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Johannes
@johanneso.bsky.social
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Story Games Enthusiast, veteran in roleplaying and larp
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It's for the Folklore Jam 2025 on Itch - I'm using tarot decks for the PCs (humans transformed into crows), & the oracle deck for the story and the Mother who cursed them.

Here's an example spread - the Mother equals the Magus in the Lonely Tower - three cards to the right.
itch.io/jam/folklore...
@momatoes.com - Thank you! I really love the oracle deck! It's a wonderful engine for storytelling on the fly.

My favorite part is the inspiration picture on the front, language prompt on the back duality.

I'm experimenting with using it for a folktale game I'm working on - hope that's okay?
I just read the PDF of Sacred Bodies and it's amazing! Very inspiring story and worldbuilding! Hats off!
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Ideal conditions for starting your passion project will never come. You will never feel skilled enough to make it. There will never be a moment where you stop being scared to start. Do it anyway. Do it badly. Do it scared. Just make that thing that’s clawing at the door of your soul; It wants out.
Gaming Halloween in full swing, wow! I ran The Magus by @momatoes.com for the Paradice Halloween Special at Hauptbücherei Wien.

My table was all newbies who were amazed that the session was entirely improvised, just based on the Oracle Deck. We had a blast, no notes!
#TTRPGs #StoryGames #ZeroPrep
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Let’s break down the budget of a TTRPG project! I hope it’s helpful and you release lots of cool TTRPG product! I also hope it helps ensure paying collaborators fairly (or even great)!

#TTRPG #RPG #GameDesign #GameDevelopment #IndieTTRPG #TTRPGCommunity #IndieDev #GameBudget #HowItsMade
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Great! I dm'd you the link to my play report 😊
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This past weekend I put together a post of things I've learned about soft pastels since getting back into them: www.portablecity.net/soft-pastel-...
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Happy #portfolioday ! I'm Shel, I'm an artist, art director, comicker, and more.

I do concept art, pitch package art, style guide development, and more, and I'd love to hear about your next project!

Learn more at www.portablecity.net/shel-kahns-p...
I just played the ashcan of We Contain Solitudes and I love the idea. Let me know if you'd like to hear how it went!
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⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...
Coming soon: Swords Without Master
A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.
www.kickstarter.com
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Literally nobody else does breakdowns like this. Amazing.
Q3 sales numbers (public-facing, primarily volume based, no strong distinction made between physical and digital sales, but still, visualization) for Evil Hat: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Archive going back to 2016 (when I switched over to doing them in Drive) drive.google.com/drive/folder...
2025Q3 Quarterly Numbers for Evil Hat
docs.google.com
Fiasco. Showed me that zero prep GMless one shots were possible. Role-playing with no boring parts, what? Mind blown!

And then Fate and Apocalypse World, which showed me that real people I could meet can make games that I love. And that I could be one of them.
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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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We are looking for panels for Metatopia Online 2025 which will be taking place on December 6 and possibly December 7, 2025. If you can't attend Metatopia in person this year for any reason, please join us at this online event and spread the word! forms.gle/aTqCs7bBJpfC...
METATOPIA ONLINE 2025 Panel Proposal Form
METATOPIA is Double Exposure, Inc.'s Game Design Festival, an event for people who are passionate about the design, publishing, selling, or playing games of all types. This year, the Double Exposure...
forms.gle
Anyone can write copy...
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In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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"The chancellor approved it"
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”
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NEW (FREE) GAME FORTHCOMING:

SPINE is a dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book.

In SPINE, you are a researcher who has inherited a strange book from an estranged relative…
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Last 24 hours of the Ex Tenebris Kickstarter campaign and then we can rest here at Black Armada Towers!

If you like dark gothic space settings and supernatural investigation games then check this out and please share.

#ttrpg #kickstarter #spacegothic
Ex Tenebris: A star-spanning gothic investigation TTRPG
Unravel mysteries, battle horrors, protect the stars
www.kickstarter.com
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I painted this warrior woman with my non-dominant hand when I had to turn down a fun art job shortly after arm surgery; I needed to prove that I could still paint, albeit way, way slower at that time, and I'm still so proud of her!