Radmad
@radmad.bsky.social
He/Him
TTRPG Designer
All my stuff on Itch & DriveThru - https://radmad.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/16893/radmad-rpgs
TTRPG critique - https://radmad.substack.com/
TTRPG Designer
All my stuff on Itch & DriveThru - https://radmad.itch.io/
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/16893/radmad-rpgs
TTRPG critique - https://radmad.substack.com/
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Radmad
@radmad.bsky.social
· Oct 2
Well folks, unfortunately we did not hit our goals for the All the World's Prey Kickstarter. But don't worry! All the World's Prey will still be released! It just some more time to fully bloom.
Gleep glorp gorp gorp gleep greep goop [yeah you can use leaded gasoline for interstellar travel, why not?]
if we find aliens and they have better stuff than us i'd low key crash out
February 19, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Gleep glorp gorp gorp gleep greep goop [yeah you can use leaded gasoline for interstellar travel, why not?]
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the left needs to seriously engage with yuri
February 18, 2026 at 5:01 PM
the left needs to seriously engage with yuri
No, I yearn for all to return to dust. That man cowers before the light and returns to the sea.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 19, 2026 at 12:49 AM
No, I yearn for all to return to dust. That man cowers before the light and returns to the sea.
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I'm starting fun TTRPG discourse: Dice? Out. Cards? In.
Oh you need click-clacks to be entertained? You mean like a rattle you fucking baby? Grow up.
Not only got Tarot and Playing alone, the latter often is easier to find d6s, but also UNO, Mahjong, Pai gow..
Tiles/Dominoes? That's cards baby.
Oh you need click-clacks to be entertained? You mean like a rattle you fucking baby? Grow up.
Not only got Tarot and Playing alone, the latter often is easier to find d6s, but also UNO, Mahjong, Pai gow..
Tiles/Dominoes? That's cards baby.
February 18, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I'm starting fun TTRPG discourse: Dice? Out. Cards? In.
Oh you need click-clacks to be entertained? You mean like a rattle you fucking baby? Grow up.
Not only got Tarot and Playing alone, the latter often is easier to find d6s, but also UNO, Mahjong, Pai gow..
Tiles/Dominoes? That's cards baby.
Oh you need click-clacks to be entertained? You mean like a rattle you fucking baby? Grow up.
Not only got Tarot and Playing alone, the latter often is easier to find d6s, but also UNO, Mahjong, Pai gow..
Tiles/Dominoes? That's cards baby.
Watchmen for all of the reasons you can think of
fun question: what’s the maddest you’ve ever been leaving a movie theater? not necessarily worst movie you’ve seen, but the one that just pissed you off the most. mine is Batman v Superman
February 18, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Watchmen for all of the reasons you can think of
this is just Become Unmarketable with more words [complementary]
February 18, 2026 at 10:32 PM
this is just Become Unmarketable with more words [complementary]
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Infinite Revolution is a fast paced game of high hopes and dreams, as human comets use mysterious alien energies to fend off the void consuming all light, bringing all the energies of a bullet-hell to a ttrpg
The game:
gwencie.itch.io/ir-overdrive
Learn more:
open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...
The game:
gwencie.itch.io/ir-overdrive
Learn more:
open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...
February 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Infinite Revolution is a fast paced game of high hopes and dreams, as human comets use mysterious alien energies to fend off the void consuming all light, bringing all the energies of a bullet-hell to a ttrpg
The game:
gwencie.itch.io/ir-overdrive
Learn more:
open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...
The game:
gwencie.itch.io/ir-overdrive
Learn more:
open.substack.com/pub/splitpar...
Hey gang, been a hot minute for the All the World's Prey train but I'm still chipping away. Getting the final art assets in place and I just had to share this quarry map by @duamn.bsky.social. This fucking rocks.
February 18, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Hey gang, been a hot minute for the All the World's Prey train but I'm still chipping away. Getting the final art assets in place and I just had to share this quarry map by @duamn.bsky.social. This fucking rocks.
What do the Newsom adherents do if he doesn't even end up running?
February 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
What do the Newsom adherents do if he doesn't even end up running?
Religion is inherently political and the idea that politics can be free from religion is, at my most generous, wishful thinking
February 18, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Religion is inherently political and the idea that politics can be free from religion is, at my most generous, wishful thinking
Republicans - anti-science racist theism
Democrats - anti-theist racist science
Democrats - anti-theist racist science
February 18, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Republicans - anti-science racist theism
Democrats - anti-theist racist science
Democrats - anti-theist racist science
This isn't conjectural btw, they have openly explained the use case for the OGL was to culturally monopolize the ttrpg market
Sometimes you give Dancey the benefit of the doubt because OGL created an industry boom in the '00s.
But you have to remember he did it for Machiavellian reasons, and successfully killed any number of young RPG publishers.
Late-era capitalism is probably the theme the runs through his history.
But you have to remember he did it for Machiavellian reasons, and successfully killed any number of young RPG publishers.
Late-era capitalism is probably the theme the runs through his history.
I think the damage was largely done back in 2000 when Ryan Dancey (then in charge of RPG development in WotC) came up with the OGL, with the explicit intention of driving all other systems out of the market. By opening up D&D, it enticed other publishers to support D20, and forget their own stuff.
February 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
This isn't conjectural btw, they have openly explained the use case for the OGL was to culturally monopolize the ttrpg market
Greek myth is a real peak of "having media literacy". I bet all the "I wouldn't look back" people are confident they wouldn't end up banging their mom too.
February 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM
Greek myth is a real peak of "having media literacy". I bet all the "I wouldn't look back" people are confident they wouldn't end up banging their mom too.
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ART COMMISSIONS OPEN
I need to save up for UKGE so if you are interested in getting some art done, my rates are $50 per hour, and as usual, I can work in a variety of styles, give examples of what you can get for your budget, work with soft/hard caps on hours, etc :)
DM me!
I need to save up for UKGE so if you are interested in getting some art done, my rates are $50 per hour, and as usual, I can work in a variety of styles, give examples of what you can get for your budget, work with soft/hard caps on hours, etc :)
DM me!
February 18, 2026 at 12:02 AM
ART COMMISSIONS OPEN
I need to save up for UKGE so if you are interested in getting some art done, my rates are $50 per hour, and as usual, I can work in a variety of styles, give examples of what you can get for your budget, work with soft/hard caps on hours, etc :)
DM me!
I need to save up for UKGE so if you are interested in getting some art done, my rates are $50 per hour, and as usual, I can work in a variety of styles, give examples of what you can get for your budget, work with soft/hard caps on hours, etc :)
DM me!
Flying Circus: Chariots of Steel
February 17, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Flying Circus: Chariots of Steel
"you could make a game bad on purpose" but have you tried making a game good on purpose?
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
"you could make a game bad on purpose" but have you tried making a game good on purpose?
Instead of slamming two naked chicks Kratos looks at the camera and declares "I love my dead wife"
The God of War Trilogy is getting a Remake. But the question is how 1-to-1 will these remakes be, and will they include the sex minigames? And should they?
More of our thoughts (and a poll) here: https://bit.ly/3OmCM98
More of our thoughts (and a poll) here: https://bit.ly/3OmCM98
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Instead of slamming two naked chicks Kratos looks at the camera and declares "I love my dead wife"
Sorry buddy I'm still in unhinged opinion debt from the last thread
February 17, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Sorry buddy I'm still in unhinged opinion debt from the last thread
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game of card-collecting world-jumping spell-crafting.
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
February 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
game of card-collecting world-jumping spell-crafting.
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
Scheduling my next spicy post so I wake up to fan mail
February 17, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Scheduling my next spicy post so I wake up to fan mail
Thinking about how it's apparently more distasteful to name a game in reference to eugenics than to take inspiration from all the already existing games that use eugenics as mechanics.
February 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Thinking about how it's apparently more distasteful to name a game in reference to eugenics than to take inspiration from all the already existing games that use eugenics as mechanics.
"if the devil brought the host of hell up here what are you thinking you're going to contribute"
lots of people in the trans community have covered the problems with this viewpoint really well, so I'll defer to them and just comment on the part I feel like I have a place speaking about: If the devil brought the host of hell up here to kill DJT what are you thinking you're going to contribute
So many people I know have gone out of their way to tell me how much they trust/listen to/like/etc this rich shit and I'm just like why would you tell me this. It's like taking the Chinese exchsnge student to the Panda Express. What are you doing.
February 17, 2026 at 2:17 AM
"if the devil brought the host of hell up here what are you thinking you're going to contribute"
Reposted by Radmad
game of card-collecting world-jumping spell-crafting.
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
February 16, 2026 at 8:27 PM
game of card-collecting world-jumping spell-crafting.
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
The Alpha Set, featuring rules for cooperative play, is now available as a Beta!
www.patreon.com/posts/beta-s...
I don't think it's flaws so much as it's "friction." You want a little busywork in your high octane action game so you want to get back to the action. You want stupid randomness in your calculated tactics game so your pull of an incredible comeback against the odds.
I've nomentioned this before, but a friend had a hypothesis that to get lots of engagement it was important that a game have flaws and gaps. People arguing the rules, house-ruling it, "fixing" it, as opposed to a game that Just Works.
It's notably cynical and yet it sticks in my brain for a reason.
It's notably cynical and yet it sticks in my brain for a reason.
You can deliberately create an incomplete game and rely on the group's adherence to the promise of the game to finish it for you (don't do this).
February 17, 2026 at 1:04 AM
I don't think it's flaws so much as it's "friction." You want a little busywork in your high octane action game so you want to get back to the action. You want stupid randomness in your calculated tactics game so your pull of an incredible comeback against the odds.
Every single demo is literally, 110% this
(looking at a video of a robot that is carefully transported and maintained by dozens of guys perform a task that is programmed by dozens of different guys and it still sometimes falls down) hmm wow, is humanity cooked.......
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Every single demo is literally, 110% this