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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can’t believe perfect bird time in Fortunes Weave survived: - the initial pitch - iterative design - further meetings - play testing

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Looking for a few more players for a 4-session play test of Restore the Warp. First session is Oct 11. If you're interested, and we've interacted, DM me.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Re-worked the character sheet for Restore the Warp again. Improved the clarity of Stats/Conditions and the overall flow chart.

Character sheet for Restore the Warp. Includes a flow chart that shows how processing feelings (Conditions) leads to advancement (Breakthroughs).

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Finally finished and posted PRO WRESTLERS VS HATERS FROM OUTER SPACE! Two-player ttrpg inspired by invasion angles like the New World Order in WCW, the Bullet Club in NJPW, or the Monstars in Space Jam. Written with Jeff Stormer and Party of One in mind. billtherad.itch.io/pwvshfos

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Pro Wresters vs Haters from Outer Space by billtherad

Wresters vs Alien Haters

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I actually designed a game specifically with @jeffstormer.gobirds.online in mind a few years ago that's still sitting at 90% finished. It's wrestlers, not superheroes, but maybe this can give me the push to finish it and hack it myself to meet the jam.

Cover of a game called PRO WRESTLERS VS HATERS FROM OUTER SPACE. Two wrestlers are in the ring, with a purple minotaur flying in from the ceiling.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I feel like from early-2027, I'm going to have to stay off the internet for over a year to avoid video game spoilers. 1. Pokemon: Winds & Waves 2. God of War: Laufey 3. Final Fantasy 7: Revelation 4: Kena: Scars of Kosmora 5. Fable

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The Paw Patrol: Dino Movie was better than it had any right to be. Maybe biased by seeing it with my three-year-old yelling at the screen, but really fun experience.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

@kierongillen.bsky.social Just wanted to say I enjoyed the story you wrote for Tokon. A lot of fun character interactions!

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I have a Restore the Warp one shot scheduled for Tuesday at 8:30AM PDT. Room for more players, so reach out if you're interested!

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Making NPCs again. I like this one.

Tardi-Guide an four-foot-tall tardigrade who’s excited to act as a tour guide. “Due to mineral prices at the time, this building is actually made out of wasp spit!”

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Hope everyone has fun at gencon. I haven't taken Restore the Warp to a convention yet, but next year I'd like to try the one in Vancouver (Terminal City).

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Trying a solo playtest in Miro with the new sheets, and it was really fun! The flashbacks and new journey move worked really well.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I really wanted to like Supergirl. Loved the comic. But the movie didn't work for me. They replaced a memorable villain, with an incredibly generic and forgettable one. They made a lot of little changes that missed the themes that made the comic great.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

One challenging thing my dog and son have in common is that they both try to eat all the toothpaste before I've finished brushing their teeth.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Some of my skeet threads would probably work better as blog posts. This was one of those.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I find the way different story games handle "stat blocks" interesting. What do GMs need? Let's look at some examples.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Lining up more play tests of Restore the Warp this summer, on the pbta discord and with Open Hearth. Excited to try new stuff! The ashcan has been evolving and solidifying towards the full game.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I'd been saving up the Perils & Princesses episodes of My First Dungeon, but I'm finally diving in. They're SO GOOD! The details about the candy curse are great. Love the initiative system. @brianflaherty.bsky.social does a great job running it, etc. Highly recommend.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

At the end of each school year, I ask my students for feedback. Getting critiqued by 100 teenagers is roughly 6d6 psychic damage. It can haunt me for months. This year they rolled low! Most kids liked the classes.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Writing up NPC ideas for Restore the Warp.

Gerald, a robot who transforms between a barista and an arcade cabinet. As barista, face is a menu screen and chest makes drinks. “If you have no time for drinks or games, you need to slow down.”

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I heard this pitched a while ago as God of War but Ninja Turtles, and yes please. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoB_...

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Last Ronin | IGN Summer of Gaming

YouTube video by IGN

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Somehow this post dropped, the screenshot.

○ Leviathan Hunter: You chased space whales. You have a pipe that mimics their songs, an emergency void raft, and a highly-valued chunk of ambergris.
○ Former Militia: You led a haphazard defence force. You have a manifesto, decent explosives, caltrops, titanium rope, and kinda shitty camouflage.
○ Glam Rocker: You were in a band. You have a shiny instrument, a super badass lighting and holograms mini-system, and industrial-strength hairspray.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The next draft of Restore the Warp is going well. Lots of cool changes. An exciting one is the replacement for "Tactical Kits," which provide some implied backstory. In general, I'm finding the game works better with specific flavorful prompts.

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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

All Engine are Go! The Backerkit for Orbital Blues Month is live. It's Time to Break the #SpeedofSad! Back F-Infiniti at ttrpg.link/SpeedofSad and follow all of the other awesome projects at ttrpg.link/OrbitalBluesMonth! Watch the launch trailer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCXc...

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Get Ready for Formula Infiniti

From Plus One Exp & Friends - Get Ready for Formula Infiniti

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Skewed towards older, formative games, but it felt right. (Pokemon Sword was my pandemic game and thus the one I've spent the most time with. I bred shinies.) my9games.com

A grid showing covers for the video games of Chrono Trigger, Pokemon Sword, Ico, Final Fantasy 7, StarCraft, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Transistor, Tekken 3, and Mass Effect 2

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The anti-ICE bundle is still up for a couple weeks! Some of the games I'm excited to read: Justicar, Midnight Muscadines, Exquisite Biome, Girl Underground. That's just at a glance. There's so many! itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

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No ICE in Minnesota by jesthehuman and 651 others

No ICE in Minnesota: 1439 items for $10.00

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I re-write my space game basically from the ground up every six to eight months, when really the draft from August 2020 was already just fine. But like, it keeps getting better... and now I'm excited about new ideas again!

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Munkao @munkao.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

*Reposts appreciated” My webstore heycentaur.com is finally up! This took so many months of labour (mostly my partner’s), but it is all ready and running. Physical copies of Kala Mandala are now available, shipping to most of the world.

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Centaur Games

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

I'm in this! Get my beats for the classic signature devices and lots of other goodies.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Reviewing a draft of my space game from 2021, and I might have to steal some ideas from 5 years ago. I don't usually go backwards, but there's good stuff here! And I understand better where it could fit now.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

5 Jobs I've had... 1. Costumed Historical Interpreter 2. Taekwondo Instructor 3. Burger Flipper 4. High School Teacher 5. Theatre Usher

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Play test of Restore the Warp on the pbta discord went well this weekend! The new background gear kits did really well. Next change is gonna be playing with some moves to frame scenes. I've had one for "downtime" for a while, but think it's time to try one for "journeys" too. Maybe more!

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In tabletop rpg design, sometimes gameplay doesn't come from the mechanics we add, but the ones we omit. www.explorersdesign.com/dominant-mec...

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Against Dominant Mechanics

Some rules guide play. And some rules monopolize it. Designing by omission.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Updating the G-sheets for Restore the Warp. Doing a play test next weekend with some changes to the ashcan! (The ashcan stays as is. But if this works well, it could be cool stuff for the full game.)

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

It's a pleasure to play in Jon's game, and a horror to actually think about the creatures in it.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

If anyone’s curious I miscalculated something so I had to start over and wait another 15 minutes, but yes I solved it.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Even by AI standards, which are super low, Grok is vile garbage.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

I’m playing a puzzle game where the current puzzle’s solution is “stare at the clock for 15 minutes” and okay sure, but that’s kinda boring…

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This is a really great video! It's interesting to reflect on my own experience with the timeline. Getting into itch around 2020, it already felt like it'd always been there. The idea of the golden age ending also plays into some pre-existing anxieties (1/4)

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

In 2026, I'm excited to fill out the rest of Restore the Warp, do more tests, and continue getting wider feedback. Check out the free ashcan here: billtherad.itch.io/restore-the-...

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Restore the Warp: Ashcan Edition by billtherad

cosmic drama, personal struggles

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Sam D @sam.diceexploder.com · 01/01/2026

Submit your best rpg blog posts to the bloggies! Especially if they weren't dungeon-game related, I'd love to see more cross-pollination between scenes this round.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

This list is my fav thing to come out of Magic doing license tie ins.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

@thesamroberts.com Did you l play Dispatch? It made me think of your mega dice roll to generate villains. I really liked both.

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

@itsquinns.bsky.social I actually really liked your broken metaphor of the wasps nest falling so the wasps could play other ttrpgs on the Yes Indied podcast!

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Submitted a supplement for @wilkiescandylab.com current Slugblaster Jam! It provides Beats that economy-wise function like the general beats "You Earned It" and "Take an L," but allow you to lean into the personality implied by signature devices. billtherad.itch.io/signature-de...

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Signature Device Beats by billtherad

Signature Device Beats for Slugblaster

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Bill (he/him) @billtherad.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Life has been busy for the last couple months, but Restore the Warp is still getting regular downloads. If anyone needs help getting it to the table, or feels stuck somewhere, feel free to DM me. Practicing explaining things now will help me make them clear in the full edition.

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