Want a look at what's coming this Spring to Party of One? We dropped a breakdown of the upcoming season over at @rascal.news! www.rascal.news/party-of-one...

I wrote a thing for Rascal about YZE games. Came out pretty good I think!

Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my John Wick-inspired bloody revenge opera deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric, is coming to Kickstarter in May. Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.

And that’s it. As of this evening, I am a full time game designer. Gonna make games. Full time.

Small pleasures: reading "This is Now You Lose the Time War" by @maxgladstone.bsky.social and @amalelmohtar.com again, to prepare before playing duet TTRPGs "Against Time and Death" by @ickbat.bsky.social and "The Words We Leaves Behind" by @whodo.bsky.social ❤️📚

An absurd deal for my favorite-favorite FitD game. Honestly folks, don't sleep on this.

Deep Cuts is such a fascinating supplement, and really serves to highlight just how much game there is in Blades in the Dark. I rarely look at a game and think ‘I could basically play this forever’, and that’s just the core book.

I just listened to @cprevas.bsky.social’s game of Chiron’s Doom, and I think you should too! It’s classic Chiron’s Doom — the curiosity, the spiralling complications, the fear… Plus I found a new AP to listen to, and that’s always a bonus! Thank you christine!

I've been wanting to play Chiron's Doom by @ickbat.bsky.social for YEARS, so when I needed to sit down and record a solo game for the show it was the obvious choice and, truly, this game was everything I hoped it would be and more. what a sick fucking game holy shit I had so much fun

9-and-a-bit hours left!

Something like 24 hours now…

Feeling a bit of a post-Valentine's Day comedown? Why not recapture some of the magic with a bundle of top-notch two-player ttrpgs? Featuring my very own... <checks notes>... Chiron's Doom, a tragic game about a doomed expedition! (For real, add some romance and the tragedy gets even juicier!)

Yo, where are the sci-fi narrative diorama skirmish games at? Malev's Greathelm or Peter Vigors' Necropolis28, but in space?

Ayup, I'm Paul. Still consider myself pretty new to all this (I'm old, and I started late) but I love what I've learned to do. Feels a bit like sorcery :) #portfolioday

Never not wishing I was playing A Nocturne.

I've been talking about this with some people, and I really think this might happen, and I'm going to do my part as well to make it so. 2026 the year of anthologies and magazines and building communities through making things together. I'm starting early with eraserflag: ehronlime.itch.io/eraserflag

Stealing the Throne turns five next year, and it still pops up, which always makes my day. Big thanks here to @inkslinger1.bsky.social for shouting it out! Honestly, who wouldn’t want to steal a giant thousand-year-old robot?

It’s happening — Against Time and Death is making its way out into the world! Delighted to see photos as zines start arriving. How good is @spookshow71.bsky.social’s art?! 🔴🔵

Woohoo! Thanks @ickbat.bsky.social Looks marvellous! 🙂

Aaaand very nearly got seriously screwed by the tariff situation. Fortunately, I’ll only get mildly screwed instead. I did my due diligence, right up to sending test packages to the US. And still, despite no new tariff announcements, the ground shifted anyway. 🤷🏻‍♂️

#Dragonmeet2025! It’s happening! I’m special guest in the Black Armada Games stall today — come by, pick up some cool games, say hi to me, @beckyannison.bsky.social and @armadajosh.bsky.social!

Come and find Black Armada Games and special guest @ickbat.bsky.social at #Dragonmeet2025 tomorrow! Seen Quinns review of Lovecraftesque and want to see inside the guts of the boxed set... then swing by stall F1&2 and check it out. Huge thanks to @jogbrogzin.bsky.social for the beautiful mapwork.

Hey Against Time and Death backers, you might want to check your emails. The Time War has begun! And if you’re not a backer yet, there’s still time… against-time-and-death.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Hey Against Time and Death backers, you might want to check your emails. The Time War has begun! And if you’re not a backer yet, there’s still time… against-time-and-death.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...

Flashback to when that takeaway restaurant thought my name was Nike Bape. Fair play to them, from a certain angle that’s pretty much my accent.

Me! Black Armada Games! Dragonmeet! It’s happening!

youtu.be/yHpy7lBsBCk?... Video about solo journalling games that hit 96k views thanks to the whims of lord algorithm. Comments are great, people discovering then for the first time. @ickbat.bsky.social, you're on here.

Pale Dot arrived today and now gets to join my growing collection of physical ttrpg books I did art for.

Huh. It’s mid-October and I’ve read just six RPGs this year. All interesting designs, which is ace: 1. Gravity, Chris Longhurst 2. Last Train to Bremen, Caro Asercion 3. Autoloader, Calum Grace 4. Blades ‘68, Tim Denee 5. Ex Tenebris, Josh Fox 6. Wickies, Lari Assmuth What should I read next?

Mark 1xp if you successfully finished a race, or 2xp if it was epic.

You! 🫵 You want to play a gothic sci-fi investigation game, right? I mean, why wouldn’t you? Uncover conspiracies, fight demons, be space Mulder and space Scully… Back Ex Tenebris! Only 20 hours left! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Hot damn, it’s good to be thinking about Forged in the Dark design again.

I’m a pretty earnest and enthusiastic guy, particularly in emails, and I’m starting to worry people will think my words were written by an AI.

Huge thanks to @ickbat.bsky.social for creating Against Time and Death. Currently somewhere around the middle of a multi-month game (admittedly, we're playing slowly) and having a delightful time with it.

It’s been a little while since I asked… Which Forged in the Dark game(s) are you most excited about right now? What’s your current state of the art?

Geez, Girl by Moonlight is good. But I feel like I don’t hear about it so much these days. Are people playing it?

Family, Speed Daemons playtesting is going so good. Mech racing, yo. Recommended.

Read this, #ttrpg folks!

Team, help me out by dreaming up cool conceptual opposites for Against Time and Death! I'm after paired concepts that define opposing factions in the Time War. Both should sound intriguing, and neither should be unambiguously bad. Bonus points if they're a lyrical rather than literal. 🔴 🔵

Can't overstate this! It feels wonderful to know that someone had a good time with your game. It's not just that they appreciate your work. Someone's day, maybe a day with their friends, got better because of something you put into the world. It's a special feeling.

It's real strange re-watching Babylon 5 at this moment in time.

Indie ttrpg folks, where did we come down on GPSR now that the dust has settled a bit? Any leads on good value EU Responsible Persons?

Today is my birthday! I treated myself to covid & flu vaccines this morning and now I'm doing high level edits on all the writing I've been doing all week. If you want to help me celebrate 46 years around the sun then please share the Ex Tenebris kickstarter!

Indie ttrpg folks, where did we come down on GPSR now that the dust has settled a bit? Any leads on good value EU Responsible Persons?

I gotta say, I'm pretty proud of this table for helping players in Against Time and Death decide when to set their scenes. It was fun figuring out what sorts of things define each of the six eras I chose. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ick...

It me… … in our current campaign of Ex Tenebris which you can hear on the Black Armada Tales actual play podcast!

It’s still happening. I still don’t know why.

Really wish I knew what was driving this extra traffic to Chiron's Doom over the last week! Most of the referrals are coming from YouTube... ickbat.itch.io/chirons-doom

And we are back at it! Team TBD are in the middle of a race against Fortuna. The team's Reliquary has just taken over control of the mech from the team's Daemontech - a smooth transfer from one speed daemon to the next - and we're ready for the second clash! It's good to be back...

Just 15 minutes from re-launching our latest Speed Daemons playtest and I am so ready.