barclay travis 🔜 pax:u

barclay travis 🔜 pax:u

@barcstravis.itch.io

he & it. transfag werewolf. freelance artist, writer, & dramaturg. amateur game dev, above-amateur game designer. producer & host @tabletopbookclub.bsky.social.

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Begin Again is a game about time loops & hope in the face of change. Begin Again is a waiting game where you can wait no longer. It’s about grappling with the reflection looking back at you. It’s about hating the place you’re inextricably tethered to. (& it's out now at @plusoneexp.bsky.social)

plusoneexp.comBegin AgainWelcome to the Time Loop... Again? Begin Again is a game about time loops & hope in the face of change. Step into the shoes of college students staring down the ticking clock, frozen on the precip...

just remembered that the real truth of this experience was at PAX:U the winter prior to this, some of my friends met jeff before i ever got to & he mentioned having read or played CoI for the show & we all freaked the fuck out about it. what a lovely moment in time :,]

barclay travis 🔜 pax:u@barcstravis.itch.io

this was almost exactly two years ago actually!! i was starting my senior year of college & freaking out about everything, and jeff sent me a dm saying "hey, here's the episode!" and i listened to it immediately and it was so cool. one of those moments that shoves ur imposter syndrome to the ground

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Last year, a bunch of you helped Bran and I get out of a terrible living situation, heading to the first stage of us getting out of Washington DC. We're ready for Stage 2: Move to New Orleans. We updated the #GoFundMe page with new info and where the rest of the money we're raising will be going.

gofund.meDonate to Wes & Bran's Move: Onward to New Orleans, organized by Wesley FranksHello and thank you for taking the time to read this. It feels like more and mo… Wesley Franks needs your support for Wes & Bran's Move: Onward to New Orleans

no new ttbc this month because to be vulnerable i've been experiencing some horrors in both my personal & professional life LOL. but we'll be back next month i promise. mark my words. and be nice to me

if you still want to read something with me, go read "war of the foxes" or "i do know some things" by richard siken. or "babel" by r.f. kuang which i finally started this morning. if you want to play smth on my rec, play "the incident at galley house". it's been haunting me since i finished it

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it's so messed up that this is technically a professional account because I can't even tell y'all [redacted] or [redacted] but just telepathically know it. okay? good talk

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Hi, everyone! Excited to announce that I’m launching I Don’t Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again: Game of the Year Edition on itch! This serves both as an actual physical page for Bugs as well as a way for you to support me, if you so choose :) tomorrow-today.itch.io/i-dont-remem...

tomorrow-today.itch.ioI Don't Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again: Game of the Year Edition by sage tomorrow, todaya single player journaling rpg WITH UPDATED GRAPHICS AND NEW MECHANICS

Po1 was the first podcast that ever featured one of my games. it was huge for baby designer barclay! one of the first "i can do this, i'm a game designer" moments i ever had. it holds a very very special place in my heart!!! <3

Party of One Podcast@partyofonepodcast.bsky.social

ALSO feat. contributions by @thatnerdykev.gobirds.online @lokified.bsky.social @sarahgailey.bsky.social @merelymatt.bsky.social @ellemackwednesday.bsky.social @quinnmajeski.bsky.social @mynameisgrant.bsky.social @schub.es @barcstravis.itch.io @dewaynefeenstra.bsky.social @worldchamp.bsky.social

this was almost exactly two years ago actually!! i was starting my senior year of college & freaking out about everything, and jeff sent me a dm saying "hey, here's the episode!" and i listened to it immediately and it was so cool. one of those moments that shoves ur imposter syndrome to the ground

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seeing a lot of timeloop posting lately. (turns my chair around and sits in it backward style.) have you guys heard of begin again

barclay travis 🔜 pax:u@barcstravis.itch.io

Begin Again is a game about time loops & hope in the face of change. Begin Again is a waiting game where you can wait no longer. It’s about grappling with the reflection looking back at you. It’s about hating the place you’re inextricably tethered to. (& it's out now at @plusoneexp.bsky.social)

i have no idea why people are "vibe-coding" anything when, from my experience teaching myself how to code this summer, the most rewarding thing in the world is when you spend four hours doing some bullshit that doesn't work and then it finally starts working

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It's Tuesday, which seems like a good day to remind folks that I have a game in prelaunch on Kickstarter: Violent Delights. Use a chessboard and its pieces to re-envision the masquerade scene of Romeo and Juliet. When characters clash, play the scene with a Firebrands mini-game.

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social

UPCOMING GAME ANNOUNCEMENT Violent Delights is a chess-based rpg about Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. It depicts the masquerade scene in which our lovers first meet. The chess board represents the Capulet’s great chamber, and the players act as a cast of characters who correspond to chess pieces. 👇

haha very funny. who wants to make me their ttrpg apprentice though. just like hypothetically

Caleb Zane Huett@calebzane.bsky.social

we need to start considering "playing and running ttrpgs" a high stakes trade. we have recurring discourse because no one is taking on apprentices. there should be competing schools of thought that are explicitly taught. oral tradition only. posting secrets of your sect to argue gets you banished

seeing a lot of timeloop posting lately. (turns my chair around and sits in it backward style.) have you guys heard of begin again

barclay travis 🔜 pax:u@barcstravis.itch.io

Begin Again is a game about time loops & hope in the face of change. Begin Again is a waiting game where you can wait no longer. It’s about grappling with the reflection looking back at you. It’s about hating the place you’re inextricably tethered to. (& it's out now at @plusoneexp.bsky.social)

hi friends, tmrw’s my birthday, & i have been having a rough go of it lately. so i am soliciting nice words in the replies here for myself to scroll thru tmrw and feel warm. this does not have to be About Me. tell me what ur excited about rn! post a pic of your pet! literally whatever <3

i posted this immediately before my busiest two weeks of the year but trust & believe i will be going thru every single one when i get a chance. i love weird little ttrpgs

Tabletop Book Club@tabletopbookclub.bsky.social

We are once again (and always) looking for recommendations! We are especially looking for short to mid-length games by marginalized designers! The longest games we are typically able to cover with the detail that we like are around 60-70 pages, but we prefer shorter for most months.

went to the local game store to use my birthday discount (barcday this weekend) & got two chaos rising packs. first one i’ve ever opened & i got one of my chase cards. i’m the specialest boy in the world

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hi gamefreaks, i’ll be wandering FLAMECON this sunday with a new flamecon-exclusive barkzine & my new dedicated minizine pouch. say hi if ur a games enjoyer or a zine enjoyer or both

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"...this game is just too big. It's impractical. It's silly." — Quinns "I have no idea what people will make of this." — Kieron Gillen "Completely unpublishable." — [publisher name redacted] SEVEN PART PACT HAS 24 HOURS REMAINING www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

kickstarter.comSeven-Part PactA fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.