Michelle Kelly

IT RULED

Michelle was such an incredible guest and the game we made is a total life changer for me 😅 check it out and play along!

YouTube video by EUphoria AP 20 Minute TTRPGs - Guest Michelle Kelly

It was so much fun to make a game live on stream with Angel, and you can play along too!
You'll never guess what we end up making when you hear the inspiration prompt...

Never be shy about asking straightforwardly for a contract. Find out your deadline, what exactly is expected of you, what the pay is, when it will be paid.
Asking for these things is not rude, it's a normal part of professional practice. Anyone who responds poorly is waving a red flag in your face!

It is a nightmare. I remember trying to look up small venues and several said they had capacity for up to 200 people? Small! Venues!

Games mentioned are: 'From the First Flame' by CerfNoir https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cerfnoirproject/from-the-first-flame-an-urban-fantasy-rpg 'The Hawthorne Effect' by Innocent Goblin … TTRPGs we 💛 by European-based creatives - Zine month edition Part 1

Get these games by European creatives funded this Zine Month!

Games mentioned are:
'From the First Flame' by CerfNoir buff.ly/fW6YP1X
'The Hawthorne Effect' by Innocent Goblin buff.ly/ksdQ17r
'Three Punk Games' by Côme Martin buff.ly/ajXgdtU

Anyone can just call themselves a journalist

Going live! Dive in, take the plunge, come and make a game with @cutestpatoot.itch.io and @michellicopter.bsky.social !

www.twitch.tv/euphoriaap

A bright blue background with occasional white doodles, including stars, hearts and a lightbulb. The 20 Minute TTRPGs logo at top left, a red d20 with '20 Minute TTRPGs' in a bold all-caps font. Heading reads '20 Minute TTRPGs'. Tagline reads 'If you can tell a story, you can make a game!' Angel's and Michelle's headshot in a round, red-rimmed frames. Subheading reads 'Sunday 8th February, 1pm GMT / 2pm CET. www.twitch.tv/EUphoriaAP Euphoria logo at bottom right, a round yellow frame with navy blue background, and a large shooting star made up of yellow d4s streaking from right to left, a yellow tail trailing behind.

TODAY!
Angel is joined by their first guest, none other than @michellicopter.bsky.social. After a friendly chat, they'll be setting a 20 minute timer and designing a game together.

Join us live for a very exciting announcement....1pm GMT/ 2pm CET!

www.twitch.tv/euphoriaap

I'm looking at the applications we've had so far and there are so many fabulous people, but I KNOW there's more women and femmes of colour in the European TTRPG scene than this. There has to be!

Come and play on our channel, we are super nice and cool.

Darcy and I have spent all week texting each other like "I found another one!" "How has this one not funded yet?!"

We've put together a list of inventive, exciting, unique TTRPG zines by creators from at least 7 different countries that we are super excited about. We think you will be too!

Lie To Him - A solo roleplaying game about dishonesty Lie To Him is a solo game exploring themes of honesty and dishonesty, trust and mistrust. The zine will include original artwork, professional layout and fully play-tested rules.

We're at £1200!
If we get to £1500 everyone gets a second zine of my GMless ttrpg March Winds, April Showers. I'll give myself that additional work. Ill do this to myself. You wait.

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Women and femmes based in Europe AND ALSO POC, apply at https://tally.so/r/Pd9a4x EUphoria is a community dedicated to the best and brightest TTRPG talent within Europe. We're committed to inclusive… Fellow women & femmes of colour in Europe, PLAY TTRPGs WITH US!

EUphoria is majority WoC run. We know the pains of seeing all-white tables or being the token POC at actual plays. We won't contribute to that.

Women & femmes of colour in Europe, we need you. We want to play with you. We want celebrate you. We want to see ourselves in YOU.

Apply buff.ly/wsYF2pX

LaLionneCosplay - Twitch Hello there! I'm Anya, a queer cosplayer, crafter, TTRPG DM, & writer. I have over 20 years of acting experience and love to chat while crafting and getting into costume!

I'm live on Twitch, working on one of my new Zinetopia one-pagers. Then later, I'll be sharing the writer chat @michellicopter.bsky.social and I did last week, where we chatted about our creative process and projects. www.twitch.tv/lalionnecosp...

I'm in the first episode of Angel's show this Sunday!

While I was playing Delta Green with my pals we passed £1000! Wow!

The final stretch goal is a big swing: if we get to £1500 I will make a whole other zine, a revamped version of my GMless TTRPG March Winds, April Showers with original artwork, and send a digital copy to all backers at £5 or above

We're going to be sharing our interview with Michelle about her new game Lie To Him as part of our Zine Month series on Talk of the Table later this month.

Short version: Go back this project!

YouTube video by La Lionne Cosplay Zinetopia 2026 Writer Chat with Michelle Kelly!

Really enjoyed this chat with @lalionnecosplay.bsky.social in which she shared many pearls of wisdom as a seasoned game designer and crowdfunder to newbie little me. You can tell this was recorded a bit before our campaigns went live because I ended up doing several things she suggested!

While I was playing Delta Green with my pals we passed £1000! Wow!

The final stretch goal is a big swing: if we get to £1500 I will make a whole other zine, a revamped version of my GMless TTRPG March Winds, April Showers with original artwork, and send a digital copy to all backers at £5 or above

Lie To Him - A solo roleplaying game about dishonesty Lie To Him is a solo game exploring themes of honesty and dishonesty, trust and mistrust. The zine will include original artwork, professional layout and fully play-tested rules.

Hey we smashed the target and the first two stretch goals within 24 hours! My heart is so full, now I can pay all the people I'm collaborating with fully for their work 🥰

Now we move on to the next, potentially controversial stretch goal: Michelle Pays Herself

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Ah thank you!

Yesss Kat good work

Lie To Him - A solo roleplaying game about dishonesty Lie To Him is a solo game exploring themes of honesty and dishonesty, trust and mistrust. The zine will include original artwork, professional layout and fully play-tested rules.

Hey we smashed the target and the first two stretch goals within 24 hours! My heart is so full, now I can pay all the people I'm collaborating with fully for their work 🥰

Now we move on to the next, potentially controversial stretch goal: Michelle Pays Herself

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

Haha that's so good

@byfrancita.bsky.social maybe of interest to you?

Haha friendly RBF would throw me off too!

Little bonus thought: I'm aware these are not revolutionary insights. People have talked abour gendered differences in communication plenty. I was just struck by how much it affected me and my anxiety levels upon encountering this for the first time.

I don't have a point here other than - I had to remind myself that different folks have different communication styles and to take a deep breath and not think about it so much. So if you're finding work emails are getting you stressed, perhaps you'd benefit from the same? Go get that bag, girls.

After living in a world of "is that ok with you?" "this is so great so far, just a few little things" and "no worries if not!" reading messages that didn't include those things sounded angry to me.

They weren't. It was just a matter of interpretation.

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I consider myself a very direct and pretty business-like communicator and I still do all these things, try to make my messages... reassuring somehow? And I think a lot of men don't.
I'm not saying one way is better or that either approach is wrong. It's just different.
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