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From last night's Hexingtide playtest with my home group: our monstrous and inhuman protagonists investigate an abandoned sanatorium, wherein they discover a grotesque and room-filling cherub stolen from the Heavens. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

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Been sitting on this Knight of Shrouds in this halfway state for weeeeks. Might take a break from the RPG rules writing grind tomorrow night and see if I can get him painted up. #nighthaunt #ageofsigmar

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Crying is a free action #ttrpg #dnd #comics #dungeonsanddragons

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What's your favorite single mechanic from an indie #TTRPG? The one that lives rent-free in your brain.

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The best part about coming back to Hexingtide after a two-year layoff may be the editing with a fresh set of eyes. Because, 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏, 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒉. I'm as wordy and obtuse as Luke Crane gets. (Sorry, playtesters.)

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What's your favorite single mechanic from an indie #TTRPG? The one that lives rent-free in your brain.

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Decent evening effort on Hexingtide tonight: ✔️ Build advice & example characters section ✔️ Reworked / formatted intro ✔️ Principles & key rules concepts spread tightened up To-do: 🔘 Updated cheat sheet 🔘 Chapter headings page redesign 🔘 Lots & lots & lots of the GM/gameplay chapter Progress. #ttrpg

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Honestly? System matters... mostly just for us GMs. Most players are there to tell a story, be surprised by dice rolls, escape the world and - if they can - do it all with friends. (But system still matters.) #ttrpg #rpg #ttrpgcommunity

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It's a strange, often petulant and vicious small pond of a hobby. If I take any solace, it's that the other nerd hobbies I have (:coughcough: SCA :coughcouch:) are much the same. Alas, poor human nature.

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What’s the smallest possible rule you’ve used to make a whole game work? Micro and minimalist #ttrpg gang, sound off 👇

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Looking for feedback from other #ttrpg designers. Where should content on character builds & archetypes go for a classless, point-buy system? 1. Before character creation rules, to prime the pump 2. After them, so there's context (I've seen both.) #IndieTTRPG #TTRPGCommunity

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Old King Brawn! Heaviest is the head that wears this crown! King Brawn took it upon himself to be the strongest king of all by donning this basalt band and refusing to ever take it off! This load bearing leader holds strength above all and protects everyone weaker than himself! #0599

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The main part of the document I made for my RPG player group. To help them with character creation.

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Inspired by @jmstar.bsky.social and his game designer talk, here is a question for our community: what was the first game you designed! Share if you have links/media!

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Well, thanks BlueSky, I just stumbled onto the "10 adventures" post.

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What’s the smallest possible rule you’ve used to make a whole game work? Micro and minimalist #ttrpg gang, sound off 👇

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IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! And these are a few of my favorite works I’ve made this year — and it would be a wonderful gift for me if you shared this post. (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)💘✨ ukrart #украрт #art #draw #illustration

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Technoir. A little cyberpunk game from 10-15ish years ago that flies under the radar. Makes mechanics of Verbs and Adjectives is a very clever way.

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Sneak peak of the updated character sheet coming with the Playtest 4 release of Hexingtide - my in-development #ttrpg of Minimalist Monstrous Roleplaying. #rpg

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@voxparlour.bsky.social Sidebar as I missed this news: new updates coming to Tunnels & Trolls? Very cool. That's a game which has yet to really get the wider respect and love its place in TTRPG history deserves, IMHO.

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Q. for #ttrpg folks with experience in print runs (POD or offset). My page count for Hexingtide is looking to push 64pgs, maybe 72. This limits my saddle stich options, doesn't it? And thus, into perfect binding territory. Where I no longer have to worry a/b pages in multiples of 4, right?

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Entertaining quote from r/rpg today: "I would really love to peek into an alternate universe where Daggerheart was published by someone other than Critical Role, just to see what kind of attention it generated without the celebrity factor."

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