WeywardWitch (Ailbhe Morrow - It/Its)
@weywardwitch.bsky.social
Game Designer amid so many other things - rambles abound
Currently working on Voidfarers and Monstrous
Non-Game Design thoughts @ailbhemorrow
Currently working on Voidfarers and Monstrous
Non-Game Design thoughts @ailbhemorrow
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We've already crushed $800 in our first few hours - THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR LOVING INDIE TTRPG!!
A few weeks ago @charliehall.bsky.social wrote an opinion piece on @polygon.com saying indie #TTRPG designers shouldn’t be wringing our hands when it comes to our games as #D&D fumbles the bag.
So here it is. The Get Loud TTRPG Bundle. 36 games from 20 designers.
itch.io/b/2864/the-g...
So here it is. The Get Loud TTRPG Bundle. 36 games from 20 designers.
itch.io/b/2864/the-g...
February 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
We've already crushed $800 in our first few hours - THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR LOVING INDIE TTRPG!!
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Also this is a day late because I am a functional game designer like that.
For everyone who is interested and hasn't signed up yet, here's the link with deets.
mailchi.mp/evilhat/augu...
For everyone who is interested and hasn't signed up yet, here's the link with deets.
mailchi.mp/evilhat/augu...
August 10, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Also this is a day late because I am a functional game designer like that.
For everyone who is interested and hasn't signed up yet, here's the link with deets.
mailchi.mp/evilhat/augu...
For everyone who is interested and hasn't signed up yet, here's the link with deets.
mailchi.mp/evilhat/augu...
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I am extremely happy to see a lot of interest in playtesting the Dagger Isles. It's something me, the team at Evil Hat, and all of the contributors - folks from Southeast Asia - are very proud of.
I do, however, have one thing to say.
I do, however, have one thing to say.
August 9, 2024 at 11:19 PM
I am extremely happy to see a lot of interest in playtesting the Dagger Isles. It's something me, the team at Evil Hat, and all of the contributors - folks from Southeast Asia - are very proud of.
I do, however, have one thing to say.
I do, however, have one thing to say.
I was recently telling a friend about how I found a particular game to really poorly explained its rules, especially compared to the designer's next game.
I've been reading the old version. . . The game has been updated, with clarified rules & improved layout.
Guess I need to get the new version.
I've been reading the old version. . . The game has been updated, with clarified rules & improved layout.
Guess I need to get the new version.
August 9, 2024 at 12:16 AM
I was recently telling a friend about how I found a particular game to really poorly explained its rules, especially compared to the designer's next game.
I've been reading the old version. . . The game has been updated, with clarified rules & improved layout.
Guess I need to get the new version.
I've been reading the old version. . . The game has been updated, with clarified rules & improved layout.
Guess I need to get the new version.
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I’m going to announce my wonderful first guest SOON!
…but if you poke around the discord you can find out right away 👀
Links below!
…but if you poke around the discord you can find out right away 👀
Links below!
I've been teasing my upcoming podcast for a while... so it's finally time to share something tangible!
Without further ado, here's the #LyricalLudology podcast trailer on Spotify (also available on google podcasts, still working on apple).
open.spotify.com/show/4W8rWng...
Without further ado, here's the #LyricalLudology podcast trailer on Spotify (also available on google podcasts, still working on apple).
open.spotify.com/show/4W8rWng...
February 17, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I’m going to announce my wonderful first guest SOON!
…but if you poke around the discord you can find out right away 👀
Links below!
…but if you poke around the discord you can find out right away 👀
Links below!
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Hello to my friends in Australia, New Zealand, and RPGSea. I wanted to let you know that we have a supply of our games ready for purchase from your friendly local game store or directly via Aetherworks. Take a look at what's in stock! store.aetherworks.com.au/index.php?cP...
Aetherworks
Aetherworks: Your supplier of hobby and gaming products.
store.aetherworks.com.au
February 18, 2024 at 9:19 PM
Hello to my friends in Australia, New Zealand, and RPGSea. I wanted to let you know that we have a supply of our games ready for purchase from your friendly local game store or directly via Aetherworks. Take a look at what's in stock! store.aetherworks.com.au/index.php?cP...
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Man, this succinctly describes how fucking obnoxious using tech is in 2024
January 31, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Man, this succinctly describes how fucking obnoxious using tech is in 2024
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Today on the blog I dig into the house style of first party adventures across a variety of modern TTRPG systems, and discuss how they influence the way in which we write for different games.
loottheroom.uk/form-and-str...
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Form and Structure: The DNA of Adventure Modules
This article was posted to Patreon two weeks early. Thank you to everyone who supports this sort of work financially. The aim of the Towards Formal Adventures project (which I haven’t worked …
loottheroom.uk
January 31, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Today on the blog I dig into the house style of first party adventures across a variety of modern TTRPG systems, and discuss how they influence the way in which we write for different games.
loottheroom.uk/form-and-str...
loottheroom.uk/form-and-str...
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My new game, The Bird Oracle is a solo divination, journalling and keepsake game about lineage and multi-level marketing schemes. IT IS LIVE NOW! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
January 31, 2024 at 6:02 PM
My new game, The Bird Oracle is a solo divination, journalling and keepsake game about lineage and multi-level marketing schemes. IT IS LIVE NOW! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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It's FLASH SALE SATURDAY!
For the next 24 hours my OSR adventures BODIES IN FLIGHT and BEYOND THE DROWNED SPIRE are buy one get one free! Just £8 for two system neutral adventures, 120 pages of dungeons, dragons, demons, and watery cultists.
Grab them here: itch.io/s/115830/fla...
For the next 24 hours my OSR adventures BODIES IN FLIGHT and BEYOND THE DROWNED SPIRE are buy one get one free! Just £8 for two system neutral adventures, 120 pages of dungeons, dragons, demons, and watery cultists.
Grab them here: itch.io/s/115830/fla...
January 27, 2024 at 9:38 AM
It's FLASH SALE SATURDAY!
For the next 24 hours my OSR adventures BODIES IN FLIGHT and BEYOND THE DROWNED SPIRE are buy one get one free! Just £8 for two system neutral adventures, 120 pages of dungeons, dragons, demons, and watery cultists.
Grab them here: itch.io/s/115830/fla...
For the next 24 hours my OSR adventures BODIES IN FLIGHT and BEYOND THE DROWNED SPIRE are buy one get one free! Just £8 for two system neutral adventures, 120 pages of dungeons, dragons, demons, and watery cultists.
Grab them here: itch.io/s/115830/fla...
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The correct term for "designing a non-linear TTRPG dungeon space" is "Jaquaysing".
This post cites Jennell's own statements about how she wished to be attributed---essentially, that *her name be spelled correctly*:
diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2024/01/xand...
1/
This post cites Jennell's own statements about how she wished to be attributed---essentially, that *her name be spelled correctly*:
diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2024/01/xand...
1/
Xandering is Slandering
On January 10, 2024, the game designer Jennell Jaquays died. She was a woman of many accomplishments, who published one of the earliest and ...
diyanddragons.blogspot.com
January 23, 2024 at 2:09 PM
The correct term for "designing a non-linear TTRPG dungeon space" is "Jaquaysing".
This post cites Jennell's own statements about how she wished to be attributed---essentially, that *her name be spelled correctly*:
diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2024/01/xand...
1/
This post cites Jennell's own statements about how she wished to be attributed---essentially, that *her name be spelled correctly*:
diyanddragons.blogspot.com/2024/01/xand...
1/
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Shortly before TTRPG designer Jennell Jaquays died, OSR blogger Justin Alexander, who once named Jennell's dungeon drawing techniques after her, started trying to erase her legacy, and rename that style after himself.
I reject Justin's bad faith arguments for this, and celebrate Jaquaysian design.
I reject Justin's bad faith arguments for this, and celebrate Jaquaysian design.
Xandering is Slandering
On January 10, 2024, the game designer Jennell Jaquays died. She was a woman of many accomplishments, who published one of the earliest and ...
diyanddragons.blogspot.com
January 22, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Shortly before TTRPG designer Jennell Jaquays died, OSR blogger Justin Alexander, who once named Jennell's dungeon drawing techniques after her, started trying to erase her legacy, and rename that style after himself.
I reject Justin's bad faith arguments for this, and celebrate Jaquaysian design.
I reject Justin's bad faith arguments for this, and celebrate Jaquaysian design.
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Make no mistake, there is a race by tech companies to normalize use of gen AI as fast as possible across creative fields, before sensibility within law can coalesce.
So fight back: reject using it in your workplace; inform friends sharing funny AI image memes; and mock its use to ardent backers.
So fight back: reject using it in your workplace; inform friends sharing funny AI image memes; and mock its use to ardent backers.
January 13, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Make no mistake, there is a race by tech companies to normalize use of gen AI as fast as possible across creative fields, before sensibility within law can coalesce.
So fight back: reject using it in your workplace; inform friends sharing funny AI image memes; and mock its use to ardent backers.
So fight back: reject using it in your workplace; inform friends sharing funny AI image memes; and mock its use to ardent backers.
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Hello dear #PortfolioDay ! I'm an illustrator and I love drawing fantasy and characters and comics!
January 9, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Hello dear #PortfolioDay ! I'm an illustrator and I love drawing fantasy and characters and comics!
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Coming next week: The City of Red Waters, a new setting for Blades In The Dark by Ash McAllan.
Explore the complex city of Inverrouge where opportunities for decadence, ambition, or monstrosity await those willing to seize them.
Featuring new heritages, backgrounds, vices, crew types and more.
Explore the complex city of Inverrouge where opportunities for decadence, ambition, or monstrosity await those willing to seize them.
Featuring new heritages, backgrounds, vices, crew types and more.
December 1, 2023 at 6:18 PM
Coming next week: The City of Red Waters, a new setting for Blades In The Dark by Ash McAllan.
Explore the complex city of Inverrouge where opportunities for decadence, ambition, or monstrosity await those willing to seize them.
Featuring new heritages, backgrounds, vices, crew types and more.
Explore the complex city of Inverrouge where opportunities for decadence, ambition, or monstrosity await those willing to seize them.
Featuring new heritages, backgrounds, vices, crew types and more.
Miss spelled "Railgun" as "Railfun", and ain't that the truth of the matter...
November 29, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Miss spelled "Railgun" as "Railfun", and ain't that the truth of the matter...
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Game design? Easy, I get it.
GMing? How the fuck do I do this???
GMing? How the fuck do I do this???
November 18, 2023 at 11:53 PM
Game design? Easy, I get it.
GMing? How the fuck do I do this???
GMing? How the fuck do I do this???
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So close to 150 backers!!!!! Ahhh thank you!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
November 13, 2023 at 12:57 AM
So close to 150 backers!!!!! Ahhh thank you!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
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This was a huge and exhausting project, but I am so proud to announce that the last preorder Strange Beast Tarot decks have been put in the mail! Thank you for supporting my art, and this project of my odd little heart. They are now on sale in my store: shingyinkhor.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
November 8, 2023 at 7:06 PM
This was a huge and exhausting project, but I am so proud to announce that the last preorder Strange Beast Tarot decks have been put in the mail! Thank you for supporting my art, and this project of my odd little heart. They are now on sale in my store: shingyinkhor.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
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Under 2 weeks left to back Tooth and Nail! Zine, stickers, prints, enamel pins, keychains, and more! Would love it if you checked it out 🐺🩸🦷🫀🐑
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
Tooth and Nail: A Werewolf Girlfriend Art Collection
Horror and erotica centered around a werewolf and her human girlfriend. Collection includes a zine, stickers, and prints!
www.kickstarter.com
November 2, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Under 2 weeks left to back Tooth and Nail! Zine, stickers, prints, enamel pins, keychains, and more! Would love it if you checked it out 🐺🩸🦷🫀🐑
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
Having RPG ideas and they're fucking horrifying, so much existential dread, I love it!!!
All I have is the opening line to the game, but its slaps so fucking much!!!
All I have is the opening line to the game, but its slaps so fucking much!!!
October 27, 2023 at 11:14 PM
Having RPG ideas and they're fucking horrifying, so much existential dread, I love it!!!
All I have is the opening line to the game, but its slaps so fucking much!!!
All I have is the opening line to the game, but its slaps so fucking much!!!
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Happy Friday the 13th!!!!!! Tooth and Nail: A Werewolf Girlfriend Art Collection is LIVE on kickstarter!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
Tooth and Nail: A Werewolf Girlfriend Art Collection
Horror and erotica centered around a werewolf and her human girlfriend. Collection includes a zine, stickers, and prints!
www.kickstarter.com
October 13, 2023 at 4:03 PM
Happy Friday the 13th!!!!!! Tooth and Nail: A Werewolf Girlfriend Art Collection is LIVE on kickstarter!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sad...
I played Monsterhearts 2 at PAX this year.
The vibes? Impeccable.
The vibes? Impeccable.
October 8, 2023 at 12:54 PM
I played Monsterhearts 2 at PAX this year.
The vibes? Impeccable.
The vibes? Impeccable.