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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 4h

check out our Milwaukee Events page for more of what's coming up -> tabletopbookshelf.com/pages/milwau...

Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 4h

We survived our Mothership one-shot (but lost a few years)! Thank you @tablecatgames.com for joining us at the table and @hodagsoup.bsky.social for teaching us the system and running a creepy underwater adventure with a theremin soundtrack!

a miniature of weird green tentacled creature on a combat grid attacking some space marine minis

the mothership starter set box on display on a gaming table, a creepy dead astronaut is on the cover.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 14h

if you want to dig into more bleakness about young and middle-aged married men (and can get through the paywall) www.thecut.com/article/my-h...

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‘My Husband Has No Friends’

For some wives, first comes love, then comes marriage, then comes … managing their spouse’s social life?

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 23/09/2026

And I'll be upping the product game with a custom add-on journal and a deluxe edition option, and hopefully a few more surprises along the way! Launching next month, with delivery in Feb/Mar 20227. www.kickstarter.com/projects/tab...

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Coming soon: Rustic Road 55: A Paranormal Mystery Solo Journaling Game

A solo journaling game about driving into the darkness and confronting the weirdness within.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 23/09/2026

And I'm beyond thrilled that @goblinmixtape.bsky.social and @twopancakes.com agreed to help me bring this into the world! I've been a fan of Sam's work for a while now, and you can see Mike's work already on display in that logo work.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 23/09/2026

I also didn't want to build a new system, so I spent some time grafting @pandiongames.com 's Hints & Hijinx onto my idea, and it just worked. There's a few mechanics that line up perfectly with the driving theme.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 23/09/2026

I made the decision to keep my first solo game under 30 pages, both to keep it manageable and to force myself to simplify. I'm happy with the results, and think there's a fun, moody 30-60 minute experience to be had (or more, if you're feeling it)

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 23/09/2026

This game is made of the memory soup from my childhood and teenage years. Night drives on long roads. Strange places and random violence. That one experience you can't explain.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 22/09/2026

I have games in my head and they need to come out

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 22/09/2026

Bootstrapping a low margin business feels like navigating Tierra del Fuego, once a month. We manage to come out on the other side, but it's a white knuckle experience, for sure.

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MÖRK BORG @morkborg.com · 18/09/2026

What the hell is this MÖRK BORG malarkey, I hear you ask? This video explains it. youtu.be/TvXdLeLRzcY

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MÖRK BORG: The RPG Where Everybody Is Doomed

YouTube video by TechDweeb

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 15/09/2026

I don't want to oversell it -- I can only partner with one or two publisher per month, but over time, I'm hoping we can grow it to a place where we can offer different "flavors" of the service and expand opportunities to more people. But one thing at a time. :)

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 15/09/2026

Once this gets going, we can go to our partners and say "We are 100% for sure going to need 20 (or 50 or 100) copies of X next month." Essentially it creates a new stable pipeline for creative output at scale. That's a powerful thing!

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 15/09/2026

Thrilled to launch this, and what it can mean for the partners I work with. One of the biggest hurdles with building up an economy is creating predictability -- without it, it's hard to plan, build, make long-term deals that benefit all parties, etc. Solo Party chips away at that problem.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 15/09/2026

Andy was one of the first people I connected with when I was getting started. So thrilled to be able to work with him to help bring this next dimension of the shop into the world.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 15/09/2026

Never underestimate the power of checklists to help you get shit done.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 12/09/2026

I'm here to report that even at a Ren Faire I cannot figure out how to sell Pendragon

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 09/09/2026

honestly it's been in the ideation phase for a while and excited to be in a place where I have the support and relationships to make it happen. what a journey!

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 09/09/2026

I can't believe I'm rolling out something else, but hey, why not 😅

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Tim Denee @olddog.games · 07/09/2026

It's not DONE done, just yet, but all the Blades '68 stretch goals are now in layout. You can get a preview of every contribution in this thread:

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 31/08/2026

"Raccoons are party animals. And cheetahs." A new truth bomb from my 7-year-old.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 06/08/2026

PoV you vend the first Naruto Night at the Brewers

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

final scene has the smoking man (still has not said a word the entire episode) depositing the only physical evidence in a warehouse full of bins, boom it's the pentagon. credits. come back next week.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

it ends with light, something slightly supernatural happens, but no real visual evidence of aliens, just a story from one of the victims about "the testing place." wonderful vagueness.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

oh there are some MotW bangers in there for sure

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

like how some of the scenes go sideways into horror -- a line snaps and coffin overturns, lady starts bleeding from the nose and screaming after being questioned

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

yea, I think I'll need a guide to avoid some of the MotW filler.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

third scene - "I want to believe poster" in the background "who'd you tick off to get stuck working this detail, Scully?"

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

smoking man quietly looms in the second scene!

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 05/08/2026

Rewatching the X Files pilot for the first time in decades. Pretty great setup with the vague, possibly Alien encounter -- last line of scene "is it happening again?" Great mystery worldbuilding

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 03/08/2026

Which I guess is to say, either Pathfinder/Starfinder is totally saturated or people have moved on. In any case, the shop can't justify getting into it. Every new arrival is a test, this test failed.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 03/08/2026

One of the strengths of the shop it's a pretty neutral market place, meaning I don't give big publishers any special privileges. And I turn over stock constantly (the stock outs you see are by design) Because of this the shop is a closer expression of the community's tastes.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 03/08/2026

Now I'm only carrying the core books, but I thought at least one curious person of the thousands I reach would be interested. Nope.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 03/08/2026

Interesting data point: I haven't sold any Pathfinder or Starfinder books since bringing them into the shop.

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Tom G of Tabletop Bookshelf @tomg.tabletopbookshelf.com · 31/07/2026

in the course of a few hours I got a notice from UPS that I owed over $500 in duties (on books from the UK) and then another notice that everything is cool and my packages have been released 🙃

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