Max Lander
@snaxwell.bsky.social
Game Designer + Professor. Angry queer. Himbos of Myth & Mettle, OddFolk and Frame 352. https://maxwellander.itch.io/ Co-host of RTFM. Rtfmcast.com
Life really got in the way for me this summer, but I loved this conversation and am so happy to have met and connected with @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online!
There's a new episode of RTFM, an RPG book club podcast. @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online joins @snaxwell.bsky.social and me to talk about weird espionage RPG FIST. We recorded this long ago. Life erupted. No idea what we said. Please listen and (don't!) tell me! open.spotify.com/episode/3rwU...
The ashcan of Universel Riche is available for five measly dollars. All sales line the pockets of @adegenart.bsky.social. erinking.itch.io/universel-ri...
Universel Riche Ashcan by Aaron King
Basic rules for a card-based RPG in a bastard world.
erinking.itch.io
This, honestly. It's how I met @peregrinecoast.press, @thelostbaystudio.com, @goblinmixtape.bsky.social, @snaxwell.bsky.social and dozens of Mothership 3pp homies. Read people's cool shit. Play people's cool shit. Tell them you like their cool shit. It's really that simple.
giving a shit about other people is a great way to convince them to consider giving a shit about you !!!
I am medically unable to remember what "ontological" means.
I’m finally going to listen to my doctor and eat more vegetables and get more fresh air
who says there aren’t enough tops we’re in a topping boom
Somehow passed 1K followers; as is tradition, I must make a game free. In a Mirror Brightly is a game about fighting the power in 199X with sex, hex, and tech. Inspired by The Invisibles, Mage: The Ascension, and The Matrix. Amazing layout by @snaxwell.bsky.social. erinking.itch.io/in-a-mirror-...
Disabling achievements when turning on provided accessibility features might seem like a sensible compromise, but it's actually a weird pointless humiliation ritual for everyone involved
YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
I've been reading and writing poetry. How embarrassing for me.
I'm obviously not going to gencon but making a himbos deck list does sound fun
ATTENTION INDIE RPG DESIGNERS (who play MTG) This Gencon @systemmastery.bsky.social @gurglespasm.bsky.social and I are running a MTG Tournament to determine the best RPG of all time (for the year 2026) Build a deck based on you favorite RPG, compete, and if you win: your game is the best.
It's launch time for I'M A TRANS MAN AND I'M HERE TO FUCK (TRANS BODIES ARE SEXY), a game to celebrate our trans bodies and have very great sex 🔥😳🔥 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n... #pocketopia #queer #ttrpg #queerart
I'M A TRANS MAN AND I'M HERE TO FUCK (trans bodies are sexy)
a (NSFW) ttrpg for trans men and trans masc folks to feel very trans and very sexy. a game to celebrate trans bodies. --Pocketopia 2026
backerkit.com
Still peeved about the time I couldn't remember that Portishead is called Portishead and when I searched for "sex music band 1990s" the internet failed me
A new episode of RTFM, an RPG book club podcast. @diceexploder.com joins me and @snaxwell.bsky.social to talk about Bullwinkle & Rocky Role-Playing Party Game, hand puppets, and arming yourself with bisexual lighting. open.spotify.com/episode/2zy5...
I feel like the backlash against educational tech and gamification calls into question how academia approaches games broadly. Whole programs popped up 10-15 years ago on “serious games” money with approaches that were broad, but not deep: games were talismans that can magically cure what ails ya
I cannot fucking wait
Villain is coming out in *less than a month*, so please prepare for me to be completely insufferable in the short and medium term. This book was more difficult to write than I could ever have imagined, and this Kirkus starred review was such a relief and a joy: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Snow being smart and cool on the internet again
Just posted this essay about the OSR, but more so about how TTRPGs have created their own genres and these things we consider cliques or movements are actually greater extensions of what TTRPGs have done unique from other mediums. www.patreon.com/posts/155858133
Ambrosia Sky is 15% off from now until April 23rd! 🪐 Start your journey with Act One today, and get Act Two as a free update when it launches on [redacted]. (And get it before the price goes up with that update!) Your homecoming awaits: ambrosiasky.com
I just wrote a small cannibalistic lyric larp thing. Is this the trans-est I've ever been?