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

Many say a ttrpg should be laid out like a recipe. I am saying it is cool sometimes if a ttrpg is laid out like a picture book, or a twine game, or it has flaps and tabs and requires some assembly.

The first two pages from my game V/Sigil. The first page is blank but for grey noise and the slope of a hairy beast's back. The second page, inside the beast's silhouette, reads "There is a beast inside your room that is going to try and kill you again tonight. It will do this regardless of whether or not you go to bed."

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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 · 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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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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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

A trickle of sand from @corpserevivers.bsky.social ! Yours to spend however you wish :)

Hourglass: a mad scramble, a present savored, a memory preserved/a silent deadline, a dismal future, a moment missed by marn @corpserevivers

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Couldn't have picked a better card for you if I combed the deck. Happy New Year 🔁

The loop: memorized steps to a dance you've done one thousand times before / gotta get out gotta get out gotta get out by marn @corpserevivers

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

For you: a bag of chocolate coins bequeathed upon you by the smallest princess with great dignity and symbolic meaning.

Tin Penny: a small and clearly counterfeit coin, a foolish fondness cheaply gained, crossed by princess

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Aw thank you!! For you: a set of quills from vulture's wings, and ink made from spring waters mixed with the ashes of kings.

Scholar: record keeper, documentarian, insatiably critical and curious, crossed by vulture's

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: an opera, fully formed, that needs only an orchestra, several cannons, and a pipe organ to perform.

Flood: brimming reservoirs, high tide, an outpour of riches, crossed by poppy flute

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a spool of fine surgical thread that seems to disappear into whatever it is sewn into. Happy mending!

Echo: a glance unseen,a shadow trailing, a desire unrequited, crossed by Doctor

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: well, it WAS a short essay on games as a throughline in dark days, but the paper got rained on and now it seems to be a tale of changing faces like putty. Enjoy?

Changeling:a stranger behind a familiar face, unpredictable and uncontrollable, crossed by laughing mimic

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a line of wick long enough to lace through the tapestry and bring the whole castle of straw to cinder.

Tapestry loom: the mainstay, the throughline, the common thread in a complicated plan, crossed by the fallen

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a gleaming suit of armor, practically ceremonial in detail yet wears like a second skin. It commands awe.

Knight: a well-armed soldier, a banner bearer, a champion, crossed by alpha

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Yay!!! ❤️ For you: the defiant reaching hand of a crumbling landmark, the last sign between you and home.

Survivor: scar crossed in body and mind, wounded and raw hearted, crossed by Polaris

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Oh this is simply a gift. Portents won't appear until new year's eve. In the meantime, for you: a book describing the tactics underneath a game few play and even fewer win.

Empress: unrivaled sovereignty, a master tactician on and off the battlefield, crossed by ferryman's toll.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a perfume that smells exactly like the first gasp of panic before a long fall.

Tender of blooms: an apothecary, a provider of perfumes, potions, and poisons, crossed by chasm.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a genuine, heartfelt, and kind word from someone you cannot stand and who cannot stand you under any circumstance.

Heatwave: the first spring thaw,a thermal updraft,a warm embrace, crossed by adversary

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a brass clasp of a single rose, sharp with thorns and heavy from the young fantasies and flights of fancy it has carried over the years. May it, and the deck, continue to serve you well!

Holy stricture: warnings in favor, lessons in allegory, History in folklore, crossed by the final rose.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: A scribbled recipe for a truly bombastic cocktail the black sheep of the family positively swore by.

Black book: an old memory, a family tree, a private journal, crossed by Roman candle.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: the unfathomable distance between two stars only visible in the deep desert; though the sand around you is alive, this space far far far away is kept absolutely still for you tonight.

Leviathan: scale beyond reference, ambition outside of reason, servant to nothing, crossed by apostle

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you, an exchange: an ethereal beast to listen to your woes, trot into the forest, and return with a trash bag containing $10,000 in unmarked bills

Unicorn: rare and wondrous, skittish frame stilled with a calm touch, crossed by merchant.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a weary sailor hiding her boat for the storm, her burly arms covered in tattoos of fish and stories to last you the night.

Vagabond: a passing traveler, superstitious and weary, with miles still to go, crossed by the sea

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For your unerring adherence to the letter of the law, I give you the honeycomb heart of Echidna, locked away in the archives of the British museum.

Healing word: a hierarchy of knowledge, an ivory tower, crossed by mother of monsters

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a lure with the sparkliest most shimmery scales and flowing tassles. Happy hunting 😸

Star: the narcissist grasping for fame, desperate to be seen by power, crossed by Hunter

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: an unlikely yet inseparable pair. An enduring fondness that's not for everyone; not unlike a house on fire.

Grandmother's ring: a new partnership, a steady alliance, crossed by plague

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you: a masterpiece from which many great works have descended. This engraving loses no detail; much can be learned from it.

Unbroken mold: return to tradition, a perfect duplicate, to replace instead of repair, crossed by apprentice.

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

Same to you!! And your gift is a small chunk of powdery rosin, just enough to lend you beginner's luck at one craft of your choice. :)

Godless: a curious outsider,a prodigy, crossed by fiddler's rosin

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The powerful omen of a hand knit sweater from an acquaintance at best. The make is impeccable; the vibes are inscrutable.

Gilded Lily: fashion and flourish, high court grandeur,a gift as sweet as it is absurd, crossed by spinster

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Teacabbage is working... @teacabbage.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

For you, a wedge of silver pressed into a cutting edge by the passing of a glacier over many hundreds of years. Perhaps long enough to pair with a bit of antler for a pocket knife.