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posted on January 24, 2023 by Cezar Capacle

This is Global South Shoutout. A spotlight on indie tabletop game designers from the Global South and its diaspora. Written by Cezar Capacle.

 
 
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Death of the Author [DEMO] by Blinking Birch Games. A solo TTRPG about a character fighting for agency within their story.
Six and Two Threes by Myfawnwy. Six 12-word RPGs in postcard size.
Chaos & Control by farmergadda. gotta go fast
IHeartFargo wrote a twitter thread announcing the winners of The Awards.
GenesisOfLegend wrote a twitter thread "about why I think [Shrine: The Siege of Yueyuan is] so important"
Shrine: The Siege of Yueyuan by Curious Chimeras. A xianxia RPG of duty, redemption, and loss.
Upcoming crowdfunding: Camp Elementa: A Roleplaying Game for 1-6 Players by Edaureen Muhamad Nor. Imagine summer camp, but with elemental powers! This GM-agnostic RPG for 1-6 guides players through an entire campaign.
We are Legend by Shubham. A two player game about finding each other at the end of the world.
Up All Night by Indrani. Up All Night is a GMless, one-on-one storytelling game about bargaining with your brain for one night’s rest.
Crowdfunding: Constellation Volume 1: RPG Zine Anthology by Hit Point Press. Featuring 12 exciting roleplaying game zines, packed with action, horror, and intimate emotional experiences.
RPGSEA Almanac 2022 edited by Momatoes. An introduction to sixteen games by emerging and accomplished designers, the RPGSEA Almanac 2022 compiles the freshest talent from the Southeast Asian RPG community. Download this never-before-released almanac to be acquainted with the landscape of RPGSEA and gain an immense overview into its archipelago of games.
Upcoming crowdfunding: These Stars Will Guide You Home by Albi. A solo journaling rpg about a voyage in the search of home, and the myth written about it centuries later. A #zinequest project. (beta edition can be download here)
Salvaterra shared on twitter some cover concept sketches for These Stars Will Guide You Home
Podcast: The Lost Bay Podcast by Iko. A show about and with indie tabletop role-playing game creators, their sources of inspiration, creative processes, and business strategies.
 
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posted on February 13, 2022 by Iko

Alfred Valley is the writer, designer and publisher of several TTRPGS characterized by unique setting and mechanics. In particular he wrote Lay on hands, a solo RPG in which you play as a healer in a post apocalyptic RPG, and Thousand Empty Light, a solo adventure for the Sci-Fi Horror RPG Mothership. In this episode we talk about the coziness of darkness, the art of haggling, cryptography and

posted on June 30, 2022 by Iko

Today I have a very special episode for you, where for once I get to be interviewed. I’ve been a guest on the Weekly Scroll. It’s a super cool stream part of the Adventure Archive where Hunter and Ryan interview TTRPG designers, do reviews of indie games or unboxing of TTRPG Kickstarters. In this episode we'll be talking about SKYREALMS, a system neutral fantasy sourcebook and coloring book, i

posted on September 10, 2022 by Iko

Liminal Horror is a modern horror tabletop RPG. It started a year and a half ago as a hack of the game Cairn, and since then its ecosystem has significantly grown. It has been published in print, counts two official modules, and is supported by a vibrant community. In this episode we'll talk about Goblin Archives' journey as a game designer, how to write horror, crowdfunding using itch.io, gro

posted on October 15, 2022 by Iko

Emiel Boven is the writer, illustrator and designer of the games DURF and The Electrum Archive. Emiel has stumbled across the tabletop indie scene only a couple of years ago, and since then he's been extremely productive: He wrote several adventures and modules, two games and contributed to build an international community of creators. He’s one of the designers you definitely want to keep two e

posted on November 23, 2022 by Iko

Mörk Borg is a Swedish tabletop role-playing game by Pelle Nilsson & Johan Nohr with a strong pitch-black apocalyptic fantasy vibe. The fantasy setting features a dying world, where all is dark and gloomy, even the characters you play. The book itself has a unique visual style, wild and colorful reminiscent of the 80s Punk-Rock zine scene and of Doom Metal music. In this interview we talk

 
 
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"⛵is you" by yumaikas. An emoji game in a single tweet
 
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This question that I closed as a duplicate got a reopen vote, so I wanted to check in here and see what others thought. It seemed to me to be a pretty straightforward dupe.
 
@ThomasMarkov Uhm... yeah, I'm also missing what the distinction between the questions would be
 
@Someone_Evil I think Groody's answer leaves a little bit to be desired in terms of directly answering the question "does flee force you to teleport", but he does still address it well enough for an answer.
 
 
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@BESW that's going to take a while for me to grok, but I love the idea
 
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@Someone_Evil @ObliviousSage @linksassin Anyone available?
 
 
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@BESW I... don't understand any of what I'm looking at
 
@V2Blast Same.
 
 
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@BESW I'm told I have you to thank for being pushed to discover Martha Wells (Murderbot, Ile-Rien, The Raksura). Thank you, I've had a lot of fun.
 
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> ✍️ = time for a journal entry
🎲 = roll a d6
The map is a 6x6 grid, roll 2d6 for coordinates, that's where 🌇 goes.
⛵ = starting position on the map
Your starting inventory is 3 🍗 and 0 🐚
For each turn, reduce 🍗 by 1; if you can't, 💀 (which means 🪦, the lose condition)
Then move horizontally or vertically and roll 1d6.
On a 1, 2, or 3, write about the ocean; on a 4, write about sea life; on a 5, get +1 🍗and +1 🐚; on a 6, you encounter trouble and roll 1d6 again: 1-3 you encounter a shark and lose 1 🍗 or 1 🐚; 3-4 you encounter a shark and gain 1 🍗 and 2 🐚; if you roll a 6 a stor
@DavidW Oh, I'm glad! Murderbot was one of my comfort reads for 2020 and it even got me started writing fanfiction again.
 

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