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(It/They/Him) Game and Graphic Designer based in Australia. Reviewing Solo TTRPGs on wobblerocket.com I make tabletop games. Games: https://reyesraine.itch.io/ Reviews: https://www.wobblerocket.com/author/reyes/

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Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · Jan 10

My name is Reyes Raine, I am an Australian-based graphic and tabletop games designer. I am most known for the #FallenLondon fan card game Knife & Candle, my work is both #NoAI and #AdobeFree and currently free.

You can find me over at reyesraine.itch.io.

#ttrpg #rebrand #intro

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 4d

A little dash of #MÖRKTOBER body horror in this one.

Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · 4d

#MÖRKTOBER DAY 4: HOWL

"Those who spend the night in the clearing are tormented by violent visions of pulsing red, rending flesh, twisting gristle, hot muscle tearing and pulling apart at the seams."

Words by me. Art by @nohr.se

The trees that ring the clearing are dead and dying but still stand, their bark twisted into leering faces, the only thing that remains of the cultists who once worked their rites here. In the creak of the branches you can still hear their death cries, their sad laments barely a whisper on the wind.

Those who spend the night in the clearing are tormented by violent visions of pulsing red, rending flesh, twisting gristle, hot muscle tearing and pulling apart at the seams. On waking, Test Presence DR 12. Failure: Lose d2 from a random Attribute, permanently. Success: Learn one of the following Powers. You can cast it once per day.

FLESHWARP
Your bones crack and reform. Roll d6: 1-2: Gain an extra arm (make an additional attack each round, DR 14); 3-4: Legs fuse into a serpent tail (Defense DR10 but you can't walk); 5-6: Face splits open revealing fanged maw (d6 bite attack). Lasts d4 hours. Test Presence DR12 or permanent.

SKINLESS COMMUNION
Peel away your flesh to become one with the world. Take d6 damage. For the next hour, you can flow through cracks, sense vibrations through walls, and are immune to blades and bludgeons. Test Toughness DR14 afterward or gain permanent -1 HP.

MEAT PUPPET
Touch a corpse. Your consciousness transfers into it while your body collapses. Control the corpse for d6 hours. The corpse rots visibly (lose 1 point from random ability each hour). When the effect ends, Test Presence DR12 or your soul takes d4 hours to find its way back to your body.

BONEGARDEN
Your skeleton sprouts through your skin like thorns. Take d6 damage. Anyone who touches or strikes you in melee takes d4 damage. Lasts d6 rounds. Test Toughness DR10 after. On failure, your bones don't fully retract (permanent -1 Presence, +1 to all Defense DRs).

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The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 4d

Restating this: you charge these rates not only for fair pay or averting disaster from one small mistake/act of god, but to maintain infrastructure:

* order fulfillment
* percentages to partners
* wholesale to retailers
* reprints
* the next project

...without dipping into outside money

Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 5d

When you go to print your #TTRPG remember that you need to charge at least about 6x the cost to print for sustainability.

Small to midsize publishers can take advantage of scale & you can't.

You are not Wizards, Evil Hat, Exalted Funeral, or Modiphius.

Ideally charge 10x an pay a bill.

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LU2D Games - General Art Goblin! @lu2dgames.bsky.social · 4d

And just so you know, if you think the WE art is alright, I also do interior art for #indie #ttrpg Daemon Eater, which succeeded and is almost finished.

4 days left to back!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/2116572330/daemon-eater-an-eldritch-apocalypse-ttrpg

Daemon Eater: An Eldritch Apocalypse TTRPG

Doomed heroes fighting for a better world they will never get to live in.

www.kickstarter.com

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Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · 3d

Hope it all went well!

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Johnathan L Bingham @johnathanlbingham.bsky.social · 4d

OK, sometimes you just gotta put yourself out there and get on with it 🙂. Wellington Zinefest is today, and I have a stall. Gonna go ahead and put this out there.

Skull with the Bleak Forest Sigil (A tree-shaped cross rising from an infinity symbol).

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Croaker RPGs @croaker-rpgs.bsky.social · 4d

Get lost in a book with SPINE, a solo RPG artifact game where the book is the game! It’s a pretty cool concept and an idea this frog loved from @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social!

Check it out!
croakerrpgs.substack.com/p/spine-a-so...
#solorpgs

SPINE - A solo RPG about getting lost in a book

or Siderius Plug’s Immortality in Ninety-nine Endnotes:

croakerrpgs.substack.com

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City Square Studios 🎲🃏♟️ @citysquarestudios.bsky.social · 4d

In this game design blog we talk about designing for interesting decisions and strategic depth when your game is feeling flat.

We also experiment with a new tool that could improve your playtesting process.

🎲✂️ #indiedev #gamedev #boardgame #sologame

patreon.com/posts/139838503

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Croaker RPGs @croaker-rpgs.bsky.social · 3d

Tortured Saint's Tunic
D2 Armour
May at any time choose death in place of another.
"The blood of St Blef adorns this most sacred of tunics. May your end be more fortunate."
#mörktober

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Sneakernet (Zak) @sneakernetmusic.bandcamp.com · 3d

I have a new TTRPG coming out this month.
It's called BODY HAMMER: a solo, roguelike, journaling, play-to-lose game about revenge and transformation.
And it's this month's Story feature with the @plusoneexp.bsky.social Zine Club.

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KOKOTÖNA Pre-launch LIVE 📌|E💀C @elchupalabras.itch.io · 4d

Seven Lands. Seven Tribes. Seven Thousand Years of Borrowed Time.

#KOKOTÖNA, my #MÖRKBORG based #TTRPG inspired by precolonial mesoamerica now has a coming soon page over #Kickstarter!

Sign up to get notified on our impending launch and share!

#SelfPromoSaturday #RPGLatAm #LodelRol #Rolentuidioma

Coming soon: KOKOTÖNA: A Grimdark RPG inspired by precolonial Mesoamerica

A standalone, MÖRK BORG-compatible descent into a Mesoamerican-inspired apocalypse. Dark fantasy roleplaying of xokol & blood-obsidian.

www.kickstarter.com

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DNGN CLUB | Jack Panic @dngnclub.itch.io · 3d

only 24 hours left to grab a free copy of
HOWS MY DRIVING

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 3d

#MÖRKTOBER day 5: STAIN

THE STAINED FIELD
"Just to the east of the Múr, where the land grows flat and swollen with damp, there sits a stretch of dry, flaking soil, a scab on the face of the earth."

Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me

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Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · 5d

Heading out of the office,
Going to enjoy October and not work on anything TTRPG related,

Maybe play and run a few games, but that's it.

I need time off,

a skeleton is sitting in a rocking chair with an umbrella and a beach ball

ALT: a skeleton is sitting in a rocking chair with an umbrella and a beach ball

media.tenor.com

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Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · 3d

Dropping by in my aloha shirt with mocktail mai tai (with the little paper umbrella) in hand to let y'all know INFILTRATE. SURVEY. PERCEIVE. Is available in this charity bundle alongside many more amazing games and even some SRDs!

Swan and Raven Studio @swanandravenstudio.com · 3d

Drumroll please...

HELLO//GOODBYE is a charity bundle containing 203 games for only $12. Every dollar goes directly to Virginia charities providing free legal aid to people facing injustice. Available now until November 5th.

itch.io/b/3276/hello...

HELLO//GOODBYE Charity Bundle for Legal Aid. available until November 5th, 6PM EST

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Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · 5d

I forgot to put alt text on the gif, it's a vaporwave style skeleton in an armchair with a parasol and some beach balls,

Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · 5d

Heading out of the office,
Going to enjoy October and not work on anything TTRPG related,

Maybe play and run a few games, but that's it.

I need time off,

a skeleton is sitting in a rocking chair with an umbrella and a beach ball

ALT: a skeleton is sitting in a rocking chair with an umbrella and a beach ball

media.tenor.com

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Adam Bell @adambell.games · 8d

good evening, have you heard that Uneasy Lies the Head is now available on itch?

Adam Bell @adambell.games · 8d

Uneasy Lies the Head is out on itch! Embroil yourself in royal court intrigue with this competitive, GMless roleplaying game where you get to play the monarchs and nobles squabbling to shape the realm in their image.

adambell.itch.io/uneasy-lies-...

Uneasy Lies the Head by adambell

adambell.itch.io

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Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · 5d

Good on ya,
It baffles me how folks can have those massive unruly server lists lmao

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Starshine Scribbles @starshinescribbles.bsky.social · 8d

New #TTRPG!

Spirit Box is a spooky LARP that emulates YouTube ghost hunting videos and Found Footage horror movies.

Can your group of ghost hunters work out how to put the spirits to rest?

Or will they be possessed by a less-than-friendly spirit?

starshinescribbles.itch.io/spirit-box

An image showing a book on a table. The text reads "Spirit Box" "Find the ghosts, learn their story, keep your soul" and "Avalible On Itch.io"

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InnocentGoblin is Ghost Hunting 👻 @innocentgoblin.bsky.social · 7d

The Duo Duet TTRPG Game Jam has begun!

I can't wait to see all of your amazing duet games!

itch.io/jam/duo-duet...

The Duo Duet TTRPG Game Jam

Starts 01/10/2025

Ends 31/10/2025

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Chris Longhurst @potatocubed.bsky.social · 8d

Hey, did YOU forget to back Threadcutters when it was on Kickstarter? Well now it's FOR SALE! (in pdf form on itch; I'll get it on DTRPG soon enough)

potatocubed.itch.io/threadcutters

Threadcutters by potatocubed

A tabletop RPG of occult assassination

potatocubed.itch.io

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Reyes Makes Games @reyesraine.itch.io · 5d

A fascinating project, keen to check it out and see where it goes.

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 8d

NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:

SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.

In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…

You are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative… Image: Print copy of SPINE

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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 7d

#MÖRKTOBER day 1: FROG

GLOPSTEPALOF
"His eye on the east and the dying light of the sun, he wants nothing less than to flood the world and plant his throne atop it. His time is nigh."

Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me

MÖRKTOBER, day one: Frog.
Glopstepalof
Glopstepalof, third of his name, last of his kind. Once the rightful heir to the swamp kingdoms of the east, in childhood he watched them drained by the giants so that they might build their great bridge.
He sank deep into malice and magic. Carved runes into his flesh, fed blood into entities best left unnamed. Sucked power from the teat of the world.
Seven hundred long, lonely years passed. He grows fetid and fat at the peak of the twisted tower he built for himself, from which he communes with the things beyond the stars and the oozes that lie even beyond them. He gathers his power. His eye on the east and the dying light of the sun, he wants nothing less than to flood the world and plant his throne atop it.
His time is nigh.

Chris: Grimes – Miss Anthropocene (2020)
Johan: Vinnie Paz – God Sent Vengeance (2025)

Illustration: crowned frog wizard with a burning hand and a skeletal staff magically tormenting a fallen knight.

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RP @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com · 7d

There isn’t.

Five Points Games @fivepointsgames.bsky.social · 7d

Is there any technology worse than a printer?

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 7d

Appropriate for today's #MÖRKTOBER prompt, here's a classic @chaoclypse.bsky.social video on how to easily photomash muscle arms onto a frog: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYrU...

How to Photobash Art for your Zines!

YouTube video by Chaoclypse

www.youtube.com

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