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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 23h

Additionally, there's a special Expansion to the game now available too, containing a bonus Mission to recruit a new Soldier named Ward, the Exo Pilot. It's a Titanfall set introducing a weird high-risk high-reward style of play. It's cool, and it's free! buff.ly/797VvFw

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The Oleander Daemon

The publishing name of Max Hervieux.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 23h

The PDF is $15. On DTRPG, the softcover is $30, while a premium version is available on Lulu for $35. Lulu won't let me bundle a ZIP or PDF, so email me if you get it there and you can have the files. Similarly, if you buy it on one site and want it in other libraries, I can help with that.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 23h

Inspired by Halo Reach and ODST amongst a number of other things, this is my independent take on a campaign structure for FitD, playing with anti-canon and shared control of the squad ideas that I started playing with in The Unity of Skovlan, with a bunch of new innovations.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 23h

The Oleander Daemon is released! My squad-based FitD campaign of military sci-fi action about a guerilla force fighting back against an occupying invader is available in both PDF and softcover POD. tLBP: buff.ly/797VvFw DTRPG: buff.ly/67gBMOl Itch: buff.ly/GCKR8XF Lulu: buff.ly/5duEpis

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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 22h

Max is genuinely a top 3 FitD designer in my mind. Please check this out!!

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The Oleander Daemon

The publishing name of Max Hervieux.

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Late night team! I need YOU to make some noise about Cinderella Smile. It's an asymmetrical gothic horror TTRPG where you're courtiers trying to fend off a wedding before it destroys the land. It's got stuff like lying about your dice and it's full of that art. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rod...

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Cinderella Smile

Stop the wedding, save the kingdom. TTRPG.

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lumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

15 years ago when Apocalypse World was new and people were beginning to understand and work with it, it was seductive to look at "acting under fire" and see, not one basic move of several, but the template underlying all the game's moves. Like @kierongillen.bsky.social 's classic gag:

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Wow, I'm really proud to learn that LotE had such an early impact on your indie journey! Plus it's nice that the +1 Forward interview helped, I haven't gone back and thought about that in like a decade. I've quietly watched Color Jam develop for a while, and I'm excited for it to be publishing!

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Sticky Doodler 🖍️ Color Jam @stickydoodler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Some citations: Color Jam was a co-design with Joe Kell and is being published by @lunarpunk.games. Find the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lun... Check out artful games for the sake of games: @notforsalegames.bsky.social

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Color Jam: A Print-and-Puzzle Coloring Game

Enjoy cozy and clever coloring at your next game night. Craft the story of each hand-illustrated picture with creative color choices!

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Side note: a deep thank you to whoever bought Blood/Lust on Itch today, I hope you love it, enjoy spooky season Everyone else should also check out my romantic-but-not-quite-erotic gothic romance vampire duet game, it's definitely one of my most niche experiences but it's super intense and fun

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not gonna have this opinion tagged into that announcement post, but Sufficient is all I'm gonna get from Lightningsource through DTRPG. Are the costs down? Sure. Is the quality down relative to my personal Lulu copy? Yupppp. Wish I could offer 80# coated pages on DTRPG, but the Premium is too much.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

(I kinda expected it to take a week or more from now to get it, so I'm calibrating all the simultaneous posts for it now. Also I got covid traveling for a wedding last weekend despite precautions so I'm taking it at whatever pace I can. I'm really excited to release though)

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Alrighty, got my DTRPG proof of The Oleander Daemon, which was my last limiting factor on the release of the game (POD was a mandatory element). It's sufficient! The game will release within on the next couple weeks!

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

That was Element4l and despite rewriting it five times the autocorrect still ate it Listen to Mind Tree's Element4l ost I what I'm saying

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(.hack//SIGN is Starglow, Phendrana Drifts is Under Forgotten Stars, Agni Kai is and always has been LotE, Chrono Cross is an underpinning element of Sacred Sandglass, and Copper Ganglia is a cross between Amos Roddy and Elemental, a 2013 indie with an inordinate hold on my ears for a many years)

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(the song that activated me for this thread was On A Pale Horse, and the H3 version Behold A Pale Horse is one of my top 5 vg music moments all time i swear that's meaningful, vg or anime music moments have been guiding the last 4 or 5 of my game projects)

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(I'm reskeeting all of that in the morning, btw, just posting it now Go Ravens, we're gonna pummel the Colts if there's any justice in the world)

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Anyways, Oleander Daemon comes out next month, basically as soon as my proofs arrive. It's been a while since I've been this excited for a release.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Veronica Dare, the ONI spy who commandeers the team in Halo 3 ODST, is directly the personal inspiration for the Soldier Celadon. Dare is played by Tricia Helfer, at the height of her Model Six fame. The "spy embedded in a SpecOps team, perhaps with secret instructions" idea was v compelling to me.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Oleander Daemon side note: my partner and I just finished a full Battlestar Galactica rewatch (I actually saw the ending this time, but that's a different thread) and I have to mention that core Oleander Soldier Celadon is based on a different Tricia Helfer character.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Idk if I'm ever going to be able to play or listen to Halo again without being overcome with Oleander thoughts, and imho that's the perfect feeling after finishing a project, the feeling that it has permanently entrenched itself into your brain and your connection to its inspirations.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Y'know, I've felt doubt every now and then that my upcoming Oleander Daemon release is actually going to resonate right with anyone Then I listen to Halo soundtracks for ten minutes and, uh, I nailed it. The vibes are immaculate.

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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

accidentally wrote a little Vaarn jam submission today! thursday-garreau.itch.io/blue-mosaic-...

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BLUE MOSAIC Vol. 1 by Thursday Garreau

a small Vaarnish miscellany

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Anyway, to end this thread with fun news, I've also written new bonus content for The Oleander Daemon -- a bonus Soldier and Mission inspired very directly by Titanfall 2. Some of the best new content I've written in months!

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

So now, I'm just gonna start releasing things. Not willy-nilly, I'm doing it with intention, but I'm not holding myself to a standard of driving a huge-feeling campaign.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I love my games, and I think they deserve the attention that comes with a full campaign, but I'd rather they be out and readable and playable than stuck in my head, waiting for me to work up the spirit to build a crowdfund.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I've been ruminating on this for a while now, and I just don't have the right disposition to make this a Kickstarter, or to pursue crowdfunding in general for a while. Building hype and doing the marketing requisite to the process is literally stopping me from working on things.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Okay, that's me committed THE OLEANDER DAEMON releases in October, PDF and POD. I don't have a final date (I need to receive my POD proofs to hit the button, so it's not 100% in my hands) but I'm targeting the 11th or 12th (the latter is my birthday)

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Answer with one of the following vibes to help pick my activity path tomorrow: SOUND // SIGHT // TASTE

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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Now on my Patreon: the first draft of THURSDAY NIGHT TELEVISION, a storytelling/worldbuilding game for 1-5 players about generating the history of a fake cable channel. I'd love your thoughts! Check it out: www.patreon.com/u216570/post...

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New Game: Thursday Night Television | Thursday Garreau

It's a storytelling/worldbuilding game about making up the history of a fictional cable TV channel, inspired by Microscope, The Quiet Year,

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Also I love both versions of this Mission, The General is one of my fav tUoS missions And though I left it vague for broader text principle, if you play it and your Teaves is not a woman, you're a coward. That character was written to be Olivier Armstrong but maybe even bigger

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

So in The Unity of Skovlan, there's a late-Period Mission where you assassinate an Akarosi general I adapted that one to Oleander Daemon, a scifi Halo-like game But I'm realizing in the adaptation, I basically wrote a mission where you assassinate Darth Vader

Header: The Secundus
Body: Fully power-armored even in the safety of the Citadel, they are identifiable by their unique helmet and grand cloak. Little is known of their identity or relationship with the Primarch, but they have been the Secundus for years.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Every time I re-layout a game (let alone draft a new one) the margins get bigger, the line spacing wider, and the header padding greater. The white space keeps growing and every time it benefits the game. "Too crowded" is a top complaint from me now. Let the content breathe!

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Monsterhearts 1e remains my favorite game ever, and I've never had a miss from Avery. Ribbon Drive affected my journey as a designer really significantly, and The Quiet Year was what gave me the confidence to run public games, through which I joined my main support community to this day.

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maia arson crimew 🏴 @crimew.gay · 21/08/2026

happy two year (and a bit) anniversary to the story i am still most proud of, me and @ryanfae.bsky.social worked away at this for over half a year and it's just fantastic. go read it if you haven't yet! maia.crimew.gay/posts/gps-tr...

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stardom dreams, stalking devices and the secret conglomerate selling both

"this is all so stupid," maia keeps repeating

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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 20/08/2026

Extremely irresponsible to post this without providing information on what was recalled + the RFK photo is misleading to the point of being a lie. It's the Grand Central Bakery Seattle's potato sourdough doing the recall; the FDA is a messenger here. Seattle/Tacoma. www.fda.gov/safety/recal...

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Made some homemade horchata for the first time a couple days ago. It was easy and has been delicious. One batch with almonds, one with oats (to avoid tree nuts), and no dairy. Def gonna keep iterating on this.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Excellently written praise that hypes me up for an interesting-looking game. I'm compelled.

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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New blog post up: a whole lot of praise for Vaults of Vaarn #2, a city/faction toolkit zine for one of my favorite games around. Water debt! Mutant bigotry! Brain-eating ghouls! injectorseat.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/o...

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Old Favorites: Vaults of Vaarn #02 (Gnomon)

Praise for a post-apocalyptic city setting zine.

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Dissonance @mothlands.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

It’s been released! moth-lands.itch.io/the-contender Along with a bonus rolodex of factions I’m calling Lace & Leisure.

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The Contender by Dissonance

A Blades 68 Custom Playbook

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

So I'm watching it on my own very sporadically because my partner extremely does not care about Star Wars, but... holy cow am I enjoying Andor. Hearing that Gilroy was also a big fan of the Revolutions Podcast got me to prioritize it, and it's so obvious. I'm 6 eps deep and can't wait to keep going.

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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 22/07/2026

I confess I have a hard time wrapping my head around the fact they're just past $21k while Deathbringer is at $1.1 *million.* Go back this.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

My Daughter, The Queen of France: Daniel Wood wrote it for Game Chef 2011 and its a masterpiece of both Shakespearean play and parody of Shakespeare at the same time. Perfection. See also By The Author Of Lady Windwermere's Fan by Lara Turner for Oscar Wilde passion and parody. Its also very queer.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The game, as a spiritual successor to Unity of Skovlan, is so so good. It's taking everything I've got to not just release it.

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The Logbook Project (Max) @logbookproject.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I'm making real progress on prepping the crowdfund for The Oleander Daemon. The campaign is planned for October -- a target I'm actually confident about for once. Gonna contact people I'd really love for stretch goal stuff soon.

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