Generic Games aka Michael Sands
@genericgamesnz.bsky.social
Home of Monster of the Week and other games by me. Home is https://genericgames.co.nz/
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Monsters are real. You hunt them. 😎
Monster of the Week is an action-horror TTRPG by @evilhat.bsky.social about investigating supernatural threats.
Claim the FREE Starter Mystery and get ready-to-play hunters, Mystery pages, tokens, and quickstart rules!
Start your hunt 👉 buff.ly/WimPTxq
Monster of the Week is an action-horror TTRPG by @evilhat.bsky.social about investigating supernatural threats.
Claim the FREE Starter Mystery and get ready-to-play hunters, Mystery pages, tokens, and quickstart rules!
Start your hunt 👉 buff.ly/WimPTxq
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Monsters are real. You hunt them. 😎
Monster of the Week is an action-horror TTRPG by @evilhat.bsky.social about investigating supernatural threats.
Claim the FREE Starter Mystery and get ready-to-play hunters, Mystery pages, tokens, and quickstart rules!
Start your hunt 👉 buff.ly/WimPTxq
Monster of the Week is an action-horror TTRPG by @evilhat.bsky.social about investigating supernatural threats.
Claim the FREE Starter Mystery and get ready-to-play hunters, Mystery pages, tokens, and quickstart rules!
Start your hunt 👉 buff.ly/WimPTxq
Roleplaying games I played in 2025.
* Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
* Deathmatch Island
* Glorious (playtest)
* Xenogate Expedition 13 (playtest)
* The Zone
* The Great Soul Train Robbery
* DIE
* Mythic Bastionland
* Blade Runner
* Stewpot
* Monster of the Week
* Kill Your Grandad
(part 1)
* Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
* Deathmatch Island
* Glorious (playtest)
* Xenogate Expedition 13 (playtest)
* The Zone
* The Great Soul Train Robbery
* DIE
* Mythic Bastionland
* Blade Runner
* Stewpot
* Monster of the Week
* Kill Your Grandad
(part 1)
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Roleplaying games I played in 2025.
* Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
* Deathmatch Island
* Glorious (playtest)
* Xenogate Expedition 13 (playtest)
* The Zone
* The Great Soul Train Robbery
* DIE
* Mythic Bastionland
* Blade Runner
* Stewpot
* Monster of the Week
* Kill Your Grandad
(part 1)
* Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast
* Deathmatch Island
* Glorious (playtest)
* Xenogate Expedition 13 (playtest)
* The Zone
* The Great Soul Train Robbery
* DIE
* Mythic Bastionland
* Blade Runner
* Stewpot
* Monster of the Week
* Kill Your Grandad
(part 1)
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Today I received the coolest TTRPG package ever - Physical copies of my very own game, Fight or Fright!
Seeing my game in physical copy was an indescribable feeling.
Thanks to the team at @plusoneexp.bsky.social for making this kid's dream a reality!
Go join the RPG Zine Club!
Seeing my game in physical copy was an indescribable feeling.
Thanks to the team at @plusoneexp.bsky.social for making this kid's dream a reality!
Go join the RPG Zine Club!
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today I received the coolest TTRPG package ever - Physical copies of my very own game, Fight or Fright!
Seeing my game in physical copy was an indescribable feeling.
Thanks to the team at @plusoneexp.bsky.social for making this kid's dream a reality!
Go join the RPG Zine Club!
Seeing my game in physical copy was an indescribable feeling.
Thanks to the team at @plusoneexp.bsky.social for making this kid's dream a reality!
Go join the RPG Zine Club!
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Monster of the Week Christmas one-shot actual play! 🎄
We're just regular suburban people who do regular Christmas things during regular holidays...
Join us for the live stream this Sunday 14th from 5pm EST / 2pm PST (Monday 15th: 11am NZDT) on twitch.tv/seroRPG
We're just regular suburban people who do regular Christmas things during regular holidays...
Join us for the live stream this Sunday 14th from 5pm EST / 2pm PST (Monday 15th: 11am NZDT) on twitch.tv/seroRPG
December 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Monster of the Week Christmas one-shot actual play! 🎄
We're just regular suburban people who do regular Christmas things during regular holidays...
Join us for the live stream this Sunday 14th from 5pm EST / 2pm PST (Monday 15th: 11am NZDT) on twitch.tv/seroRPG
We're just regular suburban people who do regular Christmas things during regular holidays...
Join us for the live stream this Sunday 14th from 5pm EST / 2pm PST (Monday 15th: 11am NZDT) on twitch.tv/seroRPG
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2025 marks our 20th year in business! In that time we've made a ton of games -- this isn't all of them by a long shot! We're deeply grateful to all the fans who've supported us.
To celebrate, save 20% off every single thing in our webstore, now through December 12th.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
To celebrate, save 20% off every single thing in our webstore, now through December 12th.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
2025 marks our 20th year in business! In that time we've made a ton of games -- this isn't all of them by a long shot! We're deeply grateful to all the fans who've supported us.
To celebrate, save 20% off every single thing in our webstore, now through December 12th.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
To celebrate, save 20% off every single thing in our webstore, now through December 12th.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
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Last day to pick these up on sale!
For itch creator day, I’m running a sale on my Monster of the Week mysteries inspired by season two of Pest Control!
Normally $10/each, you can get all three for $10 ☺️
itch.io/s/170957/bla...
Normally $10/each, you can get all three for $10 ☺️
itch.io/s/170957/bla...
Black Friday Sale! by Sam Richardson
A bundle by Sam Richardson, $10.00 for The Wrong Door - A
itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Last day to pick these up on sale!
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After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
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More charity streams coming at ya! Tomorrow Memester will be streaming Dredge on Twitch.
This month we're streaming Dredge benefiting Feeding America together with #PodcastersFightHunger.
Streams are Nov. 29th, Dec. 6th, Dec.13th, and Dec. 20th at 6:30pm cst!
Come join us for the streams and donate to help us fight a real monster, hunger.
buff.ly/uw3OtAJ
Streams are Nov. 29th, Dec. 6th, Dec.13th, and Dec. 20th at 6:30pm cst!
Come join us for the streams and donate to help us fight a real monster, hunger.
buff.ly/uw3OtAJ
November 29, 2025 at 1:27 AM
More charity streams coming at ya! Tomorrow Memester will be streaming Dredge on Twitch.
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Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Let's get an indie ttrpg HYPE TRAIN going and recommend some cool games for people to buy/gift.
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
If you're a small #ttrpg creator (or there's an indie game you really love) drop a quick pitch and a link below.
🚅🎲🎲🎲🌟🌟
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Blades '68! It's all go!
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
November 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Blades '68! It's all go!
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
Here are some chapter openers I've been working on.
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It's the perfect time to get the Monster of the Week books. Don't forget the Codex of Worlds: Apocrypha, it includes a mystery I wrote!
The Dreaming Army marches inevitably forward, their ranks swelling each night. Stop them before they engulf the Soaring City of Hermessia!
The Dreaming Army marches inevitably forward, their ranks swelling each night. Stop them before they engulf the Soaring City of Hermessia!
As the year winds down we want to take a moment.
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's the perfect time to get the Monster of the Week books. Don't forget the Codex of Worlds: Apocrypha, it includes a mystery I wrote!
The Dreaming Army marches inevitably forward, their ranks swelling each night. Stop them before they engulf the Soaring City of Hermessia!
The Dreaming Army marches inevitably forward, their ranks swelling each night. Stop them before they engulf the Soaring City of Hermessia!
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As the year winds down we want to take a moment.
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
As the year winds down we want to take a moment.
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
2025 marks our twentieth year in business. We are deeply grateful to everyone who has contributed to our little company with their time, money, or talent. Thank you!
To celebrate, we've put our whole catalog on sale.
evilhat.com/roleplaying-...
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Today kicks off a fundraiser for @feedingamerica.org with #PodcastersFightHunger.
47 million people face hunger and a simple dollar can be turned into ten meals.
I’m playing Jackbox Games with some of my friends at 7pm CST on @monstersplaybook.bsky.social’s Twitch channel. #TwitchTogetherforGood
47 million people face hunger and a simple dollar can be turned into ten meals.
I’m playing Jackbox Games with some of my friends at 7pm CST on @monstersplaybook.bsky.social’s Twitch channel. #TwitchTogetherforGood
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today kicks off a fundraiser for @feedingamerica.org with #PodcastersFightHunger.
47 million people face hunger and a simple dollar can be turned into ten meals.
I’m playing Jackbox Games with some of my friends at 7pm CST on @monstersplaybook.bsky.social’s Twitch channel. #TwitchTogetherforGood
47 million people face hunger and a simple dollar can be turned into ten meals.
I’m playing Jackbox Games with some of my friends at 7pm CST on @monstersplaybook.bsky.social’s Twitch channel. #TwitchTogetherforGood
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Reposting because it’s fairly rare that I blog these days, so of course when I do it’s late Sunday evening.
I’m pretty happy with this as a starting point of something, but there’s a lot more to extract.
I’m pretty happy with this as a starting point of something, but there’s a lot more to extract.
I really don't like anything about D&D's alignment system, but I appreciate its power as a shorthand, and I'd love to do something that could work similarly, and this is a swing at that.
walkingmind.evilhat.com/2025/11/23/o...
walkingmind.evilhat.com/2025/11/23/o...
Oops, All Heroes
Caveat before all of this begins – the material I’m about to use is sourced from a psychology paper on values which were used as the source for the diagram in a Common Cause article. I …
walkingmind.evilhat.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Reposting because it’s fairly rare that I blog these days, so of course when I do it’s late Sunday evening.
I’m pretty happy with this as a starting point of something, but there’s a lot more to extract.
I’m pretty happy with this as a starting point of something, but there’s a lot more to extract.
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If you're at #PAXU this weekend, you'll find all of our latest titles and bestsellers @ipr.bsky.social Booth 3701!
Plus: When you buy one of our games from IPR, they'll send you the PDF for free.
And they stock a whole selection of up-and-coming indie titles. You won't walk away empty-handed.
Plus: When you buy one of our games from IPR, they'll send you the PDF for free.
And they stock a whole selection of up-and-coming indie titles. You won't walk away empty-handed.
November 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If you're at #PAXU this weekend, you'll find all of our latest titles and bestsellers @ipr.bsky.social Booth 3701!
Plus: When you buy one of our games from IPR, they'll send you the PDF for free.
And they stock a whole selection of up-and-coming indie titles. You won't walk away empty-handed.
Plus: When you buy one of our games from IPR, they'll send you the PDF for free.
And they stock a whole selection of up-and-coming indie titles. You won't walk away empty-handed.
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The King of Snakes announced earlier today that pledge management surveys begin this week, and that pre-orders are now open for #ZhenyasWonderTalesRPG! #TTRPGs #RPGs
bpglink.com/zhenyas-preo...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The King of Snakes announced earlier today that pledge management surveys begin this week, and that pre-orders are now open for #ZhenyasWonderTalesRPG! #TTRPGs #RPGs
bpglink.com/zhenyas-preo...
bpglink.com/zhenyas-preo...
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Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Come visit Doskvol, the jewel of Akoros, in '68. Home of the original bluetime (first and best). Crime rates are better than before*
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Hi friends! I am now booking editing and proofreading projects starting in January 2026 and beyond.
You might have seen my name listed on the credits page of over 50 tabletop games, including...
You might have seen my name listed on the credits page of over 50 tabletop games, including...
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Hi friends! I am now booking editing and proofreading projects starting in January 2026 and beyond.
You might have seen my name listed on the credits page of over 50 tabletop games, including...
You might have seen my name listed on the credits page of over 50 tabletop games, including...
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The preorder for my next ONE RING rpg supplement, HANDS OF THE WHITE WIZARD, is up!
freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one...
freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one...
November 6, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The preorder for my next ONE RING rpg supplement, HANDS OF THE WHITE WIZARD, is up!
freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one...
freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/the-one...
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Most of the games we've published in the last 10 years (ie Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Blades in the Dark) either use the Powered by the Apocalypse engine or are hugely influenced by it.
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
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 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Most of the games we've published in the last 10 years (ie Monster of the Week, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, Blades in the Dark) either use the Powered by the Apocalypse engine or are hugely influenced by it.
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
Happy to back this latest incarnation from the Bakers.
Strongly recommend you check it out:
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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 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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