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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop

@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social

He/him. Designing indie ttrpgs Newest Project: SPINE - A dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book https://backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine https://www.backwardstabletop.com/

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Indie Press Revolution@ipr.bsky.social · 4h ago

If you buy from us at a convention you can forward your Square receipt to pdf@indiepressrevolution.com and we'll send you download links for the games you bought that come with PDFs. We're caught up on Gen Con!

Zak H. | Bommyknocker Press@bommyknocker.bsky.social · 3h ago

Excited to see this resource for using the Journalling XP subsystem.

Journalling XP: an advancement system that saves you—the GM—work

landmark, hidden, secret for XP

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Robert@loopquantumwyrm.bsky.social · 4h ago

I wanted to test the idea of Journalling XP, by @bommyknocker.bsky.social, with my group so I just put together an A5 template in several languages to see if I can wrap my head around it. loopquantumwyrm.itch.io/journalling-...

Camilla Zamboni@czamboni.bsky.social · 3h ago

Excited to see projects exploring the Happily Ever After - particularly in Larp form, particularly for a sizable group of players! Take a look

S. Kaiya J. || Mirror-lock Atelier@mirror-lock.bsky.social · 6h ago

I'm thrilled to announce that BLOODY SLIPPERS, a theater larp for seven players, is available for sale on Paracelsus Games! Written and designed by @cloakofshadow.bsky.social, Bloody Slippers is a retelling of the Twelve Dancing Princesses exploring what Happily Ever After means and what comes next.

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 9h ago

I found this video energizing, as someone very interested in mini-games and pre-gen characters. I loved hearing their thoughts on some particular points of interest for me: (1) game structures w/ mini-games (2) similarity of mini-games & solo games (3) the importance of the game text for mini-games.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison.bsky.social · 2d ago

We have a Lunctime is Dicetime lined up tomorrow at 12.30pm BST. Talking about 'Painting inside the lines: games heavy on creative constraint.' What do we think about them and where are they inspiring us in our own design. Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWww...

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 2d ago

Last week, SPINE won a gold ENNIE for Best Solo Game. It's the first year that this category has been available. You can watch to my acceptance speech below or read the transcript, which explains why I am grateful for this new category. Watch ▶️ : www.youtube.com/shorts/x92Bs...

ENNIES: SPINE Acceptance Speech Transcript

ENNIES Best Solo Game Acceptance Speech for SPINE Watch the Acceptance Speech on YouTube Get your copy of SPINE Transcript My name is Asa Donald, and I am honored to accept the award for Best Solo Game for this year’s ENNIES for spine: A dark solo TTRPG about losing yourself in a book. I’d like...

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snow@snow117.bsky.social · 2d ago

Magnolia finds the Songbirds under the geas of Love's court, attending to each of the family's needs. Trimming the living garden, making the children laugh, and freeing uncle's ex lover from the Agony Parade. It's the first big expansion/adventure for Songbirds and it's in early access right now!

The cover of Magnolia features a knight, arms folded, hands on her blades, with sharp eyes pointed through your heart.Magnolia’s body curls around the world. Her blood and viscera await, hand dancing with shadows in atmosphere. His Lady Algernon warred for 1000 years to win her heart as part of his Vision of Peace. Seven years ago he succeeded. Now the world’s gone ‘sleep. This is a world of plays. Where pretend overrides reality, pens in jelly ink. A darkened void of space where spotlights shine on those who stand before a crowd. A thought bubble floats by, holding inner secrets. And the fairies who crafted it all are long dead, taking the truth with them. Whispers and scuttles echo out of the Sleeping City, as mock royals flood the palace. Pocket world, Mirror world, your noir. And little birds find themselves adrift in their slumber, or perhaps called here by she. But be warned: beneath the surface of this dream there are chewing teeth. Ugly, wormy things. The people of Twilight are doomed. Cosmically, sure, but really it’s all part of The Drama. You are what you wear on this stage. You can play any role if you can back it up. Talk the talk to walk the walk. There’s little in the way of consistency, besides your doom. It follows you. Accumulates and pains. Songbirds gain a point of doom: At character creation. If they have five points in one stat. When they mark three stress. When they face a horror. When they create an alter ego. Songbirds add +Doom to damage they take.Harpy. The fae that live here used to rule over Labyrinthia before it died. Their hungry spirits still pretend, spinning souls into rings and other pretty things. One of Ort’s many, many hands sleeps around your neck. Puppet him with concentration. He moves fast at any range, uses your stats, and returns to sleep when released. The ring around his sixth finger holds Ort’s dead world. Mark a stress to release his full power: large, 20hp, 10 in all stats, does whatever a giant hand could do. Returns to its dead world at 0hp, and returns when healed fully.
Ken Lowery@kenlowery.bsky.social · 2d ago

Added a little something to the PDFs of VOID 1680 AM. If you've bought it before, just download it again and check the back page. More here: bannerlessgames.itch.io/void-1680-am...

VOID v1.2 - New Back Page

New signals have come through the Void; signals that resonate particularly strongly with the Program Director. Grab the PDFs and check the back page ads - new mysteries await you... Translation: these...

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Brian Transplant@briantransplant.com · 3d ago

I'm incredibly honored and blown away to be included in the new version of VOID 1680 AM, and to be mentioned on the same page as some amazing creators. If you have VOID 1680 AM by @kenlowery.bsky.social , make sure you download the new version. If you don't have it, consider buying it.

Michael - InnocentGoblin TTRPGs@innocentgoblin.bsky.social · 2d ago

A great look at Pirouette! It's great to see people finding the ballet aspect to be quite smooth in the game as that was something that was important in writing the game! Also this has come at a perfect time because something Pirouette-esque might be dropping on Wednesday!

Fiona K.T. Howat@fkth.bsky.social · 2d ago

#RPGaDay2026 Day 3: Poise — Pirouette by @innocentgoblin.bsky.social Blog post: medium.com/@FionaKTHowa... Buy a copy here: innocentgoblin.itch.io/pirouette

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 2d ago

I really enjoyed this episode for a few reasons. Most of all, I love how Barclay and Bee (1) read / discuss specific endnotes and (2) puzzle out the plot together. Playing solo games. Reading. These are social activities. It's what I dreamed of: multiple playthroughs, discussing with friends. ❤️

Tabletop Book Club@tabletopbookclub.bsky.social · 2d ago

In July, we read & played recent ENNIE-winner “SPINE” (or: "Siderius Plug's SPINE: Immortality in Ninety-Nine Endnotes"), a dark solo TTRPG about losing yourself in a book by Asa Donald (@backwardsttrpg.bsky.social). You can listen to the episode here: