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Elliot πŸ’–πŸ’™πŸ’œ ➑️ PAX U

@elliotylen.bsky.social

She/they. 31. Bi & non-binary. Masks podcaster and game designer. Working on A Tale of Myths and Legends, the YA fantasy ttrpg. Theatre electrician by day. helliot.itch.io

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Gattai Sentai Konranger! by Evan Saft Chaotic Super Sentai Robot Action!

Oh hey, did you know I made two new games last month for the @gshowitt.bsky.social game jam? No?

That's because I'm super bad at social media! But hey, here they are.

24.11.2025 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

had a great PAX Unplugged this year! played in some great games at Games on Demand. ran a tense playtest. and did lots of short demo playtests with Unpub. highlight was definitely the family of four that had never played a ttrpg before that had a blast betraying each other over the last bagel

24.11.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how to get paid to design ttrpgs life hack: work on your game at work lmao

16.11.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.

14.11.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5501    πŸ” 1993    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 56

[DM who has only played Baldur's Gate 3 running session zero of their first tabletop campaign] ok what vulva style are you thinking of taking

14.11.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2737    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 7

Castle Rock v. Gonzales is, no joke, my Roman Empire.

Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice.

It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.

12.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 245    πŸ” 128    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

classically i have written part of my game in the lobby at Metatopia to bring to my last playtest tomorrow. fingers crossed!

09.11.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

07.11.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13882    πŸ” 6996    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 101
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Apocalypse World: Burned Over The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.

If you backed that Avatar game a while back, you need to back this. Possibly at the pay-it-back level.

07.11.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

one more day til i arrive for Metatopia!

06.11.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

first playtest at Metatopia next weekend already sold out 17 minutes after tickets went live woooo πŸŽ‰

02.11.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!

Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.

Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.

Like a game? Comment away!

28.09.2025 11:52 β€” πŸ‘ 273    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 12
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CAN WE ERASE OUR HISTORY is a two-player, diceless hack of Time To Drop in which you relitigate a toxic relationship (or situationship) while listening to The Beths and being thrown across other realities in which it might have gone differently

marns.itch.io/can-we-erase...

16.09.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
β€œI’m joining the war on Autism, on the side of Autism” meme with Cyclops from Xmen edited ij

β€œI’m joining the war on Autism, on the side of Autism” meme with Cyclops from Xmen edited ij

22.09.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1125    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 17
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They Tried to Snuff Out Hawaii's Native Board Game. Meet the Man Keeping It Alive Kōnane was once a national pastime, played by peasants and rulers alike. Now John Kaʻohelauliʻi has made it his mission to bring it back.

This is a great piece, shows not only how games are an intrinsic part of our cultures but also how you can use them to tell wider stories. Excellent stuff

22.09.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

Hilarious.

My bank can just do a stop payment at my request though. That's free. That takes 15 minutes on the phone. And it actively harms them because payment processors do NOT like when you get a stop payment order placed against you.

What you do with this information is between you and God.

22.09.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3588    πŸ” 2520    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 10

looking for a game for labor day? how about this one i recently released about the toxic labor cycle of regional theatres that will only be fixed with a union

01.09.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Show Must Go Wrong by helliot A short game about surviving tech week

I’ve finally released my first completed game on itch: The Show Must Go Wrong. It’s a card game about surviving tech week in a regional theatre. Players deal with complex problems and take on stress as they race to the end of tech week towards opening night. Can you get this show open and keep

25.08.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

for the morning crowd!

26.08.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unfamiliar with regional theatre? The game should have plenty of familiar elements if you’ve done theatre in school or community theatre. But there’s also a glossary for some specific jargon!

25.08.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

your job before the show comes crashing down around you?

25.08.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Show Must Go Wrong by helliot A short game about surviving tech week

I’ve finally released my first completed game on itch: The Show Must Go Wrong. It’s a card game about surviving tech week in a regional theatre. Players deal with complex problems and take on stress as they race to the end of tech week towards opening night. Can you get this show open and keep

25.08.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

i am going to release this tech theatre game today and finally have a released game

25.08.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need β€” Colonies grew 15-fold Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers pr...

This feels like a spot of good news

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

23.08.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 25321    πŸ” 7362    πŸ’¬ 579    πŸ“Œ 603

every β€œancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every β€œmodern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing

15.08.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 11331    πŸ” 4337    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 102

Legal documents same-sex
couples should have in case marriage equality is overturned
Revocable Living Trust
Last Will & Testament
Healthcare Power of Attorney
Durable Power of Attorney
Living Will
Hospital Visitation Authorization Form one for your partner & one for your Chosen Family
Agent for Disposition of Remains
Pet Care Directive
Tangible Personal Property Memorandum

Legal documents same-sex couples should have in case marriage equality is overturned Revocable Living Trust Last Will & Testament Healthcare Power of Attorney Durable Power of Attorney Living Will Hospital Visitation Authorization Form one for your partner & one for your Chosen Family Agent for Disposition of Remains Pet Care Directive Tangible Personal Property Memorandum

Necessary tools from the bad old days (or: the smallest taste of why marriage equality matters.)

15.08.2025 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2340    πŸ” 1460    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 45

Let me see if I have this right.

GenAI will not only do your job badly, it will also make you less cognitively capable of resuming your job once you learn how badly it has done your job, and it can't ever be held accountable for its errors, no matter how costly.

very cool, very nice, very normal

13.08.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

i’m okay! same shit as usual

11.08.2025 20:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Meme comic. 

Panel 1: Person in trans pride shirt: "Mom, I'm trans"
Panel 2: Mom: "Is that because of that game you play?"
Panel 3: Trans person: "Oh yeah, lemme check if I accidentally played the fucking game that makes you trans"
Panel 4: Looking at a copy of Masks A New Generation: "Oh fuck"

Meme comic. Panel 1: Person in trans pride shirt: "Mom, I'm trans" Panel 2: Mom: "Is that because of that game you play?" Panel 3: Trans person: "Oh yeah, lemme check if I accidentally played the fucking game that makes you trans" Panel 4: Looking at a copy of Masks A New Generation: "Oh fuck"

I have never played a game of Masks A New Generation where everybody was cis

10.09.2024 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

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