Solidarity ✊

Seems like a reasonable wish to me!

If only it felt good to do it!

Is it wrong that I just want people to magically find and love the stuff I make without me having to talk about it?

Well, is it?

If I make a half-dozen free web tools for ttrpgs, but never tell anyone about them, does that mean I'm bad at this?

What if I made a cyanstarlight character and ship generator (procedural of course)?

We saw the Artemis launch from my back yard! Very cool.

I want to make a first crewed journey to space game!

Will Doing It All Wrong Not a robot + Don't run the wrong way.

Oh hey! I did an interview where I talk about all of the silly mistakes I've made. Well, maybe not all of them.

Check it out!
open.substack.com/pub/taryndoi...

We did a meta-creation step (from Arium: Evolve) where we put a lot of detail into the pervasive world-defining mist. It was a blast! Can’t wait for next week :)

A game table covered in multi-color d sticky notes.

2020. That’s the last time I had an in-person rpg group for more than one-shots. Covid, then I moved states.

This week I started gaming with a new playtest group at my house. We made a n Arium called “Sky World: Above the Fog”.

Precious Things A tabletop RPG of tiny dragons and their cozy treasures.

I just backed Precious Things on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/wet...

When to launch a free (CC-BY 4.0) version of the absurdist scifantasy game setting Thesystem (which ironically is system neutral)?

This week? Or during sometime when we’re in the middle of the big Arium campaign?

A comics-style collage with a horse and person with a rifle against a pink sunset, a dark haired voilinist performing, and earringed person with a virtual reality butterfly.

I had a really good time constructing this comic-style collage with Arium: Evolve interior art by Tithi Luadthong and some sneaky use of Fernando Salvaterra's Complete Box Set cover art in the background. Graphic design isn't my TOP skill, but I think it is at least improving.

Hovering at 98 followers and I’m spending a little too much time refreshing to see it get to 100 so I can have the dopamine hit. Anyone want to put me out of my misery?

What is the game with the setting/world you most admire?

Side note/question, should I go back to making some amount of short video content now that I’m no longer completely buried in website redesigns?

Adept Icarus — We Fly Different Here Four handcrafted RPGs. Free companion tools for every one. No subscriptions. No AI. Just games. 3x ENnie-nominated.

All of the websites got a facelift and are finally live. I’ve been working on this since (checks calendar) JANUARY.

Anyway, here’s the new hub that links to everything. There’s a blog post on there with some words I’d love for you to read!

adepticarus.com

We hit 20 followers on the campaign and Bluesky is really the only place I’ve mentioned it so far. Y’all are great!

This is such a great RPG line. Day 1 back for me, easily.

This company gave me an amazing opportunity on a different game you'll hopefully see soon enough and were a fun client to work for.

Check out their stuff and see if it's for you. And if it is... well selfishly that could mean more work for me in the future and I like working with cool people.

Excellent! We should talk more on Discord :)

I love Arium Create and I use it for everything lol I think is worth checking out what comes next, it looks very interesting too!

Coming soon: Arium Complete 1e - Collaborative Tools for Any RPG Maps, relationships, worldbuilding, and group downtime for any tabletop RPG. From the 3x ENnie-nominated creators of Arium.

We're heading to Kickstarter soon with Arium: Evolve (and our complete box set). So go ahead and follow the pre-launch page to get notified when we launch!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ade...

Telling us where wolves should be and where they should not 🐺

@ciryze.bsky.social is a great illustrator and is fantastic to work with!

Ok writers, this is an actual open call to write for Arium: The Worldbuilding RPG.

We’d like to add a few folks to our roster of story flash writers, so you know what to do (reply here and tell us you’re interested)! Adept Icarus contracts at $0.15 per word and DOES NOT accept any GenAI writing.

There’s a game called Star Crossed that would pair well with Rue From Ruin for this concept. We didn’t explicitly build it in, but you do have at least one ally, and how close you are with them is up to you!

Love seeing Rue in the wild!

We are getting VERY close to a Kickstarter preview page for Arium: Evolve. Whew. So much work!

Opinion alert:
Social media success does not equal success. And the reverse.

They often don’t coexist.