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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 09/09/2026

texts i’ve sent jamie, who requested spoiler-free updates bc she’s playing it next week

Today 9:53 PM
ALSO without spoiling. there is a HAUNTING element of existential horror underlying this game that you will really be into

fully off currently topic but this game just threw a curveball that gave me
CHILLS
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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 31/08/2026

i haunted miles bonsignore at the gramercy theatre about it. as a gift to myself

barclay with an open mouth shocked face behind miles bonsignore of try guys fame, who is deadpan staring at the camera

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 25/08/2026

went to the local game store to use my birthday discount (barcday this weekend) & got two chaos rising packs. first one i’ve ever opened & i got one of my chase cards. i’m the specialest boy in the world

mega greninja ex full art ultra rare card

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 13/08/2026

hi gamefreaks, i’ll be wandering FLAMECON this sunday with a new flamecon-exclusive barkzine & my new dedicated minizine pouch. say hi if ur a games enjoyer or a zine enjoyer or both

a small pouch made of fabric with a space pattern. a minizine with a drawing of barclay is poking out. text above the drawing reads “bugs when u lift up a rock:”

a page from the minizine with redacted text:
“i’m also currently working on [REDACTED] but that’s very lowkey right now so it’s a flamecon secret just for u and me to share”

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 11/08/2026

been doing a bit on my (very infrequently used) letterboxd account where i take my sister’s reviews and make them my review for a completely separate movie

a review for “sonic the hedgehog 3”: glinda and elphaba so gay in this one it lowkey pissed me off

a review for the bob’s burgers short “my butt has a fever”: anne hathaway's character is 2 seconds old, emily blunt's character is suffering from severe OCD induced psychosis, and meryl streep's character is honestly just gay as shit. this movies awesome

a review for “spider-man: homecoming”: twist scene was 100% frozen's reheated nachos and unfortunately i ate it up just the same

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 09/08/2026

i’ve been replaying* bg3 on my steam deck this week & sending my reactions to new things to my dear friend who knows everything abt the game. here are some highlights from the past 48ish hours

august seventh —
from barclay:
playing bg3 again cuz i have it on my beautiful steam deck. and im seeing very early game camp scenes ive genuinely never seen before in my life
walked up to astarion at camp and all of a sudden hes laying on the ground and flirting with me. Calm Down Brother

from adam: LMAO YEAH

august eighth—
from barclay:
MARTIUS JUST KICKED A SQUIRREL SO
HARD IT DIED?
me when the dark urge has dark urges:
What the Fuck

august ninth —
from barclay:
straight up finding entire sections i never knew about. girl who is auntie ethel

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 03/08/2026

hilariously i mention this exact feeling about games in today’s tabletop book club episode abt SPINE

a screenshot of an instagram story from august 3, 2025. it displays a tv with blue prince on it, with the caption “finally playing blue prince & honest to god i love a game that makes me feel this dumb. it's enrichment time. i just fumbled this beautiful run so hard. and that rules.”

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 30/07/2026

BEGIN AGAIN sighting at #GenCon!!! you can find my queer timeloop post-grad crisis ttrpg at plus one exp (booth 449)!

someone holding a copy of BEGIN AGAIN by Barclay Travis. the cover is in black and white, showing six different drawings of various types of college students

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 15/07/2026

very excited to play “the incident at galley house” once i can afford a new game. until then, have this picture from when jamie & i finished roottreemania. slight spoilers for roottreemania i suppose

barclay and jamie’s middle fingers up at the roottreemania final explanation screen: “But that's the kind of time we've been having. Like I said, buckle up. Maybe grab some popcorn. We’ll start with Guy Hudson.”

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 01/06/2026

(on the metro north railroad) they don’t know i’m brainstorming my next ttrpg in my leather wolf journal

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 19/05/2026

can’t stop thinking about this tumblr post bee sent me last night. it’s so very “begin again” & i hope people other than me (and bee) get that vibe www.tumblr.com/barcstravis/...

the start of a tumblr post by three eyed hare mp3

first day in the time loop it is not a loop yet. i go about my day and its a pretty good day and when i make my evening cup of tea i wish all days were like this

second day in the time loop and in the moment before waking i have a dream about something i have to do tomorrow. i do not realise i will never get to do it.

third day in the time loop i get hit with a wave of deja vu sitting in traffic. i am bored of the songs on the radio.

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 09/04/2026

if u like shakespeare & supporting community theatre & new original music by the altogether (& butch stage managers), you should come see TWELFTH NIGHT at the garner arts center in garnerville, ny!

barclay holding a clipboard, biting a pretzel stick with a smile. the caption says "runs a whole show while snacking on a pretzel... goals"

the outside of building 35 at the garner arts center: an old worn brick building

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 28/03/2026

thx so much to everyone who came out!! this was so so delightful

a group of nine people sitting on couches and chairs around a table in a café

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 24/03/2026

my four year game-design-iversary was technically this month which i've been thinking A LOT about, of course. and it just so happened that someone made a tiktok reviewing my very first game (with an amount of tact and respect that i am very grateful for) so now i'm thinking about it even more (🧵)

the cover of DO NOT LIE DOWN. DO NOT ROLL OVER., made by barclay travis for hashtag trans fucking rage jam

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 13/03/2026

i would love to be able to post more about Current TTRPG Discourse but this is my stance on almost everything

people be saying things so definitively. like man i think it depends

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 13/03/2026

BALL GAME by finch edmund absurdist baseball ttrpg. i was unofficially finch’s “blaseball consultant” for a period of time so this game is very up my alley. it’s delightful

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 13/03/2026

PROJECT ECCO by elliot davis you know it you love it. solo time traveling rpg played in an actual planner. it rules.

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 13/03/2026

TIME TO KILL by @gilarpgs.bsky.social note: i think this is the first ttrpg i ever bought in-person? it was an immediate impulse buy at my first pax (due to the spies of it all)

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 13/03/2026

GRANDPA’S FARM by tyler crumrine epistolary stardew valley inspired rpg for 1+ players

grandpa’s farm by tyler crumrine/possible worlds games

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 13/03/2026

NO-TELL MOTEL by ken lowery the solo game that sparked my recent obsession with solo games

NO-TELL MOTEL by ken lowery: a single player murder mystery

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 25/02/2026

also got a sick shirt & looked really hot at the arcade yesterday

a mirror selfie of barclay in a “curse of the werewolf” tshirt leaning against a doorframe

the same, but barclay is looking off to the left

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 25/02/2026

got trapped in florida for two extra days but at least i got to be a werewolf at epic universe

barclay with wolf ears doing a “claws out” pose in front of the “curse of the werewolf” wagon at dark world in epic universe

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 01/02/2026

on a note that is completely unrelated to this post in any way: i found these messages from december 2023(!!) when ‘begin again’ became a belonging outside belonging game (featuring a mention of @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social, of course)

i think its too. crunchy rules rn :/ like . sigh
i started this game bc i wanted something w a good insight/perception system, some kind of opposed roll. but i dont like any of the stats systems ive come up with and im remembering how much i like belonging outside belonging games
i think there's a way i can make this work wi a token system like BoB but idk. im gonna rewrite a olavbook with this new idea in mind and see
how i like it
one of my mutuals whos like. an amazing game designer. sent me a draft of what theyre working on and its a BoB game and it reminded me how
much i love those. ough,
https://twitter.com/wildwoodsgames follow my buddy luke btw. cool ass games

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 31/01/2026

30 minutes after we recorded this we found her like this

a custom pillow of crystal the monkey set up underneath a blanket, set up to look like a person is laying on the couch

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 31/01/2026

please at least listen to the cold open on this one

spotify’s auto generated chapter title for the cold open: “My Father's Obsession with Crystal the Monkey”

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 26/01/2026

fulfilled my butch & eldest son duties of helping shovel the two feet of snow in our driveway 🫡❄️

barclay bundled up in mittens, a hat, a jacket, hoodie, and sweatpants, doing a double thumbs up and smiling

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 29/12/2025

i phrased this in such a way that it sounds kind of sexual. proof of carpet

barclay’s bedroom with fresh new carpet tiles

another angle of barclay’s fresh new carpet tiles

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 27/12/2025

blatantly stole this from jeff but he’s right. tis the season

before the year ends… reply to this tweet and give your honest thoughts about me?

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 27/12/2025

so sick!!! i did my first multiple block print recently too

two prints of a keith haring inspired multicolor block print. it depicts a purple figure with cutouts in their chest and crotch. they are touching their hands between their chest and a second red figure is punching through the crotch.

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 20/12/2025

i think the first version of what begin again is now started here, almost two years ago. but i think the concept that eventually turned INTO begin again is from a good 6 months before this, if not more! i chipped away at this marble block for a loooong time lol

a discord message from barclay, dated december 22, 2024. it says “guys this mightve just turned back into a timeloop game. out of my hands. none of my business quite frankly”

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 16/12/2025

returning to linocut which means, as always, spreading out every stamp i’ve made on my desk so i can remember what i’ve done

a wide array of linocut stamps, including every letter of the alphabet, a house & a retro tv, among other things

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 11/12/2025

it drove us up a wall. had us yelling at each other abt nonsense. it culminated in this (hidden for spoilers)

barclay and jamie flipping off jamie’s laptop screen that displays the end of roottreemania, specifically a mention of guy hudson

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 07/12/2025

happy candlenights from the scenic keith albee performing arts center in huntington wv

barclay in a mirror, being reflected back by a mirror behind it, and so on and so forth. he is wearing a holiday sweater with designs from “over the garden wall” over a brown collared shirt, and a black mask.

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 02/12/2025

“Begin Again” is a new game releasing in march 2026! it's a belonging-outside-belonging game where you play soon-graduating college students stuck in a timeloop, forced to confront their own fears of the future. it’s near & dear to my heart & i’d love to talk about it with folks!

Introduction
Begin Again gives us unassigned assigned seats, recognizable laughter from next door, gossip that haunts your tenure, years-long grudges, the swift yet brutally slow passing of time, and the voices of everyone you know asking “So, what’s next?”

In Begin Again, you play as a group of college students staring down the ticking clock, frozen on the precipice of a world they’re scared to face. It is a waiting game where you can wait no longer. It is grappling with the reflection looking back at you. It is hating the place you’re inextricably tethered to.

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 02/12/2025

in the past year, my art has been featured in StoryBake by @dan-is-baking.bsky.social & Heaven in the Dust by @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social i also did layout & art for @beealexander.bsky.social’s “FOOD FIGHT!” minizine, art pictured below! i’m happy to have conversations abt budget & pricing!

the cover of the FOOD FIGHT! minizine. there is a drawing of a salami fighter and a cheese fighter facing off with chopstick swords. the text beneath it says "FOOD FIGHT! is a quick-play fighting game for two players. each player drafts a party of FOOD FIGHTers, then they face off in combat."

an egg fighter blocks a blast with an egg-yolk shield, with a fork on their back.

a soup mage, wearing a bread vest, casts a spell. a fish rogue wielding a fish knife lies in wait.

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 02/12/2025

as we get into the winter months, i’m unemployed for a few months— so i’m open for freelance gigs & commissions! i’m also looking to come on other people’s podcasts to promote my new game “begin again” coming out in march 2026! why this guy? why now? read on!

a graphic depicting the art of barclay travis, including the following, left to right:
a full-body reference drawing of a white man with black and gray hair; a drawing of a red tiefling woman, rolling out dough, from dan walter's "StoryBake"; a drawing of andhera and binx from d20's "a court of fey and flowers" that imitates the famous picture of one woman doing another woman's makeup while straddling her on a bed; a black and white drawing of an attractive spy giving the audience eyes, a shirt slung over their shoulder; a self-portrait of barclay looking bug-eyed; a sticker of frog and toad labeled "it's SPRING!"; a cool-toned portrait of a teenage boy dressed as a mage, glaring at the camera; a black and white drawing of flowers coming out of a suitcase, drawn to look like a carving or print, done for luke jordan's "heaven in the dust".

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 23/11/2025

spending some more time at #PAXU today working on the text for "Begin Again", releasing in spring 2026. here's a look at what i've been typing away at this weekend >;3 (feel free to interrupt & say hi if you see me sitting on my laptop at a table! but don't be alarmed if my voice sounds god-awful.)

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barclay travis 🔜 PAX:U @barcstravis.itch.io · 22/11/2025

i have shed my armor but i am still in my helm

barclay winking and doing a thumbs up, wearing a black tank and its knit knight helmet

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