It's wild to watch people who only know modern RPG play talk about how "20 minutes of fun in 4 hours" was some wild myth instead of something once many people heard went "FUCK" bc it hit the mark.

Radmad@radmad.bsky.social · yesterday

If the game creates gaps so long that players are finding outside ways to entertain themselves then the problem isn't the players.

#KadenPlayed 129 What Waits Beneath #SoloTTRPG by @diceynova.bsky.social You are a diver, searching the depths of the ocean looking for lost treasures and getting into trouble as you find them. forktwenty.itch.io/what-waits-beneath

I think the abandonment of indigenous elements in peoples weird west setting because they don't want to confront the uncomfortable specter of colonialism and the hollywood indian, let alone get in the way of their fun, is cowardice and contributes to the erasure that often defines indigenous racism.

I made a zine earlier this year on just the topic of GM improvisation. payhip.com/b/3h5jJ

Hella Folks and Drama Happens

Your imagination might be unlimited but your energy isn't. It helps to have tools and techniques to make improvising and adapting easy in play. It saves you prep time and mental work trying to "make t...

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The Redstone Rescue is a fantasy novel set in a republic that cares for and protects its citizens, surrounded by avaricious kingdoms. Is is my response to our genre's obsession with kings and chosen ones. Not a story of revolution, one that asks how a better world can be preserved.

The Redstone Rescue

### A light-hearted utopian fantasy detective story “They say the crown lies heavy on the head of the king, but in Sataminva our crown lies on a perfectly counterbalanced plate in a display case in th...

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With all the love in my heart, when I see new designers asking about how to market and how to sell their games, how to seek success, I really just wanna be like. Stop doing that. That’s not what there is to find here. If you find success, it often has little to do with you. Be calm.

🍁 Levi Kornelsen@levikornelsen.bsky.social · 3d ago

It is possible to put in infinite work of good quality and get nothing for it. Zero. There is no deal.

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Matt Fennell@mattfennell.bsky.social · 3d ago

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On Monday, I turn 50. I will have a bunch of reflections and thoughts on that, but today I will be celebrating with friends by playing a lot of games. A LOT of games. Also want to take a second to talk about games and what they have meant to me, and what they still mean to me.

Me when I’m Toei and I drop all of Kamen Rider ‘71 with English subtitles on YouTube on a random Saturday cause I’m bored

You know this is my jam. It is also part of why I'm attached to poetry being more deeply explored in genre: there is so much yet to be observed and valued about the linkages between the epic as genre, the verse novel as bridge between prose & verse, the hip-hop album as literature, and more...

"The Odyssey" is Actually a Rap Album

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I don't know if what is happening is fair, but it's the only thing I can think of that's close to justice.

Do y'all remember when I was tasked with paying tribute to the mecha genre and I decided to knock it out of the park

I am no longer asking you to play another game medium.com/@radmadrpgs/...

Sick of These Fucking Dungeons

Oh Boy He’s Doing Theory

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Hendrik is writing an ashcan about nuns@napel.itch.io · 4d ago

We shouldn't be too down on a game like Dungeons & Kittens winning an Ennie even though it lacks imagination or innovation. We should be down on it because the game re-introduce the civilized-savage dichotomy into a setting about talking adventure cats on the first page of its introduction.

Mini-thread I wrote in some replies! Pretty pleased with it

Authenticity Trip | 200-Proof Games@200proofgames.bsky.social · 4d ago

But *why* does it answer that question? These are people-shaped beings, right? So why are they living in such an inhospitable place? What IS it that they eat? You say it answers the question, but what it actually does is *dismisses* the question. It terminates the thought process, not resolves it.

It isn’t said enough that games like Girl Frame expand the TTRPG audience too.

Project talk with @200proofgames.bsky.social

My friend @marieanello.bsky.social recently ran 9 LIVES TO VALHALLA by @gemroomgames.bsky.social for me! Viking cats in a post-human world. You only roll dice when something (ANYTHING) needs to be killed; failure is always death. But you have 9 lives, so… gemroomgames.itch.io/9-lives-to-v...

9 Lives to Valhalla by Gem Room Games

The Age of Man is over, now dawns the Age of Beasts!

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URGENT FUCKING apparently I was responsible for my last specialist visit to the spine doctor and they charged my card on file so now I'm short on rent another couple hundred. I'm so sorry, I only have until the 3rd before eviction starts. Anything helps, I'm so sorry, please help

My awesome lovely books from lovely lovelies (taken while squatting at the church next to gencon and leeching off of public wifi)

Been hearing about this one in the Discord Zone! big fan!! Check it out!!

Agreeable Chatter@69dinguses.bsky.social · 7d ago

My honeybee game is officially The Wax Marches - and is in alpha playtest on itch! tbr.bearblog.dev/honeybees-is...

in the next month I'm gonna start ramping up for the Locked Room Murder Mystery Game kickstarter, currently scheduled to run in September. I'm historically terrible at reaching out to podcasts and such, so if you have one or have any advice, pls reach out www.kickstarter.com/projects/ada...

Coming soon: The Locked Room Murder Mystery Game

A storytelling board game where you generate a murder mystery from scratch.

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Our friends at @ipr.bsky.social are bringing 3 of our games to Gen Con this weekend! Swing by their booth, show 'em some love, and pick up Little Wolves, Dragon Reactor, and You're In Space And Everything's Fucked! https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Con-2026.html

The first two print copies of the Endtimes Trilogy have arrived and they look great.

Hey folks. I hate lighting the aid beacon, but I really need it. My rent: 1400. My paycheck on Wednesday: 1407. 7 dollars for me. Yeah, that's not enough to survive on til the 7th of next month - it's not even enough to get to work. Please help. ko-fi.com/theleonamapl...

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Support Leona Neelam Maple

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URGENT My old therapist office drafted several overdue bills at once so now I'm much shorter on rent again. Please please help if you can. I also urgently need to get that blood work so I can get my meds next week, I can't go without them. Please take care of yourselves