Jason Tocci
@jst.bsky.social
UX nerd and game designer with some stuff at https://jasontocci.itch.io and https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/17901/pretendo-games. Views are my own and not my employer’s. (he/him)
6 games from Unknown Dungeon's One-Page RPG Jam that you should play: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/d6-onepage... #ttrpg #rpg #onepage #1pagerpg
D6 games you should play from this year's One-Page RPG Jam
Every game can teach us something about design. Let's look at six one-page games submitted to the 2026 One-Page RPG Jam. Two of my own designs and four from others, all of them worth checking out!
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Nine Space Games is now available! Get it here: bpglink.com/9spacegames or here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... as you prefer, but definitely get it.
Nine Space Games
Nine Space Games is a collection of freeform games that share a universe and a set of rules. They are designed to be played however you like, and they play fast—each lasts no more than an hour. And th...
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If we’re talking conspiracy theories: is Cranky Kong the original Donkey Kong (more of a nickname for a guy who used to throw barrels at you if you tried to stop him from kidnapping or criticized his parents for the typo on “Monkey Kong”), and the Donkey Kong you see here Donkey Kong III?
Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 2d agoSaw this picture and trying to figure out the Diddy Kong situation is leading me down a rabbit hole that can only end with me rejecting the moon landing
The local library lets kids borrow American Girl dolls. My kiddo has been waiting to visit for days. (And has been in not the best mood with me.) When we finally arrived, she was bummed to find they only had a boy … named Jason. She took it home anyway. ❤️
Dream big and perhaps someday your blog post will be picked up by a well known YouTube channel so you can enjoy randos commenting on how those who inspired you beat you to your ideas first
Just 🔸2 days🔸 left to snag this TTRPG bundle and help designer Rae Nedjadi pay down the expenses incurred by a long hospital stay. Over $285 worth of games for just 25 bucks, and 98% of your donation goes directly to Rae. Act now, the bundle vanishes on Aug 1st! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
JOB POST: Games/Creative Folks with a Master's Degree (or more), Carnegie Mellon's Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) -- where I work -- is HIRING for 1 permanent & 1 contract teaching position, for interactive media folks w/ some programming background. Is that you? apply.interfolio.com/189698
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If you are not reading Buttercup Festival, you are really missing out buttercupfestival.com/3-389.htm
Asked an 11 year old if she says “google it.” No—all her friends say “search it up.” Sounds fine coming from a 6th grader. When the New York Times endorses it, it’s advising adults to reenact “How do you do, fellow kids?” (If you miss the reference … look it up.)
> Schools and workplaces don’t have the same protections that the safest buildings and most privileged members of society do. The phrase “Davos safe” exists to show the protections that the wealthiest in the world get, when they meet yearly at the World Economic Forum (WEF).
Mark Ungrin@mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 3w ago
if the UI and UX suck or features people want to use aren’t there I promise you it’s not as good an alternative as you think most users just want to get things done on software that works well, and yelling at them about how they’re wrong to want what they want doesn’t actually help them or you
2400 ran out of community copies again. (Thanks to @keftiu.bsky.social for the heads up!) I added 1000 more. Enjoy. jasontocci.itch.io/2400
2400 by Jason Tocci
Lo-fi sci-fi micro RPG collection
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Let Clayton win you over
Clayton@explorersdesign.bsky.social · 4w agoExplorers Design has been nominated for Best Online Content in The Ennies 2026! Not sure who to vote for? Let me win you over. Today's post is a special edition of The Explorateur. It features my favorite nominees and a long list of non-rpg design links. 🍻🎉 www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
Even as I’ve been following @bastionland.bsky.social’s newsletter and playtest materials, @newmadras.bsky.social’s @rascal.news piece has got me extra hyped for Intergalactic Bastionland. www.rascal.news/intergalacti...
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Inside me are two wolves. One's best-known #TTRPG is appreciated for its concise, hyper-minimalist rules. The other has been working on-and-off for years on a game with 7 ability scores and over 70 character upgrades. This wolf is wanted dead or alive by the Free Kriegsspiel Revolution.
Turned in copy edits on my latest book this week so I should probably remind people I have a book coming out later this year. It’s called ETERNITY’S TOMB and it answers the question we’ve all asked ourselves: what if we were robbing a space tomb heading for a black hole?! dmoren.com/writing/eter...
fyi DTRPG has waived their usual fees, so 98% of your purchase goes directly to Rae via this bundle. If for whatever reason you don't want to use that service, Rae also has an itch page at temporalhiccup.itch.io or you could consider his (somewhat dormant) patreon www.patreon.com/swordqueenga...
Evil Hat@evilhat.bsky.social · last mo.NEW: A special TTRPG charity bundle to help designer Rae Nedjadi offset their medical expenses after serious illness and a month-long hospital stay. Includes Apocalypse Keys plus a terrific selection of other games. Get over $285 in games for just 25 bucks! 👇 www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
NEW: A special TTRPG charity bundle to help designer Rae Nedjadi offset their medical expenses after serious illness and a month-long hospital stay. Includes Apocalypse Keys plus a terrific selection of other games. Get over $285 in games for just 25 bucks! 👇 www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
I want to believe there’s an analog to this in design
Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · last mo.‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
The TV version of this is “we’ll do it in the blues”. Although I did have good enough relationship with one exec where called me and said ‘You know those four notes you said you’d do in the blue pages? I know what you’re doing. You gotta at least do the first one.” Which seemed reasonable.
Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · last mo.‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios
"Broom the soup." A lot of centrists are freaking out right now, and people are both reading too much and too little into the DSA victories, but a metaphor from my career may be helpful here. 1/?
Julianne McShane@juliannemcshane.bsky.social · last mo.“All of us are a little frustrated with the Democratic Party. But you don’t blow it up. That’s what MAGA has done.” - Tish James on Mamdani 👀😳
Okay. You have unfortunately been hit with the curse that makes you adapt a work you liked as a kid into a ttrpg. What thing are you adapting?
I don’t care if it only ever gets three “likes” from the extremely small Venn diagram of lit majors and muppet fans who will forgive my poor meter and refusal to rhyme. No more will I be plagued by a years-old draft titled “Fozziemandias.”
Jason Tocci@jst.bsky.social · 2mo agoHey, did you hear the one about the guy from an antique land? He says: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert.” And I say, hey pal, it’s the desert! At least put on something to block the sun and some swim trunks! Look upon my shirt and 'dis pair! Wocka wocka!
