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David. Likes RPGs. Made Vergence, Thoughts on Forging in the Da, and others.
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Theory: Blogging died when the software added footnoting features and no one could resist putting them in every goddamned paragraph.
January 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Theory: Blogging died when the software added footnoting features and no one could resist putting them in every goddamned paragraph.
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That’s one of the reason I strongly recommend any designer to try to streamline their games to fit on a single piece of paper (or 2 max!) before going all in on the book
Cognitive load is one sneaky thing when playing TTRPGs
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Cognitive load is one sneaky thing when playing TTRPGs
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January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
That’s one of the reason I strongly recommend any designer to try to streamline their games to fit on a single piece of paper (or 2 max!) before going all in on the book
Cognitive load is one sneaky thing when playing TTRPGs
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Cognitive load is one sneaky thing when playing TTRPGs
farirpgs.com/posts/how-to...
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Swords Without Master is nigh! Sign up to be notified when we launch @epidiah.bsky.social's iconic sword & sorcery ttrpg, along with original Eidolon art cards from @portablecity.bsky.social, @gorangligovic.bsky.social, @queerwizard.co.uk and more!
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Coming soon: Swords Without Master
A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Swords Without Master is nigh! Sign up to be notified when we launch @epidiah.bsky.social's iconic sword & sorcery ttrpg, along with original Eidolon art cards from @portablecity.bsky.social, @gorangligovic.bsky.social, @queerwizard.co.uk and more!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
One mouse, many mice.
One die, many dice.
If you think "dice" can be singular, I am sad for you that you don't know your own language.
One die, many dice.
If you think "dice" can be singular, I am sad for you that you don't know your own language.
December 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
One mouse, many mice.
One die, many dice.
If you think "dice" can be singular, I am sad for you that you don't know your own language.
One die, many dice.
If you think "dice" can be singular, I am sad for you that you don't know your own language.
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We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have an immediate need for an RPG proofreader. This is a paid gig, proofing just over 11,000 words. Experience is preferred.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
Please email [email protected] with your resume and rate. If you don't have a set rate that's fine - we can talk.
Please feel free to share, tag and recommend.
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Necronauts, Rogue Scientists fixing the Gates of Death (a Blades in the Dark Crewsheet)
Maybe you don't want to play scoundrels engaging in activities that are criminal in the real world but maybe in a world this broken, only scoundrels could hope to fix things.
Maybe you don't want to play scoundrels engaging in activities that are criminal in the real world but maybe in a world this broken, only scoundrels could hope to fix things.
Necronauts, Rogue Scientists fixing the Gates of Death (a Blades in the Dark Crewsheet)
Maybe you don't want to play scoundrels engaging in activities that are criminal in the real world but maybe in a world this broken, only scoundrels could hope to fix things.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Necronauts, Rogue Scientists fixing the Gates of Death (a Blades in the Dark Crewsheet)
Maybe you don't want to play scoundrels engaging in activities that are criminal in the real world but maybe in a world this broken, only scoundrels could hope to fix things.
Maybe you don't want to play scoundrels engaging in activities that are criminal in the real world but maybe in a world this broken, only scoundrels could hope to fix things.
Thanks!
Vergence is a Forged in the Dark game of dimensional conflict, family drama, and cosmic power. Currently on sale at 25% off.
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Vergence is a Forged in the Dark game of dimensional conflict, family drama, and cosmic power. Currently on sale at 25% off.
smallcoolgames.itch.io/vergence
November 29, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thanks!
Vergence is a Forged in the Dark game of dimensional conflict, family drama, and cosmic power. Currently on sale at 25% off.
smallcoolgames.itch.io/vergence
Vergence is a Forged in the Dark game of dimensional conflict, family drama, and cosmic power. Currently on sale at 25% off.
smallcoolgames.itch.io/vergence
All my games and supplements are on sale for 25% off on itch.io. Check out Small Cool Games:
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November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
All my games and supplements are on sale for 25% off on itch.io. Check out Small Cool Games:
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Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts
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Tip for inexperienced #ttrpg writers: Your book is going to be used many ways—for learning the system, as a reference at the table, just as a fun read, etc. It’s best when to cater to all of those uses.
#dnd #rpgdesign #rpg #ttrpgCommunity
#dnd #rpgdesign #rpg #ttrpgCommunity
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Tip for inexperienced #ttrpg writers: Your book is going to be used many ways—for learning the system, as a reference at the table, just as a fun read, etc. It’s best when to cater to all of those uses.
#dnd #rpgdesign #rpg #ttrpgCommunity
#dnd #rpgdesign #rpg #ttrpgCommunity
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Since im still looking for new employment at the moment i would be really glad to do some commission work at the moment! 2-3 slots, feel free to ask any questions you need!
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Since im still looking for new employment at the moment i would be really glad to do some commission work at the moment! 2-3 slots, feel free to ask any questions you need!
D&D has evolved from/to:
• Tactical fantasy exploration
• Generic heroic elf/dwarf/magic/fighting RPG
• Romance superhero elf/dwarf/magic RPG
None of those are my thing. If one of them is, then have fun playing a D&D.
• Tactical fantasy exploration
• Generic heroic elf/dwarf/magic/fighting RPG
• Romance superhero elf/dwarf/magic RPG
None of those are my thing. If one of them is, then have fun playing a D&D.
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
D&D has evolved from/to:
• Tactical fantasy exploration
• Generic heroic elf/dwarf/magic/fighting RPG
• Romance superhero elf/dwarf/magic RPG
None of those are my thing. If one of them is, then have fun playing a D&D.
• Tactical fantasy exploration
• Generic heroic elf/dwarf/magic/fighting RPG
• Romance superhero elf/dwarf/magic RPG
None of those are my thing. If one of them is, then have fun playing a D&D.
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“We have gained access to the ultimate weapon, Mr. Bond.”
“That old dream. An EMP satellite?”
“Think again, 007.”
“The Solex Agitator?”
“You wish.”
“Those nerve glass globe things.”
“No, Mr. Bond, infinitely worse than that…”
“That old dream. An EMP satellite?”
“Think again, 007.”
“The Solex Agitator?”
“You wish.”
“Those nerve glass globe things.”
“No, Mr. Bond, infinitely worse than that…”
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November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“We have gained access to the ultimate weapon, Mr. Bond.”
“That old dream. An EMP satellite?”
“Think again, 007.”
“The Solex Agitator?”
“You wish.”
“Those nerve glass globe things.”
“No, Mr. Bond, infinitely worse than that…”
“That old dream. An EMP satellite?”
“Think again, 007.”
“The Solex Agitator?”
“You wish.”
“Those nerve glass globe things.”
“No, Mr. Bond, infinitely worse than that…”
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Just checked in to see that we have 300 folks ready to venture forth into lands of swords and sorceries come 2026!
We should have a lot more to share soon about the campaign, including some artist announcements 🔥 and a kick-ass campaign-exclusive reward 🎲
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
We should have a lot more to share soon about the campaign, including some artist announcements 🔥 and a kick-ass campaign-exclusive reward 🎲
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
Coming soon: Swords Without Master
A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Just checked in to see that we have 300 folks ready to venture forth into lands of swords and sorceries come 2026!
We should have a lot more to share soon about the campaign, including some artist announcements 🔥 and a kick-ass campaign-exclusive reward 🎲
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
We should have a lot more to share soon about the campaign, including some artist announcements 🔥 and a kick-ass campaign-exclusive reward 🎲
www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
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Lexi of The Gaming Table says our Pendragon #TTRPG is "well worth checking out" – watch her video review here.
Pendragon core rules review
YouTube video by The Gaming Table
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November 20, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Lexi of The Gaming Table says our Pendragon #TTRPG is "well worth checking out" – watch her video review here.
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You have a little less than a week to get a little less than 40 PDFs by ME! for a little less than $18 @bundleofholding.com!! From Alchemy to Xeno-archaeology + two independent GUMSHOE campaign frames: Scholars of Night and the Moon Dust Men triple set!! bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle
Reader! This Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle presents more than three dozen small supplements from Pelgrane Press in the Ken Writes About Stuff series by master Lovecraftian writer and GUMSHOE guru Kenn...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
You have a little less than a week to get a little less than 40 PDFs by ME! for a little less than $18 @bundleofholding.com!! From Alchemy to Xeno-archaeology + two independent GUMSHOE campaign frames: Scholars of Night and the Moon Dust Men triple set!! bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
Designing in layout is the Way.
I finished the first full rules pass on this today. Next up is stress testing the space combat, and making a character sheet!
(You may not believe it, but this is how I design. Got to see the whole thing on the page to make it work.)
(You may not believe it, but this is how I design. Got to see the whole thing on the page to make it work.)
Boundless Space: Making the scary monsters of the Eridani Belt today. I'm thinking that space combat will be much like normal conflict in Boundless, but with the addition of vast space ranges, multiple actions for a crewed ship, and of course, torpedoes and boarding!
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Designing in layout is the Way.
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I think The Elusive Shift might be the Understanding Comics of RPGs.
Or actually sort of the opposite? Not "Let me explain comics," but "let me explain why you can't explain RPGs."
Or actually sort of the opposite? Not "Let me explain comics," but "let me explain why you can't explain RPGs."
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I think The Elusive Shift might be the Understanding Comics of RPGs.
Or actually sort of the opposite? Not "Let me explain comics," but "let me explain why you can't explain RPGs."
Or actually sort of the opposite? Not "Let me explain comics," but "let me explain why you can't explain RPGs."
He was fricking amazing in that role.
I asked the Internet why I was so baffled to learn that Japanese cinema titan Tatsuya Nakadai had only now died, at age 82, and it told me that he was 51 when he did the Lear role in Ran.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 AM
He was fricking amazing in that role.
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There's a new Ken Writes About Stuff bundle
39 treaties from author and game designer Ken Hite.
Expect a ton of Cthulhu/Horror/Cults/Mythos campaign ideas, lore, and more!
bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
39 treaties from author and game designer Ken Hite.
Expect a ton of Cthulhu/Horror/Cults/Mythos campaign ideas, lore, and more!
bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle
Reader! This Ken Writes About Stuff Bundle presents more than three dozen small supplements from Pelgrane Press in the Ken Writes About Stuff series by master Lovecraftian writer and GUMSHOE guru Kenn...
bundleofholding.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
There's a new Ken Writes About Stuff bundle
39 treaties from author and game designer Ken Hite.
Expect a ton of Cthulhu/Horror/Cults/Mythos campaign ideas, lore, and more!
bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
39 treaties from author and game designer Ken Hite.
Expect a ton of Cthulhu/Horror/Cults/Mythos campaign ideas, lore, and more!
bundleofholding.com/presents/Ken...
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This is the stupidest "problem" imaginable.
New Bond shows up, kills some dudes in a cool way (escrima with a rolled up newspaper maybe)
CUT TO credit sequence, naked silhouette ladies etc
MONEYPENNY: "Back from holiday early, 007?"
BOND: "Couldn't stay away from you"
Etc.
New Bond shows up, kills some dudes in a cool way (escrima with a rolled up newspaper maybe)
CUT TO credit sequence, naked silhouette ladies etc
MONEYPENNY: "Back from holiday early, 007?"
BOND: "Couldn't stay away from you"
Etc.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
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Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is the stupidest "problem" imaginable.
New Bond shows up, kills some dudes in a cool way (escrima with a rolled up newspaper maybe)
CUT TO credit sequence, naked silhouette ladies etc
MONEYPENNY: "Back from holiday early, 007?"
BOND: "Couldn't stay away from you"
Etc.
New Bond shows up, kills some dudes in a cool way (escrima with a rolled up newspaper maybe)
CUT TO credit sequence, naked silhouette ladies etc
MONEYPENNY: "Back from holiday early, 007?"
BOND: "Couldn't stay away from you"
Etc.
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First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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I've gone on a TTRPG reading splurge. Come to the conclusion: TTRPG hobby in 2025: we don’t have “a game,” we have a backlog. Steam, but for feelings. We run a campaign, think seriously about a second, & own PDFs for about forty-seven more we “might” play when time and friends stop being finite. 1/8
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I've gone on a TTRPG reading splurge. Come to the conclusion: TTRPG hobby in 2025: we don’t have “a game,” we have a backlog. Steam, but for feelings. We run a campaign, think seriously about a second, & own PDFs for about forty-seven more we “might” play when time and friends stop being finite. 1/8
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I have some free time in my schedule between now and December. I'm renewing my invitation to anyone with a game design resume or portfolio to review: feel free to contact me. Of course, I'm doing this for free.
And if you are not directly interested, feel free to spread the word. #indiegame #gamedev
And if you are not directly interested, feel free to spread the word. #indiegame #gamedev
November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I have some free time in my schedule between now and December. I'm renewing my invitation to anyone with a game design resume or portfolio to review: feel free to contact me. Of course, I'm doing this for free.
And if you are not directly interested, feel free to spread the word. #indiegame #gamedev
And if you are not directly interested, feel free to spread the word. #indiegame #gamedev