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Zach

@shortrestpress.bsky.social
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Weird little guys. Games for freaks. DIY OR DIE. Open for freelance work. get my games here: shortrestpress.itch.io read my blog here: shortrestpress.com/blog get in touch here: shortrestpress@gmail.com

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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A really nice write up of FRINK! by Jonathan Greenall. Thanks Jon! Check out my itch page if you’d like to pick up the game for yourself. libraryofwords.com/frink-fantas...
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FRINK: Fantastically Fast And Freaky Frankenstein Fun - Library Of Words
Frink is a co-op TTRPG where you take control of a Frankenstein monster's limbs and try to find and take out your creator.
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A swirling pool of slithering things. A dinner party gone wrong. An anomalous garden tended by strange beasts. Here's another encounter from the upcoming volume of DRINK. More to come each week on my blog. Snag community copies of volume 1 over at my itch page! shortrestpress.com/2026/08/25/f...
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Flower House
Aberrant mist snakes between the stilts of a longhouse. An encounter from the upcoming volume of DRINK.
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
An encounter from the upcoming volume of DRINK. There's a fella that turns diseases into poisons and a new curse that lets you eat torches. I'll be dropping text-only encounters and procedures from the point crawl over at my blog. shortrestpress.com/2026/08/17/c... #morkborg #osr #darkfantasy #ttrpg
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Choketree Cemetery
Darkness so thoroughly blankets this place, torchlight struggles to penetrate the gloom. An encounter from the upcoming volume of DRINK
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Weeping Crater, an encounter from the upcoming volume of DRINK is up on my blog. It's got a weird tree. shortrestpress.com/2026/08/11/t... I'll be sharing WIP stuff from the project as I chip along on it.
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Exeunt Press 💀🎲 @exeunt.press · 04/08/2026
6 games from Unknown Dungeon's One-Page RPG Jam that you should play: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/d6-onepage... #ttrpg #rpg #onepage #1pagerpg
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D6 games you should play from this year's One-Page RPG Jam
Every game can teach us something about design. Let's look at six one-page games submitted to the 2026 One-Page RPG Jam. Two of my own designs and four from others, all of them worth checking out!
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
FRINK! was featured on Skeleton Code Machine. I’ve been reading SCM for years at this point. It’s hugely helpful and I recommend it to pretty much anyone with an interest beyond just playing games. Thanks Exeunt! www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/d6-onepage...
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Wrote a blog about frinkin' it up and letting it rip. How I think about making games. shortrestpress.com/2026/08/03/l...
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LET IT RIP!
That’s kind of my mantra these days. All-out. Whole-ass. Just do the dang thing.
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Body parts weren’t the only thing left on the cutting room floor when we were making FRINK! I’d make process videos of how much writing is just taking a hacksaw to things, but that’s not nearly as interesting as watching Merricat do her thing. #1prpgjam #ttrpg
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
You are a frink, a patchwork monster shocked to life by your father who hates you. GO HOME AND KILL YOUR DAD! Check out our submission to the #1prpgjam shortrestpress.itch.io/frink
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dungeonsnhammers @dungeonsnhammers.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Beefy Shotgun Wizards RPG is on Kickstarter! Fast play, d6 dice pools, d6666 loot table, and a Jenga Tower! Video: @rowangravlin.bsky.social Art: @danielharila.bsky.social Music: @gelu-morsus.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/ham... #beefyshotgunwizards #indierpg #ttrpgcommunity #osr
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
DRINK Vol 01 made it to #3 on Itch's New & Popular page. The algo skews really heavy for new releases, so it probably won't last long, but it's still really cool to see for my first zine release. I'm putting community copies up for every purchase! Go and snag it! It's free! #morkborg #rpg #zines
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Adepticon Zine Review Part 2: Cybermetal Boogaloo! shortrestpress.com/2026/04/13/c... Check out the game here: worldchampgameco.itch.io/streets
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Cybermetal Streets
In the aftermath of a years long feud between America and Hell; demons, mutated vermin, circuit-bent corpses, and tech-enhanced humans battle it out in the ruined streets of Pentagram City.
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Here we go- First game: DnD 3.5, classic "you start in a tavern" vibes Last game: Mork Borg Longest Game: 2ish year Spelljammer homebrew Favorite Game: Into the Odd Favorite Mechanics: Horrible Wounds by vil Favorite Art: The Electrum Archive, UVG 2e, Pirate Borg, Tania Herrero, HODAG
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I reviewed Death Cut in Stone. It gets a big ol’ yee-haw from me, fella. Check it out at: shortrestpress.com/2026/04/07/d... Check out the game here: midnightoilph.itch.io/death-cut-in...
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Tania Herrero @thebreadwyrm.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
FOMORIA IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER Brave the Darkness, eat the heart of gods, and purge the filth of the Red Plague in a shifting subterranean world. Fomoria, the epic folk horror RPG by Tania Herrero and Johan Nohr, published by Free League, is live on Kickstarter. youtu.be/YA5sthyTxGs fomoria.com
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Fomoria – Epic Folk Horror Roleplaying
YouTube video by The Bread Wyrm
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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
I’m so inspired by what the tenaciously imaginative folks in the indie TTRPG sphere are creating everyday. It’s really a marvel.
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
I wrote about making a zine for #Adepticon and how constraints not only make sure a project gets done, but can inform what the thing becomes. shortrestpress.com/2026/04/03/g...
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GET IN THE BOX! Confinement and Creativity
I wanted to bring something to Adepticon. Something to share and show how much the miniatures, indie, and more specifically the 28 scene (movement?) means to people like me. And I like to make RPGs…
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Calling for painters, modelers, kit-bashers, and gamers in Wisconsin and the Fox Valley! Starting April 15th, DIY OR DIE NIGHT is coming to Oshkosh every Wednesday. Come on down and build a community with me. #oshkosh #downtownoshkosh #DIYorDIE
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
DRINK Volume 01: Louse is live on my itch page! It's full of SCUM and FREAKS and WEIRD FOG. shortrestpress.itch.io/drink First 50 copies are free, same as the #Adepticon zines. Run it on its own, in the DRINK trilogy, or insert this weird little hamlet into an ongoing game. #MorkBorg #ttrpg #osr
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DRINK - Vol 01: Louse by Short Rest Press
Outcasts gather in a sodden hamlet before setting for their doom. Compatible with Mork Borg.
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Got the zine into actual hands. Said hi to a bunch of people that make cool stuff. This was an awesome #adepticon, but I want to do and give more for next year. See you all around!
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Yesterday’s #adepticon haul. What an awesome time and awesome people. Back down with some hobby supplies today
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I’ll be down at #Adepticon with a fresh zine to hand out! My first zine! DRINK Volume 1, a weird little hamlet module for #MorkBorg. Part 1 of 3 that’s coming to my itch page after the convention. Come say hi!
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
It's incredible finding @chaoclypse.bsky.social on youtube years and years ago, now seeing their name attached to more and more great work that's coming out. 1000% deserved. THIS LOOKS RAD.
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Pretty Little Things is now indexed on itch.io! As a fresh face in the rpg scene, making top 10 in New & Popular feels great. Better yet, the game is growing! Find out what's in the witch's pantry! What is that? You'll know soon, my pretties! wizard-on.itch.io/pretty-littl... #ttrpg #indiedev #dnd
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Zach @shortrestpress.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
If you like witches and mayhem and powerful ladies, you might like my FREE game, PRETTY LITTLE THINGS. 🧹Be WITCHES. Cast SPELLS. Make PRETTIES.🧹 wizard-on.itch.io/pretty-littl... A game made for the @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social Thanks James for putting this on! #1pRPGjam #ttrpg #indiedev #dnd
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Pretty Little Things by Wizard
Be WITCHES. Cast SPELLS. Make PRETTIES.
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