with Shadows" and all the other submissions in the Appendix N Jam has been fantastic. We are now in the final eight hours of voting. If you have a moment, please check out the entries and rate your favourites. Every vote helps a creator. itch.io/jam/appx-n-j... #OSR

 📣 OPEN CALL 📣 You’re invited to launch your next small-format TTRPG crowdfunding project on BackerKit as part of our Zine Month celebration with ZINETOPIA! Apply today: www.backerkit.com/c/collection... #ttrpg #rpg #zines #zinemonth #indie #zinetopia #crowdfunding

What's your plan for #MÖRKTOBER? Stock a dungeon? Create some scrolls? Art or just text? Make one of those awesome calendar maps? Music? Poetry? Prompt preview on September 1, 2025.

You can pick up some of my physical stuff here, such as signed art prints and zines! Would really help me out in funding new print runs :) perplexingruinsshop.bigcartel.com

I can't unsee this. "Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville, and this is Face-Hugger Dodgeball." "Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxville, and this is Chest-Burster Hot Sauce!" "Hi, I'm Johnny Knoxviille, and this is Xenomorph Rodeo!"

Over at my Patreon, I have a $1 tier. This tier receives an occasional drawing, but it primarily exists as a way for people to support what I do at a very low value. Comes to $12 a year to say, "I think you're doing some neat stuff, and I'm happy to support growth" www.patreon.com/perplexingru...

DNGN CLUB makes fantastic games and content. You can currently get their entire collection for only $15, which is a great way to support an independent designer. Go check it out!

I'd love to do another Lay On Hands jam one day if folks are interested

For a newcomer to the scene, the welcome from the indie TTRPG community has been incredible. The kind comments, downloads, and seeing my first small project shared by designers I admire... it's more than I could have hoped for. Just a genuine thank you. Feeling very grateful to be a part of it.

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Hey, have you seen the latest third-party HIS MAJESTY THE WORM dungeon? It punches above its weight class: castellacakes.itch.io/the-riddle-o...

Thank you to whoever makes the ad banners on DriveThruRPG! 😊 Another thanks to the folks who have left nice reviews! Death At Helfast Spire is currently the #3 Daggerheart title on the site! Check it out, links below! 👇

I've gone through about 30 entries in the Appendix N jam now, and there are SO many amazing ones. You should definitely take a look through and get some inspo for your games! itch.io/jam/appx-n-jam

Today I'm releasing The Eternal Empress, a short location-based adventure for the Appendix N. jam. #osr Special thanks to @explorersdesign.bsky.social and Gus L. for the great cover and map! weirdwonder.itch.io/empress

3 days left in the Appendix N Jam. My adventure, He Who Walks with Shadows, is not about slaying a villain. It is about the terrible choice you must make when the heretic you are sent to kill is a man resolute in his own tragic fate. labyrinthine-press.itch.io/he-who-walks... #ttrpg #osr

68. He Who Walks with Shadows by @labyrinthine-press.itch.io A beautifully written, system-neutral OSR pointcrawl 👥 A mission to eliminate a dangerous heretic becomes an assisted suicide as PCs wander this bleak, cliffside ossuary. Heavy on the themes of light & shadow, this is one deadly module!