<p>RPG tip from the archive: Avoid damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't choices too often. Offer choices with a clear gain.</p><p><a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>
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<p>I've tried getting a community of people together to critique Age of Aquarius, I've tried sending it to individuals looking for feedback, so here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to just throw Age of Aquarius out there chapter by chapter and invite public comment on it.</p><p>If you are interested in critiquing (and perhaps playtesting) a radical anti-capitalist contemporary RPG based on the Apocalypse Engine, please follow my account and bookmark this thread. I'm going to put the introduction up right away.</p><p>Elevator pitch: it's a few years in the future, and magic is returning to the world. Billionaires are turning into dragons, and ordinary people are awakening into legend-born -- developing spontaneous magical abilities, bizarre new physical forms, and alien neurodivergent thought processes. In a world that has been sent spinning on its axis, your characters must cope with radical change, face the responsibility that comes with sudden power, build community and solidarity, and decide what kind of future they want to fight for.</p><p>You may post your comments here, or you may email me privately at xauriel@xaurielzwaan.ca. Also please email me if you want comment permission on the document. Be aware, assholes will be blocked with prejudice; I'm pretty tough but please be kind.</p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/pbta/" rel="tag">#PbtA</a> <a href="/tags/anticapitalist/" rel="tag">#Anticapitalist</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#Fantasy</a></p>
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<p>Want some <a href="/tags/scp/" rel="tag">#SCP</a> action that's AI free and not likely to send you into a spiral of questioning reality? The Foundation is 20% off right now! <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a></p><p><a href="https://gbdw.itch.io/the-foundation" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gbdw.itch.io/the-foundation</a></p>
<p>RPG tip from the archive: Think through the eyes of your villains. There's a time to fight and a time to run.</p><p><a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>
<p>A little while back I released a set of 2D modular dungeon tiles...</p><p>(here's the video tutorial: <a href="https://youtu.be/3hrVeTVgVNg" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/3hrVeTVgVNg</a> )</p><p>...and I also talked about using them for generating random dungeon layouts over on the blog:</p><p><a href="https://www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2023/03/random-dungeons-soloco-op-dungeon.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2023/03/random-dungeons-soloco-op-dungeon.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.crookedstaff.co.uk/2023/03</span><span class="invisible">/random-dungeons-soloco-op-dungeon.html</span></a></p><p>Well, I'm finally getting back to that :)</p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/sologaming/" rel="tag">#sologaming</a> <a href="/tags/solorpg/" rel="tag">#solorpg</a></p>
<p>Gamepad.Club is a Mastodon server focused on video games, but open to all forms of gaming from tabletop RPGs to trading card games. Hosted in the UK and EU, everyone is welcome!</p><p><img src="https://eggplant.place/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://gamepad.club" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gamepad.club</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://gamepad.club/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gamepad.club/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://gamepad.club/@Gazimoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gazimoff</span></a></span> </p><p>cc @gaming </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#VideoGames</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#Gaming</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/cardgames/" rel="tag">#CardGames</a> <a href="/tags/boardgames/" rel="tag">#BoardGames</a> <a href="/tags/ccg/" rel="tag">#CCG</a> <a href="/tags/rpg/" rel="tag">#RPG</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>
<p>RPG tip from the archive: Build opportunities for each character to shine. Give them a chance to be the best in a scene.</p><p><a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>
<p>The Foundation has been the success story of the summer sale! Bringing that <a href="/tags/scp/" rel="tag">#SCP</a> action to the tabletop with the Breathless System, it's 20% right now! <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/scpfoundation/" rel="tag">#SCPFoundation</a></p><p><a href="https://gbdw.itch.io/the-foundation" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gbdw.itch.io/the-foundation</a></p>
<p>RPG tip: Offer choices with story and gameplay clues so players can make informed decisions.</p><p><a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>
<p>I am getting ready to run Coriolis after many years. After reading Revelation Space, I came across some new ideas to incorporate into the narrative. It's a pity it will be just a one-shot, but it has great potential to be an epic session. I don’t know how it is for you, but Coriolis seems to me to be such an underrated system, almost forgotten and buried under the popularity of others like D&D and even Starfinder.</p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/rpg/" rel="tag">#rpg</a> <a href="/tags/coriolis/" rel="tag">#coriolis</a> <a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/starfinder/" rel="tag">#starfinder</a> <a href="/tags/freeleague/" rel="tag">#freeleague</a></p>
<p>Friday is for slaying dragons! Or at least engaging in negotiations with them…</p><p><a href="/tags/fantasyart/" rel="tag">#fantasyart</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/dragon/" rel="tag">#dragon</a> <a href="/tags/pencil/" rel="tag">#pencil</a> <a href="/tags/handdrawn/" rel="tag">#handdrawn</a> <a href="/tags/noai/" rel="tag">#noAI</a></p>
<p>What kind of maniac launches their website on a Friday?!</p><p>Hi, hello there, it's me. I'm that kind of maniac. How you doin'.</p><p>Today, I'm excited to launch the place where I'll be putting my energy where my mouth is, the website where I'll show (AND tell) you what I've learned.</p><p>It is my great honor to invite you to check out <a href="http://www.Get-Frosty.com" rel="nofollow">www.Get-Frosty.com</a></p><p>This is just a sample of what I've got cooking; there's more to come. Stay, and I cannot stress this enough, tuned.</p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#Gaming</a> <a href="/tags/3dprinting/" rel="tag">#3dPrinting</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a></p>
<p>I've been complaining about this map for months, but now that it's done, I can share with you the rather impressive (if I do say so myself) timelapse of the illustration process. I'm really rather proud of how this one came out!</p><p>(the video's too big for anyplace but YouTube)</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwp1AMKGvxs" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwp1AMKGvxs"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwp1AM</span><span class="invisible">KGvxs</span></a></p><p>(Reshares vastly appreciated, btw!)</p><p><a href="/tags/fantasyart/" rel="tag">#fantasyArt</a> <a href="/tags/fantasy/" rel="tag">#fantasy</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpgs/" rel="tag">#ttrpgs</a> <a href="/tags/wickedwhiskers/" rel="tag">#WickedWhiskers</a> <a href="/tags/keystonefantasyroleplaying/" rel="tag">#KeystoneFantasyRoleplaying</a> <a href="/tags/cortex/" rel="tag">#Cortex</a> <a href="/tags/cortexprime/" rel="tag">#CortexPrime</a> <a href="/tags/dwarves/" rel="tag">#dwarves</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#cartography</a> <a href="/tags/map/" rel="tag">#map</a> <a href="/tags/illustration/" rel="tag">#illustration</a></p>
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<p>RPG tip: Have monsters surrender when they reach zero HP instead of just dying.</p><p><a href="/tags/dnd/" rel="tag">#dnd</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a></p>
<p>I don't plug my work very often, but..</p><p>My 30 year old pickup's transmission needs a complete rebuild, which is going to cost at least $2600. so if, uh, about six hundred to a thousand people would like to go to</p><p><a href="https://earthshaking.itch.io" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>earthshaking.itch.io</a> </p><p>and maybe consider purchasing one of my tiny single page roleplaying games for $2-3 dollars, that would go a long way to help me keep my head above water. </p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/fundraiser/" rel="tag">#fundraiser</a></p>
<p>Could you recommend me any blogposts / analysis about different expressions of hope in <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/gamedesign/" rel="tag">#gameDesign</a> ?</p><p>I'm sure a lot of people wrote about it, but is any text especially worthwhile?</p><p>I don't mean just <a href="/tags/daggerheart/" rel="tag">#daggerheart</a> "hope" tokens, but also <a href="/tags/wanderhome/" rel="tag">#wanderhome</a>, Legacy: Life Among The Ruins, Dream Askew/Apart, <a href="/tags/ryuutama/" rel="tag">#ryuutama</a> . Doesn't need to be post-apocalyptic.</p><p>Any games which "train" people to hope?</p><p>Worthwhile jams:</p><p>- <a href="https://itch.io/jam/applied-hope/entries" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itch.io/jam/applied-hope/entries"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itch.io/jam/applied-hope/entri</span><span class="invisible">es</span></a><br>- <a href="https://itch.io/jam/ttrpgc-hope-jam/entries" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="itch.io/jam/ttrpgc-hope-jam/entries"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">itch.io/jam/ttrpgc-hope-jam/en</span><span class="invisible">tries</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/games/" rel="tag">#games</a> <a href="/tags/hope/" rel="tag">#hope</a></p>
<p>🎉 It's <a href="/tags/followfriday/" rel="tag">#FollowFriday</a>. </p><p>NEED to know:<br>😎 indie <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> game people<br>📽 sweet actual play streams<br>🧠 unique creators & <a href="/tags/punk/" rel="tag">#punk</a> minds<br>👽 random <a href="/tags/geek/" rel="tag">#geek</a>, <a href="/tags/queer/" rel="tag">#queer</a>, + <a href="/tags/weird/" rel="tag">#weird</a> peeps too!</p><p>Who are they? Why do they rock? Let's hear them!</p>
<p>Tradition demands that a new issue means we must update the meme…</p><p><a href="https://shop.wyrd.science/products/wyrd-science-vol-1-issue-8" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="shop.wyrd.science/products/wyrd-science-vol-1-issue-8"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shop.wyrd.science/products/wyr</span><span class="invisible">d-science-vol-1-issue-8</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> <a href="/tags/rpg/" rel="tag">#rpg</a></p>
<p><a href="/tags/scribesandmakers/" rel="tag">#ScribesAndMakers</a> April 29 – Someone else promotion day. Tell us about someone else's work. Let's boost away.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.art/@vicorva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vicorva</span></a></span> is one of my favorite indie authors. They have a broad range, from low-tech high-magic fantasy worlds to space fantasy, but all have a cozy vibe focused on friendships between neurodivergent, queer, and disabled characters with strong asexual rep. I love the creativity and color of their imaginative worlds and the warmth of their writing. Particular favorites are Non-Player Character (<a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#ttrpg</a> portal fantasy, I've called it an “autistic adult bildungsroman”), Books and Bone (magic-heavy fantasy with a quietly driven librarian protagonist), and The Old Goat and the Alien (planet of talking animals, interplanetary immigration, protag with MECFS). <a href="https://veocorva.xyz/books/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>veocorva.xyz/books/</a> </p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fedigroups.social/@bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
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<p><a href="/tags/trauma/" rel="tag">#Trauma</a> winter almost took me out. Now I got a bestseller <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> and counseling school in the fall… but the lights are still flickering.</p><p>Gotta get stable to be able to move forward. Help a <a href="/tags/disabled/" rel="tag">#disabled</a> <a href="/tags/indie/" rel="tag">#indie</a> creator keep making games:</p><p><a href="https://thoughtpunks.com/help-rev-out/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>thoughtpunks.com/help-rev-out/</a></p><p>RT if you’re in the fight 🖤</p><p><a href="/tags/mutualaidrequest/" rel="tag">#MutualAidRequest</a> <a href="/tags/mutualaid/" rel="tag">#MutualAid</a> <a href="/tags/disabilitycrowdfund/" rel="tag">#DisabilityCrowdfund</a> <a href="/tags/disabledcrowdfund/" rel="tag">#DisabledCrowdfund</a> <a href="/tags/survival/" rel="tag">#Survival</a></p>
