watt (is making Rust Wings)
@worldsbywatt.bsky.social
Queer indie tabletop roleplaying game publisher making Cloud Empress & Rust Wings.
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I made a free creepy Halloween expansion for Cloud Empress, and now you can follow my next Kickstarter, Rust Wings. worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/disposable...
Thanks to a fan, you can now play Cloud Empress: Ecological Science-fantasy Roleplaying on Foundry VTT! Details below: open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
Fan-made Cloud Empress Foundry VTT system
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November 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thanks to a fan, you can now play Cloud Empress: Ecological Science-fantasy Roleplaying on Foundry VTT! Details below: open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
New "Mega Arm" for Rust Wings by Theo Cox. Each PC gets one keepsake card during character creation. With the Mega Arm, you'll be able to pass any Strength Save once per game session. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
New "Mega Arm" for Rust Wings by Theo Cox. Each PC gets one keepsake card during character creation. With the Mega Arm, you'll be able to pass any Strength Save once per game session. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
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big ol' hell yeah
Workers with @kickstarterunited.org end their six-week strike victorious, enshrining 4-day work weeks and salary floors while also adding protections against gen AI replacing human labor.
Kickstarter United ends six-week strike with a resounding victory
Workers secure a 4-day work week, minimum salary floor, and protection against AI.
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
big ol' hell yeah
Cool things about Rust Wings (pt 2). I came up with this card system where you make a PC in about 5-10 minutes. For instance, you get three different cards, each with attribute numbers. You arrange them into Strength, Agility, and Wits. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
Coming soon: Rust Wings
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Cool things about Rust Wings (pt 2). I came up with this card system where you make a PC in about 5-10 minutes. For instance, you get three different cards, each with attribute numbers. You arrange them into Strength, Agility, and Wits. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
Support Kickstarter workers!
Between Vincent & me, we've backed 429 projects on Kickstarter, & funded 18 projects of our own. www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum... will be our 19th.
This is the longest wait we've ever had for a greenlight.
Kickstarter United is now in the longest tech strike ever.
Solidarity Forever.
This is the longest wait we've ever had for a greenlight.
Kickstarter United is now in the longest tech strike ever.
Solidarity Forever.
![Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
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November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Support Kickstarter workers!
Cool things about Rust Wings (pt 1). Rust Wings uses children's wooden blocks to create immersive climbing, hiding, and spatial navigation. It's been amazing watching players navigate the world around their PCs, picking precise routes through ruined buildings. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
Coming soon: Rust Wings
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November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Cool things about Rust Wings (pt 1). Rust Wings uses children's wooden blocks to create immersive climbing, hiding, and spatial navigation. It's been amazing watching players navigate the world around their PCs, picking precise routes through ruined buildings. www.kickstarter.com/projects/wat...
I made a free creepy Halloween expansion for Cloud Empress, and now you can follow my next Kickstarter, Rust Wings. worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/disposable...
Disposable Blasphemies + Rust Wings launches March 2026
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October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I made a free creepy Halloween expansion for Cloud Empress, and now you can follow my next Kickstarter, Rust Wings. worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/disposable...
Here’s the card backs for the item deck in my upcoming TTRPG Rust Wings. I’m trying to capture this decaying playground for the teenage PCs to explore while avoiding the military state that regulates their lives.
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Here’s the card backs for the item deck in my upcoming TTRPG Rust Wings. I’m trying to capture this decaying playground for the teenage PCs to explore while avoiding the military state that regulates their lives.
I made a new Cloud Empress expansion, where a strange door in the woods takes you to other TTRPG settings.
Plus news about moving off of Substack.
worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/cloud-empr...
Plus news about moving off of Substack.
worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/cloud-empr...
Cloud Empress: Life & Death on DriveThruRPG + newsletter expansions
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October 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I made a new Cloud Empress expansion, where a strange door in the woods takes you to other TTRPG settings.
Plus news about moving off of Substack.
worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/cloud-empr...
Plus news about moving off of Substack.
worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/cloud-empr...
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Maybe not unknown, but a current indie fave I've been reading a lot of lately is Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
I am absolutely floored by how beautiful & gross, Human & otherworldly the game is all at once. It's Nausicaa-esque, cicada-filled, and uses the Mothership 1e ruleset
I am absolutely floored by how beautiful & gross, Human & otherworldly the game is all at once. It's Nausicaa-esque, cicada-filled, and uses the Mothership 1e ruleset
September 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Maybe not unknown, but a current indie fave I've been reading a lot of lately is Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
I am absolutely floored by how beautiful & gross, Human & otherworldly the game is all at once. It's Nausicaa-esque, cicada-filled, and uses the Mothership 1e ruleset
I am absolutely floored by how beautiful & gross, Human & otherworldly the game is all at once. It's Nausicaa-esque, cicada-filled, and uses the Mothership 1e ruleset
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Oi! @worldsbywatt.bsky.social looky at what showed up! Just waiting on the Life & Death box set to finally come in.
September 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Oi! @worldsbywatt.bsky.social looky at what showed up! Just waiting on the Life & Death box set to finally come in.
I spent way too long working on my Castle in the Sky/Arcane-inspired exploration RPG's logo. Hope you like it and tell me how I did!
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
Cloud Empress biome encounters + Rust Wings revised logo reveal
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August 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I spent way too long working on my Castle in the Sky/Arcane-inspired exploration RPG's logo. Hope you like it and tell me how I did!
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's no surprise then that I'd like Cloud Empress from @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
Using the Mothership 1e rules, they present a dangerous fantasy world ruled by giant cicadas.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Using the Mothership 1e rules, they present a dangerous fantasy world ruled by giant cicadas.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
August 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is one of my favorite movies of all time. It's no surprise then that I'd like Cloud Empress from @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
Using the Mothership 1e rules, they present a dangerous fantasy world ruled by giant cicadas.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
Using the Mothership 1e rules, they present a dangerous fantasy world ruled by giant cicadas.
www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...
On Tuesday, I received the first copies of Cloud Empress: Life & Death from the factory. The limited edition skull boxes are thick and beautiful (they have a lot of content to hold)!
August 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
On Tuesday, I received the first copies of Cloud Empress: Life & Death from the factory. The limited edition skull boxes are thick and beautiful (they have a lot of content to hold)!
Thanks for the love @mubly.bsky.social !
New on THE GRID is the game I've poured over more than any other in my collection.
Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
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Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
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August 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Thanks for the love @mubly.bsky.social !
Q: When can an especially punishing TTRPG playtesting session be positive? A: When you use the feedback to fix gameplay mid-session! + Cloud Empress expansion open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
7 Cloud Empress relics + Rust Wings playtest update
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July 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Q: When can an especially punishing TTRPG playtesting session be positive? A: When you use the feedback to fix gameplay mid-session! + Cloud Empress expansion open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
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Today is International #NonbinaryPeoplesDay; we celebrate by lifting up these talented non-binary gaymers: @9thlevelgames.bsky.social,
@alisoncybe.bsky.social @thewordrefinery.bsky.social, and @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
#NonbinaryAwarenessWeek #NonbinaryGaymers #TTRPGCommunity
@alisoncybe.bsky.social @thewordrefinery.bsky.social, and @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
#NonbinaryAwarenessWeek #NonbinaryGaymers #TTRPGCommunity
July 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today is International #NonbinaryPeoplesDay; we celebrate by lifting up these talented non-binary gaymers: @9thlevelgames.bsky.social,
@alisoncybe.bsky.social @thewordrefinery.bsky.social, and @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
#NonbinaryAwarenessWeek #NonbinaryGaymers #TTRPGCommunity
@alisoncybe.bsky.social @thewordrefinery.bsky.social, and @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
#NonbinaryAwarenessWeek #NonbinaryGaymers #TTRPGCommunity
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My partner has been info dumping on me recently about cloud empress. I'm normally the add-in player in our house, I play if needed, but for this I seriously can't wait to play!
I just launched three very cool Cloud Empress zines on Backerkit. Learn the etiquette of bodyhopping and confront deadly assassins from the Legion of the Dead in Stories From the Slip. Pledge today! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...
Cloud Empress: Stories From the Slip
Expand the world of Cloud Empress with three evocative new zines.
Cloud Empress is the Nausicaa-inspired Ennie-award-winning ecological science-fantasy tabletop roleplaying game based on Mothership 1...
www.backerkit.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My partner has been info dumping on me recently about cloud empress. I'm normally the add-in player in our house, I play if needed, but for this I seriously can't wait to play!
Peter’s lovely Mausritter expansion, Feathertail Falls, is up for an Ennie, take a look and vote your heart out! fanterland.itch.io/feathertail-...
Vote Now: Feathertail Falls is ENNIE Nominated For Best Layout & Design
Feathertail Falls is an ENNIES 2025 nominee for Best Layout & Design and voting just started. THE ENNIES The ENNIES are an annual award that highlight RPG projects across various caterogies. For 2025,...
fanterland.itch.io
July 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Peter’s lovely Mausritter expansion, Feathertail Falls, is up for an Ennie, take a look and vote your heart out! fanterland.itch.io/feathertail-...
Lovely work! Glad to hear Funeral for the Anti-Saint went well!
Finished up our campaign of Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social , a little bit of the art I did. The Cloud Empress herself and some stuff for Funeral for the Antisaint, one of my favorite modules I've ever had the pleasure of running. Rlly keen to revisit this world sometime, lovely game.
July 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Lovely work! Glad to hear Funeral for the Anti-Saint went well!
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I updated the image for my kickstarter, @ramshacklegames.bsky.social gave me some good advice for taking photos and I think it worked really well
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...
Coming soon: Goblin City Part One: Goblin Guard
Two goblin guard miniatures cast in resin and a mini artbook pdf.
www.kickstarter.com
July 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
I updated the image for my kickstarter, @ramshacklegames.bsky.social gave me some good advice for taking photos and I think it worked really well
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ros...
I wrote another sad robot expansion for Cloud Empress in my monthly newsletter. Take a look and add Franklin, Friendly Fort Robo to your next TTRPG session!
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
Cloud Empress translations underway + Franklin, Friendly Fort Robo
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June 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I wrote another sad robot expansion for Cloud Empress in my monthly newsletter. Take a look and add Franklin, Friendly Fort Robo to your next TTRPG session!
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...
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Played my first session of Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social (Bean Barge) tonight, was some of my groups first ever TTRPG session.
Went really great! Some of the quick NPC portraits I threw together.
Went really great! Some of the quick NPC portraits I threw together.
June 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Played my first session of Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social (Bean Barge) tonight, was some of my groups first ever TTRPG session.
Went really great! Some of the quick NPC portraits I threw together.
Went really great! Some of the quick NPC portraits I threw together.
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Games I Want to Play That AREN’T D&D — Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
Mothership + Naussica of the Valley of the Wind
Mothership + Naussica of the Valley of the Wind
June 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Games I Want to Play That AREN’T D&D — Cloud Empress by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social
Mothership + Naussica of the Valley of the Wind
Mothership + Naussica of the Valley of the Wind