Kevin Petker - Combat Philosopher - ☝️✌️🖐️
@kevinpetker.bsky.social
Writer, Troubleshooter, Storyteller, Game Designer, Evil Genius, Editor, Dad, Comic, Ace. (they/them) Currently working on #PrincessWorld 👑 and #TheWardRPG 🩺.
https://kpetker.itch.io
Tactical Comedy Specialist
https://www.youtube.com/@KevinPetker01
https://kpetker.itch.io
Tactical Comedy Specialist
https://www.youtube.com/@KevinPetker01
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Okay, if you're on the fence about picking up one or more of my games, I'll be doing a sale over the next handful of days:
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
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Okay, if you're on the fence about picking up one or more of my games, I'll be doing a sale over the next handful of days:
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Okay, if you're on the fence about picking up one or more of my games, I'll be doing a sale over the next handful of days:
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
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Hey everyone!
My cat, Mr. Darcy, needs to have a surgical tooth extraction, preferably soon. It's a big one, so I've set a goal on Ko-fi! -> ko-fi.com/retpaladin
I have sketch icon commissions available for 25 USD if interested - but anything helps, even a repost!
#art #commissions #ttrpg
My cat, Mr. Darcy, needs to have a surgical tooth extraction, preferably soon. It's a big one, so I've set a goal on Ko-fi! -> ko-fi.com/retpaladin
I have sketch icon commissions available for 25 USD if interested - but anything helps, even a repost!
#art #commissions #ttrpg
November 26, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Hey everyone!
My cat, Mr. Darcy, needs to have a surgical tooth extraction, preferably soon. It's a big one, so I've set a goal on Ko-fi! -> ko-fi.com/retpaladin
I have sketch icon commissions available for 25 USD if interested - but anything helps, even a repost!
#art #commissions #ttrpg
My cat, Mr. Darcy, needs to have a surgical tooth extraction, preferably soon. It's a big one, so I've set a goal on Ko-fi! -> ko-fi.com/retpaladin
I have sketch icon commissions available for 25 USD if interested - but anything helps, even a repost!
#art #commissions #ttrpg
Okay, if you're on the fence about picking up one or more of my games, I'll be doing a sale over the next handful of days:
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
November 26, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Okay, if you're on the fence about picking up one or more of my games, I'll be doing a sale over the next handful of days:
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
itch.io/s/169888/bla...
#ttrpgs
#IndieGames
#GameDesign
#rpgs
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See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
Too many people wants the GM to provide the fun while they don’t do a damn thing to help anyone. Fuck that. Everyone has the responsibility to help everyone at the table have fun
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
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If say, like, just a thousand people bought just one of my games...
That would be great.
#SelfPromoSaturday
#TTRPGS
#IndieGames
That would be great.
#SelfPromoSaturday
#TTRPGS
#IndieGames
Since I just sold a copy (YAY!), I'm going to #SelfPromoSaturday what I think is my best named game:
Claws & Affect - Cats versus the Supernatural.
And "affect" is used correctly!
#ttrpgs #cats #IndieGames
kpetker.itch.io/claws-affect
Claws & Affect - Cats versus the Supernatural.
And "affect" is used correctly!
#ttrpgs #cats #IndieGames
kpetker.itch.io/claws-affect
Claws & Affect by K. Petker
Cats versus the Supernatural
kpetker.itch.io
September 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If say, like, just a thousand people bought just one of my games...
That would be great.
#SelfPromoSaturday
#TTRPGS
#IndieGames
That would be great.
#SelfPromoSaturday
#TTRPGS
#IndieGames
See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
Too many people wants the GM to provide the fun while they don’t do a damn thing to help anyone. Fuck that. Everyone has the responsibility to help everyone at the table have fun
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
See, when I'm facilitating #ttrpgs, I'm there to be entertained by the antics of the OTHER players.
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
I AM THE AUDIENCE, not the performer; yeah, I'll do my bit parts, and set design, and stage management and lighting.
But your PCs are the STARS OF THE SHOW, so make with the roles/rolls and SHINE!
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Please just hear me out:
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
three blue and purple cake pops on a white plate with the word delish in the upper right corner
Alt: Four blue and purple cake pops on a white plate.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Please just hear me out:
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
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“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Poor people have a right to art!”
They sure do. So get to it.
They sure do. So get to it.
Please just hear me out:
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
three blue and purple cake pops on a white plate with the word delish in the upper right corner
Alt: Four blue and purple cake pops on a white plate.
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Please just hear me out:
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
Cake Pop Demon Hunters
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OH YEAH!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
THE OPERATOR
A few living still remember it:
every horizon scorching hot with civilization in flames,
light to put out the stars and moon, smoke to put out the sun. Now the horizons are dark and the roads
have torn themselves apart, but a few still travel them.
A few living still remember it:
every horizon scorching hot with civilization in flames,
light to put out the stars and moon, smoke to put out the sun. Now the horizons are dark and the roads
have torn themselves apart, but a few still travel them.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
OH YEAH!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
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When this character got a strong hit to sway her semi-nemesis NPC Warlord into the "Ally" zone and it was enough xp to advance and I selected "Retire to safety" my MC at the time just looked at me silently for a moment and then said:
"I think you just won Apocalypse World."
So, definitely Win-Win!
"I think you just won Apocalypse World."
So, definitely Win-Win!
November 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
When this character got a strong hit to sway her semi-nemesis NPC Warlord into the "Ally" zone and it was enough xp to advance and I selected "Retire to safety" my MC at the time just looked at me silently for a moment and then said:
"I think you just won Apocalypse World."
So, definitely Win-Win!
"I think you just won Apocalypse World."
So, definitely Win-Win!
OH YEAH!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
THE OPERATOR
A few living still remember it:
every horizon scorching hot with civilization in flames,
light to put out the stars and moon, smoke to put out the sun. Now the horizons are dark and the roads
have torn themselves apart, but a few still travel them.
A few living still remember it:
every horizon scorching hot with civilization in flames,
light to put out the stars and moon, smoke to put out the sun. Now the horizons are dark and the roads
have torn themselves apart, but a few still travel them.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
OH YEAH!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
The Operator is BACK bay-bay!
My absolute fave playbook from 1e allowed me to play my absolute fave #ApocalypseWorld character:
Win-Win: gun-runner, rumor-monger, and wet-worker; she made the score, got the girl, saved most of her crew, and retired into the sunset.
You won it all, girl!
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I learned so much from AW over the years and I look forward to the new lessons to learn again! If you love TTRPG, you deserve to treat yourself to Apocalypse World: Burned Over!
Oh hey, we put up the dozen Core Playbooks, if you want to check them out. I'll talk about them a tiny bit in the thread below.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Update 7: Preview: The Core Playbooks · Apocalypse World: Burned Over
Preview: The Core Playbooks
This was supposed to be update #1, but you all blew us away. Now we're playing catch up!Click through to download the core playbook PDF set.As always, please ask any quest...
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I learned so much from AW over the years and I look forward to the new lessons to learn again! If you love TTRPG, you deserve to treat yourself to Apocalypse World: Burned Over!
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i'm still taking commissions btw :]
full-color, full-body, skeb-style. $35 USD per chibi, $65 per "regular" proportioned character. examples in the images below!
order one on vgen:
vgen.co/namioshiro
...or dm me for a paypal invoice!
#commissions #commissionsopen
full-color, full-body, skeb-style. $35 USD per chibi, $65 per "regular" proportioned character. examples in the images below!
order one on vgen:
vgen.co/namioshiro
...or dm me for a paypal invoice!
#commissions #commissionsopen
November 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
i'm still taking commissions btw :]
full-color, full-body, skeb-style. $35 USD per chibi, $65 per "regular" proportioned character. examples in the images below!
order one on vgen:
vgen.co/namioshiro
...or dm me for a paypal invoice!
#commissions #commissionsopen
full-color, full-body, skeb-style. $35 USD per chibi, $65 per "regular" proportioned character. examples in the images below!
order one on vgen:
vgen.co/namioshiro
...or dm me for a paypal invoice!
#commissions #commissionsopen
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It might just be a budgetary thing, but I like that Thulsa Doom's gang in the prologue of Conan the Barbarian is little more than an evil D&D adventuring party. I always appreciate when you get a glimpse of a villain's ambitious striver period before they became established.
November 25, 2025 at 11:31 PM
It might just be a budgetary thing, but I like that Thulsa Doom's gang in the prologue of Conan the Barbarian is little more than an evil D&D adventuring party. I always appreciate when you get a glimpse of a villain's ambitious striver period before they became established.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Organising your game art assets can be daunting and messy when you start out, so here is a few tips:
Lets look at these examples.
Dented Barrel
Large dented barrel
Large barrel
Old barrel
Explosive barrel
Exploded barrel
Lets look at these examples.
Dented Barrel
Large dented barrel
Large barrel
Old barrel
Explosive barrel
Exploded barrel
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Organising your game art assets can be daunting and messy when you start out, so here is a few tips:
Lets look at these examples.
Dented Barrel
Large dented barrel
Large barrel
Old barrel
Explosive barrel
Exploded barrel
Lets look at these examples.
Dented Barrel
Large dented barrel
Large barrel
Old barrel
Explosive barrel
Exploded barrel
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
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A question for the other #IndieGame #ttrpgs designers on here:
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A question for the other #IndieGame #ttrpgs designers on here:
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
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Not seeing a lot of answers here... is the promo mute effect that powerful?
A question for the other #IndieGame #ttrpgs designers on here:
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Not seeing a lot of answers here... is the promo mute effect that powerful?
Not seeing a lot of answers here... is the promo mute effect that powerful?
A question for the other #IndieGame #ttrpgs designers on here:
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Not seeing a lot of answers here... is the promo mute effect that powerful?
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Psst.
Could use a few sales on Cantrip.
Could also use some ttrpg work! Ask me for references (translation! editing! writing! consultancy! dev stuff!) and writing samples! Anything that isn't visual arts, I can do
hipolita.itch.io/cantrip
Could use a few sales on Cantrip.
Could also use some ttrpg work! Ask me for references (translation! editing! writing! consultancy! dev stuff!) and writing samples! Anything that isn't visual arts, I can do
hipolita.itch.io/cantrip
Cantrip by ¡Hipólita!
In which young witches get into immense trouble every single day of their lives.
hipolita.itch.io
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Psst.
Could use a few sales on Cantrip.
Could also use some ttrpg work! Ask me for references (translation! editing! writing! consultancy! dev stuff!) and writing samples! Anything that isn't visual arts, I can do
hipolita.itch.io/cantrip
Could use a few sales on Cantrip.
Could also use some ttrpg work! Ask me for references (translation! editing! writing! consultancy! dev stuff!) and writing samples! Anything that isn't visual arts, I can do
hipolita.itch.io/cantrip
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Running all year long! The *third* Forever Open Source game jam. Come contribute not just games (though we love games!) but SRDs, art, music, settings, anything that helps people create or play TTRPGs! Explore a world of open gaming:
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam
November 25, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Running all year long! The *third* Forever Open Source game jam. Come contribute not just games (though we love games!) but SRDs, art, music, settings, anything that helps people create or play TTRPGs! Explore a world of open gaming:
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam
itch.io/jam/forever-...
#TTRPG #GameJam
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Cette semaine c'est Black Friday chez Lulu!
30% de réduc avec le code: 2025VIP30
C'est l'occasion de vous procurer mes #jdr (pour vous ou pour offrir ;) )
Sonja et Conan contre les Ninjas
Lalaland of the Dead
Sombres Courants
les liens dans le fil à suivre :)
ou en pdf
guillaumejentey.itch.io
30% de réduc avec le code: 2025VIP30
C'est l'occasion de vous procurer mes #jdr (pour vous ou pour offrir ;) )
Sonja et Conan contre les Ninjas
Lalaland of the Dead
Sombres Courants
les liens dans le fil à suivre :)
ou en pdf
guillaumejentey.itch.io
GuillaumeJentey
guillaumejentey.itch.io
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Cette semaine c'est Black Friday chez Lulu!
30% de réduc avec le code: 2025VIP30
C'est l'occasion de vous procurer mes #jdr (pour vous ou pour offrir ;) )
Sonja et Conan contre les Ninjas
Lalaland of the Dead
Sombres Courants
les liens dans le fil à suivre :)
ou en pdf
guillaumejentey.itch.io
30% de réduc avec le code: 2025VIP30
C'est l'occasion de vous procurer mes #jdr (pour vous ou pour offrir ;) )
Sonja et Conan contre les Ninjas
Lalaland of the Dead
Sombres Courants
les liens dans le fil à suivre :)
ou en pdf
guillaumejentey.itch.io
A question for the other #IndieGame #ttrpgs designers on here:
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
A question for the other #IndieGame #ttrpgs designers on here:
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs
With regard to promo tags/posts on here, do you mute them ignore them, repost/interact with them, or some other option?
This isn't the Old Place; we have to actively boost and repost each here if we want things to be noticed.
#rpgs