@mightyshrimp.bsky.social
Co-creator and co-host of the ENnie-winning Asians Represent! and The Game Design Game Show podcasts || Freelance writer and game designer of Deadly Society || Cultural consultant for content on Chinese diaspora and Taiwan https://agathacheng.carrd.co
Fireside Chat with Agatha: Ep 1 Lowell Francis
In the inaugural episode of Fireside Chat with Agatha, Agatha Cheng (Asians Represent, Deadly Society) is joined by Lowell Francis, Community Manager for the Open Hearth and designer of Hearts of Wulin, to talk game design.
#ttrpg
I realized I was affected by the itch deindexing and decided to shoot my details to @lincodega.com since they asked for people to reach out. In checking my analytics I turned up something interesting that might be a hint as to exactly how projects were selected to be deindexed. ๐งต
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๐ฐ๐คฐ๐ FINAL EPISODE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social ๐๐คฐ๐ฐ
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
For today only, as part of Free RPG Day, Slayers is totally free!
Grab the PDF off itch and go hunt some monsters.
gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers
Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
well isn't that something
02.06.2025 01:23 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 3
image of a cityscape, the words BUMP IN THE DARK emblazoned across the deep red sky. Superimposed on top of this is an image of the hardcover version of the book, along with a laurel made of polyhedral dice that reads 2025 CRIT AWARD NOMINEE.
Thank you so much to everyone who nominated Bump in the Dark for the 2025 @critawards.bsky.social! I am so excited to announce that the game is a finalist for Best Indie TTRPG! Bump is, above all else, a game about community and this community we've made means so much to me.
02.06.2025 00:47 โ ๐ 61 ๐ 15 ๐ฌ 7 ๐ 4We are experiencing a huge end of campaign push for Wandering Blades! We're now less than $1.5K away from our $35K stretch goal!
We have added a new $40K stretch goal: a Wandering Blades mini series on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social with an Asian cast! Let's go!!!!
wanderingblades.com
Less than $1,000 away from hitting our next stretch goal for Wandering Blades - a brand new adventure by @pixelgrotto.bsky.social! We're going to be adding some seriously cool adventure content to the core rulebook with cool art! Check out this early draft for the core adventure! wanderingblades.com
27.05.2025 02:15 โ ๐ 38 ๐ 16 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1If you want to know some of the reasons why I love @temporalhiccup.bsky.social 's Apocalypse Keys so much, give this a listen! ๐ Also, my guests @mightyshrimp.bsky.social and @wyllora.bsky.social were amazing, smart, and a complete joy to talk to! I want to play all these games now! ๐ #pnpde #TTRPG
20.05.2025 16:00 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Photo of a baguette at the bottom of a door, with a can of cigarette butts nearby. It feels very French.
(Ba)guetter ready for Playtest Zero next week! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 15 May from 6 pm (PST) / 9 pm (EST) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
08.05.2025 03:03 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1Found another notebook:
06.05.2025 14:46 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Wandering Blades launches in less than 24 hours! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't extremely anxious about this. Working with @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social has been a blast and I know we have something special with this game! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ton...
05.05.2025 23:45 โ ๐ 48 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Photo of a game demo setup for Arkaloka featuring a target mat, coins, character portraits, and a character sheet.
Went to KLIF today and found an Indonesian group selling their TTRPG system and setting! It uses coins tossed onto a target mat for resolution! How cool is that. Look them up at lokamantra.com/arkaloka
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cover of SONGS FOR THE DUSK: DAYBREAK. three protagonists silhouetted in black and purple fight off a legion of glowing foes under an orange sky filled with falling meteorites. the title text sits between two abstract lotus glyphs. the byline is "by kavita poduri"
swallow the sun. defeat the dawn.
SONGS FOR THE DUSK: DAYBREAK, the first expansion for my sci-fantasy FITD TTRPG, is now available for pay-what-you want at yrgirlkv.itch.io/daybreak. new playbooks, a new crew, new locations, & new foes with unique mechanicsโdaybreak's rich with material to explore
Announcing: The Maple Jam, a game jam celebrating Canadian art & culture!
Starting May 1st and ending July 1st, participants can design and submit works inspired by Canadian game designers, or centring Canadian art & culture. You can check it out here:
itch.io/jam/the-mapl...
New game jam for all my fellow Canadian creators!!
itch.io/jam/the-mapl...
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE LESBIAN ZINE ABOUT A HOT SCARY GAL???? Based on my Monsterhearts skin???? ๐ฑ๐ฅบ๐ญ
07.04.2025 18:43 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
๐ญ๐๐ธ MY TURN! DRAW! with STEPH NOVAK ๐ธ๐๐ญ
teen babysitters rising up against the systematic presence of candyland (the board game). a battle of the bands to the death with a record exec. oh my god... do my eyes deceive me or are they coming from the top rope with... THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP?!!
Ahhh can't wait for her to bind and get binded ๐
22.03.2025 00:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yes! Fingers crossed... I only want one kind of fear for that trip ๐ฃ๐ค
21.03.2025 04:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And now we've got the @danielhkwan.itch.io announcement up on @rascalnews.bsky.social!
www.rascal.news/wandering-bl...
Yeah @sebastianyue.bsky.social wanna get cursed
20.03.2025 13:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0#Writing ttrpgs is a weird hobby. You want crystal clear sentences. Clear, unambiguous rules.
But you also want to fill your copy with evocative language, that transports and transforms the reader. Ooze nuance, vibes, and setting from those few, slim pages.
Neigh
18.03.2025 13:10 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A hand holding a piece of paper that says "Bonus Cursed Game: Horse and. If you read this you are now CURSED!!!" Some text is cut off and the next line says "the zine and put your hand through it". Below the text on the paper are illustrations on how to handle the zine, mostly cut off in the picture
@ehronlime.bsky.social hey thanks for cursing me with your zine I can't stop neighing ๐๐ด
18.03.2025 03:54 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Oh absolutely ๐คฉ
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Knockoff launches in 23 days ๐ if youโre interested in a body horror solo journaling game about NY Fashion Week, give it a follow and share it around!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
hello mutuals acquaintances friends & lovers: i'm currently vibrating at Guest Acquisition Frequency for the next lil batch of @foliopod.bsky.social recordings. please DM me here or on discord (username is just my name) if you want the info doc!! i post it a couple places but always miss people
12.03.2025 17:41 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0And they're absolutely right. It led to this masterpiece: "They feed on others and sleep on a bed of soil in their coffin-mech." ๐ญ๐โฐ๏ธ
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