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Luka │ Psychhound Games

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Luka Brave. he/they. #indiettrpg designer and researcher studying transformative play and analog games working on #spiritkeep - an animist fantasy campaign-length #ttrpg that helps players grapple with their pasts psychhound.com

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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 4h
oh... so so close. does anyone want to help tip "with breath & sword" over to 3,000 downloads? it's in a charity bundle right now :) #TTRPGs #indieTTRPGs psychhound.itch.io/with-breath-...
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 6h
everyone do yourself a favor and check out these wonderful creators & teams, some of whom i'm lucky to call my friends :) if you're an Indigenous analog game designer, feel free to talk about your projects & drop links below!
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 6h
@alltimeisaac.bsky.social isaac sanders, MSW is a PhD candidate working with homeless youth & educating about queer, feminist, afro-futurist systematic change. they're using a bespoke #TTRPG based on #daggerheart to prepare future social workers for complex decision making isaacsandersconsulting.com
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Isaac Sanders Consulting
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 6h
keaton @kwadzki.bsky.social is the lead of Buildable Dreams, dedicated to resisting dystopia & oppression through imagination & empowerment. he's currently working on Worlds Bubbling Up, a #TTRPG to imagine hopeful futures & is soon teaching with the School of Radical Imagination buildabledreams.com
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Buildable Dreams
Buildable Dreams is the home for Keaton Wadzinski's innovation framework, virtual portfolio, and Strategic Dreaming Services.
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 6h
@coyoteandcrow.bsky.social is an Indigenous team creating games including the titular Coyote & Crow, an alternate future science & spirituality #TTRPG set in a never-colonized Turtle Island with advanced civilizations & tech they also have a dice game, board game, & supplements! coyoteandcrow.net
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- Coyote & Crow Games
Coyote & Crow Games is dedicated to bringing authentic, joyful, and accurate representations of Indigenous Americans to the hobby board gaming community, working with Native creatives from across the ...
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 6h
@wendigoworkshop.bsky.social is a team of 3 queer, nd, Indigenous creators spearheading projects such as Areklon Chronicles, a modern heroic science-fantasy #TTRPG inspired by games like #dnd4e, #pf2e, #worldofwarcraft, #masseffect, & #overwatch check out the free demo! wendigoworkshop.com
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Wendigo Workshop
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 6h
@sahoni.bsky.social is the lead on Exceptionals: x-men inspired game about activism, culture, & the Genodivergent community. i 💙 the history & culture lesson in the intro + the mix & match PC creation. sahoni is now working on Protect the Sacred, anticolonial pulp adventure bramblewolfgames.itch.io
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Bramble Wolf Games
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 6h
its #IndigenousPeoplesDay here in the US, so i wanted to shout out some Indigenous creators from Turtle Island who are making some wonderful, interesting, and transformative #TTRPGs :)
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
this collection also has some older bits & bobs in it: itch.io/c/3465375/so... thank you so much for doing this :) looking forward to seeing all these cool games!! (and ty @dungeonofthedragon.bsky.social for tagging me!!)
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solo or multiplayer - Collection by PsychHound
A collection by PsychHound
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
a heart starts beating is a solo ritual game about being an awful lesbian trapped in the labyrinthine childhood home of her recently dead partner. one reviewer called it an "anti-grounding" game. made the month i defended my grad thesis and moved out of oklahoma 😅 psychhound.itch.io/a-heart-star...
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a heart starts beating by PsychHound
toxic yuri bury your gays haunted house game
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
probably my best known game, with breath & sword, is a solo journaling game that helps players calm down from anxiety attacks. grounding methods and breathing are used as the oracles (almost at 3k downloads if anyone wants to tip it over!!! 👀💖) psychhound.itch.io/with-breath-...
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with breath & sword by PsychHound
a solo journaling game that helps you fight anxiety
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
DEVIL X CROSSROAD, a duet minizine game about playing poker against the (southern US folklore) devil in order to trans your gender :) very relevant, hehe psychhound.itch.io/devil-x-cros...
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DEVIL X CROSSROAD by PsychHound
win cards against the devil to transgenderize
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
shadow / giant 2nd edition, a duet wolf & cub game ala tlou, logan, stranger things, bioshock, the mandalorian, etc my first game with a print run :) 60 page zine published by @plusoneexp.bsky.social with a bunch of gorgeous art by vicky lee psychhound.itch.io/sg2e
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Shadow / Giant 2e by PsychHound
a child who may never be safe / a guardian who will never stop striving
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
this is so lovely :) i have a number of 1 & 2 player games, found in these collections: itch.io/c/4141354/duet itch.io/c/3465374/so... i'd be happy to send download keys for any that catch your interest but my best / personal faves...
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duet - Collection by PsychHound
A collection by PsychHound
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
oh huge!! ty for thinking of me sam :) 💖
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
not a list of my faves, & i think there are a lot of big games and very well designed games that become popular without the designers' names doing the same. this is a list of who i would reasonably expect people in my spaces (+fans) to recognize - individual recognition outside of titles or credits
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
these are who i think of when i think "big names" in my spheres. some overlap within the circles of indie, non-trad, full sized rulebook + campaign play potential, queer (identity and/or design sensibilities), experimental, system hopping & mashing, etc
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 10/10/2026
design: avery alder, the bakers, cezar capacle, jay dragon, john harper, grant howitt, sam leigh, chris mcdowall, jenna moran, jason morningstar, rae nedjadi, avalyn ramsay, jeeyon shim, snow, austin walker AP: erika ishii, aabria iyengar, the mcelroys, b lee m, rah rah, jeff stormer, austin walker
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 09/10/2026
yall wanna read my essay about disability and dignity of risk in @temporalhiccup.bsky.social's apocalypse keys soooo bad :)
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 26/09/2026
oh hey 👋😊
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join us tonight at 8p et for Now You've Zine It w/ @drlemons.itch.io & @oddsandents.bsky.social + @lucaszellers.bsky.social of @graftbound.bsky.social as they look for a moment of resonance & dissonance in each other's work in this 3-way interview! youtube.com/plusoneexp 1/3
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Now You've Zine it

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w/J Evan Parks
Emily Entner
& Lucas Zellers!

Wednesday
September 30th at 8p ET

The text is flanked by skulls that are smoking something and have smoke coming out of their eyes and the cover for Ritual Deck and Werewolf Android.
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 30/09/2026
(overdramatic movie actor straight-to-vhs voice) wait noooooo thats not honey!!! (rips off the label that says "honey") (reveals that you've fallen into the theoryslop pot) (this is fatal)
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 30/09/2026
😟 i'm gonna spend too long filling this out. aren't i. is there some sort of help line someone can call. "my local academic just found some theoryslop" poison control equivalent
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 30/09/2026
paging @ckunzelman.bsky.social .... could we get an ep breaking this down pls .... (coughs weakly)
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
WE ARE LIVE!!! On lucky post #13. Storm the heavens, shuffle your decks, stop the apocalypse (or not), it's time to DUEL!!!!!! The Kingdom Carved Collab is live on @backerkit.com! Zine Club members don't forget that you will get discount pledge codes shortly! ttrpg.link/KCC
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Kingdoms Carved Combo
Kingdoms Will Rise & Fall! In The 7th Order become rentacops trying to stop the apocalypse as the Four Horsemen draw near. In Ritual Deck it's time to duel! Take on the ancient king of games as studen...
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since art is the topic, let's dive into it For Ritual Deck, @andrewbeauman.com & @thepressbetwixt.itch.io crew are eating up the Y2K Illuminated manuscript vibes on each spread of the core book. I can't think of a better team to pick up what @drlemons.itch.io was putting down ttrpg.link/kcc 10/x
A WIP spread for The Law Playbook:

Title text in a think serif script blends with video game style pop ups for start power words, aspects & wounds on the left hand side while the abilities, homework and advancements for the playbook are on the right. In the background "the Shadow of The Law" looms as a dark figure with pink and purple accents. It stares at the Gyaru that it currently in habits. Spiked pink balls float around the page while and iridescent rainbow of cool colors make up the background.
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Plus One Exp @ 🔜 Metatopia @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I can't wait any longer! Time to reveal the covers for the Kingdoms Carved Combo! @robbiaburns.bsky.social manifesting a malicious modern Renaissance vibe for The 7th Order! @andrewbeauman.com & @thepressbetwixt.itch.io giving us a Y2K Illuminated manuscript for Ritual Deck! ttrpg.link/KCC 9/x
Two covers side by side. The 1st is "The 7th order" dripping in red in front of a leaning cathedral with harsh read light casting long shadows over a neighborhood. Three unaware security guards sit on a beat up patrol card taking a break in the foreground. 

The second is "Ritual Deck: King of Games to the top right infront of light blues and whites clashing against the yellow aura of a dark shadow. The shadow stands behind a a smaller yellow and black figure holding a dueling sword with cards coming off of it and a crown motif behind them. In the foreground a purple haired student holds a green dueling staff of their own with a purple hair and masked shadow behind it.  It's Time To DUEL!!!
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 30/09/2026
one day left!!!
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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
wouldn't it be fun if we can get to 100 by the time we go to print?
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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A serious one today. "This is a call to our readers and future readers: please, consider before scrolling away, if you think our magazine is worth £18+postage. It is not just an investment in a bundle of paper, but in meaningful critique in the ttrpg space." playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...
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Playtest Material launches its first ever subscription drive
Playtest Material needs 75 subscribers to break even — one of those could be you.
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There's A TTRPG For That @mint-rabbit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#mintrecommends: Bringing back a recommendation post I did on Tumblr 2 years ago: Solo Journaling Games! I was asked to recommend some journalling games for an inquirer who loves to wrtie. ^_^
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 26/09/2026
oh hey 👋😊
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There's A TTRPG For That @mint-rabbit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Finally, The Narrator Paradox, by @psychhound.bsky.social, is a one-page game in which you're an author... and the story you're writing is fighting back. You'll need a tarot deck, a coin, and 2d6 for this one.
"The Narrator Paradox" is in brown chunky letters, with the subtitle "All you've ever been is a storyteller... now the story is fighting against you." Behind the "x" in Paradox is a pair of red and blue coloured squares, overlapping against each-other.
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 26/09/2026
anyone celebrating solo september? itch.io/s/201933/sol...
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solo september!! by PsychHound
A bundle by PsychHound, $10.00 for 7 games
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 20/09/2026
tho i have encountered quite a few people in the subcategory of "dnd players who will occasionally do a low-stakes one shot in another system then go back to 'the only real game': dnd." there are eccentric little novelties to entertain for a few hours, & then dnd. non-dnd campaign is seen as bizarre
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 19/09/2026
unfortunately, a lot of professionals who use applied ttrpgs (for education or therapy) will also tell you not to bother pitching anything except dnd. i've had multiple say "if it's not dnd, no one will care. just write supplements." dnd-onlies seem to be the rule rather than the exception :(
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 19/09/2026
god i so badly wish that was my experience as well. the "dnd or bust" people are everywhere, unfortch. i've been playing ttrpgs for nearly 10 years, and players who started with dnd being super chill about playing something different has almost never happened. quite rare for me
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Sahoni, Official Re(a)d Wolf @sahoni.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Writing up archetypes for mythical creature player characters for Protect The Sacred, and that last one feels very Cherokee in mindset.
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Jay 🏞️🔜 Howloween @telekitnetic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
THE KICKSTARTER HAS HIT THE 10K$ STRETCH GOAL!!! 🎇 The next goal is 15K$... if you've been eyeing this pin design for a bit now, consider giving the kickstarter a lookover- this pin is a limited edition one for the MoE artbook only, and there's currently 16 days left for the campaign!! #transart
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 11/09/2026
calvinball frame-narrative larp of a group of apocalypse survivors playing their favorite indie ttrpg from memory and arguing about who remembers the rules correctly
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 11/09/2026
oh yeah, btw 😊
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oh yeah, btw 😊
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Playtest Material Magazine @playtestmaterial.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Our next look into Issue One is a piece by Luka Brave ( @psychhound.bsky.social ) He writes about Apocalypse Keys' monstrous PCs, disability, and dignity. Apocalypse Keys is written by Rae Nedjadi and published by Evil Hat ( @evilhat.bsky.social ).
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Disablity, Dignity and Hope in Apocalypse Keys
Luka Brave writes about Apocalypse Keys' monstrous PCs as a metaphor for the disability community, and hones in on Robert Perske's concept of "dignity of risk," which states that vulnerable groups, should be allowed the freedom to weigh the potential risks of a choice for themselves.
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 11/09/2026
i think this is what the greek κάθαρσις was in reference to
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 11/09/2026
you larp the survivors but you do have to actually play the survivors playing the ttrpg campaign as well. importantly the indie ttrpg youre trying to "remember" cant be an actual existing game it Can ☝️ include real infighting discourse tho
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 11/09/2026
calvinball frame-narrative larp of a group of apocalypse survivors playing their favorite indie ttrpg from memory and arguing about who remembers the rules correctly
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 11/09/2026
i can't believe higher tiers get you a complimentary chihuahua are yall planning for any variation in size for that add-on or just the one model for now? he's very cute, just may have problems fetching heavier swords (congrats on the follower milestone!)
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Luka │ Psychhound Games @psychhound.com · 11/09/2026
MY KIDS 😫
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Sam Robson @dungeonofthedragon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Have you been waiting for news of Seasons of Magic? This is your sign! In 2027 I’ll run a crowdfunding campaign for a full length, hardcover edition of my kind witchy #ttrpg. How far will you go to save others? Just don’t neglect your own needs in the process! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Seasons of Magic: a tabletop game of kind witches
Get notified when Seasons of Magic: a tabletop game of kind witches launches on BackerKit!
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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Oh uh, I should probably starting planning for CIGS this Sunday. If you're around Chicago, you should come! This is the first year that TTRPGs and tabletop stuff will be present. www.indiecitygames.org/calendar/cig...
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CIGS 2026 | Indie City Games
Chicago Indie Games Showcase! September 13th, 2026 @ Ravenswood Event Center. Tickets available now!
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