My partner Marc (@thehintguy.bsky.social) had a really lovely conversation with the charming folks on @readplaygame.bsky.social about their play through of Epitaph a few weeks ago. It's a great listen if you are curious about iterative design or gmless gaming!

Holy poäng - apparently there is an online Ikea museum where you can look at old catalogs!!! ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/i...

The unique embarrassment of opening up design notes from 9 years ago and realizing you basically just drafted up the same thing

Feminist gothic horror house drafting tabletop rpg called Bluebeard's Prince

Indie Games on Demand is alive and well at #GenCon. Want to play an interesting #TTRPG? No need to plan, just show up at Westin Grand Ballroom 3 with a generic ticket and join our boarding process. Also visit our friends: @ipr.bsky.social @pelgranepress.bsky.social @igdn-official.bsky.social

Work continues on my current project, a versatile archaeology world-building game currently titled “More to Explore”. Got an awesome session in at Go Play NW and now it’s back to the workbench for tinkering! 🔧 ⚙️ #trrpg #gamedesign

I represented Groundtable (GMless) all the way: Follow, The Final Girl, In This World, Kingdom, and my newest project More To Explore.

I played Going for Broke, Microscope: Chronicle, The Final Girl, Inheritance, and Kingdom! Every game was awesome!

If you went to Go Play NW, I want to hear what you played!

I had such a lovely @goplaynw.bsky.social this weekend! Huge thanks to the organizers for cultivating a welcoming space and for all the behind-the-scenes work that lets us enjoy the magic of playing games with friends, old and new ❤️

Bob Ross x game design theory: We don't make worlds together, we make illusions of worlds arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/47...

It was such a fun game to work on! We keep having great one-shots with it. Go check out the original immediately.

Very exciting mail day! It's the Italian edition of Fedora Noir! Yay yay yay! Thank you so much @nessundovelab.bsky.social - it looks so fantastic!

#IGM25 sponsor Less Than Three Games is @chobbs.bsky.social and @thehintguy.bsky.social who design creative and collaborative story-driven games. Physical copies their games Downfall, Epitaph, and Fedora Noir can be won by registering for IGM at the link in our bio. Thanks lessthanthreegames.com !

Here’s my theory: the more a game lets you contribute — the more it asks of you — the more rewarding play can be. But also, satisfaction is not the same as fun arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/46...

An Altogether Different River is a beautiful game about returning home

Someone asked me if Epitaph is a good game. I said sure, if that's how you want to live your life.

Someone asked me if An Altogether Different River is a good game. I told them it used to be.

Continuing our surprisingly busy week of story gaming, we had a new friend over last night to play Follow! We played the Dragon quest and had a good time, but boy oh boy do we love making things hard for ourselves by re-skinning things.

Had a rockin' game of In This World last night where we finally chose "trains" for our topic! (@thehintguy.bsky.social made his train dreams come true)

Last week we played "Downfall" by Less than Three Games (@chobbs.bsky.social and Marc Hobbs). It is a very well-built worldbuilding #ttrpg for exactly 3 people, requiring no dice, no GM, and no prep. Find more info here and keep reading below: lessthanthreegames.com/downfall/

The new Microscope: Chronicle playtest is now also up on itch, so you can add some fractal history making to your collection lamemage.itch.io/microscope-c...

That feeling when you're completely rewriting a game after the first playtest. It's good but also 🫠💀

I heard you were having a pretty rough time in 2025 and could use some human brain fun. I got you. Microscope: Chronicle, a fractal game of histories and people. Public playtest downloadable right now. GMless as hell. arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/45...

Caroline speaks rampant truth. GMless/co-creative games without good setup are like playing hide-and-go-seek in the fog, in a snowstorm, wearing a blindfold, in a crowd where no one knows who the other players are in, at night, with a head cold. Nail your setup.

I wrote a lil' blog post about setup time in games and why I think it rules. ❤️

I took a risograph printing class today and it was super fun! Here's my two-color print - it' didn't come out quite how I wanted but I learned a lot ❤️

Okay I'm back from a week of being offline and away from the news. Did I miss anything that was not completely horrible?

Snake king!!!! I'm in love

I remember when we all first touched the Shock book and fell in love with the smooth soft matte cover 😅 Congrats on the upgrade @lamemage.com!

There's still time to back Zhenya's Wonder Tales and get 6 replayable one session games and a cloth map for a mere $30! bpglink.com/zhenyas

Proud to be the 69th 😎 on @BackerKit for Going For Broke - a sitcom game about making rent. Nice. (Preorder is live if you missed it) www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

It was a good first playtest! We identified some flow things and some gaps in explanations, which is what you want out of a playtest 😉 Also our "haunted" house is creepy and our characters are finely-tuned for social drama. Excited to see where our story goes!

the only way this is true is if we're like Lumon and have a subterranean floor containing a bunch of animals for a mysterious, plot-related reason bsky.app/profile/free...

Our 2025 Membership Drive is happening NOW THROUGH MARCH 30! Help our Seattle Summer in-person event happen by getting your early-bird attending membership—and exclusive member gifts! Get all the details at goplaynw.org/membership/

Registration is currently open for my favorite small local con - Go Play NW! It's a small and cozy con in Seattle that still has strict Covid precautions. I don't know if I can go this year because of the timing, but maybe you should! goplaynw.org/about-us/

1. First #ttrpg you ever played? - D&D 3.5 2. First you ever ran? - Don't Rest Your Head (omg) 3. Played the most? - Kingdom 4. Run the most? - not counting my games, Follow & Fiasco 5. Favorite? - List below lol 6. Most recently played? untitled Marc game 7. Most recently run? Downfall 2e playtest

Five days remain in the Going For Broke crowdfunding campaign! This fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game needs your help to make it across the finish line. Now is the perfect time to grab your copy! If you're already a backer, help spread the word. 26% to go! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

Going For Broke is a sitcom storytelling game about having terrible roommates aftermath.site/going-for-brok...

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Going For Broke is now in its third week of crowdfunding! This fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game fits in your back pocket, plays in about an hour, and is perfect for introducing new folks to the hobby. Learn more and pick up a copy at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...

It's the manifesto! It was a lot of fun discussing these principles and deciding what to include and not include

@thehintguy.bsky.social, I've been asking you my Pokémon questions IRL recently, and that's my bad. So you already told me Sprigatito is the cutest cat guy. But who's the worst cat guy?

Hey is there a slightly less frustrating thing than Miro that people are using for playing their index-card based games?

I just read through the free rules for @lackingceremony.bsky.social's new game Going for Broke, and I'm even more excited for it now! It looks like it's going to be a breeze to facilitate and lead to exactly the kind of fun character drama that I love to play

If you want to celebrate Valentine's Day by playing a short 2-player game about making phone calls in a long-distance relationship: 1. That's very specific, and 2. You should check out One Missed Call by me and @thehintguy.bsky.social 💕 lessthanthreegames.itch.io/one-missed-c...

Update - I've been making playful little bookmarks!

It's true! I'm doing all I can to put Pokemon in the manifesto

A Perfect Rock is live on Kickstarter! Explore the stars and find a new planet to call home in this planet-building adventure TTRPG. → Make planets using rocks! → Explore, discover, collect. → GMless, 1-4 players. #ZiMo #ZineQuest www.kickstarter.com/projects/dee...

Going For Broke — a fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to make rent, by yours truly — just launched its crowdfunding campaign on Backerkit! Check it out! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...