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I love how the plot was completely to driven by which two characters got to fight each other that week.

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I don't think I've actually finished watching the last season! May have to do that tonight.

It was so ridiculous in the best way.

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Suddenly thinking about Into The Badlands.

That was a fun show, checked off all my boxes.

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Coming soon: Soothwardens Tabletop Roleplaying Game A game about the power of connection & threats from beyond. There is no luck here. Just heart, stamina, and those who fight beside you.

The buzz has been buzzing! We are excited to announce that @navaarsnp.bsky.social's Soothwardens is coming to Kickstarter next month to fund the full version of the game!

It launches on Navaar's birthday, so follow now to be a day 1 backer!

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Quick Stakes For Tense Situations Quickly create and adjudicate tense situations.

Remember SKILL CHALLENGES? They're back! In blog form!

Check out my latest post where I lay out an easy and fun way to handle a complex, tense situation. It works in every TTRPG ever made up until this point and all future TTRPGs (disclaimer: this is a lie)

www.mindstormpress.com/quick-stakes...

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A spike of downloads for Six Arrows to Sunset has me revisiting the game. What a fun project.

Six Arrows to Sunset.

Bluff to survive in this sun-slaying myth game for one player and six GMs.

glyphtide.itch.io/six-arrows-t...

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an elderly woman is sitting on a couch talking to a boy . ALT: an elderly woman is sitting on a couch talking to a boy .

RPG Zine Club 2027 Story Games Pitch form is open!

We are looking for small games with rich narrative choices using systems like Belonging Outside Belonging, PBTA, CFB, or other more bespoke mechanics.

Solo, duet, GMful, or GMed #TTRPGs are welcome.
Games from diverse voices are desired.

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Talking to Game Designer Aaron Lim About Games, Life, and Cooking Good Food
Talking to Game Designer Aaron Lim About Games, Life, and Cooking Good Food YouTube video by Heart of the Deernicorn

I had the pleasure of chatting with Momo from @heartofthedeernicorn.com about designing What Should We Have Tomorrow? and Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition, and teased the premise of Infinite Seas Under the Same Stars. Check out the full interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0XA...

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You can get copies of What Should We Have Tomorrow? and Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition, along with my other games Spectres of Brocken and An Altogether Different River at the @heartofthedeernicorn.com webstore at heartofthedeernicorn.com/product-cate...

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Neighborhood Robots: Turning a card game into a solo journaling TTRPG Exploring how Neighborhood Robots from the Giot Anthology modifies a solitaire card game to turn it into a solo journaling roleplaying game. Build mechs to eliminate threats to your community.

Great article about @navaarsnp.bsky.social 's Neighborhood Robot in the latest Skeleton Code Machine from @exeunt.press : www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/neighborho...

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Fantasy in My Backyard - Preview by quigjam

finished the beta version Fantasy in My Backyard's full text so I've updated the preview rules

If you missed the campaign and want a urban fantasy worldbuilding game, check it out below. It's fully playable and hopefully gets you interested in the full version!

quigjam.itch.io/fantasy-in-m...

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But which one to finish first? 😭

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What Dust Remains has a free excerpt so you can check out why it's beloved.

It is one of my favorite games to have designed—and one of the gut-wretchingly punchiest ones.

momatoes.itch.io/what-dust-re...

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The art of game design: the spark of creation, to find play between the confines of rules and the expression of agency, to marry the beauty of systems and aesthetic expression,

The discipline of game design: fucking finish the thing

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A great summary of the games that inspired PREQUEL!

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further to this: thanks to a gap between projects, i can take on a pro-bono project now!

if you're a marginalised creator with a small project that you'd otherwise be unable to afford to get edited, hit me up. i'll do my normal line/copy editing passes to really polish it for you, at no charge.

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I can't wait to see what people do with this system. Its so cool.

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He really does! It was fun to give him free reign on the look!

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All thanks to @andrewbeauman.com!

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ChainxLink is a really solid game and y'all should get your grubby little fingers in there and make some cool stuffs

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Thanks, Quinn!

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CHAINLINKED Game Jam A game jam from 2026-04-02 to 2026-10-04 hosted by Glyphtide Games. What’s this? The goal of the CHAINLINKED Game Jam is to encourage players, GMs, and game designers to create their own content for…

I'm running a game jam for my semi-cooperative, dungeon-defying RPG, Chain×Link!

Expand the world, write adventures, create character options, or design your very own game!

Join here:

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Chain×Link | Glyphtide Games A semi-cooperative dungeon-defying roleplaying game

Exploit tools of tyranny to support your rebellions. Invoke ancient rites to escape this megadungeon with your closest rivals!

Chain×Link, a semi-cooperating dungeon-defying RPG.

Learn more: glyphtide.games/chainxlink/
Get it here: plusoneexp.com/products/cha...

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Plane leaves in an hour? Hmmm...which of many ttrpg books should I take with me so I can finally read it?

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5 Rpg Ideas from Urban Design Urban design is the art and science of shaping urban spaces. Let's steal from it.

I've been re-reading a lot of books on urbanism lately. It's going to be hard not making this profile all about urban design.

www.explorersdesign.com/5-urban-desi...

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Estate of Play When there's a Will... ...There's a high-stakes competition! You are a probate attorney at a law firm that specializes in the execution of the wills of eccentric millionaires. Normally, this involves…

You are a lawyer that specializes in the execution of the wills of eccentric millionaires.

Host elaborate challenges to determine the principal beneficiary of your murdered Client’s estate while discovering the identity of the killer!

Get it here: buff.ly/udkJsVw

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Fetch My Blade | Glyphtide Games For years you have served your Master faithfully. A loyal companion, you accompanied your Master through the difficult times, and the good times. Now, you are called in a moment of dire need: a…

FETCH MY BLADE is a solo journaling game where you play as the dog of a retired legendary master of the sword, tasked with a quest of your own: retrieve your master’s fabled weapon in time for their final duel.

Learn More: buff.ly/0nins3j
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PREQUEL | Glyphtide Games A tactical storytelling game of heroic sacrifice.

World build as your boss fight.

PREQUEL. A Tactical Storytelling Game of Heroic Sacrifice.

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CHAINLINKED Game Jam A game jam from 2026-04-02 to 2026-10-04 hosted by Glyphtide Games. What’s this? The goal of the CHAINLINKED Game Jam is to encourage players, GMs, and game designers to create their own content for t...

Not sure how interesting it is, but it's one I'm running!

itch.io/jam/chainlin...

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My copy of Last Train to Bremen, by @seaexcursion.itch.io and published by @possumcreekgames.com has arrived!

It's been amazing watching this game progress from playtest to boxed set!

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