also, if you missed it, cover reveal! illustrated by the amazing @evlynmoreau.bsky.social

HAPPY BISEXUAL VISIBILITY DAY

I stand with PBS. I stand with NPR. I stand with Stephen Colbert. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel. I stand with the First Amendment. PERIOD.* *Also #ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

This is going to kill babies and toddlers who would’ve otherwise survived and their blood is going to be directly on RFK and his plaguelusting posse’s hands

Step by step, they're ending vaccination for everyone. Anti-vaxxers were never for freedom

Any games contract that does not have a clear mechanism to return the game rights to the designer, and that does not give the designer meaningful input (and in some cases veto power) over art & development decisions, is an act of gross malfeasance. These should be standard.

this is a really amazing and necessary series on the loss of jobs in some fields, to AI

Announcing the next contributor to the new bound edition of Princess with a Cursed Sword: Jack de Quidt! I first fell in love with Jack's work as a listener of Friends at the Table, which really shaped how I think about role-play and about actual play especially.

Fun fact for Canadian TTRPG creators: you don't need to pay $100 to get an ISBN like folks in the US. Library and Archives Canada allows you to get free ISBNs for your projects. Takes around 4-6 weeks for your account to be created but then you are good to go.

Our first Break Our Games event of the fall semester was a huge success! We were lucky enough to play some student games in development, as well as test some submitted to CMich Press for publication. Thank you everyone -- and we'll see you October 10th for more!

Dog Eat Dog is back—and it's not pulling any punches. Follow the crowdfunding campaign prelaunch page on BackerKit NOW to be notified on October 1st when Dog Eat Dog opens for pledges as part of Art & System: Games for Expanded Play! https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn

one thing I am super excited about is that the new edition of dog eat dog, besides some text changes and new author's notes, will have brand new art by @arayaart.bsky.social! I love how this cover came out and am excited to have a copy of it myself

Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition) includes a vignette by guest @sharangbiswas.bsky.social -- award-winner, designer, artist, author, and teacher with credits in RPGs, board games, interactive art, poetry, and prose. See more at https://bit.ly/4piEZAy Art & System: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn

Stop the rhetoric responsible for the terrorism, he says, while using rhetoric that will incite more terrorism.

Whether it’s Republican politicians joking about the murder of Melissa Hortman or Democratic politicians expressing their condolences after the murder of Charlie Kirk, both parties have a extreme rhetoric problem.

The new haps over at Central Michigan University Press!

Central Michigan University Press to release physical versions of Mountain Witch, Dog Eat Dog, and Princess With A Cursed Sword in a new series led by Tim Hutchings

Bluesky friends, assemble! 📯 I'm looking for TTRPGs that are: 🌿 By Irish creatives, writers or designers 🌿 Set in Ireland 🌿 Exploring Irish culture, history, language, and/or folklore. If any of the above applies to you or someone you know, please get in touch or comment below! Míle buíochas!

Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition) will include vignettes by guest contributors. One is @nellraban.com, game designer and writer. Her credits include Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, Fallen London, The Fifth Season RPG and others. https://bit.ly/4nfWL5q. Art & System: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn

we’re going to have to throw a lot of people in jail after all this is over

In 2096, when you take the kids to the Museum of American Warcrimes in the newly rebuilt Washington DC, you can buy a t-shirt of the now infamous “let’s do war crimes” tweet from the first Vice President to have been shot for $399.99 Canadian dollars.

Have you played Dog Eat Dog? Liam Liwanag Burke's (@thoughtfulemoji.bsky.social) award-winning RPG is coming to CMich Press as part of the upcoming Art & System series, with crowdfunding starting October 1st on BackerKit. https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn Here is a first look at the cover art by Samuel Araya!

A quick update on the state of the rascal, folks. Among other things, we'd like to welcome @crapstacular.bsky.social to the team as a part-time news writer!

Nothing like an early morning deep dive into the Harmonized Tariff Schedule for the US to get the blood flowing.

I am thrilled to present Amberspire, a science-fantasy dice city builder. In the glow of a gas giant, roll dice to build a city in harmony with an alien ecology atop the ruins of an abandoned moon. Wishlist here! store.steampowered.com/app/3350750/...

Today members of the CLGS staff, led by co-director Dr. Tracy Davis, taught the game Commonality to CMU students who will be mentors for incoming freshmen at Leadership Safari this week! Commonality is a game we're very excited to bring to you soon...watch this channel for more updates!

Oh, hey. This is my school district and I may be quoted in this article.

Friday’s good. October 1st is better. 📅 Art and System: Games for Expanded Play launches on BackerKit—featuring Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and The Mountain Witch. ##CMichPress #IndieGames #Games #Gaming

Before it got too hot today, my son and I got up this morning and cleared all the overhanging branches on the sidewalk along the side of the house (which was getting only passable by little people). Exhausted now, but we’re done.

Last day to back CMU Press’s new games Making History and Witch Hunt 1649 and to get them for a great price.

Only one day left! Now’s the time to jump on board.

Another day working the #gencon2025 grind with @cmichpress.bsky.social (despite the happy face, my body is falling apart, getting old is dumb 😂).

Hey, what’s this? Rules for a duet version of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire? What’s that even mean? I wonder if you’ll be able to check these out at @cmichpress.bsky.social’s #GenCon2025 Exhibit Hall booth (#2759) this year? Now, I’m not one to gossip, but I have it on good authority that you can!

I'm reading @ndpdesign.com 's RPG zine - you should too, I've linked it - and amazed how we describe the same body of RPG thought so differently. This is cool, to be clear. I would never have talked about authority and I think conflict rolls are often a misstep. ndpdesign.itch.io/rpg-design-z...

The thing about agreeing to become part of a Vichy bureaucracy is that even if it passes and you'll get to go back to your old life, nobody will ever forget what you did. Good morning to the administration and trustees of Vichy Columbia, Day One.

🚨🚨🚨 Indie website itch.io has just rolled out a major shadow ban of NSFW content. This drastic escalation in censorship already seems to affecting trans authors. TRANS AUTHORS ON ITCH: Please check you pages. I am going to report on this TONIGHT. To those affrcted, DM me with any info.

The dam has burst

I have no words for this. Dungeon Master University, where you pay a minimum of $995 + hotel fees for ONE 2-day course www.dndinacastle.com/events/dmu#c...

Hey what’s this, Drew? Oh nothing, just an idea for a Rainy City adventure laid out as a trifold brochure. Brainstorming some RPG stuff tonight. #ttrpg #RainyCityRPG

If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.

A lot happened at the CLGS this week! Our crowdfunding campaign made its goal (and is still taking pledges), and some staff attended the Reacting to the Past: Game Development Conference at Ferris State University and a game design retreat on Beaver Island while others met prospective students!

If you read four history books on the same topic, you will inevitably notice how the historians pick what makes it into their account and how they’re responding to other historians. Then you pick a favorite and begin to feel deep antipathy to the other chosen paths. Welcome. You are now an academic.

Congress must sue. This is an unconstitutional exercise of power. No emergency or national security rationale.

We're after friendly staff to work shifts for SoulMuppet at gencon. Pay is $20 per hour, and we're hiring for 4 hour shifts from 10-2 or 2-6 each day. Enthusiasm for RPG is more important than knowledge of SoulMuppet. Email [email protected], subject line "Gen(uinely excited about)Con"

Been pretty much the focus of my work life for the last few months. Come check out a couple of cool, history-themed card games that work in both the classroom and the family room.

Been pretty much the focus of my work life for the last few months. Come check out a couple of cool, history-themed card games that work in both the classroom and the family room.

So ICYMI over the weekend we launched our brand new website. It’s still a bit rough at the edges but it does mean we get to share more of our work So this week I want to spotlight a few pieces, old & new, that I think get at what we do, starting with our interview with #Warhammer legend, Dan Abnett