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pbbeta (comms open) @pbbeta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Master of the Garden – Nausicaä zine commission

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(Self) Regulators, mount up! @bankuei.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I do actually love how much RPGs end up making esoteric symbols like mystics of old.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I keep making my TTRPG character stats layout look more and more like something you'd receive in a free pamphlet from a cult member. Not sure if that's what we're going for, but arranging geometric shapes is fun.

Two intersecting squares with the character attributes force, agility, accuracy, knowledge, logic, dramatics, empathy, endurance, and hope.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Post about iterating Burial Cloud character sheets. What can you trust/expect of a player if your game is designed for campaign play versus conventions and one-shots? www.patreon.com/worldsbywatt...

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A character sheet for campaigns | worlds by watt

I have two early drafts of Burial Cloud character sheets to show! Character sheets act as a TTRPG's control panel and visual distillation o

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No nearly enough symbiote content. leo out here to fix it!

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Beautiful stuff! It never gets old looking at all those books!

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As I've been trying to wean myself off a relentless crowdfunding cycle, I think gardening might be my new inspiration for designing TTRPGs. Free newsletter post about making sustainable games and Wendell Berry: www.patreon.com/worldsbywatt...

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Making a game could be gardening | worlds by watt

I've been making my way through Wendell Berry's The World Ending Fire. I'm struck by this passage, particularly as it relates to crowdfundin

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This Saturday (9/12) in Minneapolis, there's a cool West Marches-style session of Cloud Empress (my ecological science fantasy game set in the Midwest, thousands of years in the future) being held at the Greenway Glow festival. More info here: www.simpletix.com/e/greenway-g...

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Greenway Glow Bike Ride and Arts Festival Tickets | Midtown Greenway Coalition

The Greenway Glow Arts Festival is a cultural celebration of art, light, music, local artists, and community along the Midtown Greenway.

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consumerism will kill us all @totesmyname.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

gordon ramsey meme finally some good fucking worldbuilding that considers the level of industrial scale violence that underpins society. catnip. silvervine.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A challenge in my industrial fantasy TTRPG is making dragon feathers an industrial resource without every session turning into Free Willy or Okja. Part of that has to do with making the scope of violence as normalized and pervasive as whaling. Art by @pbbeta.bsky.social

A dragon tied to a post in an Oxite carriage house.

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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 31/08/2026

Applications for the Jump-9 Grant go live tomorrow. We have 250+ new writers signed up already to be notified. If you're having issues with the form let me know, for some reason Klaviyo built a landing page that does not work for most people!

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm moving my TTRPG newsletter from Substack to Patreon. With Kickstarter fulfillment eating up my attention, this change was long overdue! Here's my last Substack link for the foreseeable future, with more information about the move. worldsbywatt.substack.com/p/worlds-by-...

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worlds by watt newsletter migrating to Patreon, September 5th

Welcome to the worlds by watt newsletter.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A game about nature in nature! Love to see it!

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Seems like a sustainable way to keep the Mothership hype going!

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Making a TTRPG about dragons is intimidating. Dragons are an incredible symbol, and way overused in fantasy media (at least their Tolkien interpretation). For Burial Cloud, I'm trying something new and weird; I hope our dragons draw people in while still innovating. Art by @pbbeta.bsky.social

An Oxite country Manor with a River Dragon tied to a post.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The next Burial Cloud spread is up on Patreon and free to access. The game centers around three cultures (Oxite, Sky Dancer, and Mountain Keeper) and how history intertwines its winners and losers—oh, and there are feathered dragons flying around the countryside. www.patreon.com/worldsbywatt...

Images of a run-down storefront called Marco's Treasures and Trinkets.

Text for Marco's Treasures and Trinkets expansion/location.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Such a lovely idea. Remember this, future self. These little moments tie humanity together. Improvisation and play water us like dried-up (but still surviving) desert plants, reminding us what life is about and why it is worth living.

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Aaron King @aaronmfking.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We're finally doing it.

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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 12/08/2026

If you haven't heard, yesterday we released Wages of Sin for Mothership. This one is a big swing for us. Our first hardcover book, it's 300+ pages long. It's more of a toolkit than a straight adventure. I think you should check it out, lemme go over why. www.tuesdayknightgames.com/products/wag...

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Wages of Sin

Wages of Sin is the ultimate bounty hunting resource for your sci-fi horror roleplaying campaign. A catalog of 100 bounties, each is a self-contained scenario running the gamut from simple criminals t...

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qwertle.bsky.social @qwertle.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

6 out 7 planets in the solar system are currently aligned. There will be a partial solar eclipse. 7 Part Pact will hit 1 million

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

In my TTRPG Burial Cloud, we're illustrating important NPCs' most important possessions. Doctor Leonid's medical bag is filled with opiates he uses to sedate the Low-Queen Valentina. From the Outlands, Leonid conspires to upend the Oxite Empire, taking orders from a hidden cabal in the Capital.

A medical badge, Morse code transmitter, royal medal, and a love letter with a flower.

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Tamsin the Sword ⚔️ Monster 🧌 @tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 06/08/2026

Here’s two: CLOUD EMPRESS, an RPG by @worldsbywatt.bsky.social, has some genuinely beautiful narrative and world-building. DIE, the @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social RPG based on Kieron Gillen’s comic series of the same name, is terrifyingly good, much like the comic on which it’s based.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Trinket Keeper Kelle scours the dregs of the New Capital for Little Gods left in waste bins and trash heaps. Kelle staves away isolation from a dead love and a ruined store by his relentless hunt. Grab the PDF on my Patreon! www.patreon.com/worldsbywatt...

The trinket keeper smoking a pipe looking at a small stone statue.

Page of text describing the Trinket Keeper Kelle.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Leonid serves as the family doctor and tutor for the Low Prince Avrey. Unknown to the family, Leonid reports on signs in hopes that Avrey might take the crown in the aftermath of a rebellion. For now, Leonid attempts to instill his populist political leanings in an unwitting ally.

Doctor Gennady, contributing to his daily journals.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Early access release of magical items described by their collector as 'Little Gods.' Each one whispers old truths about the land and its inhabitants for travelers quiet enough to listen. www.patreon.com/worldsbywatt...

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'Little Gods' | worlds by watt

It's my first Burial Cloud: Industrial Fantasy RPG mini-release! Here's a table of magical items called 'little gods' that can be used by th

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Indie Press Revolution @ipr.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

5/18 MORE games, including Cloud Empress Starter Kit and Carved in Stone.

Cloud Empress, Carved in Stone, and the triple-Ennie nominated Mappa Mundi, among others

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Gotta love seeing a big stack of Cloud Empress at Gen Con! Go visit the great people at IPR if you have a chance.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Cloud Empress is at Gen Con, IPR Booth #449, Hall K. Go grab your box set of my Nausicaa-inspired TTRPG if you're in Indy.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I finally got Shopify to work, so now you can grab the remaining few copies of the crowdfunding promo items from the Cloud Empress Life & Death campaign (a big foiled skull box to hold all your stuff and some exclusive zines). open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...

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Cloud Empress webstore goes live + Gen Con availability

Welcome to the worlds by watt newsletter.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Haven't had time to dig in, but how could I not with that freaky little Charman on the cover?

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I've been grinding out Kickstarters since 2022 (raising 250k in funding), and now I'm taking an indeterminate break. Here's where I try to figure out if I'm on vacation or I broke my brain... tinyurl.com/4y8ters6

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Did I break my brain or was that a vacation? | worlds by watt

Welcome to the worlds by watt newsletter. I’m watt, creator of the ecological science fantasy tabletop roleplaying game Cloud Empress. For a

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

@snow117.bsky.social Any chance you want my extra Marathon Collector's edition? Your Marathon content has been inspirational, and my box is collecting dust in the basement.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I'm so ready. I'm so not ready. Can't wait to back Seven Part Pact.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

With dragons hunted near extinction, the Ox King sends a wounded dragon to his heir, the twenty-seventh in line of succession. Hand-watercolored piece by pbbeta for my TTRPG Burial Cloud.

An oxen camp of hunters transporting a dragon to the Oxite Outlands.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

People who didn't back the Kickstarter are finally getting their hands on the retail copies. I'm so happy!

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Tamsin the Sword ⚔️ Monster 🧌 @tamsin.reimaginedgirl.com · 05/06/2026

After more than a year of yearning, I’ve finally acquired a hard copy of @worldsbywatt.bsky.social’s CLOUD EMPRESS, and I’m so excited to dig into it. 🥰

The CLOUD EMPRESS boxed set with the core Rulebook and the LAND OF CICADAS expansion, along with the LAND OF THE LIVING and LAND OF THE DEAD books.

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Alfred Valley @alfredvalley.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is a fun conclusion to Pit's Peak, feat. a guest appearance from one of the strangest 'creatures' I've designed, The Earm

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

"Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic." what a fucking banger

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I'm putting future Sky Burial ttrpg content (my mid-industrial fantasy about dragon hunters, their enemies, and the Endless Empire) up for a vote to all levels (including free trial tier) of my Patreon. Pick the next expansion I write here: www.patreon.com/posts/vote-o...

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Vote on the next Sky Burial content | worlds by watt

Vote on the next Sky Burial content by worlds by watt on Patreon. Join worlds by watt's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Really appreciate this crowdfund post mortem. More confirmation that art direction can make or break you, expensive extras can be devastating, and a long, community-driven marketing build is vital.

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Caleb Zane Huett @calebzane.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I really appreciate this write-up by watt! Both the decision to cancel and this analysis are thoughtful and mature. Worth reading and thinking about these takeaways, especially if you have a game in development. I'm prone to especially emphasize the seventh point--community participation.

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Hendrik is writing an ashcan about nuns @napel.itch.io · 22/04/2026

A very honest look inside current day kickstarting from the creator of Cloud Empress:

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ThereWolf! Games @buzzahfoo.itch.io · 22/04/2026

A truly fascinating write-up that gets into a lot of the backend details on a project like this. A number of reasons listed are the same reason I ultimately didn't back the project, but I'm hopeful that it finds an audience.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

121 of my supporters provided feedback on why my (canceled) Rust Wings campaign failed to gather the funding of previous campaigns. Here are 7 lessons I took from their feedback and hindsight: open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...

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Rust Wings Post Mortem

What I learned from my canceled Kickstarter

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Sir Game of Bunker 🔜Gamehole @gamesinabunker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

#14 Cloud Empress from @worldsbywatt.bsky.social A fantastic Nausicaa inspired setting for Mothership. This one improves on the stress mechanics for Mothership as well.

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watt (is making Burial Cloud) @worldsbywatt.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Come help pick the color treatment for my upcoming mid-industrial fantasy setting inspired by Princess Mononoke, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Moby Dick! open.substack.com/pub/worldsby...

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Vote on your favorite color treatment for my next game

Share your input on the first color tests of the Sky Burial project.

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