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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23

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Independent TTRPG game producer. SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY… | THE RUINS OF CASTLE GYGAR | HEARTBEAT HIGHSCHOOL tidalwavegames.com

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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 27/09/2026
Here are the promised spreads, and you can download a PDF preview of the entire second level by @discodan.bsky.social right here: drive.google.com/file/d/1KoRN... For every 10 extra followers we get, I'll show a random room from the dungeon.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 18/09/2026
WOW okay you guys killed that. Here's the example! (The rooms aren't in the right order, as I was just messing around with placement stuff.) Get us to 150 and I'll show a REAL layout spread of Level 1.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 10/09/2026
This is mine.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 09/09/2026
Here it is!!!
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 28/08/2026
it has its own version of fucking TOMBS
Missions can be broken down into five major sections,
which are known as ‘mission phases.’ These help to
define the main activities the PCs are likely to engage
with as Section 9 agents.
The five phases are Instigation, Investigation, Action,
Downtime, and Denouement. Missions typically begin
with the Instigation, setting up the scenario, then
proceed through any combination of Investigation,
Action, and Downtime scenes, then finally wrap up
with a Denouement.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 24/08/2026
Look at this book next to my cool robot!
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 11/08/2026
OH SHIT, FINALLY
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 28/07/2026
DriveThruRPG's "Partner Shipping Program" (where they take physical orders and you fulfill them) is getting worse and worse for the consumer all the time. I don't need to extract an extra $2 from you when I ship. I build those costs into my business model. I never asked them to do this.
Partner Shipping Program (PSP) Update
Effective June 24, 2026, to help account for the growing costs of handling and packaging, a flat $2 USD handling fee will be added to each PSP order and passed through to you, in addition to the current shipping fees we pass along.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 19/07/2026
lmfao I bought almost all those same Zelazny novels last year
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 14/07/2026
I was obsessed with the scorpion man miniature from DragonStrike (advertised in multiple Marvel comics I had):
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 14/07/2026
The direct inspiration for our character KC from Heartbeat Highschool tidalwavegames.itch.io/heartbeat-hi...
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 11/07/2026
Video games need to return to this being the optimal amount of people needed to make one.
id software Wolfenstein 3D team
John Carmack, Kevin Cloud, Adrian Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, Jay WilburLegend of Zelda NES credits. 
H. Yamauchi (Hiroshi Yamauchi)
S. Miayhon (Shigeru Miyamoto)
Ten Ten (Takashi Tezuka)
T. Nakazoo (Toshihiko Nakago)
Yachan (Yasunari Soejima)
Marumaru (I. Marui)
Konchan (Koji Kondo)
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 02/07/2026
A dilemma fit for a queen!!!
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 30/06/2026
Got LOTS of copies available. Come get it! You want to be enchanted by the hot dust Sorceress, right? (Art by @chaoclypse.bsky.social!)
Black and white line art of a woman in a throne of bones, spreading a fine powder around
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 25/06/2026
Temp map for a new project. Crowdfunding in early Fall. (Some changes still need to be made, but I needed this for internal use.)
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 22/06/2026
you're cooking, Frankie
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 22/06/2026
Experimenting. #DrawSteel
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 15/06/2026
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 05/06/2026
These are hard numbers of everything I've ever printed for all the supplements for SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY... Obviously Ceres has existed twice as long as the other two. Looks like it's between 25 and 50% of your print run.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 08/05/2026
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 04/05/2026
A new project? Something for fun? Research? Owning Vintage Books Because I Like Objects? This is all of those.
The AD&D 1e Dungeon Master's Guide
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 30/04/2026
haha sucker, owned
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 28/04/2026
Announcing: risingtide! risingtide is our new TTRPG fulfillment brand. If you are a small creator who wants to offer physical products (like zines, perfect bound books, etc) but don't know how to start, or you need help fulfilling a crowdfunder, we are here to help. risingtide: Lifting All Ships.
a logo with bold lower case letters saying "risingtide: lifting all ships." a blue wave goes across the logo, punctuated by a small orange sailboat.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 05/04/2026
No way. Why should I change? He's the one who sucks.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 28/03/2026
Ours is still evolving, as it probably always will as we get new products. But I like The Grid, and a tiered acrylic or wood stand is pretty standard.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 27/03/2026
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 20/03/2026
I am sorry, humble glue stick, for ever doubting you.
Scraps of cardstock paper and red transparent film with circles cut out and a circular die cut hole punch. A glue stick sits near it.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 15/03/2026
We are HERE at @pieburgh.bsky.social in Pittsburgh. Come see us!
Big ass banner that says RUINS OF CASTLE GYGAR. The table has colourful RPG zines.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 12/03/2026
Look for the HEARTBEAT HIGHSCHOOL banner when you come see us at @pieburgh.bsky.social this Sunday!
Heartbeat Highschool banner featuring all 16 dateable characters
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 28/02/2026
remembering that @chaoclypse.bsky.social did some work once (that I modified and threw into layout? for some reason?) to basically make it #:20 based on terrain, but I still feel like there's a better/faster way to read existing bones rather than roll new ones.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 23/02/2026
Sure, why not. YEAR OF THE DRAGON is a megamodule for the scifi space bounty hunter jazz fusion TTRPG SEE YOU, SPACE COWBOY... It contains a 7-10 bounty adventure featuring the nefarious Zodiac Syndicate, led by the MASTER OF DRAGONS. the zodiac art and guy from Frank Miller Ronin are placeholder
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 19/02/2026
I'm not sure this one can!
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 14/02/2026
Or, still time to preorder the physical edition, including a few copies left of the super special LIMITED SPECIAL EDITION with cover art by @areyoshi.bsky.social heartbeat-highschool.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
HBHS special edition cover. Dani (redhead in green shirt) reads a secret note while the background features Sam (sporty nonbinary doofus the size of Krillin), Roxxi (black school journalist in yellow gear), Mark (sleepy misunderstood grunge boy) and Chloe (fat girl who doesn't give a fuck).
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 14/02/2026
You can get the PDF on Itch.io RIGHT NOW: tidalwavegames.itch.io/heartbeat-hi...
16 Dateable Characters from the Heartbeat Highschool cast
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 14/02/2026
After a year of hard work, our queer solo journaling dating sim TTRPG, HEARTBEAT HIGHSCHOOL, is now available in PDF! * Choose from 16 cuties to date😍 * Balance schoolwork, dating, and general life😔 * Roll d6s to decide if your date goes well😜or you fall on your face🙃 * Write on a calendar!
eartbeat Highschool standard edition cover, with art by Dyo. Subtitle: Solo journaling dating simulation roleplaying game. In an art style reminiscent of 90's anime, three characters head to school, with two looking back towards the viewer. Dani is excitedly pulling the viewer by the hand. She is a teenaged girl with long orange hair and big green eyes. Sam is a shorter teen with brown hair, a sweatband, and a huge smile. Mark is further back, arms crossed and looking moody with his big chunky headphones on over his mullet.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 13/02/2026
Fuck it. Fire giant family tree. $5 if you correctly guess what this is loosely based on.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 07/02/2026
Heartbeat Highschool 2-7 Release Candidate 2.pdf
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 03/02/2026
Hey Look, Random Encounters! There was a fairly interesting nested encounter table in the 1973 OD&D draft. I think I interpreted it wrong but I got stuck in it. Then I did some quick revisions, moved some shit around, etc. Use it or don't! Free!
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 30/01/2026
My experience with tab stops is actually worse than the experience with using tables. Also, I don't see an easy/quick way to make the entries have alternating coloured backgrounds, or fuck with the alignment, as per:
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 29/01/2026
heh heh heh heh
Cut up phrases from an old Dungeons & Dragons module, taped together.

The text reads:

8. Treasure Room (sort of)

This room does contain treasure.

Since this is a role-playing game, there are other possibilities.
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 26/01/2026
Live at twitch.tv/onslaughtsix, we are doing a bunch of strems for February!! Feb 4th: ZINEQUESTING Feb 11th: ZINEQUESTING Feb 14th: TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL + HEARTBEAT HIGHSCHOOL RELEASE Feb 18th: ZINEQUESTING Feb 25th: ZINEQUESTING
FEBRUARY
STREAMING SCHEDULE
Feb 4th: ZINEQUESTING
Feb 11th: ZINEQUESTING
Feb 14th: TOKIMEKI MEMORIAL + HEARTBEAT HIGHSCHOOL RELEASE
Feb 18th: ZINEQUESTING
Feb 25th: ZINEQUESTING
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 12/01/2026
I was talking to 86 a while ago and I think if Thundercracker were in blue camo from here on out, that would make everyone happy. It was based off looking at this statue with bad cel cel.shading and going "if that were done intentionally, as camo, it would be cool."
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 11/01/2026
I just paid $100 (to charity) for a promotional scarf for Evolve (written by @mattcolville.bsky.social).
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 11/01/2026
Shout-out to the absolute madman who made the choice to put Tokimeki Puzzle No Taisen Or Whatever on this Sega Saturn at Magfest.
Yumi destroys Mio
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 09/01/2026
this message will self destruct
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 09/01/2026
THE RUINS OF CASTLE GYGAR at #Magfest 2026! Saturday, 11am-3pm. Drop in, drop out, drop dead from monster death. Old school D&D, baby!
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 26/12/2025
MCDM's Raidenwights are leaning hard.
Two rat men in fancy Victorian style clothing
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 25/12/2025
My mother understands the assignment.
Monsters Aliens & Holes In The Ground by Stu Horvath and The Green Knight tabletop roleplaying game by A24
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 17/12/2025
I talk about how I wanted to make video games as a kid, but the realization that that was possible came exclusively from reading the included guidebook to Wolfenstein 3D and seeing these guys in the book. The knowledge that normal guys made the thing I was enjoying was hugely inspiring.
id software photo, 1992. From left to right: John Carmack, Kevin Cloud, Adrian Carmack (no relation), John Romero, Tom Hall, Jay Wilbur
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Tidal Wave Games | TURTLE TIME 10/23 @tidalwavegames.com · 07/12/2025
Damn, already?
"Add muted words and tags" screen on Bsky. "Bloggies" is typed in and duration is marked as "forever"
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