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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · 4d

Love a good probability breakdown 🖤

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Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · 8d

🍐 3 DAYS REMAIN
Preorder by Oct 7 (18:00 GMT)

🦋 Shrink to size & explore a labyrinthine world of bug factions inside a sapient pear tree, racing against the clock to shape the future of a dungeon that was never yours to delve & escape before you grow to full size!

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

Silksong but make it D&D. Official Troika! adventure DIY crowdfunding right now.

Hand drawn illustration of a beetle with a staff in one hand, a lantern in another, pulling the husk of a ladybird from insect ruins. Digitally coloured with purple stipple shading.

The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick.

Shrink to insectoid sizeand venture into the uncanny world that exists inside a sapient pear tree in this weird fantasy pointcrawl for the Other World's Favourite Roleplaying Game!

Illustration of a ladybird with a spear and cloak abseiling in a cavern, as two others descend in the distance.

52-page full-colour, fully illustrated pointcrawl micro-setting for TROIKA! written and illustrated by Josh Blincow (Goblincow) with layout by Shuyi Zhang (Fungi of the Far Realms).

East to adapt for use with any good rules-light dungeon crawling tabletop RPG.

Illustration of a humanoid fungal sprite with a mass of petals where its head should be.

An all ages tabletop roleplaying adventure for beginner & veteran tables with easily adjustable complexity & themes to suit all players.

Inspired by works like: Hollow Knight; Bug Fables; The Legend of Zelda – The Minish Cap; A Bugs Life; Honey I Shrunk The Kids.

A beetle dangles in a void from the tight webbing that grips its shell, surrounded by webbed cocoons and husks hanging from their own sticky threads.

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · 7d

And thanks to @graycastlepress.com for setting the Tiny Table dataset loose when the site closed!

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · 7d

+IWTPG! Update+

85% of the games that were listed on Tiny Table Index have now been listed on iwanttoplay.games — the remaining 60'ish are uploaded but need images so not yet live, I'll be doing that when I get the chance. Was a far more manual process than I'd hoped but almost done now 😀

Home - I Want To Play ... Games!

Find your new favourite!

iwanttoplay.games

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · 9d

Time to break out the seasonal music 🎃 starting with a Mood...

kyledixon-michaelstein.bandcamp.com/album/strang...

Record player with a picture disc on the turntable. Photo on the vinyl is a person shining a torch on a field of pumpkins (a shot from Stranger Things)

LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · 20d

Been making props for a play we're running this week... been making silly plane noises too

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The Weekly Scroll @theweeklyscroll.com · 29d

New Episode out!

We review DEATH GAME from @laurieoc.bsky.social, a narrative driven battle royale ttrpg where you fight for your life for the entertainment of the rich and powerful.

EP 282 | We Review DEATH GAME

YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll

www.youtube.com

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Sep 11

These calendars are far more organised than what I've got going on on my filing cabinet

Brown metal door with a brass handle and black pieces of paper with white handwriting in four rows.

First row: BACKBURNER, Cælia & The Malfeasant Mushroom, Secret 'Field Agent' Missions, Orchidelirium Vol. II & III

Second row: SNEAKY SIDE PROJECT, Peepers, A Wonderfully Small & Terribly Unexpected RPG Oracle

Third row: Reducks

Fourth row: NON-GAMES, I Want To Play... Games!, Get books in shoppes, Coiled.Spæce website

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Sep 9

#3 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like

And I'm REALLY VERY MUCH looking forward to seeing this. I don't have a teen-era story to add to it, I just am. Although I did spend a large part of a night verrry closely watching a slug once. I'm not sure that counts.

Goblincow 🍉 @goblincow.bsky.social · Sep 4

🐛 The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick is DIY Crowdfunding on Melsonia's website now!

I was directly inspired by the world building of #HollowKnight & pitched this book in 2019, so it's been in development as long as #Silksong!

Go buy my first book! It's good!

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Sep 9

#2 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like

In my teens I also watched a lot of X-Files, Twin Peaks, Dark Skies, etc and if I wasn't currently on a non-essential spending embargo I'd be all-in on this one.

Montford Tales: Asher's Ridge LIVE on Kickstarter @montfordtales.com · Sep 2

Now LIVE on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...

Asher's Ridge is a GM-less, zero-prep #TTRPG for one to four players, inspired by Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Stranger Things.

Connect threads of letter tiles and experience the unexplainable in the (dark?) heart of the Lake District.

A copy of Asher's Ridge sits among photos and a map. Letter tiles spell out "Back it now on Kickstarter"

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Sep 9

#1 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like

When I was a teen I had a No Fear poster of a freeballing climber—y'know, when they're on a cliff face with no ropes, pretty sure that's the right term anyway—on my wall. But I did, I did fear. No poster will tell me what to do.

Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · Sep 8

What's that? We just funded?

I've never been so excited to celebrate an email.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lau...

Full Send: A Tarot-Powered Mountaineering RPG

A tarot-powered, trick-taking tabletop RPG where you'll ascend some of the world's legendary peaks, and risk everything in the process.

www.kickstarter.com

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Sep 8

I can absolutely help out with this (so long as you know your elevation (and why wouldn't you?!))

A page of text that reads: Distance
It can be difficult to gauge an exact distance from yourself to the creatures so please use one of the following two simple methods of estimation instead.
DISTANCE TO HORIZON
When at a height of 6 ft horizon is ~ 3 miles away
... Io ft ~ 4 miles
... 25 ft ~ 6½ miles
... 50 ft ~ 9 miles
... 1oo ft ~ 12 miles
...200 ft ~ 19 miles
...500 ft ~ 30 miles
... 1,000 ft ~ 32½ miles
... 2,000 ft ~ 60 miles
... 5,000 ft ~ 93½ miles
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Split the distance to the horizon into thirds. The first third is NEAR, the second is MID, the third is FAR (as illustrated on page x & x1).
Circle the appropriate distance.
Your perceived distance to the horizon changes depending on your height above sea level (as shown in table).
There is quarter-circle in the top left corner of your page, above the label: DISTANCE.
Use a map to find your elevation (or estimate if confident) and note that number in the quarter-circle.
EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION
When you don't have a clear view of the horizon or are unsure where the creature might be in relation to the cloud, note 'P' for PERCEPTION in the quarter-circle and employ your pendulum:
Hold it over each distance designation: NEAR (N), MID (M), & FAR (F), on the DOWSING BOARD, circling the one that exhibits the greatest swing.

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Laurie O'Connel @laurieoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Now Live!

🏔 A tarot powered mountaineering RPG
🚠 Set on some of the world's deadliest peaks
⛰️ Inspired by your favourite outdoors documentaries
🐐These emojis feel a little pointless but I feel the need to inform everyone there ARE early bird discounts.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lau...

Full Send: A Tarot-Powered Mountaineering RPG

A tarot-powered, trick-taking tabletop RPG where you'll ascend some of the world's legendary peaks, and risk everything in the process.

www.kickstarter.com

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Aug 27

Eep, if you haven't already, suggest poking them via their 'games@...' email and/or their surprisingly well-hidden contact form (help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/req...)? Have had success with both in the past

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Aug 27

All these games (and many other wonderful ones too) can be found at Pax West on the @ipr.bsky.social table, #Booth4320, THIS WEEKEND!

If you ever felt you should have been a 1920s pendulum-dowsing investigator or an 1860s orchid hunter, now your chance...

Six Field Agent Handbooks and one Orchidelirium lined up on a table

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Maz @mazistyping.bsky.social · Aug 21

So, on 29th August, the US is ending de minimis treatment for parcels under $800 value globally. It's already done this for China; now it's going to come in for everyone. If you post parcels to America, this is going to affect you, in one of several ways.

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Aug 13

—and I've never been more worried about getting a package so carefully to its destination before (and I've sent some pretty ridiculous things through the post)

Three very large boxes covered in paper packing tape on a carpeted floor in front of a bookcase. Sadly, no banana included for scale.

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Aug 13

All my bobbins are now available on another continent!

Do poke your FLGS to see if they'll kindly stock them or order direct from the lovely people at IPR.

Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · Aug 13

New!

Advanced Double D6
Advanced Double D6 Quest Pack
Coiled.Spaece
Little Wolves
Orchidelirium, Volume One: Expedition Rules
The Psychic Danger Society

www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Jul 29

Sneaky sneaky...

A community book exchange in a red telephone box with a copy of Orchidelirium, a copy of Advanced Double D6 and two Field Agent Handbooks nestled on one of the shelves

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Jul 28

First time making leather armour. Have realised the aim of leather work is not the end product but to finish the project with no more or fewer fingers than you go in with.

LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Jul 14

I'm not saying I'm needy but I've sent two messages to a Facebook Marketplace seller in the last 48hrs and they've not responded to either of them so I'm now trying to figure out just what is wrong with me, y' know, deep down, as a person—why don't they like me-eee??

LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Jul 13

😂 I hope you were able to salvage it (and have appropriately stocked up in case it ever happens again)

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Jul 12

Nothing is perfect, everyone will probably have fun, if they don't then that's probably on them. Unless you've kicked them in the shin, then it's probably on you. Or you didn't bring enough nerf guns. Pack some more nerf guns. And water. That should do it. Good luck. (Have fun!)

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Jul 12

More information on the games can be found at aec.ac

(I will be doing actual outreach at some point but it's really hot and I'm tired and just want to melt into a puddle of water & drift out to sea following the currents to find cooler waters)

ÆC|Agent Central | The Ætherial Corporation

A gathering place for the Ætherial Corporation's Field Agents to share stories and reports from their Field Agent Handbooks, a series of solo role-playing games for curious note-taking people to go & ...

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LooOOooke / ÆtherCorpse Games @aethercorpgames.bsky.social · Jul 12

Right! since I've *nearly* caught up on my January tasks & so about to get them into US distribution channels—

If you'd like to review the Field Agent Handbooks (a play always/everywhere solo larp with pendulum-dowsing) for your channel or blog give me a nudge!

They could do with some eyeballs 👀

A whole set of Field Agent Handbooks with ID card, button badge, handbill, red string with key and a red button badge spread out on a grassy mound

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