Paul Czege
@paulczege.bsky.social
Game designer. Currently shipping a zine about how to play immersive journaling games:
https://www.paulczege.com/
On Masto as @[email protected]
He/Him.
#JournalGaming
#ttrpg
https://www.paulczege.com/
On Masto as @[email protected]
He/Him.
#JournalGaming
#ttrpg
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Paul Czege
@paulczege.bsky.social
· Sep 1
It would be such a missed opportunity to not talk about the journaling game zines I've published on this platform where you actually see the posts by people you follow.
The Ink That Bleeds is about immersion and bleed and self care and...
The Ink That Bleeds is about immersion and bleed and self care and...
What I'm thinking about right now: I've played a lot of journaling games, but not often more than one by the same creator.
From what creators have you played more than one solo/journaling game?
From what creators have you played more than one solo/journaling game?
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
What I'm thinking about right now: I've played a lot of journaling games, but not often more than one by the same creator.
From what creators have you played more than one solo/journaling game?
From what creators have you played more than one solo/journaling game?
If you ordered a game/zine from me this weekend my shipping intern just mailed it to you.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you ordered a game/zine from me this weekend my shipping intern just mailed it to you.
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I'm waiting to buy groceries until they reveal their Black Friday prices.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm waiting to buy groceries until they reveal their Black Friday prices.
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Do you need a Christmassy gift for a puzzle-loving friend?
You can get a gift certificate for our online escape room game on our website and I'll tell you the code to get the Black Friday 25% discount -> "blackfriday"
Just go to order and choose "Buy as a gift"
zebraescapes.com/mission-poss...
You can get a gift certificate for our online escape room game on our website and I'll tell you the code to get the Black Friday 25% discount -> "blackfriday"
Just go to order and choose "Buy as a gift"
zebraescapes.com/mission-poss...
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Do you need a Christmassy gift for a puzzle-loving friend?
You can get a gift certificate for our online escape room game on our website and I'll tell you the code to get the Black Friday 25% discount -> "blackfriday"
Just go to order and choose "Buy as a gift"
zebraescapes.com/mission-poss...
You can get a gift certificate for our online escape room game on our website and I'll tell you the code to get the Black Friday 25% discount -> "blackfriday"
Just go to order and choose "Buy as a gift"
zebraescapes.com/mission-poss...
I love the practice of making games from the components of other games. My duet game, The Same Beach, uses Timeline cards.
paulczege.itch.io/the-same-beach
paulczege.itch.io/the-same-beach
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I love the practice of making games from the components of other games. My duet game, The Same Beach, uses Timeline cards.
paulczege.itch.io/the-same-beach
paulczege.itch.io/the-same-beach
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It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
Solo But Not Alone 5 Signup
If you have a singleplayer TTRPG you've never submitted to Solo But Not Alone before, this is the place!
Solo But Not Alone is a bundle of singleplayer TTRPGs of all kinds, sold for $10 to benefit m...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It's that time again!
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
That's right, it's time for Solo But Not Alone, our annual fundraiser bundle for @takethis.org! If you have written a singleplayer-capable TTRPG that hasn't been in the bundle before, come join us for the bundle event of the year.
forms.gle/atnazSa6TzL6...
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Love this.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
More than 3,300 years ago, an unknown Egyptian wrote a love poem: clear, pure, mysterious. This translation by Egyptologist John Foster brings it to life in a way that leaves me breathless.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Love this.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
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missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries
It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
missed this. dems should do it regardless of the motivations. plurality single-winner primaries are dumb www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
His funding problem is that middle school boys don't have credit cards.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
His funding problem is that middle school boys don't have credit cards.
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Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Woah!
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you.
If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position.
The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI
A movie that takes place where I'm from.
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
A movie that takes place where I'm from.
Had a super good time playing this with my family at this time last year, each of us in a different room on a different device yelling across the apartment trying to figure out the puzzles. You should try it. I think you'll have a lot of fun.
Puzzle alert!
Want to try a free online 3D escape room game? We are giving away game codes to those who can solve this puzzle.
The escape room:
Theme is a Danish grocery shop in 1929. Recommended group size: 1-5. Length: 20-40 min.
Send in the answer:
zebraescapes.com/go/toys
Want to try a free online 3D escape room game? We are giving away game codes to those who can solve this puzzle.
The escape room:
Theme is a Danish grocery shop in 1929. Recommended group size: 1-5. Length: 20-40 min.
Send in the answer:
zebraescapes.com/go/toys
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Had a super good time playing this with my family at this time last year, each of us in a different room on a different device yelling across the apartment trying to figure out the puzzles. You should try it. I think you'll have a lot of fun.
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Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
I just got an order for The Ink That Bleeds from someone who lives in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Do people who live in paradise need immersive journaling games?
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I just got an order for The Ink That Bleeds from someone who lives in one of the most beautiful places in the world. Do people who live in paradise need immersive journaling games?
The obvious way to do this psy-op on working class white Americans would be to flood the social media zone with scary non-white people. But it must not work as well as flooding the zone with scared white people.
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The obvious way to do this psy-op on working class white Americans would be to flood the social media zone with scary non-white people. But it must not work as well as flooding the zone with scared white people.
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Remember, authors and publishers love to see photos of their games at conventions, stores, or spread out carefully next to your other purchases on any convenient flat surface. #KnollingIsCaring
We're in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 for another 6 hours!
We're in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 for another 6 hours!
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Remember, authors and publishers love to see photos of their games at conventions, stores, or spread out carefully next to your other purchases on any convenient flat surface. #KnollingIsCaring
We're in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 for another 6 hours!
We're in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 for another 6 hours!
Isn't this the most inviting looking booth you've seen in #paxu photos?
Go visit the PAX Together room!
And while there check out the games at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. They have copies of You are a Muffin and Make Your Own One-Page RPG by Exeunt Press for sale! #PAXU
And while there check out the games at the @sidequestbooks.bsky.social table. They have copies of You are a Muffin and Make Your Own One-Page RPG by Exeunt Press for sale! #PAXU
November 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Isn't this the most inviting looking booth you've seen in #paxu photos?
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I wanted to highlight some of the weirder offerings we have at #paxunplugged!
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I wanted to highlight some of the weirder offerings we have at #paxunplugged!
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
I’ll start with Public Guest 5. It’s our solo TTRPG about living beneath an artificial menacing planet. You roll 2 dice once every real-world day until your world explodes. Until it does, you live your life well.
In all mediums of communication (stories, poems, songs, comics, paintings, games, etc) we're hungry for another person's true lived experience that contends with narratives programmed into us by society that aren't in our interests, and with other ways society uses and abuses us.
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
In all mediums of communication (stories, poems, songs, comics, paintings, games, etc) we're hungry for another person's true lived experience that contends with narratives programmed into us by society that aren't in our interests, and with other ways society uses and abuses us.
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Not every game in the solo RPG section is a journaling game; try Paul's The Balsam Lake Unmurders, as well as...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Not every game in the solo RPG section is a journaling game; try Paul's The Balsam Lake Unmurders, as well as...
3/▶️
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Also by Steph: Bakers Charge! and Construct's Nature
To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
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To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
2/▶️
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Also by Steph: Bakers Charge! and Construct's Nature
To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
2/▶️
To get started in journaling games, grab The Ink That Bleeds and Incscapes by @paulczege.bsky.social
2/▶️
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March 14th in Olympia, WA. I’m helping put on a Tabletop Games Summit with the @tga.bsky.social.
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
tabletopgamesalliance.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
March 14th in Olympia, WA. I’m helping put on a Tabletop Games Summit with the @tga.bsky.social.
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
This was a great episode. @ehronlime.bsky.social has such insight and experience at making a great, functional RPG playtesting community. And also such a purposeful sense of making games.
Also, "More Matts than women" 😮
Also, "More Matts than women" 😮
Starting the day listening to @newmadras.bsky.social in conversation with @ehronlime.bsky.social about TTRPG & communities in Yes Indie’d — only fitting given that today is our final fall conversation at Auburn about play & communities with @itsquinns.bsky.social this afternoon.
Games Need Communities (w/ Aaron Lim)
Podcast Episode · Yes Indie'd Pod · 11/17/2025 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This was a great episode. @ehronlime.bsky.social has such insight and experience at making a great, functional RPG playtesting community. And also such a purposeful sense of making games.
Also, "More Matts than women" 😮
Also, "More Matts than women" 😮
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If you self-publish and still haven't seen this thick booklet that Temporary Services made earlier in the year, check it out! It provides a lot of useful insights from the perspective of stores that sell and distribute self-published artist books and zines. halfletterpress.com/booksellers-...
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you self-publish and still haven't seen this thick booklet that Temporary Services made earlier in the year, check it out! It provides a lot of useful insights from the perspective of stores that sell and distribute self-published artist books and zines. halfletterpress.com/booksellers-...
Did Google+ have quote-reshares? I don't remember.
November 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Did Google+ have quote-reshares? I don't remember.