TUMULUS by @exeunt.press arrived earlier this week. This is issue #6, Hammer a nail in the coffin, along with the bookmark game Blood Chapter. 🦇 My Exeunt Press section on this bookshelf is now full, eek! Shelf rearranging is in my future. Also thanks for the reminder to renew!

Excited to share the lightning talk programming line up for GameRT's Miniconference- happening on Twitch/Youtube on Friday, March 20 from 10:00 CT - 3:30 CT: games.ala.org/2026-march-m...

Thanks for having us, and I hope your members can join us in Baltimore! www.unpub.org/upcoming-eve...

FYI, Twitch was acting up, so we are only on YouTube for this discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qETm...

Join GameRT in conversation with @unpub.org organizers as we talk about Unpub initiatives with the library community and explain the benefits of library folks participating in game design spaces. Friday, February 20 at 1:00 CT. No registration required, just tune in to GameRT's YT or Twitch channel.

It's TTRPGs for Trans Rights Season! The game jam is now open for submissions to TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho! Games, art, zines, and more welcome through March 8th! Proceeds from this bundle will benefit @transaffirminc.bsky.social and @tccidaho.bsky.social! itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...

If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).

Happy National Shelfie Day! Find my zine shelf in this thread!

Ahhh, I'm so excited for these bookmarks! Last semester I worked with students in the North Central College Design Agency class and they designed these for @oesterlelib (where I'm a librarian). Sky, Meredith, and Paulina were lovely to work with 💙 I've printed 1/3 of the designs, more to come later!

Community is everything and printers know that well. So @blountben.bsky.social & I are leading the charge to host WayzgooseORD (WORD) here in Chicago. It’s a new gathering for the print community to share their shops, knowledge and friendship. More info: wayzgooseord.com

🦝🎨 @goblinbuns.bsky.social read my mind with this sketch! See the link in their profile for commissions!

Zines new to my collection! Farm Simulator Zine, offwhitesheep Multi User Dungeon, @mysticmultiples.bsky.social RESPAWN/RESiST, Cheyenne Bourgeois how to build a community, Sturgeon Designs snail mail zine, RENMALESZINES SHARD Best Books of 2025, TRVose My Favorite Games, @drawnbynana.bsky.social

Just submitted a grad school recommendation for a student and I am feeling super emotional. Go out and do wonderful things you amazing person! Also makes me want to hug @cheeflo.bsky.social, who wrote one of MY grad school recommendation letters several years ago.

I'm awful at posting updates. I've been back into making personal zines since May & posting them on itch.io for free. Here's a thread with 3 I posted last week. Just Use Your Art Supplies A zine about not waiting for perfect moments to make the perfect thing. toplayishuman.itch.io/just-use-you...

Here you go bsky.app/profile/kenl...

❄️ And a Happy Solstice to you all as well! ☀️

Not my own game project, but I've been folding some tiny zine games for solstice gifts. This one from @junkfoodgames.bsky.social is one of my go-to tiny solstice gifts for anyone I've not given it to already, so my team at work is getting it this year. junkfoodgames.itch.io/a-shrine-for...

I think that if there's an overarching theme to my writing at Skeleton Code Machine, it's that I want people to try to make games. Little games, big games, weird games, whatever. I believe that act of creating art and games is inherently good. Hopefully today's post encourages people to try it.

All of my TTRPG supplement creations are half off over on @itch.io right now. A quest generator, some magical animal companions (including a new Party Cat!), a cozy sim, a fortune teller forager, and moar! itch.io/s/171137/bla...

A place of honor and goodness. A bastion of hope. A lighthouse in the long dark. A pillar of the community. YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY, BABY!!!

The "How to run a tabletop game design workshop at your library" webinar recording is now online thanks to the Indiana State Library! Get some specific tips on how to make your next program a success. Link below. ⬇️🎲⬇️ #boardgames #libraries #ttrpg #gamedesign

GameRT is looking for presenters for its one day mini conference to be held on March 20th, 2026. The conference will be virtual and free. This year's theme is "Gaming outside the box" Proposals are due on January 12, 2026. games.ala.org/call-for-pro...

If you are a games publisher, developer or designer, please fill out this survey. We’d like to know more about what you are looking for in a partnership. bit.ly/GameRT2025Pu...

If you are a GameRT member or non-member librarian worker, please fill out this survey. We’d like to know more about your experiences with GameRT resources, events, and initiatives, as well as what you would like to see from the round table. bit.ly/GameRT2025Me...

#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player strategy card game that is live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social! No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*. Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

I won't be a PAXU but if you will be there, then you need to stop by the IPR booth to pick up some amazing indie TTRPGs.

Coverage of a panel I presented on a couple years ago with @alagamert.bsky.social @runtzel.bsky.social @dcostello.bsky.social

This is my gaming group's 9th annual @extralife4kids.bsky.social game day to help raise money for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. We are close to our fundraising goal and have some fun gamey donation incentives, too! www.extra-life.org/participants...

Another game arrival from an @alagamert.bsky.social International Games Month sponsor! @oesterlelib.bsky.social received a copy of Down We Go, a TTRPG from @plusoneexp.bsky.social! It'll be processed for the collection soon!

It's always a good day when @exeunt.press is in the mailbox!

Thank you to The Op Games for sending some games for our @oesterlelib.bsky.social library collection as part of @alagamert.bsky.social International Games Month! Our tech services person has them in our processing queue and they'll be available for checkout soon!

Want free stuff? Follow and share this link! I'll select three random sharers to receive a complete set of Tiny Tome. That's 150 single-page RPGs in 3 books! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...

Mega-thread of all the creators in Tiny Tome 3! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...

Going to start sending a free copy of the #Crownfell print-and-play to chess clubs, because I think they’d like it. Anyone know of any clubs that might like to try out a modern, card-based chess-like?

Go grab Moon Rings & its custom playing card deck. GORGEOUS! Well done @junkfoodgames.bsky.social! More photos in next post! junkfoodgames.itch.io/moon-rings Solo journaling game, you're a witch navigating a labyrinth to end the reign of the cursed Blood Moon. See content info on the game page.

Today's find in the used game section at our local game store!

Thanks so much to the ALA Games & Gaming Round Table! We DO offer discounts on MAPPA MUNDI to libraries and education institutions all around the world. Want to learn more about Mappa Mundi - An Exporation + Ecology RPG? Check www.mappamundirpg.com and email george [at ] threesailsstudios.com!

I’ll tell you, nothing gets me as PUMPED as getting an email from a librarian asking for digital assets for Perils & Princesses and permission to use the artwork for the library. YES! Whatever you need! 👑

One of my favorite artists! The moss kittens are my favorite. 💚 Go find your favorite!

No more publishing in library journals we're all makin zines

New blog post: @ttrpgkids.com talks about the way ttrpgs can inspire an interest in reading in young folx, even reluctant readers. Check it out games.ala.org/donor-spotli... and post in the comments your favorite comic or chapter book that features characters playing games.

STARTING THIS FRIDAY! i will be playing Thaumaturge, a solo journaling game that's new to the Princess with a Cursed Sword bound edition, posting a new update every day until the crowdfunding campaign launches! follow along at w.itch.io! Art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social

Our first Break Our Games event of the fall semester was a huge success! We were lucky enough to play some student games in development, as well as test some submitted to CMich Press for publication. Thank you everyone -- and we'll see you October 10th for more!

Help libraries add your indie TTRPG to their collection: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/game-catal... #ttrpg #libraries #publiclibraries #gamedesign 🎲✂️

Thanks to @bexagons.bsky.social for setting up a really interesting call about how to make it easier for libraries to get indie TTRPGs into their online catalog. Learned more about CIP blocks, MARC records, and OCLC. Expect a Skeleton Code Machine article about this at some point! #publiclibraries

Played Cellulose today and grew some catnip!

Don't you think Bacchus would be the purrfect Spokescat for Miskatonic Brewing's new ale? Donations to Paws for a Cause Vet Care = votes. 1 dog & 1 cat will appear on the 2025 Ales for Tails West Coast Wizard beer this fall. Vote for Bacchus here! www.gogophotocontest.com/alesfortails...

I'm donating some ttrpg's to libraries this year for International Games Month through the ALA! I'm excited to help get some indie ttrpg's into libraries!

TTRPG designer friends: there is still time to submit your projects to the Palestinian Children's Relief Bundle itch.io/jam/palestin... Join a bundle full of amazing games and raise money for #PCRF #TTRPGforPCRF

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