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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 19h

Very excited to be working on a chapter for this very cool Wyrd West game!

Check out the Backerkit 👀

Huckleberry RPG ➡️ BackerKit is ALIVE! @huckleberryrpg.com · 20h

We've just announced Huckleberry's $40,000 stretch goal! We'll be expanding the book with an ENTIRE new chapter on the Maverick's home base - a Hole-in-the-Wall.

It's written by @anarisis.dylangrinder.com and @kiennas.bsky.social - two VERY talented designers that I'm excited to have on board!

Art from Huckleberry: A Wyrd West RPG. It depicts an artistic sculpture made of twigs, roots, and copper wire, with heavy folk horror vibes.

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Huckleberry RPG ➡️ BackerKit is ALIVE! @huckleberryrpg.com · 20h

We've just announced Huckleberry's $40,000 stretch goal! We'll be expanding the book with an ENTIRE new chapter on the Maverick's home base - a Hole-in-the-Wall.

It's written by @anarisis.dylangrinder.com and @kiennas.bsky.social - two VERY talented designers that I'm excited to have on board!

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 1d

In fairness, I think this is still a bit of a stretch from what The Forces actually are in that series, but still 😅

Thank you for coming along on my poor-memory-induced bout of madness!

Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 1d

I FIGURED IT OUT! IT'S MY FAVORITE ACTUAL PLAY PODCAST OF ALL TIME: DAMES & DRAGONS BY @legendlarkpod.bsky.social

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 1d

The forces!🔮

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 1d

I'm just sitting here in the living room saying "✨The Forces!🧙" at Kienna over and over, and I don't think either of us want that to continue

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 1d

Today's edition: a setting where the world was made up of The Forces™ (very specific term) but the gods monopolized those, now someone's 💀ing gods to release them back into the world.

Is this a thing that exists?? I can think of several properties that do similar stuff, but not this specifically 🤔

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 1d

I hate when I have a distinct memory of a story, but no way of identifying it or checking if the memory is of a thing that even exists 😭

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Charlie the Half Time Orange @clementinedanger.bsky.social · 2d

work work

Tumblr post:

video games are all about meeting a little elf
outside the city gates that says 'ah... the pernicious
weed!' when you give him a healing herb and then
finding yourself fifteen years later saying "ah... the
pernicious weed!" to yourself in the shower

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 2d

What is it about the brain that makes it deal psychic damage to itself? Bruh, that's literally you. Stop hitting yourself!

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 2d

me trying to use CSS is like navigating a Miyazaki poison swamp - there's a sense of accomplishment working out the problems, but I'm taking tick damage the entire time

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 2d

Trying to make my way through a permadeath playthrough of Majora's Mask today!

twitch.tv/anarisis

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, twitch.tv/anarisis
An illustration of Dylan (made by @Dragonsparkz.bsky.social) in a blue tunic puzzling over a map is superimposed over the key art for Majora's Mask 3D.

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 3d

Have you heard the good word of MEAT? 🥩🥩🥩

Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 9d

Do you hear that? Raucous laughter, festive music, and wet squelching...

#MeatCircusJam is in town! Join me @anarisis.dylangrinder.com @pbplaysinside.bsky.social and @superrobotbear.bsky.social for a #TTRPG jam about MEAT

Submissions open until Oct 31st at 11:59 pm PT!

itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

Graphic for Meat Circus Jam created by Ethan @superrobotbear.bsky.social. It features a circus background and a cleaver.

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 3d

I have an unhealthy attachment to all my friends' cats

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 3d

Oh heck, potencies are really interesting as well! So much is being done here to keep interactions nuanced and allow for emergent moments while massively streamlining the process of play itself (once you're past the phase of knowledge where you have to reference the book constantly).

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 3d

One of the smart things about the choice to condense attacks into power rolls (beyond the obvious benefit of streamlining combat) is that it makes the game more tactical. It's easier to come up with strategies when every ability does *something* instead of wasting action economy on possible misses.

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 3d

I've been known to do these 👀
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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · Aug 18

Hey there, Bluesky! I'm Dylan, a game designer and graphic designer for tabletop and indie projects.

I also use those skills to design free supplements for RPGs and analyze the games I stream!

Games on: anarisis.itch.io
Streams on: twitch.tv/anarisis
Freebies funded by: patreon.com/anarisis

Gold metal lettering is set in a dull blue leather, itself framed in more ornate metal. The text reads "Spoken Magic by Dylan Grinder".

Glowing green lines on a black background trace a circuit-like pattern. Dramatic glassy letters replete with a similar pattern spell out "Become" with a subtitle in glowing typewriter-style lettering says "artificial investigation".

Highly stylized picture of a hand reaching up with a knife pointing down, the point of the knife a small space away from the fingertip. The lighting is pure red with blue highlights. Along the blade is the title "Blood On My Name" in bold yellow text. The author names Kienna Shaw & Jason Cutrone are at the bottom in bold white text.

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Kienna is sometimes a scary goose @kiennas.bsky.social · 3d

We might actually be close to solving the mysteries of Snaktooth Island!

Come aboard the GSS as we reach the end game of Bugsnax 🐛🐜🐝

twitch.tv/kiennas

An illustrated astronaut goose sits in front of a space station window that frames text reading "Bugsnax, twitch.tv/kiennas"

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 4d

And lo, what arrives to save this dismal day? My contributor copies of #DrawSteel!

I am equal parts stoked to see my name in such a gorgeous book alongside such awesome people, and frothing at the mouth with excitement to learn the game itself!

A picture of the hardcover versions of Draw Steel: Heroes and Draw Steel: Monsters from #MCDM (@hellomcdm.bsky.social)

A picture of the credits page in Draw Steel: Monsters

A cropped in shot of the credits page from Draw Steel: Monsters where Dylan (among others) is credited for layout.

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 4d

Oh, I forgot to mention! The ancestry choices are sick as hell and I'm stoked that they've let themselves get a little weird with it in places!

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 4d

There's a lot of really good table culture stuff in here presented really smartly as rules to cut down on arguments/rules-lawyering. I also love how character creation is split up, but the choice to attach stats to classes is a bold one!

Honestly a lot of big swings here, but they all feel smart.

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 4d

… outside of The Dragon Game™ for quite some time, this world seems purpose-built to fit that niche. With that in mind, the earlier comparison to Daggerheart seems apt!

Digging into character creation next, but I'm already getting an idea of how this game fits until the ecosystem and I'm excited 👀

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 4d

The stock setting is interesting! Lots of elements that had me *pointing meme*, but that also means it's a relatively small lift for a GM to transpose their setting over or adapt the provided game world to a setting they're already running.

As someone who's been yearning for tactical fantasy…

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Aaron Flavius West @f1zz3r.bsky.social · 4d

Counterpoint: replace "Might" with "Toughness" and switch the order around:

TAPIR 😎

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Dylan Grinder is back to streaming! @anarisis.dylangrinder.com · 4d

You're so right