Andrew D. Devenney

Me, tired as shit, at CMU’s Student Activity Center, camera looking up at me with rafter ceiling behind my head.

My outdoor walk stats, 49:25 min, 2.95 miles, active calories 396, pace 16’45”/mi, avg heart rate 113 bpm.

My strength training stats, 12:46 min, active calories 122, avg heart rate 136 bpm.

My cooldown stats, 19:38 min, active calories 142, avg heart rate 120 bpm.

First world problems: after having worked out this evening for almost an hour thirty, I now need to get some food in me. But, I’m on a new diabetes drug so I have no appetite whatsoever (three guesses on what it is), so nothing sounds good. Oh poor me, right?!? 😢🙄

Age of Vikings is part of the Spring Fling Physical TTRPG Core Book Bundle We've partnered with five our fellow tabletop roleplaying game publishers to bring an amazing deal on Humble Bundle. This is a library of six physical TTRPG core rulebooks:

We've partnered with five our fellow tabletop roleplaying game publishers to bring an amazing deal on @humblebundle.com.

SpringFling 2026 is a library of six physical #TTRPG core rulebooks, including the award-winning Age of Vikings.

Cairn Press The official website for the Cairn Press imprint.

As of tomorrow, Cairn Press is live!

Bring me your modules, your supplements, your hacks - as long as they are Cairn adjacent, I'll take consider it!

More soon.

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A photograph of four people seated around a wooden table. The cards and box for Keep the Faith are displayed on the table, the cards forming a center wheel. Around the table, each person makes a gesture with their hands steepled. In the corner are the words Thank you, TOPCON!

Four people are seated around a wooden table with the box and cards for Keep the Faith spread out in front of them. The cards form a wheel and several of the players hold more cards.

As Keep the Faith nears our warehouses, we are excited to share some recent images from the Theology of Play Convention (TOPCON) hosted by Stony Point Center where participants played the game! (Thanks to @gregisonthego.bsky.social for the pictures!)

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

I try not to say "this is required reading" because that gets old really quick, but I genuinely think this is great advice that will help make you an absolute gem to work with.

You'll get better layout, timelines, and collaboration by following this advice. Give it a read if you can.

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'

#TTRPG Designers, players, & related nerds:

@ttrpgcataloging.bsky.social is a group of Library & Information Science MA students are working on a research project focused on improving cataloging for TTRPGs — unbelievably important work!

They’re seeking participants for interviews.

For more than a hundred centuries, the Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne. The master of mankind by the will of the gods. A rotting carcass writhing with power, the Carrion Lord for whom a thousand souls are sacrificed every day.

"The Immortal King"
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The Explorateur: Issue #14 Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.

The Explorateur #14 is out now! The only newsletter designed to level-up your design skills (how's that for sales copy?).

Please like, share, and subscribe. If you have any links you particularly like, drop a comment on Explorers Design or here.

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Holding a copy of The Worldbuilding Workshop by Trent Hergenrader and Stephen Slota, showing a cover with a hand holding a pencil above a stylized cityscape. Ooo all shades of purple with a yellow background. Nice…

Gee, look what was sitting in my office mailbox. I’ve been away on a trip to Ireland for the last few weeks, but I’m so bad about checking my office mailbox, it could have been there before I left. 😂 Awesome job, @thergenrader.bsky.social & @steveslota.bsky.social

A shelf full of books at the IPR stand

A shelf full of books, focused on bakers charge

My games/books and so many amazing others are at the @ipr.bsky.social both at PAX U this weekend!!

Find Making a TTRPG for Your Particular Kid, Bakers Charge!, and A Construct's Nature tomorrow before the show ends!

How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy

planning a zine quest project? does it have words and sentences? is it a game, an adventure, or both? i'm available in 2026 for new editing projects, so hire me to make you sound good! feel free to get in touch here or elsewhere to chat about what i can do for your project.

Lovely introduction to game design, distilling decades of thinking by Raph and many others.

I can't wait to discuss it in my classes.

Image of my fitness stats from swimming this Saturday afternoon: 53:06 time, 1,650 yd distance, 506 active calories, 140bpm avg heart rate, 66 laps, pool length 25 yd, among other details…

First time in the pool since, hmm, August? Early September? Can’t remember…

A white piece of paper hanging from two clips on a black background. Collage of the three Art & System game covers with black text Two Days Left to Back. Until October 30, Find us on BackerKit!

Only TWO DAYS LEFT to make your pledge for Art & System: Games for Expanded Play! Back it for your hardcover copy of Dog Eat Dog, Princess with a Cursed Sword, and The Mountain Witch: https://bit.ly/4mIpcbG

Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

Absolutely! I have turned my DMs back on (not sure why they were off), so feel free to drop me a line there. Or definitely hit us up by email at either cmichpress@cmich.edu or clgs@cmich.edu, both will wind their way to me and the rest of the crew.

Talk went well for @archleblanc.bsky.social and her colleagues and students at UNC Greensboro Ancient Mediterranean Studies & Archaeology Dept and I had fun restricting most of my examples to ancient history games!
(Lit and Lang and other educators, please keep reading) 🧵 1/

Inset of a black and white photograph of a woman with long dark hair and glasses. Behind the photograph is black and white drawn art of cards fanned out. Maroon text reads Evlyn Moreau.

Today we highlight @evlynmoreau.bsky.social's art for Princess with a Cursed Sword. Evlyn is an illustrator and game designer who has illustrated many roleplaying games and publishes zines of her own. Pledge here for your copy of Princess with a Cursed Sword to see her art: https://bit.ly/4mIpcbG

@benjaminterry.com You might know of some folks, yeah? Because of Street Fighter?

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire Anna Anthropy on Princess with a Cursed Sword

An interview with Anna Anthropy about Princess with a Cursed Sword, on Backerkit now through @cmichpress.bsky.social youtu.be/A3oMrq4U4Ww

YouTube video by Beyond Solitaire Timothy Kleinert on The Mountain Witch

An interview with Tim Kleinert about The Mountain Witch, on Backerkit now through @cmichpress.bsky.social youtu.be/-nVicypq-uI

Image: Drawing of a woman lying in a meadow%2C looking dreamily up and holding a notebook to her chest. Scattered around her are fragments of game book covers and text The Life of an RPG Player.

To celebrate our sparkling crowdfunding campaign and the upcoming release of Taylor Swift's newest album tomorrow, here's our homage, featuring a new piece of art by the talented @evlynmoreau.bsky.social!
Keep our show rolling by pledging to the Art & System campaign here: https://bit.ly/3KvlTHs

A trio of RPG crafted with love.
Including one written by @cyborgurl.bsky.social and illustrated by my humble self. I did full page illustrations for each chapters. Full of small details as usual.

If you are in the US and collect what I illustrate grab a copy of The Princess With A Cursed Sword.🗡️

also, if you missed it, cover reveal! illustrated by the amazing @evlynmoreau.bsky.social

cover of BISEXUAL MOTHMAN MAILMAN MAKES A SPECIAL DELIVERY IN OUR BUTTS featuring cute couple in a living room and mothman is behind them lookin real handsome with a package

HAPPY BISEXUAL VISIBILITY DAY