T.W.Wombat (aka Jim White)
@twwombat.bsky.social
Editor of #TTRPGs (Comms Open). #Lore24 Loreling. Dime-store philosopher. Childish father. Impromptu planner. Teetotaler. We contain multitudes. #Fellport. Will GM for food. He/they.
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I like to roll this out now and again to give folks perspective; not to guilt trip, or even advertise for my own work.
But lately, it seems even more important, so here it is:
$5 a month to most people seems like nothing. Here's what it means to me and my work. 🧵
But lately, it seems even more important, so here it is:
$5 a month to most people seems like nothing. Here's what it means to me and my work. 🧵
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I like to roll this out now and again to give folks perspective; not to guilt trip, or even advertise for my own work.
But lately, it seems even more important, so here it is:
$5 a month to most people seems like nothing. Here's what it means to me and my work. 🧵
But lately, it seems even more important, so here it is:
$5 a month to most people seems like nothing. Here's what it means to me and my work. 🧵
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3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
December 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
3) The effort is the juice! The effort is the high! Mastery of a skill is an unparalleled buzz. "Having written" is nice yes, we all joke about that, but *the making is the pleasure*. Men who've never experienced that, trying to steal it because ironically *they do not know its value*, is a sin.
I would play the everliving fuck out of this.
Fun fact: I'm fulfilling this oath right now and delaying making dinner!
Fun fact: I'm fulfilling this oath right now and delaying making dinner!
Paladin Oath of not moving when the cat gets on your lap even though you’re super uncomfortable but their comfort is more important than your own
December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I would play the everliving fuck out of this.
Fun fact: I'm fulfilling this oath right now and delaying making dinner!
Fun fact: I'm fulfilling this oath right now and delaying making dinner!
So I'm officially 8 months jobless as of today.
Looking for a database design/developer/engineer/architect role with data pipeline or interface experience, if anyone has leads.
Alternately, I can edit your TTRPG manuscript for a nominal fee to help keep the lights on.
Thanks in advance!
#JobSky
Looking for a database design/developer/engineer/architect role with data pipeline or interface experience, if anyone has leads.
Alternately, I can edit your TTRPG manuscript for a nominal fee to help keep the lights on.
Thanks in advance!
#JobSky
December 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So I'm officially 8 months jobless as of today.
Looking for a database design/developer/engineer/architect role with data pipeline or interface experience, if anyone has leads.
Alternately, I can edit your TTRPG manuscript for a nominal fee to help keep the lights on.
Thanks in advance!
#JobSky
Looking for a database design/developer/engineer/architect role with data pipeline or interface experience, if anyone has leads.
Alternately, I can edit your TTRPG manuscript for a nominal fee to help keep the lights on.
Thanks in advance!
#JobSky
Wizards enchant foxglove flowers into single-use misty step items, magically giving folklore life. They call these items Fey Flowers. Now Fey Lords have muscled in on the act, cursing some to strand people in the Fey realm and extract a service from them. Turnabout is fair play.
#ttrpgpromptober
#ttrpgpromptober
Fey Flowers (Promptober 2025 #29)
Foxglove in the wild. Foxglove's purple, bell-shaped flowers remind people of tiny hats worn by fey creatures. Some think they denote where ...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wizards enchant foxglove flowers into single-use misty step items, magically giving folklore life. They call these items Fey Flowers. Now Fey Lords have muscled in on the act, cursing some to strand people in the Fey realm and extract a service from them. Turnabout is fair play.
#ttrpgpromptober
#ttrpgpromptober
Fellport has one huge worship building, shared by hundreds of gods. It's madness, but it seems to work.
With this, I'm down to 3 posts to go on Promptober. Whee!
#TTRPGPromptober
With this, I'm down to 3 posts to go on Promptober. Whee!
#TTRPGPromptober
Gods (Promptober 2025 #28)
Detail of the Divinty Sanctum An outside observer's view of Fellport's attitude toward the gods. Excerpted from the merchant wizard Katelyn ...
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December 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Fellport has one huge worship building, shared by hundreds of gods. It's madness, but it seems to work.
With this, I'm down to 3 posts to go on Promptober. Whee!
#TTRPGPromptober
With this, I'm down to 3 posts to go on Promptober. Whee!
#TTRPGPromptober
Daily journaling, except with dungeon rooms. A remnant of #Dungeon23, but useful in so many other ways.
You can grab the free PDF version on itchio as well.
Build anything you can imagine, one piece a day.
Dungeon Year is a daily creative challenge, mental exercise, a game itself, and a moment of meditation.
pandiongames.itch.io/dungeon23-jo...
Build anything you can imagine, one piece a day.
Dungeon Year is a daily creative challenge, mental exercise, a game itself, and a moment of meditation.
pandiongames.itch.io/dungeon23-jo...
Dungeon Year Design Journal by Pandion Games
build a dungeon, 1 room a day.
pandiongames.itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Daily journaling, except with dungeon rooms. A remnant of #Dungeon23, but useful in so many other ways.
Backed, and I'm looking forward to reading it.
I just posted another deep dive on the Bite the Hand BackerKit page! It's all about the one-shot module included in the core rulebook! Give it a read, and consider backing if you haven't already! Funding ends Wednesday night, and we could really use your help!!!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
December 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Backed, and I'm looking forward to reading it.
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Last Kiss is now passed its 3rd stretch goal! @anagogue.bsky.social will be adding a new town to the game! With 31 hours left it's time to back it or be overwhelmed with dread Monday night that you made the wrong decision! Is Pedro Pascal judging you even now?
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
Last Kiss
Ever feel like the world is out to get you? It is.
A TTRPG of unheroic teens facing down the end of the inevitable world. You're the main character, with all the misery that entails. How will you mak...
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November 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Last Kiss is now passed its 3rd stretch goal! @anagogue.bsky.social will be adding a new town to the game! With 31 hours left it's time to back it or be overwhelmed with dread Monday night that you made the wrong decision! Is Pedro Pascal judging you even now?
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/l...
Yep, I'm hacking together a Settlement System for my next issue of Bolthaven Folios. Here's an overview and some design blather about it, with more to some at some point soon. Stay tuned.
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#TTRPG
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#TTRPG
Designing a Settlement System
Welcome to Worcester I wanted to make something to model the growth of the settlement the party leaves behind when going out on adventures. ...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Yep, I'm hacking together a Settlement System for my next issue of Bolthaven Folios. Here's an overview and some design blather about it, with more to some at some point soon. Stay tuned.
gamerblog.twwombat.com/2025/11/desi...
#TTRPG
gamerblog.twwombat.com/2025/11/desi...
#TTRPG
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We've got 10 days to go, and about $2500 left to fund! Not a giant amount of money in the grand TTRPG crowdfunding scheme, so I think we can do it!
Help us out! If fellow creators are looking for some cross-promotion or something let me know, I'm finding the limits of my own reach here.
Help us out! If fellow creators are looking for some cross-promotion or something let me know, I'm finding the limits of my own reach here.
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We've got 10 days to go, and about $2500 left to fund! Not a giant amount of money in the grand TTRPG crowdfunding scheme, so I think we can do it!
Help us out! If fellow creators are looking for some cross-promotion or something let me know, I'm finding the limits of my own reach here.
Help us out! If fellow creators are looking for some cross-promotion or something let me know, I'm finding the limits of my own reach here.
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This means that like what should be the same scene of LARPS, Forum Roleplaying, Parlor Games, Murder Mysteries, Escape Rooms, Board Games, etc all don't really have the crossover they realistically should
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This means that like what should be the same scene of LARPS, Forum Roleplaying, Parlor Games, Murder Mysteries, Escape Rooms, Board Games, etc all don't really have the crossover they realistically should
I went to bed an hour early last night and got an hour less sleep.
Apparently math has abandoned logic.
Apparently math has abandoned logic.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I went to bed an hour early last night and got an hour less sleep.
Apparently math has abandoned logic.
Apparently math has abandoned logic.
If you're heading to #PAXU and haven't done Games On Demand, do yourself a favor and go play something cool.
An amazing list of awesome games. Games on Demand has 31 tables this year in rooms 107 & 106. Our games do start every hour, beginning at 10 AM and sitting the last game two hours before the end of show (so either 10 PM or 4 PM on Sunday). We are running 2, 3, 4, & 5 hour games this year.
We'll be in #Booth3701 at #PaxUnplugged2025 this weekend in Philadelphia.
Here's a list of the 238 games from 119 member-publishers we'll have:
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-Un...
Here's a list of the 238 games from 119 member-publishers we'll have:
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-Un...
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you're heading to #PAXU and haven't done Games On Demand, do yourself a favor and go play something cool.
We take a journey into an unemployment nightmare in this snippet of cyberpunk fiction where waking up is worse. Not entirely autobiographical, but still therapeutic.
#TTRPGPromptober
#TTRPGPromptober
Dreams/Nightmares (Promptober 2025 #27)
Everlight City He last worked at the job he loved seven months and ten days ago. Fat, dumb, and happy pushing research data around the insti...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We take a journey into an unemployment nightmare in this snippet of cyberpunk fiction where waking up is worse. Not entirely autobiographical, but still therapeutic.
#TTRPGPromptober
#TTRPGPromptober
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@benriggs.bsky.social brings together @johnharper.bsky.social, @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social to talk gaming while we wait for Apocalypse World Burned Over to go live...
youtu.be/Aoa7ehvou9U?...
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"Games Will Prevail": A conversation with Meguey Baker, Vincent Baker & John Harper- Ep 77
YouTube video by Reading D&D Aloud
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November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
@benriggs.bsky.social brings together @johnharper.bsky.social, @megueyb.bsky.social and @lumpley.bsky.social to talk gaming while we wait for Apocalypse World Burned Over to go live...
youtu.be/Aoa7ehvou9U?...
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It is still, in fact, on sale.
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It is still, in fact, on sale.
Finally getting back to Promptober. Today, a little fictional transcript of a video showing 1.5 seconds of a stowaway in the Espresso Addiction's cargo hold. 5 to go after this!
#TTRPGPromptober
#TTRPGPromptober
Found Footage (Promptober 2025 #26)
FT Espresso Addiction Text transcript and video analysis of the free trader Espresso Addiction's video log, flagged by Captain Vivek "V" Val...
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November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Finally getting back to Promptober. Today, a little fictional transcript of a video showing 1.5 seconds of a stowaway in the Espresso Addiction's cargo hold. 5 to go after this!
#TTRPGPromptober
#TTRPGPromptober
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Final 9 hours. Twilight Sun is almost at the threshold.
A strange, tragic RPG about what we carry and what we believe.
If it speaks to you, now’s the time. gamefound.com/en/projects/...
A strange, tragic RPG about what we carry and what we believe.
If it speaks to you, now’s the time. gamefound.com/en/projects/...
Twilight Sun by Fibz - Gamefound
The Twilight Sun does not rise or set, it simply is. A mechanical behemoth staring down at creation in place of a long-forgotten God.
Beneath its eerie glow, heritages are constantly tested. Constant...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Final 9 hours. Twilight Sun is almost at the threshold.
A strange, tragic RPG about what we carry and what we believe.
If it speaks to you, now’s the time. gamefound.com/en/projects/...
A strange, tragic RPG about what we carry and what we believe.
If it speaks to you, now’s the time. gamefound.com/en/projects/...
The northern lights are out tonight here in Central MA.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
The northern lights are out tonight here in Central MA.
I needed this today.
Keep making. Keep posting. Keep inspiring people you may never meet.
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Keep making. Keep posting. Keep inspiring people you may never meet.
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💡Your ideas matter — keep creating ✨
YouTube video by Elizabeth Markevitch
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November 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I needed this today.
Keep making. Keep posting. Keep inspiring people you may never meet.
youtube.com/shorts/vg1yY...
Keep making. Keep posting. Keep inspiring people you may never meet.
youtube.com/shorts/vg1yY...
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I've set up the pre-launch page for the Bree-YARC core rules. It's not launching until spring 2026, but I wanted to get an early jump on promotion. I'm commissioning a number of short adventures that will create a starter pack to go with it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... #osr #ttrpg #dnd
Coming soon: Bree-YARC Core Rules
A careful blend of new and old tabletop role-playing
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November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I've set up the pre-launch page for the Bree-YARC core rules. It's not launching until spring 2026, but I wanted to get an early jump on promotion. I'm commissioning a number of short adventures that will create a starter pack to go with it. www.kickstarter.com/projects/thi... #osr #ttrpg #dnd
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Alright, it's time...
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Alright, it's time...
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
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Good morning #ttrpg folks! Thank you for the amazing launch for #AW3rd! Y’all have pushed us so far over the stretch goal for the digital e-zine of additional materials we’re going to have to think about what might come next. It’s a lovely day! Let’s see where this thing can go!
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I had a thought about adding skills to the base Daggerheart system in the shower this morning. I thought I'd jot the idea down before it left my head.
I think that's one hurdle overcome for Daggerstar system development.
#TTRPG
I think that's one hurdle overcome for Daggerstar system development.
#TTRPG
Daggerheart Passive Rolls
NOTE: Stream of consciousness game development log follows. I mentioned this before, but I'm slowly stewing a hack to Daggerheart to give T...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I had a thought about adding skills to the base Daggerheart system in the shower this morning. I thought I'd jot the idea down before it left my head.
I think that's one hurdle overcome for Daggerstar system development.
#TTRPG
I think that's one hurdle overcome for Daggerstar system development.
#TTRPG