RyRy 🎲 🎲
@youngking45.bsky.social
TTRPG writer/enthusiast (After\\Burner) | Cleveland | Former Theatre Person | Miniatures Games/Painting | Marketing by Day — He/Cis/Het/Married/Parent
https://theyoungking45.itch.io
https://theyoungking45.itch.io
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RyRy 🎲 🎲
@youngking45.bsky.social
· Dec 4
Ryan
theyoungking45.itch.io
📌 Pinning this intro: Hello! I’m Ryan and I dabble as a #ttrpg writer, when I’m not being a dad/painting miniatures / enjoying a tabletop Wargame / doing a bit of improv in Cleveland / stretching my creativity as a Marketing professional.
All my games are here: theyoungking45.itch.io
All my games are here: theyoungking45.itch.io
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Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
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i’m not sure how but this is real antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10...
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
i’m not sure how but this is real antipolygraph.org/blog/2025/10...
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Do you want more detail as to how it was made? Great! I just uploaded my 2nd devlog about it.
First detailing the basics: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
Second getting into the weeds on job/deck design: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
(And the digital version is there too!)
First detailing the basics: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
Second getting into the weeds on job/deck design: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
(And the digital version is there too!)
Devlog 2: Jobs, Decks, and Difficulty
Hi there! Up front, VOID_SHIFT physicals are out! It’s a cassette case with a (nicely printed) deck, five dice, a J-card in the case with instructions, and a lovely O-card that slips over the case...
binary-star-games.itch.io
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Do you want more detail as to how it was made? Great! I just uploaded my 2nd devlog about it.
First detailing the basics: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
Second getting into the weeds on job/deck design: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
(And the digital version is there too!)
First detailing the basics: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
Second getting into the weeds on job/deck design: binary-star-games.itch.io/void-shift/d...
(And the digital version is there too!)
If your bullshit LLM “AI” Is such a good artist, why can’t it finish all my unpainted miniatures?
a man with a magnifying glass is making silver pants blue
ALT: a man with a magnifying glass is making silver pants blue
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
If your bullshit LLM “AI” Is such a good artist, why can’t it finish all my unpainted miniatures?
MY 1.5 YEAR OLD: “Hi, Dada!”
ME, STILL FULL OF 90’s/2000’s RTS POISON: “En Taro Adun, Executor!”
ME, STILL FULL OF 90’s/2000’s RTS POISON: “En Taro Adun, Executor!”
a close up of a monster with orange eyes
ALT: a close up of a monster with orange eyes
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
MY 1.5 YEAR OLD: “Hi, Dada!”
ME, STILL FULL OF 90’s/2000’s RTS POISON: “En Taro Adun, Executor!”
ME, STILL FULL OF 90’s/2000’s RTS POISON: “En Taro Adun, Executor!”
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
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All these "but Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft let you download your old purchases" people forget about already existing failures like OnLive or Stadia.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
All these "but Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft let you download your old purchases" people forget about already existing failures like OnLive or Stadia.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
I'm not expecting the big 3 companies to go under but it could happen and their legacies will just be purely physical games and illegal preservation.
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SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
SPREAD THIS FAR AND WIDE
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
A group of New Yorkers has made an ICE hotline to protect their neighbors from being kidnapped by secret police.
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One of our solo journalling games (Corporate Onboarding) is currently available in this bundle of 39 titles from different creators around the world. Grabbing the bundle will net you months of solo entertainment for just $12: itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
#TTRPG
#TTRPG
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
One of our solo journalling games (Corporate Onboarding) is currently available in this bundle of 39 titles from different creators around the world. Grabbing the bundle will net you months of solo entertainment for just $12: itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
#TTRPG
#TTRPG
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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 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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!
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Laying out some NPCs for that Boundless Space game today. I can draw little space guys all day long, but really wish I could outsource the writing. The pain of staring at the names I come up with, willing something better to emerge.
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Laying out some NPCs for that Boundless Space game today. I can draw little space guys all day long, but really wish I could outsource the writing. The pain of staring at the names I come up with, willing something better to emerge.
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Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons
(This is a slightly cleaned up version of my two Bluesky threads on Jennell Jaquays, preserved in a hopefully easier to read format. Thank Amanda P for reminding me that having these things stored …
pathikablog.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Rebecca Heineman's last message was for people to look up her departed partner, Jennell Jaquays.
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
Jaquays was so influent to tabletop RPGs that "Jaquaysing" became a verb for designing complex, non-linear dungeons.
@nickoten.bsky.social wrote a great article on her:
pathikablog.com/2025/04/26/h...
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39 games for $12!
Solo tabletop from across the indie, with cozy journaling, little narrative gamebooks, survival horror, high fantasy, ecology, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Solo tabletop from across the indie, with cozy journaling, little narrative gamebooks, survival horror, high fantasy, ecology, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 PM
39 games for $12!
Solo tabletop from across the indie, with cozy journaling, little narrative gamebooks, survival horror, high fantasy, ecology, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Solo tabletop from across the indie, with cozy journaling, little narrative gamebooks, survival horror, high fantasy, ecology, and more!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
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Boundless Space art for you all today, as I can't share commission work, just yet.
I'm thinking about putting some bright holographic billboards around the asteroid belt's little boomtown station. What kind of far future amenities do you all think that Railhead should have on offer?
I'm thinking about putting some bright holographic billboards around the asteroid belt's little boomtown station. What kind of far future amenities do you all think that Railhead should have on offer?
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Boundless Space art for you all today, as I can't share commission work, just yet.
I'm thinking about putting some bright holographic billboards around the asteroid belt's little boomtown station. What kind of far future amenities do you all think that Railhead should have on offer?
I'm thinking about putting some bright holographic billboards around the asteroid belt's little boomtown station. What kind of far future amenities do you all think that Railhead should have on offer?
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If I had a nickel for every time my SCP Field Codes were used in a video game and I only found out about it by someone tagging me on a social media under a post, I'd have two nickels. Which granted isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice now.
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
If I had a nickel for every time my SCP Field Codes were used in a video game and I only found out about it by someone tagging me on a social media under a post, I'd have two nickels. Which granted isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice now.
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At long last, a piece I've been working on since summer is ready. A dive into the work and influence of Glen Morgan and James Wong, from The X-Files, to Space:Above and Beyond, and Millennium. Come with me as I argue that modern television owes them an unpayable debt. ericsipple.com/the-writers-...
The Writers Who Invented Modern Television
Let’s pick a fight right out of the gate: Modern television began on September 24, 1995. Like all beginnings, it went unnoticed, misattributed to other moments, and lost under the shadows of more visi...
ericsipple.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:21 AM
At long last, a piece I've been working on since summer is ready. A dive into the work and influence of Glen Morgan and James Wong, from The X-Files, to Space:Above and Beyond, and Millennium. Come with me as I argue that modern television owes them an unpayable debt. ericsipple.com/the-writers-...
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We've had these two little posters hanging on our wall for basically ever. They helped our kids get through middle school and high school and I personally still take a second to read them often.
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
November 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
We've had these two little posters hanging on our wall for basically ever. They helped our kids get through middle school and high school and I personally still take a second to read them often.
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
Printable PDF here: lumpley.games/wp-content/u...
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Sword of Light Lance (commission) #BattleTech
November 16, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Sword of Light Lance (commission) #BattleTech
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What I look for in Hades fics
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What I look for in Hades fics
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Enjoy a moment of reprieve from all of the everything else with this bundle of 39 solo tabletop rpgs.
Cool games! Cool designers! Different worlds to get lost in!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Cool games! Cool designers! Different worlds to get lost in!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
November 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Enjoy a moment of reprieve from all of the everything else with this bundle of 39 solo tabletop rpgs.
Cool games! Cool designers! Different worlds to get lost in!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
Cool games! Cool designers! Different worlds to get lost in!
itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
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nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish
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Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!
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 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Apocalypse World has had a bigger impact on my life than any other roleplaying game. It's just a phenomenal game, designed by phenomenal people. You should pick up a copy of the new edition!