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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A quick heads up that I am currently pausing production on A Game of One's Own, but I very much hope to be back with a new episode before the end of the year. For more details, please see this Patreon post:

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A Pause in Production | Snazzy Tapir Productions

Hello, listeners of A Game of One's Own! I mentioned in a member's only post last month that I was planning on taking a break from releasin

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Banana Chan 🔜 Tabletop Oahu @bananachangames.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Thank you so much for playing @maddyisabstract.bsky.social ! If this sounds fun, you can follow Sample here before we launch: tinyurl.com/2af9nnte

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Sample

Get notified when Sample launches on BackerKit!

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Merely 🦇 Matt 🔜 Aesthetica @merelymatt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New AGOOO is always cause for celebration!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's 1999. EDM artist Neville is desperate for another hit. Then he finds a floppy disk with a cursed song which might give him everything he ever wanted... @maddyisabstract.bsky.social's play-through of Sample, the incredible upcoming solo game by @bananachangames.bsky.social, is OUT NOW.

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I've now had the absolute pleasure of playing all three of @bananachangames.bsky.social's Mephistopheles Trilogy of solo games. Sample is the perfect culmination of all the themes the games have been building on.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sample is the third instalment in the Mephistopheles Trilogy. You can listen to Maddy's play-throughs of the previous instalments, Forgery and Knockoff, on the A Game of One's Own feed.

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Forgery - Part I

Listen to Forgery - Part I from A Game of One's Own wherever you get your podcasts!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Sample will be crowdfunding VERY SOON, so follow the pre-launch page here for updates:

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Sample

Get notified when Sample launches on BackerKit!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

NEW EPISODE! Members of the Snazzy Tapir Productions Patreon can listen to @maddyisabstract.bsky.social's play-through of Sample by @bananachangames.bsky.social RIGHT NOW. The episode will release on the public podcast feed on Tuesday 25 August. In Sample, an EDM musician finds a cursed song...

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A Game of One's Own | Sample | Snazzy Tapir Productions

In this play-through of Sample, Maddy takes on the role of electronic dance musician Neville, who discovers a cursed song on a floppy disk.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

While you wait for more A Game of One's Own, this is the perfect time to catch up on @goblinspod.bsky.social! I work on the show as the sound designer, and got to concoct so many weird and wonderful things. Here's my little promo:

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Introducing: G.O.B.L.I.N.S

Listen to Introducing: G.O.B.L.I.N.S from A Game of One's Own wherever you get your podcasts!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I was hoping to release a new episode of A Game of One's Own in July, but a combination of intense burnout, migraines, laptop issues and travel means that I've had to postpone release until August. Thank you for your patience, and I hope you enjoy what the podcast has in store next month!

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I switched up my landing page so now it's even easier (and more colourful) to find out what nonsense I'm doing. maddysearle.carrd.co

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Maddy Searle

sound designer, podcast producer, TTRPG performer, writer, voice actor

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

June has been a whirlwind, with some of the most intense sound design work of my career! So our next game will now be released in July. Thanks so much for your patience. Life just keeps happening, as it is wont to do.

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Mark your calendars...

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

So that's a wrap on Tangled Blessings! Our next episode will be released in June, and will feature another incredible guest player from the UK TTRPG scene. I'm very excited to share it with you.

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Our Tangled Blessings saga is finally complete! Thank you so much to @masquewren.bsky.social for being an incredible duet player, and to @cassi.mothwin.com for creating a brilliant game.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The fourth and final part of our Tangled Blessings actual play is here! In this episode, @maddyisabstract.bsky.social and @masquewren.bsky.social's magical students are looking for answers, and preparing for their last duel...

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Tangled Blessings - Part IV
(ft. Masquewren)

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

On the plus side, I have a lot of very cool and interesting sound design jobs to work on at the moment. On the minus side, I literally do not have enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do, especially as I come to terms with my late autism diagnosis and how it affects my work.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

After Part IV comes out, I'm planning on taking a break from releasing until June, so hopefully that will give me a chance to catch up and make the release schedule more reliable! Ah, the perils of working on a passion project alongside a complex jigsaw puzzle of a freelance workload...

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Life continues to be complicated, so Part IV of Tangled Blessings is now due to be released on Patreon and the public feed tomorrow. So sorry for the constant schedule juggling! But in the meantime, you can catch up on Parts I-III if you haven't already!

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Tangled Blessings (ft. Masquewren) - Part I

In this game of Tangled Blessings, Maddy and Wren create a pair of rivals, Zoanna and Emmeline. They must make it through four years of magical academia to find out who is the most gifted student.…

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Both my actual play podcast A Game of One's Own and my 2018 audio drama The Prickwillow Papers have now been deleted from Spotify. You can still find them on lots of other podcast platforms. The podcasts will probably take a while to disappear from Spotify.

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Long Cat Media @longcatmedia.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Brilliant! Thank you for taking this step, and we hope many others decide to do the same 😺

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

As of today, I have deleted A Game of One's Own from Spotify. This decision was inspired by the amazing @longcatmedia.bsky.social, who are also taking their podcasts off Spotify. It may take a while for the deletion to take effect. You can still listen on pretty much any other podcast app.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

UPDATE: Part IV is still in progress, thanks to one of my patented poorly timed migraines, so will instead go into early access later this week! Sorry for the delay.

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Things are getting really spooky at Brackroot Academy... @cassi.mothwin.com's Tangled Blessings is the perfect duet game for a dark academia tale.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

If you want to binge all four episodes as soon as possible, Part IV will be released on Patreon tomorrow, and on the public podcast feed next Tuesday.

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🧛🏾Masquewren @masquewren.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

So Maddy has been a champion getting our two-person playthrough of Tangled blessings out! It was a lot of fun, and all the parts will be out publicly by Tuesday, so make sure you're caught up!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Don't want to wait until next week for Part III of Tangled Blessings? You can listen to the penultimate instalment of @maddyisabstract.bsky.social and @masquewren.bsky.social's actual play RIGHT NOW by becoming a member of the Snazzy Tapir Production Patreon, or buying the episode in the shop.

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A Game of One's Own | Tangled Blessings (ft. Masquewren) - Part III | Snazzy Tapir Productions

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Or join the Snazzy Tapir Productions Patreon to listen to Part III as soon as it goes into early access later this week:

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The second part of our playthrough of Tangled Blessings by @cassi.mothwin.com is now available on the public podcast feed! @maddyisabstract.bsky.social and @masquewren.bsky.social guide their characters through their second year at Brackroot Academy, and make some disturbing discoveries...

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Tangled Blessings - Part II
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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

If you want to listen to Part II RIGHT NOW, you can become a member of the Snazzy Tapir Productions Patreon, or buy Part II in the Patreon shop!

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A Game of One's Own | Tangled Blessings (ft. Masquewren) - Part II | Snazzy Tapir Productions

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The first part of our playthrough of Tangled Blessings by @cassi.mothwin.com is now available on the public podcast feed! Host @maddyisabstract.bsky.social is joined by the amazing @masquewren.bsky.social as they create a pair of rival students at the magical Brackroot Academy...

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Tangled Blessings - Part I
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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

This episode of A Game of One's Own has been in the works for a LONG TIME and I'm so glad it's finally ready! (No thanks to my brain's filthy migraine habit.) @masquewren.bsky.social is an incredible actual play performer and it was a joy to tell this story with them. Stay tuned for more episodes!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

You can listen NOW by becoming a member of the Snazzy Tapir Productions Patreon any any tier, or by buying the episode in our Patreon shop. Or you can wait until the public release on Tue 24 March!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

AT LAST! The migraine monster has been defeated and Part I of our playthrough of Tangled Blessings by @cassi.mothwin.com is now available on Patreon! I was joined for this duet game by the wonderful @masquewren.bsky.social who absolutely got the magical academia assignment from minute one.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Migraines have struck! With apologies, the next episode of A Game of One's Own is still in progress but frustratingly delayed by my faulty, achy brain. I am hoping to have the episode ready for Patreon supporters tomorrow or on Thursday, and the public release date should hopefully be unaffected.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The next episode of A Game of One's Own will be available for Patreon supporters on 17th March, and publicly on 24th March! I will also be trialling Libsyn's automatic ads. If you have any questions or concerns, there are more details in the post below, or you can contact me at snazzytapir.com.

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March Update | Snazzy Tapir Productions

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Maddy Searle @maddyisabstract.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

I'm running a game of Small Creatures Such As We by @annablackwell.bsky.social on Monday 23 March with an INCREDIBLE CAST. Please tune in, and check out all the other wonderful streams in the TTRPGirls schedule!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

ANOTHER change of plans due to illness! Our next episodes will now be releasing in March, to make sure that they are the best they can be and I don't fall behind with my freelance work! Sorry for the multiple plan changes, and thank you for patience as always.

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Apologies, due to illness, the next episode will not have early access, and will release on Patreon at the same time as the public release on 17 Feb. However, as this episode is a Part 1, I'm hoping to have Part 2 ready asap, so Patrons will get access ahead of its public release on 24 Feb!

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A Game of One's Own @agameofonesown.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Happy February! Unfortunately, the next episode of A Game of One's Own will not be going into early access today as originally planned, but should be ready later this week, ahead of the public release on 17 February. Sorry for the slight delay, and thank you for your support and patience!

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I wrote this essay a while back about solo rpgs, "open-ended" vs "close-ended" games, and different types of replayability. It was originally published in The Lone Toad newsletter by @croaker-rpgs.bsky.social. I'd love to hear what you think!

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Solo RPGs: An open or shut case?

On open-ended and close-ended solo rpgs and what group play can learn from them

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