@isaacisafraid.bsky.social
He/Him, Game Dev (Narrative Designer/Game Writer), Tabletop RPG Designer, 2026 Bloggies finalist. I write, roleplay, and roll dice to tell stories. https://isaacisafraid.itch.io/ https://afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/ Nusantara, Maritime Southeast Asia
We're in the final eight hours for GALLOWS CORNER!
Our print files are being finalised tomorrow and delivered on Thursday, so backers will have copies in hand by the summer.
Make sure you get your copy by backing today! www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...
i keep getting into (enjoyable and fun) arguments about the nature of games that can run the risk of getting lost in the sauce with overly broad definitions, so i invented a lil logic tool
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I think it's kinda rude to complain about the reading voices of non-professionals just donating their time and effort, so you can listen to the blog posts.
03.03.2026 08:45 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0My favorite Lovecraft story is that one where the narrator was like "Boo hoo there's a generational curse in my family, all the male descendants die super young ever since we were cursed by the Sorcerer" and the Sorcerer just lived in their basement and shot each dude with a gun
02.03.2026 22:51 — 👍 139 🔁 14 💬 5 📌 3
I wrote a bit about why a wilderness full of scary monsters and complex societies can coexist in my Jewelsea setting - table46.bearblog.dev/why-dont-the...
#osr #nsr #posr #rpg
They're blogs! Of course they're long winded.
Start paying me for them and I'll start editing.
To understand what's happening in Iran today, you have to know about the history of Western intervention in the country.
In the early 1900s, the British secured oil rights in the country until 1993, where they only agreed to pay Iran 16% of the total profits.
This was seen as an unfair deal. 🧵
I just realized the gun is censored lol
02.03.2026 15:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I just posted an open table game ad for a Mythic Bastionland one-shot in another local community. Some players joined and I asked them to roll to see which Knight they're getting. And they used Meta AI in WhatsApp to freaking roll a d6 and a d12, and now I feel like this gif:
02.03.2026 15:07 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
GALLOWS CORNER - A PEASANTS' REVOLT RPG is in its final 48 hours on Kickstarter!
The support of all you unwashed outlaws has been amazing so far, and we're very grateful!
Please share this around, and back Gallows Corner today if you haven't already!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...
Got more example classes here. I like the way they network to make sparse evocative worldbuilding that is specific while leaving space for interpretation. When I say dark souls is an inspiration this is what I mean. Archological storytelling, not reams and reams of lore.
02.03.2026 03:16 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
February Blog Graph Update:
- Added few more blogs I've missed.
- Fixed an issue with Medium blogs where every link to any medium page would be counted as a link to that blog.
- itch blogs are now included as well!
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I played Final Fantasy Tactics and it was a game of all time. Delita Heiral lives rent free in my head now, so I decided to unpack the ways in which this game has influenced my ttrpg design.
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Hey! I'm fundraising for my tuition fees. I would love if you helped out!
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A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion. A man wearing batik and a red head cloth A man with long wavy hair wearing batik and drapery and red prayer beads A nonbinary person wearing sheer robes reminiscent of Dhaka silk A girl wearing striped robes A nonbinary person wearing visayan inspired clothes and a bone belt A trans guy with blue robes A cis man wearing embroidered clothes A cis man wearing visayan clothes
A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.
A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.
A lineup of characters. They are all brown skinned and wear clothes designed after southeast asian fashion.
My southeast asian inspired ocs 🥭
01.03.2026 16:34 — 👍 1100 🔁 490 💬 11 📌 0
A short and very busy month on the road means this month's Explorateur is light. I mean, it's still a mace to face with design links, but it's not the usual two-hander.
I'm doing this new thing with the intro where I share three design/creative/craft ideas.
www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
Wait, I forgot that I'm a buisness. You can buy my books here; falseparcels.bigcartel.com
28.02.2026 18:33 — 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
My Liminal Horror table with Abdul Rahman (Mausantara/I'm BIG Games)
GMs and players of LFG's OSR: Old School Ramadhan
I ran Liminal Horror (with @im-big-games.itch.io as one of my players) for LFG, my local Indonesian Tabletop RPG community. Since it's Ramadhan, we named this small event OSR: Old School Ramadhan. It's fitting because we only run OSR/NSR/POSR games for the event!
28.02.2026 16:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations, Valeria! Happy to stand side by side with you as a fellow blogger that debuted last year! Looking forward to more stuff from you~ especially your awesome reviews!
27.02.2026 16:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I WON LET’S GOOOOO!! 🎉
27.02.2026 14:09 — 👍 70 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 0Congratulations elmcat! Well deserved!
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The blogmap won best post! Thanks to everyone who voted for me! Much appreciated!
I have excepted my reward (burden) to host the next Bloggies in 2027! What could go wrong haha
The Bloggies have concluded for 2026! Congratulations to this year's winners. You can find the results (and a whole slew of awesome blog posts) here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
An introductory chapel spread of a level called the Threshold Tower. A map on the left page and a brief introduction to the main characters on the right.
Two page spread of dungeon rooms. In one room, an eidolon can teach a new talent.
Double page spread detailing a boss-level antagonist called the King of Pentacles
A table called the Meatgrinder, detailing a variety of encounter events that can happen.
The Castle Automatic is a Metroidvania-inspired dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.
The first draft of the layout is almost done! We're close to having a sneak preview for Early Worms.
The accomplishment of "We Read the Bloggies" is incredible. In just a few weeks they produces nearly the same number of episodes as Blogs on Tape has in almost 9 years. Bravo to everyone involved, that's incredible.
26.02.2026 21:48 — 👍 73 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 1
Continuing my little series on basic dice math, I talk about advantage and its variations: idlecartulary.com/2026/02/27/t...
26.02.2026 22:14 — 👍 30 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1
Immemorial
27.02.2026 01:18 — 👍 76 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 0
Today on Between Two Cairns, @bradkerr.net, @betterlegends.bsky.social and I review DA2: Temple of the Frog by Dave Arneson and David J. Ritchie, and answer a mootsack question (and then some!).
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