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Afraid of Encounters

@isaacisafraid.bsky.social

He/Him, Game Dev (Narrative Designer/Game Writer), Tabletop RPG Designer. I write, roleplay, and roll dice to tell stories. https://isaacisafraid.itch.io/ https://afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/ Nusantara, Maritime Southeast Asia

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Yes! It's my submission for the Mythic Bastionland jam! I am also still new to this OSR (OCR?), creating stuff, and blogging πŸ˜‚ we're in the same boat!

08.12.2025 09:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (either War or Trek), LOTR, or Marvel.

08.12.2025 03:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

OSR NSR= πŸ™…
OCR = πŸ™‚β€β†•οΈ

I've been reading the blogposts and I didn't realize the blogger has a Bluesky. So now I'm following this Niche Internet Microcelebrity.

08.12.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Omg tabletop RPGs AND storygames??? 😱

07.12.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The only 12 NPCs you need Lean and gameable NPC templates

Turns out, there's only 12 kinds of NPC in existence: murkdice.substack.com/p/the-only-1... #ttrpg #osr

07.12.2025 10:06 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard and a white shirt says there is one way out ALT: a man with a beard and a white shirt says there is one way out
07.12.2025 09:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mythic Bastionland, Masks: A New Generation, Call of Cthulhu, Dread

06.12.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Fake it until you make it as they say. And I’ve been playing the role of a TTRPG game designer for about 12 years! Now the mask has become my very nature.

I am going to play the Masquerade game with vampires, for real. After years of working as an independent game designer, like a good Anarch, I joined the Camarilla. I am now the Lead Game Designer at White Wolf, the legendary publisher that made me realize TTRPGs could be about a lot more than killing monsters. I can be one of them, and surprisingly be even more human!

The first book I ever read in English was Vampire: The Dark Ages, and now I get to work as a game designer full time for the first time with the World of Darkness? I couldn’t be happier! To live and breathe the universe of Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Hunter, Changeling, Wraith, and all other games every day, and be able to collaborate in shaping its future is a dream come true. These games were formative in my TTRPG industry, in the Brazilian TTRPG community, and are incredibly relevant to this day. Especially these days I would say.

And with me I am bringing my game design philosophy of β€œplaying more with less” to help make the game more accessible while honoring the more than 30 years of World of Darkness! I just want everyone to enjoy the game as much as they can, with as little effort as they can afford.

Oh, and I am still an Anarch at heart, don’t worry!

Fake it until you make it as they say. And I’ve been playing the role of a TTRPG game designer for about 12 years! Now the mask has become my very nature. I am going to play the Masquerade game with vampires, for real. After years of working as an independent game designer, like a good Anarch, I joined the Camarilla. I am now the Lead Game Designer at White Wolf, the legendary publisher that made me realize TTRPGs could be about a lot more than killing monsters. I can be one of them, and surprisingly be even more human! The first book I ever read in English was Vampire: The Dark Ages, and now I get to work as a game designer full time for the first time with the World of Darkness? I couldn’t be happier! To live and breathe the universe of Vampire, Werewolf, Mage, Hunter, Changeling, Wraith, and all other games every day, and be able to collaborate in shaping its future is a dream come true. These games were formative in my TTRPG industry, in the Brazilian TTRPG community, and are incredibly relevant to this day. Especially these days I would say. And with me I am bringing my game design philosophy of β€œplaying more with less” to help make the game more accessible while honoring the more than 30 years of World of Darkness! I just want everyone to enjoy the game as much as they can, with as little effort as they can afford. Oh, and I am still an Anarch at heart, don’t worry!

Me with a Bloodlines 2 tshirt setting in a throne under the Ankh banner!

Me with a Bloodlines 2 tshirt setting in a throne under the Ankh banner!

A castle with the ankh banner hanging from a window

A castle with the ankh banner hanging from a window

Me wearing a shadowy cloak

Me wearing a shadowy cloak

So this happened…

I am White Wolf’s new Lead Game Designer!

I will figure out how to post the whole text here, but there is a picture with the announcement and the alt text has the full thing!

#TTRPG #RPGLATAM #VtM #WoD #DnD #NotDnD #ShowYourWork

05.12.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 516    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 31

I honestly can't wait to see what you'll make for World of Darkness. VtM is one of my favorites!

06.12.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations! Best of luck!

06.12.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Critique Navidad: Fear and Panic Each holiday season, I review different modules, games or supplements as a thank you to the wider tabletop roleplaying game community. All of the work I review during Critique Navidad is either giv…

On the 5th day of Critique Navidad, my true love brought to me Fear and Panic, and elegant lightweight take on Call of Cthulhu, and a potential competitor to Liminal Horror! idlecartulary.com/2025/12/05/c...

05.12.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Play Style Preferences: Character Cultivation, Not Character Builds A blog post talking about the benefits of developing and advancing your character based on experiences grounded in in-session action when playing Adventure games of the OSR play style.

I'm back with another of my Play Style Preferences. This time, I'm talking about Diegetic Advancement and how I prefer Character Cultivation over Character Builds.

widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/playstyle-pr...

04.12.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Twelve Failed Careers of Oddmas by Bastionland Press 12 Seasonal Failed Careers for Electric Bastionland

This is the year I remember to plug my festive Electric Bastionland supplement before it's too late!

I should do a Mythic one for next year.

chrismcdee.itch.io/the-12-faile...

04.12.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Bloggies 2026! The blogosphere's annual celebration is coming back.

I come to you like Paul Revere on the back of a liger. The Bloggies are coming!

Like, share, and subscribe.

www.explorersdesign.com/the-bloggies...

03.12.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 10

Maybe the real OSR was the blogposts we made along the way πŸ˜…

03.12.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Many Faces of the OSR tl;dr: "OSR" is a banner flown over many folk, often unalike, occasionally strongly opposed - generalisations do not come easily. Elmcat di...

A nice summary of an idea I've been moaning about for a long time. There is no singular OSR, and if you talk about the OSR like it's a monolith I'm going to assume you're some sort of dope.

03.12.2025 10:30 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I knew I should've checked what I typed before pressing the button πŸ˜‚

02.12.2025 20:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stacking The Deck – Mining Fallout: New Vegas for TTRPG Setting Ideas Fallout: New Vegas turned 15 in October, so I’m a bit late with this post, but whatever. With season 2 of the Amazon show coming up, I’m more eager than ever to revisit the Mojave Waste…

All the good posts get published when I'm asleep or walking the dog. @dicegoblin.blog, this is a good one.

The faction diagram should be copied to death.

dicegoblin.blog/stacking-the...

02.12.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seeing event/play reports from PAX Unplugged and other conventions really boosts my morale to make our own in Indonesia πŸ’ͺ

02.12.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stacking The Deck – Mining Fallout: New Vegas for TTRPG Setting Ideas Fallout: New Vegas turned 15 in October, so I’m a bit late with this post, but whatever. With season 2 of the Amazon show coming up, I’m more eager than ever to revisit the Mojave Waste…

IN THE TOWN OF AGUA FRIA, RODE A STRANGER ONE FINE DAYYYYY
dicegoblin.blog/stacking-the...

01.12.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

I love Block Dodge Larry and I love Fallout

02.12.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

🚨MASTERFUL TTRPG STORYTELLING ALERT🚨

That moment, with the party split; and one group of PCs try to call their employer; and another group of PCs see the monster receive a call; revealing to the players that employer and monster are the same person---

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ³πŸ€ŒπŸ’‹

02.12.2025 14:56 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Personable A sunny module for Mothership

I just published my first Mothership module: Twinkle Twinkle little star
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?

Available now on itch!

personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...

02.12.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Brad Kerr's Rule of Three

This week I'm graced by a visit from the spectacular @bradkerr.net to talk about three games that are important to him.

Some hosts wouldn't tell the same anecdote on two consecutive episodes but we do things differently here.

open.spotify.com/episode/3XOY...

02.12.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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A Perfect Wife by David Blandy Southeast Asian vampire horror by Zedeck Siew

It's safe to say that A Perfect Wife is one of the best horror adventures I've ever run. Maybe it's my Southeast Asian bias. But hey, it is that good. Please buy it. You won't regret it.
davidblandy.itch.io/a-perfect-wife

02.12.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Afraid of Play Reports - A Perfect Wife (Session 3 & 4) <i>Afraid of Play Reports is a series of blogposts where I write play reports of the campaign that I have finished or currently running. I name it that way b...

I've been really slacking on this play report. The previous one was posted on Halloween and the campaign ended on that day as well. Here's my play report of @zedecksiew.bsky.social's A Perfect Wife Session 3 & 4.

afraidofencounters.bearblog.dev/afraid-of-pl...

02.12.2025 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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ISLANDS OF WEIRDHOPE - ECO MOFOS!! sets sail!! Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Explore a near-future hazardous but hopeful world, smashing Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and M...

But mostly this is me trying to get you to get behind Islands of Weirdhope, by @davidblandyrpgs.bsky.social & @daniellocke.bsky.social !

Just three more days to go: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...

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30.11.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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TO DRINK UP THE SEA Islands of Weirdhope, the maritime expandalone to ECO MOFOS!!, by the fearsome pairing of David Blandy and Daniel Locke, is currently crowdfunding. Scant hours left! The Backerkit campaign ends...

Some thoughts about hope:

"Last week, Senyar, a cyclone, formed in the Straits of Malacca. This never happens in the Strait of Malacca, you understand? Ours are relatively halcyon waters, protected from monsoons, tsunamis.

Not any more, I guess."

slowlorispress.com/post/8016257...

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30.11.2025 10:51 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🦎CREATURES IN OTHER CLIMES🦎

01.12.2025 04:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Asian Horror πŸ™Œ

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