As a game creator it’s part of my mission to make games that connect people in community with one another, creating memories and cementing relationships. In truth choosing joy, community, and play *is* a radical idea in this day and age. Taking account of that power and using it is revolutionary.

The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are here! Have you published a LARP, table top RPG, card, board, or other analog game in 2025? We want to see it! Submit yours today: forms.gle/Jgnu7Ev5BnkU... Visit www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers for more details. Submissions close on January 31st.

It’s time! SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2026 CARDBOARD EDISON AWARD ARE OPEN! Board game designers, show us what you’ve been working on! Deadline is January 31: cardboardedison.com/award

Hey #MAGfest folks! I'll be at the MITS hall all weekend during MAGfest with some tiny indie ttrpgs! In addition to selling my games, I'll be demoing Moon Rings and playtesting a new game! Come say hi!

These bookcases make me wish I had a much better way to display my RPG collection — and I always love seeing a copy of Here We Used to Fly on someone’s shelf!

Ever wanted to design a solo rpg? I can probably offer some advice. This is just how I like to design. A key design point is tension. The player should be trying to do something, but the game should work against their goals and giving them meaningful choices.

Tactical Breach Wizards was the best game I played all year and it wasn’t even close. The writing is phenomenal: it’s difficult for a video game to be both genuinely funny and genuinely heartbreaking, yet somehow TBW pulls it off flawlessly. And it’s backed by very solid tactical puzzle gameplay.

YES! Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes YES!

As one of the KS rewards for Sock Puppets — a LARP where you make and operate actual puppets — the inimitable @kurtrefling.bsky.social offered the chance for backers to play a game with Herman, the puppet Kurt built to hype the game. So what game did I pick? SOCK PUPPETS.

This thread is chock-full of great writing advice! One I’ll add from my own experience: You don’t have to write it down to write it. I workshop a lot of sentences while I’m doing chores or thinking about other things. They rarely make it to the page intact, but I still get better from the practice.

Restocked! Necromancer Heretic is a solo journaling game about a void sorcerer trying to bring their lover back from the dead. Content Warning: violence, death, and blood. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Necrom...

I've been thinking about how to organize a silent/solo game meetup for a while. At a library? Somewhere else? I love the idea of playing solo ttrpg games together. The idea is not unlike silentbook.club but the logistics, as with all things, can be complicated. Any experiences to share?

For no reason whatsoever, gonna remind that you can support your local trans girl by buying my games directly from my lovely publishers! High Tide www.underdoggames.com/products/hig... Phantasmic buttonshygames.com/products/pha...

While I think the most obvious transferable skill from Improv to playing TTRPGs is learning how to react to situations quickly and authentically, we should also take note that Improv (especially long form) can teach narrative pattern recognition to help call back to previous themes and characters.

The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are nearly here and we need Judges! Do you know tabletop games? TTRPGs? Card games? Resource collection? We need your expertise. Join us on a panel of Judges to declare 2025’s best indie tabletop games. forms.gle/2NpVyf4riA8v...

Today marks my 36th time around the sun! I'm putting my stuff on sale for the next week junkfoodgames.itch.io

Mail day! Just got my copy of Moon Rings by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social and The Bonsai Diary by @stickydoodler.bsky.social! Pretty psyched to check these out. This was also my first time ordering from @tabletopbookshelf.com but I’ll definitely be repeating the experience!

Quite a bit of good advice in this thread! *Everything* I’ve accomplished in the game world has been the direct result of one of these truisms. They may seem simple and even obvious in places, but it’s always good to check your focus & reevaluate whether you’re making good choices for good reasons.

I'm delighted that 🌳 The Bonsai Diary 🌳 made Tabletop Bookshelf's holiday gift guide under the category "For the Artist, Drawer, and Doodler." I hope it brings delight to gamers and non-gamers alike! Get free shipping if you order before tomorrow (Monday).

For me, personally, my goal is always to tell a resonant story — whether that’s a small emotional story told through my character’s actions, an exploration of a specific theme or motif, satisfying repetition or inversion of established elements, or layers of plot unfolding like a puzzle box.

...and Here We Used to Fly by @kurtrefling.bsky.social and @leafydragongames.bsky.social still has a special place in my heart as a golden-tinged exploration of nostalgia and childhood. Go get some games and support indie artists! 6/⏹️

NOT MINE but my friend @boxen.bsky.social is working on this as an artist! with 15 days left and only at 25% funding we need to get these numbers up folks! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

#Crownfell is an asymmetric, abstract, 2-player strategy card game that is live on @thegamecrafter.bsky.social! No stretch goals, except for this: The more people get it, the lower the price goes *for everyone*. Add-ons include a playmat & solo expansion. www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

24 hours to launch...! 😱

Infinite Paths is elegant, flexible, and a great entry point to the wider world of solo RPGs. Using a single d10, you can tell a variety of stories in your own world or one of our custom settings. Check it out and spread the word! 2/2 www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

Looking for a new #solottrpg? Take a moment to check out Infinite Paths, funding on Kickstarter now! Infinite Paths is a solo RPG system that's designed to be easy to pick up for both new and experienced #ttrpg players, and flexible enough to cover whatever genre or style you'd like! 🧵1/2

This is always a challenge and I probably wouldn’t even agree with this list tomorrow, but….. City of Remnants Personal Space * For Sale Diplomacy Gizmos Crossing The Resistance: Avalon Battlecrest Magic: the Gathering (*?) Azul * = in its prime; it’s not really playable now

Looking for a new #solottrpg? Take a moment to check out Infinite Paths, funding on Kickstarter now! Infinite Paths is a solo RPG system that's designed to be easy to pick up for both new and experienced #ttrpg players, and flexible enough to cover whatever genre or style you'd like! 🧵1/2

Explosions, betrayals, and comebacks, oh my…! Everything you need to know to play #Crownfell, in less than ten minutes:

Updated launch trailer for #Crownfell! Includes a sneak peak at the solo expansion. Launching next week...! Sign up to be notified here: www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

The Kickstarter for Infinite Paths by @jamiethul.bsky.social launched! I'm illustrating this project alongside @nimael.itch.io, with @leafydragongames.bsky.social publishing. It's a solo TTRPG system built for flexibility and depth. Back if that appeals to you! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

There are live physsical people at Metatopia presenting the awardsss thiss year.

The game I'm making art for (with @boxen.bsky.social 🔥) is crowdfunding now! it's a solo game by @jamiethul.bsky.social, published by @leafydragongames.bsky.social ➡️ www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea... (i like the drawings we've done for it right now hehe) #jdr #solo #art #ttrpg

My latest self-published game Heavenly Bodies 🪐✨🌙 is now up on the Pax Unplugged preview list!! Help fulfill my dream of thumbing-up 👍 all the games at Indie Games Night Market 2025 to the top of the list!! (We have some big competition for visibility!) 🎲✂️ boardgamegeek.com/geekpreview/...

The Kickstarter campaign for Infinite Paths is now live! Check out this sleek, fiction-first solo RPG system that can be adapted to whatever story YOU want to tell — or choose from one of the included settings if you need a little jumpstart! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

A funny thing about running a crowdfunding campaign is that you spend months actively planning it in excruciating detail and then somehow it still sneaks up on you???

New to the #SoloRPG List: 5-Star Match by @leafydragongames.bsky.social Build and book your own pro wrestling promotion, have total creative control over the wrestling stars you want to see and the storylines you want to tell! CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...

Who has a TTRPG Kickstarter/Backerkit or other crowdfunding campaign going on or coming soon? Who has made something and it's available for sale on DTRPG, DMG, Itch, or the equivalent? Drop links in the replies. I want to boost them to my followers! #ttrpg #crowdfunding

Lots of really big crowdfunding campaigns and preorders launching today. Here's to tossing in my little project! You can find RITE: A Midwinter Sacrament #TTRPG #zine below. You can grab it for $7 and receive it before the bleak midwinter. 7 day campaign. Thanks for sharing.

Reposting for the weekend crowd: Infinite Paths, coming soon to Kickstarter! Infinite Paths is a d10-based solo TTRPG system that can easily be adapted to your favorite genre or setting, or you can use the settings included in the book to get going right away!

These two little zine games are available now over at Knave of Cups! knaveofcups.com

ssssssssss Gamess are due THISS coming Monday, the 13th. Let'ss ssee your larp ideasss cook!! www.goldencobra.org

I'm thrilled to finally announce Leafy Dragon Games' next project: Infinite Paths! Designed by @jamiethul.bsky.social, this sleek solo TTRPG system lets players jump into an epic adventure of their own creation in just a few minutes. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea... 1/3

The crowd sale for #Crownfell has been approved for November 18! Add-ons include a neoprene playmat and a solo expansion. This 2-player asymmetric chess-like has 17 cards unique movement and abilities. Sign up to be notified here (shares appreciated!) 🧡 www.thegamecrafter.com/crowdsale/cr...

Canada and UK friends: did you know that Compose Dream Games is running a sale all this week? And did you know that you can pick up TWO different games I've worked on there? It's true! Now's as good a time as any to pick up print copies of 5-Star Match or Here We Used to Fly at a discount!

5-STAR MATCH appeared in HQ! Wrestling ttrpg written by @leafydragongames.bsky.social. Cover art painted by Dan English. Interior illustrations by Yours Truly. When comp copies arrive, I feel like the winner on right. Support small independent publishers: leafydragongames.wpcomstaging.com/shop/

I’ve never understood the appeal of Kenny Omega, but this? This is one of the best things I’ve ever seen in wrestling. Huge kudos to Omega, for real.

We are over halfway funded for World Wide Wrestling 2E: Repackaged! So, I'll have more to share from @elkowalczuk.bsky.social soon (and, y'all, there's some hot fire incoming). Until then, here's his take on perhaps the all-time most-played Gimmick, The Monster. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

IT'S TIME! 💪Jump into the ring to help reprint World Wide Wrestling, the premier ttrpg of pro wrestling narration action! 📙Debuting a Hardcover Edition for the first time ever! 🤼 New Gimmick art, play aid materials, and more! Thanks for everything, friends! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...

It’s Golden Cobra tiiiiiiiiiime! Everybody up let’s go let’s go let’s go! Make weird games and put them out into the world!