Matthew Ayers
@matthewayers.bsky.social
Check out Blightfall, my TTRPG about doomed heroes here: https://tinyurl.com/blightfallttrpg
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Blightfall - Tabletop Tragedy Roleplaying Game
From Matthew Ayers - Blightfall - Tabletop Tragedy Roleplaying Game
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Shouting out my own game, Blightfall, a dark fantasy TTRPG that combines collaborative world building with tragic stories of doomed heroes. Follows greatly appreciated! #ttrpg #darkfantasy #gamedesign
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Physical books should have hyperlinks too. I’m tired of punching a finger-sized hole through the pages without any reward.
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Physical books should have hyperlinks too. I’m tired of punching a finger-sized hole through the pages without any reward.
My wife has no idea how many ttrpg books I am going to own one day and I truly feel for her and what she’ll go through.
But not enough to stop.
But not enough to stop.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My wife has no idea how many ttrpg books I am going to own one day and I truly feel for her and what she’ll go through.
But not enough to stop.
But not enough to stop.
New blog post about the 50 hours I spent COLORING for my game. Am I dedicated, or just plain stupid?
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I Spent 50 Hours on Coloring??? – The Blighted
Yeah. Spread from Blightfall, featuring modified public domain artwork from artist Harry Clarke. Wordpress seems to have reduced the image quality unfortunately, not sure how to fix this. Did I Waste ...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:31 AM
New blog post about the 50 hours I spent COLORING for my game. Am I dedicated, or just plain stupid?
theblighted.com/2025/11/23/i...
theblighted.com/2025/11/23/i...
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If you're transgender, you HAVE to live.
if you're transgender you have to live
if you're transgender you have to live
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
If you're transgender, you HAVE to live.
I’m not going to PaxU, because you know what’s even cooler than PaxU?
Nothing. My life sucksssss.
Nothing. My life sucksssss.
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I’m not going to PaxU, because you know what’s even cooler than PaxU?
Nothing. My life sucksssss.
Nothing. My life sucksssss.
Feeling inspired after my latest playtest. TTRPGs are so good. It’s wild that I’m the first person to ever have this thought. I guess I’m just special.
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Feeling inspired after my latest playtest. TTRPGs are so good. It’s wild that I’m the first person to ever have this thought. I guess I’m just special.
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Love this so much. 💜
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Love this so much. 💜
Yesssss. Get into your mechanics so that the vibes become immaculate. When we die, the only thing people remember will be our ttrpg’s vibes and if the mechanics supported them.
When you're writing a tabletop roleplaying game, the mechanics should evoke the atmosphere you want in your story.
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
A simple example: we're writing a cozy woodland mystery game. What are the combat mechanics like? Well, clearly there aren't any. Combat isn't part of our cozy woodland story.
But...
November 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Yesssss. Get into your mechanics so that the vibes become immaculate. When we die, the only thing people remember will be our ttrpg’s vibes and if the mechanics supported them.
New Blog Up: Death to the Infinite Campaign
I talk about how Forever Campaigns are doomed to fail, and how my thoughts on them have changed as I'm about to finish a campaign of Impossible Landscapes.
theblighted.com/2025/11/16/d...
I talk about how Forever Campaigns are doomed to fail, and how my thoughts on them have changed as I'm about to finish a campaign of Impossible Landscapes.
theblighted.com/2025/11/16/d...
Death to the Infinite Campaign – The Blighted
(And Long Live the Infinite Campaign) Wanted to give some big updates on some topics I've covered before getting into this week's topic:- Gates of Krystalia: Shortly after I posted my blog on it, Rasc...
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November 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New Blog Up: Death to the Infinite Campaign
I talk about how Forever Campaigns are doomed to fail, and how my thoughts on them have changed as I'm about to finish a campaign of Impossible Landscapes.
theblighted.com/2025/11/16/d...
I talk about how Forever Campaigns are doomed to fail, and how my thoughts on them have changed as I'm about to finish a campaign of Impossible Landscapes.
theblighted.com/2025/11/16/d...
I call Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast ‘Yazzy B’s” and Liminal Horror ‘Limmy Ho Ho’ and NONE OF YOU can stop me.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I call Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast ‘Yazzy B’s” and Liminal Horror ‘Limmy Ho Ho’ and NONE OF YOU can stop me.
My dog, Kiwi, managed to escape her crate and opened my birthday present for me. I didn’t need the joy of opening my own gifts anyways … thanks, Kiwi.
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
My dog, Kiwi, managed to escape her crate and opened my birthday present for me. I didn’t need the joy of opening my own gifts anyways … thanks, Kiwi.
It’s funded! Huzzah! A little over a day left to get in on this action and support this awesome project.
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It’s funded! Huzzah! A little over a day left to get in on this action and support this awesome project.
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Back this. Now.
Ephemeris is just a few pledges away from funding!!
Super excited to start riso printing this game. Grab your copy and help us take it to print!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Super excited to start riso printing this game. Grab your copy and help us take it to print!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/stu...
Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet
A retrofuturist gothic horror TTRPG of vampire hunting, cosmic secrets, and bloody fates, brought to glorious undeath with risograph
www.kickstarter.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Back this. Now.
I still feel gross about posting links to my own blog, even if the blog is about hyping up someone else’s project.
Maybe I’ll get better about this one day.
Maybe I’ll get better about this one day.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I still feel gross about posting links to my own blog, even if the blog is about hyping up someone else’s project.
Maybe I’ll get better about this one day.
Maybe I’ll get better about this one day.
Hot new blog post about the glut(?) of TTRPGs, the point of creation, and a game that's crowdfunding called Ephemeris.
theblighted.com/2025/11/09/t...
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Too Many Games – The Blighted
(And I Love It) Cropped cover art of Ephemeris: Omens of the Blood Comet. Why? We'll get to that. A question I've been pondering is, "Are there too many games?" There are certainly more games than I c...
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November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Hot new blog post about the glut(?) of TTRPGs, the point of creation, and a game that's crowdfunding called Ephemeris.
theblighted.com/2025/11/09/t...
theblighted.com/2025/11/09/t...
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Today I randomly played Wordle for the first time in a year. I put in my usual first word.
Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square.
One try baby. Thanks 'ARISE'.
Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square.
One try baby. Thanks 'ARISE'.
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Today I randomly played Wordle for the first time in a year. I put in my usual first word.
Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square.
One try baby. Thanks 'ARISE'.
Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square. Green square.
One try baby. Thanks 'ARISE'.
Trying to resist backing everything so I can pay for things for my own game. No one ever told me about this dark side of game design.
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Trying to resist backing everything so I can pay for things for my own game. No one ever told me about this dark side of game design.
This is going to be a terrific episode!
Following up on his wonderful article linked below, Clayton will be joining me on Friday to discuss promotion and marketing in tabletop games. We'll be hitting a variety of topics but if you have any questions let us know in the comments!
Join us live Friday at 10am pst
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
Join us live Friday at 10am pst
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
November 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is going to be a terrific episode!
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Tonight seems to be a strong rebuke of the Republican Party’s “make shit as bad as possible as quickly as possible” strategy
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Tonight seems to be a strong rebuke of the Republican Party’s “make shit as bad as possible as quickly as possible” strategy
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Ugh, just got followed by this loser. That’s how shitty these AI weirdos are, just having bots search for the AI keyword and follow blindly. They don’t care about connection or art. They just want to get your attention and use you. BLOCKED.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ugh, just got followed by this loser. That’s how shitty these AI weirdos are, just having bots search for the AI keyword and follow blindly. They don’t care about connection or art. They just want to get your attention and use you. BLOCKED.
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Please go vote today.
November 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Please go vote today.
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Shouting out my own game, Blightfall, a dark fantasy TTRPG that combines collaborative world building with tragic stories of doomed heroes. Follows greatly appreciated! #ttrpg #darkfantasy #gamedesign
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Blightfall - Tabletop Tragedy Roleplaying Game
From Matthew Ayers - Blightfall - Tabletop Tragedy Roleplaying Game
www.backerkit.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Shouting out my own game, Blightfall, a dark fantasy TTRPG that combines collaborative world building with tragic stories of doomed heroes. Follows greatly appreciated! #ttrpg #darkfantasy #gamedesign
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
This game looks absolutely gorgeous and if I weren’t so tariff-ied of shipping fees I would back it immediately. (Pun intentional, I’m no coward)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/144...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/144...
Loin du feu
Qui sait ce qui nous attend lorsqu'on s’aventure loin du feu ? Who knows what awaits us when we venture far from the fire?
www.kickstarter.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This game looks absolutely gorgeous and if I weren’t so tariff-ied of shipping fees I would back it immediately. (Pun intentional, I’m no coward)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/144...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/144...