I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment. transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...

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if youre looking for good material on the indie gaming scene you wont find a better treasure trove than The International Player’s Review from @golden-achiever.bsky.social ! truly some of the best features, opinions, art and interviews (myself included) out there www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

what's up chat, the momo25 project I contributed to is in its last 12ish hours so if you want to get in on that buisness, hop on quick www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

Guide To Pets (1/2)

No License github.com/uzkbwza/noli...

‪ sean "yandeez" mccoy: wow, #over/under sure was a lot of fun! do you think you could do something similar for next year? sam "ping me to confirm your actions" sorensen:

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis > It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

Part 3 is here. The deep dive into the Ennies. If you're someone who doesn't know much about the Ennie Awards, you should read parts 1 and 2. But if you like a bit of inside baseball and are interested in award shows in general—this is the article for you. www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-3/

Tradestar Dynamics' 'Chevalier' combat frame, much maligned upon release, became infamous in later years when secondhand frames were operated by irregular paramilitaries with devastating results across the frontier systems.

Yippee-ki-yay, Mothershippers, Hardlight Station is back! Check out the free preview now on Itch here: magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io/preview-dyin... (also available on DTRPG). Happy hunting and see you in Q1 2026 when the Kickstarter goes live!

are books art? i read 3 tv guides and 2 different editions of martha stewarts cookbooks and i dont think so.

one v please

howdy people, I'm involved with Flatline on the Blocks, the momo25 project that details a full district(!) on the Dream. lots of talented people working on this one and I think it's going to be a really good book. if that sounds up your alley, take a squizz here: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

New Review! Orphans, the newest Tuesday Night Games Pamphlet. Numerous thoughts within. www.valerialoves.com/orphans-stuc...

one v please

My new shirt design is a very serious PSA that I was asked to make, because apparently a lot of people don't know. roryblank.bigcartel.com

Evil Tetris

It's a good day to remember that TTRPGs review based on play are intrinsically tied to their table as much, if not more, than the book itself! That's not to dismiss/discount criticisms, only to remember that one table's "this didn't work for us" can easily also be another person's "we loved this!"

Unfortunately, like many other sites on the internet right now, we're the victim of excessive suspicious requests from bots over the past few days. We're working the best we can to mitigate and get services fully restored. Thanks for your patience

itch does a lot for our medium and gives us terms that are pretty much not seen in any adjacent industry (to very little thanks) but this is pretty silly. even just a 'hey, we're having a server issue right now, no eta just yet' would go a long way.

Kind of obnoxious that @itch.io has basically been down all weekend and they haven’t made any sort of post or announcement to update about what the hell is going on. This is fucking with people‘s ability to make an income! Please hire like 1 community manager or something for fucks sake.

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Mothership Month 2025: Flatline on the Blocks 50+ pages 20 Blocks 15 Writers 10 Looming Dooms 3 Criminal Factions 1 EYE Watching ALL

Some @mothership.bsky.social goodness is coming from me (and a ton of other awesome folks) in our upcoming Mothership Month zine, Flatline on the Blocks. It's 20 strange & chaotic new space station districts for Prospero's Dream. Sign up for our teaser page! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Graffitied streets. Long-closed and picked-over businesses. An odd stairwell. Then, You're never heard from again. — Check out Roach Motel, my new module for Mothership Month 2025 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

Here is a hard thing to convince people of. If you had an awesome RPG session last night? YOU DID THAT. Not the game. Not the designers. Not the publishers. You. You were awesome. For many of us, that is SUPREMELY uncomfortable to even consider, and it’s easier to put the games pedestal.

Blogpost on "Why Melsonia Is Too Good for Crowdfunding Platforms Any More" www.melsonia.com/blogs/news/d...

in others news: the first AAAAAA adventure, Daedalus Station, is available now: smurphy-games.itch.io/daedalus-sta...

me and eric have done it again smurphy-games.itch.io/haulers-hand...

me and eric have done it again smurphy-games.itch.io/haulers-hand...

Fear the Old Blood 🩸🧠👁️

triangle agency gang get dq #ocart

scarius1337.itch.io/hang-the-dj just pushed this out, check it out or not im not your dad #cy_borg #netrunner

started a modern adventures collection on itch, a setting/time period I think is broadly under-served in indie rpgs. if you have made a modern adventure, you should let me know so I can add it. itch.io/c/5947214/mo...

hit the ground running, a prequel supplement to daedalus station is out now smurphy-games.itch.io/hit-the-grou...

Something you have to realize before you can effectively deal with these anti-art fiction-cop dweebs is that a lot of them literally believe in mind control.

as a former guy on other the end of the phone line: its always worth remembering that the person you're speaking to (at least at first) is never the person making the decisions. please be kind, it's not their fault.

got a call back from a supervisor! she is aware there's a big backlash happening, but has little to no details. one IMPORTANT thing: these giant corpos outsource their customer service to call centers. and as Maria told me, they are often the LAST to know. so again, BE KIND. 1/?

only semi related: one time I went to the Tate Modern in London and stood in the room with a replica of Duchamp's Fountain. watched no less than 5 guys walk by, scoff and make some kind of brainless quip about it to their bored looking dates.

was chatting with my friend about this yesterday. I think there is a semi noticable handful of games that are basically quicky put together co-op streamer bait (chained together lol) but it's stupid to apply the label to Peak and Lethal company which are pretty intentionally designed experiences.

Rare post about discourse. Warning: shameless OSR circlejerking and Ram-bait. knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2025/07/brok...

Amazing review of the incredible “I Owe My Soul to the Company Store” by @samsorensen.bsky.social and co. www.valerialoves.com/owe-my-soul-...

Evil Wizard smites Orc Minion

I'm often so-so on jams but this is a really good one. - Clear and novel idea/theme - Narrow focus - Tight(ish) time limit good stuff from dank and jorphdan.