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@aethercorp.games.bsky.social

Designer and tabletop games creator of the Field Agent Handbooks, Orchidelirium, Coiled.Spæce and Double D6 aethercorp.games Runs game directory iwanttoplay.games

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1947 HITS ARCHIVE: Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan (#1 R&B hit)
YouTube video by The78Prof 1947 HITS ARCHIVE: Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens - Louis Jordan (#1 R&B hit)

Friday night groove

05.12.2025 20:36 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mechritter: An Expansion for Mausritter A modular mech-building simulator and urban adventure setting for Mausritter.

Mine and @ratwave.uk 's new game, with art by @foletto.itch.io is in its last 40 odd hours. This game is gonna be pretty brilliant so I would recommend backing while you still can. A late pledge is a great pledge. Etc...

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

04.12.2025 10:55 — 👍 26    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 1
Kayla and Yanahn showing off their zines.

Kayla and Yanahn showing off their zines.

Luke Earl showing off his solo larp zines

Luke Earl showing off his solo larp zines

A zoom in on the Field Agent Handbooks

A zoom in on the Field Agent Handbooks

a zoom in on Hieronymus

a zoom in on Hieronymus

At the 12 Pins Press booth (A25-26) I got to meet with @yanahn.bsky.social, @ratwave.uk, and @aethercorpgames.bsky.social selling a collection of really cool zines.

Not appearing in this picture: @laurieoc.bsky.social whose game Hieronymus you should still absolutely check out.

29.11.2025 16:13 — 👍 10    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
Table of books and zines on a stall with Kristen and Kayla behind the table

Table of books and zines on a stall with Kristen and Kayla behind the table

Shelves full of zines & books with a spinning mobile of zines on top (though you might not be able to tell they're spinning due to this being a photograph but trust me, those zines are thoroughly dizzy)

Shelves full of zines & books with a spinning mobile of zines on top (though you might not be able to tell they're spinning due to this being a photograph but trust me, those zines are thoroughly dizzy)

We're at Dragonmeet! Just to the right of the entrance. Come see our zine torture device!

29.11.2025 12:28 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Think I should go to bed. Just spent too long trying to work out where to charge my glasses. They're just normal glasses.

27.11.2025 21:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Brown wooden shelves with a ginger cat perched above fake apothecary drawers and a mess of fairy lights in the background

Brown wooden shelves with a ginger cat perched above fake apothecary drawers and a mess of fairy lights in the background

Top down view of map of Dragonmeet hall in a medieval fantasy town style showing 12 Pins Press just to the right of the entrance

Top down view of map of Dragonmeet hall in a medieval fantasy town style showing 12 Pins Press just to the right of the entrance

Almost finished making the shelves for #Dragonmeet — cat unlikely to be in attendance (sorry)

Will be sharing space on the 12 Pins Press stand with @laurieoc.bsky.social, @ratwave.uk and @yanahn.bsky.social so do drop by and say hi

26.11.2025 12:46 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Very happy to see Whalefall's been released!

26.11.2025 09:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

YES (arrrrgh!)

25.11.2025 10:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Many of my bobbins (alongside many other excellent works) will be at #PaxUnplugged this weekend on the @ipr.bsky.social booth 3701 for those that like riffling pages and looking at things (woop!). Send your friends!

20.11.2025 13:17 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Now available at aethercorpgames.etsy.com

14.11.2025 23:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Stack of 12x24" calendar posters with months running vertically in twelve columns showing the phases of the moon in white with a black background and the words 'Observancy Department' at the top. The stack is lying on some open brown paper wrapping.

Stack of 12x24" calendar posters with months running vertically in twelve columns showing the phases of the moon in white with a black background and the words 'Observancy Department' at the top. The stack is lying on some open brown paper wrapping.

Close up photo of one of the moons on the calendar with three small shooting stars next to it

Close up photo of one of the moons on the calendar with three small shooting stars next to it

Woop! 2026 calendars have arrived!

Just one-sided this year but! meteor showers are marked up this time around.

Will pop 'em up on the shop this evening.

14.11.2025 14:38 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Picking up one of these solo journaling games to give them a try since there's now a US store! I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for suspicious clouds. #ttrpg

12.11.2025 17:09 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

See you there! (If there you'll be, if not it'll be far less likely, see?)

11.11.2025 13:34 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Get Out & Play with the Field Agent Handbooks Pick one up today and become a pendulum-dowsing Field Agent

Aaand only two months behind schedule but finally got around to popping up a press release (thanks @rascal.news)...

Field Agent Handbooks now available through @ipr.bsky.social or direct from me!

www.rascal.news/get-out-play...

10.11.2025 19:21 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Can we get to 300 followers before launch? Thats 21 more on the backerkit. Share it, follow, and lets see if we can!

04.11.2025 11:26 — 👍 8    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 0
Text from a job listing with the words 'and hit deadlines' highlighted. Full text reads: —products. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, can design and write innovative and high-quality RPG material, and hit deadlines, this role is for you.
We're looking for passion and professionalism in equal measure.
What You'll Do:
• Conceptualize and design substantial portions of D&D products, including game mochanice with quidance from...

Text from a job listing with the words 'and hit deadlines' highlighted. Full text reads: —products. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, can design and write innovative and high-quality RPG material, and hit deadlines, this role is for you. We're looking for passion and professionalism in equal measure. What You'll Do: • Conceptualize and design substantial portions of D&D products, including game mochanice with quidance from...

Oh dear, who hurt you WotC?

jobs.hasbro.com/job/Renton-G...

04.11.2025 09:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love a good probability breakdown 🖤

08.10.2025 09:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Silksong but make it D&D. Official Troika! adventure DIY crowdfunding right now.

Hand drawn illustration of a beetle with a staff in one hand, a lantern in another, pulling the husk of a ladybird from insect ruins. Digitally coloured with purple stipple shading.

Silksong but make it D&D. Official Troika! adventure DIY crowdfunding right now. Hand drawn illustration of a beetle with a staff in one hand, a lantern in another, pulling the husk of a ladybird from insect ruins. Digitally coloured with purple stipple shading.

The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick.

Shrink to insectoid sizeand venture into the uncanny world that exists inside a sapient pear tree in this weird fantasy pointcrawl for the Other World's Favourite Roleplaying Game!

Illustration of a ladybird with a spear and cloak abseiling in a cavern, as two others descend in the distance.

The Perilous Pear & Plum Pies of Pudwick. Shrink to insectoid sizeand venture into the uncanny world that exists inside a sapient pear tree in this weird fantasy pointcrawl for the Other World's Favourite Roleplaying Game! Illustration of a ladybird with a spear and cloak abseiling in a cavern, as two others descend in the distance.

52-page full-colour, fully illustrated pointcrawl micro-setting for TROIKA! written and illustrated by Josh Blincow (Goblincow) with layout by Shuyi Zhang (Fungi of the Far Realms).

East to adapt for use with any good rules-light dungeon crawling tabletop RPG.

Illustration of a humanoid fungal sprite with a mass of petals where its head should be.

52-page full-colour, fully illustrated pointcrawl micro-setting for TROIKA! written and illustrated by Josh Blincow (Goblincow) with layout by Shuyi Zhang (Fungi of the Far Realms). East to adapt for use with any good rules-light dungeon crawling tabletop RPG. Illustration of a humanoid fungal sprite with a mass of petals where its head should be.

An all ages tabletop roleplaying adventure for beginner & veteran tables with easily adjustable complexity & themes to suit all players.

Inspired by works like: Hollow Knight; Bug Fables; The Legend of Zelda – The Minish Cap; A Bugs Life; Honey I Shrunk The Kids.

A beetle dangles in a void from the tight webbing that grips its shell, surrounded by webbed cocoons and husks hanging from their own sticky threads.

An all ages tabletop roleplaying adventure for beginner & veteran tables with easily adjustable complexity & themes to suit all players. Inspired by works like: Hollow Knight; Bug Fables; The Legend of Zelda – The Minish Cap; A Bugs Life; Honey I Shrunk The Kids. A beetle dangles in a void from the tight webbing that grips its shell, surrounded by webbed cocoons and husks hanging from their own sticky threads.

🍐 3 DAYS REMAIN
Preorder by Oct 7 (18:00 GMT)

🦋 Shrink to size & explore a labyrinthine world of bug factions inside a sapient pear tree, racing against the clock to shape the future of a dungeon that was never yours to delve & escape before you grow to full size!

www.melsonia.com/products/pre...

05.10.2025 01:27 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

And thanks to @graycastlepress.com for setting the Tiny Table dataset loose when the site closed!

05.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Home - I Want To Play ... Games! Find your new favourite!

+IWTPG! Update+

85% of the games that were listed on Tiny Table Index have now been listed on iwanttoplay.games — the remaining 60'ish are uploaded but need images so not yet live, I'll be doing that when I get the chance. Was a far more manual process than I'd hoped but almost done now 😀

05.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
Record player with a picture disc on the turntable. Photo on the vinyl is a person shining a torch on a field of pumpkins (a shot from Stranger Things)

Record player with a picture disc on the turntable. Photo on the vinyl is a person shining a torch on a field of pumpkins (a shot from Stranger Things)

Time to break out the seasonal music 🎃 starting with a Mood...

kyledixon-michaelstein.bandcamp.com/album/strang...

03.10.2025 10:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Been making props for a play we're running this week... been making silly plane noises too

22.09.2025 13:22 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
EP 282 | We Review DEATH GAME
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New Episode out!

We review DEATH GAME from @laurieoc.bsky.social, a narrative driven battle royale ttrpg where you fight for your life for the entertainment of the rich and powerful.

13.09.2025 15:54 — 👍 18    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 1

These calendars are far more organised than what I've got going on on my filing cabinet

11.09.2025 07:20 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#3 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like

And I'm REALLY VERY MUCH looking forward to seeing this. I don't have a teen-era story to add to it, I just am. Although I did spend a large part of a night verrry closely watching a slug once. I'm not sure that counts.

09.09.2025 13:48 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

#2 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like

In my teens I also watched a lot of X-Files, Twin Peaks, Dark Skies, etc and if I wasn't currently on a non-essential spending embargo I'd be all-in on this one.

09.09.2025 13:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

#1 (of 3) Goodlooking Crowdfunding Things That You Might Like

When I was a teen I had a No Fear poster of a freeballing climber—y'know, when they're on a cliff face with no ropes, pretty sure that's the right term anyway—on my wall. But I did, I did fear. No poster will tell me what to do.

09.09.2025 13:41 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
A page of text that reads: Distance
It can be difficult to gauge an exact distance from yourself to the creatures so please use one of the following two simple methods of estimation instead.
DISTANCE TO HORIZON
When at a height of 6 ft horizon is ~ 3 miles away
... Io ft ~ 4 miles
... 25 ft ~ 6½ miles
... 50 ft ~ 9 miles
... 1oo ft ~ 12 miles
...200 ft ~ 19 miles
...500 ft ~ 30 miles
... 1,000 ft ~ 32½ miles
... 2,000 ft ~ 60 miles
... 5,000 ft ~ 93½ miles
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Split the distance to the horizon into thirds. The first third is NEAR, the second is MID, the third is FAR (as illustrated on page x & x1).
Circle the appropriate distance.
Your perceived distance to the horizon changes depending on your height above sea level (as shown in table).
There is quarter-circle in the top left corner of your page, above the label: DISTANCE.
Use a map to find your elevation (or estimate if confident) and note that number in the quarter-circle.
EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION
When you don't have a clear view of the horizon or are unsure where the creature might be in relation to the cloud, note 'P' for PERCEPTION in the quarter-circle and employ your pendulum:
Hold it over each distance designation: NEAR (N), MID (M), & FAR (F), on the DOWSING BOARD, circling the one that exhibits the greatest swing.

A page of text that reads: Distance It can be difficult to gauge an exact distance from yourself to the creatures so please use one of the following two simple methods of estimation instead. DISTANCE TO HORIZON When at a height of 6 ft horizon is ~ 3 miles away ... Io ft ~ 4 miles ... 25 ft ~ 6½ miles ... 50 ft ~ 9 miles ... 1oo ft ~ 12 miles ...200 ft ~ 19 miles ...500 ft ~ 30 miles ... 1,000 ft ~ 32½ miles ... 2,000 ft ~ 60 miles ... 5,000 ft ~ 93½ miles HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL Split the distance to the horizon into thirds. The first third is NEAR, the second is MID, the third is FAR (as illustrated on page x & x1). Circle the appropriate distance. Your perceived distance to the horizon changes depending on your height above sea level (as shown in table). There is quarter-circle in the top left corner of your page, above the label: DISTANCE. Use a map to find your elevation (or estimate if confident) and note that number in the quarter-circle. EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION When you don't have a clear view of the horizon or are unsure where the creature might be in relation to the cloud, note 'P' for PERCEPTION in the quarter-circle and employ your pendulum: Hold it over each distance designation: NEAR (N), MID (M), & FAR (F), on the DOWSING BOARD, circling the one that exhibits the greatest swing.

I can absolutely help out with this (so long as you know your elevation (and why wouldn't you?!))

08.09.2025 18:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Full Send: A Tarot-Powered Mountaineering RPG A tarot-powered, trick-taking tabletop RPG where you'll ascend some of the world's legendary peaks, and risk everything in the process.

Now Live!

🏔 A tarot powered mountaineering RPG
🚠 Set on some of the world's deadliest peaks
⛰️ Inspired by your favourite outdoors documentaries
🐐These emojis feel a little pointless but I feel the need to inform everyone there ARE early bird discounts.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lau...

27.08.2025 17:41 — 👍 111    🔁 69    💬 2    📌 22

Eep, if you haven't already, suggest poking them via their 'games@...' email and/or their surprisingly well-hidden contact form (help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/req...)? Have had success with both in the past

27.08.2025 14:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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