My friend, arch nemesis, and intensely talented @cassi.mothwin.com is on board for consulting on the upcoming Shadow in the Stars. Follow it on Kickstarter so you don't miss the launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

Today!! 🥰

Getting close to 330!

Me and Laurie will be at stall 3-128! Brand new to UKGE will be The Gallant and The Virtuous & I'm with the Damned and Other Games! We're actually very friendly honest

Hi lovelies! ✨ I'd be super grateful if you'd take a mo to read my short announcement🧵🥰 I'm changing my name to my masc name for a while which is Fabian Robert Charles - chosen for deeply personal and sentimental reasons 💖

Death doesn't mean you can't write back. Pick up Dead Letter Society and join an exclusive network of vampire correspondance. A tarot-driven TTRPG for 1-2 vampir-I mean-players. Available at shop.montfordtales.com/product/dead... or come say hi at the UK Games Expo! 🦇

One week to go... www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Check out my latest skim read of Asher's Ridge from @montfordtales.com. An intriguing tile of small town supernatural events.

Backerkit smoke tests have gone out, I've opened up the backer kit pre-order store (ashers-ridge.backerkit.com/hosted_preor..., open until May 25th), and backers get access to a shiny new updated PDF today. My anxiety levels rise as fulfilment and general release approaches.

I've been helping a lot of the FanGeo writers & artists with creating alt text for the images used in our issues and I thought I'd make a more formal post about it: rueadventuring.com/posts/creati...

The survey for Asher's Ridge is being reviewed by BackerKit 🤞 In the meantime, here's my cat reviewing one of the test map prints. He says its very comfy thankyouverymuch!

This is me after only just now seeing that my dyslexia was showing and I misspelled cemetery as 'cemetary' on the location cards. But hey, everyone needs some "first print run" evidence, right? Right? Oh my silly human fingers. It's still a cool game though. Typo and all.

Eeeee! The cards are here! The cards are here!! 🙌🙌🙌

I've been working on stand stuff for UKGE to give myself a mental break from the "omg why is getting everything set up for fulfilment such a pain, I just want to send folks nice things 😭" feelings. (It has been a helpful diversion, and now I feel better.)

UPCOMING GAME ANNOUNCEMENT Violent Delights is a chess-based rpg about Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. It depicts the masquerade scene in which our lovers first meet. The chess board represents the Capulet’s great chamber, and the players act as a cast of characters who correspond to chess pieces. 👇

The cherry tiles I've been making are quite pretty too :)

Guess what I'm playing tonight! 🙌🌄👻 (For the first time with bits that aren't mockups! Eeeee!)

Waiting for things to dry is hard 😂 This is the first full set of letter tiles drying after a coat of hard wax oil. (When dry, I'll flip them over on their little blu tack daises and paint their backs.)

gonna be so cheeky for a sec and ask if anyone would like to help me get to 50 followers on twitch? 💜👉👈 cozy gaming on thursdays and sundays - next sunday (the 3rd) will be my birthday stream! i'll be doing a flip through of game jam entries and starting a solo ttrpg 🖤 www.twitch.tv/gothhoblin

My test location & risk deck arrived this morning and it is absolutely perfect. I am so happy!

The woods around Asher's Ridge are beautiful, vast, and oft otherworldly. Be careful out there. The owls are watching.

When you get tired of things being weird in Asher's Ridge, you can pop into 'Go Fish! Games' on Main Street and play this brand new game called Asher's Ridge. Or if gaming-inception isn't your thing, you can go on a ghost tour. Or go fishing. (But the game's good, I recommend that one.)

True, Frog and Rabbit are the best friends there can be, but sometimes they get angry at each other... Luckily, it never lasts long! The game's crowdfunding campaign starts on May 7; follow along to get notified! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #ttrpg #zinetopia #cozy

Sign-ups are live! Gather your tropes and lets get making some romantasy games! itch.io/jam/romantas...

I like playing with a pretty map on the table, so I've been testing out lots of ways of making this beautiful and functional. This is what I've settled on. A side: Big beautiful map. B side: Play aids and map-styled thread board. Now picture it in A1 size (my printer only goes up to A3)!

"The Terraces" are a row of 25 joyfully coloured homes on the edge of town, overlooking Brightwater Lake. A proliferation of gnomes takes over one front garden, but it's probably nothing to worry about. A location card for Asher's Ridge.

So I have made the jam page and have a few checks to make before I hit publish, but.......GET ON YOUR HORSES. JOIN ME. (It will run until August, so you'll have plenty of time!)

Well, the Asher's Ridge location cards are now in the hands of the printer. 🙌 Expect excitement when the test deck arrives sometime next week 🤞 (Please let it be excitement, not disappointment 😅)

"Gooooood morning Bluesky! Another beautiful day dawns in Asher's Ridge. Now for the local news with-bzzzt-bzzZZ-one-three-nine-alpha-two-bzzZt-Jenny to update us all on the traffic caused by the Brightwater Regatta this weekend." One more location card for Asher's Ridge. 📻

With all the UKGE AI stuff going round: if you are vending this year and would like a free NO AI used sign for your table, email me (link in bio) so I can vet and add you to the list for one. Lets make these lazy grifters real uncomfortable.

If you're looking for a solo game with starfighter combat, journaling, resource management, and a high score board, check out Shadow in the Stars! www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

I'm chairing a panel on the impact of generative AI on the tabletop industry this year at UKGE. One of the panelists, an academic working in AI ethics, has put together a short survey about it. If folks could fill it out that would be incredible. Thank you! forms.gle/1WVjs9Jrdk1F...

This year's Indie Groundbreakers Awards feature so many talented nominees. It's shocking to see my name among them. SPINE is nominated for 3 categories: • Game of the Year • Most Innovative • Best Writing Fellow SPINE nominees include @furtsburrow.bsky.social, @naladraws.com, and Holly Freiberg.

Chain×Link has been nominated for 3 IGDN Groundbreaker Awards! Best Graphic Design Most Innovative Game of the Year Grateful to share space on the list of nominees with so many amazing games and creators! www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers

I am floored to say that The Time We Have has been nominated for 5 categories in the indie groundbreakers! Best Graphic Design Best Art Best Rules Most Innovative Game of the Year Check out all the nominees! Honored to be among so many sick games

So the test print and check-over went pretty well I think!

Just test printing the "print at home" Asher's Ridge cards 👀 (Note I changed the position of the mini card signifier to the top left corner, so they're less annoying to use if you fan them out in your hand)

Ridge News always has plenty to report on in Asher's Ridge. For instance, what *are* those strange lights seen at night near 'The Big House'? A location card for Asher's Ridge, a paranormal drama TTRPG inspired by Twin Peaks and The X-Files (among others!).

Most stories in "A week with Frog and Rabbit", my next TTRPG which starts crowdfunding on May 7, talk of ordinary things in the daily life of the two friends... But sometimes they have almost extraordinary adventures! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #TTRPG #Backerkit

WE ARE FUNDED! Time to declutter your loot! In the ttrpg MAGIC OF INVENTORYING, your adventurers already completed the dungeon. Time for treasure! But what to keep? What to throw? Please pledge and share far and wide. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol... #TTRPG #MagicOfInventorying #Kickstarter

The view from the lookout point near Asher's Ridge is well worth the climb up to it. Especially when the valley is shrouded in early morning mist and it feels like you're the only person left in the world. A location card for Asher's Ridge: a paranormal drama TTRPG for 1-4 players.

Asher's Ridge has been sent to the printer 🙌🌄 I've a handful of location cards still to finish up before I send those off too, so while you wait: Historical Records & Curiosities is a treasure trove of relics and historical information about Asher's Ridge. Here's its location card. :)

Brightwater Lake is cold and deep. Very deep. Another location card for Asher's Ridge. A roleplaying game of paranormal drama television.

Take the role of a starfighter pilot in a mission of destruction in Shadow in the Stars. It's a solo rpg that's my next game! Inspired by vintage video games and Atari box art. There' starship combat, journaling, and tough choices. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

Ready for takeoff, spacers! The countdown is over, launch is right now! ORBITAL BLUES MONTH is blasting off and live now on BACKERKIT. 🔥🚀🔥 www.backerkit.com/c/collection...

The town's namesake, John Asher, turned the town around then died a strange and mysterious death. Some say he made pacts with beings from beyond the ken of humankind. Some say he just knew his own mind. His memorial statue in Asher Park was recently defaced. No-one saw it happen.

I have two editing / sensitivity reading slots left for April if anyone would like them? 🥰 I offer a choice of per-word or fixed price options, but am also happy to work within your budget if you have a price in mind.

2.5 hrs (or whenever I decide to have lunch 🥪) It's almost time to get everything printed, so this is a last chance to pick it up at a nice discount.

It's been a few weeks since I reminded folks that Violent Delights is in prelaunch on Kickstarter. It's a chess-based RPG about Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet. I hope you'll give it a follow!