Listened to the interview with @jdragsky.bsky.social by @diogooldskull.bsky.social on Weird Games and Weirder People and I love the way y'all talk about art. My definition has been "art is that which is created with the intention to create art." Y'all made me think more about "unintentional" art!

Map from round 2 of Far Lands at #gencon! The team glided down from their airship city to explore the world below, hoping to investigate a holy shrine the lore-keeper had read of, only to discover that it was the entrance to an ancient abandoned underground city. #indierpgs #ttrpgs

Map from today's Far Lands session at #gencon! The team encountered blood-drinking flowers that conjure mirages to lure in victims. They climbed a tower at the center of a crater that revealed the vast desert beyond was once an endless ocean, and perhaps a chance for redemption.

All set up for Far Lands at #gencon! I'll be running another session tomorrow at 2:00 at Games on Demand in Grand ballroom 3 in the Westin, right next to the skybridge.

Listening to "narrative kaleidoscope" podcast, thinking about board/video games vs ttrpgs as a difference between additive vs subtractive design. Board/video games start from nothing and add choices. TTRPGs start from infinite possibilities and then narrow the decision space until it's playable.

Discovered today that Far Lands contained *three* occurrences of the phrase "untact surburb." Feeling silly about that one. Also misspelled every instance of Temperance (temperence). #gamedesign #indierpg

Miss the far lands streams with @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social? The recordings are now live on YouTube! Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx9H... #indierpg #ttrpg

Worldbuilding and Character Creation || FAR LANDS: Episode 1

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Listened to the @lingthusiasm.com episode about diglossia- what a cool concept for worldbuilding! (And for understanding other cultures today and in history) It immediately makes me think of ways to replicate this in a TTRPG- like having a player raise a hand if they're speaking formally.

Finally played Old Morris Cave! Very neat game. Fascinating little secrets hidden in this game. I'll be thinking about it for a while. Also, filled with anger at amateur treasure hunters. As is just. #indierpg #ttrpgs

Just finished "Against Technoableism" by @ashleyshoo.bsky.social. An amazing book that has made me totally rethink my perspective on disability and accessibility. Plus, the last chapter on disabled futures is going to completely change how I read & write sci-fi moving forward.

Part 2 of my Far Lands stream with @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social starts in 40 minutes! (8:00 pm EDT) catch us live or watch the VoD later here: twitch.tv/openthegates... #ttrpgs #indierpg

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We are a team of storytellers, creators, and developers on a mission to make tabletop roleplaying games accessible, empowering everyone to tell their story and craft their own hero's journey!

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Thank you so much to @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social for playing Far Lands with me! Miss us live? Catch the vod here: www.twitch.tv/videos/28054... Join us at the same time next week to dive into exploring the strange, strange world we created! #ttrpgs #indierpg

FAR LANDS: ACTUAL PLAY ADVENTURE || Far Lands: Episode 1 || !farlands !matt !otg - openthegatesgaming on Twitch

openthegatesgaming went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Tabletop RPGs VOD now.

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Join us tonight at 8 PM EDT as we stream Far Lands, a new game by @sinful-games.bsky.social! OtG team members Chris and Sean will be joined by our friend Matt from @mimicsnmisfits.com to help us explore! #ttrpg #livestream

Catch the stream live tonight at 8:00 PM EDT!

Sinful Games@sinful-games.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On June 25th and July 2nd, I will be streaming Far Lands with @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social at 8:00pm EDT! The first will be discussion and worldbuilding, and in the second we'll jump into gameplay. Catch the streams at www.twitch.tv/openthegates... #indierpgs #gamedev #ttrpgs

On June 25th and July 2nd, I will be streaming Far Lands with @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social at 8:00pm EDT! The first will be discussion and worldbuilding, and in the second we'll jump into gameplay. Catch the streams at www.twitch.tv/openthegates... #indierpgs #gamedev #ttrpgs

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We are a team of storytellers, creators, and developers on a mission to make tabletop roleplaying games accessible, empowering everyone to tell their story and craft their own hero's journey!

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Printed out some test spreads and I'm pleasantly surprised to discover that the font is actually plenty large enough! #indierpg #gamedev #ttrpgs

New blog post! Some very exciting announcements about an upcoming collaboration (which I'll share more details on as the date approaches) and what I've been doing to improve the accessibility of Far Lands. sinful.games/may-2026-far... #ttrpgs #gamedesign #indierpg

Realized recently that I've been feeling a weird shame that I haven't published any one-page #TTRPGs, which of course makes it harder to actually try to do. On one hand, it doesn't actually matter for my credibility or anything, but in the other hand I *do* want to give it a try...

New blog post! I talk about permission structures and how we allow (or forbid) certain actions in games. sinful.games/lets-be-bad-... #gamedev #ttrpgs #indierpg #gamedesign

#gencon event tickets acquired! Man, I really want to do some of those industry days events... Wish it wasn't twice as expensive as a 4-day!

@writingexcuses.bsky.social Just listened to "20.08: character stakes and fears", and wow, the "connection, empowerment, safety" framework is an awesome way to categorize tragic TRRPG character backstories!

Aaaah affinity randomly erased like 80% of random table cells in my book... So so so grateful I've been keeping periodic backups. Crisis averted.

Just read through Cartograph by @ravensridgeco.bsky.social and I'm in love with the tables in this game! It scratches a lot of the same itch that inspired me to start designing Far Lands. I love being able to see something interesting in the distance and only learn what it is when you get there.

Rapidly discovering that this game uses an enormous amount of cubes. But it works! This definitely has legs. Though I have no idea how it'll scale to multiplayer, if at all, and flat pricing every card at 2 scrap is way too cheap! #gamedesign #boardgames

I ran Far Lands at a convention for the first time at #somercon! Had an amazing time and I'm so excited to introduce it to even more folks at future events! #indierpg #ttrpgs

Hehehe paper prototype time. I've got a *lot* of cards to cut out. #gamedesign

sinful.games/carrots-and-... New blog post! I talk about the incentives created in a few different horror games and the effect they have in the story and the feels at the table. #ttrpgs #gamedesign #horrorrpg #delragreen

I just finished the first full layout pass for Far Lands! Is this what a sense of accomplishment feels like? Sitting pretty at 132 pages, but there's still a lot to do! Time to start on alignment & consistency and redo the quick reference materials! #indierpg #ttrpgs #gamedev

This year at #paxeast I bought... Maybe too many books? Only time will tell. Very, very excited for just about all of these.

I have discovered that I really need to make business cards. The tip I got last night was a white, unfinished back so you can write on it when you hand it out or so the person you give it to can write on it. Time to get designing! #paxeast #gamedev