Armaan Babu
@armaanautomatic.itch.io
Freelance writer, most often at ComicsXF. Critic, game designer and GM, fascinated with all the ways stories are told.
Find me and my stuff at: https://linktr.ee/ArmaanBabu
Find me and my stuff at: https://linktr.ee/ArmaanBabu
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: it took me 5 years to write this. I rarely ask this but: take 7 minutes to read this if you’re able.
More than five years after his death, Jude Jones remembers actor and former Black Panther Chadwick Boseman, and their shared humanity.
Humility, humanity and the death of a king: Remembering Chadwick Boseman
You’d expect to find these pictures buried under dust in a photo album hidden in your attic: a nascent student-artist exuding an innocuous humility; a high-watt smile very possibly fueled by the Heineken in the background; warmly tinted photos taken on a warm day. Chadwick Boseman, the talented actor, the international superstar, the man best known as a king … the disarmingly normal human.
comicsxf.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
: it took me 5 years to write this. I rarely ask this but: take 7 minutes to read this if you’re able.
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After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
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The Magus was featured in a popular TikTok, and people have been really supporting the game.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The Magus was featured in a popular TikTok, and people have been really supporting the game.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
To celebrate this milestone, 100 community copies are now available—no need to email anymore. Get a free copy of the Magus in just a single click.
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Got a solo game that's never been in Solo But Not Alone?
Why not join us in raising funds for mental health charity @takethis.org this winter? It's year six of our annual fundraising bundle, and with times being...what they are, the more we do to support others the better!
Why not join us in raising funds for mental health charity @takethis.org this winter? It's year six of our annual fundraising bundle, and with times being...what they are, the more we do to support others the better!
It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
Solo But Not Alone 5 Signup
If you have a singleplayer TTRPG you've never submitted to Solo But Not Alone before, this is the place!
Solo But Not Alone is a bundle of singleplayer TTRPGs of all kinds, sold for $10 to benefit m...
forms.gle
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Got a solo game that's never been in Solo But Not Alone?
Why not join us in raising funds for mental health charity @takethis.org this winter? It's year six of our annual fundraising bundle, and with times being...what they are, the more we do to support others the better!
Why not join us in raising funds for mental health charity @takethis.org this winter? It's year six of our annual fundraising bundle, and with times being...what they are, the more we do to support others the better!
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I had the privilege of working with Celeste twice this year and she did such an amazing job. She made a huge difference in the finished quality of both projects.
If you're looking for an editor or proofreader, I highly recommend Celeste.
If you're looking for an editor or proofreader, I highly recommend Celeste.
Hello! My name is Celeste, and I'm a Development / Copy Editor, Proofreader, and Translator open to working with (fictional) books and TTRPGs (including D&D supplements).
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I had the privilege of working with Celeste twice this year and she did such an amazing job. She made a huge difference in the finished quality of both projects.
If you're looking for an editor or proofreader, I highly recommend Celeste.
If you're looking for an editor or proofreader, I highly recommend Celeste.
This game is free to claim and keep this week. Adored the demo when it first game out - no demo had ever enchanted me as much as this game's did. For ages I kept checking, religiously, to see if the full game had come out yet. When it did, I was not disappointed.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/univ...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/univ...
Universe for Sale | Download and Buy Today - Epic Games Store
Download and play Universe for Sale at the Epic Games Store. Check for platform availability and price!
store.epicgames.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This game is free to claim and keep this week. Adored the demo when it first game out - no demo had ever enchanted me as much as this game's did. For ages I kept checking, religiously, to see if the full game had come out yet. When it did, I was not disappointed.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/univ...
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/univ...
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Check on celestets.carrd.co#availability or write me at [email protected] 📭
Celes TS
Services I offer.
celestets.carrd.co
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Check on celestets.carrd.co#availability or write me at [email protected] 📭
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My editor's book is officially open!
My birthday month is currently free, and I'm hosting a holiday sale, so you shouldn't miss it!
Every booked service until January 1st 11:59pm GMT-3 will receive the discount. (No! We don't have to work during holidays! It's my birthday too, don't be rude!)
My birthday month is currently free, and I'm hosting a holiday sale, so you shouldn't miss it!
Every booked service until January 1st 11:59pm GMT-3 will receive the discount. (No! We don't have to work during holidays! It's my birthday too, don't be rude!)
Hello! My name is Celeste, and I'm a Development / Copy Editor, Proofreader, and Translator open to working with (fictional) books and TTRPGs (including D&D supplements).
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
My editor's book is officially open!
My birthday month is currently free, and I'm hosting a holiday sale, so you shouldn't miss it!
Every booked service until January 1st 11:59pm GMT-3 will receive the discount. (No! We don't have to work during holidays! It's my birthday too, don't be rude!)
My birthday month is currently free, and I'm hosting a holiday sale, so you shouldn't miss it!
Every booked service until January 1st 11:59pm GMT-3 will receive the discount. (No! We don't have to work during holidays! It's my birthday too, don't be rude!)
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Hello! My name is Celeste, and I'm a Development / Copy Editor, Proofreader, and Translator open to working with (fictional) books and TTRPGs (including D&D supplements).
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hello! My name is Celeste, and I'm a Development / Copy Editor, Proofreader, and Translator open to working with (fictional) books and TTRPGs (including D&D supplements).
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
I'm hosting a Holiday Special with a 25% discount on all of my services. Sensitivity Consultation information below ⬇️
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It's creator day on itchio, which means it's a great day to support this bundle of TTRPGs by queer designers of color!
itch.io/b/3414/qpoc-...
itch.io/b/3414/qpoc-...
QPOC Black Friday Bundle by Michelle Jones and 8 others
QPOC Black Friday Bundle: 10 items for $15.00
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It's creator day on itchio, which means it's a great day to support this bundle of TTRPGs by queer designers of color!
itch.io/b/3414/qpoc-...
itch.io/b/3414/qpoc-...
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Mythomorphosis is a collaborative storytelling game about how mythology changes over generations and I'm proud of how it turned out!
gmurphy.itch.io/mythomorphosis
gmurphy.itch.io/mythomorphosis
Mythomorphosis: Second Edition by Gordie Murphy
A game about how myths change over generations
gmurphy.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mythomorphosis is a collaborative storytelling game about how mythology changes over generations and I'm proud of how it turned out!
gmurphy.itch.io/mythomorphosis
gmurphy.itch.io/mythomorphosis
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Meet Me at the Tavern is a solo-together game about occupying a world with strangers- over the course of play, players do not speak to each other about the game but silently fill in the map, leaving notes for each other, as their characters move across it to meet at the Tavern
Meet Me at the Tavern by Latrans Games
a solo-together game about starting a quest
ratvortex.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Meet Me at the Tavern is a solo-together game about occupying a world with strangers- over the course of play, players do not speak to each other about the game but silently fill in the map, leaving notes for each other, as their characters move across it to meet at the Tavern
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What Should We Have Tomorrow? Full Course is a solo journaling game about managing your pantry and cooking a week of meals for your loved ones. ehronlime.itch.io/what-should-...
What Should We Have Tomorrow? Full Course by ehronlime
A solo journaling game about managing your pantry and cooking a week of meals for your loved one(s).
ehronlime.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
What Should We Have Tomorrow? Full Course is a solo journaling game about managing your pantry and cooking a week of meals for your loved ones. ehronlime.itch.io/what-should-...
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Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition is a blackjack driven storygame of doomed travelers on a perilous journey home, pitting your hand and hearts against Fate, inspired by The Odyssey. ehronlime.itch.io/ithaca-in-th...
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition by ehronlime
A blackjack-driven storygame about doomed travelers on a perilous journey home.
ehronlime.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ithaca in the Cards: Second Expedition is a blackjack driven storygame of doomed travelers on a perilous journey home, pitting your hand and hearts against Fate, inspired by The Odyssey. ehronlime.itch.io/ithaca-in-th...
Itch Creator Day is a great time to get Love is on the Cards. As the holiday rom-com films start clogging up your streaming services, why not play out your very own rom-com the way you want it, in this two-player game from @pmakesthings.bsky.social and I?
poornamakesthings.itch.io/love-is-on-t...
poornamakesthings.itch.io/love-is-on-t...
Love is on the Cards by Poorna M, Armaan of Stories
Create your own holiday rom-com and take back control over your narrative!
poornamakesthings.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Itch Creator Day is a great time to get Love is on the Cards. As the holiday rom-com films start clogging up your streaming services, why not play out your very own rom-com the way you want it, in this two-player game from @pmakesthings.bsky.social and I?
poornamakesthings.itch.io/love-is-on-t...
poornamakesthings.itch.io/love-is-on-t...
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If you can’t come to KLABF and fight me at eraser battle for a discount, you can still get some discounts from the itch Black Friday sale itch.io/s/169469/bla...
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by ehronlime
A bundle by ehronlime, $99.00 for 17 games
itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you can’t come to KLABF and fight me at eraser battle for a discount, you can still get some discounts from the itch Black Friday sale itch.io/s/169469/bla...
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With the recovery mission still underway and hundreds of people displaced, you can send help to those affected by Hong Kong's Tai Po fire.
Feeding Hong Kong: feedinghk.org
Hong Kong Red Cross: donation.redcross.org.hk/onlinedonati...
Feeding Hong Kong: feedinghk.org
Hong Kong Red Cross: donation.redcross.org.hk/onlinedonati...
November 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
With the recovery mission still underway and hundreds of people displaced, you can send help to those affected by Hong Kong's Tai Po fire.
Feeding Hong Kong: feedinghk.org
Hong Kong Red Cross: donation.redcross.org.hk/onlinedonati...
Feeding Hong Kong: feedinghk.org
Hong Kong Red Cross: donation.redcross.org.hk/onlinedonati...
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We already have 26 games in this year's bundle!
Will yours be on the list too?
Will yours be on the list too?
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
We already have 26 games in this year's bundle!
Will yours be on the list too?
Will yours be on the list too?
THEY BURIED THE LEDE WITH THIS
The graphics look all serious but you’re playing aunties and uncles doing gigs in space to reach retirement
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
THEY BURIED THE LEDE WITH THIS
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It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
Solo But Not Alone 5 Signup
If you have a singleplayer TTRPG you've never submitted to Solo But Not Alone before, this is the place!
Solo But Not Alone is a bundle of singleplayer TTRPGs of all kinds, sold for $10 to benefit m...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Back at it again. Couldn't stop writing 'em if I tried.
November's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER PARTY. Patrons get it a week early here: www.patreon.com/posts/144283...
November's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER PARTY. Patrons get it a week early here: www.patreon.com/posts/144283...
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Back at it again. Couldn't stop writing 'em if I tried.
November's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER PARTY. Patrons get it a week early here: www.patreon.com/posts/144283...
November's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER PARTY. Patrons get it a week early here: www.patreon.com/posts/144283...
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Are you excited for a Dani Moonstar solo series?
About damn time: Dani Moonstar getting her own solo series from Marvel this March
Man, if I had a nickel for every time I wondered aloud on this website why Dani Moonstar hasn't gotten a bigger push from Marvel, I'd have ... several nickels. Sorry, this is breaking news and I haven't kept a spreadsheet. Anywho, folks who checked out last month's Echo: Seeker of Truth one-shot may have noticed at the back a teaser for upcoming books that included a…
comicsxf.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Are you excited for a Dani Moonstar solo series?
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Get the base Courtroom Battle Map when you join for Free, or upgrade your tier and unlock a trove of variations!
Give yourself an edge at the table by clicking the link below.
#battlemap #ttrpg
www.patreon.com/post...
Give yourself an edge at the table by clicking the link below.
#battlemap #ttrpg
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November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Get the base Courtroom Battle Map when you join for Free, or upgrade your tier and unlock a trove of variations!
Give yourself an edge at the table by clicking the link below.
#battlemap #ttrpg
www.patreon.com/post...
Give yourself an edge at the table by clicking the link below.
#battlemap #ttrpg
www.patreon.com/post...
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The @comicsxf.com team's chat about what's not working and why with the X-Men's latest dystopian crossover very much underscored why I haven't been reading it, including:
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen
The ComicsXF chorus sits down to have an honest chat about what's not working in Marvel's "Age of Revelation" X-Men event.
At the halfway point, ComicsXF analyzes what’s not working in the X-Men’s ‘Age of Revelation’
After a full month of covering “Age of Revelation,” the ComicsXF all-star chorus took a break last week, partly because there were no core books out, partly because, well, it was exhausting. And we don’t just mean the pace and volume. These books are exhausting to read and keep up with, and if this event has done anything, it’s pulled back the curtain on what problems the current X-Men line has.
comicsxf.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The @comicsxf.com team's chat about what's not working and why with the X-Men's latest dystopian crossover very much underscored why I haven't been reading it, including:
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen
"A sharper, tighter focus on something that actually matters and tracks could have done this event a world of good." #XMen