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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 26/06/2026

Here's the lil vid I made this morning bout it

j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 15/06/2026

Asher's Ridge: Ponderosa (my companion album to @montfordtales.com's new RPG Asher's Ridge) releases next Friday, June 26th. Pre-orders are open nowww Sound up to hear a preview! 🎶🎵 Inspired by Twin Peaks, Knives Out, coming of age stories, the supernatural, and smoky noir investigation

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 19/05/2026

Yes No Goodbye is the home now for all my art: Zines! Books! A card game?? (not yet but ....... maybe soon ????) Scores! Soundtracks! Sound design! I'm everywhere now as either "yesnogoodbye" (.ca) or "yngb" ! yesnogoodbye.ca

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 19/05/2026

I'm J Strautman, I'm a tabletop game designer, composer, and podcast producer based in Toronto, ON. I've been full time with my art for a few years now, and after putting out a bunch of different kinds of stuff I wanted to have one home for it all! It's rebrand time, baby ✨

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 22/01/2026

Getting ready for a campaign of Deathmatch Island starting next week so I'm making manila envelopes for all the player facing docs 😇

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 13/12/2025

Thank you ♥️ she was the best

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 13/12/2025

haven't really posted about this here but it's been 9 months now, I miss my lil gaming buddy

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 11/12/2025

Finally, games I hope to get to the table next year. Games included: DEATHMATCH ISLAND by @olddog.games HARVEST by @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social TACKLEBOX by @ludopolitics.bsky.social

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 11/12/2025

My two favourite modes of play this year! Games included: A PERFECT ROCK by @deepdark.games BETTER STRANGERS by @possibleworlds.bsky.social FOR THE QUEEN by @helloalexroberts.bsky.social A FOOL'S ERRAND (teehee) DAGGERHEART by @darringtonpress.bsky.social TRIANGLE AGENCY by @hauntedtable.games

Favourite modes of play: pub games. You know - games you stick in your bag and can whip out in a flash.

A Perfect Rock: This game isn’t even out yet, but I can’t wait to bring it to a casual gaming night after texting my friends, “bring some rocks to the bar”
Better Strangers: Played this once on a beautiful sunny day in Toronto, sat at a cafe patio on College St., and haven’t stopped thinking about it since.
For The Queen: Needs no explanation. This game has been in my bag since I bought it.

Favourite modes of play: campaigns. Sue me!! I like long term play!!

A Fool's Errand: Sorry!! Literally this is a game made for me. I know because I made it like that.
Daggerheart: I have really enjoyed playing Daggerheart this year. It facilitates the best parts of D&D. I wasn’t going to back to D&D but I’m delighted that I have such a great alt.
Triangle Agency: I’ve only run the first vault module (multiple times!) but goddamn is this game a riot. The humour in corporate horror is an extremely fun playground.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 11/12/2025

My favourite recurring theme this year was "Argument Generators." Games that facilitated fights with my friends: LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN by @seaexcursion.itch.io ALIEN RPG by FREE LEAGUE ALICE IS MISSING by @spenserstarke.bsky.social THE TIME WE HAVE by @moreblueberries.bsky.social

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 11/12/2025

My complete (I think) play list from just 2025. I can't believe how many I got to the table this year.

Games I played this year (complete list):
A Fool’s Errand
Alice is Missing
Alien RPG
A Perfect Rock
Better Strangers
Blood on the Clocktower
Contact
Daggerheart
Dungeon World
For The Queen
Last Train To Bremen
Mausritter
Orbital Blues
The Time We Have
This Discord Has Ghosts In It
Triangle Agency
Urban Shadows 2
Void 1060 AM
Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast
The Zone
(+ two games i am currently playtesting!!!!)

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 11/12/2025

I had to do this too! I played SO MANY GAMES this year!! this is my #ttrpgwrapped for 2025 (thank you @saltandketchup.bsky.social for taking this cover photo)

Photo of J outside, in hiking garb, holding a massive walking stick. Text at the top reads, "J's #TTRPGWRAPPED 2025". Featuring: My complete 2025 play list, favourite recurring theme, favourite modes of play, 2026 play wishlist." Text below reads, "i swear i go outside sometimes. this photo is proof. i don't just sit inside and play games all the time. sometimes i bring games outside with me but that's beside the point"

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 05/12/2025

Whispers for the Wildsea is available today! A year and a half ago, I joined the @manysidedmedia.bsky.social Actual Play of Wildsea, and once I read the term "Tree Shanties" in the book, it was all over for me.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 01/12/2025

Here, Wildsailor. Take these Tree Shanties with you as you embark on your journey to sail the Wildsea. 🌳🍃🍂🌳🍃🍂🌳🍃🍂🌳🍃🍂🌳🍃🍂🌳🍃🍂 All the tree shanties I wrote with @brianflaherty.bsky.social are going up on streaming services THIS FRIDAY! You can preorder now 💛 links below!

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 15/10/2025

played The Zone tonight with the requisite lighting, this game fucks

A photo of a dark room and a gaming table illuminated only by a few green glow sticks

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 14/10/2025

DEEPLY honoured to have contributed to this kickass game that will make people very sad

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 12/08/2025

No relation - we learned of it as we were setting up the Kickstarter page. I'd love to play it, I love these graphics

The Fool's Errand by Cliff Johnson computer game cover

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 12/08/2025

🃏 3-5 players make their Fools, and draw from a custom tarot deck to resolve incredible feats 🦾 Built for high drama, and high absurdity. Structured for expansive 6-8 session campaigns 🌈 Play in a vibrant science-fantasy world - explore neon nightlife, haunted tundras, undersea cities

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 12/08/2025

Fools, go forth and explore realms both waking and subconscious. Beware: the Gods are watching, ready to manifest their love and rage as boons and calamities.

Interior spread of A Fool's Errand detailing a Big Oops entitled, "Indescribable Loss" with an illustration of a pink robot head winking.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 12/08/2025

A Fool’s Errand is a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. The digital version is available now! strautmaskreplica.itch.io/a-fools-errand

Mockup cover of A Fool's Errand on a pink background, with "DIGITAL VERSION available now" floating below

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 11/08/2025

aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

J's hand holding the physical version of A Fool's Errand, with the front cover square in view.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 26/06/2025

oh my god this episode of @diceexploder.com is maybe one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Really really enjoying this format open.spotify.com/episode/1Q5o...

Screenshot of an episode of Dice Exploder. "Afterimage: City of Winter"

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 01/05/2025

Anyway we finished up edits for A Fool's Errand today 🥲🥲🥲🥲🥲 hire Sam / pre-order AFE

Screenshot of word count reading, "32886 words"

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 08/04/2025

eeeeEEEEE it's arrived!! What a beautiful book!! Huge congrats @cassi.mothwin.com and so happy to be included ❣️❣️❣️

Holding up a copy of Tangled Blessings - Echoes of Lost Electives by Cassi Mothwin

A photo of a page from Echoes of Lost Electives showing "Panthers Years 3 & 4, written by J Strautman"

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 21/03/2025

I'm playing in a snow castle tonight

Photo of a snow castle from the exterior. Pastel sunset in the background.

Photo from inside the snow castle. A crowd of people bundled in parkas and toques are watching a band play on a stage with ice windows behind them. A marquis above the band reads "SNOWKING"

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 04/03/2025

hi NYC pals, I will be in NYC this week!! Playing some shows with @skyewallacemusic.bsky.social !!

Photo of Skye Wallace on the New Colossus Festival website. Show times are listed as March 6th at 9:15pm at Nublu Classic, and March 7th at 3:00 at Pianos (Upstairs).

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 27/01/2025

marathon recording of planet arcana this weekend tuckered me out so taking a slow day today finally finished Song of Achilles which I abbbbbsolutely loved so getting into somethin new 🧡💙

Photo of the book "Klara and The Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Cat behind the book rubbing her face on the corner.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 14/01/2025

YAY LOOK WHAT JUST ARRIVED

A photo of the Triangle Agency hardcover book, with the specialty dice on top.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 10/12/2024

need to call some extra attention to this framed photo of the Fool, given as a gift following a successful Fool-ish Kickstarter. unbelievably blessed to have a friend like @moreblueberries.bsky.social

Me holding up a framed photo of The Fool

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 10/12/2024

spent a weekend in a literal playful environment and all I want to do is get back to playin' here's my pax haul ♥️

Books and games laid out on a table. Featuring: The Fire Flickers Between You, Scene Thieves, Mausritter, a framed Fool tarot card, Mad as Hell, When The Walls Fall, Fill In The World, The Vault, Eat The Reich, Fuego, A Fake Artist Goes to New York, Sprawlopolis, and Mythic Mischief

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 15/11/2024

🌹 Play in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. 🃏 Fools, go forth and explore realms both waking and subconscious. ⚡ Beware: the Gods are watching, ready to manifest their love and rage as boons and calamities. --- Only hours left to back A Fool's Errand.

Green background, in the centre a mockup of the softcover A Fool's Errand book. At the top is text that reads, "a tarot-fueled, science fantasy RPG."

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 15/11/2024

i've playtested the shit out of A Fool's Errand but one playthrough has stuck with me - me and @lurzblurbz.bsky.social sat down and made a Big Oops together, in which we decided that the calamity came to a head when Death was born

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 15/11/2024

DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY kinda REALLY ONLY 8 HOURS LEFT TO BACK A FOOL'S ERRAND

A Fool's Errand banner. Text at the bottom reads, "A Fool's Errand. Tarot fueled science fantasy roleplaying | will you deny these jealous gods?" A mockup to the right of the softcover book with two floating tarot cards behind - the Fool & the World. A banner across the top reading, "FINAL DAY!"

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 14/11/2024

WE'RE COUNTING DOWN HOURS NOW help us hit our full colour stretch goal!!!

A screenshot of the A Fool's Errand kickstarter page showing $16,456 raised with 313 backers and 28 hours to go.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 13/11/2024

Three ish days left to back A Fool's Errand! 🌹 Play in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. 🃏 Fools, go forth and explore realms both waking and subconscious. ⚡ Beware: the Gods are watching, ready to manifest their love and rage as boons and calamities.

Mockup of the softcover book, A Fool's Errand, over a pink background. Text below reads, "A tarot-fueled, science fantasy RPG."

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 10/11/2024

🌹 Will you agree with Death’s stance on immortality? ⚖️ Will you deny the harsh punishment Justice insists in all fairness? 💥 Will you indulge the Tower’s chaotic upheaval? Indulge or deny the jealous gods in A FOOL'S ERRAND

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 08/11/2024

feeling so goddamn confident going into the final 7 days at 85%!!!!!!!! LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Screenshot of the A Fool's Errand Kickstarter page showing $12,872 raised with 246 backers and 7 days to go.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 08/11/2024

Got these beauties in the mail this week and I CANNOT wait to bring them to the table!!!!!! @goblinmixtape.bsky.social's games never fail to inspire me and after a once over, I'm pleased to inform you that they've done it again

A photo of my hand holding physical copies of The World We Left Behind & Death of the Author by Samantha Leigh.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 01/11/2024

oh my god we hit 10k yesterday 😭

Screenshot of the A Fool's Errand Kickstarter page showing $10,492 raised

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 31/10/2024

feeling absolutely STOKED that we hit $9k yesterday!!! if you're excited about: 🃏 making a custom deck for your character 💤 dreaming the apocalypse ❌ saying hell no to the gods PLEASE check out A Fool's Errand!!

Green background with text at the top reading, "a tarot-fueled, science fantasy RPG". Below floats two mockups of the A Fool's Errand softcover book.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 29/10/2024

THE GAME AT A GLANCE: - Players make Fools, and draw from a custom tarot deck - GM pulls the strings of the jealous Gods - Explore neon nightlife, haunted tundras, undersea cities - High drama, high absurdity - Begin w/ a collaborative Session 0 to detail the apocalypse

Image background depicts a stylized night sky with a pink, purple, and dark blue ombre. Pink text at the top of image reads: “PLAYING THE CAMPAIGN”. White and yellow text below it reads: “CONSTRUCT the previous Big Oops (collaborative worldbuilding!). CRAFT your Fools (character creation!). JOURNEY THROUGH the waking world, the Dream Network, the Digital Network (traverse new realms!). DISCOVER your obligations to the gods (cozy up to the Major Arcana!). DECIDE: indulge or deny these jealous gods (hey, that’s the tagline!)? INCITE calamities (get stronger as the world burns!). AMASS infinite potential (flirt with godhood!). SEE the world (become change!).

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 29/10/2024

A FOOL'S ERRAND is funding now!! Play this tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. Beware: the Gods are watching, ready to manifest their love and rage as boons and calamities.

Cover of a Fool's Errand, featuring an android with a bindle and a rose on the edge of a waterfall. Behind them, a small dog and a city skyline in the distance.

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j strautman @yesnogoodbye.ca · 15/11/2023

I had the absolute pleasure of creating this for the 2023 Wondercabinet Invitational! Among my oddities were an antique "Food and Drug" stamp, ads for vintage grocery stores, and a tooth. I found inspiration in the intimacy of sharing a meal with another. Check out wondercabi.net for more info!

My collection of curios, including old photos of people I don't know, a couple trading cards, a matchbook, a key, a number to what looks like a hotel room, a stamp, a grocery store ad, a tooth, and a book. All curios laid out on a velvety red blanket.

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