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!
It's just Dark Souls and Persona for me 😂
My attachment to JRPG style things
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Pokémon
💚💚💚💚⭕Final Fantasy
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Monster Hunter
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Dragon Quest
💚💚⭕⭕⭕Kingdom Hearts
💚💚💚💚💚Dark Souls
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Tales
💚💚💚💚💚Persona
💚💚💚💚💚SMT
💚💚💚💚💚Xeno
💚💚💚⭕⭕Chrono
💚💚⭕⭕⭕SaGa
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Mana
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Fire Emblem
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Ys
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Trails/Kiseki
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Pokémon
💚💚💚💚⭕Final Fantasy
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Monster Hunter
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Dragon Quest
💚💚⭕⭕⭕Kingdom Hearts
💚💚💚💚💚Dark Souls
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Tales
💚💚💚💚💚Persona
💚💚💚💚💚SMT
💚💚💚💚💚Xeno
💚💚💚⭕⭕Chrono
💚💚⭕⭕⭕SaGa
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Mana
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕Fire Emblem
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Ys
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Trails/Kiseki
My attachment to JRPG style things
💚💚💚💚⭕Pokémon
💚💚💚⭕⭕Final Fantasy
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Monster Hunter
💚💚⭕⭕⭕Dragon Quest
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Kingdom Hearts
💚💚💚💚💚Dark Souls
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Tales
💚💚💚⭕⭕Persona
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕SMT
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Xeno
💚💚⭕⭕⭕Chrono
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕SaGa
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Mana
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Fire Emblem
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Ys
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Trails/Kiseki
💚💚💚💚⭕Pokémon
💚💚💚⭕⭕Final Fantasy
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Monster Hunter
💚💚⭕⭕⭕Dragon Quest
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Kingdom Hearts
💚💚💚💚💚Dark Souls
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Tales
💚💚💚⭕⭕Persona
💚⭕⭕⭕⭕SMT
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Xeno
💚💚⭕⭕⭕Chrono
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕SaGa
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Mana
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Fire Emblem
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Ys
⭕⭕⭕⭕⭕Trails/Kiseki
February 1, 2026 at 11:06 AM
It's just Dark Souls and Persona for me 😂
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I wonder if they need art for that OSR Draw Steel Thing...
February 1, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I wonder if they need art for that OSR Draw Steel Thing...
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I saw this post and feel like this is a really important opportunity to talk about gender and my own background and the creation of Perils & Princesses and what it means to me as a personal piece of self-expression and as a communal piece of work as a role playing game community. 🧵
Perils and Princesses
Girl by Moonlight
Badge Quest
Even KORIKO????
All men as the sole or main writer
Like girlhood feels like such an integral part to all of these in some way (some I know better than others) but they’re all written by men??
Girl by Moonlight
Badge Quest
Even KORIKO????
All men as the sole or main writer
Like girlhood feels like such an integral part to all of these in some way (some I know better than others) but they’re all written by men??
Why are all the girly/girl power ttrpgs I can think of/find by men? this is actually kind of gross
February 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I saw this post and feel like this is a really important opportunity to talk about gender and my own background and the creation of Perils & Princesses and what it means to me as a personal piece of self-expression and as a communal piece of work as a role playing game community. 🧵
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Bloggies 2026 nominations are about to close in 30 minutes. After that, I have a lot of reading to do. (I've been reading ahead, thankfully.)
February 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Bloggies 2026 nominations are about to close in 30 minutes. After that, I have a lot of reading to do. (I've been reading ahead, thankfully.)
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You all seemed to think it was funny, and despite its utter failure to end all discourse forever I would be failing to big myself up appropriately if i didnt put forward "What is an OSR" for your consideration. My other nominations in the thread below :)
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
February 1, 2026 at 1:14 AM
You all seemed to think it was funny, and despite its utter failure to end all discourse forever I would be failing to big myself up appropriately if i didnt put forward "What is an OSR" for your consideration. My other nominations in the thread below :)
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr
The Nobilis > OSR > Nobilis pipeline 🔥
Imagine clearing your mind hard enough that the resulting emptiness solidify into an avant-garde biomechanical second body. Those who achieve this has the power to judge humanity as they see fit.
You are one of them.
You are one of them.
Luminous Mind
An urban fantasy game concept
diceless.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:12 AM
The Nobilis > OSR > Nobilis pipeline 🔥
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Imagine clearing your mind hard enough that the resulting emptiness solidify into an avant-garde biomechanical second body. Those who achieve this has the power to judge humanity as they see fit.
You are one of them.
You are one of them.
Luminous Mind
An urban fantasy game concept
diceless.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Imagine clearing your mind hard enough that the resulting emptiness solidify into an avant-garde biomechanical second body. Those who achieve this has the power to judge humanity as they see fit.
You are one of them.
You are one of them.
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Updated the blog map with the first data set of 2026.
graph.elmc.at
here is what it looks like if you filter for this year
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here is what it looks like if you filter for this year
January 31, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Updated the blog map with the first data set of 2026.
graph.elmc.at
here is what it looks like if you filter for this year
graph.elmc.at
here is what it looks like if you filter for this year
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Sure, why not? I am pretty fond of this post I did on designing obstacles for OSR play: widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/a-lock-with-...
January 31, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Sure, why not? I am pretty fond of this post I did on designing obstacles for OSR play: widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/a-lock-with-...
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Dredge Quick and Drown is a project written as a joke attempt at recreating the OSR from first principles. It has unsprisingly failed to do that but I'm very happy with whats come out of it. Enjoy Design Diary #1: covering stats, checks, skills. and equipment.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
DQ&D Design Diary 1 - The Garden Below
An introduction to Dredge Quick and Drown
thegardenbelow.blot.im
January 31, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Dredge Quick and Drown is a project written as a joke attempt at recreating the OSR from first principles. It has unsprisingly failed to do that but I'm very happy with whats come out of it. Enjoy Design Diary #1: covering stats, checks, skills. and equipment.
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
thegardenbelow.blot.im/dq-d-design-...
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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!!!
Reposted by Afraid of Encounters
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...