New publisher listing for: Tales from the Cryptids Anthology @scryptidgames.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Art; General, Fantasy, Horror; pays). #WritingCommunity

Whoa! We've already hit our cap of 100 fiction subs for Tales from the Cryptids, but @brigittewinter.bsky.social is so delighted by what she’s read that we're keeping the portal open until we hit 200 or reach our May 15th deadline. Keep 'em coming, and get us your #ttrpg and #poetry submissions too!

Love being in such excellent company. 🐀 ❤️

This is tomorrow! Space is still open. If you're in NYC and want to design something new, come join us. We'll playstorm #ttrpg concepts using Legos and you'll leave with new game ideas + maybe the beginnings of a first draft.

Hey, NYC cryptids, come out! This is going to be a great class, and Session 1 will be exploring @vidityavoleti.bsky.social's Lego-based #ttrpg Space Goblins! 🎉

Tales from the Cryptids is open to submissions! Send us your weirdest fiction, poetry, and TTRPGs. 10 cents/word. Open until May 15. Let us peek into what might be—at the edge of what is known. Don't solve the mystery. Be the mystery. #callforsubmissions scryptidgames.moksha.io/publication/...

An absolutely amazing recap of our #AWP26 panel "Poetry, Prose, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" from @amandatien.bsky.social!

I'm teaching a 2.5 hour Zoom workshop on March 29 called MAKE SHORT GAMES. We'll discuss tiny #ttrpgs and one-pagers, and playstorm games of our own. A great opportunity to design your first game, or (for experienced folks) make something new: www.eventbrite.com/e/make-short...

A total delight to play bass in this band of game-writing rock stars. 🎸

This panel was so joyful. Love the energy at @awpwriter.org around game design as a literary practice!

We had a really lively panel, with lots of back-and-forth! Woot!

Our panel Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice at #AWP26 was amazing yesterday, with brilliant insights from @natmesnard.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social! If you attended, let us know your takeaways ✨

Great reading happening during #AWP26 w/ our "Prose, Poetry, and Play" panelists @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @davering.bsky.social!

So excited for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" with some incredible designers/writers: @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, and @brigittewinter.bsky.social! Join us 🎲

We're bound for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 in Baltimore, MD this week! If you'll be around, come by the panels @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social are running on games/writing, and visit us at Booth #T425 on the showroom floor.

This is going to be delightful. My two spookiest friends, Will and @brigittewinter.bsky.social, in one livestream! Come watch us ~~~scare~~~ each other w/ how much we all love to read and write creepy queer fiction 💕

Last liveSCREAM of our Tales from the Cryptids campaign is tonight at 7PM ET / 4PM PT / 12AM GMT. 👻 Join @natmesnard.bsky.social, @brigittewinter.bsky.social and Will Roth of Creature Publishing to chat about scary fiction, spooky games, queer books, and more! youtube.com/live/cuFN88E...

Vote to send @brigittewinter.bsky.social on a haunted photo shoot for Tales from the Cryptids! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Tales from the Cryptids limited rewards are running low! Only 2 spots left for the Scryptid Scholar and Batboy's Bargain tiers, which both come with written feedback on a complete TTRPG, short story, or poem to help you prepare your submission for our open call: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Of potential interest to fans of 2025's "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology from Middle West Press: Baltimore-based @scryptidgames.bsky.social is crowd-funding an anthology comprising story-telling TTRPG, fiction, and poetry! Campaign ends Feb. 27, 2026! Info: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

This was suuuuuch a dynamic conversation with @superdillin.bsky.social and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social last night! People in the chat were...taking notes?! Tons of good stuff on subversive game design, erotic TTRPGs, and "emancipatory bleed." www.youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...

VERY excited for this chat I think you should come by and hear it!!!

New livestream! Join Scryptid Games Co-Founder @natmesnard.bsky.social tonight, 2/17, at 7pm ET for a chat with @backerkit.com #ZineTopia designers @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social on their new games & the thriving New York City tabletop scene! youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...

My friends at @scryptidgames.bsky.social are running a crowdfunding campaign for #TalesFromTheCryptids Back it! BUT ALSO: you can submit & be a part of it! Poems, games, art, short stories!! This project is rad. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... SUBMIT WITH ME! #JoyfulPromo #ScryptidGames

Great work @tabletopbookshelf.com! @luluinwa.bsky.social, let us know how it plays...and if you like, share your playlist so we can listen in to your game 🎵🤘

Already funded, but always great to support @scryptidgames.bsky.social - check out their latest anthology project, with contributions from wonderful authors! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

In case you missed last night's livestream with @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social, you can still watch our two Tales from the Cryptids campaign producers + editors chatting about this awesome anthology project over on YouTube: www.youtube.com/live/lY0bhXl...

Hey, Tales from the Cryptids is a featured project on the @backerkit.com main page today! What an absolute honor to be featured. Thank you to everyone at BackerKit who believes in the weird and wonderful stuff that we're making. 💕 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

🎉FUNDED! 🎉 We're so excited that this rad anthology is officially happening, and that y'all want to play (and read) these uncanny cryptid tales. Now, let's get those stretch goals in view... www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Now on Backerkit from our friends at Scryptid Games, Tales from the Cryptids! Check out this anthology of narrative games and other writing on cryptid lore today! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s... @scryptidgames.bsky.social #studio2friends #Crowdfunding #backerkit #ttrpg

Don’t miss our livestream tonight, 2/6, at 7pm ET. @natmesnard.bsky.social and @brigittewinter.bsky.social will share the story of how this project came to be, what Brigitte wants from submissions, and what to expect from the new "Make Short Games" class Nat is offering as a campaign reward.

Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera is an anthology of games and writings that tell stories about the cryptids and the lives they lead. @scryptidgames.bsky.social are the minds behind this one! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

So excited for this anthology!! Congrats @brigittewinter.bsky.social and the @scryptidgames.bsky.social crew!!

Tales from the Cryptids just went live on Backerkit! Back this anthology edited by @brigittewinter.bsky.social with work from @lackingceremony.bsky.social, @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @shing.bsky.social, @aeosworth.bsky.social, @dragons.bsky.social, and more! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Don’t forget to reserve your ticket for the Assemblage launch party! See you at 4pm today! 🍄 ❤️

Thanks, @epiclevels.bsky.social! Perfect teaser for Tales from the Cryptids (which launches on Monday, 2/2!): www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

This month we had the opportunity to chat with @natmesnard.bsky.social from @scryptidgames.bsky.social about their new worldbuilding card game Assemblage! Check out our chat about games, writing, and how they come together 👇 youtu.be/Dikj38_a2ks?...

We are excired to annnounce that @hannahtinti.bsky.social of @onestorymag.bsky.social will join @natmesnard.bsky.social in conversation at the Assemblage Game Launch Party at @20sidedstore.bsky.social on 1/31!

New podcast episode just dropped featuring an interview with @natmesnard.bsky.social and Talk of the Table! open.spotify.com/episode/52Oq...

Join Scryptid Games and @natmesnard.bsky.social on 1/31 for the Assemblage game release party at Twenty Sided Store in Brooklyn, NY! twentysidedstore.com/collections/...

Get ready for Tales from the Cryptids! We are crowdfunding our first anthology in February 2026! Edited by @brigittewinter.bsky.social, this collection of TTRPGs, fiction, poetry, and other uncanny ephemera flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore: tinyurl.com/cryptidtales.

Celebrating the official launch of Assemblage, a new TTRPG of world building and world breaking by @natmesnard.bsky.social, with this inspiring Tabletopped Podcast episode about the challenges and rewards of creating truly collaborative play spaces. tinyurl.com/4mt7zn8c

Hope all of our backers are enjoying the little Assemblage bundles landing on their doorsteps this month! We are so happy to finally see this game out in the wild. ❤️ 🍄 🌱

'Tis the season for hot chocolate, cozy blankets, and the itch.io Winter Sale! Check out our game discounts and core game bundle going on now until January 5th ☃️🏷 itch.io/s/175924/win...

Winter sale! ❄️ Scryptid Games products are 30% off this month on itch.io/s/175091/win...!

We're looking forward to connecting with writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with an interest in games at AWP in March!

December reading. Some of this is re-reading, to be fair. A lot of this job is thumbing through games and then seeing which are the ones I can't stop thinking about

We are crowdfunding our first anthology! Tales from the Cryptids will launch on Backerkit for Zinetopia in February 2026. Follow the project to be the first to know when it goes live: bit.ly/3XVa94n.

A live game show, a game manual jam, game-based street dance & live music, networking and gallery shows… a few highlights from our packed week of Game Design Days 2025! The fun kicks off this Friday, 11/14, leading up to No Quarter on 11/22. Free events all week — most requiring RSVP! Link in bio!

My @nyugamecenter.bsky.social Game Design Days event is gonna be so much fun. Just finished outlining the playstorming plan, and we'll be writing TTRPGs that take inspiration from TV and video games (like the delightful @sccreatives.bsky.social game Campanions!) twentysidedstore.com/collections/...