Free TTRPG day may be over but we always have free tabletop games (including a TTRPG!) available on our Patreon. All our games are designed in New Zealand and use stuff you already own, so you don't need to buy extra stuff! patreon.52pickupstudios.com/collection/91203

Yeeehaaw! Our latest original playing card game, Tinhorn Tell, is live! Better yet, the game is free to download for the first month! A 2-7 player game using playing cards, poker, and card drafting. patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/52-pickup-issue-162278490 #indiegame #cardgame #boardgame

If you enjoy our podcast, our Bluesky posts, or simply want to support a new game designer, the best way to help is to follow our Kickstarter and sign up to be notified when it launches. 🎲✂️

Teaser for our new game, releasing soon... Any guesses? #indiegame #tabletop

Check out my cool new dungeon, made for the Extremely Byzantine 5-Room Dungeon Jam. sgt-shivers.itch.io/kenz-exposit...

KiwiRPG Week is just over a week away! 👀 "Watch out for the Māori creators chat for a fresh indigenous perspective on games, and the art & design panel with some of the biggest art and design names in global gaming." www.rascal.news/everyones-in...

In which I probably over-analyse a diagram from @johnerrwin.bsky.social... vulpinoid.blogspot.com/2026/06/an-a...

Check out our June newsletter to catch up on the latest news here at 52 Pickup Studios: patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/deal-june-2026-161845291 We chat about our latest TTRPG release, new PDF formats, and how we've recently jumped into the big scary world of producing video.

The real decision is between winning and staying friends... #boardgames #tabletop #cardgames

Watch this tour de force by Elizabeth Hargrave on games as art at the US Library of Congress. Her talk starts at 12:00 and winds through ancient bird art, ancient games, games in America, and her own approach to creating artful games.

One nice thing about playing niche retro board games over niche retro video games is that I just put it on the table and play. I don't need to own/find a (now expensive) piece of proprietary hardware, or fuss around with emulation.

Moving forward we plan to include more interviews in The Hearth Magazine. Who would *you* like to see us interview in the small press and creator published space? My one limitation is that the interview will have to be in English, but I want to interview folks globally.

Looking for a TTRPG that's about goblin goodness, base defence, and is great for one shots? Why not try Goblin Dungeon the TTRPG, FREE for the remainder of this month! patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/52-pickup-issue-159545453 #TTRPG #indiegame

As a game designer there are game aesthetics that I quite like, but that I don't enjoy playing very much due. The couple that come to mind are trading card games, and gambling games. However I really like making games that capture these aesthetics but match my tastes. 1/3 🧵

many such cases

We don’t usually see each other’s headers. Here’s mine Quote with yours (if you feel like it)

In our designer notes for the Goblin Dungeon TTRPG we talk about making a TTRPG adaption from already existing concepts, and making a game that is more than the sum of its parts. patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/designer-notes-159620728 🎲✂️ #ttrpgdesign #gamedev #indiedev

Played my first game of Trench Crusade, and a 6 player game at that! Came tied second but no before three of my New Antioch soldiers were defeated in 1 Praetor’s activation. #tabletop

Attention is a resource, and I have not optimised my engine... #indiedev #gamedev #ttrpgdesign #boardgamedesign

Only a week left to get in on the most literal underground RPG ever.

Celebrating crossing 900+ Patreon members, thank you so much to everyone! Helps us keep publishing a new tabletop game every month :) patreon.52pickupstudios.com

I'm in this one! ... well, my games are!

A billion dollar industry based on combining art, engineering, design and business expertise. How many more of these sectors could we have if we ran the science and innovation system based on nurturing talent and long term vision, rather than managerial alignment theatre and ticket clipping?

We've had feedback that people want our games, but not through Patreon. We've now started this and our recent game, Goblin Dungeon The TTRPG, is now up on itch.io. Let us know if that looks good and if there's any itch page tips and tricks we should know! 52pickupstudios.itch.io/goblin-dunge...

Our FIRST EVER narrated walkthrough video is coming very soon! We've talked about making videos for the entire 3+ years we've been publishing 52 Pickup and now we're glad to be taking the plunge for the Goblin Dungeon TTRPG. patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/goblin-dungeon-159758702

We're having a great time at major cons in 🇬🇧and 🇵🇭 this weekend. Meanwhile in 🇳🇿.... a smaller but really fun show! #WellyCon is New Zealand's main Boardgame Con, and Team Chaosium is here doing demos and displays. And telling everyone about Chaosium Con New Zealand in November!

Welcome back to the dungeon! Introducing our newest original Tabletop Roleplaying Game... The Goblin Dungeon TTRPG. FREE to download for the first month! Play a clan of goblins defending their dungeon from those pesky adventurers. patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/52-pickup-issue-159545453 #ttrpg

Welcome back to the dungeon! Introducing our newest original Tabletop Roleplaying Game... The Goblin Dungeon TTRPG. FREE to download for the first month! Play a clan of goblins defending their dungeon from those pesky adventurers. patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/52-pickup-issue-159545453 #ttrpg

Picked up the Sky Team expansion today, first time I’ve seen it in NZ!

Issue 23 is out now! Featuring @danthurot.bsky.social’s investigation into board-gaming’s most ancient and controversial mechanism: roll-and-move. Go to senetmagazine.com to order your copy or subscribe, or find us at the UK Games Expo at stand 3-625! #boardgamesarebeautiful

Thinking a lot about how many historical board games you didn't really need anything. Like you could draw the board with a stick into the earth, and just use whatever was around to play. So ingrained in the human experience, evidence suggests "tabletop" games predates written language.

Check out this sneak peak of our upcoming game! Can you guess what it is? patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/sneak-peek-52-38-159357777

saaaame....

Seeing some posts about starter packs at the moment which reminds me @kiwirpg.bsky.social has a great one for New Zealand/Aotearoa TTRPG creators, check it out! go.bsky.app/HWs8fpZ #ttrpg #nz

Last chance to pick up this solo puzzle playing card game for free! #sologame #cardgame #tabletop #indiegame

Jealous of all these board game and TTRPG conventions I'm seeing on here, New Zealand is so far away!

Only 13 hours remain #ttrpg Add your game to the FREE RPG DAY bundle on itch.io. The bundle goes live in June. #rpgdesign

This is increasingly my position on gaming in general. We shouldn't compete directly with the mainstream, we should treat them with amused contempt and interact with them no more than that. Anyone whose primary hobby is consumerism is a prick and I'm bored of pretending otherwise.

Cheeseburgers (issue #36) is a solo memory puzzle game: flip cards, track the hidden cheese, build burgers before the kitchen collapses! Collab w/ @in2games.co.nz . FREE this week only! patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/156635383 #cardgame #tabletopgame #sologame #indiegame

Looking at the vintage games in the booth next door makes me realize how much the theme+mechanics / ludonarrative approach to tabletop games is a relatively recent innovation.

I always appreciate it when I see my own games being posted about in the wild! As a small designer it's really heart warming for me to see people have fun with something I created 😌❤️

Moving chess pieces with your mind, or least, with the microcomputer's electronic mind. And what exquisitely detailed Isle of Lewis chess pieces they are. 📺: Psi Chess, The Edge, 1986 (ZX Spectrum)

What's being going on this month? Check out The Deal, here are some highlights: - Cheeseburgers release: solo playing card puzzle game - Kiririroa Zinefest - Booked at the DOUG-FEST TTRPG wins an award - More E-Zines available on our website patreon.52pickupstudios.com/posts/deal-may-2026-158470046

I want everyone to know how much you can improve an artist's life just by letting them know you enjoy their work. In my experience, very few artists are surrounded by vocal admirers. A few likes on social media is nothing compared to someone taking the time out of their day to say something.

So, sometimes I make little zine games with my kid. Tonight we made a 4-player chess variant that replaces the Knight with the Vulture. It's called The Vulturey

Soliciting a game pitch for @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social (self-promo welcome, adventures or systems welcome, not looking for generic systems or "You could do this in D&D" style suggestions) Medical Horror/Medical Mystery. Not medical *drama,* per se (so, The Ward doesn't quite fit). Any pitches?

Out of three recent call of cthulhu TTRPG sessions I've had a character die in one of them (killed by my own party), what a great success!

Personal reminder: the more you write the more you have to proof read

We should really get into making videos for our tabletop games, but what I really want to do is make tabletop games and not videos

Trying to cut all this unneeded complexity out of my game (I'm just making cutting motions in the air)