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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access!

@tedbushman.bsky.social
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SF&F writer, Ennie-nominated TTRPG designer, composer | THE LAST CARAVAN, a cars-and-aliens RPG, published by Mythworks | fiction in @BCSmagazine @metaphorosis

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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NOVA is an important game for me. It wasn't always the game it is. When that burned down, it drove me to create the LUMEN system, and NOVA was the first game to come from that. LUMEN sort of "put me on the map" and NOVA was a really big part of it. So thank you for all your support today 💜
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Nix~🍉 @punklenix.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I miss the optimism, creativity and collaboration of peak TTRPG Twitter. Miss feeling connected. We're all just doing what we can to survive, thinking of the days when we were thriving and working our asses off to get back to that place. Who's got a project going? Let's share some joy!
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sparth @sparth.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
more of this complex spaceship stuff.
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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Running a KS with a toddler will certainly be super easy, barely an inconvenience. It means I won't be able to do as much promo myself, which means I'm relying on all of you to spread the word. We go NOVA next week! www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...
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Coming soon: NOVA 2
Pilot mechs in a sunless world in this exciting second edition of the NOVA TTRPG!
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Sir Game of Bunker 🔜Gamehole @gamesinabunker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Woooo! Last Caravan is incredible, and this adds dogs. So that makes it whatever is better than incredible.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Can't tell you how much I love the Cat in Westward Bound :) My favorite ability is probably this...
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Today on backerkit, we've finally released our early access version of WESTWARD BOUND, our "oops, all dogs" standalone Last Caravan game about a group of dogs finding their humans after an alien invasion transformed North America. I want to tell you about it! (1/?)
A colorful TTRPG cover that shows a red-rocks landscape below where a car is driving towards a ruined alien ship. Above the landscape loom three cute figures of dogs!
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It is not the critic who counts, but they are part of a healthy arts ecosystem
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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just bought a year's subscription to @jank.cool. This is the games writing I've been missing
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Mythworks is making the Myth Work @mythworks.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The Last Caravan is a cars and aliens TTRPG about a midwinter road trip in the wake of an alien invasion. Normal people finding heroism. Rediscover what matters when the world is ending. And you can be the dog 🐕 www.myth.works/products/the-last-ca…
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Nathan|The AARPG Podcast (AP & Interview)| PaxU 🤞 🔜 @tatooineunited.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our "The Last Caravan" Finale is tonight! Come join our travelers and their furry friends traverse the country dodging xenoflora and other challenges as the try to reach a safe haven. youtube.com/live/omvJABJ... @mythworks.bsky.social
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The Last Caravan - A Cars & Aliens RPG | Live Play | Episode 5 Finale
YouTube video by The Advanced Age Roleplaying Gamers
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fun fact: Westward Bound, our "Oops, All Good Bois" standalone Last Caravan game, includes THE CAT as an archetype -- a delightfully weird character imprint that includes abilities like cheating death and breaking the laws of gravity :)
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Nathan|The AARPG Podcast (AP & Interview)| PaxU 🤞 🔜 @tatooineunited.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
VOD for our “The Last Caravan” Character Creation session is up on YouTube. @mythworks.bsky.social Just ignore the intro video… we’re a little rusty and forgot to swap it out. 😂 The Last Caravan - A Cars & Aliens RPG | Live Play | Episode 1 youtube.com/live/HlPoDAV...
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The Last Caravan - A Cars & Aliens RPG | Live Play | Episode 1
YouTube video by The Advanced Age Roleplaying Gamers
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Natalie @nataliehall.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Jimothy flash?
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Galen Pejeau @nightjargames.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you've ever wanted to mix up the Bear with the Blades, this is one for you, my friends.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Designed about 90 items in one sitting for Last Caravan: Lost Highway today!
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Bottle episode enthusiast @supposed.name · 06/07/2026
If you don't have a copy of The Last Caravan... 1. SHAME! SHAAAAAAAME! 2. Go get it, it's good.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Through the ENnies Emporium, you'll be able to get the PDF of the core book at a discounted price -- as well as preview materials from our two upcoming expansions! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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The Last Caravan Digital: Ennies Emporium
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The ENNIE Awards @ennie-awards.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
📣 THE 2026 ENNIE AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE OFFICIALLY HERE! 📣 ennie-awards.com/2026-nominees/ New Category Spotlight -We are incredibly excited to debut the new category for Best Solo Game! Solo gaming has exploded with creativity, and we can’t wait to highlight the nominees!
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2026 Nominees – ENNIE Awards
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Excited for the ENnies Emporium coming up next week! As we're still in production on print run 2, this is a digital-only campaign, but it will include both the core book and preview material from the new expansions! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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The Last Caravan Digital: Ennies Emporium
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
How did the aliens' world collapse? What tragedies befell them long before they crashed against humanity's shore? In HOMEWORLD SONG, a Last Caravan solo journalling game, you know -- because you were there. Art by the inimitable @nightjargames.bsky.social argames.bsky.social.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I just backed this!
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Ian McQue @ianmcque.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Orcs, goblins, trolls, that sort of thing
Pencil sketches, orcs and stuff
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Wil (He/Him) @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 28/05/2026
Love to see The Last Caravan discussed.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... We won't have physical copies available yet, as the second print run still has some work to go, but we'll be selling digital copies of Last Caravan as part of the exciting Ennies Emporium!
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The Last Caravan Digital: Ennies Emporium
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Wil (He/Him) @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 08/05/2026
Welp, it took me a day or two longer than I thought it would, but I finished the post. Fair warning, it is a long one: aggregatecognizance.com/p/dead-lette...
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An Analysis of Blades in the Dark Criticism
Was the Dead Letters’ podcast BitD episode dead on arrival?
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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Ok! I have enough projects to cover the first half of the year. But I'm on the lookout for the next wave for when I get back from Korea in July. So reach out!
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We are now playtesting for HOMEWORLD SONG. Wanna join? A solo journaling TTRPG about an alien's grand odyssey from their homeworld of Aern to the invasion of Earth. It’s a game about finding out who you truly are in the face of unimaginable tragedy -- and surviving.
A mournful, geometric cover image for a tabletop roleplaying game called Homeworld Song. On the picture, an alien looks up yearningly at at the image of a musical image suspended in white light. Behind the alien, an archipelagic world turns.
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Nell Gwyn @ne11gwyn.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
A photo showing an electric road sign having suffered a Windows error, solid blue with a white ":(" off-center, as part of a zoomed-in Windows error screen. Above the pole with the sign on it is a flat gray sky due to it being overcast.

Tumblr user jellyfishdirigible has captioned this photo:
The sky above the television tuned to a dead channel was the color of a different, much older television tuned to a dead channel
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Galen Pejeau @nightjargames.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Finally(!) I've finished the map art for all of the planets of Solarcrawl. I've been working on this one for years, and am incredibly grateful for all of you who've supported this fantasy heartbreaker. Backers *should* be getting the campaign section in their inboxes at the end of the month.
A whole lot of planets with hex maps on them.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 23/04/2026
Commentary: You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored theonion.com/you-cant-even-watch-a-…
Commentary: You Can’t Even Watch A Movie Anymore Without Seeing Some Theme Explored
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
More of this coming... soon? 👀
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Thank you, @londonmatthews.bsky.social, for your thoughtful streamed impressions of the game! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9omS...
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The Last Caravan: First Contact [DC_008]
YouTube video by London Station
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Since it was my birthday yesterday, I felt like releasing a beta preview of Lost Highway, our new expansion book for The Last Caravan. "Play as an alien" is officially live ;)
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
So excited for this!
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Just backed this! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
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Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
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Micky D @mickyde.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Morrowind lore:

and it's a bunch of cool shit

Morrowind gameplay:

and it's reading which is for nerds
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Chase @chkurk.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
One of the things I loved about the Heroism system in Last Caravan was the way it drove the player to take actions that were good for the type of game it was looking to make AND had unique prompts for different playbooks. This meant that players were always driven towards dramatic, archetypal play.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Looks awesome.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
NEW PROJECT TEASE -- any guesses on the title? Last Caravan is taking up the vast majority of my creative energy at the moment... but that doesn't mean it's the only thing going on. :😃🦸🦹
An illustration for an upcoming TTRPG shows a nameless supervillain in a billowing red cape using supercharged gauntlets to send rubble flying. He's got thin orange shades, a sick moustache, and a no-nonsense expression
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Graham Ward (he/him) ✍️ #HundredDungeons @darkplanedm.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I’ve been playing around with this a bit, and it’s really cool (as a standalone game, worldbuilding tool, or PC backstory generator). My alien lost his father to dementia, his mother in the planet’s collapse, then was radicalized by alien researchers who chose earth as their target for conquest.
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Wil (He/Him) @rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com · 05/03/2026
Solo games aren't my thing, but damn this is an amazing cover. Also, if you're not aware, The Last Caravan is a #TTRPG about a road trip through a frozen apocalypse to get to safety in the aftermath of an alien invasion. It's FitD-like, but lighter rules-wise than BitD, and just a cool game.
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
COVER REVEAL for the solo journalling game that we're including inside The Last Caravan's next expansion: Homeworld Song! It’s a game about finding out who you (an alien) truly are in the face of unimaginable tragedy (your world dying).
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This rocks store.steampowered.com/app/3281970/...
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Deep Snow Delivery on Steam
A delivery exploration game set in a snowy wasteland. With your tank's storage bucket & claw arm, you must collect and sell junk, make deliveries between settlements, and buy upgrades. The world i...
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Was so pleased to chat about Last Caravan with such a lovely interviewer. Thanks, Logan!
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The Story Told @thestorytold.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Logan is joined at the table with Ennie nominated game game designer, @tedbushman.bsky.social , to discuss his game, #TheLastCaravan and upcoming expansions!  sites.libsyn.com/122792/episo... #ActualPlay #TTRPG #IndieTTRPG #TTRPGPodcast
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justjarn @justjarn.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The Last Caravan is a TTRPG about a roadtrip journey through the United States after the fallout of a war with extraterrestrial life. Currently seeking players to join in the AP hosted by @thestorytold.bsky.social BIPOC and LGBTQ+ shall be given priority! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Cover art for the The Last Caravan TTRPG. A woman with a rifle slung on her back, a man with an axe in hand and a dog overlooking a winter landscape.
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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Now that GOBZ has funded, our only option is to make it my most successful campaign of all time.
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Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Looking for a new adventure TTRPG to try? WYRM is here. Rules-lite, OSR inspired play, with a Gila twist. Grab the core rules, starter adventure, and starting sandbox hexcrawl, all PWYW. Plus it has a killer cover, with more art coming. gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
Cover for the WYRM TTRPG. A large stone wall has a glowing doorway. An armored fantasy character carrying a torch is walking through the doorway. At the top of the image is the word " WYRM "
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Ted Bushman | Westward Bound Is in Early Access! @tedbushman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Aliens invaded and your humans are gone. What dogs do you trust to go find them with? last-caravan-2.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
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