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Just put a short & sad one-page TTRPG up on itch: Hapax, a game about lonely words on a dying world. Shout-out to the @storygameschicago.bsky.social Discord, where this week's design prompt to build a game around language inspired me to throw this together. Check it out, it's free!

Really loved stuff from @outridercreative.bsky.social, @dngnclub.itch.io, and @lumpley.bsky.social this year. Excited to see more from all of them, as well as some of the sick projects from @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social.

This episode was a blast - its one of two this season that really immediately begged for a BIG game. At least comparatively. Excited to hear what people think!

Spending time with incredible designers at a con always gets me so excited about the hobby and makes me bounce off the walls with new ideas. … I might have the beginnings of a sports anime zine??

Come find us at Gamehole Con in the Demo Row!! We’re just to the right of Will Call in the main concourse!

I consulted on the Latin and Greek for this dope medieval horror game where death is fleeting and "Came Back Wrong" is an understatement. Check it out!!

Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying is LIVE on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt... Preorder the rulebook and settings books today and get your name in the credits!

Went to the Printers Row Lit Fest today and my two big purchases were the Chicago Manual of Style and a super nice used Compact OED You can take the girl outta the academy but you can’t take the academy outta the girl I guess!

Had a blast making a bingo-based Arthurian questing game on Gamestorm with Chase!

Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride? www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

Final trailer.

Tonight! We'll be reading the TTRPG "Hit!" by @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social live on stream! We go live at 8:30P EST, see ya there! youtube.com/live/HpFthIm...

im publishing prince of hounds with @plusoneexp.bsky.social in the fall!

Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen. honeycupgames.itch.io/hit

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries - hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf - art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

Just had a blast running HIT! with Games on Demand at GenCon 😁 psyched to run it again tomorrow!!

Check out Diabolic Dialect now on Itch! A game about weird, frail wizards and freeform spellcasting! Take a look if you're into playing around with words and getting creative with our shared languages! storygameschicago.itch.io/diabolic-dia...

I’m gonna be running sessions of HIT! at GenCon this weekend with Indie Games on Demand — plus generally hanging out and meeting peeps! Excited for my first GenCon 😁

My 2024 game of the year. What an INCREDIBLE thing this game is.

Occasionally, heists go according to plan. Most times, though, they end up a bit more like this. In Hit!, you play as a bunch of idiot space criminals trying to pull a Job. Shuffle up a deck of cards, think up a heist, and play it from start to finish — all in one hour, no prep required!

Historiographies of Game Studies is now published open access with @punctumbooks.bsky.social ! This massive collection examines why game studies is the way it is, and how it might change and grow in the future. Congrats to all contributors, and please share! punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...

I participated in the art for this RPG! I reckon a lot of you play tabletops, so go give it a shot! It was lovely working on some original projects after so much time.

Oh this game is great, by the way! I had the pleasure of playtesting it and I loved the way the literal blackjack push-your-luck mechanic drives heist play forward; sometimes you know things are gonna go bad and you have to try anyway

new work for Honey Cup Games: HIT! The Blackjack-Powered Space Heist TTRPG digital cover, illustration, & branding

Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen. honeycupgames.itch.io/hit

Most personally revelatory: this page on Tournamentality in games. Too much for alt text here, but my words in summary: treating your life like a series of matches in a big tournament, in or out of games, will cook your brain.

i wasnt expecting yazeba's to win an origins award (i honestly assumed it just wasnt gonna happen) so i didn't prepare a speech or someone to accept it or anything

what it means to be alive #persona3 #ペルソナ3

World ended. What now? Sail.

Everyone “finishing” this game is like “my my what a delightful little puzzler” and everyone that sticks with it sounds like the protagonist at the end of a lovecraft story.

1000xResist wasn’t written... it was discovered! Here's our recap of a brilliant #GDC2025 talk by @sunsetvisitor.studio on how devised theatre informed the game's narrative. #GameDev #1000xRESIST #GameNarrative

Nostos is @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social 's first game and it is VERY clearly written by an academic. I love the themes and the art, I'm a bitch for a game that feels like Earthsea, and I can't wait to follow its development after getting it through the bundle. honeycupgames.itch.io

Guess who has an announcement in @rascalnews.bsky.social and read a bunch of CMS tutorials to make it FANCY Anyway help @rufflejax.bsky.social and I help @bmorestreetmedics.bsky.social help protesters help you by buying this itch.io bundle www.rascal.news/every-party-...

No joke, a new TCG is taking over the small Japanese town of Kawara. But instead of fighting fantasy creatures, Kawara's kids are collecting cards of elder volunteers at the local community center. @chasecarter.bsky.social writes about the intergenerational beauty that is the Ojisan TCG.

My /To Rob Death's Dominion/ is in this, along with a lot of other great games. If you've ever wanted a straightforward, gentle introduction to Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine and/or to pull a heist against Death Himself, now's your chance!

Maybe you don't know what a street medic is. Street medics provide first aid and medical support at protests, direct actions, uprisings, encampments, natural disaster sites, and within our local communities.

This bundle has a ton of awesome games in it, including Yazeba's B&B, an intro adventure for Chuubo's I'm told is EXCELLENT, a duet game where you get possessed by Jonathan Frakes — plus the preview edition of my game Nostos, and 30 more cool projects! All this for a great cause, at a bargain!

Ursula K. Le Guin on the true pain of being a writer

Just started Vernor Vinge’s A Fire Upon The Deep and y’all, I cannot BELIEVE I’ve had this book just sitting on my shelf unread for like half a decade This is EXACTLY my kind of sci-fi

A small Corinthian aryballos in the shape of an owl 🦉(circa 630 BC). It served as a perfume container. On display at Antikensammlung München 📷 me 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

Love to refuse a prompt. static1.squarespace.com/static/53a4b...

Awesome question! 1. D&D 3.5 2. Also D&D 3.5 3. Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine (54 sessions to finish Glass-Maker's Dragon!) 4. A PbtA hack for my long-running fantasy setting 5. Can't pick, so I'll shout out my current design obsession, MF0 Firebrands! 6. Glitch 7. Armour Astir: Advent

For a while now, I've been using "Lines, Veils, and Spotlights", where "Spotlights" are sensitive topics a player is interested in. Tbh I was never fully satisfied with it, but I wasn't sure why until I saw the Risky-Explore quadrant, which is absolutely what was missing in my approach. Using this!

Check out my game!! I'm really proud of it and am so, so excited for people to get a chance to play with it.

Check out Nostos! We just had the creator on Why We Roll, and the game sounds fascinating. Explore what happens after an apocalypse!

Got to see this game at PAXU, and it is so fucking cool!