Andie | MargoMods 🛩 Gen Con
@margomods.bsky.social
Former climate scientist, current D&D 5e / TTRPG writer, publisher, game designer. Click the link for Heroic Ecohorror for D&D 5e! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/margomods/exoecology-for-monster-hunters?ref=5xwwd1
As I was in bumper-to-bumper (butt-to-butt?) people traffic in the halls of GenCon, I found myself wondering how many other organisms experience the discomfort of being stuck in traffic. Do birds like flying in tight formations? Do sheep feel crowded or comforted in moving herds?
Hell yeah, I have been waiting to see this one 👀
Carlos Cisco@carloscisco.bsky.social · 6d agoDid you enjoy the #Daggerheart Next panel? I'm so excited that Pistolheart Volume 4 will get to include six new colossi. But today why don't you get your hands on Volume 3 while it's still weird. This one has aliens! With guns! Live on Heart of Daggers and Itch. heartofdaggers.com/products/pis...
Just landed in Indianapolis for Gen Con! If you see me, say hi :)
Exoecology for Monster Hunters is now available in a PDF + @roll20.net VTT bundle deal! Get it here: tinyurl.com/3cmy2zxa Wreak havoc at your table with the extraplanar mayhem in this 304-page 5e setting and extraplanar bestiary! #dnd5e #dungeonsanddragons
Free-for-all competitive games are a hilarious microcosm where collective action works. Everybody knows you can cut a deal in an MTG commander game, but you rarely see players in a TeamFight Tactics lobby agree to buy a meta comp's champs to make it unplayable. Hate a game's meta? Try politicking 😈
The @roll20.net module for Exoecology for Monster Hunters is now available! Get your fill of extraplanar invasive species like chromatic crabs, spores that connect you to a cosmos-spanning hivemind, and botanical hydras. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
I'm trying not to get distracted by researching bog ecology as I prep for my Daggerheart session in the Witherwild tonight 🙃
The more I think about the design choices in this spread, the more I dig them.
Jaybird Games@jaybird.games · 4w agoHere's a preview spread for my next #Daggerheart supplement: FEAR ME! The goal is to present a complete view of a villain for your games on a single spread, with everything from backstory to plot countdowns to lieutenants and more!
Oops, I sold my D&D 5E book to my therapist just by showing her the cover and infodumping about it. That wasn't on my bingo card, but I'll take the win 🤣
The print proof for Exoecology for Monster Hunters arrived this week!! The colors turned out even more vibrant than I dared to hope. I can't wait to get this book into people's hands. Seeing it all in print makes me really appreciate how much work I put into this book.
I haven't been posting much on socials, but I wish I could slam more than 1 like on this actual play. The players & GM are excellent and the sound design slaps.
Jayme "Danger" Howard@gimpy.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe Gay Panic Table serving up Pride.
Until the Last Villain Dies (and more!) is LIVE ON BACKERKIT! Have you seen our sweet sweet trailer? www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UUO... Link to campaign: triglavgames.com/l/utlvd
LIVE ON BACKERKIT: Until the Last Villain Dies and more for Draw Steel
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If you found out halfway through watching a season of a mystery/thriller TV show that you accidentally started on season 2, would you go back and watch the first season or finish out season 2? Asking for a friend 🙃
Draw Steel is a gonzo game. Heroes are hardier, more mobile, and can yeet foes easier than in 5e. That informs what players look for in maps. Bare minimum, if you put an object on the map, it has to hurt when folks slam into it. But you should really go further. Lean into dynamic terrain objects.
Knowing that bad news is coming doesn't make the news any less shitty when it lands. I can't wait for the tide to turn against these evil assholes.
A fantastic summary & discussion of modern takes on skill challenges that ends with a take I can't disagree with: we should all put a little chocolate in our peanut butter.
Leon Barillaro@barilleon.com · 8mo agoNEW on the Blog: Skill Challenges. You know 'em. Or maybe you think you know 'em. Let's take a look at what they were, and what people thought they were. Three games came out this year with some improvements to the tech. Let's look at those, too! barilleon.com/skill-challe...
Congrats to the whole MCDM team for funding! Over 1.25 million in less than a day is such an enormous feat.
The radenwight ancestry in Draw Steel's Crack the Sun is reviving my desire to write an epic radenwight adventure about gathering allies to stand with a noble ratfolk army against something monstrous underground. It's probably nostalgia for my Redwall-obsessed childhood, but I'm okay with that 😆
The individual Acts of the epic Crack the Sun adventure sound like such bangers. I'm curious to see how they guide players between adventures because 1) weak links between adventures are such a long-standing problem in big campaigns and 2) I trust the MCDM team to come up with a great solution.
Have I been obsessively thinking about how to make boss adversaries in Daggerheart since returning from PAXU? Why yes, yes I have. Seems @mikerunderwood.bsky.social has this particular brainworm too :) youtu.be/DDQuPHRW-UU?...
Designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart
YouTube video by Mike Underwood
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I should probably admit to myself redeye flights are getting harder as I get older and stop booking them 🫠 Just landed in Philly, though! Let the PAXU shenanigans commence :)
A thoughtful review on The Great Thaw of Gryzmithrak Spire for Draw Steel! It's fun to see people playing the adventure, and I'm always jazzed when someone takes the time to share their thoughts :)
TGNewman@tgnewman.bsky.social · 9mo agoI got to run The Great Thaw by @margomods.bsky.social, one of, if not the first 3rd Party Crowdfunders for #DrawSteel! It was a trial game for my players, after running the start of the Delian Tomb for others. I wanted to try another adventure to improve my Directing. Here are my thoughts. 1/6
TONIGHT!!! Vaesen: The Withering Wick premieres on the BossJellybean Twitch channel. Set 1 month before the events of our main adventure…the inhabitants of a small town suffer a paranormal catastrophe, this is their story. #ttrpg #10candles #vaesen #actualplay
I am so excited for people to watch this 10 Candles + Vaesen mini series. This ended up being the most emotional game I have ever been a part of. I had no idea what I was getting into 👀 Airing at 7 EST on twitch.tv/bossjellybean. VOD will be on YouTube!
If you like TTRPG characters with secrets, traumas, or fears, I have an easy hack for making it really fun at the table. Attach the key to your character's growth or their motivation for confronting their fears to helping/interacting with another player character and watch how much RP it inspires.
Gravedigger's Harvest launched today! This new dark mystery adventure for 5E features a fantasy version of a coal miner's black lung intertwined with lung-heisting monsters and an elaborate ecosystem of horror. Check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Gravedigger's Harvest
A dark fantasy mystery adventure for D&D 5e
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Today, I am launching a new D&D 5E Kickstarter collaboration, but I am still reeling from a weekend filming the most intense and emotional TTRPG story I've ever been a part of! So much to do! It's truly so hard to express how radically my life has shifted (and improved) since leaving academia.
A dark fantasy mystery adventure for 5e with a Goblin Lich as the main villain? Say no more. Back Gravedigger's Harvest on Kickstarter NOW and get the early bird MINI STL! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon... #dnd #ttrpg Crafted together with @lonecolossusgames.bsky.social and @margomods.bsky.social
