Looking forward to @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Story Game Presses: Pitching, Submissions & Publishing" with some incredible publishers: @domsdickey.bsky.social @nearfutures.bsky.social @justinsirois.bsky.social @natmesnard.bsky.social
We're bound for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 in Baltimore, MD this week! If you'll be around, come by the panels @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social are running on games/writing, and visit us at Booth #T425 on the showroom floor.
So excited for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" with some incredible designers/writers: @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, and
@brigittewinter.bsky.social! Join us 🎲
This is going to be delightful. My two spookiest friends, Will and @brigittewinter.bsky.social, in one livestream! Come watch us ~~~scare~~~ each other w/ how much we all love to read and write creepy queer fiction 💕
Stayed up way past our bedtime for this earlier in the week, 10/10 would stay up late again! Very interesting conversations as a whole
Of potential interest to fans of 2025's "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology from Middle West Press: Baltimore-based @scryptidgames.bsky.social is crowd-funding an anthology comprising story-telling TTRPG, fiction, and poetry! Campaign ends Feb. 27, 2026!
Info:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Fully on board with getting reading lists from Sharang! Thank you so much for joining. 💕
I had an excellent time chatting with @natmesnard.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social about games, the playful erotic, the rise of fan-games (the next step to fan fiction?) and more!
They are cool people, if you didn’t know. Just saying.
This was suuuuuch a dynamic conversation with @superdillin.bsky.social and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social last night! People in the chat were...taking notes?! Tons of good stuff on subversive game design, erotic TTRPGs, and "emancipatory bleed."
www.youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...
New livestream! Join Scryptid Games Co-Founder @natmesnard.bsky.social tonight, 2/17, at 7pm ET for a chat with @backerkit.com #ZineTopia designers @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social on their new games & the thriving New York City tabletop scene!
youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...
clown is cryptid; the wind chill in NYC today is NOT cryptid
Always fun to be a little unhinged on the internet with my buddy @brigittewinter.bsky.social. Never once have I tried to be cool 😤
Don’t miss our livestream tonight, 2/6, at 7pm ET. @natmesnard.bsky.social and @brigittewinter.bsky.social will share the story of how this project came to be, what Brigitte wants from submissions, and what to expect from the new "Make Short Games" class Nat is offering as a campaign reward.
Don’t forget to reserve your ticket for the Assemblage launch party! See you at 4pm today! 🍄 ❤️
TODAY is last chance to submit.
This was such a nice chat with @tabletopbookshelf.com!
Brooklyn: Join Nat this Saturday @20sidedstore.bsky.social!
I'm stoked that this is coming up on Saturday in NYC at @20sidedstore.bsky.social. If you're coming, grab your spot! Tix are free, but space is limited. Let's play together & tell stories of grief and ecological resilience: twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live!
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
We are excired to annnounce that @hannahtinti.bsky.social of @onestorymag.bsky.social will join @natmesnard.bsky.social in conversation at the Assemblage Game Launch Party at @20sidedstore.bsky.social on 1/31!
This is such an important @rascal.news read highlighting the awesomeness and depth of @laurieblake.bsky.social as a designer and as an activist! So stoked to see your words and your work highlighted. 💕
A promotional graphic featuring the box art for the game Assemblage by Nat Mesnard. Large yellow text at the top reads "NEW ARRIVAL." The game box features surreal, vibrant artwork of a nature scene with strange, mutated animals, such as a pink deer-like creature and a frog with wings, above a cross-section of earth showing deep roots. Text at the bottom of the graphic reads "NOW @ TABLETOP BOOKSHELF.
A product display showing the components of the game Assemblage spread out on a grey background. The game box and a guidebook stand upright in the back. In the foreground are two folded cards labeled "Species Name" and several stacks of square colorful cards labeled with categories including "Habitat," "Exploration," "Relationship," "Event," and "Cataclysm." To the right are loose cards labeled "Myth-Making," "Season," "Assemblage," and "Keystone Species.
A close-up view of eight specific cards from Assemblage, showcasing their artwork and flavor text. The top row features "Interloper," "Seismic Upheaval," "Psychic Disturbance," and an "Assemblage" instruction card. The bottom row features "Cosmic Event," "Toxic Influx," "Superspecies," and a "Keystone Species" instruction card. The artwork depicts various environmental and sci-fi events, such as a large moth creature, a glowing galaxy, and toxic green landscapes.
Assemblage from @scryptidgames.bsky.social is a card-based eco-fantasy storytelling game for 2-6 players where each player portrays an entire species—and collaborates in crafting an interdependent ecosystem on the verge of collapse.
tabletopbookshelf.com/products/ass...
New podcast episode just dropped featuring an interview with @natmesnard.bsky.social and Talk of the Table! open.spotify.com/episode/52Oq...
This was such a delightful conversation. Thanks for having me! 🍄
New York friends, come hang out with me in Brooklyn on 1/31!
Join Scryptid Games and @natmesnard.bsky.social on 1/31 for the Assemblage game release party at Twenty Sided Store in Brooklyn, NY! twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
Get ready for Tales from the Cryptids! We are crowdfunding our first anthology in February 2026! Edited by @brigittewinter.bsky.social, this collection of TTRPGs, fiction, poetry, and other uncanny ephemera flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore: tinyurl.com/cryptidtales.
NarraScope submissions are open, and you have a month to get your talks, games, etc. in! Don't sleep on it!
We are delighted to announce that #NarraScope 2026 will take place this year from June 12th-14th at the University at Albany! We'll be collaborating w/ the @albany.edu #UAlbany Game Center, and its Director @jcorace.bsky.social 🎉
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Celebrating the official launch of Assemblage, a new TTRPG of world building and world breaking by @natmesnard.bsky.social, with this inspiring Tabletopped Podcast episode about the challenges and rewards of creating truly collaborative play spaces. tinyurl.com/4mt7zn8c
