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LUMEN by @gilarpgs.bsky.social, specifically play testing games wherein other designers I was meeting used that system to create punchy arcade-like RPGs. I'd never encountered that before, and it gave some direction while I was processing cultural baggage and suppositions from D&D-space at the time.

Thought Punks 🎲 TTRPGs + Punk 👩‍🎤 @thoughtpunks.com · 1d

For tons of folks, there was that -one- game that blew the doors open and showed what #TTRPGs could be. The one that started the #IndieGame rabbit hole.

What was YOUR "gateway" indie #TTRPG? The first one that made you realize a whole other world was out there?

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Crow scythe!

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

two men wearing virtual reality glasses are standing next to each other in a dark room .

ALT: two men wearing virtual reality glasses are standing next to each other in a dark room .

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

We were literally worse dressed than the undergrads we taught lol

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't been as excited about a game as I am about GILA in a long time.

I think there are a few reasons, two off the top of my head.

First, it's finally building my world properly into a game.

Second, I've been actively playing it for a while now. Updating and changing to make it great.

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Just sent out the Gila RPGs monthly mailer which broke down the MASSIVE store update I've got going on.

Why not share with you all? Here goes.

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

I leave for Gamehole Con this week, so if you want to order something from my store and prevent a delay in shipping, order today or tomorrow!

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Want to grab one of my games and want to save some cash?

Browse the imperfect book collection! These games have small blemishes on the outside, but are full of the same great rules on the inside.

I just updated the stock with some more titles!

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Imperfect Books

Sometimes books get a little dinged up during travel. Why waste a perfectly good book? All imperfect books are completely readable and ready for play. They just have some cosmetic damage, such as a be...

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

I'm mostly just seeing what the cost would be for a monthly 12 page zine with a few different format options

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Finally Time to Kill is a solo journaling game about an assassin waiting in a hotel lobby for their target to show up.

You need to kill time before it's time to kill.

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Time To Kill

Everyone has their moment. Sometimes you gotta wait for it. Time To Kill is a solo journaling RPG about a hitman waiting in a hotel lobby before it's time to do their job. They've got time to kill, b...

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

Rigged, one of my first games, is back! This is a solo journaling game using the Wretched and Alone system.

Can you hack your way into a megacorp and take it down before they catch you?

Probably not, the game is rigged.

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Rigged

This game is rigged Rigged is a solo journaling RPG, made using the Wretched & Alone rules by Chris Bissette and Matt Sanders. You play as a hacker who is up against the ropes, desperate to get ou...

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

First of three games back in print is the Slayers Almanac! An absolutely gorgeous setting supplement to Slayers, 10 districts written by 10 amazing authors.

You can take these ideas and throw them into any campaign set in a fantasy city and they would rock.

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Slayers Almanac

Welcome To The City Cursed to spread forever towards the horizon. Filled to the brim with monsters. This is The City, home of the Slayers. The Slayers Almanac is a setting supplement for the Slayers R...

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

My Imperfect Book collection was restocked. These are all copies of games with some slight physical blemishes that I sell at a nice discount for you.

Same game, cheaper price. See what's available:

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Imperfect Books

Sometimes books get a little dinged up during travel. Why waste a perfectly good book? All imperfect books are completely readable and ready for play. They just have some cosmetic damage, such as a be...

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

RUNE also sees the printed zine version of my realm Dolorastu, a realm I wrote to grapple with my experiences with chronic pain.

Grab the zine here:

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Dolorastu: RUNE Realm

Endure. Explore a new RUNE realm in this supplement zine. Pain ravages your body as you step into the realm of Dolorastu. Can you endure each agonizing step until you find the source? This product req...

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 1d

RUNE Duet takes my brutal solo game inspired by soulslike games, and lets you bring a friend along.

Grab the zine.

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RUNE Duet

It's dangerous to go alone RUNE Duet is an optional rules supplement for the solo soulslike TTRPG, RUNE. Now you and a friend can wander the dying realms of Obron together! These rules are designed fo...

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