Three B-Sides games are now free on DriveThruRPG. Here's what they are.

It is quite possible for a creative human to use AI tools to further their unique perspectives. Come on now.

Gelatinous cute!

This guy really does his research!

I swear, I get high from playing Soledad with new people. Suck a kick. Both just for that "it actually works! AGAIN!" feeling, and because it gets so intense just discovering the world and dynamics with strangers. New people ❤️

One player lies on the floor as a thousand-year-old skeleton. Others walk around, speculating about who they were. The skeleton can't correct them. Ten minutes.

A troll isn't a stat block. It's something your great-grandmother warned you about, and she was right.

If your game uses folklore, make it mechanical. Iron protects against the supernatural. That's not flavor text. That's an economy, a scarcity system, a set of hard choices.

Write down something you want to do before you die. Roll a die. 2-6: age that many decades, explain why you never did it. Roll again. On a 1, you die. That's the whole game.

The best sessions I've run had no permanent GM. Someone frames the scene, someone else plays the threat, someone asks the hard question. Then you rotate.

Rotating the narrator every scene sounds chaotic. In practice it means nobody gets tired, nobody gets bored. Everyone's invested because everyone directs.

Innovative GM-free no-prep magic realism card-based TTRPG «Roots of Soledad» only €278 away from funding! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

Check out The Roots of Soledad - A Magical Realism RPG on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n... #rpg #indie #gmless #pbta #ttrpg #art #rpgart #italy #norway #latin #solorpg #cardgame #boardgame

My new game, the Roots of Soledad, launched two days ago and is almost fully funded! So I'm super excited 😄 Soledad is a magical realism RPG, with lots of drama, supernatural weird things, and deeply human relationships. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

Still a couple of hours left to back Soledad and get a free art sticker exclusive to Early Birds! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

Soledad. A magical realism RPG about a small town where the supernatural bleeds into ordinary life. Drama. Relationships. Deeply human. 94% funded in two days, which tells you more than I can. https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/nessundove/the-roots-of-soledad?ref=mh-bluesky

A game where sex workers talk before their shift. One rule: never mention a specific man by name. That constraint moved the whole conversation to personhood.

My new game, the Roots of Soledad, launched two days ago and is almost fully funded! So I'm super excited 😄 Soledad is a magical realism RPG, with lots of drama, supernatural weird things, and deeply human relationships. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

As I just started a campaign of surrealist TTRPG "Itras By" with the excellent @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social, this launched! "The Roots of Soledad" by @matthijs1000.bsky.social in collaboration with @nessundovelab.bsky.social : a GM-less, card-based TTRPG a homage to South American magical realism.

Soledad is over halfway funded. Twelve hours. I don't even know what to say. Thank you to everyone who backed and shared. This means the world. https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/nessundove/the-roots-of-soledad?ref=mh-bluesky

Proud to be the 43rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Roots of Soledad - A Magical Realism RPG! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

Roots of Soledad, @matthijs1000.bsky.socials nyeste rollespill. * Struktur spillederløse spill ofte mangler * I boks med nydelig italiensk-colombiansk design. * Noen av mine sterkeste rollespillopplevelser siste par år. * Poetiske greier. Ta en titt. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

A magnificent adventure by @brianyaksha.bsky.social for Old-School Essentials is nearly funded on Backerkit. Check it out: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #osr #ose #dnd #ttrpg #rpg #tabletop #indierpg #tabletoprpg #ttrpgart #darkfantasy

My new tabletop roleplaying game is now live on BackerKit. The Roots of Soledad is a game of magical realism, family secrets, impossible memories, rebellion, faith, and fate. It takes place in the village of Soledad, where generations of characters are drawn into the shadow of the kapok tree.

The Roots of Soledad is LIVE on @backerkit.com ! @matthijs1000.bsky.social 's GM-less, card-based game will help you improvise a story of magical realism, in the vein of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Watch as every card helps the characters' tales get more intricate and tangled.

One of the best design moves I know: tell a player what they CAN'T do. "The Moon can only react, never initiate." That single rule made the whole game generous.

Excited to be the 277th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The Tiger Princess of Treacherous Tripura! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

People hear "no GM" and picture chaos. What actually happens: four people share the creative load that usually burns one person out.

Curious to see how The Roots of Soledad is going to play? @matthijs1000.bsky.social sat down with a couple of familiar faces for a short demo game. Watch them deal with rebels and art shops, with doppelgangers and strange forest creatures.

Soledad by @matthijs1000.bsky.social cracks the code for GM-less gaming by making your Goals and Relations come back to haunt you. It’s given me pain, laughs, and new friends. Follow on Backerkit: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... Launches Thursday.

I played Soledad on camera with Ole Peder and Magnus last week! Character creation, full session, the whole thing. Good creepy fun. Campaign launches on BackerKit this Wednesday, part of Pocketopia 2026. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jciJsh_HQ_8

New book out today: Hexcrawl Encounter Design Guidebook. How to build encounter tables where sixty percent of the entries aren't combat. System-neutral, opinionated, built for GMs who want their prep to hit harder. legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5665...

GM-less doesn't mean structureless. It means the structure does the work that one person used to do alone. Good rules distribute authority.

I made a game for my friend's birthday. Color-printed the cards, put them in a metal chocolate box. That was early 2024. The game launches on BackerKit next week. hyperfictive.substack.com/p/the-game-in-the-chocolate-box

The Roots of Soledad is @matthijs1000.bsky.social 's card-based gmless game and homage to South American magical realism. It's coming to @backerkit.com on May 7, in time for #pocketopia2026. Want to learn more? Sign up to the campaign and preview the rulebook for free.

Tiger Princess of Treacherous Tripura launches very soon, but you can get a sneak peek at the new and improved pre-launch site: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #osr #ose #demonmonth #osemonth #dnd #diy #rpg #ttrpg #tabletop #gamdev #backerkit #crowdfunding #art #illustration #old-school #tsr #nsr

The Hexcrawl Campaign Playstyle Guidebook is out in the world. Here's the first unboxing, by Nicolai, who designed the cover! instagram.com/p/DXwbvUKu7uZ/

GM-less doesn't mean structureless. It means the structure does the work that one person used to do alone. Good rules distribute authority.

I put one of my B-sides games up as a free PDF on DriveThruRPG. You lie on the floor. You've been dead for 1000 years. Elf archaeologists say hurtful things about your skeleton.

Dice legend Lou Zocchi, gamer and inventor of the zocchihedron and champion of balanced, sharp-edged dice, has passed. Most may recall him from videos of his impassioned pitch for good quality dice, or from seeing him at cons over the past 50 years. 16 Feb 1935 - 15 Apr 2026 Roll in peace, Lou!

19 experimental games I wrote between 2005 and 2010. Mostly GM-less, mostly short, most written in an evening to test one specific idea. The b-sides, finally in one book. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/564042/-BSides-Experimental-Games-20052010?affiliate_id=2525274

200 people signed up so far for The Roots of Soledad pre-launch. Don't miss out! backerkit.com/call_to_action/53b0c4dc-bbf4-4925-b348-764f66904119/landing

I was on Vertshuset, the Norwegian RPG podcast! Talked (in Norwegian) about Soledad, Archipelago, Den Nye Våren, and more. Second podcast in a short while! Well, I do like to talk about my stuff. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SZKZ3W9BDMMpJfS1aca0m

Chiara and @matthijs1000.bsky.social got to have a wonderful chat about The Roots of Soledad with Ed Rathke! Go listen to them discuss GMless gaming, magical realism, and so much more. open.spotify.com/episode/7Ecf...

Chiara and I went on the Wolf Podcast to talk about The Roots of Soledad. No GM, card-driven story, magical realism as a core mechanic.

I've spent 20 years making tabletop RPGs. 35 or so, mostly without a GM. Finally gave them a home. Hyperfictive is my personal imprint. hyperfictive.com

I think I played my first hexcrawl about 35 years ago. High time I got this book out. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Curious about what's going on with @matthijs1000.bsky.social and Soledad? We shared a bit more about the campaign on Rascal.

After Barbabianca, we're gearing up for another project: The Roots of Soledad, a magical realism #ttrpg by Matthijs Holter. As fans of Archipelago and Society of Dreamers as much as A Hundred Years of Solitude, it's a privilege for us to do our part in developing this game.

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