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Steins_Kake (she/her)

@katiewickens.bsky.social

🖋️ Freelance tech/game writer & editor (digital/tabletop). 🔗 Words at PCG, GamesRadar, TRG, Dicebreaker, T3, IGN, Senet 🎲 Facilitator of board game workshops 🏳️‍🌈 Queer, pan, poly muckrack.com/katie-wickens/portfolio

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Solo RPGs and journaling games give me advantage on mental health rolls in a way D&D couldn't You could play TRPGs with your pals, but a little self-care might be just what the doctor ordered

Happy new year meeples 😘 I just wanted to reiterate this:
Use tabletop gaming as your sanctuary this year, to recharge or for some introspection. Whether that's playing or designing, this is /our space/ and they can't take it away from us.

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28.01.2026 11:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Designer of Disco Elysium spiritual successor TTRPG reveals "key design tenet" mirrored in jazz and progressive metal: "Every misstep, every dead end [makes] the eventual release more beautiful" Kevin M. Rodrigo talks about how his design philosophies for Jamais Vu tie in with his taste in experimental music.

Really enjoyed speaking with Kevin M. Rodrigo about how prog and jazz mirror the fail-forward design philosophy in his free-to-download Disco Elysium inspired TTRPG, Jamais Vu

23.04.2025 15:08 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Aha love this

05.02.2025 15:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Break!! TRPG's moral alignment system is far more relaxed than D&D and reminds me why I love tabletop all over again Speaking to the Break!! designers about the gold standard for handling moral alignment tabletop RPGs

Would love to hear about more games with nebulous, unbiased moral alignment systems, if anyone has suggestions?

30.01.2025 22:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Feel like punching some Nazis? Now you can with this Punch Nazis! TRPG Bundle of Holding discount Get $142 worth of anti-authoritarian tabletop roleplaying games for just over $24

Anyone feel like punching some Nazis?
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30.01.2025 11:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This makes me very happy

24.01.2025 15:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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D&D subreddit moderator says the Twitter link ban has "done a great job pulling all the shitheads out of the woodwork" Moderators have been making their thoughts about the controversy very clear

Think I managed to navigate this well with the help of the Gamesradar team, elevating voices with important things to say about Musk and his Nazi salute.

24.01.2025 14:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ahh, that's better

21.01.2025 10:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Img credit - The Shop of Many Things

13.01.2025 07:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A D20 on a black backround with a kaleidoscope effect.

A D20 on a black backround with a kaleidoscope effect.

I'm Katie 👐 I write about board games, TTRPGs, and solo RPGs. If you're working on anything tabletop related, add me to your press list:

katiewickensfreelance {at} the bigge G mails {dot} com

Currently trying to line up some fun interviews so hit me up if you fancy a chat over email/discord :)

13.01.2025 07:01 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0