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efangamez · 1 day
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💛 Help Me Live Again Sale
I'm in a bit of a rut, y'all. Please reblog 💛
I'm Efan, a nonbinary transfemme who's a game developer and designer! I'm selling all my games individually at 15% off, and a BIG bundle discount for all my paid games at $25! That's nearly a 75% discount!
​I haven't been able to pay for much for a while now, and bills are starting to heighten, especially during tax season. I have ​been stuck inside for months, avoiding nearly all pleasure costs of living. I have been living in a deficit for a while now, and I'd like to live again. 
​With the money, I'll be able to pay for therapy, pay for medications, get diagnosed for mental things and disabilities, buy a new PC, and pay off my taxes. 
There is no problem if you can't buy the bundle, but it would truly help me a ton if you did. I just wanna live again. 
Thanks so much, and have a wonderful day, y'all! 
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dinoberrypress · 2 days
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Home of the Academy, Zephyr’s Rest
This week and next we’ll be talking about the fae courts you’ll meet in Little Wolves, our folk-tale TTRPG about werewolves in The Enchanted Forest. To start, we’d like you to meet The Witch Court, who make their home to the north in the cliffside town of Whisperer’s Canyon.
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Structures are connected by carved hallways or weaving bridges, built with the canyon’s stone, and the cliff is lined with brick towers, porches, and balconies at every level that make it perfect for any broom-riding or feather-bearing witch to land or take off from.
The Queen of Witches is the Arch Witch of the Academy. Over time, as anyone loyal to this court grows in power, feathers sprout from their bodies and they begin to take on the body of a Harpy.
When a Queen is ready, they choose a successor and retire to the Harpy’s Roost.
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Detail from The Four Queens art, illustrated by Grendel Menz @grendel-menz
The world of Little Wolves is vast, and we have many secrets to share with you~
If you’d like to know more, follow our campaign on BackerKit! Soon, we'll visit the Pumpkin Court. 🎃
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Have you played COURT OF BLADES ?
By A Couple of Drakes / Shawn & Navi Drake
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Court of Blades takes place in the vibrant, fantasy renaissance city-state of Ilrien, in a world populated by scheming nobles, court magicians, and dashing duelists.
As a noble retainer, you will engage in the polite civil warfare of the great families. You will host lavish balls, and manipulate the courts, uncover the plots of your rivals, protect the city from arcane dangers, manage your own intrigues and personal scandals, leverage your reputations, connections, and so much more.
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titanrpg · 2 days
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I love mecha games. I still dream of having a long term Lancer campaign in my life someday.
But I wanted a way for a group to get into my favorite parts of the genre. As soon as we sit down.
So I've just released my latest 1-page game, IMMORTAL GAMBIT.
Designed for your table to get the whole experience of a mecha anime--in one session.
Inspired by Gundam Wing, Evangelion, CHVLR by Susanah Grace, and Goodbye World by Crackerjackalope...
IMMORTAL GAMBIT is a pick up and play 1-page mecha TTRPG you can start as soon as everyone has arrived to the session. 
Every player picks a different role (Pilot//Pilot’s Mech//Battleship Captain// Faction Leader//Rival//Rival’s Mech) and their own goal. 
Try to accomplish your goal while deducing who you can trust--and who is working against you.
Download for the low low price of pay what you want!
And let me know how it goes, will ya? 
Thanks for your support,
Lex 
Publisher, Titanomachy RPG
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goblincow · 16 hours
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Rascal News is well worth your money:
Well it's been a month. I waited and watched and thought ah you know if the lowest sub was less than $5 then maybe just maybe. But I did want to support because Rascal is setting a course for the direction TTRPGs as an arts industry can be steered in, whether I personally am on board or not (though my funds would certainly help).
Like I said, it's been a month, and they've now implemented pay-per-article if there's something you want to see or you can't justify $5 – which is a pretty smart move considering "paywall tho" is the thought terminating refrain in the twitter replies and one of Rascal's stated intents is to do more Real Important Journalism in an industry rife with corporate exploitation and abuses of power, which is the sort of news that needs both funding and low access to entry.
It's also worth saying that their articles are a good read.
"While there are still some crunchier elements to the final product (exemplifying what AP scholar Dr. Emily Friedman refers to as the medium’s “ambitious middle”), the subtle production details and the highly intentional performances in GUDIYA are a beacon of what is artistically possible for video-born actual plays."
"GUDIYA (the Hindi word for doll) overwhelmingly plays into the horror of not only its source material, but the horror of being both a woman and South Asian in the highly gendered and xenophobic world of the English Empire."
I've now signed up at $50 for the year, or £3.29 each month which is Really Quite Good, so for your consideration I wanted to share the article that made me commit (above) plus a couple of choice picks for tumblr:
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Now at IPR: Galatea!
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You were made to be perfect.
Your creator is a brilliant artist - celebrated, lonely, tormented - who has never been satisfied with his creations. Until now. His magnum opus, his crowning masterpiece, the pinnacle of his art - is you. And yesterday you came to life.
You must remain perfect for him - or else.
Galatea is a solo journaling RPG based on the Wretched & Alone SRD, but takes significant departures from other games of the genre. Awaken in the story of a sentient masterpiece striving to live up to your creator's expectations. Choose how to build up your confidence and self-knowledge before you start undermining your own foundations. Explore the wider world with tarot cards or standard playing cards, with different rulesets for a customizable experience. Try to retain the favor of your creator. And leave behind a legacy for the next creation to follow you - or disappear without a trace...
https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Galatea-Print-PDF.html
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Ok so remember how I said Slayer is what WOTC wants you to think D&D is? yeah this is same as above but more generic Quest is really really cool and I think you should go check it out. It's 100% free for the core book, has very simple but tight character creation, easy to learn combat and rules, and is a great time overall
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timepool · 1 day
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ONESIX HYPERFIX(ED)
A free 2+ player hyperfixating TTRPG I made, and goofed up, now fixed!
You are having a normal, mundane conversation together— which is exactly the problem, it isn’t about your hyperfixation!
You can get the PDF version on the itch page (and donate if you're so inclined), or download the image version below!
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Now the elephant in the room, how did I goof up? So, you'll notice how the above image is kinda split into two halves. That top half was the original game.
I uh...accidentally opened my half letter format in Publisher when I first made ONESIX HYPERFIX. So it wasn't great for printing as a single pager, like at all.
I had also upped my layout game for it, and I couldn't simple scale it up to fit a full letter!
So, I made the layout vertical, and added a second "page" full of optional frame and hyperfixation tables. Not only does this mean you can uh...actually print the thing now, it should also help you enjoy ONESIX HYPERFIX for longer, and enable you to have more fun with it!
I also took the opportunity to clean up some minor design flaws that had been bothering me for a bit, and made all the tables have rounded corners (as I finally figured how to do so)!
The original half letter format is still included as optional files, for those with sharp objects and a dream.
I won't repeat this mistake in the future, and I apologize to my A4-using friends for the close margins here, unfortunately that couldn't be resolved easily. My other single pagers are properly formatted for both letter and A4 paper, as will my future games!
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eliotbaum · 2 months
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The Siphoner 🩸 A character class for The Hidden Isle. You can preorder the TTRPG here
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austinramsaygames · 8 days
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Inspired by recent discussions of an Actual Play.
EDIT: I can't believe I have to do this. *sigh*
TTRPGs that don't use dice (or any randomizer) are still TTRPGs and great fun.
The "win condition" of a TTRPG is having fun with your friends (this can include stories that end with everyone crying).
I believe that there are three parties that have input on the story: the players, the GM, and the dice. Obviously this changes if you're playing a game that gets rid of 1 or 2 of those elements.
If a certain dice result would be uninteresting enough that you'd want to discard it entirely, you must ask why you would roll in the first place. This is the same for whether that would be success OR failure.
Finally, check out my Itch store.
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iraprince · 2 months
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looking for a date night activity? you might enjoy my fake-marriage court intrigue ttrpg, EYES ON THE PRIZE!! gmless, 2 or 4 players, and it's pick up and play -- you can read through the rulebook, create your characters, and play a session all in one evening!!
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it's also 50% OFF!!! for valentine's day!!! so now is a great time to snag it (or gift it!)
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sahonithereadwolf · 2 months
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I ended up ripping out my entire health system the other day to make a whole new one. This is the most last minute major system change completely on gut instinct but it was absolutely the right move.
So, the system I was using was very much taking it's cues from a lot of games that where descendants of FATE. But the health was still very much split into mental/physical. Take 4 boxes of damage, get an injury tag that gives you negatives until you're ko'ed.
But… Instead I tied them to the playbooks my game function off of. Each character is made tags made from themed open ended questions you pick to answer.
You have minor injuries still as those bars fill up. But when all the bars in a playbook are, you get a major injury that in some way gets in the way of using your playbook. You no longer get access to all your positive tags as long as it's an issue.
Sure you have a magic sword, but it's hard to use if you have a broken arm or lost confidence in your skill to protect others.
If you get three major injuries, meaning you can't use any of your playbooks, you become "in distress". You are no longer a main character who takes initiative, the daring pulp adventurer, but the "damsel in distress". You're a passive supporting character who can't drive things forward, but react
You might still help, but the spotlight and heroics are for others
Anyways, this was a roundabout way of explaining this screenshot from my notes
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ostrichmonkey-games · 3 months
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Was talking about sandbox design in a ttrpg server, and though this is a bit tongue-in-cheek, I think these really are good things to consider when you approach sandbox design in a ttrpg (and elsewhere!)
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kaiasky · 1 year
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More people need to know about We Are But Worms; A One Word RPG (free on itch by riverhouse games). I am constantly thinking about this. (desc in alt)
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drakeanddice · 20 days
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Haunted by a fantasy world where "adventurer" is handled in the same way as "assassin" in John Wick. An ifykyk secondary economy running on gold coins where everyone knows each other but no one acknowledges the elephant in the room because we have manners about our weird-ass line of deadly desperate dangerous work.
Rolling into town, looking immaculate. Checking into the Inn. Not an inn, or the coaching house, or the traveler's hostel. The Inn. The one that takes my ridiculous oversized coin and says that my room is ready, and will I need to visit the Smith today? Perhaps a meeting with the Vintner? Shall I send up the Gourmand?
"Good afternoon, Master Whicke," the Smith says, putting aside the barrel scraper he's been working on to flip a switch beside the forge. Racks of tenpenny nails and trowels and hammers fold back to reveal the glittering points and edges of a score of swords and axes and spearpoints lit with the flicker of finely-tuned enchantments. "Shall we tour what's new?"
"What sort of occasion are we hosting, Master Whicke?" The Vintner asks, pocketing the coin with a sigh. "A funeral," you say.
"Ah, well perhaps something light to start, then," she says selecting a straight-walled flask that glitters with contained starlight, proof against the touch of the undead. " And something for remembrance," she plucks a small crock of something evil-smelling and phosphorescent. "And then something to really bring down the house." She gingerly selects a double ampoule of energetic looking jellies.
The Gourmand carefully runs his knife through the salted flank of a cockatrice with a pursing of the lips. "So many neglect trail rations, Master Whicke, and it is their shame. Paired with goldenwheat pancakes and carrion honey, a mouthful of cockatrice--properly seasoned of course--will keep the mummy rot at bay, even post-exposure. I have been given to indicate by the Management that your current escapade may make such information useful to you. I will of course wrap your purchases exceedingly carefully. Rot will be your constant companion in the Black Pyramid."
There's something here.
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zhjake · 5 months
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Magnagothica: Maleghast necromancer house 6/6: GOREGRINDERS
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