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Queer indie tabletop roleplaying game publisher making Cloud Empress & Rust Wings.
With dragons hunted near extinction, the Ox King sends a wounded dragon to his heir, the twenty-seventh in line of succession. Hand-watercolored piece by pbbeta for my TTRPG Burial Cloud.
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People who didn't back the Kickstarter are finally getting their hands on the retail copies. I'm so happy!
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Tamsin the Reimagined Girl™
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After more than a year of yearning, I’ve finally acquired a hard copy of
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
’s CLOUD EMPRESS, and I’m so excited to dig into it. 🥰
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As I reimagine how I publish games, I share 6 inspirations for an early access TTRPG development approach in my newsletter:
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
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Six inspirations for early access TTRPG development
A look at other games I'm inspired by to create an early access approach for my upcoming game, Burial Cloud.
https://open.substack.com/pub/worldsbywatt/p/six-inspirations-for-early-access?r=of4n0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 1 month ago
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Alfred Valley
about 2 months ago
This is a fun conclusion to Pit's Peak, feat. a guest appearance from one of the strangest 'creatures' I've designed, The Earm
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normal reedus
about 2 months ago
"Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic." what a fucking banger
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I'm putting future Sky Burial ttrpg content (my mid-industrial fantasy about dragon hunters, their enemies, and the Endless Empire) up for a vote to all levels (including free trial tier) of my Patreon. Pick the next expansion I write here:
www.patreon.com/posts/vote-o...
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Vote on the next Sky Burial content | worlds by watt
Vote on the next Sky Burial content by worlds by watt on Patreon. Join worlds by watt's community for exclusive content and updates.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/vote-on-next-sky-156770000?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
about 2 months ago
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Ryan Lynch
about 2 months ago
Really appreciate this crowdfund post mortem. More confirmation that art direction can make or break you, expensive extras can be devastating, and a long, community-driven marketing build is vital.
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Caleb Zane Huett
about 2 months ago
I really appreciate this write-up by watt! Both the decision to cancel and this analysis are thoughtful and mature. Worth reading and thinking about these takeaways, especially if you have a game in development. I'm prone to especially emphasize the seventh point--community participation.
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Hendrik is writing an ashcan about nuns
about 2 months ago
A very honest look inside current day kickstarting from the creator of Cloud Empress:
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ThereWolf! Games
about 2 months ago
A truly fascinating write-up that gets into a lot of the backend details on a project like this. A number of reasons listed are the same reason I ultimately didn't back the project, but I'm hopeful that it finds an audience.
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121 of my supporters provided feedback on why my (canceled) Rust Wings campaign failed to gather the funding of previous campaigns. Here are 7 lessons I took from their feedback and hindsight:
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
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Rust Wings Post Mortem
What I learned from my canceled Kickstarter
https://open.substack.com/pub/worldsbywatt/p/rust-wings-post-mortem?r=of4n0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
about 2 months ago
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamemaster 🔜Origins
2 months ago
#14 Cloud Empress from
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
A fantastic Nausicaa inspired setting for Mothership. This one improves on the stress mechanics for Mothership as well.
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Come help pick the color treatment for my upcoming mid-industrial fantasy setting inspired by Princess Mononoke, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Moby Dick!
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Vote on your favorite color treatment for my next game
Share your input on the first color tests of the Sky Burial project.
https://open.substack.com/pub/worldsbywatt/p/vote-on-your-favorite-color-treatment?r=of4n0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
2 months ago
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The Wreck of the Adam Seats
2 months ago
Oh hey! Episode 2 of 3 is out today! Listen as our crew explore deeper into
@alfredvalley.bsky.social
's Pit's Peak and see some pretty unsettling stuff! All this & more on the Cloud Empress Lorecast- I mean, on
@dndlorecast.bsky.social
! Get it wherever you cast your pods.
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Tales from the Hereafter: Pit's Peak, pt. II
That Dastardly Adam Seats™ is BACK and has taken over The Tower once again! We continue our descent into Pit's Peak this week... what horrors await us?WARDEN: ADAM SEATS PLAYERS: CLASSICAL…
https://pca.st/episode/d07c95da-8909-468f-9515-f0280e76544f
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I wrote about Marathon's bathrooms and why I include so many toilet closets in my adventures! Subscribe (with a free trial) to read.
www.patreon.com/posts/marath...
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Marathon's bathrooms | worlds by watt
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2 months ago
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@aefact 🌾
3 months ago
Another wonderful post by
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
... The world needs more artists. I'd venture that if you don't consider your "day job" art, then you may not be doing it right. And, there's maybe something else you could be doing right now... Onward! :)
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What it means to be an artist... | worlds by watt
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https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-it-means-to-153737524
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamemaster 🔜Origins
3 months ago
1 like = 1 TTRPG in my library How deep can we get into my library? I'm betting less than 5%
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Gamemaster 🔜Origins
3 months ago
#34 Cloud Empress from
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Science fantasy the way it's meant to be
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MeatCastle GameWare
3 months ago
The latest Missive is here! I talk a bit about the freedom of adventure writing in modern-day settings, my Violence scenario AMELIA, recap the MCGW blog, and more cool stuff (Rust Wings, Last Light Station, and more)! Check it out:
meatcastle.substack.com/p/the-freedo...
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The Freedom of Modernity
FREEBIE: AMELIA - a modern-day, low-life statue heist scenario
https://meatcastle.substack.com/p/the-freedom-of-modernity
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ratti incantati
3 months ago
New games are in! Cozy Dragons, Arthurian legends, and more from
@graftbound.bsky.social
+
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
's Cloud Empress (now in hardcover!) available at your favorite gaming rat store! 📚 🐀 📚
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@aefact 🌾
3 months ago
#CloudEmpress
'Land of the Living' and 'Land of the Dead' hit retail in Canada. Woot! Kudos
@ratti.bsky.social
and
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
:)
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲
3 months ago
Glatisant spotted. I wrote about how it uses limited communication (in a good way) at Skeleton Code Machine:
www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/glatisant
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Raspberry Milkshake
3 months ago
Check this out. I hear they got a really talented beautiful wonderful kind etc etc person in there doing some art, but what do I know.
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Garrison
4 months ago
watt is one of the only designers out there who, when they say "Ghibli-inspired," really *means* it--they don't just mean the aesthetic, but the themes as well. Also Rust Wings looks fantastic, the cards are such a great touch!
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Der_AJZ | Golem Productions
4 months ago
I just pledged for Rust Wings by
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
.A Mausritter hack, but very much its own game. I think the fulfillment cycle is painfully long, so I almost passed, but the game seems really innovative and interesting
#OSR
#NSR
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Rust Wings
Explore abandoned cities on an endless ocean. Rust Wings is a Ghibli-inspired adventure roleplaying game compatible with Mausritter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/watt/rust-wings?ref=thanks-tweet
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Matthew Sanders
4 months ago
I just backed Rust Wings on
@kickstarter.com
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
Excited for
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
to take a swing at a different side of the Ghibli canon
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Rust Wings
Explore abandoned cities on an endless ocean. Rust Wings is a Ghibli-inspired adventure roleplaying game compatible with Mausritter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/watt/rust-wings?ref=thanks-tweet
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MeatCastle GameWare
4 months ago
I had the pleasure of doing some early development work on Rust Wings, and I'm excited to be doing even more (and further playtesting) soon! This is a really unique game that I think is really going to connect with a lot of folks. Check it out!
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Chris Airiau
4 months ago
Get out the blocks, let's go explore some ruins for our planes!
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Lone Archivist
4 months ago
I'm excited for some Porco Rosso inspired shenanigans!
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After 1.5 years of hard work, Rust Wings, my Ghibli-inspired adventure TTRPG using Mausritter's rules, is live on Kickstarter. Come help make this upbeat and joyous exploration of resistance, ecological survival, and teenage joy a success.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
4 months ago
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Many Sided Media
4 months ago
New Talk of the Table! Brian and Elliot are joined by
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
, the designer of Cloud Empress, to discuss designing inside established systems, Ghibli-inspired games, and their latest project Rust Wings.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Designing Inside Established Systems (w/ watt)
Podcast Episode · Talk of the Table · March 2 · 47m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-of-the-table/id1702398014?i=1000752618861
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The Weekly Scroll
4 months ago
New ep! Ryan sits down once again with
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
to talk Cloud Empress Life & Death, fulfilling Kickstarters in the time of tariffs, and Rust Wings—a Ghibli-inspired adventure roleplaying where you explore abandoned cities on an endless ocean. watch here 👇
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EP 309 | We interview WATT
YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-eVJQc0LA8
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HODAG RPG
4 months ago
BACK SO I CAN DRAW THIS COVER! PLEASE!
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Just launched an AMA over on Reddit for anyone who wants to ask me about indie tabletop roleplaying publishing, crowdfunding, my designs, Ghibli, etc!
www.reddit.com/r/rpg/commen...
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From the rpg community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the rpg community
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/1rfl7x3/im_watt_creator_of_ghibliinspired_ttrpgs_cloud/
4 months ago
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The Weekly Scroll
4 months ago
Oh hey, Ryan is live with
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
to talk Cloud Empress, Rust Wings, and much more!! go here 👇
www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
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TheWeeklyScroll - Twitch
Hunter and Ryan host a tabletop podcast that discusses and reviews ttrpgs, skirmish and war games, board games, solo games, adventures, and more.
https://www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
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I've made the Rust Wings (my Ghibli-inspired standalone Mausritter setting) launch page prettier! Only about two weeks until launch now.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
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Coming soon: Rust Wings
Explore abandoned cities on an endless ocean. Rust Wings is a Ghibli-inspired adventure roleplaying game compatible with Mausritter.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/watt/rust-wings
4 months ago
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Take a look at the new Rust Wings trailer (and share it with your friends who like Studio Ghibli)!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdAa...
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Rust Wings: Ghibli-inspired adventure TTRPG trailer
YouTube video by Worlds by Watt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdAajpy_CnE
4 months ago
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It was awesome talking to Chris about a favorite Mothership module of mine, Picket Line Tango on the Ansible Uplink!
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4 months ago
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Ball of Confuse-A-Cat (Pump Panel Reconstruction)
4 months ago
Proud to be the 310th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Twisting Unseen, a build-the-dungeon zine for Mothership RPG! Was already watching this, but the Cloud Empress conversion made me back it. Let's get that 3rd stretch goal!
#ttrpg
#Mothership
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
@chrisair.itch.io
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Twisting Unseen, a build-the-dungeon zine for Mothership RPG
Twisting Unseen is a 36pg adventure module where crewmembers Build the Superstructure using long-defunct Gate tech. A Sleeper Crew Adventure inspired by BLAME!, Half-Life, and Pandorum for Mothership ...
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/5-million-worlds-press/twisting-unseen?ref=bk-social-pledge-button
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Profound testimony from Minneapolis resident and US citizen Aliyah Rahman, describing not only the vicious attack by federal agents that illegally dragged her from her vehicle, but also the torturous treatment happening at the Whipple Building.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW...
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WATCH: Minneapolis resident and U.S. citizen Aliya Rahman describes being detained by ICE
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrcW8SZtYpI
4 months ago
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Prototype raptor
4 months ago
#microreviewmonday
Cloud Empress by
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
is a gorgeous eco-scifi-fantasy
#ttrpg
where things have gone bloinsake in a way that makes one think about our dependency on nature and harms we cause. Pretty, simple but thought provocing, rappy gives it 10/mushrooms.
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I wrote about a missing element of many "Ghibli-inspired" TTRPGs and what we lose when inspirations don't transcend their origin. I should have a free trial for those interested in checking out my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/missin...
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The missing element of many Ghibli-inspired TTRPGs... | worlds by watt
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4 months ago
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So excited for this weird mech game to come to life by
@snow117.bsky.social
Crowdfunding for Screaming Metal: Vector Soul now live.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Screaming Metal: Vector Soul
Screaming Metal: Vector Soul is a mecha ttrpg about toxic lesbians piloting living machines for exorbitant amounts of money so they can live lavish lifestyles before being torn to shreds by the poison...
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/snow/screaming-metal-vector-soul?ref=bk-social-pledge-button
4 months ago
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Personable | Markus
5 months ago
Double crowdfunding delivery day! Lilancholy reprint and poetry zine by
@snow117.bsky.social
and Cloud Empress box from
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
, all beautiful!
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Here's my experience as a TTRPG creator in Minneapolis right now, 10 new relics for Cloud Empress, plus a new way to support my work (and all new Patreon).
worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/minneapoli...
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Minneapolis, 10 relics, & worlds by watt Patreon
What it looks like in Minneapolis, plus a whole new space for worlds by watt content.
https://worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/minneapolis-10-relics-and-worlds
5 months ago
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Probably my most anticipated game of the year! Let's make sure this project is a success for snow.
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Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony
5 months ago
The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live! The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
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The Quiet Year (box set)
The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every a...
https://store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the-quiet-year-box-set
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Chris Airiau
5 months ago
This month's newsletter showcases adventure modules from
@directsun.bsky.social
,
@wacomatrixo.bsky.social
,
@proton31.bsky.social
,
@slimemindstudio.bsky.social
and
@cameronmaas.bsky.social
launching alongside Twisting Unseen this Zine Month. Some cool stuff coming up!
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5 Million Worlds Rokaner Report #24, Zine Month Twisting Unseen Launch!
RR#25 January 2026, Rai
https://open.substack.com/pub/5mwpress/p/5-million-worlds-rokaner-report-24-a25?r=1s6fr6&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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I'm launching a new Ghibli-inspired Mausritter setting on Kickstarter March 3rd. Play as a group of teens exploring abandoned megacities filled with rebelling robots while avoiding the authoritarian military. Follow using the link below:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
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