We are live with Trench Crusade Backdrop Books! www.kickstarter.com/projects/han... @trenchcrusade.bsky.social #trenchcrusade

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Technologically advance a band: Vantablack Sabbath

Today is the last day of the Tribes in the Dark #TTRPG Kickstarter. It's been quite a ride. As we work on getting the backer preview ready, here are some statistics: * Time spent in development, writing, and playtesting: 5 * 134k words * Different PCs used: 3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9...

I backed this straight away. Looks dope as hell.

The Golden Cobra Challenge 2025 is NOW LIVE! Get your gamesss in by October 13th! goldencobra.org

A timely classic when this particular discourse claws its way back out of the grave. Maybe next time we encase the discourse in concrete.

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Last time for this one. From me this week @flaminghydra.com: on a more nuanced version of nostalgia than the dominant (and tedious and corrosive) discourse which says nostalgia is either all correct or all wrong. flaminghydra.com/issue-394/#t...

Post a meme you made: (An older one but it checks out)

Cold City Hot War sees the return of two brilliant games from the early 2000s that share a system and a real depth of setting. Late pledges are open now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon... #ttrpgs

It's time for another Ex Tenebris writer announcement! I'm delighted to say @scorchadoom.bsky.social is writing for us. Sarah's work on Bluebeard's Bride painted a dark gothic Ex Ten-ish target on her. (I also really love Velvet Glove - under-rated game IMO!) www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Post a meme you made: (An older one but it checks out)

This One Coffee Hack.... I’m Coffee-Boxing this morning, because time boxing is for chumps. I am working on Lifted: Indomitable RPG. It’s SUPER late. #ttrpgs AMA —before my coffee runs out. (400g) www.kickstarter.com/projects/mad...

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

An easy back for me: I love climbing and I'm always interested in novel systems. Tarot is the X factor, either it'll land or it'll uh...fall. Back things you want to see in the world! Not everything has to be a preorder!

Ooh! First 3 3 #TTRPGbox sets I owned: 1. Traveller Big Black Box 2. Top Secret 3. Skyrealms of Jorune, probably.

Keep running into this "the answer isn't on your character sheet" business and stg the OSR (?) folks are gonna horseshoe theory themselves right into being larpers.

At 330 pages, the core book stretches the limit of PoD, both practically and cost-wise. It contains everything you need to play the Tribes in the Dark #TTRPG. The Companion will let us expand on that.

The Tribes in the Dark #TTRPG KS is funded! Thanks to everyone for helping make this dream come true. That's, of course, the beginning. We want to increase the amount of new art and have some additional plans, so stretch goals are on the way. So stay tuned. www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9...

Tribe 8 is such a weird, interesting property. This FitD update is going to be really sharp. A nicely streamlined campaign too! Just a book. Is this doesn't get past US$20k I'll be so disappointed.

If you didn't get into Memento Mori when it first appeared *do not sleep on it.* There's a chance to get the whole thing again on Backerkit. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t... If you have no idea wtf Memento Mori is about, check out my deep dive. Most underrated game of the year and it's not close.

If you didn't get into Memento Mori when it first appeared *do not sleep on it.* There's a chance to get the whole thing again on Backerkit. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t... If you have no idea wtf Memento Mori is about, check out my deep dive. Most underrated game of the year and it's not close.

✨ The Indie RPG Newsletter celebrates 5 years this month. I started in August 2020 trying to build a habit of regularly writing every week. And now we're here: 250 issues, 7000 subscribers, thousands of games and articles shared.

IGRC is working on starting a podcast and this thread is so inspiring. Thanks for the wisdom, Sean!

We've been able to gene-sequence priest DNA from samples encased in amber. By making a few small alterations in common domestic ministers, we expect to return Dire Priests to their native habitat.

IT LIVES. Back Ways & Means RIGHT NOW so we can PAY MONEY to these EXCELLENT WRITERS & ARTISTS to make EVEN MORE HEART buff.ly/8x6LWln

So this is happening: #DiabloRPG www.kickstarter.com/projects/gla...

Wilting is a scam by Big Spinach to sell more spinach.

Holy cow, a masterpiece.

My broken internet brain called this MILFSHIPS once and won't let it go. Looking forward to my copy!

Finished @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Shroud last night. Man it's strong work. "This is how to do a real alien" story like his Children of Ruin/Time/etc stories. But besides the tight sci-fi premise, there's a great structural flourish buried in the middle with a beautiful reveal at the end. 1/x

Finished @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Shroud last night. Man it's strong work. "This is how to do a real alien" story like his Children of Ruin/Time/etc stories. But besides the tight sci-fi premise, there's a great structural flourish buried in the middle with a beautiful reveal at the end. 1/x

Musings on spouting lore, dropping bombs and stuff you missed! Good Monday, Gamers! open.substack.com/pub/playfear...

Sharp blades. Sharp suits. A sacred stone granting mythic martial prowess. @fondalee.bsky.social, @evilhat.bsky.social, and I offer you a clean blade. Wǔxiá action meets gangster warfare in STREETS OF JADE: the Green Bone Saga RPG. Swear fealty to the clan & join the playtest! evilh.at/soj-playtest

Thinking about how I habitually (obsessively/neurotically?) download and update all my gaming PDFs (about 3000 at this point) on my local hard drive and on a Dropbox account for no reason at all this morning.

When an RPG text asserts both "player skill, not character skill" and "the answer isn't on the character sheet," it *really* needs to point toward what skills we're talking about. "Player skill not character skill" assumes a *lot* about how the game will be facilitated. More in an upcoming piece.

Eyyyyy @tribesinthedark.bsky.social was follower #1000. Let the clout checks roll in now. Please.

I am so proud to announce, It’s coming, Tribes in the Dark is coming!!! After all this time, the past is dead, your future begins now! #Kickstarter #tribe8 #trrpg #fitd www.kickstarter.com/projects/dp9...

One more follower and my problems will be solved. The Clout Bank will start sending regular checks. My hair will become fuller and darker. My spouse will wonder what changed, and give me a little wink.

I play a *lot* of RPGs but I play a *lot* of board games as well. The board gaming review/critique space is stupid-big, just impossible to break into, but I shared my thoughts about a board gaming house con I hosted a couple weeks back.

When an RPG text asserts both "player skill, not character skill" and "the answer isn't on the character sheet," it *really* needs to point toward what skills we're talking about. "Player skill not character skill" assumes a *lot* about how the game will be facilitated. More in an upcoming piece.

I thought this bundle was over but it's been extended for a week! If you haven't already looked at it, it's extreme: www.humblebundle.com/books/roll-b... Meg and I have three games in it, Apocalypse World, Under Hollow Hills, and The King Is Dead.

I play a *lot* of RPGs but I play a *lot* of board games as well. The board gaming review/critique space is stupid-big, just impossible to break into, but I shared my thoughts about a board gaming house con I hosted a couple weeks back.

To be fair, there *are* non-terrible RPG discourses happening all the time. But boy howdy do the bad takes consume all the oxygen. But also most of the non-terrible takes are kind of boring if you've been around a while. Not-boring + not-terrible turns out to be a dime sized target.

Oh here’s a good one for a Friday night. All about what’s “enough” in creative endeavours. And maybe life. Same thing really. making-maskwitches.ghost.io/long-form-ma... Don’t forget to sling us a vote in the ENnies for Best Interior Art if you’re so inclined! Ta! #ttrpg #doggerland

If you haven't heard Mothership is up for 3 Ennie awards: Best Production Values (Mothership Deluxe Set), Best Aid - Digital (Mothership VTT), Best Supplement (Mothership Warden's Operations Manual). ARKYVR a 3PP is also up for Best Supplement as well! Give us a 1! vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2025/

Two weeks of deliveries and the pile suddenly got out of hand. What should IGRC dive into first? After Mappa Mundi. That's tonight.

Time travel is my happy place.

Memento Mori Stillfleet Alien Mothership No idea what to draw from that other than I'm always looking for topics for the IGRC. And I like space stuff.