Christoph (he/him) Random Alien Games
@xophra.bsky.social
🍁Canadian TTRPG Designer of Free Spacer and the upcoming Thaumaturgy. https://linktr.ee/xophra
GALACTIC DAWN IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER! Check us out if you like worldbuilding, GM-less, or faction games! Time to vibrate unproductively in my chair for the rest of the day. www.kickstarter.com/projects/pan...
Galactic Dawn: A Collaborative Worldbuilding TTRPG
Build the pillars of galactic civilization. Vie for a place amongst the stars.
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Got a full slate of #ttrpg events planned for our Ottawa location this week. Tomorrow I have a scenario for @xophra.bsky.social's Free Spacer. Details here composedreamgames.com/marketplace/... Weekend designer guests: @kurtrefling.bsky.social , @clovermouse.bsky.social, @swordsedgepublishing.ca
Ottawa Events
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Are you at GenCon? Is your TTRPG collection missing a copy of Free Spacer? Head over to the @igdn-official.bsky.social booth #132 in the exhibition room to get yours along side the best in indie TTRPGs. #GenCon2026 #GenCon #TTRPGCommunity #TTRPGs #IndieGames
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Design by Subtraction
Every so often someone gets in touch with me to ask for an easily cited reference to a concept Ken or I at one time or another floated on the podcast. Even more occasionally I remember to create su…
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Are you going to run the opening of the GenCon Exhibitor hall? We'll be there! See you at 10am EDT on Thursday with all the best Indie RPGs. #ttrpgCommunity #TTRPGs #GenCon2026 #IndieGames
More pics of the IGDN booth at GenCon 2026. We'd love to see more! So reply with your own pics and videos at booth #132. #TTRPGCommunity #GenCon2026 #GenCon #IndieGames #RPGs #TTRPGs
Look at that, it's me in the Galactic Dawn!
Pangur Ban Collective@pangyban.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe are excited to share our actual play demoing Galactic Dawn! www.youtube.com/watch?v=awBV... Big thanks to @rookandrasp.bsky.social for organizing and Sharene Gilchrist and @xophra.bsky.social for playing!
Next the IGDN 2026 Summer Series looks at the money! In 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴) our panelists John Hague, Matt Best, & Jason Ward talk about making budgets for TTRPGs & board games: printing, production, contractors, fulfillment, and marketing. youtu.be/pue5atm6DIo?...
Crafting Budgets For Your Game (And Crowdfunding) — IGDN Summer Series 2026
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The IGDN 2026 Summer Series kicks off with 𝐈 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 (𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐰). Panelists Maddie May, Will Munn, & Matt Best discuss how to make your TTRPGs visually fun and interesting if you don't quite know how to draw yet. youtu.be/sNdkkQhVkPM?... #TTRPGs #indiegames #gamedesign #writing
I Write (Because I can't Draw) — IGDN Summer Series 2026
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Second is to go order a copy of my now AWARD WINNING (my goodness) game We Wander Beneath Radiant Lights which is also with Plus One and won Best Setting from @igdn-official.bsky.social! plusoneexp.com/products/we-...
We Wander beneath Radiant Lights
Winner of the 2025 IGDN Groundbreaker Award for Best Setting! This adventure game is coming to RPG Zine Club in June 2026. Not a subscriber? Sign up now, or preorder here. You were once a member of th...
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Did you miss the 2025 Indie Groundbreakers last week? Just want to see the Game of the Year? Here it is! youtu.be/qPbR4AZX50g #TTRPG #indiegames
2025 Indie Groundbreakers Award for Game of the Year
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This is laughable, coming from someone who has been winking at the MAGA-aligned separatist movement for years. People who are losing sleep over climate change are not the ones tearing our country apart: we’re trying to save it. This summer Canada could well be burning faster than we can build it.
Scott Robertson@sarobertson.bsky.social · 3mo agoDanielle Smith lashes out at “the 14 cowards who signed a letter to the PM trying to derail our MOU,” along with NDP leader Avi Lewis and BC Premier David Eby, accusing them of “creating the environment we find ourselves in” when pressed if she is to blame for the state of national unity.
Winners of the @igdn-official.bsky.social Indie Groundbreaker Awards are being announced tonight, something I've been following for the most remarkable Indie #ttrpgs long since before I was in the industry. It's always a special time.
I'll be there! And I'll try not to break @pangyban.bsky.social 's game. #TTRPG #indiegames
Rook & Rasp@rookandrasp.bsky.social · 4mo agoTONIGHT! Join Rook and Rasp as we In try out Galactic Dawn from @pangyban.bsky.social and explore the stars in a GMless TTRPG! www.twitch.tv/rookandrasp #ttrpg #actualplay #indiegames
Event registration is open and we're getting everything ready for #Gencon2026. Mark some time to come by the Exhibitor Hall to see all our members' amazing indie tabletop games. We're in booth # 132 again — the same booth as the last few years. #TTRPG #indiegames
1/ This announcement marks the Carney government’s official surrender to the oil and gas lobby. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Carney, Smith reach energy agreement that could see pipeline construction start in 2027 | CBC News
The federal and Alberta governments have advanced a climate and energy agreement that could see construction on an oil pipeline to the West Coast start as early as September 2027.
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1/ It’s time to build affordable homes, a national network of public grocery stores, electric buses and an east-west clean energy grid. Not massive corporate AI data centres unleashed without any democratic debate. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Plan unveiled for 'sovereign AI data centre' cluster in Kamloops, Vancouver | CBC News
Vancouver and Kamloops will be home to a new data centre cluster under a planned partnership announced by the federal government and Telus.
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Are you an TTRPG game designer in Chicago? Do you want to see your games in all of our great local stores? Submit to Games Made in Chicago! A zine showcasing all the best games made in our city.
The playtest form for Flipside is now open. Flipside is based on super Sentai/magical girl media, you are a group of superheroes who are fighting evil while also trying to make it to class on time. Your character sheet is double sided to represent both sides of your life forms.gle/WS8yAZp5XgKj...
Flipside Playtest Version
Fill this out if you're interested in playtesting Flipside
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Being distracted from my Free Spacer GM Training Manual by Artemis II on every screen.
Got to play Eldritch High with @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social at @breakoutcon.bsky.social last weekend! Made a D&D playing meta PC with a glass skull and TK that became Portal Creation! Awesome fun. #TTRPGs
In case anyone is having trouble finding the venue, @quaidrayn.bsky.social has found this handy how-to guide for making your way from the West Building lobby downstairs to Hall A! The perks of hosting a convention in Hollywood North, I guess...
RoboCop (2014) - RoboCop vs ED 209 |Remake| Scene (1080p) FULL HD
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Prepping ain't easy! 3 different scenarios for 5 different sessions over 2 weeks. Fighting off printer issues and monstrous cats. But its done. I've prepped my Free Spacer and Thaumaturgy games for this weeks @terminalcitycon.ca and next weeks @breakoutcon.bsky.social I hope to see you there!
One of our core principles in planning this year’s IGDN Diversity Scholarship was making sure we had the resources to ensure that every participant would have a positive and meaningful experience (including, of course, cash on hand to pay out grants). itdf.games#scholarship
Tabletop Diversity Foundation
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Applications are open for the IGDN 2026 Diversity Scholarship by the iTDF: itdf.games We have 4 spots for marginalized and underrepresented designers to receive mentorship plus $1000 USD no-strings-attached scholarship! Apply before March 17th, 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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A hot take, but if you want to see more TTRPG based shows, you should be watching Mighty Nein and Vox Machina. Everyone else is going to be looking at their numbers #TTRPGCommunity #CriticalRole
The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are here! Have you published a LARP, table top RPG, card, board, or other analog game in 2025? We want to see it! Submit yours today: forms.gle/Jgnu7Ev5BnkU... Visit www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers for more details. Submissions close on January 31st.
The 2025 Indie Groundbreaker Awards are nearly here and we need Judges! Do you know tabletop games? TTRPGs? Card games? Resource collection? We need your expertise. Join us on a panel of Judges to declare 2025’s best indie tabletop games. forms.gle/2NpVyf4riA8v...
Indie Groundbreaker Awards Judge Application
Use this form to apply to be a judge for the Indie Groundbreaker Awards.
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