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Tim Denee
Tim Denee
@olddog.games
Game designer, graphic designer and illustrator from Aotearoa. Blades '68, Deathmatch Island, Odyssey Aquatica. π http://olddog.games π« olddoggames.substack.com
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ATTENTION [competitor fname] Production has discovered a second, softcover edition of Deathmatch Island in circulation. This is an unsanctioned release. Possession of this copy is a violation of Production Guidelines and cause for immediate termination. DO NOT CLICK: evilhat.com/product/deat...
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Eyyyyyyy episode 3 of The Indie Game Talk Club is live! Get it wherever you get your podcasts.
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My hull "Kicks" for a playtest of @olddog.games & @evilhat.bsky.social 's Blades '68 last year! She had very dry humor and liked to subtly screw with people. One of the more ruthless members of our Alluvian Dealer gang.
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Can't get over what a clever collision of ideas this is. Triangle Agency + FIST is already a tantalising combo, but throw in a Greek god benefactor/living metaphor enabling roguelike structure via the apparatus of casino games? Not sure how broccoli monsters fit in yet, but I trust it will be v cool
Welcome to the Pyramid Casino. THE HOUSE EDGE is funding now! www.kickstarter.com/projects/hau...
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Finally got our hands on this masterpiece from @olddog.games and @evilhat.bsky.social! Absolutely incredible design and info in here - we will definitely be jumping into some Blades'68 on the channel, but there's so much in here that can work for our current City of Whispers show as well...
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Want to thank @lukegearing.bsky.social, @samsorensen.bsky.social and @olddog.games for their incredibly inspiring work, Season 1 of HIGHLANDER will hopefully start running soon and the graphics I've got in the oven are some of my favourite I've done so far. Watch this space π
fucked around, lost track of time, wrote 0.1 of HIGHLANDER, a Battle Royale Cataphracts. amby.navy/highlander Murder Is Okay.
Having finished the episode, let me reiterate: This interview between @scenefour.bsky.social and @dmofnone.bsky.social is SO GOOD. So much great advice on running Blades in the Dark / Blades '68. Do give it a listen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfOr...
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This was a fun chat to listen to about Blades '68 (and running Blades in general), featuring veteran Blades expert @scenefour.bsky.social and the bois from @dmofnone.bsky.social. youtu.be/nfOrGMwkm9Y?...
GOLD TEETH. What a handsome tome! A wonderful production; beautiful of course (those maps!), and full of delight. And you know I'm a sucker for huge type on a big spine. Hats off @rossignol.bsky.social & @marshdavies.bsky.social
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entering the kickstarter campaign madness zone. please be patient with me for the next six weeks. also pre-save the house edge www.kickstarter.com/projects/hau...
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How it starts: Decide to run an online session of Every Second Counts by @olddog.games How it proceeds: Think to self, you know, I made a DMI VTT in Sheets, how different would this be How it turns out: And we need a live timer, and baggage die is handled differently, and hang on, I could ...
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Blades β68 is a supplement to Blades in the Dark that offers new character playbooks, new crews, and new ways to play the game. Jump right into a technicolor retro-futuristic landscape in Blades β68, available now on our website! #bladesinthedark #ttrpg #ttrpgtok #ttrpgcommunity #roleplayinggames
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New website day! olddog.games Nothing new on here, but hey, if you like websites -- this is one of them.
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I'm currently working on a game that will be soon on Backerkit! Hope is a theme that I'm actualliy working and thinking a lot as a form of resistance. We need to have hope to dream about a new world and build it! Rangers of a Broken World is all about that! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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I had a ton of fun making these graphics; clocks, the ticking timebomb, the animated cigarette smoke, and an interactive map on the Score-matic 6800 that can be dialled into any district in the city. As always, @evilanemone.bsky.social did an incredible job bringing it all together!
The Blades '68 Complete Book for @roll20.net includes: πA full compendium of Blades '68, searchable in-browser πDetailed map of Doskvol 968 π¦Έ70 stylish tokens ποΈFaction deck πMultiple countdown clocks π΅οΈSample PCs π°Score planning table and more! Available now: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundl...
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Gosh, this looks so handsome. I could never play ttrpgs online but I'm more and more jealous of some of the toolkits
The Blades '68 Complete Book for @roll20.net includes: πA full compendium of Blades '68, searchable in-browser πDetailed map of Doskvol 968 π¦Έ70 stylish tokens ποΈFaction deck πMultiple countdown clocks π΅οΈSample PCs π°Score planning table and more! Available now: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundl...
I had a great time talking to Marco about design, story games, Blades '68, and much else! Links in the quote.
We're joined this week by the brilliant @olddog.games, who chats about how he got into designing for TTRPGs, and tells us all about the just released (and widely anticipated) supplement for Blades in the Dark, Blades'68! Watch: youtu.be/V3GGsQOa63A Listen: linktr.ee/narrativedam...
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The Blades '68 Complete Book for @roll20.net includes: πA full compendium of Blades '68, searchable in-browser πDetailed map of Doskvol 968 π¦Έ70 stylish tokens ποΈFaction deck πMultiple countdown clocks π΅οΈSample PCs π°Score planning table and more! Available now: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundl...
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New Dice Exploder today with @jeeyon.bsky.social! We talked about a very specific two page spread in Blades in the Dark called "What Is There to Eat in Duskwall." Jeeyon gets to go off about life layers and we go all over the place, take a listen.
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IN STORES TODAY! Blades '68 shines a bright, electroplasmic light on the grimy streets of Doskvol and spins the timeline forward 100 years. Enter a technicolor world of bold action, shadow conspiracies, and supernatural twists. Pick it up at your FLGS or directly from us: evilhat.com/product/blad...
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Curious about Blades '68? We've partnered with @startplaying.bsky.social so you & your friends can try it out! Just head to startplaying.games/learn-to-pla... pop in a date & time that fits your schedule, answer a few questions about your play style, and instantly get matched with an experienced GM!
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thinking about how cool this process was and how much I'm looking forward to seeing my words in the final product, I want to do more of this kind of thing! Please pay me for some words, I promise they will be the weirdest, scariest, most gruesome words I can think of.
Followed by BLACK GLOVES & RAZORS, an extraordinary ticking timebomb by the extraordinary @calumgrace.bsky.social
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very excited to see my Blades '68 stuff in the final doc... writing stuff for other people's games is SO fun for me and i always love doing it
THEN an amazing piece of art by the amazing Naomi D. Castro, leading into an amazing piece on haute couture by the equally amazing @weregazelle.bsky.social (I may be running out of superlatives). Two factions, assets, high-fashion inventions!
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An unofficial community FoundryVTT system is live. foundryvtt.com/packages/bla... @olddog.games @evilhat.bsky.social #blades68 #foundryvtt
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More than halfway there, thank you all for backing the campaign and spreading the word! We're hard at work getting the full game prototype ready and with every backer we're closer to getting it in your hands. If you've missed out so far, you can join in at the link below! #ttrpg #kiwirpg
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Learn to Play Blades 68 at Start Playing Games β startplaying.games/learn-to-pla...
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Hit the mean streets of Doskvol one week from today! Inspired by Deathloop, powered by Blades in the Dark - Blades '68 catapults you into a technicolor world of bold action, paranormal twists, and shadowy conspiracies. Turn on, tune in, drop out: evilhat.com/product/blad...
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It's not DONE done, just yet, but all the Blades '68 stretch goals are now in layout. You can get a preview of every contribution in this thread:
The collection of stretch goal material for Blades '68 grew so large that it has exploded from the Palace Dossier into THE BLUE FILES. It's almost 60 pieces, from an amazing array of contributors.