Reading the excellent extended examples of play in back of Mythic Bastionland, I glanced at the page and misread "Getting Stuck" as "Getting a Snack"
For a just a moment, I was convinced Chris McDowall was about to walk me through the process of how to pause the game to grab gummy worms and a coke
We've hit all our stretch goals for our TTRPG anthology!! 20 new one shot incursions for Trophy! We're not going to be printing a lot of extra books so be sure to get in on it now or you'll be sad later! www.kickstarter.com/projects/fir...
Open now until March 7th.
You know it's best when you give us your weird.
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Shoutout to @bastionland.bsky.social for publishing a Mythic Bastionland FAQ shortly after the game was released, and to @claymorerpgs.bsky.social for including an FAQ in FIST: Ultra Edition.
Last year I wrote about the importance of RPG designers maintaining an FAQ, and not just letting answers to gameplay questions stay hidden on Discord. Now, that seems more important than ever.
Probably a good idea to scroll up and copy everyone's helpful answers into a text document for posterity.
If you don't already have Girl Underground, this is your chance to get it and tons more games AND support a great org helping my neighbors here in Minnesota.
TIL Bits and Mortar works with online orders.
Meaning you can order a TTRPG from a small business in another state, and if they're signed up for the program, you'll get a complimentary *watermark-free* PDF.
The price is often equal or lower than Amazon.
Support your Distant Friendly Game Store!
I'm shopping for monocles (don't ask), and the number of photos illustrating their ability to magnify *microchips* makes me think I have somehow missed an entire genre
Is there like... a Great Gatsby Flapper Dandy Hacker scene I'm not aware of?
You have to tell me about this stuff 😭
Worldbuilding: Detectives *cannot stand* Psychic Detectives.
"How'd you figure out the killer?"
"Years of training and experience, scrutinizing and obsessing over every detail... You?"
"I just saw who killed them. Like, a picture in my mind of the crime? Bam. Easy."
"..."
A very graphical, easy to follow layout for a Star Wars tabletop roleplaying game, featuring cute grayscale line art icons for the various skills and using bubbles to fill in to indicate the number of dice to include in a roll. Everything is clearly labeled and explained.
Have you got a favorite TTRPG character sheet design? If so, I'd love to see it!
Here's one that I love, made by the talented @jezgordon.bsky.social.
Untapped RPG genres: Biodieselpunk.
Biological horror + Dieselpunk = nevermind, that sounds gross.
Woohoo! 100-Foot Crow published my horror story!
Sentinel Comics: the Roleplaying Game has a lot of rules for big splashy intense set-piece battles, but glosses over pretty much everything else.
Glad to hear you had fun with R'lyehwatch! Thanks for the kind words.
Here's 5 games you've probably never heard of that you should try out - featuring:
@horribleguild.bsky.social @jaymeantrim.bsky.social @jesseross.com @rolistespod.itch.io and many more!
burnafterrunningrpg.com/2026/01/06/p...
The third book is text-free, except for single a page that says, "Just talk to your players and tell them you'd like to play too sometimes."
But the art is *fantastic*.
My new RPG will be split into three core rulebooks: one for Players, one for Game Masters, and one for Game Masters who wish they were Players.
My new year's resolution is to...
(checks index cards, flipping through them rapidly, growing more concerned)
It just says DRAW ISOMETRIC DUNGEON MAPS?
that can't be right
Holy cats, that's fantastic! Good for you and all your players! Woohoo! 🛟
I ran several charity games this year, most notably @jesseross.com and @jaymeantrim.bsky.social 's game, R'lyehwatch, where we raised over $250 this year for charities through @startplaying.bsky.social charity initiatives with a returning group of lifeguards!
I am pretending to be a new follower.
Hello! Nice to meet you. Where do I put my coat? I'm new here and I don't know where jackets are supposed to go.
This anthology is chock full of incredible designers. Go sign up to back it and get yourself a bunch of fresh Trophy incursions!
impressionist painting of a castle in a forest on fire
cover i painted for an unpublished Trophy adventure
Hate it when a henchman comes up to me, like: "Hey, listen up, Mac. Me and the boys bin thinkin..."
It's like, do I pay you to think, you big lummox?
Happy Halloween!
For today only (unless I forget to change it back), my Trophy Dark incursion A Warm and Pleasant Hum is FREE on itch!
Now get off my porch, a'fore I set the bees on ya!
signalstation.itch.io/a-warm-and-p...
Happy Halloween! If you're running a R'lyehwatch game tonight, be sure to check out @shawkgames.bsky.social's latest one-shot adventure, The Abduction of Sharkman Kyle. 🎃🦈🛟
Can YOU save the SEA-LEBRITY?!
#Rlyehwatch
shawkgames.itch.io/the-abductio...
TRICK OR TREAT!
A bunch of community copies of Perils & Princesses, the Candy-Cursed campaign Sweet Revenge, and The Secret of the Night market are up on itch. outrider-creative.itch.io
My favorite RPG to play around Halloween?
All of them.
System, theme? Doesn't matter, I'll add pumpkins, let's gooo!
Mister Potato Head with worm-eye, house plant, one ear, mustache, gardening clothes
New chthonic god of death and harvest dropped, courtesy my 8 year old
Top game of @jesseross.com and @jaymeantrim.bsky.social 's R'leywatch just now, ably GMed by @mikeferdinando.bsky.social - check it out if you think mashing up Baywatch and Cthulhu is a great idea (and if you don't, you're wrong) hedgemazepress.itch.io/rlyehwatch
