Hack Shack Games
@hackshackgames.bsky.social
Just your average small tabletop gaming studio, doing the best they can to bring fresh ideas and resources to your table!
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Halflight Halls: Campaign & Setting Starter - Hack Shack Games | DriveThruRPG
Halflight Halls
Campaign & Setting Starter
An Off-Beat Campaign Setting, designed to reward clever teamwork, bold heroics, and spectacularly bad ideas.
Inside you'll find:
The Halflight Halls camp...
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HALFLIGHT HALLS: Campaign & Setting Starter
Now available as Pay-What-You-Want on DTRPG!
An Off-Beat Campaign Setting, designed to reward clever teamwork, bold heroics, and spectacularly bad ideas.
Compatible with Daggerheart.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Now available as Pay-What-You-Want on DTRPG!
An Off-Beat Campaign Setting, designed to reward clever teamwork, bold heroics, and spectacularly bad ideas.
Compatible with Daggerheart.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
Barenaked Ladies
Nickel Creek
Great Big Sea
Florence + the Machine
Fitz and the Tantrums
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
Leonard Cohen (multiple)
Lilith Fair
Gogol Bordello
Drax Project (multiple)
The Muppets (yes, really)
November 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
Supertramp
Pink Floyd
New Order
Circle Jerks
Violent Femmes
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If you are nervous about playing or running a TTRPG game please know that you got this and you are going to kill it. It will be your best game so far! #ttrpg #dnd #daggerheart
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If you are nervous about playing or running a TTRPG game please know that you got this and you are going to kill it. It will be your best game so far! #ttrpg #dnd #daggerheart
While the games bring us together, it's the communities we build through them that are the real magic. Heart full of joy to be included in this lovely group of beautiful dodo's! <3
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
The word Dodoborne, our theme song, and even creating this Daggerheart show in the first place has always revolved around the idea of finding your flock (even if the rest of the world tries to brush you off as extinct).
Grateful for how many of our flock has found us. Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️🦤
Grateful for how many of our flock has found us. Happy Thanksgiving! ❤️🦤
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
While the games bring us together, it's the communities we build through them that are the real magic. Heart full of joy to be included in this lovely group of beautiful dodo's! <3
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
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Yes. But to be more specific, I think every game should have a "what is this game" page(s), because not every TTRPG is played exactly the same or under the same base assumptions. If that involves what someone considers "common knowledge"—it's not, and that knowledge should never be assumed.
Do you think the "Explain what a TTRPG is" page is necessary or not
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Yes. But to be more specific, I think every game should have a "what is this game" page(s), because not every TTRPG is played exactly the same or under the same base assumptions. If that involves what someone considers "common knowledge"—it's not, and that knowledge should never be assumed.
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Slugblaster - Game of the Year Edition by @wilkiescandylab.com includes expanded solo rules, two play surfaces, a set of dice, enamel pin and stickers, original soundtrack, and a GM Screen built right into the box!
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Slugblaster - Game of the Year Edition by @wilkiescandylab.com includes expanded solo rules, two play surfaces, a set of dice, enamel pin and stickers, original soundtrack, and a GM Screen built right into the box!
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
tabletopbookshelf.com/blogs/news/n...
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Hub & Spoke design is a concept in IT & Data used to facilitate access and reliability
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
Hub & Spoke Adventure Design
I recently spoke on a video with Mike Underwood about a concept for Hub & Spoke Adventure Design in Daggerheart. It’s a concept that has been intriguing since the reveal of Campaign Frames in t…
thewelshdm.wordpress.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Hub & Spoke design is a concept in IT & Data used to facilitate access and reliability
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
But I also think it can and should be used in TTRPG Adventure & Setting design.
thewelshdm.wordpress.com?p=4270
My Podcastmons, let me show you them..
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My Podcastmons, let me show you them..
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
As we head into a long weekend of slumped digestive torpor, what better way to spend hours of tryptophanic delerium, than catching up on awesome TTRPG podcasts?
These are the ones on our current rotation (not counting what's on Youtube). Give em' a click!
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Today at 1pm EST, I'll be streaming with my thoughts about designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart - making a boss worth remembering as well as the environment/support adversaries needed to make an incredible boss fight.
Twitch.tv/turbotango
Twitch.tv/turbotango
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today at 1pm EST, I'll be streaming with my thoughts about designing Boss Encounters for Daggerheart - making a boss worth remembering as well as the environment/support adversaries needed to make an incredible boss fight.
Twitch.tv/turbotango
Twitch.tv/turbotango
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Check out this 2 hour interview/chat I did with @thedungeonplunger.bsky.social where we talk about... pretty much everything RPG. It was a lot of fun talking as he's trying to keep up with my ADHD ass that's bouncing all over the place. youtu.be/p_F5lduKeOI?...
Chatting Skilled Based RPGs and a LOT more with Seth Skorkowsky
YouTube video by The Dungeon Plunger
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Check out this 2 hour interview/chat I did with @thedungeonplunger.bsky.social where we talk about... pretty much everything RPG. It was a lot of fun talking as he's trying to keep up with my ADHD ass that's bouncing all over the place. youtu.be/p_F5lduKeOI?...
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Just got back from PAXU and feeling energized, inspired, and ready to create something? I have some opportunities that might interest you! I'm hitting the ground running on a new project, The Lands Remaining, and there are ways to get involved. Details in the thread!
(Art by PK Ashur)
(Art by PK Ashur)
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Just got back from PAXU and feeling energized, inspired, and ready to create something? I have some opportunities that might interest you! I'm hitting the ground running on a new project, The Lands Remaining, and there are ways to get involved. Details in the thread!
(Art by PK Ashur)
(Art by PK Ashur)
An under sung gem of a book, full of humor, really fun art, a solid faction system with cool job roles to expand character's, a wealth of random tables full of campaign and character details, and a Bitchin' Battle Balloon. What more can folks want, honestly..
For me, AI does not mean Artificial Intelligence. It means Acquisitions Incorporated. And this time of year, as PAX Unplugged winds down, will forever remind me of making the Acquisitions Incorporated D&D hardcover. I have endless stories about that book, but those are best saved for another time.
November 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
An under sung gem of a book, full of humor, really fun art, a solid faction system with cool job roles to expand character's, a wealth of random tables full of campaign and character details, and a Bitchin' Battle Balloon. What more can folks want, honestly..
Fighting #PAXUnplugged FOMO the only way I can; coffee, music, & adventure writing. Sure looks like this year was bangerarang though.. LE SIGH. LE MEOW.
Today's work jamz.
Today's work jamz.
Plug me IN and turn me ON: Noisy no wave and post punk jewels with Manuela Gimenez
YouTube video by BA Productions
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November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Fighting #PAXUnplugged FOMO the only way I can; coffee, music, & adventure writing. Sure looks like this year was bangerarang though.. LE SIGH. LE MEOW.
Today's work jamz.
Today's work jamz.
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In all mediums of communication (stories, poems, songs, comics, paintings, games, etc) we're hungry for another person's true lived experience that contends with narratives programmed into us by society that aren't in our interests, and with other ways society uses and abuses us.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In all mediums of communication (stories, poems, songs, comics, paintings, games, etc) we're hungry for another person's true lived experience that contends with narratives programmed into us by society that aren't in our interests, and with other ways society uses and abuses us.
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For anyone that was able to check out #Daggerheart at PAX Unplugged this year and is interested in learning more, we recently did an article with Darrington Press all about how to get the most out of your first Daggerheart experience! 🦤🤘
darringtonpress.com/so-youre-thi...
darringtonpress.com/so-youre-thi...
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For anyone that was able to check out #Daggerheart at PAX Unplugged this year and is interested in learning more, we recently did an article with Darrington Press all about how to get the most out of your first Daggerheart experience! 🦤🤘
darringtonpress.com/so-youre-thi...
darringtonpress.com/so-youre-thi...
Remember: Character inspiration can come from anywhere.
The rather baffling entry for “X” in The Merry Cobler and His Musical Alphabet (ca. 1800). See the other 25 letters here: http://buff.ly/1QGXAjR
And more examples of how the letter “X” has been treated in alphabet books here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for
And more examples of how the letter “X” has been treated in alphabet books here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/x-is-for
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Remember: Character inspiration can come from anywhere.
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Writers! Particularly TTRPG writers, but anyone comfortable with fantasy: The Gauntlet Pitch Day is coming December 6th!
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Writers! Particularly TTRPG writers, but anyone comfortable with fantasy: The Gauntlet Pitch Day is coming December 6th!
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
OMG wait, WHUT.. This is a real thing?
Why do I think @darringtonpress.bsky.social is responsible for this...
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Why do I think @darringtonpress.bsky.social is responsible for this...
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Fear Daddy's Abacus
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November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
OMG wait, WHUT.. This is a real thing?
Why do I think @darringtonpress.bsky.social is responsible for this...
www.feardaddy.com
Why do I think @darringtonpress.bsky.social is responsible for this...
www.feardaddy.com
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Even if I didn't like Draw Steel, I would want to run it at the table just to build and use this incredible initiative tracking system @alphastream.bsky.social invented. alphastream.org/index.php/20...
My New Initiative Tracking System for the Draw Steel RPG
I get crafty and find an excellent way to track initiative in Draw Steel. I share how I made it, so you can too!
alphastream.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Even if I didn't like Draw Steel, I would want to run it at the table just to build and use this incredible initiative tracking system @alphastream.bsky.social invented. alphastream.org/index.php/20...
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On the heels of the super amazing #Daggerheart news from #Pax, wanted to issue a little #SelfPromoSaturday - we're a Daggerheart podcast that has been playing since the first public playtest and publishing since before the official launch. I'd love it if you gave our long-form #ttrpg show a try.
The Naturolls
The Naturolls is your seat at the table for a Daggerheart TTRPG actual play. Listen in as a group of friends from around the world tells campfire stories (and puns) in The Shatterlands, a once-divided...
thenaturolls.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
On the heels of the super amazing #Daggerheart news from #Pax, wanted to issue a little #SelfPromoSaturday - we're a Daggerheart podcast that has been playing since the first public playtest and publishing since before the official launch. I'd love it if you gave our long-form #ttrpg show a try.
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Daggerheart panel begins. Will be live-posting here. #paxunplugged
November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Daggerheart panel begins. Will be live-posting here. #paxunplugged
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The 4th edition of Mutants & Masterminds is coming to crowdfunding on Kickstarter in the new year! Sign-up to be notified when the campaign goes live and check out the fantastic new art by comic artist (and past M&M contributor) Sean Izaakse. Looking forward to sharing more soon!
The next chapter of superhero roleplaying begins! Streamlined rules and all-new art, Mutants & Masterminds 4E is ready to rise—sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter campaign launches!
👉 greenron.in/mnm4e
👉 greenron.in/mnm4e
Coming soon: Mutants & Masterminds 4th Edition
A new edition with updated and streamlined game systems, new options, and an all-new look!
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The 4th edition of Mutants & Masterminds is coming to crowdfunding on Kickstarter in the new year! Sign-up to be notified when the campaign goes live and check out the fantastic new art by comic artist (and past M&M contributor) Sean Izaakse. Looking forward to sharing more soon!
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For everyone getting back on the Daggerheart hype train with the official expansion announcement: you don't have to wait for the summer to get your hands on a beautiful product! Hope Springs Eternal is less than 3 weeks away! Help us reach 400 followers before launch!
November 22, 2025 at 2:22 AM
For everyone getting back on the Daggerheart hype train with the official expansion announcement: you don't have to wait for the summer to get your hands on a beautiful product! Hope Springs Eternal is less than 3 weeks away! Help us reach 400 followers before launch!
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After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...