I was honored to do some of the early playtesting for Escape from Wonderland, and i like it a lot. It has a nice balance between open storytelling and some intense and unique gameplay mechanics. If you like TTRPGs, i definitely recommend getting it when it's out, and/or trying the new beta now!

Turtlebun@turtlebun.com · 3w ago

Hi! We have been super not active on Bluesky 1. Because we’re bad at it & 2. Because we’ve been working on the public beta rules for our uncanny horror game, Escape from Wonderland. They’re ready! Read! Play! We’d love feedback and are thrilled to finally share them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This has been a labor of love! What started as a small game hack has expanded over two years into a 200-page horror tome with a TON of moving pieces. It's our most ambitious game and it's not done, but this is a milestone. It's creepy and unsettling and I hope folks will read and play it!

Turtlebun@turtlebun.com · 3w ago

Hi! We have been super not active on Bluesky 1. Because we’re bad at it & 2. Because we’ve been working on the public beta rules for our uncanny horror game, Escape from Wonderland. They’re ready! Read! Play! We’d love feedback and are thrilled to finally share them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Hi! We have been super not active on Bluesky 1. Because we’re bad at it & 2. Because we’ve been working on the public beta rules for our uncanny horror game, Escape from Wonderland. They’re ready! Read! Play! We’d love feedback and are thrilled to finally share them. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Escape from Wonderland: Rules Beta 0.5

ESCAPE from WONDERLAND RULES BETA 0.5 Before you begin: Dynamic beta: This document will be occasionally updated as we incorporate feedback into the game. We’ll include a changelog, but it's possibl...

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I just got to play Escape from Wonderland, the upcoming #horror #ttrpg from @turtlebun.com . It was a lot of fun and had some great emotional moments, especially since the cards seemed hellbent on our destruction. Good stuff!

New Patreon Video! We sat down with our favorite folks in TTRPGs for a practical discussion about the dos, don'ts, and level-ups of boothing at your first convention. ft. @mythworks.bsky.social @possibleworlds.bsky.social @turtlebun.com @cantripcandles.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/better...

Better Boothing: Making the Most of your First Con Table | Many Sided Media

Better Boothing: Making the Most of your First Con Table by Many Sided Media on Patreon. Join Many Sided Media's community for exclusive content and updates.

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At the point in the design process where I'm wondering if there's some way I could ask a horse for feedback on the game.

One more tarot card map 🗺️ for Swords Without Master 👀

try making something with your hands that you've never made before, it unlocks some esoteric pathway in your brain

Good glasses: broken Cheap glasses: killing me New glasses: quite expensive Want some tabletop roleplaying games? Head on over to shop.adambell.games with code VISION to get 20% off and help pay for my new glasses. The code will work with anything I have in stock, including Uneasy Lies the Head!

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Turtlebun Spring Sale by Turtlebun

A bundle by Turtlebun, $30.00 for 6 games

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My friends at @turtlebun.com are having a Rex Manning Day sale! Happy Rex Manning Day to all who celebrate! (the big RPGs are 20% off and 35% off on itch) Please share. turtlebun.com itch will be linked in thread. #rpg #empirerecords

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Worldbuilding RPGs and other little games. From the creators of Questlandia, Noirlandia, and Damn the Man Save the Music.

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I love @tonydowler.bsky.social 's maps! Crowdfunding now. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...

The Salamander Mines megadungeon

A massive 26" x 39" full color poster of the Salamander Mines megadungeon

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the nicest thing you can wish upon an artist in 2026 is that their work gains a small but dedicated cult following of kind hearted and politically shrewd weirdos & sickos that keep the fire going. the meanest thing you can wish upon an artist in 2026 is that their work gains a large online fandom

At the stage of moving where every Turtlebun office box is now just labeled “Panic”

Tabletop RPGs don't really have a rating system (RPGGeek?). But in terms of games that I FEEL are still underrated -- compared to how awesome and influential they've been to me! -- I'm gonna go with @turtlebun.com's "14 Days" and/or "Birds Are Amazing." They live in my brain permanently.

Dominic Tarason@dominictarason.com · 5mo ago

Hear me out... Univerally praised games are neat enough, but nothing hits quite like something unpopular that speaks to *you*. So show-and-tell: Link and Explain a game that's UNDERRATED (sub-500 user reviews), UNDERRATED (sub 80% score) or BOTH (ideally!) that is near and dear to your heart.

Join us for an online playtest of Escape from Wonderland! We're running a four-session campaign on the following dates: Sunday 3/1, 12pm Thursday 3/5, 6pm Sunday 3/15, 12pm Saturday 3/21, 6pm (all times in EST) Send us a DM or reply if you're interested and available!

Hell yea we did!

@accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Turtlebun (a small creative studio that designs tabletop role-playing games, paper/physical games, zines, and related creative projects — and also shares a podcast and community spaces connected to game design and storytelling) moves to Bluesky Bluesky: @turtlebun.com

I think the latest episode of Design Doc from @hanbandit.bsky.social and @adrawnnovel.bsky.social at @turtlebun.com is a fantastic little lesson about game design. What is an epiphany in game design, and how do you set yourself up for one? pca.st/podcast/9dd9...

Design Doc

Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide,...

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New episode of Design Doc before 2025 is a wrap! We talk about New Year's resolutions and why they're pretty great, actually—one Skill, one Mastery, and three Experiences to round out every year. Thank you everyone for listening! We will see you in 2026. pod.link/1298080097/e...

Thanks to Philly for an awesome #PAXUnplugged ✨️ shoutout to our fantastic friends/booth-mates at @turtlebun.com and @moreblueberries.bsky.social for the amazing vibes all weekend! @gamefiend.bsky.social @hanbandit.bsky.social

Episode 103 of Design Doc is a two-game debrief! We each ran games at a convention for the first time since the pandemic. We talk about how it went, and how to (hopefully) protect one of those games from scope creep. open.spotify.com/episode/5Lxe...

Making Game Hacks That Stay Small

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It’s the final day to get the itchio bundle for the Palestinian Children’s Relief fund! For $10 you can get Questlandia and Noirlandia + over 240 other games. It’s a great way to round out your weird indie library while supporting the fight for Palestinian liberation.🇵🇸 itch.io/b/3299/pales...

We've made 100 episodes! Thank you to everyone who has listened.

Hannah Shaffer@hanbandit.bsky.social · 12mo ago

We just celebrated a milestone—episode 100 of Design Doc! “The Realest Place on Earth” is a two-hour special chronicling our attempt to playtest a roleplaying game at Six Flags and all the ways it failed miserably, and some actually good game design it resulted in! open.spotify.com/episode/0nTC...

We brought Wonderland to a real-life theme park! In the latest episode of Design Doc, we talked about how to take tabletop rules off the table. What needs to be simplified, what can be dropped, and what should we wear?

my friend @nynphaiel.bsky.social has been taking in stray cats, but they're struggling to get the money together to care for, and feed them. as a recent immigrant they're not able to work, so this kind act is costing them dearly. so, we've put together an @itch.io bundle. love cats? check it out.

Another good example of this is Enter the Orb by @turtlebun.com which has you all watch the trippy 1990s 3D animation video together and then play to create more. The shared context, as they say, is built in.

New Design Doc out today! This one is about our attempt to plan a game of Escape from Wonderland at Six Flags, and whether it’s actually possible to LARP on a roller coaster. Probably one of my favorite recent episodes. 😄 episodes.fm/1298080097/e...

Roleplaying in the Park

Listen to Roleplaying in the Park from Design Doc wherever you get your podcasts!

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New Design Doc today! In the episode @adrawnnovel.bsky.social and I talk about how even the ToC of a roleplaying game can help tell the game’s story and set the tone. open.spotify.com/episode/3Sfs...

The Rules Tell a Story

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The latest Design Doc is about epilogues! How do you end a game on the best possible note, while also letting the players pick the tune? Is it unbearable to introduce new rules at the end of a long session? Why do games need to end, anyway??

The latest episode of Design Doc is about how mechanics can swing from one extreme to the other. Adjusting your rules *just enough* is an art form in itself! You can find it here: pod.link/1298080097/e... ...or wherever you get your podcasts!