Afraid of Encounters
@isaacisafraid.bsky.social
He/Him, Game Dev (Narrative Designer/Game Writer), Tabletop RPG Designer. I write, roleplay, and roll dice to tell stories.
https://isaacisafraid.itch.io/
https://afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/
Nusantara, Maritime Southeast Asia
https://isaacisafraid.itch.io/
https://afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/
Nusantara, Maritime Southeast Asia
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The Knight Errant ranked 1st out of 227 entries in the Appendix N Jam 😭 This feels surreal!
Huge thanks to @dankdungeons.bsky.social & @jorphdan.bsky.social for hosting the jam, and to everyone who rated my first OSR adventure!
And congratulations to all the amazing participants and their works!
Huge thanks to @dankdungeons.bsky.social & @jorphdan.bsky.social for hosting the jam, and to everyone who rated my first OSR adventure!
And congratulations to all the amazing participants and their works!
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12 NPC has had TEN THOUSAND reads in less than 2 months! Crazy stuff murkdice.substack.com/p/the-only-1...
The only 12 NPCs you need
Lean and gameable NPC templates
murkdice.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:16 AM
12 NPC has had TEN THOUSAND reads in less than 2 months! Crazy stuff murkdice.substack.com/p/the-only-1...
Officially 10 years in this hobby. The screenshot is a Roll20 post that I made that day early in the morning, which got me a game later in the night run by the person below my message.
It wasn't the most popular Tabletop RPG in the world. It was Iron Kingdoms 😂
(1/3)
It wasn't the most popular Tabletop RPG in the world. It was Iron Kingdoms 😂
(1/3)
January 31, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Officially 10 years in this hobby. The screenshot is a Roll20 post that I made that day early in the morning, which got me a game later in the night run by the person below my message.
It wasn't the most popular Tabletop RPG in the world. It was Iron Kingdoms 😂
(1/3)
It wasn't the most popular Tabletop RPG in the world. It was Iron Kingdoms 😂
(1/3)
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Am cheering for Cairn Press's success, because their terms:
+ Creators retain their IP;
+ Seeking a license to publish and distro, not to own creators' work;
+ Transparent production process and accounting;
+ Straightforward royalty structures
+ Etc
All of this should be standard practice!!!
+ Creators retain their IP;
+ Seeking a license to publish and distro, not to own creators' work;
+ Transparent production process and accounting;
+ Straightforward royalty structures
+ Etc
All of this should be standard practice!!!
As of tomorrow, Cairn Press is live!
Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it!
More soon.
cairnpress.ink
Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it!
More soon.
cairnpress.ink
Cairn Press
The official website for the Cairn Press imprint.
cairnpress.ink
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Am cheering for Cairn Press's success, because their terms:
+ Creators retain their IP;
+ Seeking a license to publish and distro, not to own creators' work;
+ Transparent production process and accounting;
+ Straightforward royalty structures
+ Etc
All of this should be standard practice!!!
+ Creators retain their IP;
+ Seeking a license to publish and distro, not to own creators' work;
+ Transparent production process and accounting;
+ Straightforward royalty structures
+ Etc
All of this should be standard practice!!!
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As of tomorrow, Cairn Press is live!
Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it!
More soon.
cairnpress.ink
Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it!
More soon.
cairnpress.ink
Cairn Press
The official website for the Cairn Press imprint.
cairnpress.ink
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 AM
As of tomorrow, Cairn Press is live!
Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it!
More soon.
cairnpress.ink
Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it!
More soon.
cairnpress.ink
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the indonesian government is collapsing in real time lol but my ancestors have lived through the fall of singhasari so this one is smalltime
January 30, 2026 at 3:08 AM
the indonesian government is collapsing in real time lol but my ancestors have lived through the fall of singhasari so this one is smalltime
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Harum’s Spell card, A Certain Charm
January 29, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Harum’s Spell card, A Certain Charm
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I have been writing this blogpost for months to share my personal perspective and insight to the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene. Check it out!
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
Afraid of Communities - Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene & LFG
A look at the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I have been writing this blogpost for months to share my personal perspective and insight to the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene. Check it out!
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
five jobs:
INTERPOL intern
TV production crew
YouTube scriptwriter
Marketing Copywriter
Video Game Narrative Designer/Writer
INTERPOL intern
TV production crew
YouTube scriptwriter
Marketing Copywriter
Video Game Narrative Designer/Writer
five jobs:
IT intern
editor
adjunct
graphic designer
writer
IT intern
editor
adjunct
graphic designer
writer
Bookseller
Adjunct Professor
Liquor Store Clerk
Dishwasher
Bouncer
Adjunct Professor
Liquor Store Clerk
Dishwasher
Bouncer
January 29, 2026 at 10:53 PM
five jobs:
INTERPOL intern
TV production crew
YouTube scriptwriter
Marketing Copywriter
Video Game Narrative Designer/Writer
INTERPOL intern
TV production crew
YouTube scriptwriter
Marketing Copywriter
Video Game Narrative Designer/Writer
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Try out an OSR style TTRPG of alien dragons, black glass tombs, and magical stones made from the calcified blood of dead gods.
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
WYRM by Gila RPGs
OSR style fantasy adventure game
gilarpgs.itch.io
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Try out an OSR style TTRPG of alien dragons, black glass tombs, and magical stones made from the calcified blood of dead gods.
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
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How to write a d20 table:
1. write 30 entries
2. either cut the ten weakest entries or add 6 more to make a d66 table
3. profit
1. write 30 entries
2. either cut the ten weakest entries or add 6 more to make a d66 table
3. profit
January 29, 2026 at 10:48 AM
How to write a d20 table:
1. write 30 entries
2. either cut the ten weakest entries or add 6 more to make a d66 table
3. profit
1. write 30 entries
2. either cut the ten weakest entries or add 6 more to make a d66 table
3. profit
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🚨INDONESIAN TTRPG SCENE REPORT🚨
I have been writing this blogpost for months to share my personal perspective and insight to the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene. Check it out!
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
Afraid of Communities - Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene & LFG
A look at the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev
January 29, 2026 at 5:14 PM
🚨INDONESIAN TTRPG SCENE REPORT🚨
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In my latest blog post, I give thee A Tactile Technique for Tracking Time in TTRPGs! Do with it as you will ⏰
(It can also track other stuff; I talk about it in the post)
#osr #ttrpg
(It can also track other stuff; I talk about it in the post)
#osr #ttrpg
All Along the Clocktower — Prismatic Wasteland
Are you using overloaded encounter dice to track time? Clocks like from Blades in the Dark? Here is a more tangible, toyetic alternative method for tracking progress of anything in TTRPGs from time to...
www.prismaticwasteland.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Remember that whole dungeon and colonialism discourse right at the end of 2025? This was my contribution after my friend started it with his blogpost. Oh, and its a gameable blogpost! And please consider me among the Best Debut Blogs 🙏 I just started
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/anticolonial...
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/anticolonial...
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Remember that whole dungeon and colonialism discourse right at the end of 2025? This was my contribution after my friend started it with his blogpost. Oh, and its a gameable blogpost! And please consider me among the Best Debut Blogs 🙏 I just started
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/anticolonial...
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/anticolonial...
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If you want to be nominated for a Bloggie, please campaign for yourself. You campaigning helps expand the audience of The Bloggies which gets more eyes on everyone's writing.
Thanks Exeunt!
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Thanks Exeunt!
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
January 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If you want to be nominated for a Bloggie, please campaign for yourself. You campaigning helps expand the audience of The Bloggies which gets more eyes on everyone's writing.
Thanks Exeunt!
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Thanks Exeunt!
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
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Alright yall. It was at the start of last year (ten years ago it feels like) so you may have forgotten, but here is my greatest contribution to gaming: write your rooms in pairs.
I’d love to be considered for nomination for a bloggie! It’s fun!
www.failuretolerated.com/writing-room...
I’d love to be considered for nomination for a bloggie! It’s fun!
www.failuretolerated.com/writing-room...
January 29, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Alright yall. It was at the start of last year (ten years ago it feels like) so you may have forgotten, but here is my greatest contribution to gaming: write your rooms in pairs.
I’d love to be considered for nomination for a bloggie! It’s fun!
www.failuretolerated.com/writing-room...
I’d love to be considered for nomination for a bloggie! It’s fun!
www.failuretolerated.com/writing-room...
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I read Kingdoms, which is and OSR game full of cool ideas but in the end fails to cohere for me. You can read my review!
personable.blog/zine-zone-ki...
personable.blog/zine-zone-ki...
Zine Zone: Kingdoms
A reading informed review of Kingdoms.
personable.blog
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I read Kingdoms, which is and OSR game full of cool ideas but in the end fails to cohere for me. You can read my review!
personable.blog/zine-zone-ki...
personable.blog/zine-zone-ki...
I have been writing this blogpost for months to share my personal perspective and insight to the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene. Check it out!
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
Afraid of Communities - Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene & LFG
A look at the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev
January 29, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I have been writing this blogpost for months to share my personal perspective and insight to the Indonesian Tabletop RPG scene. Check it out!
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-co...
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Spent the last two days rethinking my approach to my 18th century survey game and found some inspiration in Vincent Baker's PBTA blog series!
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tbr.bearblog.dev/surveyed-by-...
January 28, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Spent the last two days rethinking my approach to my 18th century survey game and found some inspiration in Vincent Baker's PBTA blog series!
tbr.bearblog.dev/surveying-to...
tbr.bearblog.dev/surveyed-by-...
tbr.bearblog.dev/surveying-to...
tbr.bearblog.dev/surveyed-by-...
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I joined The Smiling Fox podcast to discuss Mythic Bastionland, Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard, and my writing. Check it out!
The Smiling Fox sat down with @weirdwonder.bsky.social and discussed her writing, Mythic Bastionland campaigns, the weird and mundane in this episode.
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
January 28, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I joined The Smiling Fox podcast to discuss Mythic Bastionland, Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard, and my writing. Check it out!
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Amanda truly is the First Knight
I joined The Smiling Fox podcast to discuss Mythic Bastionland, Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard, and my writing. Check it out!
The Smiling Fox sat down with @weirdwonder.bsky.social and discussed her writing, Mythic Bastionland campaigns, the weird and mundane in this episode.
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
January 28, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Amanda truly is the First Knight
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The Smiling Fox sat down with @weirdwonder.bsky.social and discussed her writing, Mythic Bastionland campaigns, the weird and mundane in this episode.
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
January 28, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The Smiling Fox sat down with @weirdwonder.bsky.social and discussed her writing, Mythic Bastionland campaigns, the weird and mundane in this episode.
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
Check it out: smiling-fox.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/home.html
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New Video! The unsolved mysteries of D&D! I had lots of fun rewatching some unsolved mysteries episodes for this video. 🤣
youtu.be/Ww2E941qm0s
#dnd #dnd5e
youtu.be/Ww2E941qm0s
#dnd #dnd5e
Top 5 Unsolved Mysteries of D&D
YouTube video by Jorphdan
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 4:02 PM
New Video! The unsolved mysteries of D&D! I had lots of fun rewatching some unsolved mysteries episodes for this video. 🤣
youtu.be/Ww2E941qm0s
#dnd #dnd5e
youtu.be/Ww2E941qm0s
#dnd #dnd5e
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Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
He Leaked the Secrets of a Southeast Asian Scam Compound. Then He Had to Get Out Alive
A source trapped inside an industrial-scale scamming operation contacted me, determined to expose his captors’ crimes—and then escape. This is his story.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Last year, a human trafficking victim trapped in a crypto scam compound in the Golden Triangle region of Laos contacted me. He then proceeded to leak to me a huge collection of the compound's internal materials.
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
Then he had to get out alive. This is his story.
🧵👇 www.wired.com/story/he-lea...
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What if I change Landmark, Hidden, Secret to use for character knowledge? idk!
elmc.at/common-recal...
elmc.at/common-recal...
Common, Recalled, Obscure
Landmark, Hidden, Secret reframed for character knowledge.
elmc.at
January 28, 2026 at 12:11 AM
What if I change Landmark, Hidden, Secret to use for character knowledge? idk!
elmc.at/common-recal...
elmc.at/common-recal...
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