Chiara and @matthijs1000.bsky.social got to have a wonderful chat about The Roots of Soledad with Ed Rathke! Go listen to them discuss GMless gaming, magical realism, and so much more.
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Chiara and @matthijs1000.bsky.social got to have a wonderful chat about The Roots of Soledad with Ed Rathke! Go listen to them discuss GMless gaming, magical realism, and so much more.
open.spotify.com/episode/7Ecf...
An illustration featuring Frog and Rabbit in the forest. Rabbit is hanging to a branch while Frog is looking at a snail.
"A Week with Frog and Rabbit" is my next TTRPG, crowdfunding next month!
It features 7 small cozy adventures, all gorgeously illustrated by @maumont.bsky.social; here's a look at Monday's story, "Frog and Rabbit go for a walk".
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#TTRPG #Pocketopia
The Roots of Soledad will launch on May 7 as part of @backerkit.com 's #pocketopia2026. Come check it out!
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Curious about what's going on with @matthijs1000.bsky.social and Soledad? We shared a bit more about the campaign on Rascal.
Thanks to both for the shout-out! It will take a little longer than the Italian (coming May 2026) because we have a couple other English projects to wrap before launching it, but (spoiler!) it is indeed in the works. 🤫
*Roots of Soledad* is a new GM-less roleplaying game by my friend @matthijs1000.bsky.social. Its innovative mechanics for reincorporation and structuring play solves the issues I’ve had with most GM-less systems. Spiritually related to *Itras by* and *Archipelago*.
Highly recommended!
Great minds think alike ;)
The Roots of Soledad goes live on @backerkit.com starting May 7, in time for #pocketopia. Follow the campaign to unearth its secrets.
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Perhaps you have never heard of Soledad, that village forgotten even by the birds, where the dust and the heat can become so strong that it is difficult to breathe. But the black kapok tree slumbers in the jungle, and secrets stir beneath its roots.
Will it be your fate to see it bloom again?
After Barbabianca, we're gearing up for another project: The Roots of Soledad, a magical realism #ttrpg by Matthijs Holter. As fans of Archipelago and Society of Dreamers as much as A Hundred Years of Solitude, it's a privilege for us to do our part in developing this game.
OMG so great to read a playthrough of the Hex mode! I've been giddy to see what people do with it.
the Chinese audience is around the same size as the US one. The Italian and French translations are completely done too, I believe, and they're being sold and marketed by their own teams. (I talk to the Italian team, Nessundove, a lot. they're awesome)
If you want to catch this chance to show your support for a handmade indie #ttrpg project and get a cool GMless oneshot storytelling game, run on over to BackerKit and join us in celebrating!
2 hours left to the end of #Zinetopia and we couldn't be happier with the reception Barbabianca got over on @backerkit.com ! Thank you all for joining us in this little, grand village square. Having such a niche Italian game by a debuting designer receive the love of 170+ people is amazing already.
Tout mon plaisir ;)
We're approaching the final hours to bakc Barbabianca on @backerkit.com 's #Zinetopia. As always, it's been a beautiful journey. There's still some room in the village square if you'd like to join.
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Join us tonight at 3PM EST - 9PM Rome time to hear our translator Chiara chat about Barbabianca with the fine folks at @weirdplace.bsky.social ! Or jump in at 12PM EST - 6PM Rome time to discover dozens of weird, wonderful games in this #ZiMo Showcase.
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Hurrah for The Magus! @momatoes.com
Thank you for the endorsement! Our old village fool needs all the support he can get.
Barbabianca is live on @backerkit.com for #zimo2026 and only 220€ away from the next stretch goal!
Chiara just had a great chat with @thirdkingdom.bsky.social to explore the themes behind Barbabianca! Come and listen.
We have Barbabianca, a GMless, zero-prep game set in the deep Italian countryside at the turn of the 20th century. It explores how hard times and easy answers can destroy a community, how treacherous memories and poisoned words can turn people against each other.
Barbabianca: GMless, collaborative storytelling game for 3–4 players set in rural Italy, early 20th century, where gossip and memory can poison a whole village.
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Zero-prep, table-built communities where the drama comes from relationships rather than combat. 2/6
Another amazing roundup. Thank you for including Barbabianca.
Barbabianca is a a zero-prep role-playing game of rumour and silence in a town that is no more. It's a game about community, shame, and poisonous bigotry where players take the role of villagers living in a quiet town in the Italian countryside, somewhere at the turn of the last century.
