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Creator of the ENNIE-nominated Exclusion Zone Botanist. Writer at Skeleton Code Machine: https://www.skeletoncodemachine.com 💀 #MÖRKTOBER 🩻 Get TUMULUS: tumulus.exeunt.press 🎲 Buy printed games: shop.exeunt.press 👀 Behind the scenes: omnes.exeunt.press
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Can we use soccer in a TTRPG?
Using Reiner Knizia’s book of dice and card games for inspiration when designing other kinds of games. Exploring how a card game can be adapted and expanded.
skeletoncodemachine.com
kill ghost@willjobst.bsky.social · 8h agoyeah dude you have to check out the battle system. it’s based on soccer
www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/bingo-ttrpgs This essay really got our juices flowing. Thanks, @exeunt.press! Gonna make a Bingo card to introduce new players to the tropes/expectations of new games.
Can we use bingo cards in TTRPGs?
Exploring how bingo-style mechanisms can be adapted for use in TTRPGs.
skeletoncodemachine.com
Another great article, this time on taking a simple game/mechanic and stretching it for TTRPGs; I particularly liked the point about easy motivations for new players. ( similarly, although it comes with a lot of baggage around casinos, I can't help thinking that there's something to Roulette... )
Exeunt Press 💀🎲@exeunt.press · 4d agoCan we use bingo cards in TTRPGs? The answer is a resounding yes! Check the comments on this week's Skeleton Code Machine article for examples provided by readers. www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/bingo-ttrpgs #ttrpg #rpg #bingo #gamedesign
This helped me come up with a fun server activity. I'll sketch it out tomorrow.
Exeunt Press 💀🎲@exeunt.press · 4d agoCan we use bingo cards in TTRPGs? The answer is a resounding yes! Check the comments on this week's Skeleton Code Machine article for examples provided by readers. www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/bingo-ttrpgs #ttrpg #rpg #bingo #gamedesign
Exclusion Zone Botanist: Epsilon and why the map will be a point crawl.
Epsilon Update No. 4: Mapping the Exclusion Zone
The next monthly update about Epsilon — a solo adventure game about exploring a dark and corrupting forest. Transforming the EZ from a hexcrawl into a pointcrawl, because everything is pointcrawl.
omnes.exeunt.press
Everything is….. www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/everything...
Everything is pointcrawl!
Exploring hexcrawls, pointcrawls, and other crawls to see if everything is actually just a pointcrawl. How we can reduce the illusion of choice and instead have players make meaningful decisions?
skeletoncodemachine.com
Ghoula RPGs@gilarpgs.bsky.social · 2d agoThis is something, I swear
Working on setting up a micro interview with @stickydoodler.bsky.social and a preview of who will have tables at PeopleCon 3. Watch for it this coming week at omnes.exeunt.press! #indiettrpg #peoplecon #ttrpg #rpg #solorog #bookshops #dmv #dc
Exeunt Press 💀🎲@exeunt.press · 2d agoI'll be at People's Book (Takoma Park, MD) soon! Come to PeopleCon 3 on October 17 and say hello! Details: withfriends.co/event/290173...
Gorgeous graphic design on this one!
Hinokodo@hinokodo.com · 2d ago@everyone I have a Kickstarter launching next Tuesday. October 13. It's for a #boardgame I've been cooking for 3 years called PONDUS and the hunt for the Orbs of Power. Domino Magic Combat and Adventure for 1-4p. Human made art illustrated by me.
"Once we realize that we have cognitive maps in our head, that they are all made of a set of core building blocks, and that we can export these maps to paper to communicate them, maps become a lot less mysterious." #ttrpg #gamedesign #maps 🎲✂️
Building a better vocabulary for maps
Part 1 of a series on making better maps by thinking about them as graphs and data, based on a talk I gave at Harrisburg University.
skeletoncodemachine.com
I'll be at People's Book (Takoma Park, MD) soon! Come to PeopleCon 3 on October 17 and say hello! Details: withfriends.co/event/290173...
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Jean Verne@jeanverne.bsky.social · 4d ago7/Effigy See those giant holo-mascots shilling all across Cy? _slow_keys_ found a backdoor to hack them. So far he’s only used it to make them swear (more than usual). But for the right price you can have them do or say whatever you want, or even choose what they look like. #morktober #mörktober
Did you know you could just make a game? It's true! Make Your Own One-Page RPG can help you do just that!
Make Your Own One-Page Roleplaying Game (Print + PDF) — Exeunt Press
Create your own roleplaying game that fits on a single sheet of paper. Written by the creator of the ENNIE nominated Exclusion Zone Botanist , this guide takes you through every step of the process...
exeunt.press
Anthony Ortega (he/him)@am0.bsky.social · last mo.Some light reading while the kids hang out at the local park
This sentence brought me much joy today: "These prompts are good and weird and got my brain going hard." 😊 #MÖRKTOBER
Quinn murphy@gamefiend.bsky.social · 3d agoY'ALL. @exeunt.press is not a good person. Look what they've done to me for #Morktober. (fwiw I am completely kidding, they are awesome!). These prompts are good and weird and got my brain going hard.
Exeunt Press will be there too! Watch for an upcoming omnes.exeunt.press post featuring everyone who will have a table there! 👀
Level Zero Gaming@level-zero-gaming.itch.io · 4d agoSaturday, October 17 (12-5 PM), I'll have a booth at PeopleCon 3: A Designed in the DMV Game Market at @peoplesbooktakoma.com! First time I'm bringing hard copies of my games out into the world!!!! I'll be there with @stickydoodler.bsky.social, @binarystar.games, @graftbound.bsky.social, and more!
🎃🔊👂 Are you making audio for #MÖRKTOBER? Music, ambient sounds, spoken word, or any other form of sonic art? Let me know! Reply to this so I can include in you a future Exeunt Omnes newsletter. Tag someone you know if they are making audio things!
You are a Muffin and Exclusion Zone Botanist spotted at People's Book in Takoma Park, MD!!!
Matt B, People's Book@mattbormet.com · 3w ago@stickydoodler.bsky.social ready for peoplecon
In "What is a core game loop?" at SCM, I wondered if every game *must* contain a core game loop (defined broadly). Good discussion in the comments. I think I found a loopless game, similar to the concept of through-composed music! The Wildfire Trilogy designed by @gamefiend.bsky.social ... (1/2)
The Wildfire Trilogy by Thoughtcrime Games
Magic Needs to Be Free. A Trilogy (and Prologue) of Micro-TTRPGs that let you tell the story of how that happens.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
A Knizia soccer (football) mechanism in TTRPGs? It's possible! www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/knizia-goal
Can we use soccer in a TTRPG?
Using Reiner Knizia’s book of dice and card games for inspiration when designing other kinds of games. Exploring how a card game can be adapted and expanded.
skeletoncodemachine.com
The season of #MÖRKTOBER continues! Today is Day 7 (EFFIGY) of dark and weird creations for MÖRK BORG. If you made it this far congrats! If not, start whenever you'd like! A MÖRKTOBER participant is never late, nor are they early; they finish their prompts precisely when they mean to. 🧙♂️ #morkborg
