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Tim Denee

@olddog.games
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Game designer, graphic designer and illustrator from Aotearoa. Blades '68, Deathmatch Island, Odyssey Aquatica. 🐕 olddog.games 📫 olddoggames.substack.com

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Heart of the Deernicorn @heartofthedeernicorn.com · 29/09/2026
Blades ‘68 is a supplement to Blades in the Dark that offers new character playbooks, new crews, and new ways to play the game. Jump right into a technicolor retro-futuristic landscape in Blades ‘68, available now on our website! #bladesinthedark #ttrpg #ttrpgtok #ttrpgcommunity #roleplayinggames
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Matteo Sciutteri @matteosciutteri.it · 25/09/2026
After 18 months since the end of our 3+ year-long series of Blades in the Dark, yesterday we started the new one, playing Blades 68. So, I will use this thread to keep you updated (I know, you couldn't do without it 😆). THE CAST:
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 25/09/2026
New website day! olddog.games Nothing new on here, but hey, if you like websites -- this is one of them.
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Tabletop Roleplaying Games from Aotearoa
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Cris Viana ✨ @crislv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm currently working on a game that will be soon on Backerkit! Hope is a theme that I'm actualliy working and thinking a lot as a form of resistance. We need to have hope to dream about a new world and build it! Rangers of a Broken World is all about that! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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Rangers of a Broken World
Get notified when Rangers of a Broken World launches on BackerKit!
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Joshua Kramer @joshua-kramer.itch.io · 24/09/2026
Posing as a Columbo type photographer at a gala in Blades 68 and feeling alive as hell. I got one stress left to burn and a psychic rat. I can punch anyone
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 17/09/2026
I had a ton of fun making these graphics; clocks, the ticking timebomb, the animated cigarette smoke, and an interactive map on the Score-matic 6800 that can be dialled into any district in the city. As always, @evilanemone.bsky.social did an incredible job bringing it all together!
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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Gosh, this looks so handsome. I could never play ttrpgs online but I'm more and more jealous of some of the toolkits
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 17/09/2026
I had a great time talking to Marco about design, story games, Blades '68, and much else! Links in the quote.
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Blades '68 Complete Book for @roll20.net includes: 📕A full compendium of Blades '68, searchable in-browser 📍Detailed map of Doskvol 968 🦸70 stylish tokens 🗃️Faction deck 🕒Multiple countdown clocks 🕵️Sample PCs 💰Score planning table and more! Available now: marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundl...
A screenshot of part of the Roll20 setup for Blades '68. It's mocked up as a 60s style device called the Strangford-Michter Score-matic 6800. On the left is a map of Doskvol 968. Several tokens representing PCs are spread around it. Next to the map are a couple index cards for Scores. One has details for an Opportunity from a person named Cross on behalf of the SCORPION syndicate asking the group to target the Red Torque faction in return for a 6-stack payout. The screen has five different countdown clocks: 4, 5, 8, 10, and 12-part counters along with a 10-part counter rendered as a ticking bundle of dynamite. An ashtray with a smoking cigarette and glass of whisky add some decorative flair to the scene.
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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is true, in context or otherwise
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 16/09/2026
I go all over the place with hulls, but some images I have variously used in games:
A suited figure with a sort of chrome mask and hand. Cover artwork for the science fiction novel Who? by Algis Budrys, illustrated by Alun Hood.Mad Gallant, from MegaBeast Investigator JuspionK from Robot DetectiveA blue-skinned man's face comes off, revealing skull-like circuitry beneath. Cover art by Davis Meltzer for Philip K. Dick’s Clans of the Alphane Moon.
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Shannon Strucci @strucci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Blades 68 question- favorite sources for images of Hull characters? or fav fictional androids that fit a swinging 60s retro futuristic theme?
hull character art from blades 68. android-type character with red eyes and a cat on its shoulder. behind it says HULL the SOUL of a CONDEMNED criminal TRAPPED in a ROBOT BODY
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Sam D @sam.diceexploder.com · 15/09/2026
New Dice Exploder today with @jeeyon.bsky.social! We talked about a very specific two page spread in Blades in the Dark called "What Is There to Eat in Duskwall." Jeeyon gets to go off about life layers and we go all over the place, take a listen.
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Transcript: What Is There to Eat in Duskwall (Blades in the Dark) with Jeeyon Shim - Dice Exploder
Listen to this episode here. Note: the "What Is There to Eat in Duskwall" pages of Blades in the Dark were written by Andrew Shields. Further Reading Blades in the...
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
IN STORES TODAY! Blades '68 shines a bright, electroplasmic light on the grimy streets of Doskvol and spins the timeline forward 100 years. Enter a technicolor world of bold action, shadow conspiracies, and supernatural twists. Pick it up at your FLGS or directly from us: evilhat.com/product/blad...
In the background, a roadmap of Doskvol 968. The city is rendered in pastel pink, blue, and gray. Atop the map is a copy of Blades '68.  Colorful characters inspired by the 1960s are illustrated in bright shades of blue, orange, and yellow.
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Curious about Blades '68? We've partnered with @startplaying.bsky.social so you & your friends can try it out! Just head to startplaying.games/learn-to-pla... pop in a date & time that fits your schedule, answer a few questions about your play style, and instantly get matched with an experienced GM!
An illustration of three women and two men dressed in 60s-style fashion confidently striding together across an empty plane, like a crew of stylish criminals taking a curtain call. Caption: Blades '68. Learn to play with StartPlaying.Games
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Heart of the Deernicorn @heartofthedeernicorn.com · 14/09/2026
Blades '68 is a technicolor retro-futuristic take on the original Blades in the Dark experience, and it's available now on our website!
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Calum Grace @calumgrace.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
thinking about how cool this process was and how much I'm looking forward to seeing my words in the final product, I want to do more of this kind of thing! Please pay me for some words, I promise they will be the weirdest, scariest, most gruesome words I can think of.
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briar, duke of dykes @weregazelle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
very excited to see my Blades '68 stuff in the final doc... writing stuff for other people's games is SO fun for me and i always love doing it
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Achoobert @achoobert.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
An unofficial community FoundryVTT system is live. foundryvtt.com/packages/bla... @olddog.games @evilhat.bsky.social #blades68 #foundryvtt
foundry vtt blades 68 pause screen with 'bluetime' themeing
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 10/09/2026
I just backed Sage Council on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/lot...
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Sage Council
A card-based roleplaying game of local politics and city councils.
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Kelly Whyte @kellywhyte.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
More than halfway there, thank you all for backing the campaign and spreading the word! We're hard at work getting the full game prototype ready and with every backer we're closer to getting it in your hands. If you've missed out so far, you can join in at the link below! #ttrpg #kiwirpg
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Sage Council
A card-based roleplaying game of local politics and city councils.
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🅳🅴🅰🅳🅻🆈 🅵🆁🅴🅳🅻🆈 @deadlyfredly.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Learn to Play Blades 68 at Start Playing Games → startplaying.games/learn-to-pla...
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Find Your Perfect Game Master | Learn to Play Quiz
Looking to learn a new tabletop RPG system or try TTRPGs for the first time? Answer a few quick questions and StartPlaying will match you with a Game Master who fits your needs.
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hit the mean streets of Doskvol one week from today! Inspired by Deathloop, powered by Blades in the Dark - Blades '68 catapults you into a technicolor world of bold action, paranormal twists, and shadowy conspiracies. Turn on, tune in, drop out: evilhat.com/product/blad...
A low-angle photo of a copy of Blades '68. The book looks like a monolith rising up into frame. On the cover, colorful characters inspired by the 1960s are illustrated in bright shades of blue, orange, and yellow. In the background, a stylized illustration of explosion is rendered in shades of red.
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Hailey @bachrach.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
in blades 68 we accidentally created a new timeline where our dilettante artists are political radicals and spies and have I mentioned I love this game
black and white drawing on a red background of a fair-haired woman leaning against a black-haired man’s shoulder. he wears multi-coloured glasses and holds an old-fashioned film camera
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More sneak peeks at the stretch goals Tim is laying out to round up the Blades '68 campaign 🧵👇
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 07/09/2026
It's not DONE done, just yet, but all the Blades '68 stretch goals are now in layout. You can get a preview of every contribution in this thread:
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 01/09/2026
Great thread on the thinking behind the comics of Doskvol 68.
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Sean Nittner @seannittner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is so gosh darn beautiful.
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In two weeks... The HEISTS get bigger. The REBELLION gets bolder. The ACTION is electroplasmic. Blades '68 by @olddog.games Coming to your FLGS Sept 14th. Or place your preorder with us now: evilhat.com/product/blad...
In the background, a roadmap of Doskvol 968. The city is rendered in pastel pink, blue, and gray. Atop the map is a copy of Blades '68.  Colorful characters inspired by the 1960s are illustrated in bright shades of blue, orange, and yellow.
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Indie Game Reading Club @indiegamereadingclub.com · 28/08/2026
Hey friends, Been threatening this almost from the beginning, so more than a decade later we're finally getting to it! We've posted the first episode of the Indie Game Talk Club, a monthly (for now) podcast. If you know IGRC you'll dig it. Huge thanks to our friend @olddog.games for the sick logo!
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Welcome to the Indie Game Talk Club
We’ve been threatening to do a podcast for years. That time has finally come. Let us know what you think: email us at hello@indiegamereadingclub.com. Meet your hosts, Paul Beakley and Dusey (…
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Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here's a list of the 62 games from 41 publishers we'll have in Booth 4104 at PAX West September 4-7 in Seattle, WA. www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/PAX-We... We're grateful to @evilhat.bsky.social for letting us sell Blades in the Dark: Blades '68 there, ahead of its 9/14 release.
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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I was delighted to get a chance to write up this faction for blades '68. I tried to fold in some labour history from the real world, mapping it to the various analogues present in Blades '68. I'm in good company in the BLUE Files, there are so many brilliant contributors!
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 07/07/2026
The collection of stretch goal material for Blades '68 grew so large that it has exploded from the Palace Dossier into THE BLUE FILES. It's almost 60 pieces, from an amazing array of contributors.
Cover for "The BLUE Files", a collection of additional material for Blades '68. Shows a yellow car sailing through the air above a bridge, with a multi-coloured explosion behind it. In the background is a city skyline, and a blue sky with radiating circles.
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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 19/08/2026
Blades 68 from @evilhat.bsky.social and @olddog.games is one of my most anticipated games of the year. The original game still sings of course. Here is my review from way back in the dim and distant past of 2017. Tomorrow we will look at my impression as a player. buff.ly/EOC2d1r
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Blades in the Dark - Review - The Giant Brain
I look at the truly excellent Blades in the Dark, an RPG of heists, criminals, and pushing as hard as possible for what you want.
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Rascal News @rascal.news · 17/08/2026
Our subscribes nominate and vote on the games we pick and they picked Deathmatch Island as our third. The big topic was how this game doesn't have and doesn't need GM advice because everything is designed to make running it easier. What we need is player advice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdcj...
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Rascal Reading Club: Deathmatch Island
Rascal Reading Club is a bookclub-style podcast from Rascal News. On the first season, we discuss the GMing sections of cool roleplaying games. On this final episode, we discuss Deathmatch Island,…
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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Hey, y'all! The second episode of Sombras del Azul, our Pasión de las Pasiones campaign on @pantslesstables.bsky.social set in the world of Blades '68 and Blades in the Dark is now on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Cm...
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Sombras del Azul Episode 2 A Pasion de Las Pasiones Actual Play
YouTube video by Pantsless Tables
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Iain McAllister @giantbrain.co.uk · 17/08/2026
Excited for Blades 68 from @evilhat.bsky.social and @olddog.games? Get the lowdown on this groovy new game in my Skim Read and see what changes Tim Denee has brought to the world of Blades in the Dark from @johnharper.bsky.social.
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Blades 68 - Skim Read - The Giant Brain
Blades 68 is the latest game from Tim Denee. It brings Doskvol screaming into the light of the swinging 60s wtih bold changes and additions.
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Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com · 15/08/2026
@olddog.games this company is going to single-handedly bankrupt you
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 14/08/2026
Nothing so generous as fine folks taking the time to not only play your game, but also write thoughtfully about it. Great piece, chefs.
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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
This was seriously good fun. Paragon-based RPGs have accounted for a very large amount of the entertainment had this year so far.
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 13/08/2026
Hell yes hell yes. Love this genre, love this crew.
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Ken Lowery @kenlowery.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Really nice to crack open Blades '68 and see @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social cited as key influences, which they also are to me. Anything good i ever wrote/ran in Blades in the Dark came from i learned from them. DID YOU KNOW: they have a baller Blades game? acoupleofdrakes.itch.io/court-of-bla...
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Court of Blades - Scandal Forged in the Dark by A Couple of Drakes
The game of intrigue, romance, and peril, Forged in the Dark.
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Tom Lommel @tomlommel.com · 12/08/2026
@olddog.games another one for the file
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Greetings, [COMPETITOR]. You have been selected to participate in DEATHMATCH ISLAND. You may be experiencing some [CONFUSION] and [MEMORY LOSS]. This is normal. In two minutes [PHASE ONE] will begin. Please review the Production materials found here: evilhat.com/product/deat... Good luck.
A copy of Deathmatch Island. The cover is bright orange and depicts a group of three competitors standing around a burning van. A plume of oily black smoke curls into the sky against the silhouettes of palm trees and tropical plants. Behind the game is a monotone illustration in pale blue of the silhouette of a tropical island beneath a bright white full moon. Caption: Winners Play to Win.(TM)
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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 10/08/2026
Argh this looks so good
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Andrew Gillis @andrewgillis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hey friends, the Dark Ages playtest by myself and @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social is now live on my itch page. You are invited to download it for free and play it. sevencrowsgames.itch.io/dark-ages
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Dark Ages by Seven Crows Games
A post-apocalyptic, historical fantasy game of personal ambition, community strife, rights claimed and rights denied.
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gemelli23.bsky.social @gemelli23.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Well, no point in putting this off any longer. Blades '68 VTT public playtesting, let's gooooo! (Please let me know what's broken, what wants changing, and whether you think it works as an option for your group or not!) gemelli23.itch.io/blades-68-un... @olddog.games
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Blades '68 - Unofficial VTT by Gemelli23
A simple VTT in Google Sheets for online gameplay
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Danny Mendoza @dannyrmendoza.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Hey, y'all! The premiere episode of Sombras Del Azul, our Pasión de Las Pasiones campaign on @pantslesstables.bsky.social set in the world of Blades '68 & Blades in the Dark is now on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS4K...
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Sombras Del Azul Episode 1 A Pasion De Las Pasiones Campaign
YouTube video by Pantsless Tables
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gemelli23.bsky.social @gemelli23.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This Blades 68 VTT is pretty nearly ready for playtesting! More screens in thread.
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Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Nine Space Games is now available! Get it here: bpglink.com/9spacegames or here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... as you prefer, but definitely get it.
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Nine Space Games
Nine Space Games is a collection of freeform games that share a universe and a set of rules. They are designed to be played however you like, and they play fast—each lasts no more than an hour. And th...
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