It was a great podcast. I really appreciated that at least one of them had played the adventure. There were so many episodes where one of them would say, “This doesn’t seem like it would work, but it’s actually really great at the table…”
I’m two thirds of the way through that book. It’s a wild ride!
A snail herder and a stillwalker regard one another while standing in a shallow pond.
Snail Herders has grown far beyond what I expected but it's still a game about journeys: a multi-leg structure that shapes every caravan differently, over 230 unique events across varied terrains, and a bestiary of strange creatures.
slowly getting there 🐌
art by the amazing @garin.bsky.social
If you're in Australia or New Zealand, you can order all the Blades '68 crowdfund exclusives from the store below..!
So good.
“Minimise Exact Variable Tracking and Triggers” especially lands. That tension has stalled my solo TTRPG for nearly a year.
I love evocative subsystems. But every new tracker, trigger, or conditional adds weight. It’s a fine line between fun and accounting.
Whenever I hear devs or other creatives who do worldbuilding say they *have* to use ch*tGPT to help with their lore bibles because no human could possibly collate such a huge and complex world… I glare in historian
Incredible new album from Julianna Barwick and Mary Lattimore released today
If you like the Last Tea Shop playlist, you’ll love this
marylattimoreharpist.bandcamp.com/album/tragic...
Thank you 🙏
If you do run with students, I would love to hear how it goes
Yesterday I released a micro-RPG for the #48wordRPGjam: The Witch’s Circle.
A GM-less, conversational game for 2–6 players about shared memories, withheld truths, and an advancing threat. 🕯️
springvillager.itch.io/the-witchs-c...
The Witch's Circle is a micro-RPG for 2-6 players, inspired by "For the Queen" and "My Life with Master", and created for the #48WordRPGJam
I tried to squeeze background, meaningful storytelling, and an endgame in under 48 words. Every word earned its place.
springvillager.itch.io/the-witchs-c...
A sincere thank you to everyone who has bought Last Tea Shop. Every purchase adds a community copy, and I've just refreshed the pool after the winter sale.
If you've been wanting to try the game but life's got in the way, plenty are available right now 🍵
springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-sho...
This is great!
My first (hopefully not only!) entry for the 48-Word RPG Jam... Whelm! Very, very pleased with how it came out!
maggiefrench.itch.io/whelm
Download it for free on itch! (And go check out the other jam entries while you're at it!)
#gamejam #microrpg #ttrpg
I made a tiny solo journalling rpg for the #48WordRPGJam about tending the infinite garden at the end of Time. 🌱
A game takes about 10 minutes and sits somewhere between journal prompt and ritual.
springvillager.itch.io/the-eternal-...
Bobbin Threadbare at start of Loom
Water twister at sea
Elders gathered around the Loom, discussing a swan’s egg
Spirit crossing into another realm
Every time I think about Loom (1990) I wish someone would turn it into a ttrpg. Music as magic, weaving spells through melodies, a world built on loss and beauty. I’d play that in a heartbeat.
Soloists! Looking for a new home?! Join me in a NEW Discord community, The Soloist’s Guild ⚔️ ask questions, share your play-reports, let’s nerd out together!!! #solottrpgs discord.gg/xdmUEgzrz
Screenshot of Obsidian with custom code to calculate moon phase.
Screenshot of daily template applied to a new journal entry.
I just spent way too long setting up Obsidian templater to automatically calculate moon phases for journal entries... but it was super satisfying 🌙
there's a local event where I live called "Write Club", which brings people together for "shared, sustained silence" so they can concentrate on writing. There might be some parallels.
www.writeclub.nz
I’ve been hanging out for “Blood Red Clouds in the Western Sky” for years, based on a single illustration. Fingers crossed you get some time on it 🌅
StS is easily my most played game. It's got such a big possibility space and I still find the moment-to-moment choices interesting after all these years.
I played a little Darkest Dungeon. I enjoyed what I played, but it became too much of a grind and I drifted away.
Love the worlds that unfold:
Magic here was cultivated like a garden, grown to understand the universe. Now it's dying. The holy city has sold out to tourism. Rituals turned to commerce. Brittle light lost.
A theatre troupe performs the old stories in market squares. Crowds leave asking questions…
I'm really taken with A Land Once Magic.
So much thought has gone into this. It is such a human work. Thank you @vidityavoleti.bsky.social
vidityavoleti.itch.io/a-land-once-...
The Zen of Python had a huge impact on how I write code. It's leaked into my thinking on games.
Which lines matter most to me has shifted over time. Lately it's these two:
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
Snails are slow. I too am slow.
I'm still working on Snail Herders, but it won't released during November. Thanks for your patience.
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Yesterday my leg was healed enough to go on a short walk up Pororari River. Sheer limestone cliffs, tui song, giant nikau palms, ferns and lichen everywhere.
Last night it rained on the cabin and I dreamt of stone and moss
A tourist map of the city of Doskvol for Blades '68, featuring the 15 districts and key landmarks in each.
A zoomed-in section of the tourist map of Doskvol, for Blades '68.
Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
I really appreciated that review. Thank you 🙏
View from cabin of river and hills
For months I’ve been looking forward to hiking the Paparoa Track. Unfortunately, I twisted my knee yesterday and can’t walk.
Instead, I’m in a tiny cabin for four days in Punakaiki, waiting for friends to return. Deeply sad about not going on the walk, but grateful for an impromptu solo retreat.
