200+ narrative roleplaying books, zines, and scenarios. A growing subscription library with more material added every week. Early access to new releases. patreon.com/storyatthetable #ttrpg #indierpg #rpgcommunity #storygames #narrativerpg

free narrative roleplaying resources $1 scenarios | $3 story bibles an ongoing patreon with a free tier lightspress.com

$10/month gets you access to a growing library of narrative roleplaying content, including original setting books, story-focused scenarios, and ongoing new releases. #TTRPG www.patreon.com/cw/storyatth...

Today’s narrative roleplaying scenario of the day is out! This one is inspired by Susanna Clarke’s Piranesi. Included with the paid tier on Patreon ($10 for everything!) or as a stand-alone purchase for $3.

Constantinople: The Fourth Crusade is a streamlined historical setting bible for the Principia Canonica roleplaying system, focused entirely on the instability of Political Collapse within the Byzantine capital.

Longbourn: A Pride and Prejudice Story Bible is a ready-to-play roleplaying game set in the world of Jane Austen’s novel. lightspress.com

Every weekday on my Patreon I post a 3-4 page scenario, with character summaries, factions, and location descriptions. They’re meant to be roleplaying game prompts, but they’re not exclusively fantasy or nerd-genre ideas, and can be used a writing prompts as well. www.patreon.com/cw/Lightspre...

My unpopular #TTRPG hot take is that I think tabletop roleplayers should turn off the screens, read more books, and read things other than fantasy.

Spellpoint Codex: Forcing Apples to Be Oranges How to take a cool idea and accidentally break an entire system. #ttrpg www.patreon.com/posts/spellp...

If I had any discernable executive function today, I would write an essay comparing generative AI to the infinite monkey theorum, heavily quoting from Émile Borel.

Went to a lecture at the library last night on the history of jazz in Delaware. My wife is in her studio listening to Clifford Brown. I’m trying to suss out my level of cognitive function today and figure out if it’s worth trying to write or if I’m just going to frustrate myself.

Went to a lecture at the library last night on the history of jazz in Delaware. My wife is in her studio listening to Clifford Brown. I’m trying to suss out my level of cognitive function today and figure out if it’s worth trying to write or if I’m just going to frustrate myself.

There's no singular RPG community. There are numerous overlapping communities. I'm part of several, and probably, if you're into RPGs enough to post about them on BlueSky, so are you. Heck, you may well overlap with me.

A private investigator works missing persons cases rooted in a community that can never let go of the people it’s lost. Available now on our site and for Patreon members. #TTRPG lightspress.com

I'm just going to be blunt and ask you all to please buy my game. lightspress.com

The Lighthouse is the official Lightspress Principia newsletter. Previously published exclusively on lightspress.com on Tuesdays, it will now go out weekly on Sundays, with availability expanded beyond the site to Patreon and Substack. #TTRPG lightspress.com/news/the-lig...

A woman who never leaves her house still manages to appear everywhere. Every attempt to define her creates another version that contradicts the last; the people tracking her begin to echo the patterns they find in their own lives, without realizing it. #TTRPG lightspress.com/discover/p/h...

The first installment of my new worldbuilding series is up now at The Narrative Core substack. thenarrativecore.substack.com/p/considered...

We're far more likely to be watching @pbs.org than anything with dragons, spaceships, or superheroes, and our games reflect those sensibilities. #PBS #TTRPG #PublicMedia #ProtectMyPublicMedia *Not affiliated with PBS, just a fan and supporter.

An analysis of Dungeons & Dragons as a system that continues to expand in popularity while its core design stabilizes, limiting innovation. Explores how repetition, discourse cycles, and structural constraints shape the future of roleplaying. #ttrpg www.patreon.com/posts/has-du...

Using Narrative Roleplaying with Legacy Wargaming-Based Systems #TTRPG www.patreon.com/posts/object...

An agricultural outpost is falling apart. The land has stopped behaving as it should; crops surge and fail with no discernible pattern, animals avoid sections of the fields, and no one agrees on what they’re seeing from one day to the next. lightspress.com/discover/p/q... #TTRPG #StoryAtTheTable

We're more likely to be listening to NPR than an actual play podcast. What we create reflects those sensibilities. #NPR #PublicMedia #ProtectMyPublicMedia *Not connected to NPR other than as a fan and supporter.

“Roleplaying games for people who listen to NPR” “Roleplaying games for people who support PBS” “Roleplaying games for people who use the library” I used to worry lines like that would offend people. Elitist blah blah. But I think it’s funny, it’s true, and anyone bothered has other games.

Just came from a jazz concert. Watching Midnight Cowboy on Tubi now. Later I’m going to read some more of Booker Int’l shortlisted Taiwan Travelogue.

I’m currently working on the next batch of narrative RPG scenarios, and getting ready to write the next story bible. All for the Patreon. www.patreon.com/cw/Lightspre...

I've marked down all of the roleplaying material I wrote and published before my current health issues. Nothing over $5. lightspress.com/discover/rol...

Beneath the Parish Seal A parish keeps a secret that it can no longer control. Beneath its foundations, a second world has begun to stir, sending altered figures upward while pulling others down, an organic system that operates on its own terms. lightspress.com/discover/p/b...

On Advice of Counsel A team of newspaper journalists uncovers a story of corporate corruption that leads straight to the parent company of their news agency. lightspress.com/discover/p/t...

The Audience Must Believe A national film studio sits at the center of power as a celebrated director and his crew push productions forward under constant scrutiny. lightspress.com/discover/p/t...

Before the Next Uprising The revolution already happened, and it failed. Those who helped to bring it about are now scattered, watched, or dead; those who stayed have learned how to live under an oppressive regime. lightspress.com/discover/p/b...

Everyone says bsky is the best place to find #TTRPG people, so here I go: I hate GM screens. I trust my players, am okay with my rolls being transparent, and think games that need charts and tables are probably more complicated than they need to be.

Um... maybe this is a hot take, but creating community content for a corporate IP TTRPG doesn't make you "indie".

If anyone actually reads this, I expect some of them to be really, really mad. Hopefully, some will read it in good faith and get what I'm saying. storyatthetable.substack.com/p/celebratin... #ttrpg

#FollowTheStory #storytelling lightspress.com

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Coming Up on The Narrative Core thenarrativecore.substack.com/p/coming-up-... #FollowTheStory #Storytelling

#FollowTheStory #storytelling lightspress.com

For my next “no one in the roleplaying community will give a fig about this” trick, I’m abandoning the concept of genre in recent and upcoming releases. The RPG equivalent of lit fic. No one will care, but I’m loving it. Full post tomorrow.

Why I’m Starting a Cult… I mean Patreon, I’m starting a Patreon #ttrpg www.patreon.com/posts/why-im...

Oh, the Humanity is a system-adaptable science fiction story scenario that includes a starting situation, profiles for factions and characters, and the essential locations needed for play. #ttrpg lightspress.com/discover/p/o...

I know there are typos in my response, but I was shaking as I wrote it. I don't normally reply when I'm emotional, but seriously, WTF?