it was hard to pick but here's a 2026 top 9

A thread of non-obvious things that either influenced BREAK!! and/or make for good BREAK!! inspiration in my opinion. I am going to add to this as I think of new ones (or maybe even find them)

I played Final Fantasy Tactics and it was a game of all time. Delita Heiral lives rent free in my head now, so I decided to unpack the ways in which this game has influenced my ttrpg design. www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2026/03...

It's up! It's short! It's free! levikornelsen.itch.io/instructiona...

Aldori swordlord commission:

I have a documented love for triple triad and this is a really good analysis for what makes a minigame sing.

Bug man.

I love the Total//Effect system so this jam is perfect to kick off my first project of the year! I'm still brainstorming but I've got ideas for a Valiant Horizon supplement...

The steam page for Lancer Tactics is now up! Throw us on your wishlist! #lancerrpg #mech #mecha

Gundam Hathaway:Messer

I ran Beam Saber as my first new game of 2026! It was interesting to see what the system does well compared to other mecha rpgs. Full review here: www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2026/01...

Daily bunny no.3209 is quite solemn

As part of my ttrpg "book club" we're playing an abbreviated campaign of Beam Saber. I improvised a mechanic to simulate the attrition of a longer campaign based on Girl Frame's Apocalypse Keys -style moves.

Below lies the current playtest documents for Screaming Metal. A social fuckery. Erotic wasteland exploration. Mega devastruction simulator. Oh, hi, it's so nice to meet you, let's kill each other. Mechanized powersuits carrying fragile Tamagotchi hearts piloted by you depraved dogs. Bark bark bark.

Lady knight lineart:

extremely cool dice tech

This was such a cool project to work on and I can't wait to play through this hexcrawl.

My best art from 2025 that I'm able to show. #2025年自分が選ぶ今年の4枚

A year in review: I wrote a blog post once a week and published three games. Looking forward to even more in 2026! www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12...

In the penultimate blog post of the year, I reflect on my roleplaying beginnings and how those experiences inform my game design. www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12...

Gun Wielding Mook: "THE DAYS OF THE GUNSWORD ARE OVER!" The hottest fucking woman on Earth (she's holding a gunsword): "Not so fast."

Happy holidays! I've put up the lancer tactics sprites I've completed for use as tokens or modding custom sprites! gentrigger.itch.io/lancer-tacti... #lancer #lancertactics

From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes the first annual Lizzies! The best and brightest of the blogosphere comes forward, as decided by your second-favorite blogger with a furry pfp! magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Ivalice Miku:

I forgot to post these earlier but I also finalized the art for Crystal Clash in my campaign. We've got a proper looking arena and card borders with variants for common / uncommon / rare.

The last ttrpg review of the year is Breathtaking Comics, a superhero game created by @astralfrontier.org. It was a little out of my comfort zone but I had a great time! www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12...

I made a deckbuilding minigame for my Fabula Ultima campaign! It's completely system agnostic so you can put it in whatever game you want. Enjoy! www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12...

クリスチーナ

From scenario design to non-diegetic information, I bring a sort of character-tailored play to the table that flies in the face of the classic OSR blorb principles. www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/12...

a whole new world to explore

After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games. If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here: evilhat.com/game-submiss...

It's been over a decade since the original quantum ogre posts. We use the term, but do we all mean the same thing? In this post I unpack the history of the quantum ogre and propose a modern definition. www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...

The horror of the character's body is the way in which it's beyond your control coupled with the way players are driven to inhabit it. go read @snow117.bsky.social's patreon essays www.patreon.com/posts/erotic...

This has been such an incredible project to watch over time. If you ever wanted to see what the blogging community looks like as a network, go give this a look!

introduce yourself with four spaceships

My blogging compatriots at Random Ape Encounter and To Be Resolved have launched a small collab where we analyze the styles of play implicit to generic game systems. I volunteered to talk about my experience with Cortex Prime: www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...

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Spent time polishing this Tortuga from the Lancer TTRPG. #Lancer #LancerRPG #TTRPG #Tortuga #Mecha

🦢✨ #RevueStarlight #スタァライト

I fought a Heap-Thing in Skunk Glen and all I got was this stupid t-shirt. This week I'm reviewing Legend in the Mist, the rustic fantasy game by Son of Oak. www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...

@prismaticwasteland.com has summoned the bloggers for a collaborative hexmap based on the Rankin/Bass Christmas films. Fluorite Guillotine answers the call with the Silver Steppe! Visit for our airship and stay for the butch reindeer. www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/11...

I've spent the past couple months working hard on a minimalist version of my game The Serket Hack. It's a small portion of my final vision, but I'm very proud that it exists. fluoriteguillotine.itch.io/the-serket-h...

I think, as a dungeon crawler enthusiast and lover, we owe a lot more to wizardry than we do to dnd. I know, I know, we wouldn't have wizardry without it, but who fucking cares who does a thing first? First doesn't mean best. And for all we know, dnd was not the first, just the most american.

makign women more evil