Just launched a major update for Allucinalia, a solo dream journaling game that I wrote last year! Streamlined prompts, new end-game mechanics, extended gameplay ideas, new layout, new art (shout-out to the Public Domain Image Archive)... same price it was before! maggiefrench.itch.io/allucinalia

Just sent a new version of an old game to the printer... very excited, and also deeply convinced there's an error in there somewhere.

Started publishing under a penname because I always kind of assumed I would. Also, privacy feels valuable. Have decided, almost two years in, that I'd just...rather not! (Despite my anxiety.) So. You'll notice some changes as I start to adjust. Still Maggie, now with a little more "feels like me."

Managed to build in some coffee shop writing time this morning, a real treat when trying to complete a project on a tight deadline.

So excited to get my hands on this as I finish up the draft of a fairy game I’ve been working on all fall.

Missed basically every jam I wanted to enter in October, but walked away with a couple projects that have grown larger, and I’m really excited about them.

One order of “more hours in the day,” please!

Don’t ask me how many tabs I have open right now.

For the evening crew >>

Slowly working on a couple public domain art packs for #ttrpgs; it’s become a meditation to edit them into transparent pngs. What sorts of images would be on your “ready for use” wish list? My broad categories are buildings/architecture, plants/animals, and furniture/objects.

Six hours left to support this #mutualaid #ttrpg bundle on itch, where you can get 46 games (including one of mine!) for a $5-minimum/pay-what-you-want contribution! itch.io/b/3291/help-...

The other day at work a kid referred to brie cheese as “squishy cheese” and that’s absolutely going to be what I call it now.

Pals, I can't stop thinking about Waywright, it's gonna be so cool. The "I love Minecraft but I get bored" in me has yearned for something like this. Did my Etherscout Readiness Assessment last night; did you know you can customize the XXX-XXX characters in your designation? I made mine into a word!

I have a single notes app page in my phone titled "Game Ideas" where I collect all my game ideas, in all forms: 🎲 Scraps of mechanics concepts ✏️ Titles with nothing else attached to them 📝 Paragraphs of description 🏷️ Taglines for itch pages 🪶 Lines of poetry?? Where do YOU collect all your ideas?

Anyone got a tried and true trick for succeeding at meal prep?

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

Sometimes people ask me what my fantasy novel is about, and I say, "A librarian with burnout." And they look at me, immediately clocking that I, too, am a librarian with burnout, unsure if they're meant to acknowledge that observation. Except my coworkers, who immediately go, "YES. GOOD."

Stay safe out there, everyone!

CALLING NEW/SMALL TTRPG DESIGNERS: send us your games so we can sell them for you at PAX Unplugged! #ttrpg

Black Flies by @goosepoopgames.com is so close funding! Can you be the one who brings Zzrtrzz to life? Will you be the #1 cultist of our hearts? Check out this fabulously fly filled fantasy fenomenon! TTRPG.link/BlackFlies If we can get it funded tonight, I promise Jordan will eat a fly!

The first day back at work after vacation is the sleepiest.

I made a list of in-progress #ttrpg projects this morning. It's... long.

I split a piece of pumpkin spice cheesecake with my boyfriend yesterday afternoon, and unfortunately it's all I can think about today.

This year's #TabletopTrainJam already has THREE entries, and over 70 participants signed up. If you're one of the Train Jammers, what are you working on?? I'd love to hear more! itch.io/jam/tabletop... < Check out the three entries so far over here!!

I've really been looking forward to @magathachristie.bsky.social's 2025 Train Jam, and it's at full steam! A bunch of cool people making #TTRPG concepts about trains? It's never going to be a bad time

I just backed Shackling by @melissasuestanley.bsky.social on @kickstarter.com — and I think I had the honor of being the backer that met the funding goal, which delights me. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bab...

New goal unlocked, to play this game while wearing my snail (and slug) skirt.

The Games against Genocide via tiltify charity bundle submission period is now open: bit.ly/gamesagainst... All TTRPGs and TTRPG adjacent supplements are welcome* Submissions are open until November 3 and the charity bundle supporting Doctors Without Borders will be live November 10 - December 12 🍉

🐴🐴🐴 It's #SelfPromoSaturday and I want to shout out an old free favorite #ttrpg of mine, Great & Terrible Horses. It's a #HoneyHeist hack where you play, unsurprisingly, horses at the county fair. 🐎 be a horse 🥇 win ribbons 💥 be a chaotic menace maggiemahoney.itch.io/great-and-te...

My game “Together & Ever” is available in this fundraiser bundle. Please consider donating at least $5 to get the 46 games that are available, and support Diana’s expenses.

When you go to print your #TTRPG remember that you need to charge at least about 6x the cost to print for sustainability. Small to midsize publishers can take advantage of scale & you can't. You are not Wizards, Evil Hat, Exalted Funeral, or Modiphius. Ideally charge 10x an pay a bill. 1/2

For the evening crowd on TrainJam Eve…

#TabletopTrainJam begins TOMORROW and we already have more people signed up than last year. All aboard!!! itch.io/jam/tabletop...

Packed theatre (and laughing so much it was hard to hear all the lines) for D(e)AD today! Great work @izball.bsky.social! Hope this gets on a streaming platform lots of people can see it on. youtu.be/SKmkHP9IUcs #Dropout #Comedy

I know it doesn’t help the low reading for pleasure stats, but libraries ALSO have DVDs of some of those shows and movies on your recently cancelled streaming service…. Buying a little laptop disc drive DVD player was one of the best things I ever did!

We’re actually up to 44 participants now, but this thread is still where I’m linking to last year’s games, slowly but surely! Check out the ones I’ve already highlighted in the replies!

Don't forget that if you're local to the Boston area, you can grab a physical copy of my game Just Passing Through at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social, one of my very favorite stores. Honestly, the selection is so good you'll probably find five other things too... maggiemahoney.itch.io/just-passing...

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

Summer turning into Fall makes me think of The Velveteen Rabbit, a story I love so much that I turned it into a solo journaling game by hacking Anamnesis. Writing this game made me cry. (This does NOT constitute a guarantee that PLAYING it will make YOU cry.) maggiemcgee.itch.io/how-toys-bec...

Does someone want to let me talk about #TabletopTrainJam on a game podcast or blog? (This wish made not-so-secret in honor of passing 40 participants signed up, and being less than 20 days away from the jam start date.) itch.io/jam/tabletop...

Folks who have looked into newsletter stuff - I'm deciding between Ghost and Buttondown as platforms, and would love to know if anyone has insight about either! (I've got research on both, more interested in any personal reflections from your own experiences!)

Looking to play a cozy #ttrpg one-shot this fall? Make yourself some tea and sit down with my fantasy #duet game "Just Passing Through." Play as old friends catching up; use card draws to guide the conversation. Low-prep! no combat! I'd call it LARP-adjacent! maggiemahoney.itch.io/just-passing...

I'm hand writing my fairy story in a hardcover bound journal like I used to do as a kid and it's really helping me just commit to getting the words on the page.

Mud Ghost Estate, a spooky tumbling tower TTRPG I made for #FolkloreJam 2024, is getting an updated version! Please give it a follow on Kickstarter! 👻 www.kickstarter.com/projects/wha...

When an idea is so shiny and sparkly that you snatch every spare moment of break time at your day-job to scrawl it out in a little notebook.

WE CAN SAVE POSTS NOW!! Also, for my fellow neurodivergents, WE HAVE ANOTHER COLLECTION WE CAN FORGET ALL ABOUT BUT WE'LL STILL USE IT EXCITEDLY 😆

😬 Does it still count as #steadyseptember if the fairy ttrpg is turning into a concept for a children's novel? 🌳🧚🍃 Is it weird to do both? (I realize I made this challenge up, and it's just me doing it, so it's kind of arbitrary, but the whole point is to give myself some structure!)

You can just make character sheets for games that don’t exist. It’s free and no-one stops you

Something, something, songs about rain. Here's a little moody morning mix for the platform of your choice. 1. Rain - Nick Drake 2. Flowers Never Bend with the Rainfall - Paul Simon 3. Early Morning Rain - Peter Paul & Mary cover 4. Rainy Days and Mondays - The Carpenters

Unfortunately today instead of doing #steadyseptember I went to my sister’s band’s concert and got a new game idea.