Yesterday was a design thread on Physiologies (L.O.R.E.'s idea of a "species"), so today we're continuing that dive into Character Creation. Time for step 2, or... Culture! 🦉 Strap in, it's time for another #ttrpg design 🧵⬇️ #indiettrpg #indiestudo #rpg #gamedesign

Apropos of an active conversation in the Antiquarian Discord (we talk games, yo), it's time to learn a bit about L.O.R.E.! 🦉 Or, more specifically, how we do races. Or species. Or whatever it is now. Strap in, folks, it's time for a #ttrpg design 🧵⬇️ #indiettrpg #ttrpgdesign #gamedev

Hey friends! It's #TTRPGRising, and we're looking to find some gaming friends and mutuals. Antiquarian Games is a new #indiettrpg studio with our first game, L.O.R.E. set for crowd funding this summer. Come chat with us about games and maybe find a new one to play!

Art is rolling in for L.O.R.E., our crunchy, narrative system #ttrpg, today in the form of some magic freakin' items. Below is the Dwarven Face Breaker, one of my personal favorites, and The Obsidian Blade, which may or may not be a call out to our creative director's novel

For L.O.R.E., our artist is concepting a party of characters featured in "Legendary Tales". These are the sketches for Tomoe Takeko, and her accompanying NPC block, basically a toned-down character sheet. Takeko's class stack is: Martial Artist (3) Fighter (1) Sword Saint (1) #ttrpg #indiettrpg

Antiquarian is very much a player-focused studio. Sure, we make the game with certain guiding principles, but these games are for people! As a #ttrpg or a digital #rpg player, what keeps draws you into a game? More importantly, what do you think is missing in the market? 🦉

If you noticed that all I'm doing is reposting @antqgames.bsky.social games posts, that'd be because it's ME. I am the Antiquarian. For real though, if you've ever enjoyed my content or like me at all, give 'em a follow and help spread our reach!

In L.O.R.E., our crunchy, D20 #TTRPG, there's six different "origins" of magic, one of the most unique of which is Naming. Bound by the secret physics of reality, Naming taps into universal essence and manipulates it via harmonic vibrations. Namers come in all forms! More ⬇️ #indiettrpg #gamedev

As much as I'd like to avoid the hashtags game, WE NEW, and we need to do some mutual support building. ...bring on the #followfriday, aaaaaaawwwwwwwwwww yea. Bring on the #ttrpg & #gamedev recs, and in exchange, have some cool WIP art from our first game, L.O.R.E.!

Meet Weejit, your guide (and book narrator) to L.O.R.E., our first #fantasy #ttrpg! Weejit's job is to break down LORE's crunch into bite-sized details, and yeah, this game is *crunchy*, with an absolute absurd amount of character options and over 1,000+ powers. What some examples? 🧵⬇️

Alright, first post with that semi-profession vibe is pinned, now it's time for ~personality~ For real tho, new social media account, I could use some starter packs for #ttrpg #gamedev #gamedesign and #videogame folks. If anyone's willing to share I'd owe you some social media currency.

Iiiii want to talk about games and stuff. Fellow #ttrpg and #gamedev folks, what are we working on?

startplaying.games/adventure/cm... Hello! I hope everybody is doing well this morning. I have put up my first adventure on @startplaying.bsky.social !! There is room for up to 5 people on this great onboarding adventure for fantasy ttrpgs! If you or any friends are interested, come take a look!

I realize I haven't posted about my TTRPG in a while. So hey, if you like bugs, posthumanist themes and weird futures; check out Paratype! It was my first large scale TTRPG project and I had a lot of fun making it! megasomamars.itch.io/paratype

I have gotten several new followers (I think it's due to @bookspotlight.bsky.social's awesome Starter Pack). Let's all get to know each other better. Name one book you've recently loved and one non-reading thing you enjoy! I'm happy to get to know you lovely people! #booksky #bookblogger

Howdy #TTRPG sphere, I have very little reach here (alas, not being good at social media), and am looking to try and start building hype for the LORE Kickstarter (coming soon!), so anyone with podcast/news outlet/youtuber/friendly influencer suggestions would be immensely helpful.

When characters in a TTRPG make skill checks (in systems that do that) on tasks they are good at, GMs who are into it sometimes double dip for them - they offer better basic outcomes in *addition* to the numbers favouring the character. This is not usually designed for.

Am i modelling an armour for reference again? Well, not an entire one...

Three years ago today we released Scion: Families and Thunderbolts as part of our Storypath Tasty Bits program via our partners at DriveThruRPG offering a short scenario intended for Scion: Hero to bring a new ally into an existing Band’s fold. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

For all new followers; Hi! My name is Chris. I’m the guy behind TTRPG Insider, a newsletter all about games like D&D, Call of Cthulhu, and all the indie TTRPG projects inbetween. I post news about that here alongside occasional personal commentary. Newsletter is at ttrpginsider.news

Less than $500 away from our goal for S&B 3 + 4!!! Help us get there 🙏 www.kickstarter.com/projects/myt...

This little filler is still one of my favourites ive made for my own book. So simple but i can always hear his roar

I get sad when folks only EVER talk about Gygax as to the creation of D&D and leave out Dave Arneson. Maybe it says something about the way we treat legacy, in that we give too much credit to a single individual, but all things, especially games, are rarely ever the product of one person.

Found this gem while physical media hunting at a local event. Absolute win.

When talking about L.O.R.E., the elements of a power like this are something I wish I could communicate in more bit-sized snippets. Things like, even on a "miss", you still meaningfully contribute to an encounter, inherent scaling, and synergistic values that can massively aid your party.

American Horror Story, but we focus on actual horror in America, such as navigating the US healthcare system.

If you haven't checked it out yet, now is a great time to try WYRM! I just released an update to the core rules. You can get those rules plus the starting adventure and hexcrawl, all PWYW. Plus now there is the Mire supplement! gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm

The next time someone asks me why they would play L.O.R.E. (which may or may not stand for Lobsters Orating Real Eulogies) instead of D&D I'll just talk about how you can make a Blood Mage/Dancer that can dervish their ass in an AoE and use the blood of their enemies to cast spells.

Trudvang is now well passed $1 million and 5000 backers www.kickstarter.com/projects/119... #ttrpg

Hey friends, I know things are bleak. Economically, politically, ethically, and being in the games industry I can see the despair in so many ways. There's aways a way through, and there's always another side. Remember to take a breath. You're resilient.

Biggest takeaway I pulled from GDC is people cared WAY more about TTRPGs than I thought. Pretty cool how often I got legit interest in LORE beyond networking chatter. Also my legs hurt.

I definitely need to start hyping this more, but LORE is going to start shopping for Crowdfound, hopefully in ~July! Right now I'm getting a ton of art developed (all human ofc, obligatory "fuck AI" statement), and @mhinventory.bsky.social sent me this recent mockup, which is beyond exciting:

GOBZ is here! My very silly dice flicking goblin skirmish game is now up on itch. Thanks to all the Kickstarter backers who made this possible. Featuring some dextrous rules and very mediocre human made art, this is the game for all you dice hoarding goblins out there. gilarpgs.itch.io/gobz

With some last minute absolutely insanity, I'm actually headed to GDC this year, something I've wanted to do for, well. A long time. Watch me as I hit every single party with food within a 5 mile radius. There's a DUMPLING FEST, guys.

I’m Aysha, a writer and narrative designer looking for full time and contract work! I’ve worked on Life is Strange, Pathologic, Hiveswap, and Magic the Gathering, to name a few. Hire me while the industry still exists!

The problem with writing about branding in TTRPGs is the STARK divide between the 10% of the people making things in the field who are absolute masters of it, and the 90% who don't seem to know anything at all about it.

Dive into mystery with this collection of 1-page dungeons for Norse fantasy Soulslike #TTRPG #Runecairn. Available in print and PDF! shop.byodinsbeardrpg.com/products/run...

Ah, I love being the fool trying to a launch a complex, crunch TTRPG vs the wave of rules lite games.

Antiquarian Games is officially live! I've got a stellar business partner who has been in games for DECADES, a TTRPG ready to go, and a video game in process. I've been floundering about trying to make this random dream of creative work function for almost 2 decades. Nice to see it get some legs.

$630 and 2 days and ticking down to go! Let’s get this funded! www.kickstarter.com/projects/whe...

Okay, okay, back to using social media. I REALLY need to start interacting with folks more, so if you know any cool games folks (video and TTRPG yo) send me some of those sweet sweet lists if you've got 'em. I'm in the proto stages of setting up a studio, so, ya know. Networking.

This #selfpromosaturday, I'll be out of signal at Renaissance Faire, so I'm simplifying things. Share and comment, if you want to! Smoke & Thunder is my bestselling series of firearm rules and tech guides for #dnd that cover historical, modern, and futuristic gear! www.dmsguild.com/product/4417...

Some historical illustration commissions I've made lately

*Drawing noises*

Things you can pitch to publishers: ✅ Video Games ✅ Board Games ✅ Card Games ✅ Manuscripts ❌ TTRPGs WHY.

The Crown of Endless Night is now available on the DMsGuild! An adventure designed to go hand in hand with @runicpressgames.com's wonderful Vecna's Book of Vile Darkness series! A Tier 3 adventure full of mystery, morals, and good ol' dungeon crawls site.dmsguild.com/product/5394...

With a little over 48 hours to go until #WondrousEnvironments Kickstarter ends, now seems like a good time to start teasing the many fantastical Locations, Regions, and Adversaries you can find inside. First up, the Wondrous Locations.

Daniel Gildenlow (Pain of Salvation) portrait repost, because why not? #digitalart