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Merely Matt is crowdfunding I NEED A MIRACLE s2 @merelymatt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Let's go steal a god. Jeff Stormer and I play Spindlewheel: The Mountain, telling the story of a double reverse combination divine heist/jailbreak. A blessed heist crew team up to bust their bountiful god out of its taxonomic prison and claim the power to BECOME CRAB. pca.st/episode/45fc...

A mountain-shaped spread of Spindlewheel oracle cards including Mermaid's Purse, Prince of Fate, Dandelion Seed, Fogbank, Princess, Tender of Blooms, Luck, Duchess, Bandit, and Ferryman's Toll.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Spindlewheel Forever is a tabletop storytelling game because you need a table with a lotta top in order to play it

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Inspired by the incredible work of fellow designers on @onepagerpgjam.bsky.social, shortly after it ends I will be running the REVERSE 1-page Jam, in which you Must Afford Your Game Sufficient Gutter Space itch.io/jam/reverse1...

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I am not at Gen Con! And neither, perhaps, is Spindlewheel? Though if you show me proof of one such little black box on the con floor you will receive a secret prize!

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Sasha Reneau @22to22.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Badly promote your ttrpg: the game belongs to the cards, you just work here.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#StoneSoupJam2k26 Archetype: NEMESIS (reply with your line or stanza!)

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#StoneSoupJam2k26 Archetype: LIGHTHOUSE (reply with your line or stanza!)

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

#StoneSoupJam2k26 Yes Creative Commons - No AI The host presents an archetype. Write a cc0 Spindlewheel line or stanza for it. How far can you push the archetype and still remain recognizable? Stir the poetry in a spreadsheet. Ladle juxtapositions into a cc0 Spindlewheel card. How does it taste?

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

moreover if you will play a busted little alpha build you have secured a seat in heaven imo

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

things i have learned about making Rabbit's Foot Retrofit: - a videogame is a specific experience. - the first act a player does is give attention. like in a picture's composition, the game's design directs that attention in a certain way. - a player may learn rules, but will not remember facts.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

??????? what are all of you doing looking at spindlewheel microgames

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

How it's going:

A discord screenshot of 22to22 saying "I think maybe this game development was a cognitohazard posing as a monetizable hobby designed to make me crazier"

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Sometimes I feel a way about ttrpg awards and then I remember what's more important to me, which is that Spindlewheel has altered the brain chemistries of a number of people and triumphs in its bizarre little niche

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Johannes @johanneso.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Ran the second public playtest of my in-development game "A Mother's Curse" at the amazing playstorming co-organized by @mixuppixels.bsky.social and www.paradice.wien - We had such a blast! Added this time: Play sheets. It worked just as great with the Spindlewheel Deck by @teacabbage.bsky.social!

Me at my desk, minutes before leaving for the playstorming - dark haired guy with a salt& pepper beard and glasses, holding a deck of tarot cards - looking at the camera as if startled. On the desk is a playsheet printout with three tarot cards on it. The playsheet says "A Mother's Curse".

Photo of a play table at the playstorming. Three players partially visible around the table. On the table are tarot cards, play sheets, the oracle deck, glasses and refreshments.

The play sheets say "A Mother's Curse", "A Mother's Dreams", and "A Story's End".

Happy players around a table at the Paradice and VindieCon Playstorming. One table in the front, testing A Mother's Curse.

In the background there's another table of players testing a one page RPG about maki.

Alex and Benji on the stage of the second Playstorming event of VindieCon and Paradice - Alex in a white t-shirt, Benji in a black one, both in shorts.

The presentation to their right reads: "Physical Conflict in TTRPGs".

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Okay... I get it... I've only been writing for games for a little while but the ellipsis is so alluring... Why not have a little pause...? Trail off mysteriously... before changing thoughts... ...or even picking the thought back up. Try it sometime... but watch out..........!

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Some old goodies from www.patreon.com/22to22/posts... and 22to22.itch.io/i-died-and-i...

The freedom of interpretation in these machine games is deceptive. Without overt restriction, you have to work to keep your interpretation of the cards in line with the machine’s narrative. You maintain the rigidity of the machine, holding it together, unlike a game whose mechanical action stands unambiguously on its own terms; in a machine game, you hold the walls of the labyrinth in place even as you lose your way in its halls.

Additionally, there is a sense of discovery in Spindlewheel games, an almost passive style of storytelling that looks towards the next card draw to resolve, describe, or provoke the next beat of the game. The system itself is a player, providing its own sensibilities and opinions to the contour of the table.

FAILURE IS PROOF OF ACTION
don’t punish your player for trying. reward their character with scars, with depth and coping mechanisms, new fears and nervous tics. Let them wear their red badge of courage. reward them with insights on the way your world works, on guard patterns and burial rites. Let their failures build a stronger foundation for them to try again.
FAILURE IS SUBJECTIVE
you might botch a run on purpose just to learn about where the traps are; you might be happier honing your movement patterns than doing the most damage to the enemy. failure is falling short of a goal; not everyone’s goals are the same. There are plenty of photos of silver-medal olympians weeping next to bright-faced fifth placers.
just remember: C’s get degrees.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

*puts your foot on the wrong leg* oh i'm sorry i think i gave you a bad first impression. let me fix that rl quick

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Sasha Reneau @22to22.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

are you compelled by the idea of tarot at the gaming table but haven't yet found a deck that speaks to you? Why not give Spindlewheel a try? Archetypal cards with poetic prompts will indulge your bleakest instincts and surprise you with their juxtapositions.

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Spindlewheel RPG

Spindlewheel is an interpretive card based storytelling game by Teacabbage Games where you weave together a story from card to card. HOW DO YOU PLAY? Spindlewheel’s fundamental verb is interpretation....

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Sasha Reneau @22to22.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Weaver Walker, of Sports are Just Numerology and Together We Write Private Cathedrals (roswellian.itch.io), has a newsletter, and it's one of like three of the torrent of emails i get every day that i am always delighted to open. buttondown.com/weavers-coun...

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Weaver's Country

boots on the ground reporting from a land worth living in updates on works in progress, research compiled, reflections and stories, game design, investigations, travel photos, exercises, pedagogy, som...

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Follow the Leader (2026 CRIT Awards Finalist!) @ftlcast.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Join Schrag, Jade, Cory, & August as we play Spindlewheel by @22to22.bsky.social A mysterious lake is at the epicenter of many struggles, and no one is sure who they can trust. Can our heroes find a way to navigate the mysteries or will they tear each other apart? ftlcast.podbean.com/e/s10-episod...

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S10 - Episode 111.1 - Did I Double-Dog-Dare You? | Follow the Leader

CONTENT WARNINGS INCLUDE: Frank depictions of colonialism, minor self-harm, and body horror. Join Schrag, Koda/Jade, Cory, and August as we play Spindlewheel by Sasha Reneau. A mysterious lake finds i...

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Sasha Reneau @22to22.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I do not think a ttrpg needs to be replayable to be worth your time and interest

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Rabbit's Foot Retrofit is a point-and-click game about running a cyberware repair shop: chat with clients, fix their gear, argue with their insurance, and change the world one imperfect choice at a time. This thread is for tracking its development.

a sign reading "Rabbit's Foot Retrofit & Repair" with a sprinting stylized rabbit which has a cybernode on its back and a running blade on its nearest hind leg.

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Edda Mendes @leakyeaves.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Is there a play oracle you’d recommend with - cards with text on them - somewhat accessible vocab - flexibility in use (i.e. not cards with rules text on them or too narrow a scope, so no Dialect/TQY) It’d need to be easy to pick up without prior knowledge (no tarot). Any tone or theme is fine.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I've never had so many projects mid-chrysalis at the same time before. Doesn't look like much from outside the cocoons but I promise there's a lot of work happening in there

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

magenta and teal. both about 3/4 dark value, both maximum saturation.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

i love you hand limits. i love you irreplicable miracles. i love you sub-optimal moves. i love you end of the rope actions. i love you imperfect tools. i love you bad cards. i love you characterization arising from doing the best you can with what you have

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twenty - she/her @twenty20sight.com · 01/04/2026

I thoroughly enjoyed my time playing Spindlewheel, and Sasha is wonderful. I particularly enjoyed the opportunity to look at both sides of each card for inspiration in terms of the communal writing of the story. Looking forward to picking this one up in the near future!

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Mark Della-Croce @markdc.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Spindlewheel was a great time, starting with the minigame Detective, which saw us creating an amazing rollercoaster of a crime drama. Also, the worldbuilding potential for those who want a creative boost in designing their next world or even next NPC makes this a great pickup for GMs of all types!

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Lore Link @lorelink.com · 31/03/2026

And that's a wrap! Huge thanks to @22to22.bsky.social for showing off Spindlewheel to @markdc.bsky.social and @twenty20sight.com this evening! That was a really cool session! Before I continue, here's where you can find the game: www.teacabbage.com/spindlewheel

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Spindlewheel — teaCabbage Studios

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Lore Link @lorelink.com · 31/03/2026

Tuesday is for Twitch! At 5 PM Eastern, join us as @22to22.bsky.social joins @markdc.bsky.social to talk about their tarot-based storytelling game, Spindlewheel! Learn how you can weave together a story from just a deck of cards over on our Twitch channel!

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Sasha Reneau @22to22.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Get into it!!

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Ten of swords reversed more like "hey, they can't all be gems"

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

ebay dot com slash Saboteur 1st edition RARE

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Sasha Reneau @22to22.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

i'm looking for a sensitivity consultant with experience/knowledge base wrt limb prosthetics for an upcoming project! happy to compensate for your time with cash or skill trade (illustration, graphic design, layout work, etc.) @ or DM me! :)

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

What's a machine game? Is a book a machine game? It's certainly more machinic than a movie is. But is interpreting a movie through a certain lens machinic? Is this post machinic? Maybe not, but is reading this post machinic? Is asking "is this machinic?" machinic?

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

if you have a tumblr do me a favor and vote in this poll. with your heart. whatever that may mean for you www.tumblr.com/22to22/80929...

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Mila Grish @milagrish.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

@teacabbage.bsky.social As it turns out, I wasn't wrong about getting friends introduced to Spindlewheel by sharing my article and my thoughts around! One thing I heard was "I can't believe I haven't heard of Spindlewheel and the community around it" and I went, I know, right?! What a hidden gem!

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This is such a lovely and welcoming overview of Spindlewheel!!

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mossy, lapsed eremite @oracle-engine.itch.io · 06/01/2026

With perpetual gratitude to @teacabbage.bsky.social for the ongoing inspiration that Spindlewheel has been to me

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mossy, lapsed eremite @oracle-engine.itch.io · 06/01/2026

Build suited Card-Trees to explore facets of worldbuilding or shared themes that spark interest! Grow the tree over a year of ritualized card-writing seasons. Then curate the collection you've written together over the winter, deciding which cards are drafted into the deck--and which are composted!

a card-tree example, lain out in stalks with explanations of what different cards serve as which parts of the tree

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mossy, lapsed eremite @oracle-engine.itch.io · 06/01/2026

Psst, what's this? A new tabletop roleplaying project from me? It's only been what, three-odd years... Welcome to GARDENLOOM, a collaborative oracle deck generating game for the whole table! Compatible with Spindlewheel. Undergoing continued development. oracle-engine.itch.io/gardenloom

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Gardenloom by Oracle Engine

A compendium of rituals for collaboratively generating a shared oracle deck

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