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An indie game studio by @jonobarel.bsky.social and @icel.me - Building bridges through play! We're a worker-owned game dev coop creating inclusive experiences for everyone.
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Godflesh Open Playtest: Survey 1
Welcome to the Godflesh: Cycle of Inheritance Playtest Survey!
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about our Chrysalis Quickstart. Whether you've run games, played as an adventurer, r...
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🔱 Calling all #GodfleshRPG playtesters! We want to hear from you!
Whether you've run games, played adventures, or just read the materials, your feedback shapes the final game.
Take our brief survey and help us forge the future of Godflesh.
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#TTRPG #Playtest #PbtA
Whether you've run games, played adventures, or just read the materials, your feedback shapes the final game.
Take our brief survey and help us forge the future of Godflesh.
zeroprep.io/gfsurvey
#TTRPG #Playtest #PbtA
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Meet the playbooks!
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Meet the playbooks!
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
We are seeking a tabletop RPG publisher to collaborate with us in bringing #GodfleshRPG to life in its final iteration.
Know of someone like that? Tell us 🔱
Know of someone like that? Tell us 🔱
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
We are seeking a tabletop RPG publisher to collaborate with us in bringing #GodfleshRPG to life in its final iteration.
Know of someone like that? Tell us 🔱
Know of someone like that? Tell us 🔱
Weirdly enough, not all EU countries can start Kickstarter projects... 🤔
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Weirdly enough, not all EU countries can start Kickstarter projects... 🤔
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30+ awaiting playtesters 😁
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
30+ awaiting playtesters 😁
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Meet the playbooks!
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Meet the playbooks!
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
Apropos of absolutely _nothing_, this is a really solid explanation of Backgammon.
The points are spaces, and each player is moving their pieces along a U-shaped track, but they're going in different directions, so they can interfere with each other. If you have a piece alone, it can be landed on, and captured, and it must start over. If you have 2 or more on the same point, that
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Apropos of absolutely _nothing_, this is a really solid explanation of Backgammon.
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This month's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER. Shelby Deville is dead, one of you is the killer, and you've got twenty minutes to work out who (thirty if you chew your food properly).
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This month's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER. Shelby Deville is dead, one of you is the killer, and you've got twenty minutes to work out who (thirty if you chew your food properly).
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
I recently learned how vital cons are to studios.
I actually had the opportunity to attend cons this year for the first time, and the energy of the community, the openness of attendees to new experiences, and their enthusiasm to engage with designers and retailers was exhilarating. ^Jono
I actually had the opportunity to attend cons this year for the first time, and the energy of the community, the openness of attendees to new experiences, and their enthusiasm to engage with designers and retailers was exhilarating. ^Jono
Here's our Dragonmeet after-action report! Spoilers: best show ever (for us). www.enworld.org/threads/this...
This Year Was Our Best DRAGONMEET Yet At It's New London Home
We (as in Jessica and I from EN Publishing) were exhibiting at London's Dragonmeet TTRPG convention this weekend. It has long been my favourite convention, due to its smaller size and its TTRPG focus....
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December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I recently learned how vital cons are to studios.
I actually had the opportunity to attend cons this year for the first time, and the energy of the community, the openness of attendees to new experiences, and their enthusiasm to engage with designers and retailers was exhilarating. ^Jono
I actually had the opportunity to attend cons this year for the first time, and the energy of the community, the openness of attendees to new experiences, and their enthusiasm to engage with designers and retailers was exhilarating. ^Jono
Meet the playbooks!
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Meet the playbooks!
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
@yushuv.bsky.social plays "The Fable". Think "bard", but rather than spinning captivating tales and slinging inspiring songs, The Fable's stories bend reality itself and alter fate by sheer force of will. It is so, because The Fable says it is so.
ruh roh
People have been asking us about Original Syn expansion for the #CrystalHeart ttrpg for YEARS, and it's finally out! All the explanations, both fluffy and crunchy, of everything that went on in the comic, in one handy PDF (with a bunch of new awesome, completely unrelated, Crystals. Because why not)
🎉 NEW #CrystalHeart STUFF! 🎉
• The Crystal Heart graphic novel - now available wherever comics are sold
• Original Syn - the final, long-awaited expansion to the RPG
• Arcane Background: Crystals - a standalone resource for any Savage Worlds game
🔗 links and more details below
1/4
• The Crystal Heart graphic novel - now available wherever comics are sold
• Original Syn - the final, long-awaited expansion to the RPG
• Arcane Background: Crystals - a standalone resource for any Savage Worlds game
🔗 links and more details below
1/4
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 PM
ruh roh
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People have been asking us about Original Syn expansion for the #CrystalHeart ttrpg for YEARS, and it's finally out! All the explanations, both fluffy and crunchy, of everything that went on in the comic, in one handy PDF (with a bunch of new awesome, completely unrelated, Crystals. Because why not)
🎉 NEW #CrystalHeart STUFF! 🎉
• The Crystal Heart graphic novel - now available wherever comics are sold
• Original Syn - the final, long-awaited expansion to the RPG
• Arcane Background: Crystals - a standalone resource for any Savage Worlds game
🔗 links and more details below
1/4
• The Crystal Heart graphic novel - now available wherever comics are sold
• Original Syn - the final, long-awaited expansion to the RPG
• Arcane Background: Crystals - a standalone resource for any Savage Worlds game
🔗 links and more details below
1/4
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
People have been asking us about Original Syn expansion for the #CrystalHeart ttrpg for YEARS, and it's finally out! All the explanations, both fluffy and crunchy, of everything that went on in the comic, in one handy PDF (with a bunch of new awesome, completely unrelated, Crystals. Because why not)
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“Can we play tomorrow?
Can I be GM!?”
I, uh, guess it went well?
Can I be GM!?”
I, uh, guess it went well?
End of session 1:
I have severely underestimated how much I need to read and overestimated how much content we’ll get through on session 1
😱
I have severely underestimated how much I need to read and overestimated how much content we’ll get through on session 1
😱
November 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
“Can we play tomorrow?
Can I be GM!?”
I, uh, guess it went well?
Can I be GM!?”
I, uh, guess it went well?
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Videogames are pretty amazing. They are a mashing together of art, music, writing, audio design, UX design, game design, programming, QA, maybe filmmaking and acting too. Thats a lot of creativity and skill!
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Videogames are pretty amazing. They are a mashing together of art, music, writing, audio design, UX design, game design, programming, QA, maybe filmmaking and acting too. Thats a lot of creativity and skill!
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I mean. There’s also, like, a whole shelf in my Kallax.
Jono: “I’m really not _that_ into TTRPGs to be honest”
Jono’s @drivethrurpg.com library:
Jono’s @drivethrurpg.com library:
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I mean. There’s also, like, a whole shelf in my Kallax.
Jono: “I’m really not _that_ into TTRPGs to be honest”
Jono’s @drivethrurpg.com library:
Jono’s @drivethrurpg.com library:
November 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Jono: “I’m really not _that_ into TTRPGs to be honest”
Jono’s @drivethrurpg.com library:
Jono’s @drivethrurpg.com library:
Jono is not a huge TTRPG player (he loves the books though!)
But 11yo has been reading Crystal Heart by @avivor.com and @nnesk.bsky.social and now it’s a race against time to learn this fast enough to run a game tomorrow for two kids 😱
Send help.
But 11yo has been reading Crystal Heart by @avivor.com and @nnesk.bsky.social and now it’s a race against time to learn this fast enough to run a game tomorrow for two kids 😱
Send help.
November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Jono is not a huge TTRPG player (he loves the books though!)
But 11yo has been reading Crystal Heart by @avivor.com and @nnesk.bsky.social and now it’s a race against time to learn this fast enough to run a game tomorrow for two kids 😱
Send help.
But 11yo has been reading Crystal Heart by @avivor.com and @nnesk.bsky.social and now it’s a race against time to learn this fast enough to run a game tomorrow for two kids 😱
Send help.
Correcting myself! I though this is was a @postmarkgames.bsky.social game, which really are amazing, but it’s apparently from Looping Games and it’s still gorgeous.
Some flipping and writing in Around the World in 80 Days. Perhaps an obvious statement given the Postmark catalagoue but I like map based writing / drawing games.
November 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Correcting myself! I though this is was a @postmarkgames.bsky.social game, which really are amazing, but it’s apparently from Looping Games and it’s still gorgeous.
Had a chance to meet the designer and flip through this yesterday.
Beautiful! This is the kind of production level we love to see, and a book that’s a pleasure to read even if you’re not playing.
Beautiful! This is the kind of production level we love to see, and a book that’s a pleasure to read even if you’re not playing.
HAILING STRAITS: Where the sky rains rocks the animals need shells to survive. The Creashells are utilised for transport, haulage and even as pets.
See more on our Kickstarter Preview Page:
buff.ly/HhlhEaB
See more on our Kickstarter Preview Page:
buff.ly/HhlhEaB
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Had a chance to meet the designer and flip through this yesterday.
Beautiful! This is the kind of production level we love to see, and a book that’s a pleasure to read even if you’re not playing.
Beautiful! This is the kind of production level we love to see, and a book that’s a pleasure to read even if you’re not playing.
This was a really insightful talk.
I’d love to figure out a way for us to get an AP on Godflesh.
I’d love to figure out a way for us to get an AP on Godflesh.
Last creative #Muppetmeet seminar by @euphoriaap.bsky.social and @theneoncaster.bsky.social as part of #Dragonmeet: Our Games on Your Screens: Designing for APs and APs for Designers.
#actualplay #TTRPG
#actualplay #TTRPG
November 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This was a really insightful talk.
I’d love to figure out a way for us to get an AP on Godflesh.
I’d love to figure out a way for us to get an AP on Godflesh.
Jono’s at Dragonmeet tonight!
At the Dragonmeet Friday Night networking event?
Come say hi! (And ask me about #GodfleshRPG)
Come say hi! (And ask me about #GodfleshRPG)
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Jono’s at Dragonmeet tonight!
Meet the playbooks!
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
November 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Meet the playbooks!
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
In our Anthology sessions, where @jonobarel.bsky.social learns to run the game, @icel.me's playbook is "The Tempest", a character whose Divine potential manifests as barely-controlled chaos that can erupt in explosive power. Ascencion manifests as raw weather and emotion.
In today’s session of #GodfleshRPG, @jonobarel.bsky.social learned about combat, and action.
“Steel Your Nerves” propels the action forward in stressful situations, letting the GM and players work out the narrative - and the price.
“Steel Your Nerves” propels the action forward in stressful situations, letting the GM and players work out the narrative - and the price.
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In today’s session of #GodfleshRPG, @jonobarel.bsky.social learned about combat, and action.
“Steel Your Nerves” propels the action forward in stressful situations, letting the GM and players work out the narrative - and the price.
“Steel Your Nerves” propels the action forward in stressful situations, letting the GM and players work out the narrative - and the price.
A new development milestone for #GodfleshRPG:
I finished flashing out the Cinderglow Basic setting map, the region that will be explored in the game's core book - across the vast sea known to reflect the magnificent Nightflames, giving it its name. ^Icel
I finished flashing out the Cinderglow Basic setting map, the region that will be explored in the game's core book - across the vast sea known to reflect the magnificent Nightflames, giving it its name. ^Icel
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A new development milestone for #GodfleshRPG:
I finished flashing out the Cinderglow Basic setting map, the region that will be explored in the game's core book - across the vast sea known to reflect the magnificent Nightflames, giving it its name. ^Icel
I finished flashing out the Cinderglow Basic setting map, the region that will be explored in the game's core book - across the vast sea known to reflect the magnificent Nightflames, giving it its name. ^Icel
Playtesting isn't about finding broken mechanics. It's about discovering what you forgot to explain. As a designer, you live inside your game for months. You know every assumption, every connection. Players don't. They only have what's on the page.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Playtesting isn't about finding broken mechanics. It's about discovering what you forgot to explain. As a designer, you live inside your game for months. You know every assumption, every connection. Players don't. They only have what's on the page.
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