Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*

For months I’ve been looking forward to hiking the Paparoa Track. Unfortunately, I twisted my knee yesterday and can’t walk. Instead, I’m in a tiny cabin for four days in Punakaiki, waiting for friends to return. Deeply sad about not going on the walk, but grateful for an impromptu solo retreat.

Just launched a major update for Allucinalia, a solo dream journaling game that I wrote last year! Streamlined prompts, new end-game mechanics, extended gameplay ideas, new layout, new art (shout-out to the Public Domain Image Archive)... same price it was before! maggiefrench.itch.io/allucinalia

A fun encounter with a Yellow-flecked Glassfrog (Sachatamia albomaculata) last night at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica #frogs #amphibians #nature

A weekend learning about late Hellenistic trade networks, as work continues on Snail Herders 🐌

Lately the border has felt restless. The fog swirls with strange colours, and echoes linger longer. Even the fire seems uncertain of its warmth. 🎃 🍵 🐭 Last Tea Shop is on sale for Halloween #solotttrpg springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-sho...

You know that kind review you left for an indie game on itch? The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive. Being nice is cool. Keep it up.

I haven't played that many 2 player RPGs yet, but Last Tea Shop was so good, I enjoyed it greatly! A friend and I played the 2 player variant rules and decided to switch roles every round. We told a really fun and melancholic story together where we both knew what was happening without ever...

New goal unlocked, to play this game while wearing my snail (and slug) skirt.

Announcing Snail Herders, a #ttrpg for solo & group play. Lead a caravan of humans and giant snails along ancient trails over weeks of travel. Trade tales and tend the snails. A game about care, journeying, and stories that travel faster than you. Art by @garin.bsky.social Coming Nov 2025 🐌

Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot. #birds

Rules pages for Afterlife Archive, a solo ttrpg that simulates a haunted house. Just finished them yesterday~ :) #ttpg #rpgzine #gamedev #haunted #paranormal #ghosthunting

OSR fungi in the front yard

Help libraries add your indie TTRPG to their collection: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/game-catal... #ttrpg #libraries #publiclibraries #gamedesign 🎲✂️

First page of the Last Tea Shop solo journaling RPG I'm finally starting. For additional flavor I'm using random tables from the 5.0 DMG and a few character generator tables for the heck of it. #junkjournal #solorpg #idontknowhowblueskyworks

continuing to work on solo ttrpgs. Getting excited about how things are coming together detail of some art by the amazing @garin.bsky.social

And today's entry for #solosept in my junk journal. I have a sticker for the tiny doily that I'll add once I'm home, bc I'm a dingus and forgot the tin I keep them all in. Oops. I'll probably be working with the last tea shop #solorpg all month, if nothing else bc it's just so much dang fun.

Just updated the Patreon archive! 🌿 If you're looking for art to use in your zines, tabletop campaigns or anything else, you can find it in our archive. It allows you to literally just grab any of my personal works that I've done in the past few years and use it as you wish!

Blades '68 playbooks: the Paranormalist, and the Hull.

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I had fun playing Last Tea Shop by @springvillager.bsky.social , recommended by @hime.vtubers.social ! I liked playing 8 roles of different customers with different background!! It was so much fun!!!!

Getting away for a few days with my spouse to the coast. The first two days have us shacked up by the ocean, and it feels like the perfect time to finally get to Last Tea Shop by @springvillager.bsky.social.

I make small experimental games as stepping stones toward bigger projects. Mostly, I keep them private, but sometimes I put one out there. Space Jellyfish Overhead had a quiet release in 2023, but when it finds the right person, it really makes me happy. springvillager.itch.io/space-jellyf...

If you're a reader or writer of sci-fi, fantasy and horror, you may be interested in another one of my projects! I'm setting up a new fiction micropress with a focus on writers in the North of England, check it out 👀

Hey it’s my birthday and I would love it if y’all gave my Kickstarter pre launch page a follow! I’ve been working on this for two years now and I need all the shares and follows I can get! www.kickstarter.com/projects/jon...

It's LIVE‼️ It's so fun. Even if you've bought other journaling games you haven't played you should give it a chance. You just start playing from page one. I can't wait to get it into people's hands! www.kickstarter.com/projects/252... #ttrpg 🖊️📓

I’ve been quietly working on a #solorpg for the last year. It doesn’t have a name yet, but it's about magic, exploration, roads less travelled, and the passing of time. Sharing a piece of game book's art that captures something of its spirit. The illustration is by the amazing @garin.bsky.social

The complete Lighthouse at the Edge of the Universe arrived yesterday. This is my favourite journaling game and I’m delighted by this new edition. Wonderful stuff, @lostwaysclub.itch.io

despite radio silence, I have been working on a pair of #ttrpg projects in the background, which I hope to release during 2025. one is a duet game about going on a journey one is a solo game about magic illustration by the amazing @sisaliks.bsky.social #solorpg

shared in the weekend, but one more time for weekday folk. I updated Last Tea Shop Expanded Edition. Includes new layout and rule clarifications. Also, some rule tweaks and a slight expansion to foraging. There's more detail in the linked Itch post. springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-sho...

I updated Last Tea Shop Expanded Edition. Improvements to layout, readability and rule clarity. A few rule tweaks and a slight expansion to the foraging rules. There's more detail in the linked Itch post. Oh yeah, and a 36-word microgame from a few weeks ago springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-sho...

I'm finalising an update to Last Tea Shop addressing various bits of feedback people have sent and things I have noticed in actual plays 🍵 - revised front/back cover - updated layout with focus on clarity - rule clarifications and examples - adjusted shop location rules - small expansion to foraging

My #zinequest project is now live!! A Song For A Serpent King is a solo songwriting slash journalling game. It's a game of kings, songs, salt and sand. Will you successfully lull him back to sleep? Or will he awaken and swallow you whole? www.kickstarter.com/projects/ell...

I did an interview with @springvillager.bsky.social where we talked about game design, influences, and our shared love of Revenge of the Rainbow Dragons: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/interview-...

Hello operatives. A minor update for SUBSURFACE, my action horror RPG based on the LUMEN system, has been initiated. Access the game and the update log at stoneshore.itch.io/subsurface. Good luck escaping the Pit. You're going to need it.

I probably won't make an Itch page for this, but here's another 36 word rpg #36WordRPGJam -- Sit together in silence for three minutes. The first to break silence says a single word. Build a story one word at a time, speaking only when silence becomes unbearable. End when a sentence feels complete.

Shout out @springvillager.bsky.social @friendly-ghost.bsky.social @n8hps.bsky.social for making weird brief games. Yall inspire me to make games and get me excited to play games with my friends.

I made a minimalist RPG about feeding a fading light for the #36WordRPGJam. 🕯️ Including the title, the entire game is 36 words. Written for solo play, but I suspect it would work in a small group. Art by the amazing @sisaliks.bsky.social springvillager.itch.io/your-lantern...

I've been working on a game about travel and experimenting with different scales. To visualise this, I drew a 5-mile hex over coastal and river settlements near my hometown. The challenge of hexes in ttrpgs is widely discussed, but it was eye-opening to see it applied to places I know.

I haven't signed into any social media for... *checks notes* six months. What a delight to find this in my recent mentions 🙏🍵

This week on Party of One, @chaoticbonney.bsky.social joins me for a game of LAST TEA SHOP by @springvillager.bsky.social, a game about the tea shop on the border of life & death! You'll dig this episode if you like: Witches, tea, heartfelt conversations, the intersection of magic and memory

I don't post here much, but just wanted to let people know that I made a bunch of Last Tea Shop community copies available. Thanks to all the people who purchased in Winter Sale! springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-sho...

Oh yeah… social media Umm… just added a bunch of Last Tea Shop community copies for folk in challenging circumstances 🍵💖 springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-sho...

finally getting around to laying out a complete Spanish extended edition of Last Tea Shop / La Última Tienda de Té thanks to an amazing translation by @plumadeicaro.bsky.social