We're looking for GenCon 2026 GMs! We won't be going ourselves, on account of the *fucking everything* right now. But if you're going, and fancy getting paid money to run multi-table games, please fill out this freelancer form. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

my friend Ahmad and his family are suffering in the cold, and the rain tore their tent apart so they desperately need to secure a new one, but it's expensive. on top of that, his mother's eyesight is deteriorating without medical help. please consider sharing/donating 💔❤️‍🩹 chuffed.org/project/1572...

Psst. Hey you. There's free stuff in my ko-fi library for you to use in your projects - even commercial ones. Don't tell anyone I told you 🤫 ko-fi.com/alderdoodle/...

icymi… if you have games on itch, consider participating in another charity bundle. this one is for minnesota.

Hey folks! Did you know that it's really easy to find games made by poc on itch.io? Just use the "poc made" tag! There you'll find your next fav TTRPG & support some great designers, new and old! If you're a designer, tag your games poc-made so they show up on the feed! itch.io/physical-gam...

Exactly. When you play a game you don’t just play rules or a system you also play people and ideas and media and society. System is blurry, games are blurry, play is blurry. All theory can provide is a lens. Long live play. Long live Sonic the Hedgehog.

Just in time for Jewish Christmas, we have a new TTRPG 🎲: The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal it Back! TVSTMAWGTSIB is a dreidel-powered heist TTRPG about reclaiming the Temple menorah from the Vatican. Itchfunding a print run till Jan 1! 📆 🔗: jumpgategames.itch.io/tvstmawgtsib

In 2026 I hope to make a positive difference for how people perceive & talk about fat characters in TTRPGs - Include “no body shaming/fat phobia” in lines and veils. Bring it up in your session zero - Ask artists to give your character a double chin or belly. if it’s not right give clear feedback

This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

genuinely my favorite episode of folio ever

I am rereading Deliria, the TTRPG that made me fall in love with TTRPGs, for the first time in probably 20 years/since I was 13, and at the time I did not appreciate how genuinely great an approach this is. Tbf when I was 13 I didn’t know Brucato was best known for writing Mage the Crunchcension

if it's games I am personally capable of running: Changeling: the Lost (either edition) Good Society Trophy Fiasco that said: I don't think this is a very representative breadth, it's just what *I* can do. you need games that represent the most prominent design movements imo

My friend Luiz, a talented game designer, is itchfunding colored art and layout (by me!) for his game Melody of a Never-ending Summer! MoNS is a bit like if Pokemon met Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley. Check it out and support here: luiz-paulo-ferraz.itch.io/mons

🚨 Creator Day is LIVE! 🚨 For the next 24 hours we are waiving our platform fee! Creators will get the most they can from each transaction. Support your favorite developers and check out over 15,000 projects participating in our Black Friday sale itch.io

This is true. It is the best email I got this year.

So grateful to @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social for the perfect amazing absolutely essential layout they did, Drink My Sweat would not be the same without you <3

My copy of DRINK MY SWEAT came 💖💖💖 it’s so special to see this in person and the fruits of my layout labors (printing…then cutting up so much paper…then scanning it) and of course to have a game by THE @queenregnant.bsky.social in my home

Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys. Thankyou 💔

here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it

My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.

Worth pointing out that Kickstarter United is NOT currently calling for a public boycott of Kickstarter's platform. The work strike encompasses 59 "community support specialists, trust and safety analysts, marketing professionals, software engineers, and other tech workers" under the old contract.

Absolutely adore this — it really speaks to me both as a player and a designer, and it is clear and comprehensive in a way I didn’t personally find the Expressionist Games Manifesto to be

game jam i mentioned! 🖤

I forgot to post about this when it started but I’m currently running my second jam for Monsterhearts skins: itch.io/jam/skin-of-... I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!

Grateful for this kind shout-out, and I wanted to highlight the praise of @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social's layout - they took my vague vision of a zine that felt like a riot grrrl had made it in 1992 and made it feel really special

🏰🤰📜 FINAL EPISODE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰 called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes

🏰🤰📜 EPISODE TWO of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰 your mother tries, but your husband's position means yours is different from hers. blight, uneven ledgers, farm squabbles-- at any time she'd have dealt with perhaps one of these problems. all of them & more are yours

Once again very grateful for the opportunities this bundle gives me, go check it out — lots of great art in there!

✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art. itch.io/b/3062/

so SO psyched to make it onto folio doing the most "me" game possible: pregnant arthurian lady abandoned by her husband in favor of his "job", using Mage: the Awakening tarot cards

🏰🤰📜 EPISODE ONE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰 your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there

It's late night in my timezone, but maybe it's early in yours. Maybe it's early enough to... wake up and start doing farm chores. Simulated farm chores! In this bundle of farming ttrpgs! itch.io/b/3073/farm-...

I have this starter pack of great black TTRPG designers. Give them a follow! If you are a black TTRPG designer who wants to be included on the list, let me know! go.bsky.app/TSmxwUa

Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol... I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...

It was a joy to playtest this and an honor to do the layout 💖

Drink My Sweat is out on itch bb (and digital copies are out to backers) 😎🥊💦🥵😳 Punch cuties, get messed up, fall in love, be fucking hot.

LIVE ON KICKSTARTER: Galactic & Going Rogue, 2 GMless scifi #TTRPGs 🎲 in 1 book! 🚀 Galactic by @rileyrethal.bsky.social: Rebellion, Relationships, & War Among the Stars 🚀 Going Rogue by @jessfrom.online: Cynicism, Hope, & Making the Ultimate Sacrifice 🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

Okay but for real everyone needs to stop buying shit from Amazon. I’m so deadly serious.

99% of ttrpg takes evoke this exact reaction in me

(Love) God I'm so excited for this game

I've set up an itch page for Buried Without Ceremony (including some community copies of each title)! If you're part of the itch community and love anything I've made, I'd love it if you left a comment or review. buriedwithoutceremony.itch.io

Good news, everyone: March 2020 is finally over. It will now be January 2025 for the next fifteen years.

NYC! On Monday folks are protesting NYU Langone for cutting off access to gender affirming care under 19 We need to demonstrate that people stand in solidarity with those losing medical treatment. If you want to “do something,” this is something to do. actionnetwork.org/events/prote...

I loved playtesting this game and there is no adequate measure of my excitement to be working on it as layout designer!! www.kickstarter.com/projects/854...

if the gay yearning amidst & via violence of this series intrigues you, immediately go check out dee's crowdfunder for DRINK MY SWEAT 👊💦👅

With the sudden passing of my step-dad, it's been a very challenging time for my family, so we set up a GoFundMe. Anyone who donates $30+ and emails me, will get full access to my DTRPG catalog that's valued at $67. That said, any little bit helps. Thank you. www.gofundme.com/f/honoring-j...

💌 We’ve launched! 💌 My Late Father’s Correspondence is now live on Kickstarter! Unfold a bittersweet family drama one letter at a time in this epistolary game set in 1832. Read, reply and make your mark. Help us fund this heartfelt game! 👉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

Pretty big deal. @bookshop-org.bsky.social is selling ebooks now. You can now support indies while purchasing digital books. bookshop.org/ebooks