Was so busy I nearly forgot that today is a crucially important holiday to the spacefaring among us. With what little time you have left, please take this free thing I made in celebration of N7 Day #n7day the-cargo-bay.itch.io/n7-operations

Should I design more solo procedures for the game ? farirpgs.com/posts/overla...

Ironsworn truly shines with "Moves" being used as solo procedures. Solo play is not always easy, using this removes a LOT of burden from the player. (BTW, great job on these @shawntomkin.bsky.social !) So I decided to give a go at what an overland travel action could look like for Boundless.

In case you missed it farirpgs.com/posts/simpli...

Ironsworn truly shines with "Moves" being used as solo procedures. Solo play is not always easy, using this removes a LOT of burden from the player. (BTW, great job on these @shawntomkin.bsky.social !) So I decided to give a go at what an overland travel action could look like for Boundless.

When I design a TTRPG, the hardest part isn’t the mechanics, it’s deciding how specific to be. I want rules that are clear and easy to use, but also full of little knobs that invite other designers to twist them in weird, unexpected ways. So how do you do this ?

Here’s what you gotta do. You’ll take the text from this page, paste it in a google doc and start hacking to make your own OSR soulslike fantasy rpg As soon as you read it your brain will start coming with ideas itself without you even realizing it. I’m not joking.

Here’s what you gotta do. You’ll take the text from this page, paste it in a google doc and start hacking to make your own OSR soulslike fantasy rpg As soon as you read it your brain will start coming with ideas itself without you even realizing it. I’m not joking.

Seguí la recomendación de RP y tuve el mejor ejercicio con las reglas de #DarkSpaceSocietyRPG, finalmente logre clarificar mis ideas en dos páginas. #lodelrol

If you need a list of items and weapons and armor to drop in your Boundless game, here you go www.patreon.com/posts/143012...

We made it just in time for #dungeon26 or your next solo game! The #DungeonYear Journal has been updated, incorporating 2+ years of feedback and requests! Available in print and as a free PDF! pandiongames.com/products/dun...

When I design a TTRPG, the hardest part isn’t the mechanics, it’s deciding how specific to be. I want rules that are clear and easy to use, but also full of little knobs that invite other designers to twist them in weird, unexpected ways. So how do you do this ?

let's go!!!

Voidlight and Boundless in Spanish ? Maybe.... Voidlight in print ? Maybe...

Alright, it's time... This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes. Light on rules, bound to the dark. 100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available! farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight

Here's another TTRPG design post you'll want to read. When you are designing your own rules, you should do so in a way that is simple, clear and concise. The more "if this than that", the more load you add to the players/designers. Simplicity invites creativity. farirpgs.com/posts/simpli...

I was tired of maintaining an itch collection, and when itch was down, I wrote some code for the Boundless sites that takes a list of links and just pulls all the information (title, description, image) and uses it to display the list of all the Boundless material I know about.

Someone made John Wick themed hack of Boundless (my free D6-based soulslike OSR tabletop rpg) and it looks amazing. Their mission generator is on point and they used the Boundless Pool as a way to track ammos in weapons which is great. And, their game is free! killrain81.itch.io/boundless-as...

I have some free time in my schedule between now and December. I'm renewing my invitation to anyone with a game design resume or portfolio to review: feel free to contact me. Of course, I'm doing this for free. And if you are not directly interested, feel free to spread the word. #indiegame #gamedev

Evening crew, here’s your bedtime reading blog post.

There’s a couple of very talented and respected TTRPG designers that drop me messages every week designing Boundless games almost in secret and I just love it. Dropping bits and pieces of their work of art. Super cool stuff. Also got an email from a designer who made a John wick hack !

New TTRPG design blog post for the evening crew

Someone made John Wick themed hack of Boundless (my free D6-based soulslike OSR tabletop rpg) and it looks amazing. Their mission generator is on point and they used the Boundless Pool as a way to track ammos in weapons which is great. And, their game is free! killrain81.itch.io/boundless-as...

Here's another TTRPG design post you'll want to read. When you are designing your own rules, you should do so in a way that is simple, clear and concise. The more "if this than that", the more load you add to the players/designers. Simplicity invites creativity. farirpgs.com/posts/simpli...

Most popular SRDs on @keeper.farirpgs.com in the last month: - Charge - Breathless - Liminal Horror by @goblinarchives.itch.io - Mark of the Odd by @bastionland.bsky.social keeper.farirpgs.com

yo Voidlight is back in the top (2!) of all TTRPGs on itch. who did this Also some good company with @gilarpgs.bsky.social 's new Dragon Slayer game (which looks so good) Slayer was the first indie RPG I ever bought (along with NOVA!) so seeing my work alongside Spencer's is pretty cool.

This looks good.

Found 2-3 typos in the Boundless and Voidlight docs and mentions of the Risk Rating which I've removed in favor of clearer wording. New update incoming

There’s a couple of very talented and respected TTRPG designers that drop me messages every week designing Boundless games almost in secret and I just love it. Dropping bits and pieces of their work of art. Super cool stuff. Also got an email from a designer who made a John wick hack !

@explorersdesign.bsky.social currently using your classic explorers template had a way to learn how to configure my own baseline grid for my next project. Was about time I faced this dragon and I’m ready to slay it.

Threadcutters out there in the wild! It makes me feel like the proud game parent.

@explorersdesign.bsky.social currently using your classic explorers template had a way to learn how to configure my own baseline grid for my next project. Was about time I faced this dragon and I’m ready to slay it.

I added a table of contents functionnality on the Boundless sites which should make it easier for y'all to take a look at the core game rules text. boundless.farirpgs.com

Want a make a Boundless game ? Here are some logos and the license text to copy and paste in your game! boundless.farirpgs.com/game/license/

I added a table of contents functionnality on the Boundless sites which should make it easier for y'all to take a look at the core game rules text. boundless.farirpgs.com

It is super easy to feel depressed as a TTRPG designer posting on Reddit rpg to try to get eyes on your work, because if you are not active your posts will get removed, and comments are not always kind. But my post got almost 20K views and only about 5 to 10 bad comments. I will take it

I want to play a solo mork Borg adventure with my wife this weekend, do you have any recommendations?

If you've ever dreamed of making your own TTRPG from scratch, I just published a new article on the blog about this exact subject. I was asked by someone here on bluesky and figured this could be helpful to more folks so enjoy! farirpgs.com/posts/how-to...

Morning, it’s time to make your own TTRPG system from scratch

Updated the boundless dice roller to support the new “If you would roll 0D, roll 1D and only a 6 counts as a Hit” Same goes for the online oracle. boundless.farirpgs.com/dice/

I drink my tea cold, not by choice.

In case you missed it

I wrote code to generate thousands upon thousands of characters for Boundless. Then made them go through countless "Advancements" to make sure the odds of character creation + advancements would work for long periods of time. No need to hand wave anything, the math is sound. Latest rules 👇

this is becoming old (that's itch's website btw)

Breathless shifts to Zine Month 2026 so it can hit harder! Expect tighter rules, sharper layout, scarier one-shots. Follow here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mythworks/breathless-frightmare-edition

If you've ever dreamed of making your own TTRPG from scratch, I just published a new article on the blog about this exact subject. I was asked by someone here on bluesky and figured this could be helpful to more folks so enjoy! farirpgs.com/posts/how-to...

Made some updates to Boundless this weekend. Making it more fair for players, adding more organic ways to "roll for your attributes". Also made character progression randomized in the true OSR fashion. And I added a new little mechanic inspired by mork borg's OMEN mechanic (thus today's post)

I think I know what my Boundless game is going to be

dont mind me, just writing code and unit tests to make sure character creation in boundless is as solid as possible

If you're wondering if Matteo's next game is connected is Voidlight, let me tell you one thing: It most definitely is. This game is Boundless.