Getting my GameFace Con on! and pressure testing for Origins

Two weeks left to back The Old The Cold The Bold: 2nd Edition on @backerkit.com! A criminal gig economy tabletop roleplaying game! #OCB2nd is perfect for folks who like #Leverage (heists that screw over the rich and powerful ice cream with a found family swirl)! Let's get that stretch goal funded!

Hey DMV folks! Be sure to check out GameFace Con this weekend! There will be so many amazing indie ttrpg designers, artists, and games. Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore, free to attend! I'll be hanging out at Table 27 all weekend! Come say hi! www.gamefacecon.com

Journaling game fam: If one were to, hypothetically, assemble a zine touting the awesomeness of journaling games, what games should absolutely get mentioned in said hypothetical zine?

Baltimoreans! DMVers! People from PA/NY/elsewhere who don't mind a hike! GameFace 2026 is this weekend (May 23rd-24th). I'll be vending at Table 4 (at the edge of that alley left of the bar) both days. Come say hi!

The frogs arrive at Knave of Cups soon! 🐸🐸🐸

I’ll be at GameFace Con at Peabody Heights Brewery this weekend with both my games for sale! Come get a copy of Tiny Mall Wizards and Hostile Architecture, and check out all the other cool folks there! Admission is free! www.gamefacecon.com?m=1

If you're getting your GameFace on this weekend, keep on your guard for the bright red boxes of LAVA WURM! Vigilance is key when dealing with such a deadly foe. Each #boardgame set is completely handcrafted by me, with paint and wood and cloth and glass.

If you're in the Baltimore area we will be too on May 23rd and 24th at the Peabody Heights Brewery for GameFace Con. We'll be at table 4! We'll be bringing some handmade versions of Peddler's Prize and exclusive copies of a multipage version of Abide along with our new Dragon Enamel Pins!

naming games is hard sometimes

Who's coming to GameFace Con this weekend?! 🎲👹 I'll be there Saturday tabling with other local designers and selling copies of The Bonsai Diary and my other creative / mindfulness games. Please come by and say hi!

If you like Axolotl with a Gun, you will LOVE this

Choose your side and change the future in Soot & Charms: Boston! The Kickstarter is now live. Backers in the first 48 hours get a postcard of a re-imagined Boston Common! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gra...

Been listening to a lot of The Beths lately and started watching Our Flag Means Death recently. With the lotr rewatch the other day, been on an unintentional New Zealand kick I guess

okay, got pretty everything ready for the con this weekend. now to wonder about what I'm forgetting for the whole week

The Review Something! TTRPG Bundle is now recruiting. This is going to be a PWYW bundle, all profits split equally between contributors, with the additional sub-theme that in order to buy it you should review a game on itchio. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Frog Squad in Hearts Against the Machine (2026) by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social (arrives in the shop VERY soon btw - the game, not this art)

caves of qud posting had a tragic end to a run. made it to lvl 21. had a entire crew of badass birds with me. my AV was very respectable. not much had posed a threat after lvl 10 or so. got summarily dismantled very quickly by an enemy labelled as "easy" live and drink i guess

Backerkit is trying something new. In the leadup to the 2026 Ennies, they're going to sell the 2025 Ennies nominees together as part of an "Ennies Emporium". I was invited to take part! Here's the teaser page for my game, which was nominated for Best Rules in 2025. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

So, sometimes I make little zine games with my kid. Tonight we made a 4-player chess variant that replaces the Knight with the Vulture. It's called The Vulturey

as i’ve published more i’ve decided i don’t rlly want all my rpg work to be permanently attached to my literal legal name, so it’s time for a spring refresh. say hi, @brittlstar.itch.io i will still post rpg stuff here but BRITTLE STAR will be the face of my work going forward. follow if u like 🖤🩷

Back in Baltimore next weekend 5/23-24 vending with the best people around (independent tabletop game creators) and drinking a mysterious elixir (beer) Sharing my table with my personal GOAT of dark fantasy drawing @tylermathai.bsky.social!

Our latest Dialogue at Dusk is now on Youtube! We chat with thelast19digitsofpi about his game Ornithocracy, and how unranked games are particularly powerful for games of negotiation and diplomacy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGK...

Hey new folks! I’m Mega Flare, a music producer and game designer with a love for OSR and NSR games! Check my links for good music and rules-lite gaming.

Lots of teaching, lots of playing, and just a wee bit of shopping at the first day of CanGames. I am feeling rather proud of my solo RPG buying self‑control. 😆

Im gonna be at Gameface con this weekend hawking my new stickers (and the rest of my art) and im really banking on how much Baltimore likes this seasoning.

lazy cat sunday AMA

We’re excited about Soot and Charms because it’s Graftbound’s first time helping publish someone else’s work. The Creators Mo and Nate had already build an amazing slice of this alternate history in their short comic “To Charm a Train”. We’re excited to introduce people in the RPGs to their work

DOWAGER: THE SACRED & STRANGE is my sci-fantasy heartbreaker tactics RPG about the importance of opposing big tech through peaceful protest and the ballot just kidding kill those guys. #dowagerrpg #ttrpg

Tomorrow is my 34th birthday, so starting today until monday, you can get all of my things for 34% OFF! Books on Itch or Ko-fi, Crossoroads IF on itch and other downloadables on Ko-fi shop! itch.io/s/186151/may... ko-fi.com/maybarros/li...

FRESH STUFF ARRIVES NEXT FRIDAY! Dungeon Wilds decks, new Paper Apps, and 2025 CRIT Awards Best Solo Game, Deify. Plus: palmistry mechanics, portable wonderment, and zines! ZINES!!! So many zines!!! Risograph printing, weird folds, hand-drawn little guys. Dang, humans make some pretty cool art

Lady Blackbird, is one of my favorite TTRPGs. The Old The Cold The Bold took a lot of inspiration from it...with a few changes like players selecting their tags, and Team Keys. Keys are how characters react during a gig. Team Keys are how they interact. Let's look at the Cold. 1/2

What stories do you see in your stars? Constellations is out now! Download this free, one-page world-building TTRPG about drawing constellations and telling stories. deep-dark-games.itch.io/constellations

Here's what I'll be bringing to GameFace Con! (plus a couple other smaller games and some stickers)

GameFace Con is in like 10 days! 😱 Who will I see there?

Play a rich short story game in under 30 minutes with just five cards. In "Worry-Go-Round," you're a child at the amusement park, pulled between anxiety and joy. It's a two page print-and-play with minimal cutting. Uses the same card mechanic as Ark Nova! stickydoodler.itch.io/worry-go-round

Hey @toastyseahorse.bsky.social let's talk about your amazing game! One of the things I really like about it is the catharsis of doing good in the world by any means necessary. Was that part of your goal?

took me 2 years, but i've just run out of this ream of yellow paper that i use for my Locked Tomb inspired game, The Serpent and The Spider. Probably equates to a little of 150 copies with test prints and mistakes and all that. Didn't think I had printed quite so many!

Four Pillars Gaming published hundred of AI-generated profiles over the past four months and when people asked to be taken down, they doubled down, defended their process, and refused. The ramifications of hallucinatory LLM "histories" threaten to erode truth and destroy the historical record.

Did you know I sell lightly damaged copies of my games on my website? Each one is sold at the same price as the PDF ($8-10), which is included. Shipping is $5, whether for one book or all three!

Due to the continued issues with Kickstarter & the recent announcements around censorship, we are announcing the move of @navaarsnp.bsky.social's Soothwardens to @backerkit.com This was a unanimous choice by Navaar & entire team. It means starting from 0 and rebuilding. ttrpg.link/soothwardens 1/3

Hey look! Humans!

I heard y'all are interested in sites that list cool tabletop game designers? How about one made by humans which features local indie designers making 100% human-made games?? www.designedinthedmv.org/designers.html

Instead of AI slop archive, why not friendly local rpg shop publisher directory with fun questions and answers actually written by the people it represents peregrinecoast.press/pages/publis...

11 more physical backers and we'll have funded! Check out this unique craft game about funerals and death: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

I enjoyed making the back cover for The Frog Squad! Hanging out nearby are a couple other frog pieces I had around. The print is by @ novimagpie and the figure is an Ice Cream Drop Frog from Qualia junkfoodgames.itch.io/the-frog-squ...

I'm sure most folks have seen this already, but definitely avoid 4 Pillar with their AI slop bullshit

⚡Thursday Night Thrash Show: Moshing vs. Monsters⚡ Do you remember your 20s, wearing cut-off jean shorts and spending Thursday night in the backroom of a pizza shop watching 4 bands play 38 songs in 25 minutes? Relive those days while spinkicking monsters in this 1-page zine. #zine #TTRPG #thrash

I enjoyed making the back cover for The Frog Squad! Hanging out nearby are a couple other frog pieces I had around. The print is by @ novimagpie and the figure is an Ice Cream Drop Frog from Qualia junkfoodgames.itch.io/the-frog-squ...

A lot of good stuff in here, but it’s particularly strong on OSR adventures. Dungeonheads don’t want to miss this one. Launching soon! itch.io/b/3670/typho...