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One the 18th and 20th we're doing the next installment of the OSN Design Club! Where we have designers who made games with similar themes run systems for each other and discuss the experience!

it's extremely good! (and extremely affordable!)

#Tacklebox by @possibleworlds.bsky.social, absurd and amazingly fun. The premise - you're out fishing. Reach for the tacklebox to change your ongoing story through mind bending prompts. Had an awesome fishing trip and the best story yesterday. Great game design and art. #larp #ttrpg #rpggamedesign

follow the page for The Endtimes Trilogy if you like weird storygames, GMless games, games with a GMPC who's a total jerk, games with playing cards, games with tarot cards, games with dice, games inspired by Krasznahorkai books, games inspired by 10 cloverfield lane, anthology trilogies, zines, etc

I'm back from a restful winter holiday, which included looking at bluesky as little as possible. What a great decision. Another great decision: subscribing to my website today before this absolute steal of a discount is retired!

my new years resolutions are: 1) attend more cons without also vending at them 2) hold office hours beyond the teaching semester and read/research for pleasure when I don't have calls lined up 3) not force myself to keep reading/watching/playing things I'm not enjoying (and not take it personally)

I picked up Pipistrello on izzy's rec and it does in fact own. Just reached the end and it's been the perfect game wind down the year with!

for those curious, this was 2026's winner (which arrived today and is absolutely gorgeous) lazercao.bigcartel.com/product/orga...

My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.

So glad @friends-table.bsky.social got on the @adambell.games train—Adam's out here designing cool, weird games left and right.

tune in thursday afternoon to watch some of the best to do it play The Locked Room Murder Mystery Game. i'm excited to see it!

Tadd has a great year—including contributing to the success of Tacklebox! Get to know the rest of his writing in 2025 better!

The Endtimes Trilogy is coming to #zinetopia & #zinemonth in February! Follow the page now! I'm bringing three interesting new tabletop rpgs about the end of the world. They play great standalone, or pair nicely as a three part apocalyptic anthology. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

i respect congratulations defenders but little dark age is in fact the best mgmt album

big ups to fellow Story Games Boston alumn and long-time “your favorite designers favorite designer” getting some well-deserved recognition!

Jonathan is as great collaborator as he is a designer, with multiple all-but-art-complete RPGs publishers would be lucky to have in their catalog. Hell, I want to publish him again too—it'll just be 2+ years before I have room. Now's your time to seize the momentum & start a convo: www.jwalton.media

Year I first designed an RPG: ~1995. Year I first discovered indie RPGs: 2002. Year I first did a game jam: also 2002 (Game Chef 1). Year I first sold something at GenCon: 2006. Year I first made a significant profit: 2025. You never have to stop making games, even if it never becomes your day job.

Yeah I get influenced by the motherfucker too sometimes. (Though to be fair some of this had been in my to-purchase teaching list)

the cool thing about paying larger royalties is that they make a larger difference in people’s lives

Love the surreal tone of Tacklebox? Read more from contributing prompt author James Tadd Adcox!

Part 2 is finally here! Apologies for the delay—I got engaged !! then the rest of December flew by. I hope you enjoy this write-up of my Saturday at PAX Unplugged. Featuring a lot of cool indie TTRPG creators! PAXU has seriously become a favorite con 💜 🎲 www.spacevalkyries.com/blog/pax-unp... 🎲

Check out the full video on YouTube.com/ at quinns_quest or by searching “Quinns quest” in the search bar. You can buy a copy for yourself through our website, link in our bio! This is a fun two player surreal RPG that will leave you going “wait… what?” #ttrpg #indiegame #larp #roleplayinggame

Wake up, Sleeper. Congratulations to our Narrative recipient for 2025, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector!

Check out the full video on the Quinns Quest YouTube channel at YouTube.com/ at quinns_quest or by searching “Quinns quest” in the search bar. You can buy a copy of Tacklebox for yourself through our website, link in our bio! #ttrpg #larp #liveactionroleplay #indiegames

For this month’s bonus actual play @shenuque.bsky.social and @moreblueberries.bsky.social played Tacklebox by @possibleworlds.bsky.social It’s a surreal fishing game and it gets WEIRD! Listen here: www.patreon.com/posts/146098...

Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment. It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.

The Swords Without Master campaign page has been updated with the final Eidolon Folio we are preparing for the initial campaign: Maps! We are pumped to have @queerwizard.co.uk, @salvaterra.bsky.social, @mapcrow.bsky.social and Arlin Ortiz on board for this one! www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

‘The Circuit Slate’ commissioned for the upcoming ttrpg ‘Realis’ by @austinwalker.bsky.social

another banger from @explorersdesign.bsky.social

Me, @ehronlime.bsky.social, and @aaronmfking.bsky.social have stepped from the shadows to make the Council of Aarons public. We pass judgement on 3 Harvests, and evaluate the course of 2025--at least in tabletop games.

more like aaron King Of RPGs

Halfmoon, Twaincut. Done for Realis. I just put up a post for my $1 tier talking about the process for Halfmoon Twaincut, as well as a layered PSD of what my layer stack madness looks like if you're at the $5 tier. www.patreon.com/posts/145625...

at that stage of surgery recovery where my brain is very ready to be productive again but my body can’t keep up

Dread Sapper is a bookmark-sized game that turns a crossword puzzle into a tunnel system that will take everything from you if you're not careful alfredvalley.itch.io/dread-sapper

My two favourite modes of play this year! Games included: A PERFECT ROCK by @deepdark.games BETTER STRANGERS by @possibleworlds.bsky.social FOR THE QUEEN by @helloalexroberts.bsky.social A FOOL'S ERRAND (teehee) DAGGERHEART by @darringtonpress.bsky.social TRIANGLE AGENCY by @hauntedtable.games

For the larper, theorist and/or niche appreciator: Color Games Trio. BLACK is a fully embodied existentialist game that plays with light; WHITE is a solo semi-journaling game about death; HEIST:RED is a heist game that cares about movement in space and time. www.ndpdesign.com/store/p/colo...

1050 orders packed & mailed in 2 weeks—just in time for my gallbladder removal. Many thanks to everyone for the support, & especially @itsquinns.bsky.social for helping us reach so many new players! Orders & emails will be going out slower as I recover, but rest assured I'll be back to packing soon!

#TTRPG 🎲 Advent Calendar, Day 10: "Single Unique Power" by Tyler Crumrine ( @possibleworlds.bsky.social ), art by Eric Lide ( @ericlide.bsky.social ) A collaborative system-neutral setting, character, & superpowers generator for use in your hero games; whether you prefer Yuno, Magneto, or Bakugo

less than 100 packages remain

Late night cultural prodding: if you heard about OVER/UNDER and thought it was cool or interesting, you will also think this is interesting.

For the Queen is only $12.50 US right now, an absolute steal for one of my all-time favorite games USA link: shop.critrole.com/products/for...

This group was so much fun to play with amd Dan is such a great creator to collaborate with! You need to listen to this session when you get a chance.

🌄A LAND ONCE MAGIC IS OFFICIALLY OUT TODAY!✨ Order one of these beautiful physical books and/or a hand-stamped bag + notebook! The PDF is also out on my itch page! vidityavoleti.itch.io/a-land-once-... Make infinite worlds, never stop telling stories, create art with others!

In my 15 years as a full-time creative (theatre & games) 2025 has easily been the wildest. Once I'm caught up on other tasks, I'd really like to write my way through it. What's the easiest place for blogging these days, & would people be interested in a month-by-month reflection on a year in TTRPGs?

At this moment, we have 2430 paid subscribers. Can we get 2500 by the end of 2025? You can subscribe right now for only $1, and support independent tabletop games journalism.

Today puts us at 450 packages mailed this week, ~50% of our post-Quinns Quest orders! Keep em coming—they’re SUPER helpful, especially as I prep for surgery next week—but reminder that I’m a one-man show & pack each game. If your order is time-sensitive, just let me know & I’ll bump it up the queue!

For those of you who didn't see it in our convention preview binder this year, @sifsweetman.bsky.social's Ephemeralist class for @austinwalker.bsky.social's Realis! Learn more & sign-up for notifications at www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru..., and brace yourself for PLENTY more Si in the full book.

Who knows what games await the tabletops of the world? Well, @ckunzelman.bsky.social kinda does, after attending PAX Unplugged in November. www.avclub.com/pax-unplugge...

FYI if you missed out on any of my recent print projects with Lost in Cult, there's a clearance of stock sale, including: 🐟 In Other Waters Companion Book 🖤 Heterotopias Individual Print Issues 🚀 Citizen Sleeper: Design Works Standard Edition Take a look 👇 www.lostincult.co.uk/clearance