Hello all! If you're an Australia-based ttrpg designer looking for support to finish your first ttrpg, then have j got good news for you: 🎲 The ARC TTRPG Mentor Program is back for 2026! 🎲 We have 4 mentee spots open, so follow the link to submit your EOI! forms.gle/DgVQNrGuxVrF...

Had some (non-injury causing, thank god) tire trouble that will likely be expensive. Please check out my games and buy them if they strike your fancy. darlingdemoneclipse.itch.io

itch.io/b/3484/no-ic... The NO ICE IN MINNESOTA bundle is up. There's a lifetime's worth of good games in this! If you submitted something or just want to shout something out, reply here and let's reshare it and spread the word on this thing.

It's good that Rascal has issued corrections clarifying no breach of contract & contextualizing how much everyone was paid. But some of their readers continue to believe Jay didn't pay us — and will likely keep harassing her and spreading the original article's disinformation for years to come.

I am extremely grateful for people's support and getting it to 100%. I have budgeted the Kickstarter for the production of the game and paying my collaborators professional freelance rates, with little money left for myself. Any extra helps. 👉👈

work on seven-part pact draft 4 continues with a new wizard !! the mariner has been updated with rules for nereids and some tidied up stuff.

After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games. If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here: evilhat.com/game-submiss...

Who would you love to hear talk about PbtA as a reflection on life and design? Obviously we want to get @megueyb.bsky.social & @lumpley.bsky.social on. I think @temporalhiccup.bsky.social @blg.bsky.social Avery Alder & @jdragsky.bsky.social would be a delight. What about you?

Blades '68! It's all go! Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.

Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!

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I still think about how much fun and electric this game was! I like designing games that give folks the room to Create Meaning. Jeff is one of the most spontaneously creative players I've ever played with!

In #Absolum, I freed this chicken from captivity in one of the prisons of Jaroba. It followed me all the way to the final boss, Azra, the Sun King. It spent the entire fight being randomly targeted, but chickens are invincible in this game, so instead it was in a constant state of terror.

Loved working with Hipólita on Apocalypse Keys! Aside from contributing to Doomsday Delights, Hipólita GMed during the late playtesting phase, and offered great feedback that helped me with essential edits.

I am so grateful to Jason for handling the Herculean task or getting this game printed, and we could use your help to keep physical copies available!

Apocalypse World is one of the best games, period, and what I've played of Burned Over was amazing. Absolutely can't wait for this!!!!

When I saw the way Apocalypse Keys did moves, it permanently altered the way I think about PbTA. A 10+ isn't always a good result, it's just a lot.

The Philippine Star asked me to write a thing about EA.

Regular reminder that if you want to talk about RPGs on Youtube, I’m running an indie RPG Youtuber mentorship over on the @chimerahearts.com’s Discord!

hi i'm getting a kickass set of new genitals installed in 2 weeks from now !! isn't that fucking cool ? i could use a little bit of help with medical bills + housing expenses during recovery and so i've set up a little gofundme! gofund.me/394dc2e93

NEW EPISODE - FOR THE QUEEN WITH ANJALI BHIMANI @sweeetanj.bsky.social @helloalexroberts.bsky.social You'll dig this episode if you like: Dark fantasy, court intrigue, finding storytelling magic in the heart of the cards www.partyofonepodcast.com/2025/09/29/4...

At the Luneta Park, Mendiola, the EDSA Shrine, and the People Power Monument, photojournos Raffy Lerma and Ezra Acayan capture several rallies of protest, where rage poured out against a multibillion peso public works scandal.

Adler makes a point: Any game excludes people. Every decision excludes people. The impulse is "exclude no one" but this is wrong, impossible. The question you *should* ask is: Is this game excluding *the same people who every game tends to exclude*? *That* would be wrong. This point generalizes

Today we are proud to announce our next crowdfunding campaign. Award-winning historian @shannonappelcline.bsky.social examines the roots, artwork, and lore behind each and every product released by TSR for OD&D, AD&D 1e, and Basic D&D with his latest effort, Designers & Dragons: Origins. 1/3

Also don't worry, I kept the "you might explode" special rules.

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i reference Dream Askew / Dream Apart SO frequently when editing, giving design feedback, etc. & it's such a shame how few have played it relative to other indie games. it's such a groundbreaking set of systems & is upstream of basically every narrative TTRPG since it released. you GOTTA know it.

Sooooooo excited for this!!!

“Once you use ChatGPT, you don’t want to think for yourself anymore” that, in a nutshell, is why I avoid these things because no matter how convinced you are that it isn’t happening to you, it is happening to you these machines will suck your creativity dry and you’ll thank them for it

i think a lot of conversations about whether or not a game "is safe" would be more productively shaped by: - how risky is this game - are players aware of and consenting to this risk - what are tools players can use to mitigate risk

fundamentally, i come from the assumption that any game can be played safely, that any kind of bleed can be managed at the right table, and that we shouldn't be making games for the least safe, least discursive tables.

Aaaaaaa I can't wait to listen to this episode!!!!!!

This hex as a cool dungeon in some caves, a god-tree sapling, strange dreams, and a bunch of new NPCs even. Check it out!

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And with that, WE'RE ON VACATION for a few weeks! We'll be back SUNDAY, 9/14, with our season premiere, APOCALYPSE KEYS (@temporalhiccup.bsky.social @evilhat.bsky.social) with special guest @kierongillen.bsky.social!

Earnestly I think that body diversity is something that doesn't even come to mind for many artists. It's literally so fucking important to give your setting any sort of cohesion

Before you make your next #TTRPG, check out my free font Polymath, which lets you create a bunch of different dice types in an accessible way: hedgemazepress.itch.io/polymath-dic...

✨ The Indie RPG Newsletter celebrates 5 years this month. I started in August 2020 trying to build a habit of regularly writing every week. And now we're here: 250 issues, 7000 subscribers, thousands of games and articles shared.

I want all of you dunking on this to imagine living somewhere where a USD2.99 itch game is more expensive than your lunch. “There’s no barrier to entry except pen and paper”. You forgot the requirement of being fluent in English, which is often a class and income marker.

Fight with Spirit is on bundle of holding for the next 7 days! You can get this SXSW Sydney award-winning game in digital form for 60% off aw yeh 😁 bundleofholding.com/presents/Fig... bundleofholding.com/presents/Fig...

The 12th annual international Gender Census 2025 is now open until at least 30th August 2025! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.

Josh makes very very VERY cool stuff!!!

If you're familiar with @temporalhiccup.bsky.social's work, you're probably also a fan of Balikbayan, a magic-cyberpunk hybrid that includes recently-freed elementals who have a chance of returning magic to the earth, if they can outrun the corpos long enough.

#mintrecommends: Cyberpunk! You've probably head of CBR+PNK and CY_Borg, but there's a lot more out there when it comes to Cyberpunk, and that's what I'm jazzed about today! Let's take a look at some of my lesser-known loves. #ttrpg

Apocalypse Keys (2023) by @temporalhiccup.bsky.social

I still think about this art all the time!!!!!! Jaen is available for work!!!

I've worked with jaen several times and I've always loved her work!!! Absolutely stunning art, great handle on diverse bodies, otherworldly sensuality and transcendental detail.

Defy the Gods was so much fun to playtest and consult for, I'm really looking forward to this game!

One of the games I am most excited about funding (and maybe shipping this year???) is @hecticelectron.bsky.social's Defy The Gods. Chris is a tremendous talent who brought you Raccoon Sky Pirates & has now turned their attention to PBTA swords and sorcery. 1/x www.kickstarter.com/projects/hec...