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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · 1d

Omg

Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · 5d

The brilliant new twinned game project by illustrator/designer Em Acosta.

Crescent is about kids who go to the dream world. Then Exile is about them as teenagers in the nightmare world. So rad lol

Pre-order here www.myth.works/pages/cresce...

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social · 8d

For the last few years I've been working on a cyberpunk rogue-like deckbuilding game. You explore a hostile 'net with your cyberdeck: a deck of playing cards you cut and draw on and use other cards to represent ICE.

It's called CARD DRIVES and there's a free demo:

notwriting.itch.io/card-drives

Card Drives by NotWriting

Cyberpunk Solitaire TTRPG

notwriting.itch.io

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · 10d

What's the funnest thing you've found in a dungeon and what did your group do with it?

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The Ken in Yellow @kenlowery.bsky.social · 20d

All right, it's time to reveal who won the Bannerless Tabletop RPG Grant for September 2025!

I got *240* applicants, and paring that down to 10 was rough going. There is truly a wildly diverse, crazy-cool body of work going on ALL around us.

Here are 10 of my favorites!

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · 26d

My pal Eli just released his new ttrpg, SWORD OPERA. I'm mad I don't have a game called that first of all. Second of all, the game looks incredible. Duels and dealings in 3 different settings:

Renaissance
Wuxia
1970s Crime Ring

😍😍😍

mythicgazetteer.itch.io/sword-opera

Sword Opera by Mythic Gazetteer

An RPG of melodramatic relationships and violent confrontations

mythicgazetteer.itch.io

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · 26d

Made my day!

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Sep 5

The buttons!!!!

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Jen Duck @jenduckie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Man, Slugblasting kicks ass. The ⏩️ story was beautifully told by @andrewwormald.bsky.social @the-sanctorum.bsky.social @ptwiddle.bsky.social and Master of Slugs @thebadspot.bsky.social

Thank you for bringing Ken along for the ride.

No one pauses fast forward

@wilkiescandylab.com

Two pages from the RPG Slugblaster handbook lay open showing a pale green background and a little hoverboarder grinding down a piece of the multiverse while their friends look on and film. On top are 5 badges with various phrases including 'BRB sucks', 'Check it!' and 'Brainduster'. A fingerboard sits among them next to a character sheet that's been doodled all over in pencil featuring a salvage crab delivering a pizza, fast forward symbols, an avocado bat squirrel thing and a multitude of other random scribbles.

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Scruff @scruff.zip · Aug 26

Google docs should play the Doom shotgun cocking sound every time it autosaves

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Aug 26

HOW DO I MICRO-CELEBRATE EACH SUCCESSFUL SENTENCE/KILL

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Aug 26

Not needing to hit Ctr+S in google docs is like not needing to reload in Doom in that I hate it in both cases and feel itchy all over.

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Aug 23

I think using a semi-colon would actually ruin my day lol whats wrong with me I'm serious

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Aug 23

I will never stop using em dashes

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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · Aug 20

Tomorrow we're posting the FINAL EPISODE of our Slugblaster series!

It's an end-of-season talkback with Slugblaster designer @wilkiescandylab.com

We discuss his thoughts on our season, the wild moves we made, creating a gerbil god, and the Saturday morning cartoon that inspired Slugblaster

Cover art for My First Dungeon: Slugblaster. Featuring colorful cartoon artwork of kids hoverboarding in another universe.

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Hendrik ten Napel checked into the Genziana Hotel @napel.itch.io · Aug 19

I started to understand when @wilkiescandylab.com told me young ghosts are wet, but old ghosts are dry.

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Aug 21

LOL

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Not Writing Games @notwritinggames.bsky.social · Aug 12

KASSANDRA KING: DEVIL'S DICE is live on Kickstarter!

A single-player neon noir occult TTRPG. You are Kassandra King. You solve cold cases, explore the supernatural underground, and you are about to make a deal with the devil.

Back the game to see the prototype!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...

Kassandra King: Devil's Dice

A single player neon noir occult TTRPG

www.kickstarter.com

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Many Sided Media @manysidedmedia.bsky.social · Aug 6

Tomorrow is the season finale of our Slugblaster series!

It's been a wild ride and I can't wait for you to hear how it ends!

First, I want to give a HUGE thank you to @mythworks.bsky.social for sponsoring this season and for continuing to be an amazing champion actual play.

🧵 (1/5)

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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · Aug 3

I've released a one-shot for Slugblaster by @wilkiescandylab.com over on itch. Contains scenario and characters. Also on my RPG resources page on the site. Heavily influenced by the excellent @burnafterrunning.bsky.social.

giantbrain.co.uk/rpg-resources/

thegiantbrain.itch.io/mega-mallrats

Mega-Mallrats by Iain McAllister

A one shot for Slugblaster

thegiantbrain.itch.io

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Jul 21

Took me less than 10 minutes of reading through this and Suzi to say the same! Rad, rad stuff friend.

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Jul 21

whoa, uh, permission to be honored on main?

sage the anagogue @anagogue.bsky.social · Jan 27

PRAISE THE HAWKMOTH KING, CHAPTER ZERO: ALLOSTATIC HYPERVIOLENCE is now available on itchio! are you unhappy with a culture of sex negativity and repression? do you crave games that lean harsher, grosser, weirder? do u ever wonder "what if slugblaster was a porno?"
anagogue.itch.io/praise-the-h...

PRAISE THE HAWKMOTH KING by Sage The Anagogue

A dark erotic PBTA game about undead teenagers with no hope in sight.

anagogue.itch.io

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Edward Doty @edwarddoty.bsky.social · Jul 17

Get in L0ZRS, we’re going SLUGBLASTING!!!

From our home table to the stages of #sdcc, we’re bringing #slugblaster to you. Watch these 5 adorable dumbasses get in way over their head while trying to sesh the multiverse.

@mythworks.bsky.social @wilkiescandylab.com

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · Jul 17

If you're interested in Restore the Warp, my game about the conflict between interstellar invaders and a wounded space god, you can find it here:

billtherad.itch.io/restore-the-...

Restore the Warp: Ashcan Edition by billtherad

cosmic drama, personal struggles

billtherad.itch.io

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Mikey Hamm @wilkiescandylab.com · Jul 17

Oh wow. This is great! Might have to nick this.

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