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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 2h

Oh hey my day job is relevant. There's a lot of talk about them, for sure. But I've seen projects that felt much less precarious fall through. So I'm sitting in meetings and reading emails about work coming up, but. Q4 '25 is already rough in construction, and I think hopes are getting badly pinned.

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 2h

"There is value in seeing how people play games, and from what they derive satisfaction and value. That said, the realities of how actual playstyles break out can get a bit complicated. " - Aaron Marks #ttrpg cannibalhalflinggaming.com/2025/10/09/c...

Cultures of Play, Quanta of Play

The assumptions, intentions, and design of tabletop roleplaying games are infamously broad; seeing eye to eye on how to play is as primary a challenge as finding a time on the calendar for four to …

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

THIS!! 👇👇

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3h

I don't believe in cursed dice.

But I do believe that D1-C3, the discord dice bot for the narrative dice Star Wars games, is a fickle being who holds grudges and loves chaos.

I love it.

a robot with a yellow head and blue eyes is standing next to a person

Alt: D1-C3, played here by Chopper from Star Wars Rebels, being a little robot chaos gremlin.

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 3d

"A thing that I'm really thinking about is the holistic quality of the game. This is a game that, even if you don't ever actually get a group together to play it, it enriches your life and it provides you with meaning and you can sit down with it and engage with it."

Interview: Jay Dragon on Bookplay

An interview with Jay Dragon about how ttrpgs play with books

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 2d

The latest batch of books finished and now returned to Thomas Crane Library.

… I only got another four after returning these, I am a PARAGON of restraint.

Mimosa, The Rainfall Market, and volume 5 and 6 of Mobile Suit Gundam: Thunderbolt.

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3d

Tales from the Cockpit, my Lost & Found solo #ttrpg of a giant robot, its many pilots, and the passage of time, is now available @drivethrurpg.com... in print! And you can get the PDF with it at no extra cost! You ARE the giant robot - what will your own tale be? www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Tales from the Cockpit - Seamus Conneely | DriveThruRPG

A Lost & Found game of a giant robot, its many pilots, and the passage of time. Mecha stride upon the battlefields of history, carrying out their pilots’ will and changing the world. You are one o...

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3d

Torches in Shadowdark running out in real time? Using too many Bullets triggering a personal session in Cowboy Bebop? Leftovers being used to change the B&B and characters in Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast? Daily powers in 4e D&D? These all allow the game to do what it values with regards to story beats.

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think it's universal, like there's a list of such that supports the story always in every game you put it, I think it's whether a mechanic/system helps the game that it's in enable the experience that the game wants to tell.

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The Agency of Narrative Intrigue and Mystery (A.N.I.M.) @anim-ttrpgs.bsky.social · 3d

Excerpt from Unchained Mysteries, a treaties on investigative TTRPG gameplay that shares a lot of points with Eureka: Investigative Urban Fantasy. #ttrpg #indiettrpgs #ttrpgtalk

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Think of all the ways people in a community react in the presence of that sudden stress. The key is to make sure enough human drama exists so that the weirdness does not become the point. The simple test is to look and see if discovering and destroying the creature resolves all the crises and return things to the status quo. If that's the case, add in more trouble and turmoil among the supporting characters.

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3d

Tales from the Cockpit, my Lost & Found solo #ttrpg of a giant robot, its many pilots, and the passage of time, is now available @drivethrurpg.com... in print! And you can get the PDF with it at no extra cost! You ARE the giant robot - what will your own tale be? www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Tales from the Cockpit - Seamus Conneely | DriveThruRPG

A Lost & Found game of a giant robot, its many pilots, and the passage of time. Mecha stride upon the battlefields of history, carrying out their pilots’ will and changing the world. You are one o...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3d

Cyberpunk technically qualifies because we keep swinging back to it and my current RED campaign is on session #34.

Dark Heresy might actually qualify as a lurker for one group, but it'll never make it up the queue.

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 3d

Yazebas's Bed & Breakfast
Cowboy Bebop
Band of Blades
Stewpot
DIE
FFG Star Wars
Back Again From The Broken Land
Fabula Ultima
Wildsea

Many of these had a one-shot, and want more. Some, I always want more (Yazeba, DIE). FFGSW lurks. Band of Blades is a white whale but I want to be a player, alas.

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 4d

Whoa, nice!

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Tanya Floaker @floaker.bsky.social · 4d

Less than a week into October and the #NaGaDeMon is starting to stir... Why not join in this November by trying to Make, Play and Talk About a new game, all in a single month? 🐍👹

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 4d

Well now, isn’t that something?

LATSW = long since complete.
TFTC = final update tomorrow
TCTR = proofing, editing, and itchfunding: itch.io/s/160017/the... #ttrpg #mecha

My increasingly unplanned trilogy of (mostly) solo mecha TTRPG, in print! Lost Amomg The Starlit Wreckage, Tales from the Cockpit (going live tomorrow), and The Cog That Remains (the first proof copy)

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 5d

yessssssssssssssssss

Delivered, In/At Mailbox! This will let me start proofing one project more effectively and, hopefully, mark another one as completed and release it to yon public.

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Force Majeure Podcast @forcemajeurepod.bsky.social · 5d

Alas, it seems that site security has a minor disagreement with our excursion's presence - please allow us a moment to negotiate with said custodians and we are sure that the rest of the expedition will be permitted to go swimmingly...

#ttrpg #starwars #actualplay

Force Majeure - A Star Wars Actual Play Podcast: Doom that Came to Sanctaris E14 - Purpose Walks Until The End

Alas, it seems that site security has a minor disagreement with our excursions presence - please allow us a moment to negotiate with said custodians and we are sure that the rest of the expedition wil...

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 5d

.... @mslade4115.bsky.social

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 6d

Explaining to my wife that I cannot simply “read the books I’ve already bought and haven’t read” like some kind of peasant.

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Brian Liberge/Freddie (she/he) 🔜Dungeons and Drag Nuns @brianliberge.bsky.social · 7d

Boston area TTRPG designers, we are putting together a meetup to see each other in person, exchange ideas and build community.

Thursday October 23rd at @sidequestbooks.bsky.social in Bow Market

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TTRPG Game Designer Meetup @ SQBG

Come get to know the other TTRPG designers in Camberville and beyond!

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 5d

The bold option is a hilarious way to look at it that I never thought of before.

But also: youtu.be/j7qqwREeHBE

Jackie Welles Drink Cyberpunk 2077 | How to Drink

YouTube video by How To Drink

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Croaker RPGs @croaker-rpgs.bsky.social · 6d

Get lost in a book with SPINE, a solo RPG artifact game where the book is the game! It’s a pretty cool concept and an idea this frog loved from @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social!

Check it out!
croakerrpgs.substack.com/p/spine-a-so...
#solorpgs

SPINE - A solo RPG about getting lost in a book

or Siderius Plug’s Immortality in Ninety-nine Endnotes:

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 6d

a black and white photo of a man with curly hair asking is it possible to learn this power ?

Alt: Anakin Skywalker: is it possible to learn this power ?

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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks for the space! The Cog That Remains is a Wretched & Alone solo journaling game using a tumbling tower (optional) and a deck of cards (with jokers) to tell the story of a mechanic's (probably doomed) effort to keep their giant robot intact. Now on sale to get more art! bsky.app/profile/cann...

Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 8d

The Cog That Remains has reached 80% of its goal that will translate to some cool interior art to complement the cool cover art! This mecha mechanic Wretched & Alone solo #ttrpg will remain 65% off through November, so give it a try so I can throw money at an artist! itch.io/s/160017/the...

The Cog That Remains Itchfunding - Final Shot Sale by Seamus Conneely

A sale by Seamus Conneely, 65% off The Cog That Remains

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d'Artagnan @dartagnantt.bsky.social · 7d

My book, d'Artagnan's Adventurer Almanac, is basically Xanathar's and Volo's Guides mashed together in an unholy anthology of weird options for players and GMs
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d'Artagnan's Adventurer Almanac - d'Artagnan Tabletop | d'Artagnan Tabletop | DriveThruRPG

The world contains a great many people of every background, race, and subclass.Many beasts roam the wilderness and the great beyond and many feats of greatness can be seen.Akin to official 5e source b...

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