With four days till xmas, this year has given me: - 4 new games started ✍🏻 - 3 ennie nominations 🐸 👑 - 2 kickstarters run 😰 - and an indie groundbreaker trophy 🏆 2025 has been a real one 🫡

Lovely concise reviews of a whole heap of games here including my little ZineQuest project, Heavy Weighs the Crown 👑

I continue to (slowly, over many years) assemble and paint one of the greatest ork collections of our times, yet I don’t think I’ve played a game of 10th edition 40k yet.

This was a nice surprise 👀 As always, Rascal and Chase continue putting out great articles and thoughtful takes. FWIW the pessimism in the design of Revolt! is both intentional and convenient given the legacy design I wanted to lean into. 👑 🐸 I hope more people check out the game!

Someone pointed me towards this short YouTube review of Revolt! Really nice (and concise!) summary of the game. 👑 🐸 I often get ideas about making my own series of ‘how to play’ videos but it always seems to drop down my priority list. 😬 youtu.be/03BkjaivhwM?...

New to the #SoloRPG List: Heavy Weighs the Crown from @alwayscheckers.bsky.social Heavy Weighs the Crown is a game of magical crowns, the monarchs who wear them and the realms they rule together. #Fantasy #TTRPG CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

5 out of 6 games Quinns mentions in this review are available and in stock at heartofthedeernicorn.com! Desperation, Skeletons, Tacklebox, Better Strangers, Fall of Magic, AND City of Winter!

Just added a stack of digital community copies to *all* of my games on itch.io thanks to the generosity of my recent Kickstarter backers: alwayscheckers.itch.io

Revolt! rules. Get this while you can.

All this talk about boxed games has prompted me to restock Revolt! on my webstore after it sold out earlier this year: alwayscheckers.com/products/rev... It’s also on sale on itch.io with community copies available to claim 👑 🐸

Oh yeah, now we’re talking! Fall of Magic might just be my favourite game of all time and my group recently played a memorable campaign of City of Winter. I aspired to create something in this space with Revolt! More boxed, low prep TTRPGs please 😁

Today I’m playing Notorious, a game by Jason Price, again. But this time, I’m creating a target for our Bounty Hunter to track down. Make a character with me in this action packed sci-fi solo role playing game! #ttrpg #indiegame #solorpg #roleplayinggame

In Notorious, a game by Jason Price, you play as a bounty hunter in outer space. This solo role playing game is such a fun adventure!

Today I’m making a character for Notorious, an action packed solo RPG where you play as a bounty hunter tracking your target through outer space. Let’s make a character together! #ttrpg #solorpg #indiegame

Sucks that I gotta skip dragonmeet this year as I wanted to see the new venue, but I’ll be there in spirit via @mousehole.press! Go see Jack at stall F8 to pick up a copy of Heavy Weighs the Crown! 👑

This also just arrived! Thanks @alwayscheckers.bsky.social and @mousehole.press! I'll explore in the Winter Break 👑

Some of the selection @ Zulu Game’s booth in the Gaming Hall at PAXU

We’ve entered the final 48 hours of this campaign! It would be cool to hit that final stretch goal 👀

planning a zine quest project? does it have words and sentences? is it a game, an adventure, or both? i'm available in 2026 for new editing projects, so hire me to make you sound good! feel free to get in touch here or elsewhere to chat about what i can do for your project.

Love sci-fi? Interested in solo and co-op RPGs? The new issue of The Soloist is for you and it’s out today. Beam it up! #ttrpg #solorpg

just to be totally straight up, my numbers will never be symbolic. or the will be: symbolic of making this game or not lol

it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement! Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*

Three years after release, Notorious is finally beating the bear. iykyk 😂

Oh Root, you had my heart already; you didn’t need to go and release a frog-based expansion.

We’re almost halfway through the campaign now and it’s still going strong 🚀 Just posted an update on stretch goals and lower shipping to Can/Aus 📦

Oh boy. It's a goodun. Thanks, @alwayscheckers.bsky.social & @mousehole.press! www.instagram.com/p/DQOru6AjPO...

My physical copy of Heavy Weighs The Crown has arrived and it's very cute (complimentary) @alwayscheckers.bsky.social

Felt brave and posted something on the solo board gaming Reddit about my Kickstarter. It was removed by mods on a technicality (title not containing the *full* name of the game), just as it started getting a load of nice comments 🙈

Since NOTORIOUS is now fully funded lets share some more art 👀 This is one of the pieces for the class cards, showing the ARMOR class in action 💥🔫 #boardgames #illustration

I will never stop recommending Agon ⚡️

Aaaaaand we’re funded! 🚀 Really grateful for all the support so far and we’ve still got a long way to go! Can’t wait to show off what we’ve been working on and get some more of that sweet sweet @turbotorbo.bsky.social art.

Insta-back for me. Notorious is one of my favorite Solo RPGS - perfect balance of setting, imagination, and structure for me. Now a card game in that world? Heck yes. There's a PnP level too that makes it a very affordable option. Plus look at these characters!!! 💚

I backed this yesterday. You should too.

📣 Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is now live on Kickstarter! 📣 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw... 🚀 Forge a sci-fi trilogy in this solo boxed card game 🃏 450+ unique cards with tons of cool art by @turbotorbo.bsky.social 🖊️ A brand new game & system, in collab w/ @mousehole.press

FOLKS! The Kickstarter for NOTORIOUS: TALES OF HARDSCRABBLE BOUNTY HUNTING is open! If you're into scifi roleplaying, bounty hunters with cool helmets and lots of rad little drawings (by me) check it outtttt 💥🔫💫

📣 Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is now live on Kickstarter! 📣 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw... 🚀 Forge a sci-fi trilogy in this solo boxed card game 🃏 450+ unique cards with tons of cool art by @turbotorbo.bsky.social 🖊️ A brand new game & system, in collab w/ @mousehole.press

Notorious by @alwayscheckers.bsky.social is the simplest, most evocative solo RPG I've played. Perfectly captures the feel of being a bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away

This is shaping up to be a chonky box 📦 www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

As someone that loves Notorious/Outsider, boardgames like Earthborne Rangers, and everything the duo Jason & Jack come up with, this project is very much targeted at me, and I can't wait for its launch! Check it out if you love #sologames, sci-fi, Torben's great art, and lots and lots of cards.

Hey there! I'm a freelance illustrator from Berlin making artworks for playful things like board games, video games, key arts, conventions, zines and whatever comes my way ✌️🌈

ok ok I dont want to alarm you but I'M MAKING THE ARTWORK FOR THIS SUPERCOOL SCIFI RPG BOARDGAME 😱

Okay I’ve been keeping this under wraps but here we go: Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is coming to Kickstarter 14/10/25! A collab ft. @mousehole.press & @turbotorbo.bsky.social A brand new boxed game and original system ft. 450+ unique cards! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

I want this! Look at that art!

Okay I’ve been keeping this under wraps but here we go: Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is coming to Kickstarter 14/10/25! A collab ft. @mousehole.press & @turbotorbo.bsky.social A brand new boxed game and original system ft. 450+ unique cards! www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

Heavy Weighs the Crown is now on itch.io! A game of magical crowns, the monarchs who wear them and the realms they rule over together. It incorporates some journalling and drawing as you found a kingdom, describe its age of glory then witness its ruination. alwayscheckers.itch.io/heavy-weighs...

Heavy Weighs the Crown is now on itch.io! A game of magical crowns, the monarchs who wear them and the realms they rule over together. It incorporates some journalling and drawing as you found a kingdom, describe its age of glory then witness its ruination. alwayscheckers.itch.io/heavy-weighs...

In the next week or so I’m hoping to launch a new game and announce my ambitious new Kickstarter. Safe to say I’m a bit stressed.

the fact that we dont talk about games like arcs and root when talking about artistic/thematic/political expression in tabletop games points to a fundamental weakness of rpg-centered games discourse

Started playing NOTORIOUS by @alwayscheckers.bsky.social , @mousehole.press @turbotorbo.bsky.social and @willjobst.bsky.social last night, woke up thinking about my character! already so invested in this cool game and its gorgeous art.

I made an expansion for the wonderful GM-less TTRPG A Complicated Profession by @alwayscheckers.bsky.social This is my (admittedly high effort) submission to the @samarmstronggames.bsky.social TTRPG supplement jam You can download it there: cal-does-things.itch.io/a-dirty-situ...