Tumulus Subscription — Exeunt Press TUMULUS is a quarterly compendium of analog gaming inspiration, tools, design theory, and playable content from the award-winning Skeleton Code Machine . See the TUMULUS page at Skeleton Code M...

What's TUMULUS? A quarterly publication with game design theory, inspiration, and some playable bits, too!

www.exeunt.press/shop/p/scm-t...

A hand holding a copy of TUMULUS and its accompanying Blood Chapter bookmark in front of a bookshelf

A hand pushing a copy of TUMULUS into the final available slot on a bookshelf, next to other issues of TUMULUS and other Exeunt Press games and publications

A hand holding a business card sized reminder slip that this issue is the last in my current subscription, so I'll need to renew to continue

TUMULUS by @exeunt.press arrived earlier this week. This is issue #6, Hammer a nail in the coffin, along with the bookmark game Blood Chapter. 🦇 My Exeunt Press section on this bookshelf is now full, eek! Shelf rearranging is in my future. Also thanks for the reminder to renew!

Excited to share the lightning talk programming line up for GameRT's Miniconference- happening on Twitch/Youtube on Friday, March 20 from 10:00 CT - 3:30 CT: games.ala.org/2026-march-m...

Gonna have to look some of these up...

Unpub Festival 2026 — Unpub: The Unpublished Games Network Unpub Festival 2026 will be held March 12-15, 2026 at the BWI Airport Marriott in Linthicum, MD. Unpub Festival is four days of tabletop game playtesting and Unpub’s flagship event. The first day a...

Thanks for having us, and I hope your members can join us in Baltimore!
www.unpub.org/upcoming-eve...

Unpub, Tabletop Game Design, & Libraries YouTube video by ALA Games & Gaming Round Table

FYI, Twitch was acting up, so we are only on YouTube for this discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qETm...

Unpub, Tabletop Game Design, & Libraries YouTube video by ALA Games & Gaming Round Table

FYI, Twitch was acting up, so we are only on YouTube for this discussion: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qETm...

Join GameRT in conversation with @unpub.org organizers as we talk about Unpub initiatives with the library community and explain the benefits of library folks participating in game design spaces. Friday, February 20 at 1:00 CT. No registration required, just tune in to GameRT's YT or Twitch channel.

The cover image for the fundraiser featuring a trans flag, the two charity logos, and an outline of the state of Idaho.

It's TTRPGs for Trans Rights Season! The game jam is now open for submissions to TTRPGs for Trans Rights—Idaho! Games, art, zines, and more welcome through March 8th! Proceeds from this bundle will benefit @transaffirminc.bsky.social and @tccidaho.bsky.social!

itch.io/jam/ttrpgs-f...

If you're a zine fan who likes to send snail mail, we've got a treat for you 5 zine-themed postcards! We're raising funds for the BIPOC Travel Fund for future Zine Librarians unConference & you can help by ordering a set of 5 zines for just $15 (shipping w/in the U.S. included).

Happy National Shelfie Day! Find my zine shelf in this thread!

Four bookmarks, three with the fronts showing and one with the back showing. The fronts feature tarot-inspired genre designs for The Romantic, The Filmster, and The Haunted. Each scene shows the college mascot, Chippy the Cardinal, in a thematic illustration. The backs have a grid where book titles and ratings can be logged.

Ahhh, I'm so excited for these bookmarks! Last semester I worked with students in the North Central College Design Agency class and they designed these for @oesterlelib (where I'm a librarian). Sky, Meredith, and Paulina were lovely to work with 💙 I've printed 1/3 of the designs, more to come later!

Wood type in a composing stick that says ‘WORD’ with a Chicago star. Image is reversed to be easier to read.

Community is everything and printers know that well. So @blountben.bsky.social & I are leading the charge to host WayzgooseORD (WORD) here in Chicago. It’s a new gathering for the print community to share their shops, knowledge and friendship. More info: wayzgooseord.com

🦝🎨 @goblinbuns.bsky.social read my mind with this sketch! See the link in their profile for commissions!

Seven zines laid out in a grid on a table

Zines new to my collection!

Farm Simulator Zine, offwhitesheep
Multi User Dungeon, @mysticmultiples.bsky.social
RESPAWN/RESiST, Cheyenne Bourgeois
how to build a community, Sturgeon Designs
snail mail zine, RENMALESZINES
SHARD Best Books of 2025, TRVose
My Favorite Games, @drawnbynana.bsky.social

Oh! And even cooler is that it's for a grad program at LUC ♥️💛

Just submitted a grad school recommendation for a student and I am feeling super emotional. Go out and do wonderful things you amazing person!

Also makes me want to hug @cheeflo.bsky.social, who wrote one of MY grad school recommendation letters several years ago.

Cover for a zine called 2025 List of Gratitude. The background uses washi tape on a dictionary page. The word gratitude is circled on the dictionary page.

2025 List of Gratitude

Short, non-exhaustive lists of people and moments and things I'm happy to have in my life.

toplayishuman.itch.io/2025-list-of...

A zine cover with a photo showing an indoor cat watching out a window as a raccoon grabs food from a deck at night.

My Monthly Updates for Zine Club - December 2025

A monthly series of stuff that happens in my life. This one focuses on all the critters I saw in our backyard in December.

toplayishuman.itch.io/2025-8-decem...

Colorful cover of a zine titled "Just use your art supplies" that features a rainbow of washi tape as the background. The title is written on cut up file labels. There is a sticker of a forest gnome painting colorful mushrooms.

I'm awful at posting updates. I've been back into making personal zines since May & posting them on itch.io for free. Here's a thread with 3 I posted last week.

Just Use Your Art Supplies
A zine about not waiting for perfect moments to make the perfect thing.
toplayishuman.itch.io/just-use-you...

Here you go bsky.app/profile/kenl...

❄️ And a Happy Solstice to you all as well! ☀️

A Shrine for Something Forgotten by Junk Food Games a solo journaling game to help remember and celebrate

Not my own game project, but I've been folding some tiny zine games for solstice gifts. This one from @junkfoodgames.bsky.social is one of my go-to tiny solstice gifts for anyone I've not given it to already, so my team at work is getting it this year.

junkfoodgames.itch.io/a-shrine-for...

💙 Thank YOU for making cool stuff

A Shrine for Something Forgotten by Junk Food Games a solo journaling game to help remember and celebrate

Not my own game project, but I've been folding some tiny zine games for solstice gifts. This one from @junkfoodgames.bsky.social is one of my go-to tiny solstice gifts for anyone I've not given it to already, so my team at work is getting it this year.

junkfoodgames.itch.io/a-shrine-for...

Make your own TTRPG bookmark Exploring the different types of games that can fit on a bookmark, and how books can be used as part of tabletop mechanisms. Also, three new bookmark games for the TTRPG Bookmark Jam.

Been thinking about bookmark and postcard games again because @exeunt.press posted this. I haven't put pen to paper yet, but the thoughts are brewing. ☕
open.substack.com/pub/skeleton...

I think that if there's an overarching theme to my writing at Skeleton Code Machine, it's that I want people to try to make games. Little games, big games, weird games, whatever. I believe that act of creating art and games is inherently good.

Hopefully today's post encourages people to try it.

Party Cat by Rebecca Strang A magical animal companion

I made a new TTRPG supplement for a festive companion animal 🎉😺
toplayishuman.itch.io/party-cat