NULL_SPACE's 3rd pamphlet job has hit the itch page! HALTING_PROBLEM; details getting something important back from a factory with a malfunctioning security system, but is that the only thing going on here? Get it here (the itchfund is ongoing!) binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space

If you're reading this, round 1 of the Bloggies' Hunger Games is over and round 2 has already started! This post has all of the voting breakdowns sans the vote count (it would have taken me an extra hour to add those in, and I have a day job 😔.) You won't believe the margins on these matchups!

Bloggies PSA! Round 1 of all 5 initial Categories is open until 7 AM EST. Not just Advice. Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy... Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8... Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ... Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk... Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA... Vote for your favorites. PSA over

Backed! As a doll, I must support other dolls - also it just looks great.

Bloggies voting has begun! This week is the tournament: the Thunderdome of rpg blogs. If you're thinking to yourself, "This is a lot of reading." I've got bad news: you're already running out of time. Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4 www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/

I'm running a sale on my Itch this month! After you've got HARDCASE and 199X: COMPLEX from the No ICE in Minnesota Bundle, come snag HARDCASE's expansion (plus the other two 199X games) at a tidy discount: itch.io/s/180121/bun...

Blog Preview is up on the Patreon, talking about Pokémon and its similarity to the OSR playstyle. You can check it out (and lots of other as of yet unpublished posts) for the cost of a cup of coffee in like 1960 ($1) #osr #ttrpg

[Transparent engagement bait] So... blogs, am I right?

I blogged: personable.blog/human-centri...

High tea time. Cute little cakes and sandwiches await.

Kreia talks about Revan the way Frieren talks about Himmel.

Last evening I participated in a playtest of an RPG a friend of mine (Red Rose) is making called "Dungeon Sludge", where you make weird little homunculi out of clay and then smash them when the creator-alchemist grows displeased. It sparked fond memories of playing Grape Escape as a child.

The steam page for Lancer Tactics is now up! Throw us on your wishlist! #lancerrpg #mech #mecha

The Bloggies' page has updates! 1. "We Read the Bloggies" A fan-made podcast is live and linked! 2. A new submission has been nominated, "Book [Verb] Play" in Theory. The other post was removed on the author's request. 3. I've redesigned the page to keep things short and sweet. Happy reading!

A group of volunteers is recording as many of the nominees for the Bloggies as possible, and uploading them as a podcast! I’m helping out a bit with this, and I’ve recorded a few already! Come listen at the link below, Spotify, and several other podcast platforms! podcast.bloggies.org

Blog enthusiasts! It's been a huge community effort. We're proud to present WE READ THE BLOGGIES. The year's best blogging coming to you - in audio form. A show to SAVE YOUR EYES and SOOTHE YOUR EARS. Catch up on all your Bloggies reading before voting commences next week! #ttrpg #podcast #blog

The awesome @bommyknocker.bsky.social, @elmc.at, Grace of Choir of Fire @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social and many community members have organized a group recording effort of every Bloggies post as podcast episodes inspired by Blogs on Tape!https://podcast.bloggies.org/

NULL_SPACE IS ITCHFUNDING NOW! Let me tell you a little more about it, if you don't know about it yet. 🧵 binarystar.games/null-space-i...

thank you @seraphimseraphina.bsky.social for recommending i read "make better mind pictures" from Was It Likely, maybe one of the best pieces of rpg writing ive ever read. i'll be coming back to this forever wasitlikely.blogspot.com/2025/02/make...

It's 968 AC. An artificial sun shines down upon Doskvol. Autopods cruise down rows of peaceful, prosperous houses. Beneath it all, strange actors and twisted conspiracies work their shadowy agendas. Blades '68. The future is now. Don't miss it: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

Excellent people worth following.

My first RPG pub is for sale now! just in time for #ZineMonth 130 even-level Feats. 135 Quirks. Grounded options for Shadowdark that give characters texture and teeth. May your PCs be unique before they die. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Dollhouse, my game about recruiting and managing the titular "Dolls" as they take on missions through the city is launching in a week!!! Check it out If you want a TTRPG set in a dark retro-future or have enjoyed my other games like DAWN or Star & City. (1/X) www.kickstarter.com/projects/125...

I appreciate how neatly this merges the mechanics of Mythic Bastionland with classic Rogue Trader touches like critical damage charts. It seems like you could almost run an entire campaign just inside of your own ship if you wanted, it's so massive.

Honored to receive three (!!!) nominations Best Debut Blog How to Replicate Over/Under www.valerialoves.com/how-to-repli... Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule www.valerialoves.com/promises-a-m... Voting goes live next week! Thank you for your support 💙

My site, This Vorpal Coil, has been nominated for Best Debut Blog! Although many other fine blogs are included in that category, vote for me anyways~

Attack every part of the character sheet, even your name and character portrait.

New Interview! @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social, author of #GirlFrame. We spoke about her life, #PbtA, and why #mechsploitation holds such strong appeal to trans women. valerialoves.com/tools-crave-...

The “Tea or Coffee, Stars, and Gravity” anthology KS campaign is 95% base goal funded (www.kickstarter.com/projects/526...). This means we are 81% to SG1 & 71% to SG2. 10 more backers to base goal funding. A little more caffeine in our mugs today and we’ll be there. #sff #fantasy #book #ks #booksky

My month in a nutshell: (Official nominees announcement tomorrow!)

a response to the @rascal.news article on yazeba's bed & breakfast, clarifying some misunderstandings and (hopefully) providing a clearer explanation of what happened possumcreek.medium.com/a-response-t...

All bloggers are hereby cordially invited to participate in a new blog bandwagon on the topic of MAPS, featuring art (which you can use, remix, distort as you see fit) from @amandalee.bsky.social (Garbage Barge, Vampire Cruise, et al) You have 80 days starting now! #osr #tttpg #blog

The Dragon has six hit points. So do you. SIX HP DUNGEON, the dungeon where everything has six hit points and every attack does 1d6 damage, demo available now! Learn how your equipment works against different monsters to advance in the dungeon. aryxymaraki.itch.io/six-hp-dungeon

Welcome back to Rose Playing Games, the Rose-only (count: 2) tabletop RPG show! This episode we're talking about the history of mechanics like Call of Cthulhu sanity and other (often highly flawed) attempts at systematizing personality, emotions, and trauma into games.

"Rationalists" lost the mandate of heaven when they stopped supporting transhumanism. As soon as people actually started doing it, they changed their minds and decided the only acceptable body modification was drugs that make you thinner.

I'm joining the newsletter game. Don't ask me why! I'm not sure either. I just want to help more good blogs get found elmc.at/catmail-1/

Of all the fiction I've published, Air and Nothingness Press gave me the best experience working with a publisher. Their anthologies are consistently great and worth supporting.

The Total//Effect engine delivers extremely tight mechanical design in NULL_SPACE's slick monochrome package. Highly recommended!

The Bloggies 2026 submissions are officially closed. Get ready for the nominations next Monday. You can get the full schedule and submissions breakdown here: www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-sub...

I'm really excited to announce that Dollhouse has launch date! The Kickstarter will be live on the 16th (in two weeks), and I'll be sharing more of the details for it in the time between! If you're interested in my work, please give the page a follow! www.kickstarter.com/projects/125...

Welcome back to Rose Playing Games, the Rose-only (count: 2) tabletop RPG show! This episode we're talking about the history of mechanics like Call of Cthulhu sanity and other (often highly flawed) attempts at systematizing personality, emotions, and trauma into games.

Rewatched Across the Spider-Verse: it was still good! Even slightly better, since the constant glowing and flashing was a less overwhelming on a TV instead of a movie theater. It still had the same pacing problem, though, where it simultaneously felt like half a movie and a movie-and-a-half.

It's so energizing to see other people running with the dice bank mechanic and seeing where they can take it. It's got legs!

Perhaps one of my more controversial takes, although I know some people are going to agree with me.

The indie TTRPG scene is wide, but this is one possible place to get into it. And if you're already into it, then this is 34 TTRPGs to add to your collection. (Wyldriver, Hearts Of Wulin, Lutesse, Alken, Slow Train Home, Bite Sized Dungeon, and more!) itch.io/b/3490/welco...

After fighting with weird table glitches while finalizing Protoplastic 0.5 last night, this is a beautiful thing to wake up to.

At last, the next version of Protoplastic is ready! This one is a massive advancement over the last, functionally a complete game apart from more adventure material.

Of everything I've posted about last year, this one seemed to strike a chord with the most people, the sentiment of loving knowledge rolls even though they're largely considered bad:

I read Kingdoms, which is and OSR game full of cool ideas but in the end fails to cohere for me. You can read my review! personable.blog/zine-zone-ki...

I have been writing this blogpost for months to share my personal perspective and insight to the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene. Check it out! afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...