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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 15/03/2026

Since everyone else is musing about their #GDC I will chime in. I'm what I would call industry adjacent, I am a Game Dev Teacher, so my goals are pretty different. I got to lead a pair of Roundtables for k12/youth teachers which was a major goal for me.

Exhausted and happy teacher in front of the sign for his GDC talk.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 13/03/2026

Another #GDC. It's been a challenging year, but few things charge me up more than seeing so many teachers trying to get better at helping kids make games. I'm so happy hearing from teachers that got to come to GDC because of these roundtables.

The happiest and most exhausted teacher in the world, in front of the sign for his GDC talk.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 09/03/2026

#GDC is here! It still doesn't feel real that after years of trying, I finally got a k12 and Youth Ed focused session on the program. For a long time I have tried to time up my colleagues, furiously badge-checking, hours in the networking app.

Session description for the first k12 education focused session at GDC.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 25/12/2025

Kids in bed. Christmas morning ready. Whiskey poured. Finished up #AEW dynamite. Now just sitting back watching hangman not do a damn thing wrong. Happy Holidays sickos!

A glass of whiskey, a prepared Christmas morning and hangman Adam Page not doing a damn thing wrong.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 08/10/2025

Been loaded up by work, but I still exist! These kids ain't gonna make games themselves. (well a few of them might) Also just got in @themonstersknow.com 's new book. Can't wait to have time to actually read it. Just gotta survive to November, then back to development on my #ttrpg TWENTY FLIGHTS.

The cover of Keith Amman's new book Making Enemies.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 27/08/2025

A new #wipwednesday, still working on my new #ttrpg TWENTY FLIGHTS. A game about broken gnomes flying dieselpunk bombers. Be gnomes, fly bombers, figure out your life. Ashcan is out now on itch and dtrpg. barge-games.itch.io/twenty-flights www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 08/08/2025

Well, the #gdc proposals are as done as I have bandwidth to do before football season kicks off. #udl in Game Dev Education and a #k12 Game Dev Education Roundtable, which has been sorely needed for years.

Proposals for two GDC sessions:
One titled "Universal Design for Learning in Game Development"
Another titled "K12 and Youth Game Dev Education Roundtable"

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 27/07/2025

Had an amazing test session with the crew for my new #ttrpg Twenty Flights. The crew of Gnomes successfully bombed the target, but never got back home as flak ripped through the bomber. We mourned over some #bbq pork ribs, as is customary. No better way to cap off a long test session.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 26/07/2025

#Selfpromosaturday My new #ttrpg TWENTY FLIGHTS ashcan is out now. Be gnomes, drop bombs, figure your life out, repeat until you serve your tour of duty. barge-games.itch.io/twenty-flights www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 24/07/2025

This week, I finally hit the launch button on Twenty Flights. A game about Broken Gnomes flying Dieselpunk Bombers. Fly Bombers, Drop Bombs, Figure out your life, Repeat until you get to 20 missions... Hopefully. barge-games.itch.io/twenty-flight www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 24/07/2025

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 23/07/2025

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 23/07/2025

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 23/07/2025

If you want something kinda different I got you. barge-games.itch.io/twenty-flight Be broken gnomes. Fly Bombers. Drop Bombs, figure out your life, repeat.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 23/07/2025

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 23/07/2025

This week I finally hit the button and launched my new ashcan for Twenty Flights. A game about Broken Gnomes flying Dieselpunk Bombers. I'm very proud of the system as it's pretty different from what I've done before, excited to get feedback and start revision barge-games.itch.io/twenty-flights

A bomber launching a torpedo at a distant ship.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 09/07/2025

#WIPwednesday. I am almost ready to release the ashcan for my new #ttrpg project Twenty Flights, a Game about dieselpunk bombing missions and the broken gnomes that volunteer to fly them. But I am really working on a proposal for a GDC talk about instructional design for Game Dev Classes.

A page about my new game Twenty Flights, laying out the basic ideas and themes of the game.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 23/06/2025

What is #ttrpg designings "90 percent sanding?" For me it's editing.

A Twitter post of hobbies with a 90 percent annoying part.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 07/06/2025

My new game about broken gnomes flying dieselpunk bombers. Ashcan coming soon!

A sheet about my new game twenty flights.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 07/06/2025

My new game Twenty Flights. Almost ready to put out an ashcan.

A two page sheet about my new game twenty flights.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 07/06/2025

My new #ttrpg project Twenty flights. Almost ready to put a test packet out.

A two page explanation of my new game twenty flights.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 07/05/2025

#wipwednesday a new summary sheet for my new #ttrpg project Twenty Flights that I threw together for @gamefound.bsky.social's RPG call.

A sell sheet for my new project, a tabletop roleplaying game called Twenty Flights.

A game about post-fantasy dieselpunk bombing missions and the broken gnomes who volunteer to fly them.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 30/04/2025

Another #wipwednesday another week of work on #ttrpg project Twenty Flights. Broken Gnomes in bombers.

A page from the Work In Progress Twenty Flights Ashcan explaining just who the player characters are in the world.

A page from the work in progress twenty pages ashcan, explaining the phases of play.

A page from the work in progress twenty pages ashcan, explaining how bombing a target works.

A page from the work in progress twenty fights ashcan, explaining how aerial combat works.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 24/04/2025

Have some stuff to share for #wipwednesday. The WIP cover and the first few pages of the ashcan for my new #ttrpg project Twenty Flights. A game about dangerous bombing missions in a post-fantasy #dieselpunk war and the broken gnomes that volunteer to fly them.

A cover for my new game Twenty Flights.

A game about dangerous bombing missions in a post-fantasy dieselpunk war and the broken gnomes that volunteer to fly them.

under this paragraph is a drawing of two bombers on a mission with two defeated fighter planes falling to the ground in the background.

A introduction to the world of Twenty Flights.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 09/04/2025

Got some stuff for show off for #wipwednesday. My prototype Bomber Sheet for my new #ttrpg project Twenty Flights. A game about dangerous bombing missions in a post-fantasy dieselpunk war and the broken gnomes who volunteer to fly them. The G-25 Reynolds is a medium bomber for 5-6 crew members.

A Bomber sheet detailing the G-25 Reynolds bomber.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 02/04/2025

At GDC this year, I heard about this new experimental game development idea. You talk about your game before you release it. Even before you are done with it. Crazy I know, but I love a good experiment. So here is the a cover for my new #ttrpg project for #WIPwednesday.

A cover for my new tabletop roleplaying game Twenty Flights.

Under the title is the tagline "A game about dangerous bombing missions in a post-fantasy dieselpunk war and the broken gnomes that volunteer to fly them."

Under that is a black and white picture of a bomber dropping a bomb.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 27/02/2025

Death, Taxes and #GDC overloading the crap out of Thursday afternoon.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 01/02/2025

#ttrpg development tip of the day. Pay your testers in tritip.

About 7.5lbs of tritip in a serving pan ready to go on the smoker.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 24/01/2025

@creativemagpie.bsky.social Sleeving up my story engine stuff while listening to critical role and this caught my eye as I was going.

A diety card from the story engine, the magpie.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 25/12/2024

#aew Merry Christmas to those that celebrate. Be like hangman, do nothing wrong tomorrow.

A heartwarming Christmas scene. Pokemon on a table waiting for the kids tomorrow morning. Hangman page on the TV sipping whiskey in front of swerve Strickland's burning childhood home, knowing full well that he has don't absolutely nothing wrong.

In the foreground, a maple old fashioned in a Glenlivet glass. Merry Christmas.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 11/12/2024

#wipwednesday The favor system in my TTRPG BARGE, which is how Divine magic works. Still a lot of tweaking to get done. But it is really starting to evoke the vibe I want for a mortal dealing with the divine. barge-games.itch.io/barge-quicks... #ttrpgsky

An overview of the favor mechanic in the TTRPG BARGE:

Favor
Favor drives everything the Chosen does and favor powers the Chosen physically and spiritually. When they have the favor
of their patron, they are capable of feats and miracles beyond their own abilities and limitations. However when they do not
have their patron’s favor, they are helpless.
As a result, Chosen are always walking a fine line utilizing the power given to them without angering their patron, or
exceeding the limits of their favor.
Instead of a dice pool, you have favor. Your favor maximum is equal to 10 + your level. Your Favor resets to zero whenever
you roll initiative.
At any time during a round, a Chosen can roll a dice from its dice pool. When they do so, they immediately add the result to
their favor.
If your total favor for the round exceeds your maximum favor, you destroy all dice in your dice pool and you may not roll any
dice in your dice pool until the start of the next round.
If your total favor for the round is exactly equal to your maximum favor, you now have priority (Whatever creature previously
had priority, still has priority and may take actions, but your actions go first). Your favor for the round is reset to 0 and you
may roll more dice and build up more favor.
Divine Miracles
Chosen do not cast spells, they do not utilize magic, in fact, they do very little when it comes to invoking miracles. They ask
their patron or deity for the miracle, beseeching them for their favor. If their patron looks on them favorably, the miracle
happens.
What this process looks like and how it manifests varies greatly between Chosen as it is often an intensely personal process
for the Chosen and their Patron.
For example Chosen could invoke miracles by:
● Utilizing a symbol or relic of their favor
● Ritual Chanting, singing or dancing
● Carving or Inscribing Runes
● Recitation of Psalms or Litanies
● Open petitioning of the Patron or Deity
Thematicall…

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 11/12/2024

Gladius was so much deeper of a game than it appeared to be, combining twitch mechanics with a tactical RPG, linear story, but an incredible amount of hidden side content and an amazing variety of usable gladiators for it's time.

Poster art for Xbox game gladius.

A roman-esque gladiator carrying a sword and shield in an arena standing over a defeated beast man.

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Brian (BARGE games) 🔜 TWENTY FLIGHTS UPDATE! @bargegames.com · 16/11/2024

Introduce yourself with One book 📚 One movie 🎥 One album 📀 One TV show 📺

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