Jason Pitre
genesisoflegend.bsky.social
Jason Pitre
@genesisoflegend.bsky.social
RPG Designer, Publisher, Bureaucrat, Canadian, Acadian, Bi, Podcaster and coffee-lover.
Ottawa miniatures and war game fans; we have space for you at CanGames 2026 and would love if you would consider running some sessions at the con on the May Long Weekend!https://cangames.ca/
CanGames Tabletop Game Convention – Friendly Mayhem Since 1977
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February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A second edition of Good Society from @storybrewersroleplaying.com is on the way? We are most fortunate to be granted such a bounty by creators refined in both countenance and wisdom. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...
Coming soon: Good Society: A Jane Austen RPG – 2nd Edition
Navigate the pitfalls of romance, reputation, manners, and marriage in the sumptuous new edition of this award-winning regency rpg.
www.kickstarter.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
A pile of PDFs have gone out the door to backers of Songfall Survivors and most of the hard copies have gone out. I hope to send out the remaining physical rewards and shipping invoices shortly so we can wrap this up.
February 11, 2026 at 3:23 AM
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[Update] This piece has been amended to add new details from Jay Dragon, along with other corrections and clarifications, including the removal of all pull quotes.
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
February 10, 2026 at 12:07 PM
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
VC, founder, dumbass
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This entire thread is valuable insight into the messy math of RPG publishing. Thanks @rdonoghue.bsky.social
It used to be that the difference between gross and net was well known enough to be an effective punchline, but I feel like that knowledge has faded, at least within RPG publishing.

Part of what made this common knowledge was its importance in moviemaking.
February 8, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Look at me researching old warhammer vehicle designs instead of reconciling my business records for tax purposes.
February 7, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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Democratizing the arts looks like universal income, low-barrier grants for both emerging and working artists, well-funded municipal arts & recreation programs, vibrant third spaces, and a well-funded public school system with progressive curriculum.

Not a free pass for corporate-owned slop engines.
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 7, 2026 at 12:58 AM
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
I am not sure all my non-Canadian friends are as comfortable as me walking round in a leather coat, no gloves or hat, at -12c / 10f
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction.

It's a tour de force:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Songfall Survivors hard copies are on the way and I am still working away at some missions for digital releases.
February 2, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Ok, I am still very skeptical of AI / Machine Learning but there is some fascinating academic research here: gail.wharton.upenn.edu/prompt-libra...
Prompt Library
gail.wharton.upenn.edu
January 28, 2026 at 1:41 AM
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The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live!

The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!

store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
The Quiet Year (box set)
The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every a...
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
I am quite proud that I was able to make the print copies of After the War match despite 7+ years passing and changing publishing software.
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 PM
The latest episode of the RPG Design Panelcast features Curt Covert of @smirkanddagger.bsky.social dispensing some brilliant advice for anyone considering self-publishing games. Check it out!
Episode 389: Self Publishing - Should I | RPG Design Panelcast
Recorded at Metatopia 2024 Presented by Curt Covert Self-Publishing is not for everyone, nor is opening a small business as a board game publisher. We will discuss why this is the case and then, for t...
genesisoflegend.podbean.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:07 AM
If you want to pick up a POD copy of Songfall Survivors, our massive expansion for After the War, it's now available! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Songfall Survivors - Genesis of Legend Publishing | DriveThruRPG
It's been ten years since the war After the War is a tabletop roleplaying game of memetic horror, where you play some of the few survivors of a brutal galactic war against an alien hivemind called The...
www.drivethrurpg.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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I think one of the single most impactful goals we should aspire to is rebuilding generalized public awareness of the nuts and bolts of civic operation. So many of our problems are downstream of people not understanding the work that undergirds their day-to-day experience of living in a society.
One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If RPGs aren't your thing? Please sign up to run your favourite board-game that you don't get to the table enough, or use it as an excuse to take something down from the shelf of shame (tm). Show folks these awesome games they might not otherwise discover.
CanGames Tabletop Game Convention – Friendly Mayhem Since 1977
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January 25, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If anyone wants to run games at CanGames 2026 in Ottawa, now is the perfect time to submit your events. We would love to see more indie designers and publishers at the show! cangames.ca
CanGames Tabletop Game Convention – Friendly Mayhem Since 1977
cangames.ca
January 25, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I am happy to report that the Print on Demand copies of Songfall Survivors are now available to order. We are quite proud of what we have come up with. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Songfall Survivors - Genesis of Legend Publishing | DriveThruRPG
It's been ten years since the war After the War is a tabletop roleplaying game of memetic horror, where you play some of the few survivors of a brutal galactic war against an alien hivemind called The...
www.drivethrurpg.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
And it looks like I misconfigured my kickstarter campaign so I can't actually use the pledge manager. Ugg.
January 24, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Perfect. Songfall Survivors POD looks good to go.
January 23, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Cute. Lows of -30c with wind chill enough to crack -45c. www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weat...
Ontario braces for coldest air in a decade - The Weather Network
Bundle up! Coldest air in a decade as a weakening polar vortex brings plummeting temperatures to Ontario.
www.theweathernetwork.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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Canadians you are not prepared for the temperature he tells you he is experiencing here.
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM