Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There was a jazz festival near me this weekend. There was a jazz festival in the town I visited last weekend, too. With the wide variety of performances on offer, I still only really paid attention to a couple. Jazz festivals are about the plays you *don't* note. 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/09/2026New System Shop: Relationships in play! Featuring very special guest Avery Alder @lackingceremony.bsky.social ! We approach the taxonomic expanse from various different angles - power dynamics, stat(e)s of being, emergent ephemera - with Interesting results! open.spotify.com/episode/2bOk...open.spotify.comEpisode 14: Relationships in PlaySystem Shop · Episode 065
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Whenever I see a sculpted, shaped, and carefully mowed lawn, I can't help but imagine it as a golf course. My doctor says it's just par-eidolia. 011
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Today is the last day of my Summer Sabbatical and I can at last upload the first fully completed fruits of my unsupervised game design escapades! severalseals.itch.io/drake-barcod... & severalseals.itch.io/foleynautsseveralseals.itch.ioDrake Barcode: Morse Inspector by SeveralSealsThe moderately educational interactive escapades of a dashing detective in a dotty city 133
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Violet and I realised that this year's Ennie nominees either fell into "I own and have GM'd this" or "I've somehow never heard of this", with little in between, so we made a bonusode to survey the field and each pick something new to try! open.spotify.com/episode/0uBA...open.spotify.comBonus Episode: Ennies Exploration 2026System Shop · Episode 011
Reposted by FreyaImogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 29/07/2026As I send hundreds of books soaring across the Atlantic, I thought I'd see what folks are interested in next for JourneyMon expansions. Check out the poll in the Kickstarter update to have your say! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...kickstarter.comUpdate 18: International Fulfilment Underway - and a poll for what's next! · JourneyMon: Monster Trainer RoleplayingExciting times in JourneyMon HQ - a huge stack of handbooks is now officially On Its Way to our fulfillment partners Indie Press Revolution over in the United States. Everyone's shipping address shoul... 084
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 27/07/2026New System Shop! This one was recorded earlier in the summer but since then we've had another two heatwaves and until recently it was too hot to sit in my office for long enough to edit the dang thing 🥲 open.spotify.com/episode/1Xrh...open.spotify.comEpisode 13: VehiclesSystem Shop · Episode 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Ran a surprise game of @unpanny-valley.bsky.social's Shadow of Mogg at Tuescon. One character bartered a curtain for a family sized bottle of strawberry calpol at the blanket fort at Paddington in order to restore his stiff upper lip, then immediately failed the next roll and spiraled into Anxiety. 211
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Imi has worked so hard on this and I've worked so soft and we're both incredibly proud of the result. And now people can have it! And play it! 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I don't have air con, but I do have two fans, a slightly too small tub of water with an ice pack in it, and Nicholas Cage. 020
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/06/2026UKGE and high doses of @ava.foxfort.net have done strange things to my brain, but I slept soundly nonetheless. 291
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Yes that's two copies of the same box of tzeench horrors acquired via the corrupting influence of six attempted visits to the b&b. The dunmeshi mousemat will go nicely with the stickers already on my laptop. Imi's just finished Obra Dinn, and Micromacro is the closest to a paper version of that. 130
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I will be running Tool Team at 7pm on Friday (tomorrow!!) 000
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 28/05/2026*handshake meme* Me --> [Excited about seeing Adrian] <-- Rocky Hailmary 031
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 20/05/2026...also, this month's System Shop bonusode went unsung, by which I mean, I forgot to herald it. It's a good un, though! open.spotify.com/episode/35xn...open.spotify.comBonus Episode: Violet's Conpulsion Con-trived Title 020
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 20/05/2026@ilgingell.bsky.social and I will be wandering the halls of UK Games Expo next week! Spot us, as usual, in our white JourneyMon t-shirts! I'm also hopefully going to run at least one demo of severalseals.itch.io/tool-team - more details to follow...severalseals.itch.ioTool Team by SeveralSealsA wormhole-hopping inventory management TTRPG 030
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I'm having a pretty awful time right now, but my Amaryllis flowered yesterday and it's reminding me that there's still good in this world, Mr Frodo. 000
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Afflicted by an amnestic framing device, our only hope of salvation is that one paragraph on page 4 of your favourite RPG.... whatever one of those is. open.spotify.com/episode/7jaK...open.spotify.comEpisode 12: What is a Roleplaying Game? 022
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Plus, I discuss seven games I played, two games I ran, and one I designed (!) at this year's Contingency! open.spotify.com/episode/5JzX...open.spotify.comBonus Episode: Freya's Contingency Con-Return 110
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Iiiit's time for two slightly belated episode announcements! First up, Violet and returning guest Roz talk about making hunger mechanics feel meaty, in Worlds (plural) of Darkness and more: open.spotify.com/episode/2YNY...open.spotify.comEpisode 11: Hunger feat. Roz Leahy 000
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 02/02/2026I am back from Contigency 2026, and full of love for Friends and Games. Mostly, I'm full of shitposts about the impossibly complicated Elf Game we made for @uncannydice.bsky.social's inhuman game jam. Which included a design phase where we just. Went outside and sketched trees to study their vibes. 070
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 11/12/2025If you know me, you'll probably have heard me rant about Tchaikovsky's flagship bugworld series. They're all here! All ten of them! And also some mammalworld if that's your thing I guess. 020
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 17/11/2025@ilgingell.bsky.social joins me and Violet to talk about bringing monster training to the tabletop, discussing existing games in the space and how JourneyMon tackles the design puzzles of the genre! We even dig up a monster catching TTRPG that predates Pokémon... open.spotify.com/episode/2VLl...open.spotify.comEpisode 10: Monster Taming feat. Imogen Gingell 041
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Oh hey that's me! You may be wondering about the photo. You see, I was mimicking a mimic. 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 28/10/2025JourneyMon is live on kickstarter now! Imi has been working hard on it for many actual years, and even your humble Freya has been working... soft(??) on it, too! 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Got some delicious feedback from the first playtest of my current project: "this is 170% of a game and now you need to focus it in" and "this dice system wouldn't work in any other context but it's perfectly on-theme here". 110
Reposted by FreyaImogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 07/10/2025I'm excited to announce the Kickstarter campaign for JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying will go live on October 28th, in just 3 weeks from today. The big day is nearly upon us! Are you ready for your next #ttrpg journey? Follow the campaign here: kickstarter.journeymonrpg.com 175
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 10/09/2025@redstrawbaby.bsky.social Falin may be a healer, but she gotta get that bread 111
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/09/2025I will be running JourneyMon at #tabletopscotland this weekend! If you spot me in my JourneyMon shirt, say hi and I will give you a bag of (locally-sourced) monster munch. If you bring friends and ask nicely, I may even run a session for you, time permitting! 020
Reposted by FreyaImogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 03/09/2025We've raced on past 275 now so its about time to crack open the first booster pack and release a new playbook... You can vote on which one on a poll on our Discord server. Follow the link to join in! community.journeymonrpg.comcommunity.journeymonrpg.comJoin the JourneyMon TTRPG Discord Server!Check out the JourneyMon TTRPG community on Discord - hang out with 40 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat. 021
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/09/2025The conclusive counterpart to last month's SySho is now up! redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...redcircle.comEpisode 9: Mapmaking feat. Roz Leahy (Part 2)Listen to System Shop on RedCircle 121
Reposted by FreyaImogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 29/08/2025The JourneyMon #TTRPG pre-launch is full steam ahead, hitting 250 followers! To celebrate and drive for the next milestone, I'm excited to announce we'll be releasing Quick Start 'booster packs' for the Youngster and Oldtimer playbooks. One will unlock at 275 followers, and the other at 300! 🎁 156
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Episode 8, Mapmaking (part 1), is our first two-parter, and features Roz Leahy, our first guest! Among many other benefits, this means there's 50% more wordplay in the shownotes! redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...redcircle.comEpisode 8 - Mapmapking feat. Roz Leahy (Part 1)Listen to System Shop on RedCircle 031
Reposted by FreyaFonda Lee @fondalee.bsky.social · 28/07/2025I'm thrilled to share that the Green Bone Saga is being adapted into a TTRPG by @evilhat.bsky.social. Yes, now you too can be a jade warrior prowling the streets of Janloon. More info & sign up to playtest at the link below 👇 2231596
Reposted by FreyaImogen Gingell @ilgingell.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Did you know it's *exactly* 5 years today since I first started working on JourneyMon? (At least according to the edit history of my first ideation document.) Find out the game's original code name, its development history, and current progress in my first Devlog: ilgingell.itch.io/journeymon-q...ilgingell.itch.ioStarting our Journey(Mon)Welcome, TTRPG and monster-taming enthusiasts, to JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying ! A few weeks ago, we officially launched the Quick Start Guide of the JourneyMon roleplaying game. Alongside.... 0137
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Very excited to announce that I guest starred on the latest episode of Original Podcast Do Not Steal, designing an original bug-person for @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Shadows of the Apt! open.spotify.com/episode/2Lbr...open.spotify.comS3E30 - Shadows of the Apt (feat. Freya) - Slurp the PrometheanOriginal Podcast Do Not Steal · Episode 141
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 08/07/2025I've been left to my own devices, so I sorted my Pokemon sitting cuties by whether or not they're actually capable of sitting upright. 120
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 02/07/2025New episode in all of your places! I'm excessively proud of some of the puns in the blurb of this one. redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...redcircle.comEpisode 7: Pre-Generated CharactersListen to System Shop on RedCircle 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Check out our thing! Featuring a quickstart that you can play literally right now! Enjoy the puns and the power of friendship and the excellent art by @crowva.bsky.social ! 052
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 16/06/2025The weird vine in the bush by my front door has exactly one flower and I'm proud of her. 100
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 01/06/2025UKGE con haul photo sabotaged by local cat in what experts are already calling "entirely predicable" and "arguably staged" 250
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 30/05/20251. The double-barrelled System Shop: Multiattacks & Dual Wielding is now on your favourite podcast place! 2. I will be at UK Games Expo on Saturday & Sunday! Spot me in my JourneyMon t-shirt(s)... redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...redcircle.comEpisode 6: Multi-Attacks & Dual WieldingListen to System Shop on RedCircle 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Another new episode of System Shop is up! I wrote the shownotes for this one on actual honest to god paper, while listening back to the recording on the worst built-in media player imaginable on my phone, while halfway up a mountain. Enjoy! redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...redcircle.comBonus Episode: Violet's Conpulsion Con-ventureListen to System Shop on RedCircle 020
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 05/04/2025New episode is up! We actually recorded this about a month ago, but editing got hit by the "Violet has just moved to a new city and doesn't have internet" truck. redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...redcircle.comEpisode 5: Challenge RatingListen to System Shop on RedCircle 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Just finished reading & listening to all 10 of @aptshadow.bsky.social's Shadows of the Apt (aka Bugworld) books. I think that's the longest series of direct sequels that I've ever finished - it's compelling to see how the setting changes through all its wars and technological advancement. 110
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Decided to take a look at the monster hunter benchmark demo so that I could maybe play with my fiancée, who is a superfan. Discovered that my graphics card has somehow become *nine years old* while I wasn't looking. I did not bother installing the demo. 010
Freya @severalseals.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Contingency convention roundup bonus episode is ready! I appear to have forgotten to submit an episode title to Violet, so she's employed some dubious wordplay that implies I've run away to become a nun...? redcircle.com/shows/6991e0...redcircle.comBonus Episode: Freya's Con-tingency ConventureListen to System Shop on RedCircle 231