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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 12h

Played a little sesh last night, felt food. Game designers: don't forget to play.

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 2d

I see myself there, so I'm biased towards that 😄 Tho I'd be curious to know more about Zoazanna...

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 3d

Great question! This might be controversial, but something like Triangle Agency is a bit like that to me. Don't get me wrong, I think it's gorgeous and Very Well Done, but I need a little bit more jank in my game.

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 3d

That's it, innit? Hard to pinpoint

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 3d

I'm sure I'm in the minority haha. But tbc I do like the pretty things...

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 3d

Like, I feel like a game like, say, Mork Borg hits that sweet spot of enough/not too much gloss for me, but that's just because it has such a distinctive art direction.

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 3d

It's hard to explain, but there's a degree of polish past which a ttrpg product stops being appealing to me. Am I alone in this?

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 4d

I got a second-hand one earlier this year and all I can say is that my productivity rose through the roof.

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 8d

Will you solve the mystery behing the disappearing mice of Lá-Bas? Or help Villa Mignon with its ant problem? Or will you fall prey to Céline the stoat's voracious appetites?
Follow Soul Food on Backerkit to be notified on launch! #MausritterMonth

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Get Ready for Soul Food

From Diogo Barros - Get Ready for Soul Food

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 8d

Will you solve the mystery behing the disappearing mice of Lá-Bas? Or help Villa Mignon with its ant problem? Or will you fall prey to Céline the stoat's voracious appetites?
Follow Soul Food on Backerkit to be notified on launch! #MausritterMonth

tinyurl.com/mp9pfv34

Get Ready for Soul Food

From Diogo Barros - Get Ready for Soul Food

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 10d

With 🐭 MausMo ⚔️ fast approaching, I am obliged to tap the sign again. Soul Food will be a kitchen crawl with 19 locations, three of which are complete mini-adventures on their own. If this whets your appetite, follow to be notified on launch!

Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · Jul 16

The mouse's out of the bag, I'm officially part of @losing.games and @gamesomnivorous.bsky.social's 🐭 Mausritter Month ⚔️
Check out the teaser for Soul Food, the thing that I've been cooking. The more followers I get early on, the sooner I can stop being annoying about this.
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Get Ready for Soul Food

From Diogo Barros - Get Ready for Soul Food

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 14d

I see with my eagle eyes they're stocking Cog Eat Cog, so I cannot but vouch for their exquisite good taste

David Blandy makes games sometimes @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social · 14d

Everyone should get down to @iglootree.bsky.social ‘s new shop in Lewisham. Amazing to see such a great range of books and zines in one place, beautifully presented. Number one Ttrpg Mecca in the UK. Get down today to play games run by Luke Gearing, Andrew Walters and win cool stuff in the raffle!

Iglootree grand opening in Lewisham, a yellow and black fronted shop on a London street, seen across a crossing

A table of cool ttrpgs including Swyvers, Wet Grandpa, Fungi of the Far realm and many more.

Two fans check out the games section of the shop

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 15d

This is actually the perfect description (of both a toddler and a goblin). I'm 100% stealing it

Leo @infrabeige.bsky.social · 15d

Their games imitate the rituals of human life but without understanding it. They want wealth because we want it, but would never spend it. They ride horses because we do (but forget to feed them). They want human babies because we love them (but forget to feed them). They’re horrorible but innocent

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 16d

Big ol' wip

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 16d

You know what they say about authors who hide behind subtext...

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 16d

Sometimes you just gotta remind yourself to take the win.

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 18d

Tasty

Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · 18d

Had a surprise in my mailbox! Straight Arrows!! :3
The zine came out really nice in print!! Collage often better blend when printed. There is so much in there to digest. Love the map work. Everything feels handcrafted with love, which is a good contrast with the space coldness of #Mothership.

Interior page title the real action is chemical

interior page featuring an illustration map of downtown flats

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 19d

Damn, that's some choice magenta

sam “over and under” sorensen @samsorensen.bsky.social · 19d

what's up gamers, the teaser page for my new Mothership Month '25 project, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, is up on backerkit now—this one's about space trucking!!

check it out: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

orange poster with text reading "What lies beyond Prospero's Dream? / Who feeds its denizens? / Supplies its luxuries? / Satiates its hungers? / Ordinary people." with a mockup of a Mothership booklet, also orange

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Diogo Barros @masterconspirator.bsky.social · 19d

Heck, let's put up another one, just for kicks

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Alfred Valley @alfredvalley.bsky.social · 19d

Crowdfunding in November: BRUTE FORT

This is an 18 card solo dungeon delving game combined with a tape cassette soundtrack of nasty dungeon synth by Gus BC (who also did the soundtrack for Thousand Empty Light)

Link to follow the project coming soon...