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Lucas Zellers

@lucaszellers.bsky.social
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I make games about tiny dragons, Arthurian quests, werewolves, androids, and endling monsters. Editor in Chief @graftbound.bsky.social Chief Marketing Officer @magehandpress.bsky.social scintilla.studio/linktree

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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🧵 Tabletop micro review: I loved playing this 1994 classic with a group of my fellow nostalgic history nerds, trading geography questions and favorite "did you knows," but I'm weird like that. I wouldn't say it's a good game, though: it has all the frustration and bad pacing of Clue and Monopoly.
A board game board with a red "spinner" element; the spinner is part of a larger world map and points to landmarks like Mount Kilimanjaro and the Acropolis. A caption laid across the top, over a blue masking tape graphic, reads "Micro Review: A 1994 phenomenon"
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servals @servals.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
leopardus tilcayo 💗
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
IT'S HERE! 📣 "Rainforest Radiance" is LIVE 19 brand-new bird designs have just landed! 🎁 Special early-bird freebie for the first 48 hours ❤️ Returning-backers get bonuses 🦅 Every pledge helps support our wildlife rescue & rehabilitation work Come meet the new flock! 👇 tinyurl.com/v5sry3m8
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are text complete on this electro-punk vision of Boston, one of the biggest steps before making a real book!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
THEM: "You writing that game?" ME: *designing elaborate spreadsheets to keep track of my progress* ... "Yes." #ttrpg #gamedesign
A screen capture of an Excel spreadsheet. The rows are character kits for my upcoming TTRPG Soot & Charms, the columns are parts of the character kit I've finished design work and editing on. The top row shows a SUMIF formula that makes me very proud of myself.
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
It's a start
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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Every so often, I have an email exchange with someone from a Native nation who shares what they're doing with Coyote & Crow. It always blindsides me, and usually wrecks me emotionally. I'm authorized to share this bit with you all, so now you can be wrecked too. Enjoy. (text in alt)
Aho, Kenna!
 
No specific request… I am simply excited to share how HCN Behavioral Health is utilizing the Coyote & Crow universe to support our community outreach and grant-funded initiatives. Over the recent year, we have successfully introduced the system to several key community programs and institutional partners, including:
    • Ho-Chunk Nation Library (featured as a spotlight for Family Game Night)
    • Ho-Chunk Department of Education
    • Ho-Chunk Veterans Affairs
    • Black River Falls School District (Black River Falls, WI)
    • Indigenous Student Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison (highlighted during the 2026 Indigenous Game Jam)
    • Several Ho-Chunk community members
 
To evaluate the real-world utility of the system within our behavioral health framework, our staff recently play-tested a locally produced storyline (attached). This narrative serves as a practical baseline demonstrating how the Coyote & Crow universe can be effectively leveraged as a delivery tool for therapeutic philosophies and as a natural "door opener" for challenging conversations. The general consensus of the play-test was that while the story was engaging the dice mechanics were a challenge, especially for those unfamiliar to TTRPG game mechanics.
 
Our overarching goal is to utilize tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) to foster deeper community connectedness and revitalize traditional storytelling as a powerful healing and educational tool in our Prevention and Recovery Support efforts.
 
We deeply appreciate the foundation your game provides for this meaningful work.


TTRPG RPG Gaming Games Tabletop Representation Indigenous First Nations Native Coyote Crow Mental Health Survivance Indigipunk
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Tabletop micro review: ROOT is for people who like winning on a technicality. Its asymmetrical factions mean your time will be spent checking obscure rules interactions in an overstuffed rulebook. Only play with people you enjoy arguing with. @leder.games
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Tabletop micro review: Travel is victory points in Parks by @keymastergames.bsky.social. The art in this game is licensed from Fifty-nine Parks, in the style of original poster designers like Dorothy Waugh and Charley Harper. Turning over each new card feels like a moment worth celebrating.
The tabletop game "Parks" during play, showing a location card for Grand Canyon National Park.Short form text of the review in the post.The box art for Parks by Keymaster Games. The illustration is of a mother black bear and her cub at the base of a waterfall.New micro-reviews every week!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
A lot of my #gencon events are sold out, but you can still come! In my experience at least a third of people who buy tickets don't make it (cons are hard), so if you're interested you can come with a general ticket or slide in for standing room in the back. Details: graftbound.com/gen-con-2026/
An event listing from Gen Con's schedule of events. The text reads:
"This event is SOLD OUT
Tiny Dragon Collage Time"A graphic for a Gen Con event showing the time, place, and  panelists. The text reads "How to Finish Your Manuscript. Stadium: Meeting Room 8. Lucas Zellers | Jon Boyle | Maker Fishmeal"
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Let's meet at #GenCon! Here's where to find me: graftbound.com/gen-con-2026/
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Tabletop micro review: DroPolter was the sleeper hit of @originsgamefair.bsky.social '26: a charming dexterity game with a clever self-balancing mechanic and completely non-verbal gameplay from @oinkgames.bsky.social
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Tabletop micro review: SCOUT is a fast-paced trick-taking game with a betting component, simple and yet brilliantly fun. But its best trick isn’t its gameplay - it’s the bits. They're just numbers and colors. You can play SCOUT across language barriers and it's still fun. @oinkgames.bsky.social
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
It's launch day for Werewolf+Android! Meet your new partner and solve crimes in a glitchy cyberpunk future. Can't wait to see it in person at #GenCon!
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Lizzi 🐦🌸 @spiritcrowart.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The removal of the ESA upsets me on a deep visceral level. Passenger pigeons were once so common that their flocks would darken the skies. Now, they will never be seen again, and this cycle will repeat. If you're reading this, please consider making a contribution to your local AZA accredited zoo.
An illustration of the now extinct passenger pigeons by John James Audubon
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Alright gang, what's the best moth to base a Mothryn #Wildsea character on? Show me your favorite fluffy bugs! Bonus points for interesting behaviors or adaptations rather than just bright colors @mythworks.bsky.social
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Book (book)
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My favorite TTRPG classes: 1. Angry runt with magic 2. Actually two people 3. Special lizard 4. Too old for this 5. Genius with a trash bag
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Come see the world in a new electric way!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Boston has its own kind of Fae, like every city, and these are wicked smaht. (How's my accent?)
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
It's an honor just to be nominated. Glatisant is a contender for Best Rules at the Indie Groundbreaker Awards by @igdn-official.bsky.social! www.igdnonline.com/groundbreakers
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
It's a rare and beautiful thing to be asked about the deeper meaning behind your work - thanks to @rascal.news for turning over the iceberg!
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...
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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content
“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”
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itch.io @itch.io · 26/03/2026
Bonds Between: A card-altering, duet roleplaying game about everyday dragons and their hoards. brightbardgames.itch.io/bonds-between
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Alright which one of you told the Internet to hug this game?!? No seriously I need to know who to thank for this 🎉
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Emily | Odds & Ents @oddsandents.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Very fun to chat to Matt, ended up chatting about basically my artist statement in my work and how I think about the physicality of games. It was a blast of an interview! youtu.be/dNTUA7VC-eg
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Wet Ink Wednesday - Emily Entner
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Guys. I finally finished Baldur's Gate 3.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 17/02/2026
Will you hunt the Questing Beast? Exploring how Glatisant, a GM-less TTRPG for two players, uses specific communication limits and a secret victory condition to create an Arthurian story: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/glatisant #ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
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Limited communication in Glatisant
Exploring how Glatisant, a GM-less TTRPG for two players, uses specific communication limits and a secret victory condition to create an Arthurian story. Also: Vote in the Bloggies!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
"The limit imposed on in-game communication is clear, precise, and makes thematic sense (i.e. the Beast can’t talk)." SCM does excellent analysis on a specific mechanic of my game that other reviewers have missed. They have a habit of doing that - subscribe if you like that sort of thing!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
This is the first #TTRPG from the comics team behind Monsters X Myriads - everyone welcome them to the space!
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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 06/02/2026
Adventures await... for knights, try Glatisant from @lucaszellers.bsky.social + @graftbound.bsky.social (a playing card point crawl for a knight and a questing beast) for treasure hunters, try Dreadfarer by @neonrot.bsky.social (alternate-past eldritch exploration in a cursed land)
The cover of Glatisant by Lucas Zellers. The title is in a red medieval font. The entire cover is divided into small windowbox-style illustrations like a heraldic display. In the windowboxes are images like banners, a knight's helmet, a sword and two fantastic antlers, hoofprints, and a crest for a shieldAn example from the interior of Glatisant. On the lefthand page, the Jack of Hearts draw: The Green Knight. Includes an illustration of a green headless man on his green horse and text about what happens (for both the Knight and the Beast). On the righthand side, entries for the Queen of Hearts: Guinevere, The King of Hearts: Mordred, and the Ace of Hearts: Blessing of PassageThe cover of Dreadfarer, sepia-toned like a late 1800s expedition photograph. Image is a photorealistic man in khaki clothes looking down on an archaeological dig revealing an enormous skull with sharp teeth and a third eyeAn interior example from Dreadfarer. The lefthand page a place description for "The Crow's Line" with two photos, the exterior of a museum and its interior, showing a mammoth-type skeleton whose tusks look like multi-pronged horns or hands. The righthand page is labeled The Jungle of Dsangl and describes a location you can visit
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
About time to remind the algorithm why I'm here! I have 5 games releasing in the next 6 months 🌌🔫👾 Dark Matter with Mage Hand Press 🚂🦌🌪 Soot & Charms with Veiltorn Studios 🛣🚗⛪ Gods of the Interstate with Graftbound Press 🤖🌆🐺 Werewolf + Android with Plus One EXP 🐉🔘🎲 Precious Things with Wet Ink Games
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Join my email list if you like -Human art -Natural history -TTRPGs -Sustainable creative work And you don't like -Burnout -FOMO -A faceless algorithm curating your experience of human connection scintilla.studio
Lucas giving a panel with a slide presentation in the background and a copy of Book of Extinction in the foreground.
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
My January zine is live! Werewolf + Android is a quantum mystery TTRPG for two different inhuman investigators in a neo-noir, cyberpunk future. Meet your client, comb the city, uncover the crime, and examine what it means to be human with this playtest release of the game! ko-fi.com/s/416f0fbab2
A hand-bound zine displayed on a mechanical keyboard. The title reads "Werewolf+Android: Ashcan Edition, a quantum mystery TTRPG for two different inhuman private investigators in a neo-noir, cyberpunk future." The cover image shows the left side of a chiseled male face and the right side of a snarling wolf's face.The credits page and table of contents
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I wrote a #ttrpg that's basically this. Want to play? graftbound.itch.io/preciousthings
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Emily brought Graftbound to a Maryland art festival to show how our games help you make art for the simple joy of it. Look at these snails!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Flamecraft hits different with minis hand-painted by my friend Nate! The council of wyrms at Flagons & Dragons. Hey Cardboard Alchemy, when are you going to let me write the TTRPG for this charming little world?
Pieces and miniatures from the Flamecraft board game, all showing cute tiny dragons
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
It's game night and I'm evolving with @doomlings.bsky.social - it's a fast-paced, chaotic, hilarious tableau builder in the same clade as Unstable Unicorns and Unexploded Cow.
The box and board state for Doomlings, a colorful card game with a cartoony aesthetic.
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
This hooked me immediately.
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
#Zines are like trading cards for your friends. I like having a new one to give away especially during Christmas and New Year's. This year I collected Matt from @wetinkgames.bsky.social, Scott Rice-Snow, @oddsandents.bsky.social, and @graftbound.bsky.social. If you see me ask me for one!
Four one-page zines laid out on a mechanical keyboard. The titles from left to right: Spoons from Smudge Press, History Passes the Bechdel Test: A game to provide new ways of understanding the past, Nature-Inspired Encounter Maps, Gen Con 2025, and Gods of the Interstate: Aux, a road trip RPG made by the humans of Graftbound Press.
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Metal Weave Games @metalweavegames.com · 29/12/2025
On the way to the fridge at 1am to make the most unhinged sandwich with all of the Christmas leftovers. #TalesFromMyriad #TTRPG #TabletopGaming
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
This is one of Arthurian legend's most compelling stories. Live it yourself in Glatisant, 🔗 in the☝️
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This might be my first foray into #Daggerheart. Dragon Dowser was one of the first Carta games I played, it helped inspire Glatisant, and I fell hard for the melancholy hopefulness of the #solarpunk world they've imagined. Can't wait to see this come to life!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The "loss" tag implies a new direction to take the story of this game, and I'm kind of here for it 🐾
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Luke 🌙 @graycastlepress.com · 09/12/2025
My copy of Glatisant by @graftbound.bsky.social came today! Everything in the package is so beautifully done. Really looking forward to getting a chance to play this duet #TTRPG soon
Photo of a book titled "Glatisant" with stylized knight imagery on the cover, along with a print of a sword and a branch, a sheet of stickers featuring the Glatisant knight and questing beast, two enamel pins, and a sheet of resource stickers for the game.
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
"Which #conservation organization should I support?" I get this question a lot from #BookofExtinction readers, and I got it again at #PAXU. The extinction crisis we're living through is too big to tackle alone, and you want your time, money, and attention to go as far as they can. Here's my advice:
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
@graftbound.bsky.social spotted at #PAXU! Find Bonds Between and The Peddler's Prize at the @ipr.bsky.social booth this weekend
Bonds Between on a shelf of other RPG zines next to Wreck This Deck, an early inspiration for the gameThe Peddler's Prize statement zine surrounded by other RPG zines
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Getting older is a lot less annoying if you think of it as distance traveled around the sun. Of course you're tired, you've got 3.25 billion miles on you!
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Lucas Zellers @lucaszellers.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It's happening!
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Graftbound Press 🔜 PeopleCon III @graftbound.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Abide is 50% off as part of the itch Halloween Sale! Looking for a solo game to roll dice and describe some spirits that have moved into abandoned spaces? Wow that's really specific of you, and crazy—we have just that here in Abide! itch.io/s/164365/hal...
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Abide | Halloween Sale 2025 by Graftbound Press
A sale by Graftbound Press, 50% off Abide
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