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internet hermit josh

@ostrichmonkey.bsky.social
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33, he/him. #ttrpg designer - of the sort of spooky and sort of strange variety 🔗 ostrichmonkey.itch.io 🔗 patreon.com/OstrichmonkeyGames 📧 ostrichmonkey.games@gmail.com

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Sam Zimmerman (he/him) @typhosgames.itch.io · 2h
It’s announced! I’m so excited to start talking about my next project: A Nice Wyrm Brew! It’s a slice-of-life game of tea dragons helping to run a bustling café. Delight your customers and serve tea, while trying your best to resist hoarding the teacups. farhorizonscoop.beehiiv.com/p/missive-20...
A large cafe sign, shaped like a teapot, with the name “A NICE WYRM BREW” in large red letters. A small red dragon is sleeping on top of the sign.
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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 12h
ARRIVING FRIDAY: Liminal Horror modules! Layers of Unreality by @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social - enter the Skein and investigate the ominous place between all places These Waters Run Black by @gomezwrites.bsky.social - go on a road trip and meet a southwestern blood god
The cover of Layers of Unreality, a Liminal Crawl by Josh Hittie, Ostrich Monkey Games, compatible with Liminal Horror. The text is bold, all-caps, and red - it's broken weirdly across several lines. The background is black with a psychedelic marbled patternThe cover of These Waters Run Black, a one-shot adventure compatible with Liminal Horror. The image is black and white. Two sets of hands cup a dark liquid, which runs through their fingers. The image has a fuzzy newsprint quality
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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Running a Kickstarter and ALSO running this cool bundle with a lot of TTRPGS because I am not good at planning. Capitalize on my flaws and snag 50+ autumnal TTRPGS for bountiful harvest prices. itch.io/b/3936/hallo...
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CLAYMORE @claymorerpgs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Richard over at Sprinting Owl is the original FIST homebrewer and a pillar of indie RPGs in general, we love him and if you don't back this lovely little gothic horror project we'll lock YOU in a dark foreboding castle understand??
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Merlin 💀 @necromatador.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Now in my Ko-fi Shop! And as a bonus, if you buy more than one physical item from my shop (any physical item, not just the Haunting #Halloween Collection) you will get a random #collage / #calligraphy #bookmark card! I will be replenishing stock throughout October so check back from time to time!
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i actually do really enjoy layout, i'm just making life harder for myself trying to make things look Extra Nice
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I spy some Layers of Unreality in that pile 👁️
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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 02/10/2026
OCTOBER'S HAUNTING DROP ARRIVES ON FRI 10/09! Break out your Liminal Horror rules to fight a southwestern blood god or disappear into the backrooms. Play cards w the devil. Own the night as an urban vampire. Sharpen your witch powers. Meet one chimera or make a whole battalion of lil freaks (+more)
Smorgabord photo of items coming soon, accented with a tiny yellow fantasy figurine wielding a large sword. Zines include: These Waters Run Black, Catbin, Wytch Mountain, and Layers of Unreality. Cards from Devil Town are visible, as well as a Risograph printed folded fortune teller
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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You can use your Mouse Scroll Wheel to parry this ad. On a failed parry, you must Left Click instead. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rod...
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Cinderella Smile
Stop the wedding, save the kingdom. TTRPG.
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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The team over at Nobody Wake the Bugbear did an actual play of one of my modules for the Mothership RPG! Check out their take on "The Doom of Verden Prime" here: nwtb.podbean.com/e/the-doom-o...
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The Doom Of Verden Prime | Episode 1 | Our Best Hope | Nobody Wake The Bugbear
A small colony launches a Hail Mary mission to stop a massive asteroid on a collision course to their planet of Verden Prime. Nobody Wake The Bugbear presents an actual play of The Doom Of Verden Pri...
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i haaaaaaaaaate that so much
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
*gritting my teeth* i love doing layout i love doing layout i love doing layout
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
the Proxy are going to be sooooooo cool
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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
locations drafted in today’s megastructure ttrpg meeting w/ @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social: -jail ziggurat -computronium canyon mine site -big pounding fucker -ooze nursery
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Lone Archivist @lonearchivist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bookings now open for logo / brand design, editorial layout, crowdfunding graphics, and more! Hit the CONTACT button on lonearchivist.com.
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Dr. Kill Everyone (Eclipse) @eclipse.gay · 30/09/2026
If I did a 24 hour Dragon's Dogma 2: Dark Arisen stream with some incentives, would folks show up for that? I am certain I'm gonna want to play a lot of that anyways, and I have some fun incentive ideas...!
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Luke Baker @spacemacchiato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mysterious monoliths make for poor carving material
A large glossy rectangular monolith with an unfinished face carved into it. The monolith is split in half and a mass of pink alien tendrils spill out from within it
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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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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
That's so incredibly rough! Hope things can improve soon for you!
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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dude @itsquinns.bsky.social and gang are playing my game Necronautilus on the Play To Find Out podcast rn. Their first mission they go to the planet Cavity, an enormous space shark turned inside out into mountain ranges of teeth and rivers of blood. Sick as hell. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
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S5E1 - Necronautilus
Podcast Episode · Play to Find Out · S5 E1 · 1h 26m
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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
a universal feature of the game designer working on a long project is that their next game wells up inside of them until it is physically painful
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Inspired by Final Fantasy X, the Xenoblade Chronicles, and Magic Knight Rayearth, Rangers of a Broken World launches in two weeks! Destroy the twisted Horrors. Deceive the Noble Demons. Outlast the relentless Automata. And save your people. Follow the launch now: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
A spread from Rangers of a Broken World with the two pages that introduce the Wandering Magus class. A woman in loose-fitting clothes  wearing a long silk scarf floats in the air and weaves a spell across a desert dune. In the distance, a huge spectral tortoise appears. Caption: Wandering Magus. A desert nomad, preserver of ancient knowledge, and reader of the stars, the Magus is an unparalleled hunter. Everything in the world is connected, and no one understands those connections better.
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Luna P. @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My ttrpg take is that the bones are the skeletons' money and in our world bones equal dollars
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This fall, Kingdoms rise. Kingdoms fall. Kingdoms come. The 7th Order by Brian Miranda & the Ennie Award-winning Ritual Deck by @drlemons.itch.io are coming Sept 29th on @backerkit.com in the Kingdoms Carved Combo. 2 dynamic mystery games by 2 amazing creators ttrpg.link/KCC 1/X
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Kingdoms Carved Combo
Get notified when Kingdoms Carved Combo launches on BackerKit!
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Thursday Garreau @keftiu.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
still no movement on this! i'd really appreciate a little relief 💛
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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Still room to join! This is open until Sunday.
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Oooooh 👀 would love to hear more about it
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yuko @aidosaur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
BARBAROUS ½ update!!! OK BUT HEAR ME OUT….. always read for free @ johnnywander.com! ✨
Percy: “ha ha ha ha c’mon! I just started here!
Chiaki (off): right, right.

Logo reads: barbarous 1/2
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Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
COME GET IT
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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
HORROR GAMES! ttrpgs based on: House of Wax, Funny Games, green Room, Fear dot com, Demons, Suspiria, Possessor, The Coffee Table, It Follows, The Invitation, The Meg, Splinter, Together, The VVitch, and Videodrome! 15 games in 1 book. Worldchamp.io/store worldchampgameco.itch.io/horrorgames
Hand holding up a book in front of a gallery wall, “Horror Games” with an orange image of a screaming face on the cover. Hand holding up the back cover of a book in front of a gallery wall. “Keep telling yourself it’s only a game!” With smaller copy text below. A hand holding open a spread of a book showing a game based on the film It Follows with orange illustration on the right facing page.
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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
$7k hit! We are 70% funded now. If you want to blow up the sun and pilot a really cool mech, you need to back and share NOVA 2! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The weather turns, leaves skitter across stone pathways, and in the halls of autumn's court something evil opens its eyes and dreams of marriage. Next week, fight to save the kingdom alongside servants, social climbers, and jilted ex lovers. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rod...
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Coming soon: Cinderella Smile
Stop the wedding, save the kingdom. TTRPG.
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
it suuuuuuuuucked and everyone hated it!!
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
nope! we were required to use word! which, was a nightmare to wrangle all the tables/figures i needed for my thesis into. *and* the sheer amount of contradictory information the univ's format guide and the person doing the format checks gave me. terrible lmao.
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
giving myself flashbacks to thesis format checks while im trying to fix mysterious style-formatting errors 🙃
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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
make games or else
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Evil Hat @evilhat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
CHOOSE YOUR HERO: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...
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Simon Roy @simonroy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trying their god-damndest to land in a catastrophically depressurized super-habitat (which is still under rotation)
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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The store is still open and we're $318 away
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
these look absolutely killer!
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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Also proud to carry: 🃏 Boss Fight #4 by @bigboygametime.bsky.social , an amazing gaming culture zine, this ones about Magic proxies, why/how you should make them. 🐛 Mantis by @wittlegoblin.bsky.social, a solo game of sexual cannibalism inspired by Under The Skin, remastered with new art & layout
two books on a grey background. left to right the titles are Mantis (a bright pink cover with a bright green and black man in crosshairs) and Bossfight (a zine with a photographic cover of a hand holding proxied magic cards)
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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Now available at worldchamp.io/store: 🔫 I AM A GUILLOTINE: a solo game of enacting political violence against a fascist figurehead. 📝 MANIFESTO: a solo journaling game of political extremism and news biases after the violence. 💀 HORROR GAMES: a compilation of 15 new terrifying tabletop games
three books propped up against a metal garage door. Left to right, the titles are Horror Games (an orange screaming face on white background), I Am A Guillotine (a dynamic drawing of a politician in crosshairs with a masked assassin on black background), and Manifesto (a wolf in black ink atop a photo of a person in a balaclava).
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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy start of the week everyone here's a quick ttrpg about the newly discovered cat. kumada1.itch.io/on-softest-p...
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On Softest Paws by kumada1
Cat discoverabletop roleplaying game.
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internet hermit josh @ostrichmonkey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On it boss 🫡
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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ten followers on this campaign page would make me so powerful. So, so powerful. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rod...
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Coming soon: Cinderella Smile
Stop the wedding, save the kingdom. TTRPG.
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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 21/09/2026
Wanna see something wild? A third-party Mothership KS estimated to ship in Sept '24 just dropped an update that it's still not done, won't be Mothership anymore, will be riddled with AI now, and no they won't be refunding anyone. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bit...
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Update 17: Alright, We're Off to the Races - Scrap Räts! · To Insanity and Beyond
I appreciate everyone's patience as we have been working through an immense backlog.  You can expect weekly updates (but likely no more than that) as we bear down to get this project down the pat...
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World Champ Game Co @worldchamp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You could answer this by making something special for the superhero’s for Jeff jam itch.io/jam/superher...
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Superheroes for Jeff
A game jam from 2026-09-01 to 2026-11-16 hosted by World Champ Game Co.. tabletop community hero Jeff Stormer, host of the party of one podcast , is a big fan of supers. When I see Superman media, I a...
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carlydraws @carlydraws.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
close up! Check out this cool game i did the art for, in an ancient tapestry style to match the story themes. I made a whole bunch of custom brushes to give a densely packed thread look. #art
prequel art detail
tapestry style art of heroes fighting a great evil
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Party of One Podcast @partyofonepodcast.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Party of One Episode 500: The Creation of Wonder with A Bunch of My Friends How do you celebrate 500 episodes of your podcast? By inviting 37 of your friends to help celebrate by telling the story of a 20-year TTRPG campaign turned into a multimedia rock opera cinematic experience. Party On, yall.
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500 - The Party of One Episode 500 Spectacular (The Creation of Wonder with A Bunch of My Friends) - Party Of One
To celebrate 500 episodes(!) of the show, I sat down with a bunch of my friends to play The Creation of Wonder by Eve Golden-Woods. We told the story of The Singularity Cycle, Phase I. The Blade of th...
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Jon Boo-yle 🎃 @residentbard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I need y'all to make this project go crazy so I can write fanfic in Spencer's kickass world where the sun exploded
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