The best part of making/playing games is the people.
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The best part of making/playing games is the people.
Once again, the bundle can be found here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
Following up from the greatest hits, #mintrecommends: Hidden Gems of the No ICE in Minnesota Bundle!
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Earlier this year, I played Warrenguard with my home group. I wrote up a blog post talking about the game experience, dragon media, and my relationship to that media as an ace person.
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I did a rundown of the greatest hits of the No ICE in Minnesota Bundle over on Itch. #mintrecommends
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I did a rundown of the greatest hits of the No ICE in Minnesota Bundle over on Itch. #mintrecommends
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And here's a link to the jam. There's still plenty of time to join in!
I'm continuing to talk to creatives in an experiment called Blog Buddies; my most recent chat was with @floaker.bsky.social, author of The Thunder Perfect Mind. We talk about structure, games with endpoints, and building games around emotion & tone. You can check out our chat below!
So Freeblade is going to be a "web-first" TTRPG and is going to have a Donation page to help fund art for the game.
Spent some time making the donation page look super shiny this evening.
I get to take the eensiest amount of credit for this episode! (Recommended the game)
My dream is to launch with 250 followers. We're almost halfway there.
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nice shout-out!
We did it! We played @kurtrefling.bsky.social's Sock Puppet's: A roleplaying game about puppets and their problems.
a-smouldering-lighthouse.itch.io/sock-puppets
Finally, I'd argue that my own game, Protect the Child, provides an interesting twist on the GM role, as the GM is primarily embodying a single character - the Child! This comes with a unique playbook, complete with Strings to pull on to make things happen.
By itself, Planedawn Orphans, by @sharkbombs.bsky.social doesn't really need to be a rotating-GM game, but as someone who is absolutely ravenous about indie games, I think using it as one allows you to experience more games in a campaign.
It's a small thing, but in setup for Slugblaster by @wilkiescandylab.com, each playbook is responsible for defining a different part of your setting, whether that be where your teenagers hang out, or what kinds of shortcuts the crew uses to get between dimensions. Ownership creates investment!
Ars Magica, by @atlasgames.bsky.social, describes itself as a deeply built world that casts you both as mages and their companions, and has been described to me as a rotating-GM game.
At the beginning of Brinkwood: Blood of Tyrants, by @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social, the group partakes in an exercise called Your Exquisite Fae, which has players answer questions about the Fae patron who not only blesses your characters, but pushes them into a specific kind of rebellion.
Apocalypse Keys, by @temporalhiccup.bsky.social, uses the unorthodox player-driven generative mystery that rose to popularity in Brindlewood Bay, but it also asks players to describe and define the places they visit and the organization they work for - rather than asking the GM.
In Fae's Anatomy, by @hebanongames.bsky.social, the GM takes on the role of one or more patients. They use the game manual as a reference book to inform their symptoms, but you discover your diagnosis alongside the players!
#mintrecommends: Atypical GM & Player Divisions.
This is a response to a request I got for #ttrpgs that either allowed for rotating GMs, or divided up responsibilities among players & the Game Master in non-traditional ways.
I just sent @ipr.bsky.social the shipping and handling fees for Warrenguard distribution. Pretty soon you are going to have this gorgeous book in your hands! Can't wait for you to see all the gorgeous work amazingly art directed by @abzkelly.bsky.social with so many phenomenal artists
ONE DAY MOOOOOOOORE
(on the itchfund)
binary-star-games.itch.io/null-space
I'm very excited to run a game of SoM!
I would love to meet you!
We're working on finishing Soot and Charms to launch this spring!
This alternate history and urban magical setting is coming to Kickstarter and will be a fully playable game using the Hopes and Dreams system by @farirpgs.com
For fans of Mistborn, Shanghai Noon, & the Dresden Files
Can confirm! Character creation is super sleek; I am very jealous of how little needs to be on the sheet and yet the players are always coming up with absolutely bonkers ideas.