I'm highlighting TTRPGs with book and library themes, and what better one to start with than The Librarian's Apprentice by @almostbedtime.bsky.social?! Check out my review here on TTRPGkids, and happy gaming: https://loom.ly/Swh8K9w
Almost Bedtime Theater
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🎲Dad & creator of all-ages TTRPGs 📚CRIT Award winner: The Librarian's Apprentice solo RPG 🦋ENNIE-nominated: Song of the Scryptwyrm solo RPG 🎙️Family-friendly podcast of kids playing and reviewing role-playing games 🔗 http://bio.link/AlmostBedtimeTheater
Pocket Birds is launching tomorrow (Tuesday August 4th)!! I have been having so much fun making these little zines and working with the artists and writers. You can sign up for the campaign here! pocket-birds.com/backerkit
Last day to check out IPR booth 449 at Gen Con and pick up some awesome games and books like: Making a TTRPG for YOUR Particular Kid Rolling With the Youth Jukebox The Librarian's Apprentice Bonsai Dairies and so many more!!
If you're attending GenCon this weekend, stop by the Critical Kit’s booth (Booth #2763) and check out some of my games: - Triple‑O - Random Realities - Everspark and more!
We're visiting booth 449 again to chat with @goosepoopgames.com about Good Soup, which is an awesome all-ages TTRPG! Go check it out at Gen Con!
Three of the five games nominated for the brand-new Best Solo Games ENnie are here! Also depicted: two draw-and-journal games about plants @almostbedtime.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @exeunt.press
I have two SCM posts on free fonts! Font resources: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/font-resou... 5 of my favorites: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/five-free-...
Font resources for game designers
Typefaces, fonts, licenses, and five resources
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ATTENTION BUREAU AGENTS Report to Gen Con Booth 449 to pick up your New Agent Handbook before entering the EZ. See photo below for exact location.
Indie Press Revolution@ipr.bsky.social · 5d ago12/18 The Librarian's Apprentice, MIRU I, II, and III togther, and the very fast-selling The Magus and the Oracle, and SPINE: Siderius Plug's Immortality in Ninety-nine Endnotes
Skip the big line and come find the freshest and most exciting games right here near the back of Gen Con Halls B/C -- the @dianajonesaward.org Emerging Designers table is running free demos all weekend of the most innovative and refreshingly authentic games you'll see here...
Lovely seeing SPINE and @almostbedtime.bsky.social's Song of the Scryptwyrm side-by-side at GenCon!
Indie Press Revolution@ipr.bsky.social · 5d ago12/18 The Librarian's Apprentice, MIRU I, II, and III togther, and the very fast-selling The Magus and the Oracle, and SPINE: Siderius Plug's Immortality in Ninety-nine Endnotes
Go check the fine folk of @critkituk.bsky.social at GenCon and check out some of my games! Still not this time that I'll be there, but one day. One day.
I'm at Gen Con! Check out my schedule here (and on the TTRPGkids site) for details on the talks I'll be part of there, and I hope to see you around! https://www.ttrpgkids.com/2026/07/07/ttrpgkids-talks-and-events-gen-con-2026/
Struggling to find art for your One-Page RPG Jam entry? Help is here... in the form of dead people: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2) #ttrpg #publicdomain #art #rpg #onepagerpg
Public domain art resources
Using public domain art in tabletop game design
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Hello from Gen Con 2026! I'll be posting videos this week/weekend to highlight folks with all ages and educational games, and I'm starting with @cmichpress.bsky.social! Check out their booth 2758 in the main hall! #TTRPGkids #TTRPG #GenCon #edu
I may not be getting to Gen Con, but I received an amazing collection of games today that will keep me plenty busy. Thank you, @montfordtales.com!
If you are looking for The Librarian’s Apprentice or Song of the Scryptwyrm solo RPGs at Gen Con, check out the @ipr.bsky.social booth: #449!
Indie Press Revolution@ipr.bsky.social · 2w agoHere's the list of 154 games from 92 publishers we're bringing to #Booth449 at #GenCon2026 www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...
Still got spots open for Missing Month and Meet Your GelCub, if you're going to GenCon next weekend! www.gencon.com/event_finder...
Gen Con | Gen Con Indy 2026
The Best Four Days in Gaming
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There are so many delightful games in this bundle! Once upon a time, I recorded actual plays of some of these with my kiddo, including The Fae Team by yours truly, about woodland creatures with magic powers, on the run for a crime they didn't commit and tackling missions in the human world!
The Fae Team: Review, Actual Play (Ep 18) - Almost Bedtime Theater
A transcript of this episode is available via the episode page on Buzzsprout.In this episode, we discuss and play The Fae Team, which was created by one of the co-hosts of this show: Dan Bronson-Lowe....
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DC Bradshaw 🔜 Tabletop Scotland@dcbradshaw.com · 2w agoAnd it's live! "School's Out for Summer" is a bundle of 44 family-friendly TTRPGs, made by 32 amazing creators (and me!), to help keep the kids entertained over the summer. Until the end of August, you can grab $200+ of games for just $20 on @rpgtrader.bsky.social rpg-trader.com/products/742...
Once again, IPR is making magic at GenCon. Pick up your copy of The Bonsai Diary at booth 449, then check out all the other indie titles pushing the boundaries of our hobby.
Indie Press Revolution@ipr.bsky.social · 2w agoHere's the list of 154 games from 92 publishers we're bringing to #Booth449 at #GenCon2026 www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...
There are so many delightful games in this bundle! Once upon a time, I recorded actual plays of some of these with my kiddo, including Precious Things from @graftbound.bsky.social, in which you play as tiny dragons collecting items to add to their tiny hoards!
Precious Things: Review, Actual Play (Ep 21) - Almost Bedtime Theater
A transcript of this episode is available via the episode page on Buzzsprout.In this episode, we review and play the RPG Precious Things.06:57 - Actual playPrecious Things was written by Lucas Zellers...
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DC Bradshaw 🔜 Tabletop Scotland@dcbradshaw.com · 2w agoAnd it's live! "School's Out for Summer" is a bundle of 44 family-friendly TTRPGs, made by 32 amazing creators (and me!), to help keep the kids entertained over the summer. Until the end of August, you can grab $200+ of games for just $20 on @rpgtrader.bsky.social rpg-trader.com/products/742...
There are so many delightful games in this bundle! Once upon a time, I recorded actual plays of some of these with my kiddo, including @cobblesprite.bsky.social’s Stacks of Goblins, a GM-less game where players are multiple goblins in a trenchcoat, attempting shenanigans!
Stacks of Goblins: Review, Actual Play (Ep 15) - Almost Bedtime Theater
*** A transcript of this episode is available via the episode page on Buzzsprout. ***In this episode, we review and play Stacks of Goblins.00:10 – Intro and announcements01:10 – Game review06:44 – Act...
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DC Bradshaw 🔜 Tabletop Scotland@dcbradshaw.com · 2w agoAnd it's live! "School's Out for Summer" is a bundle of 44 family-friendly TTRPGs, made by 32 amazing creators (and me!), to help keep the kids entertained over the summer. Until the end of August, you can grab $200+ of games for just $20 on @rpgtrader.bsky.social rpg-trader.com/products/742...
My favorite part of learning graphic and layout design is knowing all the rules and best practices I'm breaking.
@capacle.bsky.social has got me 100% hooked and excited for this one! Mausworn is so up my alley it's unfair! Oh, and we may have chatted about it and that episode may be coming in August, too 😊 youtu.be/KpQ1Sj9or7o?...
What if Mausritter but... Ironsworn?
YouTube video by Cezar Capacle
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JULY DROP IS HERE! WORLD BUILDING GALORE! Solo+ RPGs, oracle decks, & volumes of illustrations & finely-crafted tables! Be a jam magician, a soda jerk, a Greek Hero, a dwarf exorcising a space mine. Travel to the 90s and defrag your desktop USE CODE SUMMERY FOR $5 OFF THRU 9/2 Discover it all ⬇️🧵
@munkao.bsky.social has just released a third collection of Southeast Asian fantasy visuals (Kala Mandala 3) and it's awesome. I somehow missed hearing about the first two, but now have all of them and can't wait for more. This content is definitely getting added to my current game...
Otherly Lives by Centaur Games
Art from Kala Mandala III
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It's Perils & Princesses community copy day! Whenever I initiate a payout, I add community copies for every sale plus a few extra. Had a good month so there's a good amount up there outrider-creative.itch.io
Outrider Creative
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Working on Boundless Space today, getting caught up with all of the changes that @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com has made to that rules set since the last time @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social and I put pixels to paper. Also, experimenting with computery menus for the layout!
