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I’ve crowdfunded a lot of zines! They’re available for digital purchase from my itch, and occasionally as print addons in subsequent campaigns. All of my games are stand alone and complete, using original systems to play with some mechanic or conceit I find interesting. itch.io/c/2502210/zi...

💕 COVER REVEAL 💕 'LUBLY' edited by Ambelin Kwaymullina, Kate Cuthbert and Melanie Saward 'Lubly' is Australia’s first anthology devoted exclusively to romance stories by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander writers. Cover art created & donated by Ambelin Kwaymullina Cover design by Gene Eaton

Constellation Canis Major (Greater Dog, not a half lion, half tadpole…). astronomical miscellany, Germany or Switzerland 15th century. Lyon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 172, fol. 49r. #medieval #MedievalArt

Someone at this hotel in Yogya is a big fan of Stonetop!

My first five ttrpgs in the order I played them, as best as I can reckon; 1. D&D 2. Brave Sparrow 3. Ten Candles 4. Dread 5. Everyone is John (Mayyybe some of my own playtesting in there too)

The @levelherup.bsky.social We Can Build It! 2026 Game Jam is back on 🎉 Open to all women and non-binary individuals. If you haven't made a game, we have mentors to assist.  Register here https://events.humanitix.com/level-her-up-we-can-build-it-game-jam-2026  #IndieGame #GameDev #WAGames

I always love excuses to draw my fellow creators and to wedge as many easter eggs into the work as it will stand. Immense appreciation to Pidj for commissioning me for this, and for our side bars in emails and chats about Willie Wagtails and Bluetongues, and all manner of other things.

everything about this is just so, mwahh

I'm way behind on blog posts nowadays, but I'm doing my best to make them thoughtful and worthwhile. This week I spend some time thinking about TTRPGs that ask players to draw at the table, why that's not very common, and what I think we miss out on: thoughtsabout.games/blog/posts/d...

Kraldum: a solo fantasy mudlarking RPG is live on Gamefound! create your mudlark, descend to the foreshore, uncover treasures & ancient mysteries, & do your best to survive. here begins a megathread where i go on about this thing until all targets are obliterated 💙 gamefound.com/en/projects/...

I made a table raiser for playing TTRPGs! Battle tested with 2 years of play, still going strong coppershaman.com/handmade-tab...

Play minigame snippets from the chronicles of an imaginary medieval realm! Draw, act, world-build and roleplay your way through the rise and fall of monarchs. pidj.itch.io/veritable-ta...

EA shuts down BioWare, the next Xbox might be $2500AUD, and AI slop is dominating Steam Next Fest. Plus, Ruby talks Tenebris Somnia, Gus talks Castlevania: Belmont's Curse, and Pete talks Gears of War: E-Day. New ep of Back Pocket is live now! youtu.be/7W0a2FWQ-wM

Wow they keep finding thylacine heads stashed in UK houses huh

This week, I'm returning to my thoughts on freelance. What the heck should I be charging if I wanted to do this full time? www.explorersdesign.com/hireling-you...

this looks so cool!

The second essay in my design series for Mousetrap is "Breaking Fourth walls and Magic Circles." It explores the stages and temporary worlds that we create in games and how/when we cross them. It pays special attention to a very clever Dread scenario by @ravensridgeco.bsky.social: Tully State Forest

This week on Dice Exploder @weirdwonder.bsky.social talks with me about designing NPCs. We focus on the context of writing adventures / modules, but a lot of what Amanda said I took straight into my GMing. I could do a whole series on this one topic, take a listen!

More délightful brief artwork I got to make for @tansyrr.bsky.social over the past few months. I wait with immense anticipation to see it in the physical form!

Detailed post yet to come but all backers have received a digital copy of Veritable Tales, so my medieval minigame chronicling zine is now up for general purchase: pidj.itch.io/veritable-ta... (and tomorrow, it goes to the printers!)

Detailed post yet to come but all backers have received a digital copy of Veritable Tales, so my medieval minigame chronicling zine is now up for general purchase: pidj.itch.io/veritable-ta... (and tomorrow, it goes to the printers!)

My top 9 games, in no real order with no serious rigor. ( my9games.net/en )

Bees. Aberdeen Bestiary, England ca. 1200. Aberdeen University Library, MS 24, fol. 63r. #medieval #MedievalArt

Narrative TTRPG designers after spending months gamifying the worst feeling you've ever had

The Cartoon Network leak revealed that the team actually wrote fake interviews for the Powerpuff Girls in-house so that the writers could understand them better and honestly this is incredibly useful for learning how to characterize your characters holy shit

truly, the highest honor I can bestow upon a tabletop RPG text is to print it out in black & white and stick it in a binder

Oddish. herbal, Italy 15th century. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, LJS 419, fol. 77r. #medieval #MedievalArt

I have passed the marshmallow test. I will diminish, and go into the West, and get two marshmallows.

Thanks for playing Penguin Colony! Hope you are filled with the pride we have had making it.

🍑I LIKE BIG BUTTS AND I CANNOT LIE🍑 Loved having this discussion with @sam.diceexploder.com about what bodies we get to inhabit, while we adventure. Down with the humanoid default! Opposable thumbs are overrated. If you don't have legs I'll carry you. Are we not an adventuring *party*?

nothing makes you doubt your spelling like final pass zine edits in affinity

I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.

Hey folks! I've been a bit quiet here, but the past few weeks have been hectic. I'm back with a gameplay series of #HerOdyssey by @mirror-lock.bsky.social! 😀 This game is amazing, and I thought it'd be fun to share my journey. Let's go! #uoshiplaysherodyssey #ttrpg #journaling #solorpg

Oh dear... is that somebody leaking (part of) the table of contents for issue one of playtest material? Thank goodness we were able to contain it before they managed to launch a subscription drive.

IT'S REAL

"Is Playtest Material also an attempt to legitimize role-playing game-related things as art? Maybe. RPG people at the moment do struggle to access funding sources and spaces that are open to other writers and performers, [and] one hopes that we can begin to open some of those doors."

wow the cricket

The Seventh of #fatbatweek 2026: Tome's Sword-nosed bat with a medley of Colombian and Brazillian fruits on a cream slathered merengue. #microbats #biodiversity

They should employ someone knowledgeable at the movies that you can send your friends with big ideas and opinions to go talk to and therefore process all their big thoughts about the movie.

Half marathon tomorrow, carbs ahoy

Thanks for an incredible first day at @paxaus.bsky.social! Stop by the Kirrip Wilam room on level 2 of MCEC to play the demo this weekend 🐦🎲🌿

On this week's Shelfie, host of @nimbf.bsky.social and RTFM @aaronmfking.bsky.social shares their collection and reveals which classic work of literature is secretly the best RPG setting book. www.shelfie.email/p/004-aaron-...

If you're considering horror one shots for Halloween, or October more generally, let me lay out some of my games as contenders for you!

piggybacking off of Hugh's 6-month-old post to remind people that I made an anthology of games and game materials based off of Tracy Chapman songs! Titled 'Fiction in the Space Between', it is available digitally from my itch pidj.itch.io/fiction-in-t...

#ttrpg Review of Koriko : A Magical Year What a wonderful TTRPG! Clever prompts gave me tons of ideas right away, and the Kiki's Delivery Service atmosphere is spot-on. Airy layout, gorgeous art, simple rules, and easy-to-find info. I'm already hooked!