Harald Eckmüller
@heckmueller.bsky.social
Award winning ttrpg layouter for The Gauntlet • game designer at Uni Bonn • co-host of http://3w6.fm Podcast • avid storyteller, education evangelist, UX designer • he/they
About a month ago this would not have been a book I would have expected to be interested in. Yet here I am, about 20h into watching every single one of his Elden Ring lore videos and giddy with excitement for this book to be released… 🤩
youtube.com/shorts/jMtuC...
youtube.com/shorts/jMtuC...
I'm Writing a Book About Elden Ring's Lore!
YouTube video by VaatiVidya
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December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
About a month ago this would not have been a book I would have expected to be interested in. Yet here I am, about 20h into watching every single one of his Elden Ring lore videos and giddy with excitement for this book to be released… 🤩
youtube.com/shorts/jMtuC...
youtube.com/shorts/jMtuC...
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The Lands Remaining… maaaaaaaan, it’s the good shit. Like, the *good* good shit.
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The Lands Remaining - Google Drive
drive.google.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The Lands Remaining… maaaaaaaan, it’s the good shit. Like, the *good* good shit.
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Just you wait. Or don’t wait: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Really enjoying working on stretch goal content for @heckmueller.bsky.social's 'Jadara' this afternoon 📝
They've added some really clever design to finesse a game I already loved (Village Song by @storybrewersroleplaying.com)
Gotta keep my eyes open for more opportunities like this, it's fun! 👀
They've added some really clever design to finesse a game I already loved (Village Song by @storybrewersroleplaying.com)
Gotta keep my eyes open for more opportunities like this, it's fun! 👀
December 5, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Really enjoying working on stretch goal content for @heckmueller.bsky.social's 'Jadara' this afternoon 📝
They've added some really clever design to finesse a game I already loved (Village Song by @storybrewersroleplaying.com)
Gotta keep my eyes open for more opportunities like this, it's fun! 👀
They've added some really clever design to finesse a game I already loved (Village Song by @storybrewersroleplaying.com)
Gotta keep my eyes open for more opportunities like this, it's fun! 👀
Your chance to become part of the history of indie ttrpgs. Because, yes, this game is that good!
The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! I’m taking pitches for scenarios and other game elements for The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Your chance to become part of the history of indie ttrpgs. Because, yes, this game is that good!
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The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! I’m taking pitches for scenarios and other game elements for The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! I’m taking pitches for scenarios and other game elements for The Lands Remaining. Details at the link below!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
🤩 that cover alone!
New to the #SoloRPG List: Wicked Congregation by @danielhkwan.itch.io
You are the last surviving member of a Bureau of Paranatural Survey task force. The Cult wants their volatile object of paranatural power back and they will not stop hunting you.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...
You are the last surviving member of a Bureau of Paranatural Survey task force. The Cult wants their volatile object of paranatural power back and they will not stop hunting you.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
🤩 that cover alone!
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Tonight!
The wait is over! Join us next week at Playtest Zero for a sweet, fruity time! For our SEA-friendly session, join us next Tuesday, 2 December at 8 pm (GMT+8) over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Tonight!
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Couple of days left on this if you still want to get anything from me before the next sale for International Be Nice To Aaron day
If you can’t come to KLABF and fight me at eraser battle for a discount, you can still get some discounts from the itch Black Friday sale itch.io/s/169469/bla...
Black Friday Creator Day 2025 by ehronlime
A bundle by ehronlime, $99.00 for 17 games
itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Couple of days left on this if you still want to get anything from me before the next sale for International Be Nice To Aaron day
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We're singing the praises of The Silt Verses RPG (and Carved from Brindlewood generally) and wondering who we have to sacrifice to tell more stories with these characters (please tell me if you want that to happen!) pca.st/episode/dd23...
Next assignment (It Feeds Backstage)
pca.st
December 2, 2025 at 6:28 AM
We're singing the praises of The Silt Verses RPG (and Carved from Brindlewood generally) and wondering who we have to sacrifice to tell more stories with these characters (please tell me if you want that to happen!) pca.st/episode/dd23...
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The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! We’re taking pitches for The Lands Remaining: The Great Forest. There’s still plenty of time to read the materials, think of a good pitch, and get involved in our new game on the ground floor!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Gauntlet Pitch Day is December 6th! We’re taking pitches for The Lands Remaining: The Great Forest. There’s still plenty of time to read the materials, think of a good pitch, and get involved in our new game on the ground floor!
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
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Holding my first The Lands Remaining office hours this morning. The goal: face time with folks who are going to create things for this game (but anyone can show up). Tell them more of my thinking on it, let them pick my brain. Work through some of my own ideas with anyone willing to listen.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Holding my first The Lands Remaining office hours this morning. The goal: face time with folks who are going to create things for this game (but anyone can show up). Tell them more of my thinking on it, let them pick my brain. Work through some of my own ideas with anyone willing to listen.
A game(ttrpg) will always take on its own life in the hands of people who play it. Plus, whatever you put in a book can never be exhaustive. But all in all, I think that’s the beauty of ttrpgs: they are such a creative endeavor, creating AND playing them, that it’s a really interesting art form!
Also: I reject out of hand that the rule book should give you a complete understanding of how a game works. The rule book can get you really far, but everything takes time and practice. An AP helps you cut down that time and practice.
November 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A game(ttrpg) will always take on its own life in the hands of people who play it. Plus, whatever you put in a book can never be exhaustive. But all in all, I think that’s the beauty of ttrpgs: they are such a creative endeavor, creating AND playing them, that it’s a really interesting art form!
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Also: I reject out of hand that the rule book should give you a complete understanding of how a game works. The rule book can get you really far, but everything takes time and practice. An AP helps you cut down that time and practice.
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Also: I reject out of hand that the rule book should give you a complete understanding of how a game works. The rule book can get you really far, but everything takes time and practice. An AP helps you cut down that time and practice.
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Someone described the scenarios in my games as "deconstructed modules," and that's pretty damn accurate.
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Someone described the scenarios in my games as "deconstructed modules," and that's pretty damn accurate.
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Oh, also, you can straight up read everything I've written for the game so far: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
The Lands Remaining - Google Drive
drive.google.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Oh, also, you can straight up read everything I've written for the game so far: drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Writers! Particularly TTRPG writers, but anyone comfortable with fantasy: The Gauntlet Pitch Day is coming December 6th!
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Pitch Day
Pitch Day: The Great Forest We’re taking pitches for our upcoming game, The Lands Remaining ! Pitch Day will be December 6th, 2025. There will be three different Zoom calls you can join to make...
www.gauntlet-rpg.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Writers! Particularly TTRPG writers, but anyone comfortable with fantasy: The Gauntlet Pitch Day is coming December 6th!
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
Details at the link below.
www.gauntlet-rpg.com/pitch-day.html
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I’m sure everyone is sick of hearing me talk about it, but holy fuck is The Lands Remaining going to be good. It feels like everything I’ve learned about game design, game marketing, and community engagement over the last 10 years is coming together in one really fantastic project.
This is the one.
This is the one.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I’m sure everyone is sick of hearing me talk about it, but holy fuck is The Lands Remaining going to be good. It feels like everything I’ve learned about game design, game marketing, and community engagement over the last 10 years is coming together in one really fantastic project.
This is the one.
This is the one.
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We have a new podcast for The Lands Remaining coming out around Christmas. We have a preview of that new show available in a free Patreon post.
We're also holding a writing contest to support the nascent development of The Lands Remaining!
www.patreon.com/posts/lands-...
We're also holding a writing contest to support the nascent development of The Lands Remaining!
www.patreon.com/posts/lands-...
The Lands Remaining Podcast preview PLUS writing contest! | The Gauntlet
Get more from The Gauntlet on Patreon
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November 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We have a new podcast for The Lands Remaining coming out around Christmas. We have a preview of that new show available in a free Patreon post.
We're also holding a writing contest to support the nascent development of The Lands Remaining!
www.patreon.com/posts/lands-...
We're also holding a writing contest to support the nascent development of The Lands Remaining!
www.patreon.com/posts/lands-...
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It’s simultaneously horrible and exhilarating for The Lands Remaining to be so inspiring to me right now when I have a million other things I need to work on. That’s at least part of the reason I’m trying to get folks around me involved in it—I need others to carry the hype torch for awhile, haha.
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
It’s simultaneously horrible and exhilarating for The Lands Remaining to be so inspiring to me right now when I have a million other things I need to work on. That’s at least part of the reason I’m trying to get folks around me involved in it—I need others to carry the hype torch for awhile, haha.
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And CfB just grows more audacious every time I revisit it (in all its aspects, not just character backstory). Wait until you see The Lands Remaining!
The backstory and “immersion” fetishists are going to be PISSED, lol
The backstory and “immersion” fetishists are going to be PISSED, lol
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
And CfB just grows more audacious every time I revisit it (in all its aspects, not just character backstory). Wait until you see The Lands Remaining!
The backstory and “immersion” fetishists are going to be PISSED, lol
The backstory and “immersion” fetishists are going to be PISSED, lol
Took a bit less then 1000 seconds to fund 🤩 can’t wait to get my hands on this 😍 well done @megueyb.bsky.social @lumpley.bsky.social
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 2:50 PM
Took a bit less then 1000 seconds to fund 🤩 can’t wait to get my hands on this 😍 well done @megueyb.bsky.social @lumpley.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
😳
I sort of love how this erotic role playing game appears to be built on a solidly math heavy 1980s rules framework.
November 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
😳
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You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia!
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
Golden Cobra Challenge
www.goldencobra.org
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
You can read ALL the ssssubmissionss now. Awardss announced THISS Friday at Metatopia!
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
www.goldencobra.org/submissions2...
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Das Crowdfunding für #Stewpot läuft noch knapp zwei Tage (bis 04.11.2025 um 22 Uhr) - und es gibt noch Bonusziele zu erreichen!
In Stewpot spielt ihr ehemalige Fantasy-Abenteurer*innen, die jetzt gemeinsam eine Taverne betreiben.
Jetzt unterstützen: www.gameontabletop.com/cf5701/stewp...
#pnpde
In Stewpot spielt ihr ehemalige Fantasy-Abenteurer*innen, die jetzt gemeinsam eine Taverne betreiben.
Jetzt unterstützen: www.gameontabletop.com/cf5701/stewp...
#pnpde
November 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Das Crowdfunding für #Stewpot läuft noch knapp zwei Tage (bis 04.11.2025 um 22 Uhr) - und es gibt noch Bonusziele zu erreichen!
In Stewpot spielt ihr ehemalige Fantasy-Abenteurer*innen, die jetzt gemeinsam eine Taverne betreiben.
Jetzt unterstützen: www.gameontabletop.com/cf5701/stewp...
#pnpde
In Stewpot spielt ihr ehemalige Fantasy-Abenteurer*innen, die jetzt gemeinsam eine Taverne betreiben.
Jetzt unterstützen: www.gameontabletop.com/cf5701/stewp...
#pnpde
🤩🤩🤩 gleich mal rein hören! 😍
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🤩🤩🤩 gleich mal rein hören! 😍