New designer diary for Carnival Tenebris out! #ttrpg #rpg #demoncircus

There is a growing climate in the UK we need to be aware of and decide if we will CRUSH IT NOW b4 it's too late, or let it slide because (right now) it doesn't affect 'me yet' At this time 3/5 POC in UK are at risk of citizenship stripping. And now this... Use your voice while you have one🙏

Are *YOU* making a zine for #zinequest? One that isn't stuffed full of AI art and words? Get at me in the replies, I wanna see what folks are making 👇👇👇

In which I talk at length about how games are made here in the RRD swamp, and the difficulties of making our next one be about pirates www.patreon.com/posts/148772...

Finally found my new career!

Good friends tell each other that their nearest City houses the National Circus Archive! I have excellent friends :) #ttrpg #rpgresearch #carnivaltenebris

Also coming up is the Backerkit campaign for Five Fires, a TTRPG about 80s hip-hop. It's my love letter to Beat Street and Wild Style and it launches February 25th! Please sign up to be notified on launch (repost with proper link): www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Violent Night aside... if Father Christmas went into battle, what weapon would he wield?

Another day of Circus writing... is 'Maria, the Rubber Maid' a step to far for the name of a brilliant contortionist? Or just the right level of silly pun. #ttrpg #rpg #carnivaltenebris

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My kid used my laptop to watch an utterly fantastic comics drawing webinar by the wonderful @neillcameron.bsky.social last weekend. The touchpad is still sticky.

Doing research on Circuses for my Circus game. So you all get to come along for the ride. It was today I discovered not only did flea circuses use real fleas... but also that they had to stop because better hygiene meant the pipeline of performers dried up. #ttrpg #rpg

#ttrpg #ttrpgDesign If any publishers see this (esp UK/European) I’d love to hear your feelings on A5 vs 9”x6” formats. Cost to print? Distributor/retail prefs? Layout space? Please retweet for reach😀

Oh no I accidentally bit into a lemon pip in my breakfast because I was lazy in squeezing on the lemon. Now my mouth hates me.

Yesterday, we sent a bunch of emails to artists, thanks to the swift success of this Kickstarter. And folks, I can't wait to see what they create!

Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit will return in Avenger's Doomsday

Nice playtest session of Carnival Tenebris last night. Huge thank you to my players! Working on making the Circus vibes more central to the experience and learning lots of ways to do that... all of which will be logged and put in the GMing advice section! Yeah baby! #ttrpg #rpg #demoncircus

This looks super interesting and I love the art! Great work @hardyroachgames.bsky.social

What are you spending 2026 working on, Becky? I am so pleased you asked. A new #ttrpg using the Spawned from the Tenebrium system. Emergent mystery, Demons, Fallen Arielists, Painted Ladies, Roustabouts, a big top and the Clockwork King. Roll up! Amazing cover thanks to @alderdoodle.bsky.social!

Just know that when artists see you repost their posts advertising their shops etc, it warms their hearts and makes them feel a little bit more positive in this chaos world of awfulness that's going on.

Tabletop gaming is taking over Leicester’s National Space Centre this winter for a weekend of roleplaying and rockets.

If anyone *was* thinking about making Spawned From Tenebrium stuff - just reach out to us! We're always happy to talk :)

Wreck This Deck by @beckyannison.bsky.social is one I've been wanting to play forever but I need to finish the games already on my desk so I'm gonna recommend it to you instead

This has been a joy to work on from the very first email Becky sent me 🤩

What are you spending 2026 working on, Becky? I am so pleased you asked. A new #ttrpg using the Spawned from the Tenebrium system. Emergent mystery, Demons, Fallen Arielists, Painted Ladies, Roustabouts, a big top and the Clockwork King. Roll up! Amazing cover thanks to @alderdoodle.bsky.social!

It's happening! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Hey #PortfolioDay ✨ I'm Ramona, an illustrator drawing pretty things for indie game designers, authors and the nerdy inclined. I love to draw highly ornate and detailed pieces inspired by vintage books and decor. alderdoodle.co.uk [email protected]

This makes me very, very happy. I've spent a happy few days reading it, tweaking it and remembering how good it is. Yes it's been that long.

I can't get my head around long examples of play in text (although I know others love them). But a long example of written session prep for particular systems... that I'd be all over. Definitely putting one into Carnival Tenebris! #ttrpg #rpg #GMprep #carnivaltenebris

Breaking off my main game design to mock up a GM prep sheet based on how I prepare to run Spawned by the Tenebrium games on a session by session basis. Maybe I need to start recording 'prep with me' you tube vids to capitalise on the success of the 'plan with me' genre. #ttrpgs #rpg #GMprep

Sorry it took me this long to get here, folks

After the invasion, from Tom Kidd’s splendid 1999 illustrations for H. G. Wells’ “The War Of The Worlds”.

How am I just now finding out that The Bourne Identity is a Christmas Movie!! Forget Die Hard!

I assume that credit card and payment processors will be shutting down payments to grok with even greater speed than they managed for trans ttrpgs on itch.io If I had more time I'd make that into the Anakin/Padme meme but I don't so use you imagination.

When she was very young my kid came up with the name Lestin Toeluck which I always thought was genius. Although probably a bit more kender than hobbit.

Ok so confession time - I ended up accidentally getting Josh The King is Dead boardgame for xmas instead of The King is Dead by @lumpley.bsky.social Now the board game was (mercifully) surprisingly good. But any leads on a physical copy of the#ttrpg available in the UK? Because I can't find it :(

Today is your last chance to vote for most anticipated game of 2026 - get in there! (And please consider voting for Ex Tenebris!)

My unpopular foodie opinion is that I really like nut roast - I have a lot of nuts leftover from Christmas and I'm always looking for new ideas that the kids will approve. Any good nut roast recipes out there to recommend me? #foodsky

Sunday was a bit quiet on this - posting again in case it gets more answers!

Discovered a while after it was published - a review of Lovecraftesque 2e by @pookie-uk.bsky.social! rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2025/10/cthu...

It hasn't got above 0 degree C here all day... not the day for some emergency car maintenance but oil and screenwash wait for no man.

Just finished reading Her Majesty's Royal Coven by @junodawson.bsky.social (great fun, loved it!) but over the moon to see Helen Gould namechecked in the back as a sensitivity consultant. Helen is awesome!

Oh my god, I just learned that @tinstargames.bsky.social has died. Many of us knew Steve: his drive to create TTRPGs like Relics, his activism and scathing criticism of bad actors, his many game reviews. The Aussie gaming community and the hobby at large has lost another prolific talent. 💔

Start the new year as you mean to go on, by buying RPG PDFs. Hurrah! There's some beta rules for the game in DIE: LOADED that's coming out at the mo too.

Ex Tenebris is nominated as one of the most anticipated games of 2026! Voting is open until January 8th and we sort of missed it in all the wild holiday energy. If you'd like to give us a vote we would LOVE IT!! @armadajosh.bsky.social #ttrpg #rpg #spacegothic

Actual Play discoveries: 1) @vikingverse.bsky.social 2) Black Armada Tales 3) @wederrakeep.bsky.social 4) @damselsdnd.bsky.social 5) @whohurtyouap.bsky.social 6) @rollbymyself.bsky.social 7) Danger Club 8) @d20futureshow.bsky.social 9) @pantslesstables.bsky.social

Happy New Year from the UK!

NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: Happy New Year? We asked TTRPG industry folks to offer their two cents on 2025. www.ttrpginsider.news/p/looking-ba... This issue features @robindlaws.bsky.social, @rpgbot.bsky.social @hagiologist.bsky.social @ipr.bsky.social and @beckyannison.bsky.social

This is a super-huge issue in news writing, which almost always gets flagged as AI. News stories are formulaic by design and often have the same cadence and language.

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