Caroline Hobbs

Probably! I just always have to make a mental clock flat on the table in front of me and move it up to the wall to remember which way clockwise is 🫠

This is where I land too, but I always get mixed up. When I think of clockwise as "to your left", which it is subjectively in play (right???) then that grinds a gear with the part of me that thinks that down the list is "to your right"😅

Hurting my brain again by trying to describe turn order for table play *and* online play with a rotating starter for the loop. Is right down? What is clockwise to a list?

"Which would you rather play, a GMless or a diceless RPG"

To which I say, "why not both"

To which you say, "examples please"

Leaving out (checks notes) every single one of my games, let me throw out a few. If I miss your favs, chime in!

Epitaph - Interview (feat. Marc Hobbs) | Read, Play, Game

My partner Marc (@thehintguy.bsky.social) had a really lovely conversation with the charming folks on @readplaygame.bsky.social about their play through of Epitaph a few weeks ago. It's a great listen if you are curious about iterative design or gmless gaming!

I like this social alternative to thesaurus hell 😅

sanitized?

Salmon always tossing themselves to heaven pffff

Do you think I can spend as much time on this website as I spent doing mora jai puzzles for Marc in the past week?

Time travelling with IKEA catalogues 1951-2021 - IKEA Museum Browse IKEA catalogues through the ages, reflecting different eras and lifestyles - a goldmine for the nostalgic, design enthusiasts and history buffs.

Holy poäng - apparently there is an online Ikea museum where you can look at old catalogs!!! ikeamuseum.com/en/explore/i...

I had totally forgotten about it so thank you for the reminder!😅 I just put it on the game's main info page now too. Cheers!

Thanks for reaching out - I hope you have a fun trip! The PDF is formatted as pages. I've got a post about how I recommend handling print and play (including a double-sided printing PDF for the chapter cards): www.lessthanthreegames.com/blog/2021/11...

'ts good tho

The unique embarrassment of opening up design notes from 9 years ago and realizing you basically just drafted up the same thing

Bwa ha ha ha!!!

Feminist gothic horror house drafting tabletop rpg called Bluebeard's Prince

Do ittttt

Flyer for Indie Games on Demand at Gencon 2025 showing that it is available starting every two hours from 10-8 for most of the con. Come to the Westin Grand Ballroom #3 just across the skybridge from the convention center to play games. 2 hour games require 1 generic ticket 4 hour games require 2 generic tickets.

Indie Games on Demand is alive and well at #GenCon. Want to play an interesting #TTRPG? No need to plan, just show up at Westin Grand Ballroom 3 with a generic ticket and join our boarding process.

Also visit our friends:
@ipr.bsky.social @pelgranepress.bsky.social @igdn-official.bsky.social

Work continues on my current project, a versatile archaeology world-building game currently titled “More to Explore”. Got an awesome session in at Go Play NW and now it’s back to the workbench for tinkering! 🔧 ⚙️ #trrpg #gamedesign

I represented Groundtable (GMless) all the way: Follow, The Final Girl, In This World, Kingdom, and my newest project More To Explore.

It was fun and easy! We should play it next time you're down here!

I played Going for Broke, Microscope: Chronicle, The Final Girl, Inheritance, and Kingdom! Every game was awesome!

If you went to Go Play NW, I want to hear what you played!

I had such a lovely @goplaynw.bsky.social this weekend! Huge thanks to the organizers for cultivating a welcoming space and for all the behind-the-scenes work that lets us enjoy the magic of playing games with friends, old and new ❤️

An Illusion of a Mountain I had never watched Bob Ross's Joy of Painting series until that magnificent twitch run back in 2015. The thing that really stuck with me (other than the fact that Bob Ross was a saint now but had cle...

Bob Ross x game design theory:

We don't make worlds together, we make illusions of worlds

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Incredible - my sincerest congratulations!

It was such a fun game to work on! We keep having great one-shots with it. Go check out the original immediately.

Fedora Noir, Un gioco di ruolo su un detective e il suo cappello, di Stinson and Hobbs.

Very exciting mail day! It's the Italian edition of Fedora Noir! Yay yay yay! Thank you so much @nessundovelab.bsky.social - it looks so fantastic!

#IGM25 sponsor Less Than Three Games is @chobbs.bsky.social and @thehintguy.bsky.social who design creative and collaborative story-driven games. Physical copies their games Downfall, Epitaph, and Fedora Noir can be won by registering for IGM at the link in our bio.
Thanks lessthanthreegames.com !

A Satisfying Game You can make a game that is very easy to learn and play if you ask the players to do very little. But here's my theory: the more a game lets you contribute -- the more it asks of you -- the more rewa...

Here’s my theory: the more a game lets you contribute — the more it asks of you — the more rewarding play can be.

But also, satisfaction is not the same as fun

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