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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW!

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Dan (He/Him) 🇨🇦 Sci-Fi RPGs Drier Deserts, Hotter Suns OUT NOW! DrierDesertsHotterSuns.com ★ Find my games and stuff on itch ★ 🚫AI linktr.ee/robotopologist Logo by @lonearchivist.bsky.social

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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 08/10/2026
So do what I do and give your players bad maps. A shitty map they need to ponder over and make assumptions about is so much more fun (and easier to draw) than a fully fleshed out perfectly detailed world map Here's my "bad" map for our Dragonbane campaign with lots of blank space left to explore!
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 08/10/2026
When it comes to RPGs, giving your players a 1:1 map is a missed opportunity. "Inaccurate" maps are not only more evocative and tell a better story, but they let the players fill in the blanks, both literally and figuratively! An obviously wrong map also allows for the players to get lost 😉
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 08/10/2026
Of course, the concept of being able to depict the world with perfect accuracy is a modern one. Up until relatively recently, we didn't even know what most of the planet looked like. Before that, the tools and technology of cartography were limited such that our best efforts were still just a guess
 The world map of "Henricus Martellus Germanus" (Heinrich Hammer the German), Florence 1490-92. The first map with the Dragon Tail. It is a mixture of Ptolemy, recent Portuguese discoveries and unknown sources. Displays the Cape of Good Hope, rounded by Bartolomeo Dias in 1488.
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 08/10/2026
Even when attempting to Portray reality as accurately as possible, maps have so often been used to communicate specific ideas and concepts that the image of reality is secondary to the idea they are trying to communicate
c. 1887 reproduction on two sheets of the 1529 Propaganda world map, believed to be a reproduction by Diogo Ribeiro of the Spanish Padron Real (Royal Standard Map) held at the Seville Casa de Contratacion (House of Trade). It shows Spanish uncertainty regarding the Pacific Coast of the Americas, the Spice Islands, and the exact details of locations around the Indian Ocean, while adding additional information from the expeditions of Magellan and others.
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 08/10/2026
I think there's a bit of an obsession, especially among GMs, for their fantasy maps to reflect the world they portray 1:1. I understand this can be useful at times behind the screen or in a published module, but maps have historically been useful for reasons other than accuracy
Mappa Mundi in La Fleur des Histoires, 1459–1463, showing at top Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/09/2026
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 31/07/2026
If you want space-faring, gun-slinging adventures (with the occasional sword duel), you aren't going to get that from Dungeons & Dragons no matter how much official art they slap on the cover. You WILL get that from Drier Deserts, Hotter Suns though! A game designed with all that in mind!
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 28/07/2026
Tim Robinson in a shirt with a very complicated pattern
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 18/07/2026
I FUCKING KNEW IT
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 07/07/2026
No quick-start guide yet, but community copies on itch will always be available for free for everyone! For context, the book is about 120 pages, but only 5 of those are actual rules
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/07/2026
DD/HS is essentially a very rules light OSR/NSR type game with an D&D 4e/Lancer style ship combat system on top of it. You are very squishy outside of your ship, but once you're in space, the game gets to be a tactical co-operative space wargame.
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 03/07/2026
My space adventure #TTRPG DD/HS Releases 🔜 July 6th! 🚀 An action packed space game about crewing a starship with your friends with a space western twist 🚀 V1 is a complete overhaul of the playtest rules from a while back with all new ship combat, adventure procedures, character rules, and more!
3D Mockup of Drier Deserts, Hotter Suns cover2-page spread detailing "Modes of Play" and "Your Ship"2-page spread detailing "Engineer Actions"2-page spread detailing "Weapons"
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 02/07/2026
Surprise Cover Reveal! 🎉 DRIER DESERTS, HOTTER SUNS v1.0 comes out on JULY 6th!
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 24/03/2026
Looks like DD/HS is clocking in at about 115-120 pages. Reply with what section you are most excited for
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 22/03/2026
Breakout Con Haul! This isn't even everything I got. Titles and credits in alt-text.
A spread of tabletop game related items. From top left to bottom right: "Reforest", card game by firestarter games. "Instant Starship" by DNGN club. "Teenage Rebellion and the System Blower Army" for Cy Borg by Max Moon. "Print it Yourself", zine, issues two and three by Justin Vandermeer. "Zeroth Edition", games and essays by Ryan Khan. "Deathmatch Island" by Tim Denee. "An Infinity of Ships" by Stations.
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 09/02/2026
ADVENTURES ON THE EDGE OF SPACE
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 24/01/2026
Adventure www.philsp.com/mags/adventu...
Screenshot. Grid of "Adventure" pulp magazine covers from the 1930s
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 22/01/2026
Colours
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 19/08/2025
🥳 Hello new friends! 👋
Robotic Topologist bluesky profile with 200 Followers
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/08/2025
This single DriveThru RPG publisher has OVER 500 AI slop products (each page has 25 and there are 20+ pages)
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/08/2025
THIS GOES ON FOR 9 PAGES WTF
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/08/2025
You aren't prepared for page 3. Searched for "Solo Sci-Fi"
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/08/2025
Thank you DriveThru! Very cool!
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 19/07/2025
Cyberpunk Map for my Home-game: Night City 2089
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 08/07/2025
The self-replicating spacecraft from Phagocytosis is the first actual "dungeon" I've published. I've designed plenty for my home games, so it's satisfying to have figured out how to get the ideas onto paper What do you think?
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 02/07/2025
🚨 This just in: Join the BRAND NEW Robotic Topologist mailing list and get my trash planet micro setting WASTExWORLD for FREE! 🔗⬇️ (And you'll also get updates on all my games and new releases)
Waste X World
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 27/06/2025
New PB!
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 10/06/2025
All new Robotic Topologist logo by the extremely talented @lonearchivist.bsky.social Stay tuned for more awesome TTRPG content coming your way later this year
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/06/2025
My other hobby: attempting to pull the perfect espresso shot
A shot of espresso in a small cup with a spoon on the side
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 18/05/2025
Minimalist Solar System Generator! Update! SHAPES!!
A black and white minimalist map of a binary star system. Multiple bodies orbit the stars, all of different shapes: square, circle, diamond, and triangle.
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 09/05/2025
Gorilla News
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 05/05/2025
I didn't even notice that I passed 200 followers on itch! 🎉 ALL 206 OF YOU ARE AWESOME!! Thank you to everyone who has thrown their support my way, expect more great things in the future
A screenshot of the Robotic Topologist itch page. It reads 206 Followers, 171 Following
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 05/05/2025
Could you? #HYPERMALL72JAM
A black and white image of a fit shirtless man with the head, legs, and right arm of a gorilla. The text "Could YOU kill BOBO?" is superimposed on the image. A red crosshair is placed behind the gorilla's head.
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 07/03/2025
This made it into some very slick layout 👨‍🔬
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 06/03/2025
Engine cutaways 🤤
A cutaway diagram showing the internal structure of the bristol hercules aircraft engine
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 22/01/2025
The Sunsetting of Lutres 8 A one page mothership adventure made for last years Sci-Fi one shot jam. I'm very happy with how this one turned out!
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Robotic Topologist DD/HS OUT NOW! @robotic-topologist.itch.io · 20/01/2025
I'm usually working on RPGS, by my Minimalist Solar System Generator remains my most project on itchio. Have you tried it?
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