Rockstar is totally not union busting, totally. They just happened to fire 30+ people organizing together. What a coincidence, who could have known! Oh wait, that's the definition of union busting? Well, they couldn't have possibly known that either, right?

NPI make some of my fav boardgame coverage (and honestly calling it just 'boardgame coverage' feels like underselling some of their crazy well-researched deep dives on genres, history, and politics around board games). Give them a look if you haven't already!

Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union. Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

In a world of increasing AI marketing slop, be like Jon:

Friends… I went outside for the first time in almost a month! I drove the car! It only hurt my ankle a modest amount! (This is huge. I really don’t do well when I’m housebound.)

Bonus take: If you find yourself in a job where you feel afraid to talk about worker solidarity… you’re in a job that desperately needs worker solidarity.

I also submit for consideration that middle earth’s cartographers maybe just weren’t accurate? Have you seen some of the maps from the Middle Ages? Some wacky stuff on there and they didn’t even have to avoid armies of evil monsters to map a coastline.

I wasn't going to say anything about the biggest TTRPG convention in the UK promoting AI slop, but then the slop makers said "everyone uses gen AI, we're just honest about it", and I fucking saw red. Make your own art. Even if it's rancid garbage, it's still better than a machine's hallucination.

In todays TTRPG Dev Vlog I have too many meetings and ramble about the multi-phase boss fight called International Logistics.

In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I have a sleepy chat about torturous muses and how I design character sheets.

Clever mechanics that force you to explore a specific genre or theme during play is like catnip to me.

Managed to get FFXIV running on my Steam Deck tonight. No idea what having my fav MMO on a handheld device will mean for my gaming habits but we’ll find out together!

In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I show proof of life.

Pretty sure this is a Triangle Agency anomaly.

Crowdfunding is supposed to derisk the expensive process of making new things. If it can't do that it's just a marketing channel. Crowdfunders should break even when they fund and it sucks that companies feel that's not viable. (Not criticising any creators, just the crowdfunding hustle)

ORS Designer: There are D6 Dire Cows in the room. PBTA Designer: You have eight playbooks, one for each breed of Cow. Heart Designer: The cow moos in a reverberating bovine chant unheard since the dawn of time. Check Mind+Endure or suffer D6 Mind Stress. If you suffer fallout use the MOO! fallout.

You want ways? I gottem, buddy! Means? Why there ain't been any means around her nigh-on twenty years... but I might be able to rustle some up for you if you ask reeeeeal nice.

Ryan over on @theweeklyscroll.com and I were talking about how some folks promote themselves like cheap door-to-door salesmen. As someone trained in branding, there's another way that's more rewarding and more fun. The approach I'm trying to get better at👇 www.explorersdesign.com/how-to-promo...

SAD has been hitting me like a tonne of bricks this week. Shoving my face in a sunlight lamp like dalamund is about to end the realm.

🚨 EAT THE REICH DICE🚨 The edging is over because these bad boys from @dispeldice.bsky.social are coming THURSDAY! Each dice has a vibrant insert covered in @chamonkee.bsky.social art, with a sharp wrapping that's easy to read when you're fang deep 🫀 Get ready here: buff.ly/10yNPQenotif...

In today's TTRPG dev vlog I chat about the role of 'producer' and how it's an odd duck of a thing. Plus I'm very sleepy... It's dark ok. I need sunlight to function!

I STG some days this is all I see.

Like a silly goose I absolutely forgot to tell y'all that I worked with Wizards of the Coast??? I wrote Scream of the Crop and Ballad of the Rat King for the new Welcome to the Hellfire Club box set!

in todays TTRPG daily dev vlog I chat about four corner opposition, one of my fav ways of designing adventures that have conflict baked into their inception.

Update: it was not the real ending. Unlocked Act 3 tonight and I’m over here like ‘Come pick me up, I’m scared.’

In today's TTRPG Dev Vlog I chat about a clever way to design covers and other large expensive illustrations to get the most bang for your buck.

Goblin Market is TOMORROW! Please come celebrate me launching a fun zine at it, I'll give you a trinket with the secret password "please"

Intrusive thought: "Wonder if it could slice your leg up..." Me: "WTF."

In today's daily TTRPG dev vlog I celebrate Friday night by showing off my overfull to-read-pile.

In today's TTRPG dev vlog I chat about conventions, and whether they're worth it or not for indy devs.

In todays dev vlog I chat about content first vs product first TTRPG design. Yeah, this one's for the layout sickos and the folk who are so excited they can't stop writing.

For anyone who can, a GoFundMe has been set up to help Rob's wife and their young daughter. Sending tons and tons of love and deepest condolences to Rob's family and friends. www.gofundme.com/f/family-of-...

In todays TTRPG Dev Vlog I chat about my vibes around crowdfunding campaigns.

A crazy detailed custom candle as a game timer? -slams desk- You sonnovabitch I'm in.

THOU SHALT NOT SUFFER THE WYCCE goes live on Kickstarter at 16:00 UK time! If you want to support Doomsong make sure that you back in the first 24hrs to recieve a fancy bookmark! Follow (and back) here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cae... #TTRPG #Horror #Kickstarter

Rolled credits on Silksong! Had a full blown Matrix ‘she’s starting to believe’ moment a couple days ago and just blasted through so much of the game I was stuck on. Good times. Now to see if its actually the real ending or not…

If you're an indie #TTRPG publisher looking to layout your own books, my series on using the Affinity suite is for you! In this episode I'm talking all about Master Pages and how to use them to set yourself up for success! Check it out

In todays TTRPG Dev Vlog, I chat about how I stay motivated in a pretty isolated job.

We've been trying to get Everything is Tables ready in time for Dragonmeet and @minahoneybat.bsky.social has really knocked it out of the park with some of the layout in this book, gang.

Ah man. This bloody sucks. I did a number of interviews with Rob over the years and he was always such a class act. The industry is gonna feel his absence. :(

If we’re talking strictly ‘Indy’ as we use the term nowadays (small format, experimental, small print run) then Monsterhearts was my first ‘you can make games like this?’ Otherwise I’d say Numenera was the first game I played which felt like it handed me the reins as a GM and said ‘go wild, kid’.

In today's vlog I share a quick way of coming up with TTRPG NPCs.

Last week I challenged myself to film daily vlogs about making TTRPGs for a living. They're now live on youtube. Featuring chill vibes, broken ankles, and a creaking bucketload of my infamous vocal fry.

We get daily visits from the local crows now and they’re supremely chill. We’ve reached a point where they’ll happily land right next to you while you put some meal worms and suet pellets out for them. They’re even up for posing for the camera sometimes.

10 Horror movies to get to know me 🕷️Alien 🐻Annihilation 🐺Ginger Snaps 🌕I Saw The TV Glow 🌍Mother 🛸Nope 🧑‍🚒Phil Tippett's Mad God 🪚Saw 💉The Substance 🥶The Thing

Good RPG Tiktok accts? I'm on the tiktok for work reasons and now I need not shite RPG folk to follow

Guess who rolled her ankle and sprained it really bad on the week she’s supposed to be attending her first ever LARP? I’ll give you a hint:

This came up at work and I gotta ask... are men ok?

I would love to reach a point where a solid 30-50% of my brain isn’t dominated by the scared animal part of me howling ‘WARNING! DANGER! BEWARE!’

Been reading through Lord Have Mercy Upon Us by @caesar-ink.bsky.social and I’m still obsessed with the index/random encounter table/dust jacket. Such a clever feature. I long for a bookmark version tho, just I find reading a book with the dust jacket on to be a bit awkward.