MacGuffin & Co? At Tabletop Scotland? Impossible! Or is it...?

NEW PATREON DROP! This month we've put out a new adventure for Pitcrawler: DEPTHS OF THE BLOODY PITS. It's a gorey little romp full of foolish nobles, communist vampire and lots and lots of blood. Its also the first in a trilogy we're titling IDOL HANDS. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/new-pi...

And thirdly, another bit of fun news - our next micro-settings is now up to be read on our Patreon! WAYSTATION MARLOWE sees you playing squabbling alien diplomats in a sector that suddenly becomes very important. Babylon 5, DS9 and Twilight Imperium vibes - enjoy! www.patreon.com/posts/waysta...

Second, and really frustratingly, like many other non-American companies, we're having to suspend physical shipping from our website to the US for the rest of 2025 due to the tariff situation (which would charge you an extra $80 on EVERY order).

First up, it's the last day to back this marvellous party game that Jonny and Sasha have been contributing prompts too - it's very silly, very funny and a great time!

Whooops! Dropped the ball a bit in terms of keeping up with social media this year, so a few updates (good and bad) incoming!

Hey, we're at the @dungeonsandflagons.bsky.social Geek Fayre today, so if you're around Manchester, come say hi! Its in the Sacha hotel, just off Picadilly Gardens.

For our Fixer Upper micro-setting we had a dilemma: who could capture a vibrant alien world or quasi-sentient plants, as viewed through the lens of awakening robots? The answer was the inimitable Geo Barnett (geobarnett.com), a truly incredible illustrator and animator. #RPGArtistShoutout

Think we've run out of wonderful artists? Not even close! Today we want to shout out @eldritchrach.bsky.social The artist behind our water-logged crime micro-setting Atlantis City, she's just so good! I mean, just look! #RPGArtistShoutout

Today's artist in the spotlight is the brilliant @avivor.bsky.social, whose work currently brings life to two of our micro-settings: Wizard's Staff and Welcome to Port Clement. If you want expressive characters (especially non-humans) there's none better! #RPGArtistShoutout

We've always been excited for Pitcrawler to help new GMs get experience in a low-pressure environment, so this is incredibly gratifying to hear!

Today's Artist We Love to Work With is the marvellous Jesse Turner (artstation.com/jouste). A great illustrator with a delightful style that managed to work well for fun toony nonsense and for moody, dynamic pieces. #RPGArtistShoutout

Next up in our tour of Macguffin & Co. artists, our old-school secret weapon: Michael Sheppard (www.instagram.com/mikeshepp10)

Well you used the time marvellously!

Decided that the TTRPG industry should big up our artists more, so every day I'm gonna be shouting out one of the fantastic artists we've worked with. First up: the impossibly brilliant Cael Lyons - @kingcael.bsky.social

This is something that saddens me so much, especially because commissioning artists is, like, the best fucking part of doing this! Swear to god matching a talented illustrator's style to a game is so amazing: "Is this what you were thinking it looked like?" "No, it's so much better!"

Great taste - a fine little adventure!

All done and had a great time! Thanks to everyone who swung by - it was lovely to see you all #UKGE

Day two. Alive. No picture. Very tired.

First day down! Thanks everyone who joined us at #UKGE - looking forward to tomorrow.

We're heading to the UK Games Expo! If you're gonna be there too, come say hi and peruse some cooool RPGs!

This looks like a great swashbuckling time from Sam - check it out if you like big ships (and if you don't, I really don't know what you're doing with your life!)

This month on Patreon... New game - VIBES beta playtest! The playtest document for a new high-chaos, high-flexibility system for running a style of RPG we call "Fantasy Nonsense". Check it out today at www.patreon.com/posts/123316...

Stretch Goal #6: UNLOCKED @sashasienna.bsky.social of @macguffinandco.bsky.social will be creating locale 26 for Beside the Lesser Travelled Road! Next up is the mad talented Steph from @fistfulofcrits.bsky.social of Toe Beans and Calpini infamy Discover more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hiv...

And here is the final legendary design duo to join the Against Time and Death team: @macguffinandco.bsky.social! Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sims' Odd Jobs is one of my favourite ttrpg books: eleven unique system-neutral micro-settings. I'm excited to see that worldbuilding verve in action on ATaD!

FINAL Beside the Lesser Travelled Road Freeblade Announcement! I'd feel bad nabbing THE Sasha Sienna and leaving out the other masterfully creative mind behind @macguffinandco.bsky.social, so we nabbed THE Jonny Sims too 👀 @artofarklin.bsky.social and I launch this Evening! shorturl.at/mkW1Q

TWELVE HOURS REMAIN for Jamcrawler. We've had some absolutely delightful submissions so far, so if you're still polishing the crossbows in yours, finish them up and drop them in at itch.io/jam/jamcrawler

I finished my entry and submitted it just now! Very excited to see what everyone comes up with!

And to whet a few appetites, Jonny's just put the finishing touches on his entry: PITCRAWLER SOLO MODE

We're entering the last week for JAMCRAWLER, so get your entries ready and submitted ASAP! Or, if inspiration hits you late, it's still not too late to sign up at itch.io/jam/jamcrawler

Rascal Catches The Last Train To Hell (via Bremen)

Oh hell yeah, tiny time.

I can't wait to Crawl a Pit

Sasha is whipping up a new adventure. Jonny is (TRYING TO) hack a solo version of a two-player roleplaying game. Our grim and goofy game jam has entered its final month, and we'd love to have you join us. https://itch.io/jam/jamcrawler

Happy New Year Halflings! We’re already making moves, with our own @jeremycobb1.bsky.social giving @theguardian.com a breakdown of the implications of the changes in new D&D rule sets! Yee - and dare we say it - haw!3 www.theguardian.com/games/2025/j...

Rules light games get a lot of flak. I feel like much of it is off-base or missing the intent & point of rules lite TTRPGs. And I'm someone here making lots of short/one-page and rules light games. So this is my take on the whole discussion. thoughtpunks.com/reb... #TTRPG #Blog

A pleasure to meet a fellow as surely hard-boiled as Mister Malone.

“This is Station XB-1 calling Control, come in Control. A new microsetting has appeared on Patreon."

A very merry holiday to all of you from us here at MacGuffin & Co. ❄️

Nice.

This review of Upriver, Downriver is a holiday gift we got to open early. :')

Thanks John! We love to set a setting.

What's your preferred set up for solo tabletop gaming? Music, candles, quiet? A book and a little notebook while traveling?

Oh hey it's a holiday sale ❄️

Let's make an adventurer for Pitcrawler.🧵

Exhibiting at MCR Geek Fayre with @macguffinandco.bsky.social today, and one thing that tickles me with conventions at the moment is the advice "stall verticality is good" has been so thoroughly internalised that it's turned into a sort of arms race, with taller and taller stalls every year.

We're here and spreading the festive geek cheer. Here's how to find your way to the fun! dungeonsandflagons.co.uk/events-1/boa...

That's a hell of a holiday haul. 🎁

Super excited for Geek Fayre and Dungeon and Flagons! Will be looking out for @macguffinandco.bsky.social @josh-hivemindgames.bsky.social and @obscurebeauty.art! 💖

I’m playing @macguffinandco.bsky.social ’s From Hells Heart - it’s a journalling game where you play as a ship’s captain chasing an enemy. So I like to set a nice vibe, use appropriate stationary, and play some appropriate music- Daniela Mars, cliffs I or @tincanaudio.co.uk Attack of the Sea Beast.