Stefan Woick

behindthewallgames.comWriter Emergency Fiasco: Rat TrapThe Writer Emergency Fiasco combines the TTRPG Fiasco with the Writer Emergency Pack to create a truly random and chaotic narrative. It’s equal parts solo role play and narrative exercise. If…

4 Feb

Writer Emergency Fiasco is a writing exercise/soloplay project that combines Fiasco by @bullypulpithq.bsky.social & the Writer Emergency Pack by @johnaugust.bsky.social to create a wild story, flexing the creative writing muscle. #TTRPG #writing #soloplay behindthewallgames.com/writer-emerg...

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James Introcaso

@jamesintrocaso.bsky.social

18 Aug

THE CROWS BACKERKIT CAMPAIGN IS LIVE! mcdm.gg/crows-rpg

behindthewallgames.com#RPGaDAY2026 Day 1: DisciplineAlmost missed the kickoff for this years #RPGaDAy2026. Typical. I had quite a blast with it last year, and it helped me kickstart this blog (which has since fallen back to slumber, because it's me doing it). So, let's see if I can bring this thing back from the abyss to post about *something* daily. This year's theme is suggested to be about "Characters" influenced by the daily prompt and all that.

2 Aug

#RPGaDAY2026 Day 1: Discipline Almost missed the kickoff for this years #RPGaDAy2026. Typical. I had quite a blast with it last year, and it helped me kickstart this blog (which has since fallen back to slumber, because it's me doing it). So, let's see if I can bring this thing back from the abyss…

@steamreleasebot.bsky.social

13 Apr

Had our first real session of @hellomcdm.bsky.social’s Draw Steel Codex. Besides some sync issues (because too many new players enjoying the codex) it was a blast. The stuff this thing handles is already fantastic. Good job @dmhubvtt.bsky.social on this amazing product.

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Steam Release Bot

8 Apr

Draw Steel https://store.steampowered.com/app/2902740/ $19.99 Suitable for both new and seasoned Draw Steel players, The Draw Steel Codex includes all the core rules to Draw Steel found in Draw Steel: Heroes and Draw Steel: Monsters, as well as, The Delian Tomb - Start Here Adventure to get...

store.steampowered.comDraw Steel on SteamSuitable for both new and seasoned Draw Steel players, The Draw Steel Codex includes all the core rules to Draw Steel found in Draw Steel: Heroes and Draw Steel: Monsters, as well as, The Delian Tomb ...

9 Apr

Draw Steel is available on Steam in early access! Been messing around with the playtest for a while, and it's a great way to play Draw Steel online. @dmhubvtt.bsky.social and @hellomcdm.bsky.social did an amazing job with this VTT store.steampowered.com/app/2902740/...

youtube.comA Whirlwind Tour of the Draw Steel Codex -- Get it in Early Access!YouTube video by DMHub

6 Apr

Draw Steal on Steam (Codex) coming to early access tomorrow, Monday, 6th of April. Yay.

Hello MCDM@hellomcdm.bsky.social

1 Apr

Ran our first London Night phase in The Between and it was truly amazing. A ghost got banished, and a family of cannibal pie makers nearly killed two hunters after a deadly game of cat and mouse. @jasoncordova.bsky.social and @gauntletrpg.bsky.social make great games. 10/10 no notes.

30 Mar

Been messing around with the Draw Steel on Steam playtest for a while now, and it's honestly impressive. It automates almost everything, yet allows you to override and manually adjust as required. It's also easy* to code your own effects and content using its inhouse script UI/language. Good stuff.

Djordi@djordi.bsky.social

The Draw Steel analog experience is about to go digital! Our custom digital toolset, the Codex, is going into Steam Early Access on April 6th! Knock enemies into other enemies, walls, and MORE! WISHLIST DRAW STEEL IN STEAM TODAY!!! store.steampowered.com/app/2902740/...

23 Mar

I ran a single game of The Between, and I'm already completely obsessed with the game. Maybe @thebadspot.bsky.social was right about it being good.

It's been a hot minute since I finished my solo play/writing exercise where I combine the RPG Fiasco with the Writer Emergency Pack to create a chaotic, fast-paced narrative of people with high ambitions and poor impulse control. behindthewallgames.com/writer-emerg... #TTRPG #amwriting

...his inevitable breakdown into violence and betrayal. It was glorious, perhaps the best character arc I have written yet. All thanks to a single card that kept coming up. Hug the Crocodile, indeed.

writeremergency.comWriter Emergency Park

I honestly could go in for hours about how amazing the Writer Emergency Pack is, and I suggest everyone that is into writing check them out. writeremergency.com

During Rat Trap, the character of Jay was supposed to be a rival to Ash, both wanting to move up in the criminal gang they're part of. But Jay's scene were influence by the card "Hug The Crocodile" several times, causing me to change his character and story to that of a "real friend," a bit naive...

...but truly believing that he's not just in for himself, but that a rising tide lifts all boats. That, together, they are unstoppable. The card totally changed the character. And as it kept coming up just as the Fiasco got worse and worse, his eagerness to be a friend was met with betrayal and...

The cards just force you out of your comfort zone, let you think about your characters in ways you'd never even consider due to genre or plot biases you might have. Draw a "Zombies" card in a realistic heist story, and then what? The card would make you think about an unstoppable force...

...hungry to get to your protagonists, perusing them relentlessly. When this happened in my first Fiasco, Honeymoon, the "Zombies" where a brutal biker gang, hunting down the cast to without mercy. Sometimes, Zombies are Zombies, other times, they're cartels and bikers.

fiascoplaysets.comHome | FiascoPlaysets.comFiascoPlaysets.com: A Fiasco Playset Archive

All three stories use the "Roadkill" playset for Fiasco, which can be found among many others at fiascoplaysets.com Of all playsets I have looked at/used, Roadkill just hits the right spots for me and the kind of stories I want to tell using Fiasco.

I have adopted a philosophy of preparing less for the games I run, relying on random prompts and more and more over the years. Mythic GME by @tanapigeonwmg.bsky.social is one of the best tools out there for that. I think that's the reasons I enjoy this project to so much, as well.

I've finished this sort of project twice now, each time resulting in a short novella. Both stories went places and explored themes I wouldn't have thought of, all because of the prompts of the cards, and the restriction and direction of Fiasco.

There's a third one in the pipe right now, with the larger goal of creating a sort of anthology of selfish humanity as a larger collection of these stories. Three stories of greed and trauma, three distinct casts of three characters trying to make it big, or at least make it out alive.

Fiasco by @bullypulpithq.bsky.social is such a great game, and it works extremely well as the foundation and engine for fast-paced, personal stories, which put intensely selfish humanity front and center. Great TTRPG, 10/10, highly recommend.

And the Writer Emergency Pack by @johnaugust.bsky.social is an incredible tool for any writer. Usually, it's used to get you unstuck in your writing, help you look at your characters and situations through new and exciting lenses.

@mattcolville.bsky.social

21 Mar

Ran my first game of The Between by @gauntletrpg.bsky.social and yeah, this system was designed specifically for me.

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Matt Colville?

20 Mar

The Codex Pricing and Distribution post! Public so anyone can read it. www.patreon.com/posts/codex-...

patreon.comThe Codex Pricing and Distribution | MCDM ProductionsGet more from MCDM Productions on Patreon

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kickstarter.comPublic Access Analog Horror Mystery TTRPGFrom the creator of Brindlewood Bay and The Between, Public Access is a roleplaying game inspired by analog and found footage horror!

17 Mar

Funded in four minutes! Let's gooo! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

kickstarter.comPublic Access Analog Horror Mystery TTRPGFrom the creator of Brindlewood Bay and The Between, Public Access is a roleplaying game inspired by analog and found footage horror!

17 Mar

Very excited for this. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

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Rowan Rook and Decard

@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social

🚀 NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT!🚀 We're absolutely over the bloody moon to be making the Children of Time RPG! Mina, Grant and Elaine have been sequestered away with author Adrian Tchaikovsky, building a new Ark to take you to the far reaches of space. But what (or who) is waiting for you out there?

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kickstarter.comComing soon: Public Access Analog Horror Mystery TTRPGFrom the creator of Brindlewood Bay and The Between, Public Access is a roleplaying game inspired by analog and found footage horror!

I told folks in our Discord I’d show them the KS page early if we get to 5000 followers. Just 13 to go! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

rascal.newsChildren of Time: The Roleplaying Game puts the fate of two civilizations in players’ handsYour own personal "facsimile Adrian" Tchaikovsky.

Hold on. One of my favorite authors @aptshadow.bsky.social and favorite sci-fi series, and one of my favorite game devs @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social are coming together to make a TTRPG? It's like all my nerdy obsessions over the last decade paid off in one big glorious singularity. Wild.

Rascal News@rascal.news

Children of Time: The Roleplaying game, from @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social, adapts @aptshadow.bsky.social's book series into a tabletop RPG spanning both tense moments and yawning eons. You won't have to include the uplifted spiders.

behindthewallgames.comWriter Emergency Fiasco: Post ScriptJust a few thoughts on the end of the Writer Emergency Fiasco. Thanks for reading along.

Writer Emergency Fiasco: Post Script Just a few thoughts on the end of the Writer Emergency Fiasco. Thanks for reading along.

11 Mar

What’s going on here @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com and @gilarpgs.bsky.social?

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11 Mar

We’re sooo close to hitting our goal of 5000 followers on the Public Access campaign before launch. Help us out and please repost! A quote post with some positive thoughts on the game is a particularly big help! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

behindthewallgames.comRat Trap: The AftermathAfter the dust settles, Bill, Ash, and Jay must deal with the consequences of their actions. What follows is a montage of their lives after the Rat Trap--a true fiasco.

10 Mar

This is it, the final piece of fiction of this writing project/solo play I did using @bullypulpithq.bsky.social Fiasco as the engine and the Writer Emergency Pack as the prompts. Was a lot of work but also a lot of fun. Subscribe to the blog if you like to see more of my stuff. #writing #ttrpg

Stefan Woick@behindthewallgames.com

Rat Trap: The Aftermath After the dust settles, Bill, Ash, and Jay must deal with the consequences of their actions. What follows is a montage of their lives after the Rat Trap--a true fiasco.

10 Mar

Rat Trap: The Aftermath After the dust settles, Bill, Ash, and Jay must deal with the consequences of their actions. What follows is a montage of their lives after the Rat Trap--a true fiasco.

behindthewallgames.comWriter Emergency Fiasco: The AftermathAt the end of Fiasco, every player gets to roll the dice they have collected over the course of the game, tally them up by color, and determine their Aftermath based on it all. Let's take a look at how it all shakes out for Bill, Ash, and Jay.

9 Mar

Writer Emergency Fiasco: The Aftermath At the end of Fiasco, every player gets to roll the dice they have collected over the course of the game, tally them up by color, and determine their Aftermath based on it all. Let's take a look at how it all shakes out for Bill, Ash, and Jay.

behindthewallgames.comBehind The WallTabletop Games

8 Mar

Tomorrow, I go into the Aftermath of my Writer Emergency Fiasco. Would love some subs and follows on this project, as it was a lot of fun to write. behindthewallgames.com #TTRPG #writing #FiascoRPG

7 Mar

Me and my variety gaming group will be starting The Between (@gauntletrpg.bsky.social) next week after a few weeks of playing Hollows (@rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social). Very excited to get into this system.

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6 Mar

There are roughly 5000 residents of Deep Lake, NM, but only 4200 followers on the campaign so far. Give it a follow and help us get to 5000! You don't even have to move to a strange, isolated town in the desert! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

Today wraps the main portion of my writing exercise/solo play of #FiascoRPG and the Writer Emergency Pack by @johnaugust.bsky.social Next week, I finish the project with the Aftermath. Catch with Ash, Bill, and Jay before then! #writing #TTRPG behindthewallgames.com/writer-emerg...

@bullypulpithq.bsky.social

I've been doing all my writing in Ellipsus, whether it's for my blog, game prep for my Draw Steel games, or anything else. Worth checking out if you're tired of being stuck in shitty companies' eco systems.

Ellipsus@ellipsus.com

We don't want AI-generated stories. We want stories that are beautiful and weird. Mistakes and obsessions. Labyrinthine worlds; love poems that break us. We want the wild stroke of chance, the stray detail. We don't want soulless slop. We want work *written* by HUMANS.

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Bully Pulpit Games

Today is the last day of #GAMAExpo2026! We are still at Booth 376 so stop by while the Exhibit Hall is still open. @segedy.bsky.social and @nathanblack.com await you, and @jmstar.bsky.social lingers around in spirit... #TTRPGs #RPGs #games

behindthewallgames.comRat Trap 2-12: Post ScriptJay's final scene concludes the main portion of this Fiasco. One last look back at the scene and how the card "Puny Humans" brought us to were we ended this story, before we head into the Aftermath.

Rat Trap 2-12: Post Script Jay's final scene concludes the main portion of this Fiasco. One last look back at the scene and how the card "Puny Humans" brought us to were we ended this story, before we head into the Aftermath.

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@petetheproducer.bsky.social

Public Access is a horror game about childhood trauma and the treacherous nature of memory. In an industry obsessed with cartoon gloss and chasing mass market appeal, Public Access just wants to scare you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

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Pete The Producer

4 Mar

The legends at @hellomcdm.bsky.social are bringing us a Survival Horror, Loot Extraction, real time combat...TTRPG?! We're talking about the incredible new Crows: Fortune or Death TTRPG with lead designer @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM6x...

youtube.comLoot Based, Survival Horror Extraction TTRPG! MCDM Crows Interview!YouTube video by The Character Sheet on ComicBook.com

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Bully Pulpit Games

@bullypulpithq.bsky.social

4 Mar

Do you mean like THESE photos with @nathanblack.com? Because yes, yes we do. #GAMAExpo2026 #FiascoRPG #TTRPG

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behindthewallgames.comRat Trap 2-12: Jay Lets GoScene 12: This is it. Jay's at the end of the line, desperately holding on to control, and to his friendship with Bill. Can he find a way out of this, or is it time to let it all go?

3 Mar

The last scene of my Writer Emergency Fiasco, Rat Trap, dropped today. Combining the #FiascoRPG by @bullypulpithq.bsky.social with the writer emergency pack, the story ends with a bang … or does it? #writing #ttrpg

Stefan Woick@behindthewallgames.com

Rat Trap 2-12: Jay Lets Go Scene 12: This is it. Jay's at the end of the line, desperately holding on to control, and to his friendship with Bill. Can he find a way out of this, or is it time to let it all go?