Tabletop Will Phillips
@willphillips.org
🎲 Tabletop Games 🚫 No Sociopolitics, No Drama 📷 instagram.com/tabletop.will.phillips ⌨️ tabletop.willphillips.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Tonight's project: working on the updated Google Sheets character keeper for Hexingtide. #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity
January 28, 2026 at 2:58 AM
Tonight's project: working on the updated Google Sheets character keeper for Hexingtide. #ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity
🧛♀️ 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄!
These "Iconic Proragonists" take familiar spooky archetypes like the werewolf & vampire and reimagine them for a brand-new system that blends gothic folklore horror with pulp action-adventure.
#ttrpg #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgcommunity #indierpg
(1/4)
These "Iconic Proragonists" take familiar spooky archetypes like the werewolf & vampire and reimagine them for a brand-new system that blends gothic folklore horror with pulp action-adventure.
#ttrpg #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgcommunity #indierpg
(1/4)
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
🧛♀️ 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄!
These "Iconic Proragonists" take familiar spooky archetypes like the werewolf & vampire and reimagine them for a brand-new system that blends gothic folklore horror with pulp action-adventure.
#ttrpg #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgcommunity #indierpg
(1/4)
These "Iconic Proragonists" take familiar spooky archetypes like the werewolf & vampire and reimagine them for a brand-new system that blends gothic folklore horror with pulp action-adventure.
#ttrpg #ttrpgdesign #ttrpgcommunity #indierpg
(1/4)
May I introduce you to my writing and designing assistant, Beans.
January 25, 2026 at 9:50 PM
May I introduce you to my writing and designing assistant, Beans.
Late night, long day, and lots of snow here in St. Louis!
But I'm excited to share the five new "iconic" pregen characters that will become the core of Hexingtide's examples and lore (as much as there will be for a setting agnostic #TTRPG).
Will be sharing links to this doc tomorrow.
But I'm excited to share the five new "iconic" pregen characters that will become the core of Hexingtide's examples and lore (as much as there will be for a setting agnostic #TTRPG).
Will be sharing links to this doc tomorrow.
January 25, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Late night, long day, and lots of snow here in St. Louis!
But I'm excited to share the five new "iconic" pregen characters that will become the core of Hexingtide's examples and lore (as much as there will be for a setting agnostic #TTRPG).
Will be sharing links to this doc tomorrow.
But I'm excited to share the five new "iconic" pregen characters that will become the core of Hexingtide's examples and lore (as much as there will be for a setting agnostic #TTRPG).
Will be sharing links to this doc tomorrow.
📢 LIVE DISCORD Q&A 📢
Join me for the Randomworlds Discord Q&A series to discuss my in-playtesting #ttrpg of Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying, 🎃 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄!
- Tonight, Jan 12, from 7:30-9:30pm CST (UTC-6)
- On their Discord: discord.gg/mCntYas
#indierpg #indiegamedesign #ttrpgcommunity #rpg
Join me for the Randomworlds Discord Q&A series to discuss my in-playtesting #ttrpg of Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying, 🎃 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄!
- Tonight, Jan 12, from 7:30-9:30pm CST (UTC-6)
- On their Discord: discord.gg/mCntYas
#indierpg #indiegamedesign #ttrpgcommunity #rpg
January 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM
📢 LIVE DISCORD Q&A 📢
Join me for the Randomworlds Discord Q&A series to discuss my in-playtesting #ttrpg of Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying, 🎃 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄!
- Tonight, Jan 12, from 7:30-9:30pm CST (UTC-6)
- On their Discord: discord.gg/mCntYas
#indierpg #indiegamedesign #ttrpgcommunity #rpg
Join me for the Randomworlds Discord Q&A series to discuss my in-playtesting #ttrpg of Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying, 🎃 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄!
- Tonight, Jan 12, from 7:30-9:30pm CST (UTC-6)
- On their Discord: discord.gg/mCntYas
#indierpg #indiegamedesign #ttrpgcommunity #rpg
Looks legit. 5/5 would rate five stars again.
January 7, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Looks legit. 5/5 would rate five stars again.
Also working on rules and the combat system for Send Thee to Perdition (instead of work on Hexingtide or Rattle and Rend, of course).
Very quick playing and abstract, using zones inspired by The One Ring and a single-action economy similar to Dragonbane.
##ttrpg #rpgdesign #miniatures
Very quick playing and abstract, using zones inspired by The One Ring and a single-action economy similar to Dragonbane.
##ttrpg #rpgdesign #miniatures
January 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Also working on rules and the combat system for Send Thee to Perdition (instead of work on Hexingtide or Rattle and Rend, of course).
Very quick playing and abstract, using zones inspired by The One Ring and a single-action economy similar to Dragonbane.
##ttrpg #rpgdesign #miniatures
Very quick playing and abstract, using zones inspired by The One Ring and a single-action economy similar to Dragonbane.
##ttrpg #rpgdesign #miniatures
Last week, I really (really) needed to focus on either Hexingtide pregens *or* literally anything for my skirmish game Rattle and Rend, but my ADHD brain said no.
So here are minis I painted for the maybe-never to be run historical campaign set in c. 1580 Antwerp.
#ttrpg #miniatures
So here are minis I painted for the maybe-never to be run historical campaign set in c. 1580 Antwerp.
#ttrpg #miniatures
January 6, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Last week, I really (really) needed to focus on either Hexingtide pregens *or* literally anything for my skirmish game Rattle and Rend, but my ADHD brain said no.
So here are minis I painted for the maybe-never to be run historical campaign set in c. 1580 Antwerp.
#ttrpg #miniatures
So here are minis I painted for the maybe-never to be run historical campaign set in c. 1580 Antwerp.
#ttrpg #miniatures
Christmas gifts *and* a show!
What else could you ask for??
What else could you ask for??
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Christmas gifts *and* a show!
What else could you ask for??
What else could you ask for??
It is Christmas Eve, and I wish you a happy holiday season!
While I’m working on the “iconic” pregen characters for Hexingtide, I have an interim pair of pregens: what’s better today than Santa and Krampus?
Downloadable on itch:
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide/d...
#ttrpg #indierpg
While I’m working on the “iconic” pregen characters for Hexingtide, I have an interim pair of pregens: what’s better today than Santa and Krampus?
Downloadable on itch:
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide/d...
#ttrpg #indierpg
December 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is Christmas Eve, and I wish you a happy holiday season!
While I’m working on the “iconic” pregen characters for Hexingtide, I have an interim pair of pregens: what’s better today than Santa and Krampus?
Downloadable on itch:
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide/d...
#ttrpg #indierpg
While I’m working on the “iconic” pregen characters for Hexingtide, I have an interim pair of pregens: what’s better today than Santa and Krampus?
Downloadable on itch:
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide/d...
#ttrpg #indierpg
@barnesandnoble.com Having to wait in these long lines to pick up an online order *really* hampers the value of buying online and going to my local store to pick it up. 🫤
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
@barnesandnoble.com Having to wait in these long lines to pick up an online order *really* hampers the value of buying online and going to my local store to pick it up. 🫤
To that last sentence, I recall a guy who used to drop into the Minimalist RPGs group on FB and argue that Phoenix Command - with its pages upon pages of tables as seen below - was a minimalist game.
Yeah, not so much.
Yeah, not so much.
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
To that last sentence, I recall a guy who used to drop into the Minimalist RPGs group on FB and argue that Phoenix Command - with its pages upon pages of tables as seen below - was a minimalist game.
Yeah, not so much.
Yeah, not so much.
Oh hey, that's cool! I released Hexingtide's big, big Playtest 4 update Monday, and look at where it sits on these charts over on Itch. 🖤
I'm trying to build a playtester community, so please reshare this! I'd appreciate it so much! 🙏
#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity
I'm trying to build a playtester community, so please reshare this! I'd appreciate it so much! 🙏
#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Oh hey, that's cool! I released Hexingtide's big, big Playtest 4 update Monday, and look at where it sits on these charts over on Itch. 🖤
I'm trying to build a playtester community, so please reshare this! I'd appreciate it so much! 🙏
#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity
I'm trying to build a playtester community, so please reshare this! I'd appreciate it so much! 🙏
#ttrpg #ttrpgcommunity
ICYMI, I've released the full update for Hexingtide's Playtest 4 yesterday. If you want a rules-light #ttrpg for playing any spooky monster archetype you'd like, this may be for you. 🙏
Designed for fans of #Hellboy, #Curseborne, #WorldofDarkness / #VTM, and other monsters of folklore & pop culture.
Designed for fans of #Hellboy, #Curseborne, #WorldofDarkness / #VTM, and other monsters of folklore & pop culture.
November 25, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ICYMI, I've released the full update for Hexingtide's Playtest 4 yesterday. If you want a rules-light #ttrpg for playing any spooky monster archetype you'd like, this may be for you. 🙏
Designed for fans of #Hellboy, #Curseborne, #WorldofDarkness / #VTM, and other monsters of folklore & pop culture.
Designed for fans of #Hellboy, #Curseborne, #WorldofDarkness / #VTM, and other monsters of folklore & pop culture.
🎃 𝐀𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞!
• This is my love letter to the monster stories of folklore & pop culture
• Streamlined, rules-light alternative to crunchy monster games
• New rules: not a hack or SRD
Download→ willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgcommunity
1/3
• This is my love letter to the monster stories of folklore & pop culture
• Streamlined, rules-light alternative to crunchy monster games
• New rules: not a hack or SRD
Download→ willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgcommunity
1/3
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🎃 𝐀𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝟒 𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞!
• This is my love letter to the monster stories of folklore & pop culture
• Streamlined, rules-light alternative to crunchy monster games
• New rules: not a hack or SRD
Download→ willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgcommunity
1/3
• This is my love letter to the monster stories of folklore & pop culture
• Streamlined, rules-light alternative to crunchy monster games
• New rules: not a hack or SRD
Download→ willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgcommunity
1/3
I finished up the Hexingtide playtest last week. I *should* be working on the marketing plan and announcement post, yada yada yada.
What is my ADHD brain focusing on instead?
Updating the Google Sheets character keeper.
Priorities? What are those? 🤦
#ttrpg #indierpg #playtesting #gamedesign
What is my ADHD brain focusing on instead?
Updating the Google Sheets character keeper.
Priorities? What are those? 🤦
#ttrpg #indierpg #playtesting #gamedesign
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I finished up the Hexingtide playtest last week. I *should* be working on the marketing plan and announcement post, yada yada yada.
What is my ADHD brain focusing on instead?
Updating the Google Sheets character keeper.
Priorities? What are those? 🤦
#ttrpg #indierpg #playtesting #gamedesign
What is my ADHD brain focusing on instead?
Updating the Google Sheets character keeper.
Priorities? What are those? 🤦
#ttrpg #indierpg #playtesting #gamedesign
𝕽𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕽𝖊𝖓𝖉 is a rules-light, miniatures-agnostic 10mm skirmish game I'm playtesting for a 16x16" board. No giant tables or rulebooks.
500 members are in the Facebook Group, where the playable Alpha rules are available!
👉 facebook.com/groups/rattleandrend
#indiegame #wargaming #skirmishgame
500 members are in the Facebook Group, where the playable Alpha rules are available!
👉 facebook.com/groups/rattleandrend
#indiegame #wargaming #skirmishgame
November 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
𝕽𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕽𝖊𝖓𝖉 is a rules-light, miniatures-agnostic 10mm skirmish game I'm playtesting for a 16x16" board. No giant tables or rulebooks.
500 members are in the Facebook Group, where the playable Alpha rules are available!
👉 facebook.com/groups/rattleandrend
#indiegame #wargaming #skirmishgame
500 members are in the Facebook Group, where the playable Alpha rules are available!
👉 facebook.com/groups/rattleandrend
#indiegame #wargaming #skirmishgame
Deep exhale, but I think the fully playable, publicly-sharable playtest for Hexingtide: Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying 😵
72 pages. Brand new rules. Deliberate, genre-reenforcing procedures of play. Clear examples and guidance for new players. Holy shit, I think I made it.
#ttrpg #ttprgcommunity
72 pages. Brand new rules. Deliberate, genre-reenforcing procedures of play. Clear examples and guidance for new players. Holy shit, I think I made it.
#ttrpg #ttprgcommunity
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Deep exhale, but I think the fully playable, publicly-sharable playtest for Hexingtide: Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying 😵
72 pages. Brand new rules. Deliberate, genre-reenforcing procedures of play. Clear examples and guidance for new players. Holy shit, I think I made it.
#ttrpg #ttprgcommunity
72 pages. Brand new rules. Deliberate, genre-reenforcing procedures of play. Clear examples and guidance for new players. Holy shit, I think I made it.
#ttrpg #ttprgcommunity
I didn’t expect what began as 12-page zine RPG to turn into this.
Hexingtide's Gameplay chapter has been a grind for months - writer’s block, self-doubt, ADHD distractions - but I promised myself I’d finish a big project, and this is the biggest I’ve ever tackled.
#ttrpg #rpgdesign #gamedesign
Hexingtide's Gameplay chapter has been a grind for months - writer’s block, self-doubt, ADHD distractions - but I promised myself I’d finish a big project, and this is the biggest I’ve ever tackled.
#ttrpg #rpgdesign #gamedesign
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I didn’t expect what began as 12-page zine RPG to turn into this.
Hexingtide's Gameplay chapter has been a grind for months - writer’s block, self-doubt, ADHD distractions - but I promised myself I’d finish a big project, and this is the biggest I’ve ever tackled.
#ttrpg #rpgdesign #gamedesign
Hexingtide's Gameplay chapter has been a grind for months - writer’s block, self-doubt, ADHD distractions - but I promised myself I’d finish a big project, and this is the biggest I’ve ever tackled.
#ttrpg #rpgdesign #gamedesign
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I *should* be using Affinity or some other better suited layout software, but.. I can get a lot done pushing MS Word to its bleeding edges (and dropping in Photoshop art and fancy layout elements when I can't).
It's not perfect, but hey... it works.
#indierpg #indiettrpg #ttrpg
It's not perfect, but hey... it works.
#indierpg #indiettrpg #ttrpg
November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I *should* be using Affinity or some other better suited layout software, but.. I can get a lot done pushing MS Word to its bleeding edges (and dropping in Photoshop art and fancy layout elements when I can't).
It's not perfect, but hey... it works.
#indierpg #indiettrpg #ttrpg
It's not perfect, but hey... it works.
#indierpg #indiettrpg #ttrpg
Gnomes by Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet, hands down.
One of the first seeds that would grow a love for the fantastical and folkloric in me.
(Supplemented by the English dubbed cartoon on PBS, of course.)
One of the first seeds that would grow a love for the fantastical and folkloric in me.
(Supplemented by the English dubbed cartoon on PBS, of course.)
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Gnomes by Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet, hands down.
One of the first seeds that would grow a love for the fantastical and folkloric in me.
(Supplemented by the English dubbed cartoon on PBS, of course.)
One of the first seeds that would grow a love for the fantastical and folkloric in me.
(Supplemented by the English dubbed cartoon on PBS, of course.)
Ran a 🎃𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄 playtest one shot at the RPG Demo Day at Miniature Market here in STL.
Mechanics make sense to new players new players. Got helpful feedback. All in all, pretty rad.
Download rules:
hxti.de/itch
Discord:
hxti.de/discord
#ttrpg #indierpg #ttrpgcommunity #playtesting
Mechanics make sense to new players new players. Got helpful feedback. All in all, pretty rad.
Download rules:
hxti.de/itch
Discord:
hxti.de/discord
#ttrpg #indierpg #ttrpgcommunity #playtesting
October 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ran a 🎃𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄 playtest one shot at the RPG Demo Day at Miniature Market here in STL.
Mechanics make sense to new players new players. Got helpful feedback. All in all, pretty rad.
Download rules:
hxti.de/itch
Discord:
hxti.de/discord
#ttrpg #indierpg #ttrpgcommunity #playtesting
Mechanics make sense to new players new players. Got helpful feedback. All in all, pretty rad.
Download rules:
hxti.de/itch
Discord:
hxti.de/discord
#ttrpg #indierpg #ttrpgcommunity #playtesting
October 14, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Here's an 8pg preview of 🎃𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄’s Gameplay chapter.
Dig into how GMs should structure & pace gothic-folk-monster adventures w/ clear procedures (s/o to Jesse Ross & Trophy for turning on that lightbulb).
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiegame #horrorrpg #ttrpgcommunity
Dig into how GMs should structure & pace gothic-folk-monster adventures w/ clear procedures (s/o to Jesse Ross & Trophy for turning on that lightbulb).
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiegame #horrorrpg #ttrpgcommunity
October 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Here's an 8pg preview of 🎃𝐇𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐈𝐃𝐄’s Gameplay chapter.
Dig into how GMs should structure & pace gothic-folk-monster adventures w/ clear procedures (s/o to Jesse Ross & Trophy for turning on that lightbulb).
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiegame #horrorrpg #ttrpgcommunity
Dig into how GMs should structure & pace gothic-folk-monster adventures w/ clear procedures (s/o to Jesse Ross & Trophy for turning on that lightbulb).
willphillips.itch.io/hexingtide
#ttrpg #indiegame #horrorrpg #ttrpgcommunity