If you're interested in 2 TTRPGs 🎲 that: - Use bespoke mechanics actually suited to tell Star Wars-style stories - Are made by indie creators instead of WotC - Are award-winning games - Don't require a GM WOW do we have the exact Kickstarter for you: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

Michael Siglain@msiglain.bsky.social · 6d ago

Just announced at Gen Con. More to come.

what @shoebill.moe's incredibly kind words here aren't talking up is how drop-dead gorgeous HIS art for the upcoming book is. it's been UNBELIEVABLY cool to see these characters come to life in such beautiful detail. see see more of it on the Kickstarter here! 🔗 www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

internet bird@shoebill.moe · 6d ago

Earnestly excited for D&D afficionados; but if you want a system handmade to bring you authentic, emotional, incredible Star Wars experiences, Galactic & Going Rogue by @rileyrethal.bsky.social and @jessfrom.online is the finest system ever written. 🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

it was so fun hearing @vidityavoleti.bsky.social talk about "three bars" game design & thinking back to the "condition sliders" @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social helped us design for the previous series on The Martian. one of the coolest things about doing this podcast is the chance to both

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 2mo ago

Our series turning Apollo 13 into a TTRPG continues with @vidityavoleti.bsky.social chatting about wrecking decks, making impossible poker hands, & the Three Bars of Game Design 🌕👰‍♀️

editing & playtesting Ridge City Riders was SUCH a genuine delight!!! this is a game that understands its genre touchstones so thoroughly. the process of making a tricked-out hoverbike and learning about your character & their community through it is SUCH a fun mechanic, ABSOLUTELY check it out!!!

paul@thecastlebuilder.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ridge City Riders is now live on itch! Ridge City Riders is a GM-less storytelling #TTRPG that uses a unique dice-exchanging system. Rip through Ridge City on customized hoverbikes, use spare parts to give your fellow riders an edge, and dream of a brighter future. I hope you check it out!

Ridge City Riders is now live on itch! Ridge City Riders is a GM-less storytelling #TTRPG that uses a unique dice-exchanging system. Rip through Ridge City on customized hoverbikes, use spare parts to give your fellow riders an edge, and dream of a brighter future. I hope you check it out!

Ridge City Riders by paul doyle

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good news i get to guest on a Very Cool Podcast to talk about one of my favorite things. yup, it's time loops

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 3mo ago

Announcing our next double feature: LOOPIN' TIME ⏰ AND a new segment: the mechanical mailbag! 📼✉🎲 Watch our upcoming movies & submit a related TTRPG idea (thematically appropriate dice mechanic, module, table, overall elevator pitch...) & we might discuss it on the pod! 🔗 forms.gle/28vMT5kmQfa7...

Pulling myself out of the temporal vortex to say that you should be excited for this! I know I am!

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 3mo ago

Announcing our next double feature: LOOPIN' TIME ⏰ AND a new segment: the mechanical mailbag! 📼✉🎲 Watch our upcoming movies & submit a related TTRPG idea (thematically appropriate dice mechanic, module, table, overall elevator pitch...) & we might discuss it on the pod! 🔗 forms.gle/28vMT5kmQfa7...

Announcing our next double feature: LOOPIN' TIME ⏰ AND a new segment: the mechanical mailbag! 📼✉🎲 Watch our upcoming movies & submit a related TTRPG idea (thematically appropriate dice mechanic, module, table, overall elevator pitch...) & we might discuss it on the pod! 🔗 forms.gle/28vMT5kmQfa7...

⚡ Yeaaaaaah! #StarWars & #scifi fans go crazy!

Jumpgate Games@jumpgategames.itch.io · 3mo ago

#MayThe4thBeWithYou ...and may the Star Wars be in your own hands. 🔗⬇️ to get the Star Wars & Andor-inspired TTRPGs, Galactic & Going Rogue, while late-pledging lasts! Plus, check out some new & gorgeous spreads @oieuoshi.bsky.social's been prototyping as we lay out the book's design language!

this was truly my #1 goal with this edition. theres a LOT of new teaching text (& mechanical tooling!) abt what it means to shift into a GMless mindset where you're creating your own trouble & conflicting as characters while cooperating as players. & i feel SO lucky to have had satah's help on that.

satah 🛸@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 3mo ago

i think & hope that overall as a team (jess n riley n will on the ones & twos as editor n me just kind of ambiently doing whatever) we've developed this book to not only be the best version of the games, but also a text that will explicitly help people skill-build towards new types of play !!

i think & hope that overall as a team (jess n riley n will on the ones & twos as editor n me just kind of ambiently doing whatever) we've developed this book to not only be the best version of the games, but also a text that will explicitly help people skill-build towards new types of play !!

Jumpgate Games@jumpgategames.itch.io · 3mo ago

#MayThe4thBeWithYou ...and may the Star Wars be in your own hands. 🔗⬇️ to get the Star Wars & Andor-inspired TTRPGs, Galactic & Going Rogue, while late-pledging lasts! Plus, check out some new & gorgeous spreads @oieuoshi.bsky.social's been prototyping as we lay out the book's design language!

yea! i wrote a bunch of places (locations with picklists of Stuff That's There to help guide yr play) tailored toward going rogue & a big ol' play example. i also had a lot a lottt of discussions with jess abt how to teach this type of game, which i love So Much but can take some adjusting to

jess@jessfrom.online · 3mo ago

did you know that this #MayThe4thBeWithYou you can still reserve your copy of Galactic & Going Rogue. did you know @oieuoshi.bsky.social makes beautiful layouts. did you know there's 37,000 words in the manuscript with awesome new contributions by @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online. did you know.

#MayThe4thBeWithYou ...and may the Star Wars be in your own hands. 🔗⬇️ to get the Star Wars & Andor-inspired TTRPGs, Galactic & Going Rogue, while late-pledging lasts! Plus, check out some new & gorgeous spreads @oieuoshi.bsky.social's been prototyping as we lay out the book's design language!

Jumpgate Games@jumpgategames.itch.io · last yr.

LIVE ON KICKSTARTER: Galactic & Going Rogue, 2 GMless scifi #TTRPGs 🎲 in 1 book! 🚀 Galactic by @rileyrethal.bsky.social: Rebellion, Relationships, & War Among the Stars 🚀 Going Rogue by @jessfrom.online: Cynicism, Hope, & Making the Ultimate Sacrifice 🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...

BIG OLE BACKER TRAIN a rollin' on the last day of Orbital Blues Month! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

A Fistful of Stars - Adventures on the Green Light Express

A Fistful of Stars is an adventure/setting book for Orbital Blues where your outlaws will explore the hottest new way to travel: an interstellar trainline connecting multiple star systems.

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LAST CALL to board the SPACE TRAIN! Check out these three new train cars (in progress) by @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social! The casino, observation / park, and storage cars will have floor plans, notable NPCs & TONS of flavor courtesy of @ratwave.uk! Back it today! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

The third episode of our series turning The Martian into a TTRPG features @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social talking about positive & negative tags, condition sliders, faction turn order, project dice, & utopia 🐱‍🚀

The Martian (2015) - 03 - with Kendrick Smith | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Talking with Kendrick Smith (talesyettold.com, kendomakesfilms on Bluesky) about why The Martian (2015) should be a game.Games referenced: Girl Frame, The Corrupted, Citizen Sleeper, The Quiet Year, W...

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*clickbait youtube thumbnail face* *"THEY FORGOT TO EDIT IT OUT!" & "Why you should ALWAYS LISTEN THROUGH TO THE END!" in red with an arrow pointing towards a stock photo of a waveform* PODCAST HOSTS caught TALKING BEHIND THE GUEST'S BACK 🙀

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 3mo ago

The third episode of our series turning The Martian into a TTRPG features @kendomakesfilms.bsky.social talking about positive & negative tags, condition sliders, faction turn order, project dice, & utopia 🐱‍🚀

sneak peak of this new ep based on Andy Weir's other book-turned-movie, The Martian: 1. the martian is not a player, they're an oracle 2. what if you played a diff character on every different team & they're all at odds 3. what if you really want your face on the rocket 4. what if you got a divorce

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 4mo ago

Our series on why The Martian (2015) should be a game begins by chatting with @calebzane.bsky.social about multi-character multi-faction play, restrictions on communication and story-making, and your boss's ontological incorrectness as a form of resolution 🐱‍🚀

(And if you have criticisms of Andy Weir...don't worry, we do too. If you want to hear @calebzane.bsky.social, @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online, & @jessfrom.online discuss legacy, inter-agency conflict, & mechanizing the implicit politics of The Martian (2015) we have EXACTLY the episode for you.)

Excited about Project Hail Mary? Great news: its premiere was the original inspiration for our PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS IN SPACE triple-feature! In fact...come listen to us design games based on the other novel-turned-movie from Andy Weir: The Martian (2015)! 🚀🎲

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 4mo ago

Our series on why The Martian (2015) should be a game begins by chatting with @calebzane.bsky.social about multi-character multi-faction play, restrictions on communication and story-making, and your boss's ontological incorrectness as a form of resolution 🐱‍🚀

Songbirds, by Snow, is an OSR and storygame traditions inspired ttrpg about you being the canary (adventurer) in the coal mine (dungeon), you go where others won't trying to help spirits find rest, since the god of death is slacking.

Intro to Songbirds, Canary in the Mine

YouTube video by 11dragonkid

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I've been catching up on this and it's quickly become one of my favorite game design pods. I'm always thinking about how games can capture the feel of different media, and the hosts and guests do a great job of delving into the design and mechnics in a really thoughtful way. Highly recommend!

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 4mo ago

Our series on why The Martian (2015) should be a game begins by chatting with @calebzane.bsky.social about multi-character multi-faction play, restrictions on communication and story-making, and your boss's ontological incorrectness as a form of resolution 🐱‍🚀

Our series on why The Martian (2015) should be a game begins by chatting with @calebzane.bsky.social about multi-character multi-faction play, restrictions on communication and story-making, and your boss's ontological incorrectness as a form of resolution 🐱‍🚀

The Martian (2015) - 01 - with Caleb Zane Huett | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Talking with Caleb Zane Huett (calebzanehuett.com, calebzane on Bluesky) about why The Martian (2015) should be a game.Games referenced: The Quiet Year, This Discord Has Ghosts In It, Fiasco, Downfall...

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yay!!!! i love talking about game design with my friends!! this show is a blast

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 4mo ago

Our series on why The Martian (2015) should be a game begins by chatting with @calebzane.bsky.social about multi-character multi-faction play, restrictions on communication and story-making, and your boss's ontological incorrectness as a form of resolution 🐱‍🚀

AND WE'RE BACK!!! Join August, Jade/Koda, Bryan, and @cado.bsky.social as we play Going Rogue by @jessfrom.online ! After a pyrrhic victory, four members of the rebellion have to go on a mission that will either doom themselves or save everyone. ftlcast.podbean.com/e/s10-episod...

ANNOUNCING: The "Oops! Wrong Holiday Passover Sale"! now to the end of Pesach (4/9) get 20% off my TTRPG 🎲 abt stealing the Temple menorah back from the Vatican! its basically telling the maggid or w/e. the seder is just an RPG where the haggadah's the rulebook anyway. 🔗: itch.io/s/183675/oop...

The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal it Back | Oops! Wrong Holiday Passover Sale by Jess Levine | Jumpgate Games

A sale by Jess Levine | Jumpgate Games, 20% off The Vatican Stole the Menorah and We're Going to Steal it Back

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#2) Planet FIST by @jessfrom.online and @jumpgategames.itch.io For starters, the game has a fuck you to fascists. Absolute A+. I got to run it as Helldivers come to TTRPG, and there's something extra about playing Fortunate Son as you describe a scene to your players. 11/10 would run again.

#4 Going Rogue from @jumpgategames.itch.io ! I have played Galactic 2e, which it was originally written to be an expansion of, and would love to explore this world more!

going rogue 2e by Jess Levine | Jumpgate Games

a gm-less ttrpg inspired by rogue one, about war, rebellion, and making the ultimate sacrifice

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Part two of our series on Gravity (2013) builds on what we established last week as @queenregnant.bsky.social helps us talk through mechanising the ties that bind, both literal and metaphorical 🪢

Gravity (2013) - 02 - with Dora Rogers | Podcast Episode on RSS.com

Continuing our conversation about why Gravity (2013) should be a game with Dora Rogers (deecity, Gal Pal Games).Games referenced: Drink My Sweat, Going Rogue, I Have the High Ground, D&D 5e (??? )...

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GRAVITY EPISODE #2 OUT!! it was SOOOO fun diving into mechanizing the meaning of human relationship with @queenregnant.bsky.social, who is a genius for this stuff. truly, we must all be tethered to each other to make it out there.

This Should Be A Game!@thisshouldbeaga.me · 5mo ago

Part two of our series on Gravity (2013) builds on what we established last week as @queenregnant.bsky.social helps us talk through mechanising the ties that bind, both literal and metaphorical 🪢