We've got a brand new logo courtesy of @whimsymachine.bsky.social but the great assortment of 39 solo tabletop rpgs has not changed! Get a lot of games for very little and ranch cats, explore ruins, and be a hero on your own time. itch.io/b/3361/sprin...

I cooled off on participating in bundles for a while because life got busy, but I'm super proud to be a part of this one. Richard at @sprintingowl.bsky.social is an amazing community leader. Bundles like this make it feasible for indie creators to actually create. #ttrpgs itch.io/b/3361/sprin...

Hey, #ttrpg night owls. I know it’s late, but we got some bad news earlier that I can’t say yet, but we’re going to be in a rough spot. I’m currently available for hire as a writer and a sensitivity reader. My games and short stories are always available with community copies. monroeroe.itch.io

I've been reading The Once and Future King extremely slowly but I enjoy it so much. I didn't realize how very funny it is, and also how much the Sword in the Stone movie is based on it.

"Well, that can't be possible," the gas station attendant said. "Those sweet deals died thirty years ago, on this very night." itch.io/b/3361/sprin...

A new bundle of solo games is live! My writing game Chekhov's Coupons is in it. You take the Chekhov's gun and plot coupon tropes to the absurd extreme to write a very contained and self-referential story. I feel like it's brought an extra level of intentionality to the rest of my writing. #ttrpgs

It's Halloween Sale time over on itchio 🎃 I have most of my titles 50%. It's a great time to grab some of my short comics or weird old art zines, like Afterglow, my first ever #kinktober attempt from all the way back in 2018 💀 itch.io/s/165394/hal... #comicoop

the more i hear about ai the more I wanna go out pick up a rock grind up pigments and draw little horses on the walls of a cavern

I just finished listening to the Abarat audiobook narrated by Richard Ferrone and he does unhinged villain so well, it reminded me of Willem Dafoe. Now I want to watch more Willems (including a Willem Mendelson Shape but that'll have to stay a dream).

I'm going to read through my TTRPG Fight Item Run. It's a love letter to old video games through an intentionally nostalgic lens, recreating that feeling of watching your older siblings play through MegaMan or FF7 and how they must be magic for shepherding something so cool. #ttrpg #gamedev

I guess it's the rapture today? #aoba #comicoop #comics

I'm going to read through my TTRPG Fight Item Run. It's a love letter to old video games through an intentionally nostalgic lens, recreating that feeling of watching your older siblings play through MegaMan or FF7 and how they must be magic for shepherding something so cool. #ttrpg #gamedev

It's still weird to get a batch of new followers with no new interactions. There must be a starter list going around. Hello, welcome. Sometimes I remember to post about the games I make because I would like you to buy the games I make.

move us to the greeeeeen (i think the golf term is "fore") www.kickstarter.com/projects/201...

In @whimsymachine.bsky.social's jam entry, THE LIGHT RAIL IS COMING & you are the townsfolk preparing for its arrival. In this absurdist #ttrpg w/ gothic vibes, "We long for the light. Let it come and unite us." Grab this game, it's about civic engagement! > whimsy-machine.itch.io/the-light-ra...

My ideal format? Thanks for asking. It's a podcast where me and rotating guests read through a section of Fight Item Run and discuss it. Episodes would be under an hour and feature 1:2 or 1:3 ratio of reading to talking. I'd send the guest a copy of the book ahead of time.

It’s funny because promoting and marketing a book in any way, shape, or form is actually NOT the author’s job. At all. It is unpaid labor we’ve been forced to do for so long the expectation has mutated like a virus into “okay now you also have to be a TikTok sensation to do this as a job.”

I'm thinking of doing a readthrough commentary of Fight Item Run. It's a game I really enjoy, but I think it's a weirder pitch than Spell. Which might seem counterintuitive, but that expectation is what I think throws folks off. Anyway, I'm overdue to spend some quality time with it.

I sent the manuscript for the Word Witch Daily alpha off for editing and now I'm anxiously twiddling my fingers. I could've (and probably should've) tinkered with it a lot longer, but I need a real, structural answer to "what am I even doing here?"

Alright pals. Every time you make progress on (or complete!) a preexisting project this September, celebrate it using the hashtag #steadyseptember because slow and steady is still progress! And by preexisting I do mean “conceived or begun BEFORE September.” Old(ish) ideas only!!!

Ah yeah, #swordtember is here to tempt me into making more games about sentient weapons. In the meantime, I've still got Heartbearers! whimsy-machine.itch.io/heartbearers

🚂 One month out from #TabletopTrainJam and 27 creators have already joined! I can't wait to see what folks make. 🛤️ This month, I'll be highlighting some #ttrpg entries I love from last year's jam, to help get everyone in the creative spirit for this year. 🚋 Join us >> itch.io/jam/tabletop...

I just backed Forged in Fantasy • Acrylic Charms by @dollipop-art.bsky.social and I'm super excited about these. The lore alone—I could live in this world. #charms #ttrpgs www.kickstarter.com/projects/dol...

Attention artists! I need some original illustrations for some upcoming games (please see my thread). If you want to throw your hat in the ring, please reply in the thread with a link to your portfolio. And if you see this, please repost or tag in someone you think might be a good fit!

What modern newspaper cartoonists are still out there doing it, making new strips?

So this Allen Earth show is pretty good.

@ericabridgesphd.bsky.social Hi! I'd like to message you about freelance editing. What's the best way to do so? In the meantime, I'm enjoying the heck out of Hit!

Recently @whimsymachine.bsky.social has started fulfilling his own online shop orders. He's shipped (I think) 5 packages this week, which I'm very excited about! I want to ship things too! So go buy something from either of my stores! mariahcurrey.bigcartel.com mariahcurrey.bigcartel.com #comicoop

Working on sample scenarios from Word Witch Daily: "And so, together, wielding the power of local government, alien weaponry, and a troll, the three Word Witches menace the billionaire publicly until he has no choice but surrender his ill-gotten horde to various support services in the community."

"Not in my room. Not on my bed. Not on the rocking chair. Not on the couch. Not on the stove. Not in the pot. Not in the eggs cooking in the pot on the stove." My 2yo assuring me, unprompted, of the places he did not poop.

This is an exceptional series that grows and grows and grows until its world is vast and beautiful and its roots are deep in your heart.

I saw 300 as a teen and it's got a scene where Gerard Butler throws a spear at Xerxes. The theater was dead silent for that impossibly long uncertain moment only to be punctuated by one random guy saying loudly "Zap." Not the assignment, but that was an audience member reaction that stuck with me.

Man what a power play it was for Jack to ask Lock, Shock, and Barrel to do a super important task and then not tell their boss (dad?). I bet Oogie wants the Halloween throne and Jack is sniping his minions.

I'm making myself bonkers over what I'm calling these entities from the game I'm working on. They're hyperspecific tutelary deities in an oddball game. They exist in a mysterious realm and are summoned by deliberately misspelling magic words. They represent an option for the game's metaplot. #ttrpg

i want to note that the christofascist attack on "porn" isn't actually an attempt to make the internet or the world child safe in any real way. these people abuse the fuck out of children and oppose sex education largely because it makes children able to identify and name that abuse

The itchio discord server is having a great time if you were at all curious.

Maybe I'll play this game I'm writing for a little bit and maybe pause on obsessing over the big picture junk.

Sounds a lot like Rowling is indoctrinating a whole lot of children into her radical beliefs to serve a political agenda. Statistically, in a school of 600 students, they’re going to end up with 3-6 trans kids. Wonder what happens to them?

attack for @therealgabig.bsky.social

I'm almost done writing this game. All that's left is defining the sprawling pantheon of infinite gods and the unknowable realm from which they come, and then it's in the bag.

Mandatory social media post to maintain presence online: "Buy my games!"

Just 8 days left to back Concrete Arcanum! We still need about $5k to send our urban fantasy comics anthology to press so I'm jumping on the quote train to talk about my comic, Modern Ghouls 🧵 Check out the other comics, share, and back if you can! kck.st/4jFAYSt #comicoop #comics #usualhaunts

For the price of one or fewer 5E splatbooks, you can get one (1) metric fuckton of RPGs. You get books using the AGE, Cypher, and Year Zero systems. You get the latest Cyberpunk rules. You get some World of Darkness and Call of Cthulhu books. You also get my favorite: Savage Worlds!

Hey, this game sounds pretty neat! Seriously though, this is a great punchy video for Spell: The RPG and the comment about the mechanics serving the themes and vice versa is everything I could hope for.

Today I'm thinking about game sheets in ttrpgs that aren't character sheets. Sheets for the world, events, the local setting or shared spaces like home bases. I might use some in Word Witch Daily to make the shared universe aspect easier to approach without getting too crunchy. #gamedesign #ttrpg

The No ICE in California Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 560 games to discover for a $10+ donation supporting @raicestexas.bsky.social and @immdef.bsky.social Support the bundle here: itch.io/b/3110/no-ic...

Finally ironed out how Word Witch Daily is both solo and multiplayer, and how the universe accommodates that whole mess. Play solo and then team up with others who've played solo, using the same characters and preserving their own canon. #indiedev #ttrpgs #tabletop #gamedesign #worldbuilding

I always seek guidance and hope when things are difficult, and I try to share it. Right now all I can think is: show up for your community. In small and large ways, whenever you can, today and tomorrow and always, take care of each other. Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. 🏳️‍⚧️