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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've been researching prep methods and game master aides and tools a lot to try to reduce my own cognitive load and it has me thinking about the idea of solo games designed for game masters to play between sessions. I feel like there's something there.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Honestly - I'm a huge fan of the co-author. Yes, please add details to my world! Please do make my job easier!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

And Jira. Good lord Jira is terrible.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Oh, this is an awesome concept! Has me realizing I really need to test what happens if the players of my game do the thing that I hope they don't do (but can't tell them they can't).

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Listened to the interview with @jdragsky.bsky.social by @diogooldskull.bsky.social on Weird Games and Weirder People and I love the way y'all talk about art. My definition has been "art is that which is created with the intention to create art." Y'all made me think more about "unintentional" art!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Map from round 2 of Far Lands at #gencon! The team glided down from their airship city to explore the world below, hoping to investigate a holy shrine the lore-keeper had read of, only to discover that it was the entrance to an ancient abandoned underground city. #indierpgs #ttrpgs

A map depicting a weathered mountains surrounded my misty valleys, a fjord, a deep forest, and a sheltered cove.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Map from today's Far Lands session at #gencon! The team encountered blood-drinking flowers that conjure mirages to lure in victims. They climbed a tower at the center of a crater that revealed the vast desert beyond was once an endless ocean, and perhaps a chance for redemption.

A pencil map depicting a grassy valley through the mountains leasing to a massive crater with a mysterious tower at the center

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

All set up for Far Lands at #gencon! I'll be running another session tomorrow at 2:00 at Games on Demand in Grand ballroom 3 in the Westin, right next to the skybridge.

A table set up with a deck of cards and a spread of reference sheets and role sheets for a game of Far Lands

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I wonder how it would feel to play an asymmetrical game where some players have one mode and some players have the other. Where decisions made to maximize points in a highly structured strategy game system affect the reality and constrain the choices of the story-game players.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Listening to "narrative kaleidoscope" podcast, thinking about board/video games vs ttrpgs as a difference between additive vs subtractive design. Board/video games start from nothing and add choices. TTRPGs start from infinite possibilities and then narrow the decision space until it's playable.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This kind of table and tables with single fully-fleshed-out entries fill a very different niche. One has more options but requires more interpretation! Kevin Crawford of Stars Without Number fame is the best in the business at this kind of table!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

As long as you make sure they can be read by screen readers!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Honestly I love it. It's such a clever idea and you put a really neat spin on it.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Oooh this is a fun concept! Reminds me of "When The Walls Fell" but focused more on building the towers than knocking them down haha. I love the competitive angle to it!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Discovered today that Far Lands contained *three* occurrences of the phrase "untact surburb." Feeling silly about that one. Also misspelled every instance of Temperance (temperence). #gamedesign #indierpg

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Listened to the @lingthusiasm.com episode about diglossia- what a cool concept for worldbuilding! (And for understanding other cultures today and in history) It immediately makes me think of ways to replicate this in a TTRPG- like having a player raise a hand if they're speaking formally.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Oh no oh wait by playing the game that's also me. I'm also disturbing the history of the cave by revealing it. I've fallen right into their trap.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Finally played Old Morris Cave! Very neat game. Fascinating little secrets hidden in this game. I'll be thinking about it for a while. Also, filled with anger at amateur treasure hunters. As is just. #indierpg #ttrpgs

Strata chart from Old Morris Cave depicting layers of detritus on the floor of a cave, including numerous campfires, pits, animal remains, and burrows.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Just finished "Against Technoableism" by @ashleyshoo.bsky.social. An amazing book that has made me totally rethink my perspective on disability and accessibility. Plus, the last chapter on disabled futures is going to completely change how I read & write sci-fi moving forward.

The cover of Against Technoableism, by Ashley Shew. Subtitle: Rethinking who needs improvement.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Oooooh I love the color palette of this! So perfect for the theme!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Oh wow, that's amazing! I'd love to know some of the lore here- I'll have to check out your blog!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Thank you so much to @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social for playing Far Lands with me! Miss us live? Catch the vod here: www.twitch.tv/videos/28054... Join us at the same time next week to dive into exploring the strange, strange world we created! #ttrpgs #indierpg

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openthegatesgaming went live on Twitch. Catch up on their Tabletop RPGs VOD now.

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Open the Gates Gaming @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Join us tonight at 8 PM EDT as we stream Far Lands, a new game by @sinful-games.bsky.social! OtG team members Chris and Sean will be joined by our friend Matt from @mimicsnmisfits.com to help us explore! #ttrpg #livestream

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Catch the stream live tonight at 8:00 PM EDT!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Unfortunately my day job and the day jobs of my friends prevent us from our true calling (playing weird indie ttrpgs) at most hours. Which quite frankly is a tremendous injustice.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

On June 25th and July 2nd, I will be streaming Far Lands with @openthegatesgaming.bsky.social at 8:00pm EDT! The first will be discussion and worldbuilding, and in the second we'll jump into gameplay. Catch the streams at www.twitch.tv/openthegates... #indierpgs #gamedev #ttrpgs

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Printed out some test spreads and I'm pleasantly surprised to discover that the font is actually plenty large enough! #indierpg #gamedev #ttrpgs

The "curse" scenario, featuring setup rules and a random table for generating a curse

The weather rules, featuring rules for storms, tables for example weather hazards and a reference for the severity of weather.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

New blog post! Some very exciting announcements about an upcoming collaboration (which I'll share more details on as the date approaches) and what I've been doing to improve the accessibility of Far Lands. sinful.games/may-2026-far... #ttrpgs #gamedesign #indierpg

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May 2026 Far Lands update: Accessibility Pass

On June 25th and July 2nd, I'll be streaming Far Lands with Open the Gates Gaming, a nonprofit that has helped me improve the readability and navigation of Far Lands.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Realized recently that I've been feeling a weird shame that I haven't published any one-page #TTRPGs, which of course makes it harder to actually try to do. On one hand, it doesn't actually matter for my credibility or anything, but in the other hand I *do* want to give it a try...

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

#gencon event tickets acquired! Man, I really want to do some of those industry days events... Wish it wasn't twice as expensive as a 4-day!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Ok wait but the hyper realistic armor on a very abstract body could be such an interesting metaphor about how a knight is subsumed by the role they play, their tools and their violence

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Wait I love this, that's amazing

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

@writingexcuses.bsky.social Just listened to "20.08: character stakes and fears", and wow, the "connection, empowerment, safety" framework is an awesome way to categorize tragic TRRPG character backstories!

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Aaaah affinity randomly erased like 80% of random table cells in my book... So so so grateful I've been keeping periodic backups. Crisis averted.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Just read through Cartograph by @ravensridgeco.bsky.social and I'm in love with the tables in this game! It scratches a lot of the same itch that inspired me to start designing Far Lands. I love being able to see something interesting in the distance and only learn what it is when you get there.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Rapidly discovering that this game uses an enormous amount of cubes. But it works! This definitely has legs. Though I have no idea how it'll scale to multiplayer, if at all, and flat pricing every card at 2 scrap is way too cheap! #gamedesign #boardgames

A first person view of a paper prototype of a game. A hand of various attack cards and a sheet of paper with various pools of cubes labeled "armor," "scrap," "threat," "battery," "energy," and "heat." Two cards off to the side labeled "burn" and "unstable," and above a row of enemy attacks and minions each with a pool of cubes.

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I ran Far Lands at a convention for the first time at #somercon! Had an amazing time and I'm so excited to introduce it to even more folks at future events! #indierpg #ttrpgs

An overhead view of a few rows of vendors and tables with games

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Hehehe paper prototype time. I've got a *lot* of cards to cut out. #gamedesign

A stack of printed out pages containing 3x3 grids of cards with various designs

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Sinful Games @sinful-games.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

sinful.games/carrots-and-... New blog post! I talk about the incentives created in a few different horror games and the effect they have in the story and the feels at the table. #ttrpgs #gamedesign #horrorrpg #delragreen

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Carrots and Sticks: Incentives in (horror) TTRPGs - sinful.games

Knowing how to create the right incentives is critical to creating the right experience at the table.

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