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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · Jul 1

🎉 I am SUPER STOKED to share this Extended Preview of Hexingtide's Playtest 4!

🎲 75% of the full game: intro, character creation, & core rules.

If you want a 👹 #Hellboy or 🧛‍♀️ #WorldofDarkness experience in a rules-lite format, you'll like this.

#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #indierpg

🔗 in reply.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 16h

Always been a sucker for Clan Nosferatu - probably because I lead more towards the Frankenstein story - grotesque, misshapen things forced to make their way in the world - rather than Dracula.

Feena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 1d

Hey fellow Vampire the masquerade fans what is your favorite vampire clan and favorite antediluvian / clan founder? My favorite clan is the gangrel and my favorite antediluvian is Ennoia the gangrel clan founder

The symbols for the vampire clans of vampire the masquerade overlaid with the names of the clans and the words forgot zodiac signs what vampire: the masquerade clan are you?

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 16h

Well uh, my name is Will and I write about tabletop gaming stuff so...

(Saving those creative juices for where they are better needed, what can I say?)

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 1d

Looking for a rules-light, mirthful #TTRPG? Bonus points for chaos & cheese gags?

Check out MISCHIEF, from my friends at
@drimbuspod.bsky.social !

Successfully funded with 1wk left - check out the stretch goals!

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Mischief - An RPG of Quick and Clever Magical Mayhem

Unleash your wildest, unhinged fantasies in this lightweight, chaos-driven, mystical TTRPG. Magic is abundant and deadly in the game of Mischief where each choice matters, outcomes are surprising, and...

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🍁 Levi Kornelsen @levikornelsen.bsky.social · 7d

I would like all fantasy games to have a page of common sayings that are said by various cultures, and ideally ones that are AT LEAST ONE step more colloquially odd than "Let me preach their values directly".

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 7d

I have all this work on Hexingtide to do, session prep for tonight, and already have a framework for another minimalist fantasy game in-flight.

WHY AM I THEN, SUDDENLY, FOCUSED ON (YET ANOTHER) DERIVATIVE OSR-INSPIRED GAME? SOMEONE TELL ME.

#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity #osr #nsr #gamedesign #indiegames

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 12d

Working on new pregen characters for the upcoming 4th playtest of Hexingtide. I'm pivoting towards more traditional gothic-folklore archetypes, such as the classic take on the witch.

#ttrpg #rpg #halloween #spookyseason #hexingtide

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 12d

I'm not a video gamer so I get it all by osmosis from watching my GF play.

I so, so appreciate what their team attempted to do with the art direction, worldbuilding, and narrative design with the game.

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 12d

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 18d

But really? This should be the mood.

If you no-show a simple get to now you chat, then my odds are that you'd skip out on sessions, too.

I'm probably grateful that they are self-selecting out of the folks I'm talking to.

Still frustrating, nonetheless!

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 18d

Scheduled five quick "meet & greet" chats w/ prospective players for my #ttrpg home game.

The open spot is there b/c previous players couldn't consistently attend - and no-showed, too.

MFW I've gotten no-showed by three of the five today.

#ForeverDM #ttrpgfamily #dnd

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 22d

(And don't judge me: I'm doing this all pushing MS Word to its bleeding edges.)

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 22d

Grinding out all the updates to #Hexingtide that I've been testing & taking notes on over the last year in my home game.

I struggle to articulate why this has been such a challenge to get organized and written and out the door. But I'm trying!

#hxtd #TTRPG #ttrpgfamily #indiegame #gamedesign

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 25d

Reminds me of the "heroic" Burgundian armors of the late 15th century. I'm here for it!

(Here are some reconstructions worn by modern reenactors.)

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 25d

Not during this stage of playtesting.

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 26d

If a rules-light 10mm fantasy skirmish game played on a 16x16" board sounds like it may scratch a gaming itch,
you can also check out the fully-playable Alpha rules in the Facebook group here:

facebook.com/groups/rattl...

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 26d

Rattle and Rend is a wargame I'm designing: 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝘀-𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁, 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀-𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝟭𝟬𝗺𝗺 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀 in a grim fantasy world.

• Love Warmaster but want skirmish
• Like Frostgrave & Mordheim but need something easier to store, teach, & play
• The streamlined play of One Page Rules in a smaller footprint

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 26d

I'm happy to share this review from Rattle and Rend playtester Adam:

"...I hope the game takes off in a big way - 𝗶𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲, 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻."

#wargaming #indietabletop #indiegames

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28d

I try to avoid wading into hot button sociopolitical issues on social media, but, well.

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 28d

In other, more sane times, I'd say what an absolutely insane take this is, but here we are in Trump's 2025 where Charlie Kirk got his wish for a MAGA martyr.

ghostyTrickstress (june egbert - official) @june-egbert.bsky.social · 29d

alright i will bite

how does killing a white supremacist right wing extremist make you worse than them.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 29d

Very graphic.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · 29d

"Grow stronger!"

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · Sep 5

Oh that is clever and a nice simple mechanic for it, too.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · Sep 5

Hot damn this is nice work.

Tim @olddog.games · Sep 5

Blades '68 playbooks: the Paranormalist, and the Hull.

A spread from Blades '68 showing the Paranormalist playbook. A David Bowie looking person is shown in two poses. On the left, holding a space helmet. On the right, floating in the air, helmet on, crackling with paranormal power.

A spread from Blades '68, showing the hull playbook. A robot wearing a shearling bomber jacket looks at the viewer, lit by a red light. A black cat sits on their shoulder.

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Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · Sep 4

So I guess, yeah, sometimes... eff them players.

Tabletop Will Phillips @willphillips.org · Sep 4

Then it's a little less about "my table, my game, my choice of rules" and more about facilitating fun for everyone.

But the "everyone" in that equation includes the GM.

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