Scryptid Games
@scryptidgames.bsky.social
Story games for cryptids. 🦇 scryptidgames.com 🎲 Tales from the Cryptids, an anthology of games, stories, & uncanny ephemera coming to BackerKit soon! http://scryptidgames.com/tales-from-the-cryptids
Our Interactive Fiction Workshop with @natmesnard.bsky.social of @scryptidgames.bsky.social will run July 8-Aug. 12th! Limited to 10 students. Join us for 6 weeks of play & turn your IF idea into a finished project. For complete details visit: bit.ly/4fz3N4Z #interactivefiction
We ❤️ this actual play!
Tabletop Bookshelf@tabletopbookshelf.com · 3mo agoWatch some furry friends get into and out of trouble in this one shot actual play of The Goodest Girls from @scryptidgames.bsky.social Starring @dani-bryn.bsky.social as Mabel @afluffygoomba.bsky.social as Bernice @mozzarelle.bsky.social as Dahlia @itstennyy.bsky.social as Elvira @ablacksparrow.com
We'll be taking inspiration from Spell: The RPG today by @whimsymachine.bsky.social and playstorming with Scrabble tiles! whimsymachinegames.com/Spell-The-RP...
Spell: The RPG - Store - Whimsy Machine Media
All of existence and nonexistence, reality and surreality, is spoken in a Universal Language. It describes all the laws of the universe: what is and what is not, everything that ever happened and ever...
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The final MAKE WEIRD GAMES class of the spring is today! Come make a narrative #ttrpg in #nyc. All levels, stand-alone game design workshop in BK: twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
Workshop | Make Weird Games w/ Nat MesnardSUN 5/17/2026 @ 12:45p-3p
Workshop | MAKE WEIRD GAMES w/ Nat Mesnard (3 Sessions) In this three-session workshop, we'll take inspiration from "weird" story games and other innovative indie titles to playstorm new game concepts...
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The Goodest Girls and @brigittewinter.bsky.social are nominated for an Indie Groundbreaker Award! Celebrate with 20% off this sitcom-inspired TTRPG about senior shelter animals living their best lives. (Discount Code: Sophia) scryptidgames.com/discount/Sop...
Wow! You all really showed up. We are now well beyond our max for fiction subs, so we will close to stories 4/30. (Games, poetry, and ephemera are still open until 5/15.)
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhoa! We've already hit our cap of 100 fiction subs for Tales from the Cryptids, but @brigittewinter.bsky.social is so delighted by what she’s read that we're keeping the portal open until we hit 200 or reach our May 15th deadline. Keep 'em coming, and get us your #ttrpg and #poetry submissions too!
New publisher listing for: Tales from the Cryptids Anthology @scryptidgames.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Art; General, Fantasy, Horror; pays). #WritingCommunity
New Publisher Listing: Tales from the Cryptids Anthology
New publisher listing for: Tales from the Cryptids Anthology @scryptidgames.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Art; General, Fantasy, Horror; pays). #WritingCommunity
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Whoa! We've already hit our cap of 100 fiction subs for Tales from the Cryptids, but @brigittewinter.bsky.social is so delighted by what she’s read that we're keeping the portal open until we hit 200 or reach our May 15th deadline. Keep 'em coming, and get us your #ttrpg and #poetry submissions too!
Love being in such excellent company. 🐀 ❤️
ratti incantati@ratti.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew games and magazines! - @newedgeswordmag.bsky.social # 5-7 - Mano Sinistra (Necrobriscola) - @scryptidgames.bsky.social Psychic Trash Detectives @mallenhall.com In Ruins New stickers and patches + tons of restocks, including Mausritter, OSE, Mothership modules, Anamnesis, and Cloud Empress!
This is tomorrow! Space is still open. If you're in NYC and want to design something new, come join us. We'll playstorm #ttrpg concepts using Legos and you'll leave with new game ideas + maybe the beginnings of a first draft.
Nat Mesnard@natmesnard.bsky.social · 5mo agoIf you're based in NYC and want to study #ttrpg design w/ me, come out on Sunday 3/22 at 1-3 PM for Session 1 of MAKE WEIRD GAMES, my workshop on "weird" story game design where we explore brilliant indie zines & playstorm new game concepts! All levels welcome: twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
Hey, NYC cryptids, come out! This is going to be a great class, and Session 1 will be exploring @vidityavoleti.bsky.social's Lego-based #ttrpg Space Goblins! 🎉
Nat Mesnard@natmesnard.bsky.social · 5mo agoIf you're based in NYC and want to study #ttrpg design w/ me, come out on Sunday 3/22 at 1-3 PM for Session 1 of MAKE WEIRD GAMES, my workshop on "weird" story game design where we explore brilliant indie zines & playstorm new game concepts! All levels welcome: twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
Tales from the Cryptids is open to submissions! Send us your weirdest fiction, poetry, and TTRPGs. 10 cents/word. Open until May 15. Let us peek into what might be—at the edge of what is known. Don't solve the mystery. Be the mystery. #callforsubmissions scryptidgames.moksha.io/publication/...
An absolutely amazing recap of our #AWP26 panel "Poetry, Prose, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" from @amandatien.bsky.social!
amandatien.bsky.social@amandatien.bsky.social · 5mo agoLoved this session! I wrote a recap with lots of quotes at @punishedbacklog.bsky.social here: punishedbacklog.com/prose-poetry...
I'm teaching a 2.5 hour Zoom workshop on March 29 called MAKE SHORT GAMES. We'll discuss tiny #ttrpgs and one-pagers, and playstorm games of our own. A great opportunity to design your first game, or (for experienced folks) make something new: www.eventbrite.com/e/make-short...
Make Short Games with Nat Mesnard
A Zoom workshop taking inspiration from short TTRPGs to playstorm new games.
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A total delight to play bass in this band of game-writing rock stars. 🎸
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur panel Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice at #AWP26 was amazing yesterday, with brilliant insights from @natmesnard.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social! If you attended, let us know your takeaways ✨
This panel was so joyful. Love the energy at @awpwriter.org around game design as a literary practice!
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur panel Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice at #AWP26 was amazing yesterday, with brilliant insights from @natmesnard.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social! If you attended, let us know your takeaways ✨
We had a really lively panel, with lots of back-and-forth! Woot!
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur panel Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice at #AWP26 was amazing yesterday, with brilliant insights from @natmesnard.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social! If you attended, let us know your takeaways ✨
Our panel Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice at #AWP26 was amazing yesterday, with brilliant insights from @natmesnard.bsky.social @sharangbiswas.bsky.social @brigittewinter.bsky.social @nirele.bsky.social @davering.bsky.social! If you attended, let us know your takeaways ✨
Great reading happening during #AWP26 w/ our "Prose, Poetry, and Play" panelists @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @davering.bsky.social!
Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 5mo agoreminder that we are throwing an event on thursday (yes the same night as literally every other queer reading) at current space gallery. 530-9pm, two sets of readings, bar with NA options, free. come hang out.
So excited for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 this week, where I'll be moderating my panel "Prose, Poetry, and Play: Game Design as a Literary Practice" with some incredible designers/writers: @sharangbiswas.bsky.social, @davering.bsky.social, @nirele.bsky.social, and @brigittewinter.bsky.social! Join us 🎲
We're bound for @awpwriter.org #AWP26 in Baltimore, MD this week! If you'll be around, come by the panels @brigittewinter.bsky.social and @natmesnard.bsky.social are running on games/writing, and visit us at Booth #T425 on the showroom floor.
This is going to be delightful. My two spookiest friends, Will and @brigittewinter.bsky.social, in one livestream! Come watch us ~~~scare~~~ each other w/ how much we all love to read and write creepy queer fiction 💕
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 5mo agoLast liveSCREAM of our Tales from the Cryptids campaign is tonight at 7PM ET / 4PM PT / 12AM GMT. 👻 Join @natmesnard.bsky.social, @brigittewinter.bsky.social and Will Roth of Creature Publishing to chat about scary fiction, spooky games, queer books, and more! youtube.com/live/cuFN88E...
Last liveSCREAM of our Tales from the Cryptids campaign is tonight at 7PM ET / 4PM PT / 12AM GMT. 👻 Join @natmesnard.bsky.social, @brigittewinter.bsky.social and Will Roth of Creature Publishing to chat about scary fiction, spooky games, queer books, and more! youtube.com/live/cuFN88E...
Creatures & Cryptids w/ Will Roth, Brigitte Winter & Nat Mesnard
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Vote to send @brigittewinter.bsky.social on a haunted photo shoot for Tales from the Cryptids! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera Project Update: Vote to send Brigitte to a haunted Maryland location!
Hi there, creeps! We are officially only FOUR DAYS away from the end of this campaign and over 70% of the way to our $10K stretch goal, which will add 20 more pages of conte...
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Tales from the Cryptids limited rewards are running low! Only 2 spots left for the Scryptid Scholar and Batboy's Bargain tiers, which both come with written feedback on a complete TTRPG, short story, or poem to help you prepare your submission for our open call: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera
A book of games and writing that flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore. In this zine, cryptids are beings with vivid lives, goals, and stories of their own to share. Don’t solve the mystery. Be ...
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Of potential interest to fans of 2025's "Cryptids, Kaiju & Corn" anthology from Middle West Press: Baltimore-based @scryptidgames.bsky.social is crowd-funding an anthology comprising story-telling TTRPG, fiction, and poetry! Campaign ends Feb. 27, 2026! Info: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera
A book of games and writing that flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore. In this zine, cryptids are beings with vivid lives, goals, and stories of their own to share. Don’t solve the mystery. Be ...
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This was suuuuuch a dynamic conversation with @superdillin.bsky.social and @sharangbiswas.bsky.social last night! People in the chat were...taking notes?! Tons of good stuff on subversive game design, erotic TTRPGs, and "emancipatory bleed." www.youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...
Zinetopia Designers Chat with Sharang Biswas, Dillin Apelyan and Nat Mesnard
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VERY excited for this chat I think you should come by and hear it!!!
Scryptid Games@scryptidgames.bsky.social · 6mo agoNew livestream! Join Scryptid Games Co-Founder @natmesnard.bsky.social tonight, 2/17, at 7pm ET for a chat with @backerkit.com #ZineTopia designers @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social on their new games & the thriving New York City tabletop scene! youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...
New livestream! Join Scryptid Games Co-Founder @natmesnard.bsky.social tonight, 2/17, at 7pm ET for a chat with @backerkit.com #ZineTopia designers @sharangbiswas.bsky.social and @superdillin.bsky.social on their new games & the thriving New York City tabletop scene! youtube.com/live/qtx5mX6...
Zinetopia Designers Chat with Sharang Biswas, Dillin Apelyan and Nat Mesnard
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