Scryptid Games
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Story games for cryptids. 🦇 scryptidgames.com 🎲 Tales from the Cryptids, an anthology of games, stories, & uncanny ephemera coming to BackerKit soon! http://scryptidgames.com/tales-from-the-cryptids
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Get Ready for Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera
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Get ready for Tales from the Cryptids! We are crowdfunding our first anthology in February 2026! Edited by @brigittewinter.bsky.social, this collection of TTRPGs, fiction, poetry, and other uncanny ephemera flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore: tinyurl.com/cryptidtales.
Join Scryptid Games and @natmesnard.bsky.social on 1/31 for the Assemblage game release party at Twenty Sided Store in Brooklyn, NY! twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
Spotlight | Assemblage Eco-Storytelling Release Party
Come celebrate the release of Assemblage, Nat Mesnard's TTRPG of world-building and world-breaking. We'll kick off at 4p with a short design talk between Nat and a featured guest. Then at 5p join a t...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Join Scryptid Games and @natmesnard.bsky.social on 1/31 for the Assemblage game release party at Twenty Sided Store in Brooklyn, NY! twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
Get ready for Tales from the Cryptids! We are crowdfunding our first anthology in February 2026! Edited by @brigittewinter.bsky.social, this collection of TTRPGs, fiction, poetry, and other uncanny ephemera flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore: tinyurl.com/cryptidtales.
Get Ready for Tales from the Cryptids: Games, Stories, & Uncanny Ephemera
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January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Get ready for Tales from the Cryptids! We are crowdfunding our first anthology in February 2026! Edited by @brigittewinter.bsky.social, this collection of TTRPGs, fiction, poetry, and other uncanny ephemera flips the lens on conventional cryptid lore: tinyurl.com/cryptidtales.
Celebrating the official launch of Assemblage, a new TTRPG of world building and world breaking by @natmesnard.bsky.social, with this inspiring Tabletopped Podcast episode about the challenges and rewards of creating truly collaborative play spaces. tinyurl.com/4mt7zn8c
December 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Celebrating the official launch of Assemblage, a new TTRPG of world building and world breaking by @natmesnard.bsky.social, with this inspiring Tabletopped Podcast episode about the challenges and rewards of creating truly collaborative play spaces. tinyurl.com/4mt7zn8c
Hope all of our backers are enjoying the little Assemblage bundles landing on their doorsteps this month! We are so happy to finally see this game out in the wild. ❤️ 🍄 🌱
Just before departing for Italy, this beautiful game by @natmesnard.bsky.social and @scryptidgames.bsky.social arrived, so I can bring it with me!
I tried this at Metatopia in 2024 and it was great - I'm looking forward to seeing what has changed!
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I tried this at Metatopia in 2024 and it was great - I'm looking forward to seeing what has changed!
🌏❤️
#ttrpg
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hope all of our backers are enjoying the little Assemblage bundles landing on their doorsteps this month! We are so happy to finally see this game out in the wild. ❤️ 🍄 🌱
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'Tis the season for hot chocolate, cozy blankets, and the itch.io Winter Sale! Check out our game discounts and core game bundle going on now until January 5th ☃️🏷
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December 17, 2025 at 8:45 PM
'Tis the season for hot chocolate, cozy blankets, and the itch.io Winter Sale! Check out our game discounts and core game bundle going on now until January 5th ☃️🏷
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Winter sale! ❄️ Scryptid Games products are 30% off this month on itch.io/s/175091/win...!
Winter Sale 2025 by Scryptid Games
A bundle by Scryptid Games, $28.00 for 4 games
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December 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Winter sale! ❄️ Scryptid Games products are 30% off this month on itch.io/s/175091/win...!
We're looking forward to connecting with writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with an interest in games at AWP in March!
@scryptidgames.bsky.social publishes innovative narrative games that encourage aspirational, immediate, and collaborative storytelling—games that demand a shift in how literature and gaming are defined. Say hi at table 425 at the #AWP26 Bookfair!
Scryptid Games
Scryptid Games started as a writing and gaming workshop between five friends with a passion for playing and creating unique games. Now, we publish innovative narrative games that encourage…
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December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We're looking forward to connecting with writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction with an interest in games at AWP in March!
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December reading.
Some of this is re-reading, to be fair. A lot of this job is thumbing through games and then seeing which are the ones I can't stop thinking about
Some of this is re-reading, to be fair. A lot of this job is thumbing through games and then seeing which are the ones I can't stop thinking about
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
December reading.
Some of this is re-reading, to be fair. A lot of this job is thumbing through games and then seeing which are the ones I can't stop thinking about
Some of this is re-reading, to be fair. A lot of this job is thumbing through games and then seeing which are the ones I can't stop thinking about
We are crowdfunding our first anthology! Tales from the Cryptids will launch on Backerkit for Zinetopia in February 2026. Follow the project to be the first to know when it goes live: bit.ly/3XVa94n.
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We are crowdfunding our first anthology! Tales from the Cryptids will launch on Backerkit for Zinetopia in February 2026. Follow the project to be the first to know when it goes live: bit.ly/3XVa94n.
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A live game show, a game manual jam, game-based street dance & live music, networking and gallery shows… a few highlights from our packed week of Game Design Days 2025!
The fun kicks off this Friday, 11/14, leading up to No Quarter on 11/22. Free events all week — most requiring RSVP!
Link in bio!
The fun kicks off this Friday, 11/14, leading up to No Quarter on 11/22. Free events all week — most requiring RSVP!
Link in bio!
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A live game show, a game manual jam, game-based street dance & live music, networking and gallery shows… a few highlights from our packed week of Game Design Days 2025!
The fun kicks off this Friday, 11/14, leading up to No Quarter on 11/22. Free events all week — most requiring RSVP!
Link in bio!
The fun kicks off this Friday, 11/14, leading up to No Quarter on 11/22. Free events all week — most requiring RSVP!
Link in bio!
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My @nyugamecenter.bsky.social Game Design Days event is gonna be so much fun. Just finished outlining the playstorming plan, and we'll be writing TTRPGs that take inspiration from TV and video games (like the delightful @sccreatives.bsky.social game Campanions!)
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Spotlight | NYU Game Design Days w/ Scryptid Games & Twenty Sided
Game Design Days is a week-long NYU Game Center sponsored event highlighting indie game design and production, connecting students and game enthusiasts with professionals to inspire creative futures. ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My @nyugamecenter.bsky.social Game Design Days event is gonna be so much fun. Just finished outlining the playstorming plan, and we'll be writing TTRPGs that take inspiration from TV and video games (like the delightful @sccreatives.bsky.social game Campanions!)
twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
twentysidedstore.com/collections/...
New York friends, who will we see at Game Design Days at Twenty Sided Store this Sunday, 11/16??
Join us for a two-part interactive creative event with @natmesnard.bsky.social, @twentysided.bsky.social, and @sccreatives.bsky.social.
More info: bit.ly/4oIP9da
Join us for a two-part interactive creative event with @natmesnard.bsky.social, @twentysided.bsky.social, and @sccreatives.bsky.social.
More info: bit.ly/4oIP9da
Spotlight | NYU Game Design Days w/ Scryptid Games & Twenty Sided
Game Design Days is a week-long NYU Game Center sponsored event highlighting indie game design and production, connecting students and game enthusiasts with professionals to inspire creative futures. ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
New York friends, who will we see at Game Design Days at Twenty Sided Store this Sunday, 11/16??
Join us for a two-part interactive creative event with @natmesnard.bsky.social, @twentysided.bsky.social, and @sccreatives.bsky.social.
More info: bit.ly/4oIP9da
Join us for a two-part interactive creative event with @natmesnard.bsky.social, @twentysided.bsky.social, and @sccreatives.bsky.social.
More info: bit.ly/4oIP9da
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New York friends, @scryptidgames.bsky.social is hosting a TTRPG writing workshop in a few weeks!
Really excited to be presenting our second iteration of the @scryptidgames.bsky.social x @twentysided.bsky.social TTRPG Writing Workshop during Game Design Days this year! We'll be joined by the amazing @sccreatives.bsky.social ✨
Game Design Days is also returning November 14-22! This event series highlights the underground independent game design communities of NYC, creating additional opportunities for anyone curious about game design to connect with local studios, collectives, and spaces.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New York friends, @scryptidgames.bsky.social is hosting a TTRPG writing workshop in a few weeks!
It's official! We are partnering with The Feline Rescue Association for The Goodest Girls launch party at Omnihedral in Maryland! FRA will bring adoptable cats and kittens for you to meet, and we are hoping some of these kitties find their person at our event. RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/71985...
May 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's official! We are partnering with The Feline Rescue Association for The Goodest Girls launch party at Omnihedral in Maryland! FRA will bring adoptable cats and kittens for you to meet, and we are hoping some of these kitties find their person at our event. RSVP: www.facebook.com/events/71985...
Thanks for the boost, @goblinmixtape.bsky.social 🥰! We are really enjoying Pocketopia, and we can't wait to bring @natmesnard.bsky.social's Assemblage into the world!
Pocketopia is a crowdfunding event focusing on pocket-sized tabletop games.
Here are five TTRPGs from Pocketopia that I recommend checking out!
Here are five TTRPGs from Pocketopia that I recommend checking out!
March 29, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Thanks for the boost, @goblinmixtape.bsky.social 🥰! We are really enjoying Pocketopia, and we can't wait to bring @natmesnard.bsky.social's Assemblage into the world!
Assemblage: A TTRPG of World-building and World-breaking just went live on Backerkit! bit.ly/AssemblageTT.... Support this new eco-fantasy TTRPG by @natmesnard.bsky.social in which 2-6 players collaboratively build the story of an interdependent ecosystem on the verge of environmental disaster.
March 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Assemblage: A TTRPG of World-building and World-breaking just went live on Backerkit! bit.ly/AssemblageTT.... Support this new eco-fantasy TTRPG by @natmesnard.bsky.social in which 2-6 players collaboratively build the story of an interdependent ecosystem on the verge of environmental disaster.
Thanks to @dndarkpodcast.bsky.social for interviewing @brigittewinter.bsky.social about Scryptid Games, Brigitte's approach to game design, being a theater kid, making outsider games, and our next crowdfunding project: @natmesnard.bsky.social's Assemblage! bit.ly/dndarkinterv...
Table Talk - Interview with Brigitte Winter (Scryptid Games) — DnDark Podcast
Interview with Brigitte Winter (Scryptid Games)
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February 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Thanks to @dndarkpodcast.bsky.social for interviewing @brigittewinter.bsky.social about Scryptid Games, Brigitte's approach to game design, being a theater kid, making outsider games, and our next crowdfunding project: @natmesnard.bsky.social's Assemblage! bit.ly/dndarkinterv...
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This month's Table Talk interview is out today! In this one we chat with @brigittewinter.bsky.social from @scryptidgames.bsky.social and discuss her process and path to designing indie TTRPGs
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Table Talk - Interview with Brigitte Winter (Scryptid Games) — DnDark Podcast
Interview with Brigitte Winter (Scryptid Games)
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February 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This month's Table Talk interview is out today! In this one we chat with @brigittewinter.bsky.social from @scryptidgames.bsky.social and discuss her process and path to designing indie TTRPGs
#podcast #ttrpg #interview #newepisode
#podcast #ttrpg #interview #newepisode
Together, become a weird ecology. When the world shatters, how will we survive? We are excited to announce our next crowdfunding project: Assemblage: A TTRPG of World-building and World-breaking! Follow the project on Backerkit: bit.ly/assemblagett...
Assemblage: A TTRPG of world-building and world-breaking
From Scryptid Games - Assemblage: A TTRPG of world-building and world-breaking
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January 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Together, become a weird ecology. When the world shatters, how will we survive? We are excited to announce our next crowdfunding project: Assemblage: A TTRPG of World-building and World-breaking! Follow the project on Backerkit: bit.ly/assemblagett...
To celebrate Giving Tuesday and the pre-order launch for Golden Good Girls, our new game about senior shelter animals living their best lives together, we are donating 25% of sales through Tuesday to The Feline Rescue Association in Baltimore! Pre-oreders here: scryptidgames.com/products/gol...
December 2, 2024 at 8:19 PM
To celebrate Giving Tuesday and the pre-order launch for Golden Good Girls, our new game about senior shelter animals living their best lives together, we are donating 25% of sales through Tuesday to The Feline Rescue Association in Baltimore! Pre-oreders here: scryptidgames.com/products/gol...
Use FRIENDSGIVING25 at checkout now through Sunday, 12/1 for 25% off all Scryptid Games books: bit.ly/SGFriends25 Happy Friendsgiving, Scryptid Games buds! Thanks for supporting queer games. <3
November 27, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Use FRIENDSGIVING25 at checkout now through Sunday, 12/1 for 25% off all Scryptid Games books: bit.ly/SGFriends25 Happy Friendsgiving, Scryptid Games buds! Thanks for supporting queer games. <3
Thanks, playtesters! It was a joy watching you build your sitcom world, fill it with zany shelter animals living their best lives together, and do stupid human tricks for treats. Miss the Kickstarter for Golden Good Girls? Pre-orders are now open: golden-good-girls.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
November 25, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Thanks, playtesters! It was a joy watching you build your sitcom world, fill it with zany shelter animals living their best lives together, and do stupid human tricks for treats. Miss the Kickstarter for Golden Good Girls? Pre-orders are now open: golden-good-girls.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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In what feels like very serendipitous timing I just got my copy of Against the Gloom by @scryptidgames.bsky.social. Got to play this in a game run by Dustin at a local con. Very creative and collaborative game with a fun music playlist component. Looking forward to trying this one out again soon!
November 8, 2024 at 7:24 PM
In what feels like very serendipitous timing I just got my copy of Against the Gloom by @scryptidgames.bsky.social. Got to play this in a game run by Dustin at a local con. Very creative and collaborative game with a fun music playlist component. Looking forward to trying this one out again soon!
Last chance to back Golden Good Girls on Kickstarter! Earn real treats for tricks, and play as senior shelter animals living their best sitcom-inspired lives at Shady Pines. www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...
Golden Good Girls
Earn real treats for stupid human tricks in this zany, diceless TTRPG about senior shelter animals living their best lives!
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September 9, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Last chance to back Golden Good Girls on Kickstarter! Earn real treats for tricks, and play as senior shelter animals living their best sitcom-inspired lives at Shady Pines. www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...
Golden Good Girls is live on Kickstarter! If a game that mashes up heartfelt sitcom nostalgia with goofy, snoot-booping hijinx is your kind of BS, this campaign is for you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...
Golden Good Girls
Earn real treats for stupid human tricks in this zany, diceless TTRPG about senior shelter animals living their best lives!
www.kickstarter.com
August 13, 2024 at 1:29 PM
Golden Good Girls is live on Kickstarter! If a game that mashes up heartfelt sitcom nostalgia with goofy, snoot-booping hijinx is your kind of BS, this campaign is for you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/nat...