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MagnumGalaxy

@magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io

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RPG writer and publisher specializing in open-ended, play-tested, high quality adventures for Mothership and beyond.

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 8d

Yippee-ki-yay, Mothershippers, Hardlight Station is back!
Check out the free preview now on Itch here: magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io/preview-dyin... (also available on DTRPG). Happy hunting and see you in Q1 2026 when the Kickstarter goes live!

Preview - Dying Hard on Hardlight Station: NS-1365 Anthology Edition by Magnum Galaxy Games

Return to Hardlight Station in this free Mothership RPG preview with expanded locations and new Sector 1365 adventures.

magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 2d

Well, this is exciting.

Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 2d

wip

Work in progress cover of an upcoming boxed set for Mothership RPG entitled Prospero's Dream. There's a cyberpunk crime lord named Yandee on the cover, along with various other NPCs from the award winning adventure, A Pound of Flesh.

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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 2d

Hey! I'm Lone Archivist. A games and graphic designer.

Looking for help on your next project? My commissions are open for all of the following services and more!

Logo Design
Brand/Visual Identity Design
Manuscript/Editorial Layout
Sci-Fi Cartography
Crowdfunding Graphics
Interface/Terminal Design

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 6d

My Canada/UK distributor, Compose Dream Games is running a site-wide sale until Oct 5.
- 20–25% off site-wide, including all my titles + affordable shipping
- Great RPGs like Skerple's The Monster Overhaul
- Support cool people and an awesome indie retailer

composedreamgames.com/marketplace/...

Magnum Galaxy Games

composedreamgames.com

MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 8d

I would say you are more "slaying" graphic design for this but... potato potato, iykwim

MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 8d

Preview - Dying Hard on Hardlight Station: NS-1365 Anthology Edition by Magnum Galaxy Games

Return to Hardlight Station in this free Mothership RPG preview with expanded locations and new Sector 1365 adventures.

magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · 9d

In this month's Rokaner Report, I talk about Flatline on the Blocks, games I'm runnning for the ALL FLESH IS SURPLUS digital convention, and my work with @chaoclypse.bsky.social on All Roads Lead to Rome

open.substack.com/pub/5mwpress...

Magenta card for 5 Million Worlds Rokaner Report #21, September 2025. The 5MW spaceship is headed to Prospero's Dream.

Free Flatline on the Blocks "Spinal Crux" patch in the first 48 hours for all physical backers.
The patch is a purple-y cyborg eyeball with wires going into the orbit around it. Art by Scragend.

All Flesh is Surplus, The Lost Bay Reborn Digital Convention, Second Edition: Found Footage of the Bay. October 2025. A jawless skull sits in the middle of the text.

Cover mockup for All Roads Lead to Rome with fungal strips spreading from a skull. Four creepy, muscled alien sketches off to the left. One's a fungal squid-shark like thing, one's a square-ish flesh blob. One's a suit(?) made of meat(?). The last and biggest one is an early drummer sketch, with a huge face like a drum kit.

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 13d

This looks amazing, Evelyn!

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Evlyn Moreau @evlynmoreau.bsky.social · Jun 7

This just dropped, Marchebranche, the French game that Thomas Munier wrote and that I illustrated won « best indy game 2024 » of the French RPG awards. It is a nice surprise, thanks to Dystopia for the great work they did on the book (especially Laure who did the layout) It was good teamwork. :3

Screen shot of the award, prix roliste 2024, Marchebranche Thomas Munier and Evlyn Moreau, lauréat jeu indépendant.

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 17d

Have you seen our upcoming Mothership Month zine, Flatline on the Blocks? Well, you should! My block, The Faucet, includes one of the district's four cargo lifts, strictly controlled by a new Teamster splinter faction - The Order of Free Labourers.

Follow it HERE: www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

Prepare for wetwork in Flatline on the Blocks, a 20-block space station district at death's door from a team of veteran creators, for Mothership RPG

From Spinal Crux Warriors - Prepare for wetwork in Flatline on the Blocks, a 20-block space station district at death's door from a team of veteran creators, for Mothership RPG

www.backerkit.com

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · 28d

Can we be real for a second? This cover is sick.

Willett @agamemnonpress.bsky.social · 29d

Empire of Bones, the Painted Wastelands sequel is coming to Kickstarter soon! Click the link to see the amazing cover revealed! #TTRPG #RPG #OSE

www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

Coming soon: Empire of Bones

The sequel to The Painted Wastelands rises from the moldy grave.

www.kickstarter.com

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martin @martin.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy · Sep 7

The art of Ray Minn

https://www.artstation.com/nicatorshields

#fantasyart #osr #ttrpg #art

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · Aug 6

Thank you H. Jay - those are the exact emojis I was hoping to see ;-)

MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · Aug 6

Awesome, I'm glad to hear you like the stripped back take on Vil's original.

MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · Aug 6

New newsletter post in which I talk all about writing and assigning stress in #Mothership. Also, a preview of the new cover art for the upcoming Dying Hard on Hardlight Station: Anthology!

open.substack.com/pub/magnumga...

Stress Points: Assigning Stress in Mothership

And an update on the Dying Hard on Hardlight Station: NS1365 Anthology Edition

open.substack.com

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RA Creedon(She/her)🏳️‍⚧️ @raccomputing.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's here!

Straight Arrows by RACcomputing

Kick down the door and drag your target out of whatever drug den they’ve ended up in. For a hefty price, that is.

raccomputing.itch.io

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Chris Airiau @chrisair.itch.io · Jul 19

It's my birthday, so I've put up an all-weekend sale, 39% off.

Or $29 for everything! (The age I wish my achy body was.)

itch.io/s/157072/chr...

ChrisAir Birthday Sale by ChrisAir

A bundle by ChrisAir, $29.00 for 11 games

itch.io

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trashkitten.bsky.social @trashkitten.bsky.social · Jul 17

New mork borg supplement?

fishu @ coms closed @goldfishu.bsky.social · Jul 17

New meat just dropped at Kroger

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Night of the Living Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · Jul 14

Itch tip for game designers: Add links to your other games as the "Download & install instructions" in your Itch games. Use the embed codes to put them right there, easy to get. Help people find your other work!

An example "Download & install instruction" on Itch that shepherds the buyer towards the download link for His Majesty the Worm

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Golden Achiever @golden-achiever.bsky.social · Jul 3

I heard you like ttrpgs and prehistorical times, so I made a wildly historically inaccurate prehistoric adventure game. Includes 24 keyed locations, 2 cave adventures and more...
golden-achiever.itch.io/year-100-mil...

Year 100 Million B.C. by Golden Achiever

Prehistoric Adventure Game

golden-achiever.itch.io

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · Jul 3

A clever solve - love it.

Duck & Crow Press @duckandcrow.bsky.social · Jul 2

This is an old, tired topic, I know. but I wanted to play around with the reaction roll table to make it more flexible without adding a pile of modifiers and types of results. It should also tie in nicely with my mega-dungeon factions project!
#osr #rpg #ttrpg #rpgtables

describes what dice to roll based on previous crew interactions with a faction: 2d4 if Crew and faction had positive experience, 2d6 if First time encountering the faction, 2d8 if The faction feels the crew treated them poorly, or 2d10 if There was violence, especially crew-initiated. The The results are relative to the faction and what the crew wants to achieve with the interaction. The Ref should interpret based on how the crew is behaving or their stated intent. the table then shows possible result percentages.

roll result 2-3: the best, 4-6: good, 7: neutral, 8-10: bad, 11+: the worst.

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will jobst -> gamehole con @willjobst.bsky.social · Jul 2

the return of the king

Necro’D Howletta 👻 ndpdesign 🦄 Unwritten Earths Symposium @ndpdesign.com · Jul 2

The RPG Design Zine Two is now available! This followup to the RPG Design Zine is 24 pages of all-killer no-filler game design approaches, tools and techniques cut-and-pasted from some of the best in the business, with my own commentary.

PWYW + DIY download

ndpdesign.itch.io/rpg-design-z...

RPG Design Zine Two by Nathan D. Paoletta

Another cut-and-paste zine about ttrpg design

ndpdesign.itch.io

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · Jun 25

Enjoyed the thorough and generous flip through of my @mothership.bsky.social adventure Nirvana on Fire freshly posted by @watcherdm.com. It gives a great overview of what's inside from the perspective of a Warden who's run it. Highly recommend! youtu.be/eiTHmeMUCJk?... #sci-fi #osr

Nirvana on Fire - Flip Through and Review

YouTube video by WatcherDM

youtu.be

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WatcherDM (He/Him) @watcherdm.com · Jun 20

Wednesday I got to play Mothership. Playtesting a new secret thing from @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io, it was very exciting. I also got to play the Convict class by @wacomatrixo.bsky.social but I played it as an escaped convict, so I was pretending to be a scientist. Love my creative friends!

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MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · Jun 19

Looks like a great fit. Enjoyed your portfolio pics @marshbabe.bsky.social!

MagnumGalaxy @magnum-galaxy-games.itch.io · Jun 17

It's here, it's here, is here. Fresh off the dot matrix printer it's The International Player's Review!

Golden Achiever @golden-achiever.bsky.social · Jun 17

The International Player's Review issue 3 is out! Interviews with industry LEGEND Lee Gold, Josh Domanski (@unenthuser.bsky.social) about horror, a full prehistoric game, generators for terrible knights, scary ghosts and taverns. And much more!
golden-achiever.itch.io/the-internat...

The International Player's Review #3 by Golden Achiever

Games Magazine

golden-achiever.itch.io