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Lots of folks came out to try One Last Fight, our roguelike storytelling card game. We had a blast teaching it to new players! (The game is currently sold out, but we've got a restock on the way! You can choose to be notified when it's back in stock) hitpointpress.com/collections/...

I think one of the most important parts of game design is to make sure a player can still have fun while they are losing. It might not (and should not!) be the same as winning, but they should still have a good time. In a competitive game thats going to be 50%+ of your audience!

Some works in progress from the 40k mines.

Been playing Titanium Court and gosh, what a fun little weird game. Chill, philosophical, and surprisingly difficult! (with some options over time to make the game easier) It also does a lot of clever little things with its static images and layering to create motion and expression.

An instance of both good game design and hateful game design.

So very excited and honoured to share that I'm one of the writers for Vampire the Masquerade: Eternal Whispers!! Wishlist now 🩸❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/4102480/...

Welcome to SIGNET CITY... 👁️A first person fungalpunk RPG from (me) the creator of Citizen Sleeper ◼️YOU ARE A PARASITE ◼️Manipulate your hosts, feed on their emotions ◼️Discover a strange city of biotech and brutalist architecture Support the game and WISHLIST now on Steam 🙏 bit.ly/SC-Steam

I don't really understand it, but playing more ttrpgs has made all the ttrpgs part of my brain turn back online lately? Wild, I know. Anyway I have too many projects happening again please help.

But what if I actually wrote some real games philosophy words for once.

Been trying to figure out something for awhile now. Why, in ttrpgs, is combat the thing so many mechanics are tied to? We boil every other check into a "roll above this number" and then we move on with the consequences, but combat's only consequence is that it keeps happening.

Got to spend a fun hour answering Patron questions with @kiennas.bsky.social and @anarisis.dylangrinder.com! www.patreon.com/posts/158716...

Been playing a couple different ttrpgs lately and its only reinforcing my belief that combat in most games isn't terribly interesting. Like, combat becomes less interesting to me the more removed it is from other mechanics. If resource management is important, then sure. But make it quick!

Trying to slowly get through some backlog of minis. Painted some Trench Crusade, but ultimately didn't vibe with it. Which is a shame because I liked the idea of an open sourced minis game.

📣 Paid opportunity for animators! 📣 Help us build 8 frame looping animations to expand on our line of animated products! We're seeking samples with an emphasis on abstract design and texture, like you see here. For more info and to apply: https://forms.gle/9XwgtR5eCkAvCZxQ9

Finished Demonschool this evening and what a fun puzzly-tactics RPG! It definitely felt at times that it was trying to speedrun being a SMT game, but in the moments that were its own the game really shined. Fun characters, incredible monster designs. Didn't need the 11 endings though. One's good.

Running some Vagabonds next week and made a bunch of pregens! So of course I had to draw some portraits of a very strange band of adventurers.

The existential crisis that come with falling out of love with a hobby.

The Grindergard community Minecraft server is BACK with an all-new Create (& Create Aeronautics) focused modpack! Things are a little less structured this time around, so let's hop in and see what sort of shenanigans we can get up to, shall we? twitch.tv/anarisis

Nothing as good as having to make a whole party's worth of character pregens for learning a new ttrpg system.

Fantasy world-building tip: make something thats not a horse do the horse things. Need a carriage? Pull it with a giant rolly-polly. Till the fields with some kind of sword snake. Ride gallantly on your raptor-kangaroo monstrosity named "Charles" and bounce into the sunset.

One Last Fight is built around the grand finale of a Dungeons & Dragons-style fantasy campaign

I think I'm really cooking something special for codename Gobsports. Its super interesting to write a "combat" system where you technically don't win by defeating your enemies if they can still get the Orb in the goal. In the meantime, here's a picture of JORTS DAN, Underdog and crowd favorite.

Haven't picked up One Last Fight? We've also got brand-new game & expansion bundles available so you can jump right in. The rules are easy and the game can be played just about anywhere. Want to learn how to play? Here's a playlist of awesome community videos! ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPCm...

The Illuminate Expansion has some of my favorite weirdos like the Fool and the Hungry House. If the base game is the expected party roles and villains, this one is for trope twists or being a weird little guy.

Another game, another "hey wouldn't it be cool if I made up my own completely bonkers conflict resolution mechanic?"

JORTS DAN IS BACK. (I am working on project Gob-sports again, but considering making it a TTRPG this time because I think it'll make more sense)

I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses

I think my goal as a game designer or illustrator is to make something that someone else wants to make fan art of.

Starting to realize that I might not be able to hold ttrpg thoughts and wargaming thoughts in my head at the same time. Taking a break from warhammer and immediately ttrpg design things are filling up in the old noggin. Thinking of revisiting Dreamers of the Hoop because that never felt baked enough

Starting to respool an old project, but needing some inspiration. What are some of your favorite environmental art pieces?

Yesterday, Brotherwise Games announced our Plotweaver Artist Search. We'll be hiring dozens of artists for our new RPG, including a Lead Artist whose role will kick off with a $10,000 commission package. If you're an artist or TTRPG fan, learn more about this awesome project at PlotweaverRPG.com!

Hey #PAXEast we're here at booth #12099! 👋 We've got copies of One Last Fight, and a demo table ready to roll! Folks are already having a blast trying it out :D We hope you stop by and say hi to Brian and the team!

Scrolling around about #OneLastFight and discovered it has a proper webpage now! hitpointpress.com/pages/one-la...

It feels like its been a long while since I've GMed anything, but I've got session 1 for a playtest tomorrow and it feels good to be using that part of my brain again! Love to be taking notes on a possible trail for a mystery! (I say possible because you never know with players where they're going)

Started painting some laser skeletons today! I don't know why its taken me so long to paint some necrons, they were one of the factions that drew me to the hobby. And of course I'd take the robot skeletons and make them into skeletons again.

Don't miss our special livestream launch event TODAY, March 13th at 2pm Eastern Time! Get notified: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctER... Join us for a Q&A with One Last Fight game designer @superrobotbear.bsky.social & HPP content lead @madeofcartoons.bsky.social! See you there!

Bonus Cat!! Also playing more Pokemon Pokopia! Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

Deep in the ttrpg philosophy today: Rules exist to guide and regulate player action. Each rule can inspire (letting players know this new action is available) and/or limit (telling a player what is not available). What then draws us to games with rules? Is it the inspiration or the limits?

I am STRUGGLING with how pretty these are.

FYI 💫NOW💫 is your chance to grab a gorgeous solo Citizen Sleeper TTRPG! Both Cycles of the Eye, second edition, and Spindlejack, first edition, are available to preorder from Lost in Cult. They won’t be around forever! www.lostincult.co.uk/citizensleep...

My copy of #OneLastFight came into today and wow! There's so much good stuff! @hitpointpress.bsky.social did a great job with the physical product, everything is top quality. A THREAD First note: The cards! They got that good poker card weave texture that I love. Also the foils are hi-tech shiny.

Something about waiting at the dentist office, (or doctors, or bus stop) that really gets my creative brain flowing despite not having the ability to write anything down. I think I just need to be one of those people who carries around a notebook

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

Now that One Last Fight is getting into peoples' hands I am very excited to hear the kinds of stories they tell. I have yet to play two games with the same tone, genre, or setting. I've fought corpo Dracula, a cat who turned everything to meat, and a sentient meteor! What you got going?

In my continuing study into what makes a game "fun" I have discovered that the "fun"ness of a game is actually like, third in priorities. More important are "the people you play the game with" and "does the game align to the group dynamic."

the Black Panthers were right

Kienna Shaw has joined the team as the Project Folio Co-Lead! Kienna has worked on projects like Pathfinder Lost Omens: Tian Xia World Guide/Tian Xia Character Guide, Cloud Empress, and Stormlight Scenarios! They've also worked as a co-curator on the @ttrpgsafetytoolkit.com

We PEAKin? 😏 @stumpt.tv @thetravelinggoblin.bsky.social @legendofnyx.bsky.social Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

This was one of the reasons I stopped my online tutoring gig. I got one too many students telling me I was AI.