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the all-new edition of the award-winning game about a band on the run includes:
🚂 stunning interior illustrations by @badbucket.bsky.social
🚂 fresh layout by @rubylavin.bsky.social
🚂 same great dramaturgy and editing by @weaverswork.bsky.social
On the left, a woodcut style illustration of a trainyard at night. The quartet flees, carrying their instrument cases onto a freight car on a towering bridge. In the distance, the Black Barn burns. "They fled with their instruments and little else." On the right: ACT I. THE BAND. In character order, the four doomed heroes of this fated endeavor: • Cockerel: The one who met the Devil eye to eye. Flashy, charming, arrogant. • Cat: The one who saw the writing on the wall. Vigilant, patient, shrewd. • Hound: The one who put the target on our back. Impulsive, eager, passionate. • Mule: The one who booked our passage out of town. Dry, stubborn, blunt.
December 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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THE TIME WE HAVE is a poignant, affective game that uses every element of its design to resounding success. elliot has made a real gem — it was a pleasure to be a stretch goal writer on this one
Promo image for THE TIME WE HAVE reads "Tragic zombie storytelling for ANY apocalypse". The front and backside of a card show, the door of a distressed conference room in pixel art style (illustrated by Raul Volpato) and a preview of a tech-y startup sounding email (written by Caro Asercion). Promo text in the bottom left corner reads "The Time We Have - available now"
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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earlier this week, Last Train to Bremen won the award for Most Innovative at the Indie Groundbreakers! it's an honor to be in such fine company with my fellow nominees and winners 🚂 🐓 🐈 🐕 🫏

(check out the full awards ceremony and the excellent acceptance speeches at www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HW1...)
2024 Indie Groundbreaker Awards Winner - Most Innovative Last Train to Bremen By Caro Asercion (Game Design, Layout, & Art Direction), Conner Fawcett (Illustration & Layout Development), Weaver Walker (Dramaturgy & Editing)
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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last year i also made an extra bonus batch of valentines to shout out some games that i had some fun playtesting. eagle eyed viewers will notice that the realis one is updated since the release of the ashcan
Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game BAD BAD BAD by Tyler Crumrine: colorful playing cards with delinquent punk teenagers wielding lots of accessories. Text on the card reads, “Let’s be bad bad bad together” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game BLADEBREAKER by Aaron Lim: a large, geometric mech, and three silhouetted figures wielding weapons against it. Text on the card reads, “I’ll watch your back!” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game, art from the tabletop game REALIS by Austin Walker: a glowing blue planet in a sea of red clouds, surrounded by hundreds of moons. Text on the card reads, “I’m always in a golden age with you, Valentine” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game TEN THOUSAND DAYS FOR THE SWORD by Emily Zhu: a figure in a suit kicking a robot through a glass window, superimposed on a stock photo of a techno cityscape. Text on the card reads, “heyy hows it going hahaha heres a question for you would you happen to have any sort of interest in swearing some kind of oath of sworn siblinghood?? a devout pact to right the wrongs that plague this citys essence??? hahaha jk... unless????”
February 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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last few batches of indie tabletop valentines. these ones were just a straight up delight to make
Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game DINOCAR by Julie-Anne Muñoz: cartoon dinosaurs driving cars through a colorful background. Text on the card reads, “You drive me wild!” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game LIKE SKYSCRAPERS BLOTTING OUT THE SUN by Speak the Sky: lines of text layered over each other in dense footnotes. Text on the card reads, “You and I speak¹ the same² language³” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game BLOODBEAM BADLANDS by Viditya Voleti: a vampire dressed like a cowboy, and in the background, a Tyrannosaurus Rex with a gun for a head. Text on the card reads, “Valentine, I’m burning up for you!” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game YAZEBA’S BED & BREAKFAST by Possum Creek Games: Monday, the fairy dream merchant, offering an unsigned contract with lots of fine print. Text on the card reads, “You’ve stolen my heart… can I have yours?”
February 12, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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some tabletop games translate VERY easily to valentines day puns. others are......................... a little bit more of a stretch
Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game EXQUISITE BIOME by Caro Asercion. A winged, froglike looking creature situated in an environment of coral and grasses. Text on the card reads, “You and I are like second nature” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game ANAMNESIS by Sam Leigh. A faded brown figure whose head and face has been engulfed in wisps of smoke. Text on the card reads, “Valentine, you’re unforgettable” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game A MENDING by Shing Yin Khor. Photographs of stitched maps and sewing paraphernalia - pins and needles, buttons and thread. Text on the card reads, “You’re as cute as a button, Valentine!” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game WORLD ENDING GAME by Everest Pipkin. A blazing, golden comet falls from the darkened sky, frozen in the moment it collides with the world. Text on the card reads, “I think we should see other people.”
February 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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more indie ttrpg valentines day cards — 2022 was the year i realized i could really double down on visual style matching + getting fully self indulgent with it
Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game DWINDLE by Caro Asercion. A sunset-colored cityscape, with two figures looking out on the city and a cryptid off to the side. Text on the card reads, “Valentine, our friendship will never dwindle” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game WANDERHOME by Jay Dragon. A possum outfitted like a shepherd, herding a flock of fluffy bumblebees. Text on the card reads, “Let’s go wander together!” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game SONGS FOR THE DUSK by Kavita Poduri. A crew of fantastical sci-fi adventurers, looking down on an archaeological ruin with people in the distance. Text on the card reads, “We work in harmony, valentine” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game HEART: THE CITY BENEATH by Rowan, Rook & Deckard. A group of dungeon delvers descending down a stairwell towards some big fucked up looking hands. Text on the card reads, “You have touched my HEART”
February 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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i started making these indie tabletop themed grade school valentines for kicks on the other blue site, back in 2021. i'll crosspost more of them over the next few days
Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game i’m sorry did you say street magic by Caro Asercion. A sunken bus covered in reeds, with a heron in front and a city skyline in the background. Text on the card reads, “you’re a resident of my heart, valentine” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game Beam Saber by Austin Ramsay. Two mech pilots in conflict wielding massive beam swords, emitting sparks of energy. Text on the card reads, “Let’s cut loose!” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game Stewpot by Takuma Okada. An illustration of a hearth with a cauldron on an open fire. Text on the card reads, “Valentine, you warm my heart” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game Spindlewheel by Sasha Reneau. A set of Spindlewheel cards on a floral-looking background, the most prominent of which is titled “The Lovers”. Text on the card reads, “You’re a lucky draw”
February 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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valentines day is just around the corner which means it's time for another year of grade school valentines day cards, indie tabletop game edition
Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game TWO HAND PATH by Mikey Hamm: two hands with many accessories (rings, bracelets, tattoos) resting on top of each other, with more tattoos in the background. Text on the card reads, “Won’t you take my hand in yours?” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game DIALECT by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalıoğlu: a tree with the names of dead languages written on its bark. Text on the card reads, “Words fail me when I’m with you, Valentine” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN by Caro Asercion: a train ticket featuring illustrations of a cockerel, cat, hound, and mule arranged in a square. Text on the card reads, “Valentine, I’ve got a ticket to Hell and I’m dragging you there with me along with two of our other good friends (please don’t take it personally)” Arranged like a grade school valentine’s card, art from the tabletop game TRIANGLE AGENCY by Caleb Zane Huett and Sean Ireland: a cacophony of files, papers, and office supplies tumbling from top of the image. Text on the card reads, “<3”
February 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM