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Spring Villager
@springvillager.bsky.social
mist, tea, paper, magic
creator of Last Tea Shop 🍵
Yesterday my leg was healed enough to go on a short walk up Pororari River. Sheer limestone cliffs, tui song, giant nikau palms, ferns and lichen everywhere.

Last night it rained on the cabin and I dreamt of stone and moss
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
For months I’ve been looking forward to hiking the Paparoa Track. Unfortunately, I twisted my knee yesterday and can’t walk.

Instead, I’m in a tiny cabin for four days in Punakaiki, waiting for friends to return. Deeply sad about not going on the walk, but grateful for an impromptu solo retreat.
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Just launched a major update for Allucinalia, a solo dream journaling game that I wrote last year! Streamlined prompts, new end-game mechanics, extended gameplay ideas, new layout, new art (shout-out to the Public Domain Image Archive)... same price it was before!

maggiefrench.itch.io/allucinalia
Allucinalia by Maggie French
A solo journaling game about dreaming.
maggiefrench.itch.io
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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A fun encounter with a Yellow-flecked Glassfrog (Sachatamia albomaculata) last night at @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica

#frogs #amphibians #nature
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A weekend learning about late Hellenistic trade networks, as work continues on Snail Herders 🐌
October 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Lately the border has felt restless. The fog swirls with strange colours, and echoes linger longer. Even the fire seems uncertain of its warmth.
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Last Tea Shop is on sale for Halloween #solotttrpg
springvillager.itch.io/last-tea-sho...
Last Tea Shop Expanded Edition by Spring Villager
A solo game about running a tea shop on the border of the living and the dead.
springvillager.itch.io
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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You know that kind review you left for an indie game on itch?

The creator read it and it meant the world to them. And they will go on to make more cool stuff because you took the time to say something positive.

Being nice is cool. Keep it up.
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I haven't played that many 2 player RPGs yet, but Last Tea Shop was so good, I enjoyed it greatly! A friend and I played the 2 player variant rules and decided to switch roles every round. We told a really fun and melancholic story together where we both knew what was happening without ever...
What is the best or most impressive 2 player RPG you've played? 📢
October 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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New goal unlocked, to play this game while wearing my snail (and slug) skirt.
Announcing Snail Herders, a #ttrpg for solo & group play.

Lead a caravan of humans and giant snails along ancient trails over weeks of travel. Trade tales and tend the snails. A game about care, journeying, and stories that travel faster than you.

Art by @garin.bsky.social
Coming Nov 2025 🐌
October 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Announcing Snail Herders, a #ttrpg for solo & group play.

Lead a caravan of humans and giant snails along ancient trails over weeks of travel. Trade tales and tend the snails. A game about care, journeying, and stories that travel faster than you.

Art by @garin.bsky.social
Coming Nov 2025 🐌
October 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Roseate spoonbills will splash their wings through the water as part of their beauty routine. Here's one doing so mid-splash, facing straight ahead towards the camera. I really love this shot. #birds
October 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Rules pages for Afterlife Archive, a solo ttrpg that simulates a haunted house. Just finished them yesterday~ :)
#ttpg #rpgzine #gamedev #haunted #paranormal #ghosthunting
October 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
OSR fungi in the front yard
September 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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First page of the Last Tea Shop solo journaling RPG I'm finally starting. For additional flavor I'm using random tables from the 5.0 DMG and a few character generator tables for the heck of it.

#junkjournal #solorpg #idontknowhowblueskyworks
September 2, 2025 at 6:36 AM
continuing to work on solo ttrpgs. Getting excited about how things are coming together

detail of some art by the amazing @garin.bsky.social
September 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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And today's entry for #solosept in my junk journal. I have a sticker for the tiny doily that I'll add once I'm home, bc I'm a dingus and forgot the tin I keep them all in. Oops.

I'll probably be working with the last tea shop #solorpg all month, if nothing else bc it's just so much dang fun.
September 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Just updated the Patreon archive! 🌿
If you're looking for art to use in your zines, tabletop campaigns or anything else, you can find it in our archive. It allows you to literally just grab any of my personal works that I've done in the past few years and use it as you wish!
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Blades '68 playbooks: the Paranormalist, and the Hull.
September 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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August 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM