We just backed Eternal Ruins: The Roleplaying Game from @mythworks.bsky.social and can't wait to bring to the shop! Back it now www.kickstarter.com/projects/myt...

If the Gutterpunk Rhapsody Seraph by @nightjargames.bsky.social doesn't get us a late pledge or two, then I quit! 🤪 Hope Springs Eternal is now at 126 pages, late pledges closing in February! #daggerheart

If we hit 100 followers on Axolotl with a Gun today I'll give y'all a little preview of some of the goodies coming next week. 👀 🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...

You should make a weird little game. Yeah, you. This might help: exeuntpress.itch.io/one-page-rpg

Physically enter the books you love, take a little bit of their magic, and drop it off into another? Fuck yeah. I'm there.

Total//Effect - the SRD for the upcoming NULL_SPACE - has been updated to v2! 🧵 binarystar.games/total-effect

Binary has been doing really cool work with conflict resolution in tabletop rpgs. I don't think I've seen a more info-dense approach to dice than the kind in Null_Space. Check out this SRD if you're a mechanics sicko like myself.

🚨 If you submitted a game to the No ICE In Minnesota charity bundle jam, please approve your submissions here itch.io/b/3484/no-ic... 🚨 All submissions unapproved by Febr 6 will be pruned so the bundle can start on time on Feb 9. Please share for visibility & tell your friends who joined the bundle

Ah, what the heck. Happy birthday!

NEW ARRIVAL: A Fool’s Errand by @strautmaskreplica.bsky.social is a storytelling roleplaying game about grappling with godhood and keeping the gods in check. Use tarot cards to add complications and resolve obstacles as you explore the 5th Collide and the Dream & Digital Networks. buff.ly/fMA5E24

Bluesky, Patreon, Threads, Substack, Blog Gosh there are too many things, help me decide what I should do (there's a poll!)

Started tinkering with a mechanic to create hex maps realms for Freeblade and Nightsong and figured the best way to test it was to write the code and put it in a web app for all to use and see. (don't look too much at the result, I'm tweaking the rules!)

🚨 We have just over 3 days left of the No ICE in Minnesota Game Jam before we start prepping for the Charity Bundle. No late submissions will be accepted so we can start on time on February 9. 🚨 Thank you to everyone joining and sharing the bundle’s game jam 🖤

Want.

1004 businesses shut down today

its coming along

A major coalition is launching a general strike in Minnesota tomorrow, aimed at pushing out ICE. It includes: -Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1005 -The MN AFL-CIO -SEIU Local 26 -UNITE HERE Local 17 -CWA Local 7250 -Saint Paul and Minneapolis Federations of Educators -Faith leaders And more. 🧵

Us! We're making Toe Beans: Daggerheart edition, a magical cat cafe, and hoping to fund to pay for lots of lovely art and writing from people in the scene. <3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/fis...

Are *YOU* making a zine for #zinequest? One that isn't stuffed full of AI art and words? Get at me in the replies, I wanna see what folks are making 👇👇👇

Another angle

The day has arrived. 2000 hex kits are being delivered in the next hour or so. First big delivery to accept. My living room is a shipping warzone the past week and will be so over the next month. Miru coming to a home near you soon.

Zimo creators if you're making a booklet or trifold or perfect bound project this month (fight over if that is a zine?) then check out these digital mockups I've made so you can show off your projects! Most of these are on sale until February 3rd! itch.io/c/5507749/mo...

Love these dungeon pics so much. Feels good. We need more hand drawn maps in our lives!

#Dungeon26 Week3! An Ancient stepwell. The nearby river flooded it and there it lay submerged for half a century. After, only the entrance was visible. Level 3 The Underworld! 👻 Almost gave myself carpal tunnel with the art, but had fun writing this one! #ttrpg #dungeon #ttrpgart #gamedev

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The Yes/No Oracle is an esssential piece of your solo RPG toolkit. The newest issue of The Soloist tackles when and how to use it, types of questions to ask, and handling the "Buts" and "Ands." soloist.substack.com #solorpg #ttrpg

Progress....

Making a pivot to itch funding interior art for TOWNIE(S) using a reverse sale. Still no print run, but hopefully at least interior art can be done. jellyfishlines.itch.io/townies

New Blog Post! I (Emily) wanted to put down some tips for those of you who are hiring layout designers to layout your games. Thanks to the Explorer's Design discord also for their thoughts.

The Wretched by @loottheroom.bsky.social is great for dying in space alone. Project ECCO by @moreblueberries.bsky.social is time travel and will make you feel mental: tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet...

I liked being the haunted house therapist in Whispers In The Walls: tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/tablet... @pandiongames.com

In tabletop rpg design, sometimes gameplay doesn't come from the mechanics we add, but the ones we omit. www.explorersdesign.com/dominant-mec...

The No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle submission period is now open: itch.io/jam/no-ice-i... All games, free and paid, TTRPG and browser based-alike are welcome Submissions are open until January 26 & the charity bundle supporting a Minnesota based Immigrants' rights org will go live in February

New to the #SoloRPG List: Exclusion Zone Botanist by @exeunt.press You are a botanist assigned to explore and document the Exclusion Zone flora. Get in. Discover and document. Get out. CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

Hexcrawl is pointcrawl Dungeon crawl is pointcrawl Negotiation is pointcrawl Leveling is pointcrawl Personal growth is pointcrawl Social change is pointcrawl EVERYTHING IS POINTCRAWL www.patreon.com/posts/148519...

Coming soon 🔫

Trying a 2-player duet game as solo. This one has an interesting dice mechanism built into it. Might be the topic of this week’s Skeleton Code Machine.

If you're a French speaker, Les fondations de l'imaginaire localizes indie TTRPGs into French, and they now have an itch page with the first 19 games they've translated! fondationsimaginaire.itch.io

A few pages from the booklet. I've made Route Scouts free / PWYW. It is made to be print-friendly at home. The best part of this system is anyone can know how these routes work, but without specific context about your route, they cannot be decoded correctly. Follow the Route Scout Code.

New to the #SoloRPG List: Camp Snallygaster from @pandiongames.com Welcome to Summer Camp. It's your job to keep the kids safe from danger, themselves and monsters! CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...

Can we get to 900? www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Grab your copy today! 😉 tabletopbookshelf.com/products/mon...

Okay @tabletopbookshelf.com has Monster Truckers, @ipr.bsky.social is going to get it too. Studio 2 is going to be bringing all my books to cons, and local comic store Lost World of Wonders is going to have copies of Wicked King and Monster Truckers. We're making moves people!

I've got to get back to editing my *other* space game, but you can learn more about Boundless Space here: nightjargames.itch.io/boundless-sp...

BOUNDLESS SPACE: With some feedback in, plus a conversation with my storytelling consultant (@acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social wears a lot of hats), I've got an updated map for all of you. B/C we're nuts, we've created a dozen ports of call, all with their own troubles (both bad & good) to get into.

If you want to share safe paths through your city or neighborhood with your neighbors, Route Scouts is an obfuscated map-making system whose routes can be shared visually, shorthand, and via a coordinate system. As a bonus, it teaches ciphers and code-making. pandiongames.itch.io/route-scouts

This motivated me to finally get my work up on itch.io. I've added my very modest library to the bundle. Fellow game designers: if you can afford it, please consider joining. All proceeds go to the Minnesota Immigration Law Center. #ttrpg itch.io/jam/no-ice-i...

Priming walls for the TTRPGs

Who all is doing Zinequest/ZiMo roundups or interviews this year? I'd love to chat about Axolotl with a Gun and arcade-style RPGs with folks 👀 I've got a press kit ready to go!

Our Zinequest campaign this year is checking a lot of excellent boxes: ✅ Be an adorable little guy™ ✅ Fight evil robots ✅ Trade coins for 1-ups and hobby supplies