lumpley
@lumpley.bsky.social
D. Vincent Baker, longtime indie ttrpg creator. Co-creator of Apocalypse World, Under Hollow Hills, and many more. Disarm, defund, abolish. He/him. https://lumpley.games
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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 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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...
Anybody available to talk to me about SRDs?
Very practically speaking, how do you use one? What do you do with it when you have it open in front of you?
What's your favorite one that I should look at?
Very practically speaking, how do you use one? What do you do with it when you have it open in front of you?
What's your favorite one that I should look at?
November 25, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Anybody available to talk to me about SRDs?
Very practically speaking, how do you use one? What do you do with it when you have it open in front of you?
What's your favorite one that I should look at?
Very practically speaking, how do you use one? What do you do with it when you have it open in front of you?
What's your favorite one that I should look at?
What if it's cool, actually, to have another cup of coffee at 4 in the afternoon?
November 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What if it's cool, actually, to have another cup of coffee at 4 in the afternoon?
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I dont think everyone needs a gender transition but everyone needs to practice the radical self-knowledge, abolition and community building inherent in the practice and that part DOES threaten this world and Im so fucking proud of each and every one of us who shows the world that
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I dont think everyone needs a gender transition but everyone needs to practice the radical self-knowledge, abolition and community building inherent in the practice and that part DOES threaten this world and Im so fucking proud of each and every one of us who shows the world that
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Ok, here’s the deal: you’re going to want to keep track of Rae and Type Speaks. The chance to talk about design from a different angle than I usually get to explore was an absolute joy. Rae is a great interviewer and I hope I get a chance to do a Part THREE some day.
Meguey’s in-person conversation with WEGL is also now live:
Tabletop Games Before the Internet… and After // Type Speaks // 02.16
YouTube video by WEGL 91.1
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November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ok, here’s the deal: you’re going to want to keep track of Rae and Type Speaks. The chance to talk about design from a different angle than I usually get to explore was an absolute joy. Rae is a great interviewer and I hope I get a chance to do a Part THREE some day.
This autumn there's a walnut brown squirrel whose stomping ground includes our yard. I don't know whether it's a beef or a hobby, but every day it's up on top of the telephone pole at the end of our front walk, yelling "meah! meah!" at the birds across the street.
November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This autumn there's a walnut brown squirrel whose stomping ground includes our yard. I don't know whether it's a beef or a hobby, but every day it's up on top of the telephone pole at the end of our front walk, yelling "meah! meah!" at the birds across the street.
I backed Weird Little Elf by Atlas Games. You can see just by reading the summary how fun it's going to be to play.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
Weird Little Elf
The little bitty holiday game that's a little bit weird. This fast and easy family party game is the perfect not-boring activity for your next holiday gathering. The "12 Stocking Stuffers" tier lets y...
www.backerkit.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I backed Weird Little Elf by Atlas Games. You can see just by reading the summary how fun it's going to be to play.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
In 2016, the Apocalypse World 2nd Ed campaign ended at $149,681. We'd like to beat that!
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
In 2016, the Apocalypse World 2nd Ed campaign ended at $149,681. We'd like to beat that!
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
At $149,682, we'll get with the original authors and update three classic playbooks:
• The Faceless by Bret Gillan
• The News by Josh Savoie
• The Show by Elliot Baker
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$3k away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social working with the original authors to update:
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
@keftiu.bsky.social and @aura-autumn.bsky.social TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FACELESS 🫨!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
@keftiu.bsky.social and @aura-autumn.bsky.social TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FACELESS 🫨!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
$3k away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social working with the original authors to update:
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
@keftiu.bsky.social and @aura-autumn.bsky.social TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FACELESS 🫨!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
@keftiu.bsky.social and @aura-autumn.bsky.social TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FACELESS 🫨!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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Must remember to link to this here Kickstarter landing page so folks can follow if they desire: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
And remember to use my powers of mesmerism to instill within their hearts just such a desire.
And remember to use my powers of mesmerism to instill within their hearts just such a desire.
Coming soon: Swords Without Master
A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Must remember to link to this here Kickstarter landing page so folks can follow if they desire: www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
And remember to use my powers of mesmerism to instill within their hearts just such a desire.
And remember to use my powers of mesmerism to instill within their hearts just such a desire.
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This is all really basic, obviously. It's just to say: your mechanics should reinforce the feeling and the story you want to create.
Cozy woodland game = cozy woodland mechanics.
Cozy woodland game = cozy woodland mechanics.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This is all really basic, obviously. It's just to say: your mechanics should reinforce the feeling and the story you want to create.
Cozy woodland game = cozy woodland mechanics.
Cozy woodland game = cozy woodland mechanics.
Trying to provoke my middle kid by singing the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. He's showing remarkable restraint and/or just ignoring me completely.
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Trying to provoke my middle kid by singing the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins. He's showing remarkable restraint and/or just ignoring me completely.
We've had these two little posters hanging on our wall for basically ever. They helped our kids get through middle school and high school and I personally still take a second to read them often.
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We've had these two little posters hanging on our wall for basically ever. They helped our kids get through middle school and high school and I personally still take a second to read them often.
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
This morning I'm feeling an intense desire to play, to create, to draw, to walk in the woods, to shelter everyone in my life who's ever been hurt, and to burn every single structure of power and violence in our world to the fucking ground.
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This morning I'm feeling an intense desire to play, to create, to draw, to walk in the woods, to shelter everyone in my life who's ever been hurt, and to burn every single structure of power and violence in our world to the fucking ground.
I always love Meg's history rescue threads.
Ok, I’m going to do a little #LHSRescue thread as a reward to myself for the day. That’s Local History Site Rescue, for those of you new to the hashtag. Sometimes this is for a work thing, sometimes it’s just the stuff that finds its way to me, like this bag of “this looks old, give it to Meg.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I always love Meg's history rescue threads.
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$6k away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social working with the original authors to update:
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
SO EXCITED FOR THE FACELESS by @pseudo310.bsky.social mine started with a baseball bat, but then he found a shotgun.
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
SO EXCITED FOR THE FACELESS by @pseudo310.bsky.social mine started with a baseball bat, but then he found a shotgun.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
$6k away from @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social working with the original authors to update:
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
SO EXCITED FOR THE FACELESS by @pseudo310.bsky.social mine started with a baseball bat, but then he found a shotgun.
The Faceless by Bret Gillan
The News by Josh Savoie
The Show by Elliot Baker
SO EXCITED FOR THE FACELESS by @pseudo310.bsky.social mine started with a baseball bat, but then he found a shotgun.
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A|state 2e was a massive team effort, and everyone involved should be rightly proud of what I think is a great setting coupled to the best iteration of the Forged in the Dark mechanics.
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
November 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A|state 2e was a massive team effort, and everyone involved should be rightly proud of what I think is a great setting coupled to the best iteration of the Forged in the Dark mechanics.
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
More here: handiwork.games/games/astate
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Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose
YouTube video by UnAmericanBandstand
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November 15, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Hello folks. My indie RPG column is expanding. I will now be writing about forthcoming games. First issue this will happen in goes out 26th December. If you have an RPG project coming out, Kickstarter launching, or ending, within a month or so after that date, get in touch.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Hello folks. My indie RPG column is expanding. I will now be writing about forthcoming games. First issue this will happen in goes out 26th December. If you have an RPG project coming out, Kickstarter launching, or ending, within a month or so after that date, get in touch.
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If you back this project, I'll let you use my secret playbook to be A Animal.
November 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you back this project, I'll let you use my secret playbook to be A Animal.
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I taught someone apocalypse world this past weekend and their mind was blown when I told them to not ask “can I shoot him,” and instead say, “I shoot him. What happens?”
Now he’s hooked.
Now he’s hooked.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I taught someone apocalypse world this past weekend and their mind was blown when I told them to not ask “can I shoot him,” and instead say, “I shoot him. What happens?”
Now he’s hooked.
Now he’s hooked.
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Reshare: "Something is wrong with the world, and everyone knows what it is.” The third edition of one of the most influential modern indie games threatens to be even more relevant.
www.rascal.news/apocalypse-w...
www.rascal.news/apocalypse-w...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over is kinder and much angrier
The end of the world isn’t what it used to be. It might be better.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Reshare: "Something is wrong with the world, and everyone knows what it is.” The third edition of one of the most influential modern indie games threatens to be even more relevant.
www.rascal.news/apocalypse-w...
www.rascal.news/apocalypse-w...
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WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!
![Graphic with multiple picket signs that reads "[up arrow] Minimum Salary", "4 day Work Week", and a big cancel sign over "AI Replacing Jobs" and so much more. Go to kickstarterunited.org to see it all!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gdife25rfr5drwr2nhncr3rf/bafkreidfgv3xytmgta3x35mjze22ojok7lwh3vlhgrcfbcwr7hjg6bb6eu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
WE WON! After 42 days of striking we have a tentative agreement in hand that protects our existing 4 day work week, establishes a minimum salary, and adds protections against AI replacing jobs at our workplace!