Alex MJ 🎲🎃
@mixuppixels.bsky.social
He/Him | From Aotearoa by way of Singapore | Tangata Tiriti
🎧 Host of Wait, Roll That Again, a TTRPG Design Podcast!
🇦🇹 Living in Vienna, Austria
🎲 Game Desinger
⬇️ GAME DESIGN PODCAST
https://waitrollthatagain.carrd.co/
🎧 Host of Wait, Roll That Again, a TTRPG Design Podcast!
🇦🇹 Living in Vienna, Austria
🎲 Game Desinger
⬇️ GAME DESIGN PODCAST
https://waitrollthatagain.carrd.co/
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Alex MJ 🎲🎃
@mixuppixels.bsky.social
· Oct 26
Still looking for a Halloween One-Shot RPG?
Fight or Fright is a game about kids in magical halloween costumes fighting possessed decorations, saving their town and just maybe scoring some candy along the way!
Available from @plusoneexp.bsky.social
Fight or Fright is a game about kids in magical halloween costumes fighting possessed decorations, saving their town and just maybe scoring some candy along the way!
Available from @plusoneexp.bsky.social
I played Alien 2E for the first time!
Lots of quality of life changes, but was it a worthy upgrade?
I love making little videos like this, what games should I play and check out?
Lots of quality of life changes, but was it a worthy upgrade?
I love making little videos like this, what games should I play and check out?
January 23, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I played Alien 2E for the first time!
Lots of quality of life changes, but was it a worthy upgrade?
I love making little videos like this, what games should I play and check out?
Lots of quality of life changes, but was it a worthy upgrade?
I love making little videos like this, what games should I play and check out?
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🚨 We have just over 3 days left of the No ICE in Minnesota Game Jam before we start prepping for the Charity Bundle. No late submissions will be accepted so we can start on time on February 9. 🚨
Thank you to everyone joining and sharing the bundle’s game jam 🖤
Thank you to everyone joining and sharing the bundle’s game jam 🖤
January 23, 2026 at 5:57 PM
🚨 We have just over 3 days left of the No ICE in Minnesota Game Jam before we start prepping for the Charity Bundle. No late submissions will be accepted so we can start on time on February 9. 🚨
Thank you to everyone joining and sharing the bundle’s game jam 🖤
Thank you to everyone joining and sharing the bundle’s game jam 🖤
So excited to see this package waiting for me today.
Can't wait to keep playing A Land Once Magic by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social and published by @moreblueberries.bsky.social
Very nicely packed by the team at @peregrinecoast.press!!
Can't wait to keep playing A Land Once Magic by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social and published by @moreblueberries.bsky.social
Very nicely packed by the team at @peregrinecoast.press!!
January 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
So excited to see this package waiting for me today.
Can't wait to keep playing A Land Once Magic by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social and published by @moreblueberries.bsky.social
Very nicely packed by the team at @peregrinecoast.press!!
Can't wait to keep playing A Land Once Magic by @vidityavoleti.bsky.social and published by @moreblueberries.bsky.social
Very nicely packed by the team at @peregrinecoast.press!!
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The Eternal Ruins is our next big RPG!
Come explore this fantasy worldbuilding project from the mind of artist Sam Carr, powered by the Wild Words Engine first popularized in The Wildsea!
Come explore this fantasy worldbuilding project from the mind of artist Sam Carr, powered by the Wild Words Engine first popularized in The Wildsea!
January 23, 2026 at 5:28 PM
The Eternal Ruins is our next big RPG!
Come explore this fantasy worldbuilding project from the mind of artist Sam Carr, powered by the Wild Words Engine first popularized in The Wildsea!
Come explore this fantasy worldbuilding project from the mind of artist Sam Carr, powered by the Wild Words Engine first popularized in The Wildsea!
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Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my John Wick-inspired bloody revenge opera deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric, is coming to Kickstarter in May.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Coming soon: Band-Aids & Bullet Holes
Get your bloody revenge. A deckbuilder tabletop rpg about assassins and their vendettas.
www.kickstarter.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Band-Aids & Bullet Holes, my John Wick-inspired bloody revenge opera deckbuilder RPG named after a Taylor Swift lyric, is coming to Kickstarter in May.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
Look good, feel bad, do violence, cry about it, repeat. Just like your day job.
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I have to say. I am really disappointed at how many projects in Zinequest this year have AI usage - including everyone's favourite Kyrstalia slop bucket of 100% AI created. Idk man, feels bad.
January 21, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I have to say. I am really disappointed at how many projects in Zinequest this year have AI usage - including everyone's favourite Kyrstalia slop bucket of 100% AI created. Idk man, feels bad.
Just recorded my first Wait, Roll That Again of the year!
This is my game design commentary/documentary podcast that I'm soft-rebooting to focus on other people's TTRPGs!
You can read about the show here:
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/the-fu...
This is my game design commentary/documentary podcast that I'm soft-rebooting to focus on other people's TTRPGs!
You can read about the show here:
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/the-fu...
The Future of Wait, Roll That Again! - MixUpPixels
I've always loved the acknowledgements part of a book; that little chapter at the beginning or end where the author talks directly to you about the story’s conception. I was...
mixuppixels.pika.page
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Just recorded my first Wait, Roll That Again of the year!
This is my game design commentary/documentary podcast that I'm soft-rebooting to focus on other people's TTRPGs!
You can read about the show here:
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/the-fu...
This is my game design commentary/documentary podcast that I'm soft-rebooting to focus on other people's TTRPGs!
You can read about the show here:
mixuppixels.pika.page/posts/the-fu...
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WYRM is here!
WYRM is my fantasy adventure game, and my take on the OSR/NSR style of play, with a Gila twist.
Get the core rules, starting adventure, starter sandbox hexcrawl today.
All PWYW.
This is just the start of WYRM.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
WYRM is my fantasy adventure game, and my take on the OSR/NSR style of play, with a Gila twist.
Get the core rules, starting adventure, starter sandbox hexcrawl today.
All PWYW.
This is just the start of WYRM.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
WYRM by Gila RPGs
OSR style fantasy adventure game
gilarpgs.itch.io
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
WYRM is here!
WYRM is my fantasy adventure game, and my take on the OSR/NSR style of play, with a Gila twist.
Get the core rules, starting adventure, starter sandbox hexcrawl today.
All PWYW.
This is just the start of WYRM.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
WYRM is my fantasy adventure game, and my take on the OSR/NSR style of play, with a Gila twist.
Get the core rules, starting adventure, starter sandbox hexcrawl today.
All PWYW.
This is just the start of WYRM.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
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In 2025 we raised ~$300 to fund a new website which remains unspent. As our final act upon this material plane, we will be using that money to award 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost.
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
In 2025 we raised ~$300 to fund a new website which remains unspent. As our final act upon this material plane, we will be using that money to award 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost.
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
This was such a great video! Weird Place are always knocking it out of the park
When the Italians cook... THEY DELIVER #ttrpg
The Secret Sauce of Italian TTRPGs
YouTube video by Weird Place
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 11:33 AM
This was such a great video! Weird Place are always knocking it out of the park
This is Vienna over the last few days!
Being from the subtropical north of New Zealand, and growing up in Singapore, it's safe to say this is a very new experience for me!
Being from the subtropical north of New Zealand, and growing up in Singapore, it's safe to say this is a very new experience for me!
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 AM
This is Vienna over the last few days!
Being from the subtropical north of New Zealand, and growing up in Singapore, it's safe to say this is a very new experience for me!
Being from the subtropical north of New Zealand, and growing up in Singapore, it's safe to say this is a very new experience for me!
This month's RPG sessions are all scheduled:
- Our Rome campaign of Paint the Town Red is coming to it's chaotic conclusion!
- I'm participating in a test of Draw Steel through the local D&D community
- My partner and I are playing A Land Once Magic!
- Our Rome campaign of Paint the Town Red is coming to it's chaotic conclusion!
- I'm participating in a test of Draw Steel through the local D&D community
- My partner and I are playing A Land Once Magic!
January 13, 2026 at 7:59 AM
This month's RPG sessions are all scheduled:
- Our Rome campaign of Paint the Town Red is coming to it's chaotic conclusion!
- I'm participating in a test of Draw Steel through the local D&D community
- My partner and I are playing A Land Once Magic!
- Our Rome campaign of Paint the Town Red is coming to it's chaotic conclusion!
- I'm participating in a test of Draw Steel through the local D&D community
- My partner and I are playing A Land Once Magic!
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Hire me to edit your TTRPG! I’ve read four games in 2026 already that just needed one last pass for polish, clarity, and a few errant details! Don’t skimp on a set of outside eyes, they really pull the whole game together, I promise!
January 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Hire me to edit your TTRPG! I’ve read four games in 2026 already that just needed one last pass for polish, clarity, and a few errant details! Don’t skimp on a set of outside eyes, they really pull the whole game together, I promise!
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This is well put on the uses, and dangers of overuse, of random tables in TTRPGs. Worth reading until the end, I love the stark different between the two 2d4 tables.
Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
What to randomise when you’re randomising
You may have noticed that a common theme in my reviews is that I criticise people’s random tables: Their wilderness generators, their wandering monsters, their weather tables, their treasure …
idlecartulary.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This is well put on the uses, and dangers of overuse, of random tables in TTRPGs. Worth reading until the end, I love the stark different between the two 2d4 tables.
Reposted by Alex MJ 🎲🎃
Make sure to grab this awesome bundle with 8 incredible games 50% off!!
We also have a Showcase Zero 2025 bundle live now on itch.io/b/3476/showc.... Get 8 incredible games from @kobanya.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @andrewgillis.bsky.social @cutestpatoot.itch.io @yanahn.bsky.social and me at over 50% off!
January 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Make sure to grab this awesome bundle with 8 incredible games 50% off!!
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We also have a Showcase Zero 2025 bundle live now on itch.io/b/3476/showc.... Get 8 incredible games from @kobanya.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @andrewgillis.bsky.social @cutestpatoot.itch.io @yanahn.bsky.social and me at over 50% off!
January 10, 2026 at 1:56 AM
We also have a Showcase Zero 2025 bundle live now on itch.io/b/3476/showc.... Get 8 incredible games from @kobanya.bsky.social @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social @andrewgillis.bsky.social @cutestpatoot.itch.io @yanahn.bsky.social and me at over 50% off!
I think the latest episode of Design Doc from @hanbandit.bsky.social and @adrawnnovel.bsky.social at @turtlebun.com is a fantastic little lesson about game design.
What is an epiphany in game design, and how do you set yourself up for one?
pca.st/podcast/9dd9...
What is an epiphany in game design, and how do you set yourself up for one?
pca.st/podcast/9dd9...
Design Doc
Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide,...
pca.st
January 9, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I think the latest episode of Design Doc from @hanbandit.bsky.social and @adrawnnovel.bsky.social at @turtlebun.com is a fantastic little lesson about game design.
What is an epiphany in game design, and how do you set yourself up for one?
pca.st/podcast/9dd9...
What is an epiphany in game design, and how do you set yourself up for one?
pca.st/podcast/9dd9...
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Our next crowdfunder!
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Our next crowdfunder!
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Blades '68 grabs Blades in the Dark by the lapels of its woolen jacket and launches the game 100 years into the future!
New crews, new rules and subversive acts of radical revolution await you under the light of an artificial sun.
Sign up here:
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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I’m starting a series on ways to use dice in your TTRPGs. Here’s the first: River dice! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/08/r...
River Dice (Make Dice Work For You #1)
Make Dice Work For You is a series where I’ll regularly talk through a new way to use dice in your game. It came out of conversation surrounding What to randomise when you’re randomising, and what …
idlecartulary.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:26 AM
I’m starting a series on ways to use dice in your TTRPGs. Here’s the first: River dice! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/08/r...
Starting a year of reading RPGs with GIRL FRAME by @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social, and a simple thing it does up top that I love is "promises"!
A short list of themes, tropes, experiences and dynamics that the game aims to set up for your table, which sets expectations super well
A short list of themes, tropes, experiences and dynamics that the game aims to set up for your table, which sets expectations super well
January 4, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Starting a year of reading RPGs with GIRL FRAME by @anxiousmimicrpgs.bsky.social, and a simple thing it does up top that I love is "promises"!
A short list of themes, tropes, experiences and dynamics that the game aims to set up for your table, which sets expectations super well
A short list of themes, tropes, experiences and dynamics that the game aims to set up for your table, which sets expectations super well
Reposted by Alex MJ 🎲🎃
Then! We will be back to our regular Playtest Zero meetups the following week! For our SEA-friendly session, join us Tuesday, 13 January at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
January 4, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Then! We will be back to our regular Playtest Zero meetups the following week! For our SEA-friendly session, join us Tuesday, 13 January at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
resharing this again because I finally got to finish the video. Really inspired by this level of documenting, especially as Aaron mentions the rise of fragmentation and walled gardens in our space.
I feel like it is critical to have things like this readily accessible for designers at any stage!
I feel like it is critical to have things like this readily accessible for designers at any stage!
My End of Year video is on the "Golden Age of Indie RPGs," from roughly 2010 to 2025. I start with Apocalypse World's release, work through the Google+ Era, and follow design lineages and historical events that have impacted the hobby up through 2025.
The Golden Age of Indie RPGs: 2010-2025
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 8:22 PM
resharing this again because I finally got to finish the video. Really inspired by this level of documenting, especially as Aaron mentions the rise of fragmentation and walled gardens in our space.
I feel like it is critical to have things like this readily accessible for designers at any stage!
I feel like it is critical to have things like this readily accessible for designers at any stage!
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Design is a physical act. Print it out. Hold it in your hands. Cut it to shape. Paste it onto another book or zine.
Design for the hands, the hold, the fold, and the weight.
Even if your game is digital-only, the physical prototype will show you the typos.
Design for the hands, the hold, the fold, and the weight.
Even if your game is digital-only, the physical prototype will show you the typos.
January 3, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Design is a physical act. Print it out. Hold it in your hands. Cut it to shape. Paste it onto another book or zine.
Design for the hands, the hold, the fold, and the weight.
Even if your game is digital-only, the physical prototype will show you the typos.
Design for the hands, the hold, the fold, and the weight.
Even if your game is digital-only, the physical prototype will show you the typos.
Does anyone read TTRPG pdfs on an e-reader?
I want to read a lot more of my PDFs this year, and I have been trying to figure out a solution that makes reading better, but doesn't mean I bring my tablet everywhere I go.
Reading on my phone just leads to me getting distracted!
I want to read a lot more of my PDFs this year, and I have been trying to figure out a solution that makes reading better, but doesn't mean I bring my tablet everywhere I go.
Reading on my phone just leads to me getting distracted!
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Does anyone read TTRPG pdfs on an e-reader?
I want to read a lot more of my PDFs this year, and I have been trying to figure out a solution that makes reading better, but doesn't mean I bring my tablet everywhere I go.
Reading on my phone just leads to me getting distracted!
I want to read a lot more of my PDFs this year, and I have been trying to figure out a solution that makes reading better, but doesn't mean I bring my tablet everywhere I go.
Reading on my phone just leads to me getting distracted!
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The Bloggies 2026 submissions are now open!
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The Bloggies 2026
A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.
www.explorersdesign.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 PM
The Bloggies 2026 submissions are now open!
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Submit your favorite posts, series, and debut blogs via the official Bloggies page between now and Jan 31st!
Please share this around. I'll be making regular Bloggies-themed announcements throughout the month.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/