The Serenity Springs Kickstarter is up for only three more days! Throw your players into a monochrome horror dimension based on 1950s suburban America! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gri... #ttrpg #D&D #5e

Funded! Thank you to everyone who supported and shared the project! Now back to work polishing and editing. #dnd #ttrpg #kickstarter #5e www.kickstarter.com/projects/gri...

Want to learn more about Serenity Springs? Tune in to @talesfromelsewhere.bsky.social tomorrow at 10:00 am (PST) where Peter and I will discuss the unique blend of history, design, and offbeat ideas that eventually became Serenity Springs. www.youtube.com/live/DV0GdNv... #ttrpg #dnd #5e

And we're live! #ttrpg #dnd #5e www.kickstarter.com/projects/gri...

Major kudos to @excalibird.bsky.social for her work on the two covers for Serenity Springs! The project goes live on Kickstarter tomorrow! #dnd #ttrpg #5e

One of my favorite questions I've been asked about my work.

Here's what Serenity Springs' kitbashed artstyle looks like in practice. We took this (archive.org/details/hous...) image from Household Magazine, and added a hand-drawn Alien getting ready for mischief. #ttrpg #dnd #5e

Serenity Spring's artwork is kitbashed from old 1950s magazines. It's not hard to find unintentionally creepy pictures like the one below. She has absolutely murdered someone with that clock and will kill again. Source: archive.org/details/hous...

How does one get in or out of Serenity Springs? A magic item called the Universal Remote teleports you there for petty reasons. This vengeful little contraption exists in some form in every plane, sending all manner of life-forms to Serenity Springs. More shapes in the comments!

A 1950s suburb isn't gonna have traditional DnD dungeons, so how about a landed Roswell-coded UFO? Notes to my music guy for this part just reads "Theramin ass theramin." Intrigued? Check out the Kickstarter for Serenity Springs, launching March 31 tinyurl.com/3pppxe2h #ttrpg #dnd #5e

In Serenity Springs, walking somewhere always takes 1 hour while driving always takes 10 minutes. Its a navigation challenge for the players, and a parody of the car-dependence kicked off in this era. Intrigued? Check out the Kickstarter, launching March 31. tinyurl.com/3pppxe2h #ttrpg #dnd

In Serenity Springs, sentient TV static called The Hayze censors all violence and nudity. The spelling is a direct reference to the Hays Code, a real thing that rigidly confined media in the 20th century. Intrigued? Check out the Kickstarter, launching March 31 tinyurl.com/3pppxe2h #ttrpg #dnd

#SelfPromoSaturday time! Serenity Springs is my biggest project yet, a setting and adventure for 5E based on 1950s suburban America, launching on KS at the end of the month! What other #ttrpg projects are folks working on? www.kickstarter.com/projects/207...

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

This motivated me to finally get my work up on itch.io. I've added my very modest library to the bundle. Fellow game designers: if you can afford it, please consider joining. All proceeds go to the Minnesota Immigration Law Center. #ttrpg itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...

Hi folks, I've made another GM moves cheatsheet, this one for #masksanewgeneration It re-arranges the GM Moves cheatsheet into a more focused and customizable layout. Free on DTRPG. tinyurl.com/mhandchu P.S. If you think of other #pbta #ttrpg games that could use this treatment, let me know!

I've recently had to explain #ttrpg adventures to folks outside the hobby several times, so I wrote a blog post I can point them to in the future. Feel free to send it to folks in your life who want to know more about your hobby. grinningportalgames.com/blog/ttrpg-101

My newest #ttrpg project lives! Gabaghoul: A Sleazy Symbiosis is a #monsteroftheweek adventure where the hunters race against the clock to stop a clan of ghouls from resurrecting (via human sacrifice) the enormous comatose mimic beneath the city. Check it out on DTRPG tinyurl.com/45zajwbk

I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.

Hi folks. During my recent Monster of the Week campaign I made a resource for myself that I'd like to share. Introducing Keeper Moves Re-Typed: the same move list you know and love, but organized by pacing/story beats. Free on DTRPG tinyurl.com/2b5ev6r3 #ttrpg #monsteroftheweek

Looking for a time loop ghost train mystery for Halloween? Thats a weirdly specific ask but fortunately my adventure No Time for the Wicked is exactly that and currently 30% off! www.dmsguild.com/product/4937... (Stay tuned for my next adventure featuring The Bagman) #dnd #ttrpg #dnd5e

I live and work in Portland. We have our problems, but we're far from "war torn." Americans, regardless of political affinity, should be horrified by a President occupying home soil. Especially when said President is so clearly driven by cruelty, selfishness, retribution, and pursuit of power.

My ghost train timeloop adventure, No Time for the Wicked, is part of this amazing Bundle on DMSguild. Check it out! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #ttrpg #dnd #5e

Check out my latest blog post on making time loops in ttrpgs. Special thanks to @drew-makes-games.itch.io for inspiring this post.

Just happened to schedule a game of Eat the Reich for today without realizing it’s VE Day 😂.

The dismantling of games journalism exactly mirrors the dismantling of the industry it covers. It’s a very deliberate disassembly - media in general is being actively killed off by myopic and utterly useless vandals. I sincerely wish ill for those who *indulge* in causing layoffs.

#WIPwednesday #ttrpg #dnd Working on the adventure that will come with Serenity Springs, my upcoming suburban 1950's themed horror setting. Current question: What does the statblock for a classic Roswell-style alien look like? 👽 Intrigued? Follow along here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/207...

Looking for a dose of RPG sillyness? Check out my first blog post where I introduce my longest-running NPC. Special shoutout to @thefuzzyslug.bsky.social for the art. grinningportalgames.com/blog/tale-of... #ttrpg

Hello #ttrpg world! Introducing: Grinning Portal Games! This will be the central place to find all of my future publications, blog posts, and more. Check out the site here: grinningportalgames.com And please follow on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/grin...

Hello pile of new followers out of nowhere and old followers! Apologies for being real quite lately. I've been heads down on a personal project which I will announce here soon! (hint below)

🎉🥈🎉 No Time for the Wicked has gone silver! Check it out if you haven't already (shorturl.at/qoB7W). Once again I'll do one #thankaTTRPGcreator every day for the next few days to celebrate. This time around it'll be mainly for folks who helped my adventure get this far 🧵 #dnd #ttrpgcommunity

Good morning, friends and fiends! The Weekly Wobble has just gone out to subscribers with a discount code from @ryanloos.bsky.social We've also got a new game review by @reyesraine.itch.io for You're Elf by @ratbastardgames.bsky.social #dnd #ttrpg #indiettrpg Read Reyes' review here:

Friday was the finale of my 2 year Ravenloft DnD campaign. It's such a strange mixture of feelings when something that long ends. I'm both relieved and sad that its over. Excited to try new games, and grateful for the old one. Special thanks to my players for sticking around ❤️. #ttrpgcommunity #dnd

Monday morning, 57 subscribers to my Weekly Wobble newsletter will receive a discount code for @ryanloos.bsky.social's Eberron adventure, No Time for the Wicked. You're gonna miss out if you don't hit the link and sign up: www.wobblerocket.com/subscribe/

AND WE’RE (I’m) LIVE! My first crowdfunding project ever for #zinequest and #zinemonth is a zine for @melsonia.bsky.social’s Troika! with backgrounds of the last survivors of the dying universe, including Pi, Starving Diety and Apocalypse Stenographer! Back now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...

Thanks for the review! @phdnd.bsky.social has a lot of other great videos on his channel if you have any interest in Ravenloft antics.

I'm digging how this WWII guide is basically "gum up fascism by being an energy vampire." Let Colin Robinson be your guide in the fight against fascism. The link: www.404media.co/declassified...

OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product. On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.

Live footage from inside OpenAI, Meta, Google, Nvidia etc. today www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJng...

Reskeet if you're a TTRPG designer and/or publisher and are happy to provide digital copies for actual plays and reviews.

Playing Ravenloft in other systems! youtu.be/eSrrtB-YlZo

Hi I'm Ryan, and I feel like a #ttrpgcommunity outlier because I DON'T do extensive world building. I build the parts of the world that I think are cool, and the parts that I know the players will interact with, and thats it! For instance, I've never customized a pantheon in for a campaign.

One of the most frightening things I've ever heard is when someone pointed out that the existence of the "Uncanny Valley" implies at some point there was an evolutionary reason to be afraid of something that looked human but wasn't.😬 You're welcome~😘

Hey did you know ☝🏼 that leaving your favorite creator or artist a 5-star review, sharing their work, writing kind comments, and/or telling them to their face is an ✨absolutely free✨ way to help them start the New Year off right!

"Lover," investigator Trait from #Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy. Every investigator has 3 to 6 Traits! #lover #ttrpg #ttrpgs #rpg #rpgs #indierpg #indierpgs #indiettrpg #indiettrpgs #detective #mystery #urbanfantasy #investigation anim-ttrpg.itch.io/eureka-urban...

I'm thrilled that my work is included in this bundle. Thanks for putting it together @despisedsamaritan.com!

Excitedly working on my next publication, a #ravenloft Domain of Dread of my own creation 😈. Here are some inspirations I'm pulling from: - Pleasantville - Hot Fuzz - Rosewell aliens - Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Mccarthyism #dnd #ttrpg

If you’ve ever had unsatisfying #DnD sessions, your prep could be the problem: youtu.be/gK8R3ROXs6M?... #dungeonmaster #ttrpgcommunity