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T.W.Wombat (aka Jim White)

@twwombat

Editor of #TTRPGs (Comms Open). Maker of Bolthaven Folios. Dime-store philosopher. Childish father. Impromptu planner. Teetotaler. Contains multitudes. #Fellport. Will GM for food. He/they.

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Yes, please.

06.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You're on my list to reach out to, too. I'll bug you early next week if I don't hear from you before then.

Thanks!

06.03.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Edited today, and did some marketing. Also lined up another (small) editing gig. I found a few people purchased my zines (thank you!). I made pizza, did dishes, and played Ark Nova. Blood pressure was good, and my brain seemed to work.

Amazing what can happen when I stay home.

Now to bed!

06.03.2026 03:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And the typo was, in fact, completely accurate.

05.03.2026 22:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Typo of the day: "ass-on" instead of "add-on".

I think it speaks for itself.

#AmEditing

05.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bolthaven Folio #3 Is Available Now The Zine, Printed. On 2/28/26, at the very end of Zine Month, I uploaded Bolthaven Folio #3 toΒ  itch and DriveThruRPG . It's playable, and ...

I blogged about publishing Bolthaven Folio #3. I also talk about the future of the Settlement System and MoteWright, the TTRPG I'm developing. More on that as it comes up.

If you play with the Settlement System in BF3, please let me know!

#TTRPG #ZiMo

gamerblog.twwombat.com/2026/03/bolt...

03.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bolthaven Folio #3: Settle Down - Wombat's Workshop | Wombat's Workshop | DriveThruRPG Welcome to Bolthaven! Bolthaven Folios each contain a single mini-system intended to bolt onto existing traditional role-playing games. Each issue fits in a 4-page folio format, designed to print on a...

Bolthaven Folio #3: Settle Down is LIVE on @drivethrurpg.com. Just under the wire for Zine Month.

Run your own settlement. Generate random events in towns you visit. Pay What You Will. No AI. Feedback welcomed.

#TTRPG #ZiMo

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

28.02.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bolthaven Folio #3: Settle Down by T.W.Wombat Grow your own town with this tiny TTRPG system.

This was a long time coming, but Bolthaven Folio #3: Settle Down is LIVE on itch. Just under the wire for Zine Month.

If your players want to run their own town, with all the associated headaches, this one's for you. Also handy if you need background events on the road. PWYW. No AI.

#TTRPG #ZiMo

28.02.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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27.02.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

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Looks great! And now I have ideas around those roses.

27.02.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Straight rolls would be my interpretation in this case. The advantage from faerie fire negates the disadvantage from the displacement, so just roll normally. If there's something else granting advantage (say, guiding bolt or flanking) you could get advantage on attacks.

27.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Tech Bro, Anarchist, Puppeteer, and Ruminant.

26.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wyrd Science (Vol.1, Issue 7) - Wyrd Science | DriveThruRPG The award winning Wyrd ScienceΒ returns for another exploration of the strange worlds and new horizons of tabletop games... In this issue... Roleplaying Games & the Cold War! What can they tell us ...

good news everyone! Wyrd Science issue 7 is @drivethrurpg.com's DEAL OF THE DAY!

for 24 hours get a massive 60 (sixty!) % off the latest, best issue of the world's greatest tabletop game magazine!

From Cold War RPGs to Warhammer's Rick Priestly, the Caves of Qud to Castle Rat, it's a banger!

25.02.2026 16:16 πŸ‘ 82 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 9
Illustration of a gigantic monster looming over a traveler paddling a boat in a swamp.

Illustration of a gigantic monster looming over a traveler paddling a boat in a swamp.

Did you hear something?

WYRM Mire is now available. Add to your WYRM game with this swamp themed supplement with new monsters, items, spells, travel rules, and more.

gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm-mire

25.02.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Irons In Fires Happy Zine Month! I've made a goal to publish 6 things in 2026. I'm knee deep in laying out and polishing up Bolthaven Folio #3 right now, a...

I figured it was high time for another State of the Wombat post. Let's look at some of the projects I published last year, and some of the projects in the hopper for 2026.

Also, Happy Zine Month!

#TTRPG #ZiMo

24.02.2026 01:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ass, Integrated.

Or Automated Injustice?

The mind boggles at what AI actually stands for.

21.02.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have a need to break out my papercraft tools again after seeing this. Just lovely.

19.02.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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darth vader and luke skywalker fighting with lightsabers in a dark room ALT: darth vader and luke skywalker fighting with lightsabers in a dark room

The stories we strive to emulate with obscure math and magic dice are not balanced.

Frodo and Sam are not balanced against the Orcs at Cirith Ungol. Luke is not balanced against Vader in Empire. Paul Atreides is a confused teen versus a Galactic Empire.

This imbalance is the point.

19.02.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I've heard that, and I believe it. Eerily similar to the rush from gambling or constantly refreshing an eBay auction.

See also Evil Hat's concept of Catastrophic Success.

I think I'll keep chugging along quietly publishing my weird niche game add-ons for a while.

19.02.2026 15:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's why I am taking Five Fires a different route - was honestly not up for the neurochemistry of a crowdfunding campaign

19.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This whole thread about Dancey and the motivations behind creating the OGL is well worth the read.

An unplayable board game with expensive premium components that looks fabulous provides a great metaphor for the current state of generative AI.

19.02.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have a 30mm liquid core commission that's been abandon and would love for it to find a home.

$85 was the cost but more than willing to let it go for $60 + S&H.

If interested, please drop a comment or a DM!

#dnd #ttrpg #dice #customdice #commission

18.02.2026 23:09 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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All Your Base, slight remaster 25 years ago today, Bad_CRC posted the primordial meme video "All Your Base Are Belong To Us" on Newgrounds. In honor of this important anniversary, I downloaded the original Flash SWF file from Inter...

The remaster you didn't know you needed:

www.jwz.org/blog/2026/02...

17.02.2026 17:53 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Do. Not. Do. This.

Everyone can literally crawl up your ass medically since you're basically waiving your HIPAA privacy protections by sharing your medical history with this experimental software that offers zero expectation of privacy.

18.02.2026 21:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hay-Seuss Marimba.

Grok offers no expectation of privacy, so that's a voluntary forfeiture of HIPAA protections. Good luck getting them back after that boneheaded move.

18.02.2026 21:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nor even count to 100 without giving up at 20 with "and so on up to 100".

18.02.2026 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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I talk a lot about logos and branding/visual identity design as a service but I haven’t really gone into what those are.

So what is the difference between the two and why should you, as a game publisher, care?

This will probably be a blog at some point but for now it’ll be a (short?) thread.

1/?

18.02.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
A photo of the front page of a draft of bolthaven Folio #3: Settle Down.

A photo of the front page of a draft of bolthaven Folio #3: Settle Down.

This morning, I had an 8-page doc crammed full of notes and ideas. Now I have a laid-out draft of Bolthaven Folio #3. It still needs some work, but I'm much more confident about publishing this stripped-down settlement system this month.

#ZiMo #TTRPG

15.02.2026 03:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Small Folk in Big Coats A simple and chaotic RPG about a group of smallfolk with wildly differing goals.

My Zinequest project is live!

In Small Folk in Big Coats you each play as a little guy in a stack masquerading a single big guy. You're unlikely to get caught, but you’re even less likely to work together.

It’s very silly and easy to get playing. Go Check it out!
tinyurl.com/sfibc

11.02.2026 20:44 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 22

Same, my friend.

10.02.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0