One of these sweet stickers is now included with each print copy of FSHS!
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One of these sweet stickers is now included with each print copy of FSHS!
Live now! The crowdfunding campaign for this solo RPG that examines the ways in which you make a mark on the universe.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Are you a sucker? If so, what kind?
1️⃣ I'm not a sucker
2️⃣ The lollipop kind
3️⃣ I am a sucker for hexagons in space!
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Zine-sized catalog showing the center spread of McCricket Publishing Co and their game, Magica Mechanica; and Graftbround Press and their game, The Peddler's Prize
Zine-sized catalog showing Angela Bell's game, How Much Do You Really Know? and Ben Hammer's game, We All Take From the River
Zine-sized catalog showing the "Designed in the DMV" placard and photos of its placement in various retail settings.
Designed in the DMV is a local artist's collective based in DC, Maryland, and Virginia. We help each other create and promote tabletop games of all types, including role-playing games, board games, card games, and LARPs.
One of the most visible things we do is publish a catalog...
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Logo for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award
Game designers: You've got TWO MORE WEEKS to prepare your prototypes and pitches for the Cardboard Edison Award! cardboardedison.com/award
Our next project is a solo-journaling RPG about leaving home, exploring, and examining the change you bring to places you visit. Ultimately, you'll create a logbook artifact that documents the marks you make on this galaxy.
Coming to BackerKit for 'Zinetopia
Sadly, a shop where we’d had books on consignment has decided that their vendor requirements included posting about *their* business at least once a week. And we got that notice *today*….so we won’t be there anymore. But you can get a discounted bundle here: itch.io/s/171885/tar...
2026 Cardboard Edison Award logo
Hey board game designers, it's nearly that time again: Get your prototypes and pitches ready for the 2026 Cardboard Edison Award! Submissions open January 1! cardboardedison.com/award
At this moment, we have 2430 paid subscribers. Can we get 2500 by the end of 2025? You can subscribe right now for only $1, and support independent tabletop games journalism.
Happy Holidays! We're running a sale on digital copies of the Tarot for Transformation collection to help fund the print run of the next 'zine in the series, "Make a Tarot Game"!
Get all three 'zines in DRM-free PDF for only $20, here! itch.io/s/171885/tar...
Want some silly, saucy fun? My love letter to Taco Bell is finally in a consumable form. Relish your saucy hotness:
nerdsomatics.itch.io
Are games art? When @playsamovar.bsky.social applied to get our games in Takoma ARTery's latest installation, I was dubious they'd say yes. The organization displays locally-made art in underused retail windows. But -- they said YES!
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New blog post: Tim wrote up a brief overview of our (spoiler: very good) experience at PAX Unplugged this year.
www.mothspire.com/pax-unplugge...
“‘What kind of half-assed organ harvesting is this?’ A game,” ripped in half.
“‘Who’s the French war criminal’, a game show”
Thank you #PAXU for such a successful and energizing experience. Here are some of the conversational shrapnels that came out of the weeeknd! Share yours with us!
Games and books acquired at PAX Unplugged. Highlights include the Mycelia board game, the Language Lovers Lexipedia, Torchlit trick-taking game, the Black Lipstick RPG, Cryptid Cabin Candles from Cavalry games, and stickers from another trick taking game titled Period Party.
Back from #PAXUnplugged, which was such a beautiful, energizing experience for me this year. I wrote a thousand words on a new Solo RPG project before I even left the con and a looking forward to getting some great new things out the door this year.
Here also is my requisite swag photo:
We’re showing this #PAXUnplugged weekend with @igdn-official.bsky.social at a table in the gaming hall, right next to the pillar labeled D2. Come on by and visit!
Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!
In Minneapolis this week, visiting game shops, colleagues, and friends, telling them about Gorgon’s Garden!
www.mothspire.com/games/gorgon...
Pssstt, I'm doing art for this game www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
The Old Ways Must Go cover
Do you see a trend for what sorts of games I like? Tarot-based games are so my jam so I'm excited to see what @ogreteeth.com and Samphire are cooking.
The next thing cooking is Gorgon’s Garden! Prelaunch teaser is here and more to come at this account. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
New post up today! Part of a new "Games we Own" series.
www.mothspire.com/cursed-court/
Here's the list of 184 products from 108 of our member publishers we'll have in #Booth449 at #GenCon2025, including a link to download
a 36 page PDF or ePub with short descriptions of all of them, in case you wanted a little travel reading.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...
Cover thumbnail reading "The Old Ways Must Go" over a skull with flowers growing from around it.
We aren't at GenCon this year, but The Old Ways Must Go is!
Look for it at the IPR booth this weekend, #449!
You can also find these other games while you're at it. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...
Just activated the prelaunch page for our next project: Gorgon’s Garden!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
We look forward to seeing you there!
If you're at #Origins, check out @ipr.bsky.social for Anamnesis and Death of the Author by @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, Moon Rings by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social, The Old Ways Must Go by @games.mothspire.com, Dawn of the Orcs by @lymerpg.bsky.social...
Cover graphic for the game "The Old Ways Must Go," includes flowers and a skull above the credits: "by Samphire Savage & Moth Rodriguez"
This weekend you can find our game The Old Ways Must Go at Origins booth #1203, courtesy of @ipr.bsky.social
For more in the Tarot for Transformation series of 'zines, visit www.mothspire.com/publishing/t...
If you're the sort who likes to make a shopping list, here are the 121 products from 77 member-publishers we'll have in #Booth1203 at #Origins2025 June 19-22 in Columbus, OH
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Origin...
Or just drop by and browse!
Event details from the post; "Meet local tabletop game designers and play our games!"; photos of panelists Angela Bell (What do you really know? the FBI card game), Elizabeth Hargrave (the Fox Experiment, Mariposas, Tussie Mussie, Undergrove, Wingspan), Josh Heath (High Level Games) and Samphire Savage (Tarot for Transformation series)
I'm organizing a "game talk" followed by actual play at the McGee Library in downtown Silver Spring, MD:
📅 Sat May 31
🕑 2-6pm
ft. local DMV 🔶🎲 designers Angela Bell, @elizhargrave.bsky.social, @highlevelgames.bsky.social, and @games.mothspire.com.
✅ RSVP: mcpl.libnet.info/event/13543225