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As we’re heading into the season of ghouls and ghosts, why not check out my upcoming horror ttrpg?

This is such a tragic phenomenon.

Skull with the Bleak Forest Sigil (A tree-shaped cross rising from an infinity symbol).

OK, sometimes you just gotta put yourself out there and get on with it 🙂. Wellington Zinefest is today, and I have a stall. Gonna go ahead and put this out there.

Nice to meet you today!

The physical book of the solo TTRPG "Caught in the Rain".

Excited to receive this solo #ttrpg from @ravensridgeco.bsky.social who have been busy posting out backer rewards!

Oh no tell me they aren't please!?!?

I'm glad I have v2 but sad to see such a great tool destroyed in such a horrible and greedy way if they do move it to a subscription in future.

People are fleeing Adobe to affinity BECAUSE it's a purchase. I hope they realise that.

Art & System: Games for Expanded Play A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch

Just backed this. So cool.

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

Hooley Dooley you've read my mind!!

I'm working on one right now, basic version on my itch page will be up very soon!

So true. If only we could find a consistent way to manage venue and attendance too, as that seems to still fall to the GM even today ;)

I'm fairly sure a lot of people are moving there specifically to avoid apocalypses. Seems like a pretty good corner of the world to be come rapture time.

I'm super excited to receive my copy of Caught in the Rain soon!

We had a great chat with Brandon about designing solo roleplaying games! You should check it out.

Thank you!! If you'd like any support please let me know.

POD test copies of my book "You'll Meet the Devil at a Crossroads".

Yes definitely.

I've just done mine through PoD and it wasn't as bad an experience as I expected. More people should do it.

This needs to be a thing now. Maybe for Thirsty Sword Lesbians?

I've got my first "proper" solo game - Caught in the Rain by @ravensridgeco.bsky.social arriving soon. Looking forward to it.

I'm keen to have a few more goes at solo games over the near future, so keenly following to learn more :)

Oh nice, I'm Brisbane too, I'll have to come along some time!

I wonder if we've met at any events? I am often running the Brisbane Social RPG events, and help out with Go Play and BrisCon etc. I'll be at SpringCon too.

This is so cool, where is this?

Oof truth bombs so early on a Sunday morning.

This is so accurate, though!! 😂

Shit this is dark.

How can people live like that and find any fulfilment or joy?

It is a fantastic show.

I actually got my wife into it, not the other way around!

The Station by pidj a gm-less worldbuilding game

Thank you for the recent purchases, plays and ratings of The Station, everyone! Glad people like my train worldbuilding game with the bad SEO title.

pidj.itch.io/the-station

I can't recommend this highly enough.

Yeah D all the way.

Also, here in Australia a lot of our food is Asian, Indian, and Middle East inspired anyway.

I'll do my best to connect you with local creators. There are quite a few around. I have a list somewhere.

Would creative meet-ups help?

I also found when moving to a new city, just saying "yes" to things helped a lot. Meeting people, doing activities, learning new thing - all great ways to re-fire creativity.

YouTube video by UntitledGaming Lone Pine | PAX Rising | PAX Aus #paxaus #indiegame

Huge thank you to Untitled Gaming for this awesome Lone Pine short! Check out their channel for other #paxaus coverage. 👀

#indiegame #madewithgodot

www.youtube.com/shorts/774Qh...

Are you printing in Aus or os? I haven't used DTRPG for a while, but do they let you choose print location?

Most books are Aus post prices if you POD locally. It's like $12 for an A5 <200 page book.

I think cards and tokens may be an issue, as I don't think they have a local printer for that.

That'll be the tarrifs I reckon.

3 copies of my TTRPG book "You'll Meet the Devil at a Crossroads" on a wooden floor. These are 3 print samples from 3 different printers here in Australia.

I've now got print samples from 3 printers to compare and review! We're on the final stretch now, finding minor errors and fixing.

You'll Meet the Devil #ttrpg #storygame is nearly done!

Amazing cover and interior art from @juanochoa.bsky.social

PDF on smoggy-au.itch.io will be up soon.