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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 29/09/2026

Quickly became one of my favorite game soundtracks ever, and that is a high bar to clear. Deserved!

HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 18/09/2026

I love bashing people on the head with the ICv2 sales data that says Mörk Borg was in the top 10 best selling rpgs in 2024 and 2025. And if I recall the only OSR title!

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 14/09/2026

Constantly flipping between "cool mechanic" and "the GM can adjudicate => no need for mechanics".

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 12/09/2026

First we have to figure out what happened to moths. Did we turn all of them into balls? Did the balls work too well?

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 30/08/2026

- The Design of Everyday Things (for newbies) - The Elusive Shift (for advanced students who need to be taken down a peg or two) - The Routledge Handbook of Roleplaying Studies (only the relevant bits) Probably not my actual choices but I wanted to recommend some books not yet mentioned.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 24/08/2026

This one made some rounds, thank you all for your support! If you want to hear more about my work don't hesitate to get in touch, I'd love to chat about the process, findings etc. There are only three OSR related studies I could find and mine is one of them!

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 23/08/2026

My OSR themed Master's Thesis is now available both digital and in print on @rpgtrader.bsky.social. If you need to know which OSR monsters convert to which games easily I might have the answers for you right here. rpg-trader.com/products/713... #ttrpg #osr

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Telegraphed Dangers on RPG Trader

Enemy Intercompatibility in D20-Based Fantasy OSR Tabletop Roleplaying Games

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 16/08/2026

Man, nothing's better than high-heat cooking. Wok, bbq, tandoori, pizza oven... Food was always meant to be nuked.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 03/08/2026

Nothing brings you more misplaced feelings of superiority than fumbling a game of chess in the early game and finishing with a stalemate.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 02/08/2026

Broaden your horizons on social encounters and stop assuming introverts don't want to roleplay blog.hiskih.fi/feeling-and-... #ttrpg #dnd

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Feeling & Thought: Social Checks and the Strawman Introvert

Aight, time to poke this hornet's nest. This is not a post…

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 01/08/2026

Updating my bio from game design student to (government certified) game designer. Whoa. Despite already having a published game it feels weird.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 01/08/2026

Updated my internal list of inspirations on #Runecycle. What kind of game does this spell to you? #ttrpg

Runecycle was inspired by the following tabletop roleplaying games.
Ars Magica: David Chart, Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen. Atlas Games. 2004.
City of Mist: Amít Moshe. Son of Oak Game Studio. 2017.
The Cypher System: Monte Cook and Shanna Germain. Monte Cook Games LLC. 2019.
Daggerheart: Spenser Starke, Rowan Hall, John Harper, Matthew Mercer, Alex Teplitz, Alex Uboldi, Michael Under wood. Darrington Press. 2025.
Dragonbane: Tomas Härenstam, Andreas Marklund, Krister Sundelin. Fria Ligan AB. 2023.
Eternal Ruins: The Roleplaying Game Rob Leigh and Felix Isaacs. Mythworks. Unreleased.
His Majesty the Worm: Josh McCrowell. Exalted Funeral Press. 2023.
Into the Odd Remastered: Chris McDowall. Fria Ligan AB. 2022.
Legend in the Mist: Amít Moshe. Son of Oak Game Studio. 2025.
Shadowdark: Kelsey Dionne. The Arcane Library LLC. 2023.
Slugblaster: Mikey Hamm. Wilkie’s Candy Lab. 2021.
Vagabond // Pulp Fantasy RPG: Taron Pounds. Land of the Blind LLC. 2025.
Whitehack: Christian Mehrstam. 2013.
The Wildsea: Felix Isaacs. Mythworks. 2022
Year Zero Engine: Tomas Härenstam. Fria Ligan AB. 2014.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 31/07/2026

I came up with a design term as a joke and then thought to myself: what if I used it to complain about a minor annoyance? The thumbnail is better than the post. blog.hiskih.fi/feeling-and-... #ttrpg

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Feeling & Thought: Fruitless Void

It's been a while since I've done one of these. There's this…

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 29/07/2026

Local man discovers the hit manga/anime Witch Hat Atelier.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 21/07/2026

You know how we sometimes package food in a "protective atmosphere" i.e. replace the air with something more protective. Would fish feel the same way about pickles in brine?

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 17/07/2026

Small #Runecycle update, I ran a playtest and I think after years of digging I've struck something magical. Or maybe it's the blood of a cosmic phoenix, up to you.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 17/07/2026

It's criminal we share this planet with so many wonderful creatures and you can't even say hi to most of them.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 17/07/2026

Absolutely loving the fact that my online bank tries to automatically log me out for inactivity while I'm literally in the chat queue for customer service.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 16/07/2026

The times we live in have brought my attention to an emotion most curious: joy born out of righteous anger. Happiness made from spite. Because it seems that's the one thing they don't want you to have.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 08/07/2026

I am happy to announce I have graduated with honors as Master of Science (Technology) majoring in Game Design and Development. You can read my thesis Telegraphed Dangers — Enemy Intercompatibility in D20-Based Fantasy OSR Tabletop Roleplaying Games at urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:a.... #ttrpg #osr

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Telegraphed Dangers — Enemy Intercompatibility in D20-Based Fantasy OSR Tabletop Roleplaying Games

The OSR (Old-School Revival, Renaissance or Revolution) is a movement within the tabletop roleplaying community, focused on playing and creating games that recreate or build upon early editions of Dun...

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 02/07/2026

People need to stop looking at the plot and start engaging with the story. I don't care if it is stupid or inconsistent, if it makes me feel something it is good.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 01/07/2026

#Runecycle is back! Here's a lengthy video of me going though the core rules of the game youtu.be/6asZtWsZzuY including the hybrid dice system (which I will not call the 69-engine) and glyph-physics magic. As always you can get the playtest doc on my itch games.hiskih.fi/runecycle #ttrpg #indiedev

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Runecycle V1 - Core Rules (NEW TTRPG)

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 30/06/2026

I believe the value of a house should increase over time not due to market conditionds but because a well kept old house has more fairies and gnomes.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 25/06/2026

#Runecycle is back! I decided to go through the playtest manuscript on video. Here are my thoughts on the inspirations and concept: youtu.be/pF4pjCXSeeQ?... As always you can get the playtest doc on my itch games.hiskih.fi/runecycle #ttrpg #indiedev

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Runecycle V1 - Introduction (NEW TTRPG)

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 21/06/2026

It's perhaps just one movement ability but I did audibly scream when I got the striders in MIO: Memories in Orbit. Every wall, ceiling and background element became a potential path. And they take good advantage of that in the map design.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 11/06/2026

Bro I just discovered my year old Runecycle playtest doc is on Scribd. An honor perhaps. Should I advertise with this or something? Game cool enough that someone wanted to pirate the free playtest? #ttrpg #indiedev

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 10/06/2026

What lovely spam I got in my inbox today. Anyone interested in losing?

Text that reads: Join 100,000+ people already losing with DirectMeds

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 15/05/2026

You could argue semantics and state that Eberron is Dungeon Punk and not Gaslamp Fantasy because it is not set in the right time period (19th to early 20th century) and is Heroic Fantasy and Punk but Gaslamp is certainly not far off (see tvtropes).

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 04/05/2026

The fact that you can't plug a cable to a TV upside down to get an upside down picture says a lot about society.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 23/04/2026

To the tune of that one Portal song: 🎶 I'm making a mess here, huge sucess. I can hardly overstate my satisfaction. 🎵

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 23/04/2026

Unpant yourself, you fiend!

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 22/04/2026

An unfortunate side effect of the loudest voices repeating "AI Bad" mantra hoping it will go away instead of trying to mitigate the damage it causes. We can't fight AI like the war on drugs, we all know how that went.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 21/04/2026

The unfortunate side effect of becoming educated is that I now have opinions and occasional misplaced confidence in them.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 19/04/2026

Isn't this how the Tales from the Loop timeline starts in the 60s? We might just be half a century late. Keep your eyes on the magnetrine effect.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 17/04/2026

I love that pit. Also, nice terrain.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 11/04/2026

So I've just wishlisted a game on steam based on the composer of the soundtrack. And the gameplay might turn out ok too I guess but that's not what got me to see the trailer. Idk what that says about me or the industry or the artist.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 06/04/2026

Literal peak content

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 03/04/2026

The 2nd Mario movie is a self-referential overindulgent needlessly incoherent 1h and 38 minutes. And I would take it no other way. Don't take your kids into the movie, it's actually kinda harmful to children. Take me instead, it gave me great joy.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 31/03/2026

Is this like a weather forecast? As we enter the spring season light discourse on dungeon garments will emerge in the south, in the north a heavy manifesto against bullet points raises temperatures

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 23/03/2026

I spoke about dungeon design at Games Now! @gamesnowaaltofi.bsky.social in Aalto University. We've been designing dungeons for 50+ years in the tabletop world, time to bring those learnings to video games too! youtu.be/9zHH_KnY3XA #ttrpg #osr #dnd

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Hiski Huovila: Digital Dungeon Design - Learning from the Tabletop Tradition

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 11/03/2026

I mean that's basically Terra Mystica

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 07/03/2026

Do you think tea tastes like water and grass? Do you find yourself completely indifferent to the concept of leaf-flavored water? That was me, and if that is you, let me tell you how I figured out tea over the past year. blog.hiskih.fi/i-used-to-di.... The blog is not just for ttrpg stuff after all.

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I Used to Dislike Tea

Do you think tea tastes like water and grass? Do you find…

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 27/02/2026

Pokemon Windwaker

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 27/02/2026

Second playtest down for Mobile Dungeon TaskForce. Spec-ops soldiers vs OSR dungeons created by the god of stories. Into the Odd + Vagabond // Pulp Fantasy RPG. Compatible with OSR adventures. Playtest notes here: blog.hiskih.fi/mobile-dunge... Public version coming soon (ish) #ttrpg #osr

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Mobile Dungeon TaskForce - Playtest Report 2

Aight second playtest down. For those new here, MDTF is a game…

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 18/02/2026

How big are realistic towns and cities in fantasy? It's not a fun task to figure out so I made a quick reference with real-life example locations to compare to: blog.hiskih.fi/cities-quick... #ttrpg #osr #dnd

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Cities: Quick Size Reference

We know fantasy worlds have villages, towns and cities. But how big…

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 10/01/2026

I followed the instructions perfectly and misunderstood the request and did not press OK and was confused why nothing was happening. Am I smart or stupid?

Load tray 1. Plain, A4. Then press the [OK] button on printer control panel to start cleaning. Do not understand the request

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 06/01/2026

I keep forgetting I have a license for Fork. I start initializing a git repo and then remember why I hate command line and get sad and then I remember I paid for this awesome indie developed GUI and get happy again. Why do I keep forgetting I paid for Fork? Is it the name??? It's such a good tool.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 22/12/2025

FYI the collection is pretty well hidden. I almost sent a ticket to support but before you do that make sure you have looked at the pictures in the blog post carefully. It's not under My add-ons like you'd assume, they added a whole new tab for it which doesn't look clickable at a quick glance.

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HiskiH @hiskih.fi · 21/12/2025

I wager the two people you should talk to are Spencer Campbell and Chris McDowall. Afaik both jumped to fulltime after doing it on the side for a while.

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