Alex Roberts talks about all of the incredible new modes of play in Star Crossed - Love Letters. Grab the physical copy on our website and hear the full interview on our YouTube #ttrpg #ttrpgs

Do people still do Zinequest? Is it still in February? I have a game in progress that seems pretty zine-able

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don't hesitate - he longs to be reunited with his creator

"Confronted with another pointless meeting, the little stick man chooses instead, as many of us would, the black void of unknowing." - Werner Herzog, presumably, if I showed him this and he knew where it was from and wanted to talk about it

"The stick man enacts our desire to escape, and by watching him do this, we fulfill - and thereby extinguish - that desire. His departure blocks not the method of our escape, but the very idea of escape." - Slavoj Žižek probably

picturing this guy commuting to and from the office in a lightcycle

Something about the little guy on the leave button in zoom is ominous. where is he going

Here We GO! Come along, my dearies! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Don't miss our closing livestream with @madeofcartoons.bsky.social, @sebastianyue.bsky.social, and @alliemackie.bsky.social today at 2:00 pm Eastern! Get notified when we go live: www.youtube.com/live/oOHkJV-...

I speak the truth

If you were gonna spend a day recovering from anaesthesia and expected to feel not great but not terrible either what movies would you watch

One of the most memorable, influential freeform games of the last decade

Yay!!!! Hit point press is doing something really interesting and ambitious with SHIFT and I'm really glad my writing gets to tag along.

Keep it coming, folks! I made a very cute world for this approachable and intuitive system!

Omegle was a magical playground for me

a warning to all the craigslist purebred puppy for sale scammers: i am always on craigslist. always. i am flagging you within seconds. i am flagging you before you even post. i was flagging you before you were born. you will never defeat me

Ok Linux guys we really need to get our shit together

Absolutely loved this game. Weird-as-you-want worldbuilding, characters you instantly care about, and all building towards an almost (but not quite!) guaranteed tragic ending. Get it.

Make sure this goal is funded so I can say I wrote on the same game as the incredible @helloalexroberts.bsky.social!

The KS for the SHIFT RPG is going so strong it was funded before I realized it was happening?? BUT they still haven't unlocked my romance-themed setting... and you're gonna want that imo www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...

This was lovely to read. And what a great pairing. Dating show contestant and the host!!

Happy Halloween everybody

Living wage? What of the laughing wage. How much is the loving wage. Tell me that

This is a story more compelling than all the prequels put together

I'm not calling for a Butlerian anything man I just think we should destroy any artificial assistant more complex than the 1984 Tomy Omnibot

When I see a movie with absolutely nothing to recommend it except the presence of Michelle Yeoh: Dude you GOTTA see this!!!!

Oh wow! Anjali being a fan of ftq is amazing, especially because... I mean come on. One of the Queen cards could just be a photo of her.

If anyone ever calls me an award winning game designer please know they are referring to this screenshot. The screenshot is the award

See? Now I feel amazing! 😊

Can't overstate this! It feels wonderful to know that someone had a good time with your game. It's not just that they appreciate your work. Someone's day, maybe a day with their friends, got better because of something you put into the world. It's a special feeling.

Ahhh so happy to see my co-organizer and brilliant designer @magnolienne.bsky.social recognized!

Gestern Abend mal wieder eine phantastische Runde "Für die Königin" gespielt und erneut realisiert, wie verdammt gut und auf den Punkt @helloalexroberts.bsky.social die Fragen für ihr Spiel geschrieben hat. Amazing! #pnpde #rollenspiel sphaerenmeisters-spiele.de/For-the-Queen

This is very exciting to see! Making Star Crossed into a 1-player experience fun, and especially fun to play test. It's the part of the supplement I'm most proud of.

Finally finished the Love, Sex, and Romance miniseries featuring @helloalexroberts.bsky.social and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social on @diceexploder.com. Just a really fun & smart & joyful exploration of those topics in RPGs. Highly recommended. First episode is here: open.spotify.com/episode/2Gt9...

The final episode of @helloalexroberts.bsky.social and my 4-part mini-series with @diceexploder.com about romance & sex in RPGs is out! Take a listen! www.diceexploder.com/blog/2025/8/...

What a fantastic four-parter, @helloalexroberts.bsky.social and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social hit so much here across TTRPG and LARP. Anyone interested in erotic games should give the series a listen. Thanks @diceexploder.com for hosting this. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...

Holding my Paranoia opinions ransom, amount tbd

I didn't get very far in this because I was so bad at the tennis part but people need to know this. Camelot, who made the Golden Sun series, got away with making a Mario Tennis game that is a JRPG in which the Mario characters are distant celebrities

Loading up my retroid before a long flight - any pals have recommendations for some good, lesser known SNES/Genesis/GBA titles? RPGs especially. Any recent fan translations I might not know about?

This week on Dice Exploder it's @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @helloalexroberts.bsky.social's penultimate love sex and romance episode! This time on phalluses and other physical objects. Come for the family systems therapy and triangulation, stay for the Let These Mermaids Touch Your Dick Maybe.

This is SUCH a great episode. @sharangbiswas.bsky.social & @helloalexroberts.bsky.social are a dynamite pair of hosts! And for four episodes - what a treat. Looking forward to digesting these and churning out some real horny TTRPG writing.

💎JEN'S UNDER-APPRECIATED GEMS: Play in the Setting of Your Choice. Balance framework and freedom. An established theme - a journey with your queen, a sentient city, the end of the world - but players choose the genre. Fantasy, modern, sci-fi - a WILD variety of possibility (and replayability!) 🧵

When my uncle was a kid his second grade teacher put a glass jar on his left hand to "correct" his left handedness. He smashed the jar into a million pieces on the floor and was transferred to a different class. I just like to share this story sometimes.

We didn't reach my stretch goal for Cosmic Dark but @grahamwalmsley.bsky.social is being cool and letting me write an adventure anyway

Saw this because I was tagged and then thoroughly enjoyed the whole thread!

I am finally starting this series and in the 1st 15 minutes Alex & @sharangbiswas.bsky.social have already drawn fascinating distinctions between game academics & game scholars and a key potential distinction between TTRPG & larp that I hadn’t yet heard. And that’s before they even get going.

What does it say about my game design career that I was way more jealous of my acquaintances at TF Nation this weekend than those at GenCon

If we do anything to regulate capitalism or improve conditions for ordinary people the capitalists will simply withdraw, with all their wealth and brilliance, to the floating kingdom of Devil Land

I'm thinning out my collage material stash today and I thought you all might like to see some highlights