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Jason P

@jasonhpickering.bsky.social

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Game designer and artist. Focusing on physical TTRPGs at the moment. https://jasonhpickering.itch.io

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Sep 6

Finished off the major things on a hack of #TunnelGoons by @n8hps.bsky.social lots of small fixes left to do, like spelling and grammar #zine #ttrpg #kobolds

Cover wrap showing “kobold Krew” as the title. Either a kobold peaking out from bushes.

Rules page with a large image of a kobold riding a boar and a combat example.

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SoloRPGList @solorpglist.com · 1d

Recently added to the #SoloRPG List: Out of Print by @jasonhpickering.bsky.social
Out of Print is solo journaling game that sees you running a small book shop in an animal filled world.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...

Cover for the solo RPG Out of Print. Gold cursive handwritten title on a red leather background giving it that look of a leather bound book cover

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · 2d

Making test prints #ttrpg #zine #kobold

Picture of a small booklet on a black background. The booklet reads Kobold Krew and has an orange kobold on the front.

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Emiel Boven @emielboven.itch.io · 4d

The first stretch goal has been unlocked! 🌟

The Adventure Zine will now also contain an updated and re-illustrated version of The Rot King's Sanctum!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/emielboven/durf

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Emiel Boven @emielboven.itch.io · 5d

DURF Expanded is now live on Kickstarter! 🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · 5d

A post about why I returned to #TunnelGoons by @n8hps.bsky.social for my game.

Kobold Krew 2 - Back to Basics - Kobold Krew
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Kobold Krew 2 - Back to Basics

So work still progresses on this as I learn a lot about book setup and layout. There has been a major change though. I was going through a third rewrite trying to organize the rules better in the book...

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Emiel Boven @emielboven.itch.io · 6d

DURF Expanded will go live on Kickstarter in 24 hours! 🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · 7d

Can you make MEAT the acronym for 4 stats?

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 7d

It looks like the rpg designers are back from summer break, because this month's issue of The Explorateur is over-encumbered with designer reviews, advice, and resources.

What should I do for the anniversary issue next month?

www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...

The Explorateur: Issue #12

Monthly design discoveries for tabletop rpg designers including jams, critique, theory, and tools. Vetted. Looted. Curated.

www.explorersdesign.com

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · 8d

Not sure if this helps but you can use “rules” in most email programs to auto sort emails into folders. I have a newsletter folder and each newsletter inside gets its own folder. So it’s easy to see when I have new newsletters.

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · 9d

These are great. I started doing 3x3 paintings. I was going to do a series of RPG items. Might need to revisit. Are you doing large washes? And then pen after? The pen seems really vibrant.

Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · 11d

Since it’s officially Fall. I am having a solo RPG sale on @itch.io All 3 games will be 50% off. I have one about helping a small village each season and the other is cozy bookshop vibes (plus a spooky expansion) #solorpg #ttrpg #selfpromosatursay

itch.io/s/160619/a-s...

A Stone Hears Autumn Sale by Jason Pickering

A bundle by Jason Pickering, $4.50 for Out of Print, Out of Print: Hallow's Eve, A Stone Hears

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Emiel Boven @emielboven.itch.io · 17d

An early look at the Kickstarter preview for DURF Expanded!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtsE...

A Brand New RPG from a Brilliant OSR Designer

YouTube video by RedMageGM

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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 19d

Free pirate themed TTRPG with a soulslike rule system

Go get it

farirpgs.itch.io/boundless-ti...

Boundless Tides by Fari RPGs

Souls-like pirate RPG

farirpgs.itch.io

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A Screaming Wyvern @screamingwyvern.com · 24d

You know what? In one week - September 21st - I will buy up to five gift copies of The Cog That Remains. Either leave a reply to this, or drop by and say "Hi" on my Solo RPG Stream, Thursday, 6:30pm Pacific Time - and I'll put your name into a drawing. youtube.com/screamingwyvern

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · 29d

Looking for a few people to read through a zine and give some feedback. Let me know if interested. #TTRPG #Zine #Kobold

A zine cover image. Forest with a kobold popping out of the bushes. He is shouting Kobold Krew.

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Sep 6

Finished off the major things on a hack of #TunnelGoons by @n8hps.bsky.social lots of small fixes left to do, like spelling and grammar #zine #ttrpg #kobolds

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Sep 5

One page cozy bookshop vibes. Shot me a DM if you want me to send you a PDF.

jasonhpickering.itch.io/out-of-print

Out of Print by Jason Pickering

A Solo Journaling RPG about running a bookshop

jasonhpickering.itch.io

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Sep 3

Making a little map for in the kobold Krew book. Doing like a small 1 page dungeon as a sampler for people #ttrpg #zine #kobolds

Image of a dungeon map on paper. There are 7 areas the first 5 are rooms with furniture and the last two are a large mine connected to the rooms. Mushrooms seem to be growing out of control.

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Aug 27

Reworked my cover wrap for the new layout of Kobold Krew. I am really liking this more muted color palette. #kobold #ttrpg #zine

Dark moody Forest scene showing a single kobold popping out from the bushes. Kobold Krew is written in a large speech bubble above their head.

Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Aug 22

Added a few more community copies to my solo journal game “A Stone hears”. #soloRPG #TTRPG

jasonhpickering.itch.io/a-stone-hears

A Stone Hears by Jason Pickering

A solo journaling game about helping a community

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you for this. I like to develop solo games but I have done mostly journal ones and have been interested in adding more dice mechanics. My latest one just scratched the surface when I added something like a Difficulty score to the mix, but it’s still very on rails.

Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Aug 21

I love hacking tunnel goons. How are you handling it solo?

Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Aug 15

Finished and submitted my one page solo rpg for @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social

Check it out for free #soloRPG #murdermystery #mystery

jasonhpickering.itch.io/midnight-mys...

Midnight Mysteries by Jason Pickering

A Solo Murder Mystery

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Aug 13

Working on a few last things before I submit my new one page rpg for @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social #1pagerpg #soloRPG

A title showing Midnight Mysteries. With the text below it stating “a solo journaling murder mystery by Jason Pickering”

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Jason P @jasonhpickering.bsky.social · Aug 11

I created a solo journal game that was spending a day running a book shop, but I added a two player rule where you wrote to another book store owner as a pen pal or text message. If you are short on cash there are a few community copies left from a weekend sale.

jasonhpickering.itch.io/out-of-print

Out of Print by Jason Pickering

A Solo Journaling RPG about running a bookshop

jasonhpickering.itch.io