If you're not in the holiday spirit today, I'm right there with you.

It's awesome when a player gets what OCB is all about. Regulated crime and vigilantism in a world made better by "the little things". For instance, I need a Food Pill in the future. The packaging would be exquisite, and there would be a Shark Detective collab where the bottle glows in the dark.

Like if you believe in players contributing to the world building because we need more of that.

@profbanks.bsky.social gave me very insightful readings about my love life and my crowdfund next year. 2026 is Operation Balls to the Wall

I got to run OCB for Emily Care Boss and we stole files from a bank that was gonna get a bunch of people evicted from their houses. Apparently in our futuristic utopia, electronic ports are universal, all beverages use sugar instead of corn syrup, and vending machines have nothing but tasty snacks.

Prism (sexy seafolk adventures) is $5 off at @drivethrurpg.com and the Old the Cold the Bold (criminal gig economy) is 50% off! OCB is being replaced with a 2nd edition next year, so if you want the 1st edition with the original artwork, now's the perfect time! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

Trivia Game: Most have a couple but a soldier has many. Me: ARMS :3

My TTRPG dad @rustysellsword.com told me all the things he liked about The Old The Cold The Bold: Redux and it left me feeling confident about crowdfunding it next year.

This hasn't happened yet but at some point I'm expecting a session of the Old the Cold the Bold where they're three criminals in a polycule.

If a TTRPG needs 1 to 3 players + GM (it can be run 1 on 1), how would you put that in-writing?

Prism (sexy seafolk adventures) is $5 off at @drivethrurpg.com and the Old the Cold the Bold (criminal gig economy) is 50% off! OCB is being replaced with a 2nd edition next year, so if you want the 1st edition with the original artwork, now's the perfect time! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher...

Amelia is working on creating more sticker designs for Patreon backers over this long weekend and we would love your ideas! If there are any designs you would love to have in your collection now is your chance to let us know!

OH YEAH!

Less than $300 away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social working with Bret Gillan, Josh Savoie, and Elliot Baker to update The Faceless, The News, and The Show. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum... My Faceless was a cutie pie because I liked the idea of a cutie pie with Rasputin*.

$3k away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social working with the original authors to update: The Faceless by Bret Gillan The News by Josh Savoie The Show by Elliot Baker @keftiu.bsky.social and @aura-autumn.bsky.social TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FACELESS 🫨! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...

$6k away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social working with the original authors to update: The Faceless by Bret Gillan The News by Josh Savoie The Show by Elliot Baker SO EXCITED FOR THE FACELESS by @pseudo310.bsky.social mine started with a baseball bat, but then he found a shotgun.

$9.5k away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social's next stretch goal for #AW3rd: The Faceless by Bret Gillan The News by Josh Savoie The Show by Elliot Baker I always did want to try the Show, but who would hold the leash 🤔? A paid gig for @pseudo310.bsky.social, Josh, and Eliot.

Do you wanna build a Faceless? It doesn't have to be a Faceless! At $149,682, we'll work with the original authors to update three limited edition playbooks: The Faceless by Bret Gillan The News by Josh Savoie The Show by Elliot Baker A paid gig for @pseudo310.bsky.social, Josh, and Eliot.

Kill Your Darling is one of my favorite up-and-coming TTRPGs and the highlight of METATOPIA. Explore the intimacy of violence with two halves of a whole that have been split apart. Tarot cards are used as prompts to tell the story of your reunion. We were flora and fauna...it was delicious 🌿🩸🐺.

Metatopia: I'm in three high tests, three playtests, and attending a panel. Also have a few slots open to be a +1.

The Old The Cold The Bold isn't just your classic heists and hits! The crime app caters to high profile clients with a chip on their shoulder...as well as folks looking to right a wrong under the table.

These are to make the contact info exchanges more efficient before the next game/panel at METATOPIA.

Was thinking about this post yesterday. Especially since the spell is Inferno (love words like cinder, volcanic, etc.). My old username/brand were outdated, and while I'm not at *my* final form, Toasty Seahorse Studio better suits my collection of games and artwork. PS: 🔥🌋🔥 art drawn by a friend.

Sam: * not only breaking the within his own lifetime rule but is also a kraken * Al, what am I doing here?! Al: Ziggy says there's a 92% chance you're here to...sink the ships of Christopher Columbus. Sam: * still a literal kraken * ...oh boy.

Just saying, Prism has a fairly direct way of answering "I want to do X with my inferno (or other) power, how hard is that?" that's worth seeing.

PM POST: The Kickstarter for my sexy seafolk TTRPG is 7 years old today! To celebrate, here are six free pre-gens for Prism on @drivethrurpg.com ! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

The Kickstarter for my sexy seafolk TTRPG is 7 years old today! To celebrate, here are six free pregens for Prism on @drivethrurpg.com!

I'll be promoting the second edition of my criminal gig economy TTRPG starting next year. The PDF and pregens are all ready to go. 8 PCs + 3 NPCs that are interrelated in a criminal social solar system.

I'm gonna have a tier for the Old the Cold the Bold second edition crowdfund that includes a PDF of Prism. I'm going to call it Orcanized Crime.

Dad: You could ask the family for help. Me: Nothing they offer is for free, they make empty promises, or make it all about them. Also, I don't want to talk about it doesn't mean I don't need help. It means I don't want to talk about it. Dad: *proceeds to say he understands but proves he does not*

Finding out that folks bought my game(s) is great, but hearing about the folks that run/play my games is even better!

Tonight, we finally wrapped a 3-year, 25-session TTRPG campaign of PRISM by @widdledragon.bsky.social, with each Discord session lasting an hour. In a diceless game about gay mermaids, we managed to make some trenchant commentary about mortality, art, and love. And PCs never fail to surprise you.

Pride Month Promo Post: If you wanna play a diceless, queer friendly, and sex-positive ttrpg about sexy seafolk, should should check out Prism! Fully written and mostly drawn by me! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/2... www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/prism....

Prism is still selling :0 people still like my sexy mermaid adventure game!

I just got my copy of Lumberjills by @warbirds.bsky.social this is also a reminder helping designers that can't conduct a hype train all on their own (due to any number of circumstances) is crucial to the sustainability of the indie gaming community. They deserve as much love as the popular kids.

Whelp, thanks Big Bad Con Boycott! You got what you wanted! Now, others who could have benefited from the con like you all did won't be able to! You are truly heroes!

Hey, if you're going to post about Doctor Joshua Syrongbear Sweet in Atlantis being one of the first black characters in a feature length film by Disney, he wasn't just black 🤨 his mom was indigenous. Biracial erasure is not cute. Folks did the same thing talking about Kamala.

The pre-gen The Old The Cold The Bold character height chart.

My friend @rustysellsword.bsky.social is an awesome indie ttrpg dad and one of the reasons I was able to finish my very first game because he and @ayvalentine.bsky.social knew what the game was supposed to do even before I realized it myself.

@megueyb.bsky.social is such a lovely person and a shining example* of what it means to be a big kid in the gaming community. As a self-published indie game designer, her praise means a lot to me. *The same goes to @lumpley.bsky.social.

H/T to @nerdypupgames.bsky.social for bringing this post to my attention. I'm pretty sure nobody in my social solar system would ever say I'm not loud, but that being said, I reserve my screaming for friends only.

Polygon: Rather than sitting in their own little corners of the internet and wringing their hands, creatives who want to thrive in the TTRPG space need to come together and fight for the recognition that they deserve. This article telling indie designers to be louder can get absolutely fucked.

Being your own hype train is exhausting.

I'm testing out a new brand name to see how it feels. @megueyb.bsky.social gave it the green light, so it's promising. H/T to @avonelle.bsky.social for putting me on this path. I'll probably keep my old screename accounts elsewhere just to make sure no one tries anything funny on Twitter, etc.

So who else with a chronic and/or invisible ailment getting totally fucked by this cold/dry weather combo? In my case, I have 🎸⚡X-TREME⚡🎸 scoliosis and most of my spine is fused.

One of my favorite sessions of my first ttrpg, Prism, was at @bigbadcon.bsky.social when a bro (toothed fish: shark) from the Rouge Realm and her wife (plant folk: waterwheel) were expecting mothers, and hosted a baby shower that turned into an epic camping adventure.

2025 is up in the air, so maybe be gentle to con staff and volunteers this year. We're all out here just trying our best. 2024 was rough and I'm sure plenty of us nerds since most of us are physically falling apart anyway still haven't recovered.

Dear Nerds Going to METATOPIA, The country just got some of the worst news ever. No one should fault you for not being 💯 present during the con. You're a rockstar whether you got a full battery or not, and Shark Jesus loves you. 🦈, Me PS: It's going to be in the 50s/60s so pack accordingly.