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Rumpledcrow @rumpledcrow.bsky.social · 13h

Human made, hand drawn illustrations for human TTRPG developers and writers only. rpgtrader.com/products/102... #indiettrpg #ttrpg

The words "human made. Hand drawn traditional art by a human artist for human writers. Not for use with AI. Full terms in description." Above an illustration of a castle nestled into a hilly, forested landscape.

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Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik @hatethathedgehog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

ive collected all the genders to power a beam that gives sonic dysphoria

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 09/10/2026

Hurricane rapidly approaching my location

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Satanic Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io · 08/10/2026

Itch needs a more effective block button. TO BE CLEAR: If you make AI ttrpgs, you can fuck off.

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 06/10/2026

But redefining space entirely in reference to the perception barriers therein could do some serious heavy lifting. I think Rowan, Rook and Decard are onto something, but I’m having trouble conceptualizing how to explore it further

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 06/10/2026

As much as I use the grid prodigiously, in one form or fashion, in most of my designs, it’s something I continuously want to escape. With stealth specifically, however, it feels like any system used to further abstract space leads to a flattening of the environmental action and player agency

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 06/10/2026

Hollows’ radial combat system has me thinking about how a similar system could be used for stealth

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 04/10/2026

This isn’t to say that ahistoricism and fantasizing is bad or that you shouldn’t do it, but I think it carries similar risks to pure historicism that you’re underselling a little bit here. 3/3

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 04/10/2026

However, I do worry about erasure and stereotyping, especially in TTRPGs, especially in genres like the western, especially with examples like Deadlands and OoTJ (mtg). Ahistoricism can carry a real risk of excluding or misrepresenting minority cultures, even with active cultural consultants. 2/3

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 04/10/2026

I agree with you in regards to wargaming specifically and the more ubiquitously evil historical “factions” that tend to be represented therein (Nazis, Confederacy). People get attached to the factions they play, and this practice opens up too much room for fuck up people to do fucked up stuff. 1/3

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 04/10/2026

I think it’s because it’s generally seen as something “passive” and one note, which is well represented in the fact that 5e has . . . *a* skill for it? Maybe? Of course, this isn’t helped by the fact that D&D Constitution just flat bumps HP each level, making it a must invest for each character

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SprintingOwlDesigns @sprintingowl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I hear that backing a game on the writer's birthday imbues you with great power. www.kickstarter.com/projects/rod...

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Cinderella Smile

Stop the wedding, save the kingdom. TTRPG.

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 01/10/2026

So, head trauma made me a better magic player but a WORSE game master, apparently

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Running second private test of No More Lies (rules light detective game) today If it goes well, I’m gonna start reaching out to moots to see if any of y’all would like to give it a try

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 28/09/2026

(Also maybe had a slight concussion, but that’s less important)

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 28/09/2026

Turns out head trauma makes me a better magic player (did very well at Reality Fracture prerelease)

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 25/09/2026

I really, really, REALLY want to run more of rules light detective game (tentatively titled No More Lies)

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

make games or else

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 24/09/2026

Writing the GM advice for rules light detective game has been shockingly easy and fun. Total page count is now 8

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 24/09/2026

The worst part of game design is waiting for the next playtest

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 22/09/2026

I wrote my first ever spark table! It’s to help you figure out a prompt for a mystery in rules light detective game:

d20 table. Categories: Relationship, Motive, Method, Location, Time.

Relationship results: Rivals, partners, mentor & student, ex/lovers, siblings, superior & subordinate, peers, old friends, parent & child, idolized & idolizer.

Motive results: Love, revenge, freedom, silence, greed, orders, safety, belief, thrill, status.

Method results: Medical, sharp, accident, environmental, firearm, device, bludgeon, deprivation, sabotage, by proxy.

Location: Residential, industrial, retail, exclusive, wilderness, abandoned, vehicle, office, aquatic, public utility.

Time: Midnight, 1:00 to 2:00 AM, 3:00 to 5:00 AM, 6:00 to 8:00 AM, 9:00 to 11:00 AM, Noon, 1:00 to 2:00 PM, 3:00 to 5:00 PM, 6:00 to 8:00 PM, 9:00 to 11:00 PM.

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 22/09/2026

Y’know, I think my problem with writing adventures is that I always try to make something very considered and elaborate as opposed to something I’d actually just run in a campaign. I think I keep reaching above my current skill level and I keep falling short

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 20/09/2026

Alright, who wants to try rules light detective game? It’s a little less than 6 pages right now and I’m raring to test this puppy out!

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Satanic Panic | DNGN CLUB @dngnclub.itch.io · 19/09/2026

My car has been in the shop 3 times in the last month and a half - so that means its once again your chance to grab a life time membership to EVERYTHING! Act quick - only 5 available - then its gone! (Please like and repost so i can reach outside my bluesky bubble!)

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 19/09/2026

Ran a playtest of rules-light detective game yesterday! I came away feeling very positive about the core structure I’m gonna add some better character scaffolding today, finish writing up this mystery scenario, and run some more tests

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 17/09/2026

Florida heat sucks. This cooling towel does nothing. Wish there were some shades biking spots in the panhandle of the sunshine state

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 16/09/2026

Like, Cinderella Smile, VTM, and Don’t Kill A Bird With A Baseball are definitely in my top 5

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 16/09/2026

Alright, I say this a lot, but Cinderella Smile might actually be one of my favorite RPGs in terms of player experience. It’s a Hamlet simulator, and it actually ends in a reasonable amount of time! Playtesting this game has been a BLAST and you should 100% back it when it goes live

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 16/09/2026

This 100% Reductionist views of storytelling, especially those that center plot instead of character or theme, are harmful for discussion of LESS interactive forms of media! Games are a whole different ball park, there’s so much to consider

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 16/09/2026

I didn’t feel inadequate in my understanding of theory while doing this, you did!

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 15/09/2026

I used to play a lot of FighterZ with my buddy George! I never really labbed combos, always made up kinda shitty ones in the moment. He scolded me for it all the time I had a 50% win rate against him because my neutral was that good. There are things you pick up in play that can’t be labbed

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 15/09/2026

This is so going in my budget Hogaak edh deck

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 15/09/2026

The more I interact with TTRPGs that run on pure resource management, the more I prefer having some randomization that underpins or is underpinned by that resource management

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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Not for me. Not for thee.

Various translations of a famous line of dialogue between Pylades and Orestes from the play Orestes by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 10/09/2026

Jarritos de mandarina especificamente

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 10/09/2026

Happy Neck-explode-iversary! I will be celebrating by drinking Jarritos and praying the government doesn’t kick down my door for posting this

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 10/09/2026

Not only did I get it in the mail, my mother took one look and said “I’m playing this fucking game” ~50 year old punk/goth approved

The cover of Hypermall Unlimited Violence. Tag line: A game about killing rich people for money.

A spread of backgrounds. The Hamburger Artisan (not just a chef, but an artiste) and the Registered Extrasolarian Diplomat (just a little grey guy trying to survive the hell of corporatism)

A list of sniper rifles, including the Execution, McConnell Piss Cannon, Housewife X2, and the Switcheroo. Can you guess my favorite?

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 09/09/2026

FUCK YEAH LET’S FUCKIN’ GOOOOO

A copy of Hypermall Unlimited Violence by Rat Bastard Games. It has just arrived in the mail

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 09/09/2026

Fucking hell am I really gonna drop everything because an old Spice8rack video is making me want to design a horror game … Fuck, I’ve already written task resolution AND character creation

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

Portals + Train = lots of dead combatan- good god, his head, jesus christ

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

In practice it’s always been much more about manipulating enemy positioning and momentum, which I think is really cool and also probably a failing of mine. I will never forget the train massacre of ‘25

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

See, I think you need a little bit of that to design effectively at all, but I’m always worried about falling into Ron Edwards Big Model bullshit

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

I have a friend who says the same thing to me CONSTANTLY lmao

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

I don’t fully agree with this, but I’m also a theory head who reads shit like Matthew J. Finch’s “A Quick Primer For Old School Gaming” (still has my favorite examples of play) and actively works towards facilitating conversation as play outside of rules

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

I don’t have a link per se, but Cadwallon: City of Thieves, Black Seven, and Snakes and Wolves are names that kept coming up for me. I personally also happen to like Instant Bullets by @dngnclub.itch.io, but it is a 1 sheet game and thereby simple (which is fine by me)

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

Those rules unfortunately aren’t on the market yet lol, but thank you. Even so, simplicity is something! I did a deep dive into various stealth-centered ttrpgs around the release of Footfall’s 0e, and there are very few games that focus it but they do exist!

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TheGiocorn @rotten-shotgun-games.itch.io · 07/09/2026

But also, Mothership’s combat is punishing enough that I don’t think having god’s gift to guns actually makes it any safer than engaging in the hiding convo with your GM. It’s a really strange issue that I’m not sure is an issue at the right table

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