☀ Happy Sunday morning, #TTRPG friends! ☀

Today's #TagDay hashtags are #SelfPromoSunday to share all your promos and #GameDesignBrunch to share your #RPGDesign thoughts and dev work. Be sure to join in and help our #TTRPGCommunity connections grow!

Handling Mysteries in Tabletop Roleplaying Games (Part 1) TTRPG Tips to Make Your Mysteries Unforgettable Be sure to also check out Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Mysteries engage us by piecing clues together, pursuing leads, and solving puzzles. Bring this energy to tabletop RPGs, and the experience elevates fur

OMG, mysteries can be such a pain, eh? And so much advice people give + the systems suggested don't seem to help. So here's my attempt to help de-mystify mysteries and give you the tools to make it easier! A full 3 part series.

Part 1: thoughtpunks.com/han...

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Hey #ttrpgCommunity, especially #indie creators!

Where do you source your stock art and illustrations? What sites or artists do you recommend for budget-conscious publishers?

#ttrpg #indiedev #rpgdesign #kickstarter

Handling Mysteries in Tabletop Roleplaying Games (Part 1) TTRPG Tips to Make Your Mysteries Unforgettable Be sure to also check out Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. Who doesn’t love a good mystery? Mysteries engage us by piecing clues together, pursuing leads, and solving puzzles. Bring this energy to tabletop RPGs, and the experience elevates fur

OMG, mysteries can be such a pain, eh? And so much advice people give + the systems suggested don't seem to help. So here's my attempt to help de-mystify mysteries and give you the tools to make it easier! A full 3 part series.

Part 1: thoughtpunks.com/han...

#TTRPG #RPGDesign

The best characters aren’t flawless—they’re conflicted. ⚡
That’s where the story lives.
Listen now 👇
open.spotify.com/epi...

#TTRPG #RPGDesign #StarTrekAdventures #TabletopJourneys

All Quiet by Dice Monkey A Hopeless Micro-RPG about Death on the Front Lines of the First World War

This month's micro-RPG of mine is about the inevitability of death in the trenches of World War 1. Get your friends together to have a very depressing time.

#ttrpg #RPGDesign #rpg

The seals of Genora broke…
And the sky answered.

A new world is rising.

#sealedstories #ttrpg #tabletoprpg #rpgdesign #indiegame

So I spent alot of time on my #ttrpg yesterday. I think I need to start making YT content / weblog about it.

At the same time, I'm checking the overall #plot in Riptide Bride to make sure it works and is understandable.

#author #writing #indie #rpgdesign #rpg

Making Smile Police 2084 - Part 1 For the past few months, I've been working on Smile Police 2084 , a dark comedy TTRPG about life in a techno-utopia. It satirizes a lot of things we love to hate about the current world we live in, li...

Starting a devlog about making Smile Police 2084, a Paranoia-inspired TTRPG. frostyfreeze.itch.io/smile-police...

#ttrpg #rpgdesign #gamedev

☀ Happy Sunday morning, #TTRPG friends! ☀

Today's #TagDay hashtags are #SelfPromoSunday to share all your promos and #GameDesignBrunch to share your #RPGDesign thoughts and dev work. Be sure to join in and help our #TTRPGCommunity connections grow!

Remote Bastion Turns? Yes. And they’re 🔥
Plot hooks, NPCs, rewards… all while the party is gone.
👉 youtu.be/FSMag3t7Vz0

#DnD2024 #TTRPGTips #DungeonMaster #RPGDesign #OnTheRightPath

Randomly: Did you know if you mix Everyone Is John and Motif oracles and SNAP! core rolls and reframe trad two-phase play and whatever other random whatever-I-got-in-the-brain-fridge detritus you can get disaster queer ace attorney?

#RPGDesign #TTRPG #BeautifulMess

☀ Happy Sunday morning, #TTRPG friends! ☀

Today's #TagDay hashtags are #SelfPromoSunday to share all your promos and #GameDesignBrunch to share your #RPGDesign thoughts and dev work. Be sure to join in and help our #TTRPGCommunity connections grow!

i need to do my research: please recommend ttrpgs about priests and other workers of faith (they can be about level 17 clerics of waukeen but you'll be on thin ice)
#rpgdesign #ttrpg

Motif Approach to Conflict: Universal Hits & Conditions Universal Hits and Social Conflict in Motif One of the most fascinating and often surprising aspects of standard Motif builds is how the system blurs the lines between physical, emotional, mental, and social conflicts. In many TTRPGs, combat is the primary focus, with other interactions often r

One of my favorite things in basic Motif builds is people discovering they can wear someone down with social efforts as much as (if not even better than) coming to blows. What's one of your favorite things about your designs?

thoughtpunks.com/mot...

#TTRPG #IndieDev #RPGDesign #GameDesignBrunch

Dirke & David chat w/Cosmere RPG Lead Designer, Andrew Fischer, discussing his career in gaming from Fantasy Flight Games to creating RPGs. #RPGDesign https://fefd.link/MozMv

☀ Happy Sunday morning, #TTRPG friends! ☀

Today's #TagDay hashtags are #SelfPromoSunday to share all your promos and #GameDesignBrunch to share your #RPGDesign thoughts and dev work. Be sure to join in and help our #TTRPGCommunity connections grow!

The Robin D. Laws AMA is now live on r/rpg.

Jump in to ask about GUMSHOE, DramaSystem, investigative RPGs, horror design, and the craft of tabletop games. Come join the discussion.
#TTRPG #AMA #RPGDesign

bit.ly/4bba8Ry

front cover for "Feral Lands", the rpg im working on

work continues on the forbidden lands hack, thiiiiink i've got a fun new combat system clocked out, tl;dr what if hurting the monster was really hard unless you put yourself in danger a lot?

follow it as tmcgry.itch.io/feral-lands to keep up with it!

#rpg #ttrpg #rpgdesign #osr

Robin D. Laws will be joining us on r/rpg this Friday for an AMA. Ask about GUMSHOE, DramaSystem, investigative RPGs, horror design, and the craft of tabletop games.

Bring your questions and join the conversation.
#TTRPG #AMA #RPGDesign
bit.ly/4sIjsC9

Motif Approach to Conflict: Universal Hits & Conditions Universal Hits and Social Conflict in Motif One of the most fascinating and often surprising aspects of standard Motif builds is how the system blurs the lines between physical, emotional, mental, and social conflicts. In many TTRPGs, combat is the primary focus, with other interactions often r

One of my favorite things in basic Motif builds is people discovering they can wear someone down with social efforts as much as (if not even better than) coming to blows. What's one of your favorite things about your designs?

thoughtpunks.com/mot...

#TTRPG #IndieDev #RPGDesign #GameDesignBrunch

The gist.

Come read the rest: thoughtpunks.com/the-strange-...

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☀ Happy Sunday morning, #TTRPG friends! ☀

Today's #TagDay hashtags are #SelfPromoSunday to share all your promos and #GameDesignBrunch to share your #RPGDesign thoughts and dev work. Be sure to join in and help our #TTRPGCommunity connections grow!

Do not TPK to prove a villain is scary.

Build layers.
Let minions escape.
Advance the plan.

We break it down in Tabletop Cafe.

Watch here 👇
youtu.be/Hy-2bUa_Be0

#TabletopJourneys #RPGDesign 🎲

Motif Approach to Conflict: Universal Hits & Conditions Universal Hits and Social Conflict in Motif One of the most fascinating and often surprising aspects of standard Motif builds is how the system blurs the lines between physical, emotional, mental, and social conflicts. In many TTRPGs, combat is the primary focus, with other interactions often r

One of my favorite things in basic Motif builds is people discovering they can wear someone down with social efforts as much as (if not even better than) coming to blows. What's one of your favorite things about your designs?

thoughtpunks.com/mot...

#TTRPG #IndieDev #RPGDesign #GameDesignBrunch

Making an animated tutorial for Boundless Nations. Ultimately, this will have VO, pauses for explanation, possibly extra motion graphics.
Could stuff like this help make the game more accessible? Let us know what you think.
#gamedev #rpgdesign #BoundlessNations

Game Jam Alert: March 2026 by Drew_Makes Your montly newsletter for current and upcoming Game Jams

Have no fear, the next issue of Game Jam Alert is here! 😎
6 new tabletop Jams to get the brain juices going.

Make a game
Make a zine
Make a coffee and design something!

#rpgdesign

☀ Happy Sunday morning, #TTRPG friends! ☀

Today's #TagDay hashtags are #SelfPromoSunday to share all your promos and #GameDesignBrunch to share your #RPGDesign thoughts and dev work. Be sure to join in and help our #TTRPGCommunity connections grow!

Happy #SelfPromoSaturday!

I’ve been building a modular TTRPG engine called Frontiers, and the beta (2026-1) is officially live.

Right now I’m looking for feedback for 1.0 so if you wanna help out — check it out!

hackmd.io/@frontiers-e...

#TTRPG #RPGDesign #ttrpgcommunity

Motif Approach to Conflict: Universal Hits & Conditions Universal Hits and Social Conflict in Motif One of the most fascinating and often surprising aspects of standard Motif builds is how the system blurs the lines between physical, emotional, mental, and social conflicts. In many TTRPGs, combat is the primary focus, with other interactions often r

One of my favorite things in basic Motif builds is people discovering they can wear someone down with social efforts as much as (if not even better than) coming to blows. What's one of your favorite things about your designs?

thoughtpunks.com/mot...

#TTRPG #IndieDev #RPGDesign #GameDesignBrunch