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Danielle Osterman

@dubdubpub.itch.io
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indie trans Jewish ttrpg designer. Ex-musicologist. MONSTER GUTS 2e is crowdfunding on BackerKit! Check out my games here: dubdubpub.itch.io

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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 20/05/2026
An island like Perdition's Cage, with a drowned Leviathan providing a gateway straight to Hell, is of interest not merely to the Inquisition but also to all those looking to display their wealth - few can claim they possess the scales of a Hellbeast, after all. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w... #OSR
Image of a priest persuading a well-armored scoundrel - the Psaltermen for Indulgence Scorned. Art by Brian Yaksha.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 18/05/2026
The Bootcutters: convicts all, the tarnished, the unwanted. Deposited on an island full of demons and promised the way back to their lives was to kill demons and expunge the sinful effigies of their superiors. And they believed those promises. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...
A prototypical Bootcutter - a haggard, tattooed man in ramshackle garb wielding an improvised halfspear.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 14/02/2026
One of the really fun parts of designing #MONSTERGUTS2e was adding references to all of the different monsters. The Avis Americae, for instance, quotes and misquotes lyrics from The Star Spangled Banner. #MG2e #ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgdesign
MONSTROUS RESPONSES
Fitfully Blowing Breeze (Close, Cleaving): The Avis Americae 
furiously beats its wings, Sending itself Flying. The air pressure 
Staggers all in range and inflicts 3 Harm.
Red Glare (Near/Far, Path): The Avis Americae stares down a 
combatant, inflicting Dazzled, Staggered, and Vulnerable. The 
monster then swoops towards them. All combatants in its path 
are knocked Prone and suffer 3 Harm.
Morning’s First Beam (Close, Splash): Lays an explosive egg 
and then hops a Near distance away. At the start of the Tempo 
Change, all Close to the egg suffer +2 Metal. If Airborne, the egg 
drops a Near distance to the ground below and explodes, 
applying Metal to itself.

TEMPO CHANGE: HALF CONCEALS, HALF DISCLOSES
The Avis Americae launches itself into the air, soaring quickly 
over the battlefield and remaining at a Far distance from the 
ground. Unless grounded, the monster targets a scavenger 
during the next Tempo Change, diving down and raking them 
with its talons, knocking them Prone and inflicting a Blister. 
While the Avis Americae can still fly with broken wings, any 
further damage to those broken wings will end its flight 
immediately, sending it hurtling to the ground and falling Prone.

ENRAGE
At 125 and 60 Health, the Avis Americae squawks in pain and 
spreads its wings wide, Sending all Close combatants Flying. Twin miniguns burst from the wing joints and pepper all in a Near Line, 
inflicting 3 Harm.

While Enraged, the miniguns 
coordinate their fire with the 
monster’s attacks, inflicting 2 
Harm to all in range.

MONSTER GUTS
1 Unexploded Egg [Metal]
2 Unexploded Egg [Metal]
3 Anticommunist Oculus [Send Flying]
4 Anticommunist Oculus [Send Flying]
5 Patriotic Pinions [Dazzle]
6 Vestigial Throne Socket [Brute]
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 10/02/2026
Really enjoying playing #Deadlock once I got my invite, but it's kinda weird that most of the female characters have 2 stamina and all male characters have at least 3. Feels like the default stamina for Boys and Girls is different which is, uh, Not Great.
Abrams 	3
Apollo 	3
Bebop 	3
Billy 	3
Calico 	3
Celeste 	4
Drifter 	3
Dynamo 	3
Graves 	2
Grey Talon 	4
Haze 	3
Holliday 	2
Infernus 	3
Ivy 	4
Kelvin 	3
Lady Geist 	3
Lash 	3
McGinnis 	2
Mina 	2
Mirage 	3
Mo & Krill 	3
Paige 	2
Paradox 	3
Pocket 	3
Rem 	3
Seven 	3
Shiv 	3
Silver 	2
Silver (Transformed) 	2
Sinclair 	3
The Doorman 	3
Venator 	3
Victor 	3
Vindicta 	2
Viscous 	3
Vyper 	4
Warden 	3
Wraith 	3
Yamato 	3
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 30/01/2026
My favorite is No (Positive)
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 29/01/2026
It's no secret that MONSTER GUTS 2e takes a lot of inspiration from the Monster Hunter series, and one of the design goals of MG2e is to mirror the gamefeel of the weapons from MonHun. Let's talk about how I did that with the Greatsword. #MONSTERGUTS2e #MG2e #MonsterHunter #indiettrpg #ttrpgdesign
Image of a page from MONSTER GUTS 2e featuring the Greatsword. The following text surrounds a pink-and-black picture of a Greatsword:

"Greatsword. Bide your time and unleash tremendous power.

"Weighted: When something tries to Send you Flying, you may spend 1 Edge to stay put.

"Crush: 3
"Slice: 0
"Pierce: 1
"Health: 10
"Edge: 5

"Techniques
"Lean In (1)
"Reaction
"Charged Swing (2)
"Shrug through the next enemy blow, preventing it from canceling any Patient attack and reducing incoming Harm by 2 (minimum 1). If you start your turn with a Patient attack ready to activate, you may Dash before releasing the attack.

"Charged Swing (2)
"Close, Crushing, Patient
"Prepare a massive swing that will deal 4E Harm and Stagger your foe.

"Follow-Through (1)
"Close, Crushing, Cleaving
"After landing Charged Swing, whip your sword around your body into a second attack that deals E+2 Harm."
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 20/01/2026
Proof arrived for MONSTER GUTS 2e and it's absolutely surreal to hold the game I made in my hands. Ordering another proof cuz I'm not fully happy with it, but this is a huge personal milestone for me as a game designer, and I'm over the moon that this game tangibly exists. #MG2E #MONSTERGUTS2e
Picture of the MONSTER GUTS 2e on a desk showing the book's cover. The cover image is a blood-spattered scavenger holding a spiked scythe emerging from within a monster framed by the words "MONSTER GUTS 2e: Danielle Osterman." In the bottom left corner is the logo of Wheels Within Wheels Publishing - a white-and-black wheel that is half wagon wheel and half gear with the Hamsa eye in the center.Photograph of the interior of MONSTER GUTS 2e showing 2 pages from the Bestiary section of the book.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 10/01/2025
New year means new journal and new opportunity to bust out my sticker collection to decorate it! And no surprise, the majority of the stickers come from @michiums.bsky.social.
Lavender journal festooned with stickers, including a corvid, bunny, ghost, text reading "Lavender Menace" and text reading "Take care of yourself and your dreams."
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 14/11/2024
Here's the pretty picture to prove it's legit. If we raise a total of $4k, we'll get 6 extra illustrations, one for each of the backer-exclusive monsters, for a total of 20 fully-illustrated monsters for you to fight. Check out their details here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 13/11/2024
And we're in the final 60 hours of the MONSTER GUTS 2e crowdfund. We've over 100 backers getting a sick monster-hunting TTRPG including with 20 total boss monsters to fight. Also, check out the Avis Americae art by @rapidpunches.neocities.org Join the Hunt! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...
Illustration of the Avis Americae, the Starred-and-Striped, Gun-Toting Eagle.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 11/11/2024
Face cards are wetlands - if you fall Prone in one, you get Slimed, and entering one while on fire will put it out. Number cards are just regular dirt. Take a look at our card grid now: See how the Bow scavenger is taking cover from the Artillamander's barrage behind the forest of trees?
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 11/11/2024
This works for the monster, too - check out the Artillamander in the graphic: The Knives and Fire Lance scavengers are Close to its Mouth and Belly Cannon, but Near to its Tail and the Back-Gatling Gun. The bow scavenger is beyond even a Far range from their allies or the Artillamander.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 11/11/2024
So, in MG2e, you lay out a 6x6 grid of faceup playing cards. Scavengers and nuisances (little monsters) go on top of the cards. Monsters get their own card (or cards, for really big ones), that sit at the corners of 4 cards.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 04/11/2024
Check out @jnb.art 's incredible illustration of the Once-Emerald Forests! In the Before, these trees were green. Now they are red, orange, purple, blue, and their needles are sharp and hard. Their bark turns aside any axe, and their fruit is toxic to all but the hardiest of creatures.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 28/10/2024
Thrilled to make some custom monsters for the MONSTER GUTS 2e crowdfunding campaign with some special guests! Join @gilarpgs.bsky.social and I tonight at 4pm Pacific on Twitch to see what terrifying creature we dream up! www.twitch.tv/dubdubpub
MONSTER GUTS 2e. Making Monsters with Special Guests. 10/28 at 4pm, Spencer Campbell. 10/31 at 2:30pm, Ostrichmonkey Games. 10/31 at 6:30pm, Peach Garden Games. 11/1 at 10:30am, Asmus. 11/1 at 6:30pm, Kegan.EXE. 11/8 at 6:30pm, Adira Slattery. All times in Pacific.
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 15/10/2024
We got some friends for our buddy the Great Gristlebear! We raised that $1000 in less than 10 hours, and we're now almost halfway to the total goal. I'm astounded, to be perfectly honest. Help keep up the momentum? www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...
Purple text reads: "Friends Unlocked." Beneath that text, an image of a cybernetic bear is captioned: "Give a Great Gristlebear some Friends?"
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 14/10/2024
And the crowdfund for MONSTER GUTS 2e is LIVE! As a special incentive, if we can raise $1000 in the first 48 hours, I'll add another 2 monsters to the book, bringing the total to 14 monsters! Join the Hunt! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/w...
Image of a metal-augmented bear. Text reads: "Give a Great Gristlebear some Friends?"
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 07/10/2024
Thrilled to be working with @jnb.art for the art of the Hunting Zones in MONSTER GUTS 2e! The crowdfunding campaign for MG2e launches soon! Check out the BackerKit page to learn more! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #ttrpg #solodev #indiettrpg #MG2e #JoinTheHunt #crowdfunding #BackerKit
Image of a scavenger bursting out of a monster's body. Text reads: "MONSTER GUTS 2e Join the Hunt"
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 04/10/2024
Come check out the monster hunting action tonight! Thrilled to debut MONSTER GUTS 2e with one of the folks who played with me in the debut stream of the first edition! This is going to be an absolute blast, and you won't want to miss it!
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 01/10/2024
I'll be streaming some #MONSTERGUTS2e with @plusoneexp.bsky.social this Friday, October 4, at 3p Pacific / 6p Eastern! Come watch us hunt down the ferocious Great Gristlebear and see some #MG2e in action! #ttrpg #indiettrpg #solodev #actualplay
Image of a biomechanical bear, with tubes leading from its jaw to sacs on its back. Text reads "Want to see some Gristlebear Guts? Catch the Stream on PlusOneExp October 4, 3p Pacific / 6p Eastern"
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Danielle Osterman @dubdubpub.itch.io · 28/09/2024
Folks, I'm delighted to share the cover for MONSTER GUTS 2e (done by the incredible @egallagher.bsky.social). If you want a print copy of a kick-ass ttrpg about scavengers hunting big bio-engineered behemoths for their bits with this art on the cover, join the hunt! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Book cover for MONSTER GUTS 2e by Danielle Osterman. The central image is of a scavenger who has cut their way out of a giant creature.
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