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Chris, Junk Food Games

@junkfoodgames.bsky.social

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I make ttrpg's, often with friends, as Junk Food Games. Based in Maryland. All of my games are human made. (he/him) junkfoodgames.itch.io

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · Sep 14

BIG NEWS! Moon Rings playing card decks are available now!

Edition of 100, standard 52-card deck. Can be used for playing Moon Rings or for any reason you'd use a card deck.

Get them from the game's itch page. Shipping to the U.S. only atm

Please share!

junkfoodgames.itch.io/moon-rings

Photo of a deck of cards for Moon Rings laid out in a grid. There is a yellow meeple on one of the cards and red 12-sided dice in the background.

hands holding a deck of cards for Moon Rings being fanned out

deck box for Moon Rings playing cards. the deck box is black with red foil that has the game title and graphics of tiny stars.

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Travis D. Hill ☕️ @travisdhill.bsky.social · 21h

Lots of really big crowdfunding campaigns and preorders launching today. Here's to tossing in my little project!

You can find RITE: A Midwinter Sacrament #TTRPG #zine below. You can grab it for $7 and receive it before the bleak midwinter.

7 day campaign. Thanks for sharing.

Coming soon: RITE: A Midwinter Sacrament RPG Zine

An RPG Zine for up to four players participating in four sacraments during the bleak midwinter.

www.kickstarter.com

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 12h

seeking folks who may be interested in playtesting a new game. not ready quite yet, but soooon. lemme know

2 player ttrpg about a witch & puppeteer doing a ritual that breaks their souls apart into little bone puppets to escape the oubliette. little dice game, character building, character unmaking

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Fantom Comics @fantomcomics.bsky.social · 15h

on November 11 we’re hosting a free game night for Gene Koo’s draw-and-journal game The Bonsai Diary!

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Marceline Leiman (High Tide, available now!!) @marcelineleiman.bsky.social · 15h

It’s hard to convey *just* how special the production of this game is. Metal cards feel great in the hand, the color contrast is incredible, and they feel super durable!

Don’t miss out on Crownfell: Metal Edition at Indie Games Night Market this year, ahead of its future crowdfunding campaign! ♟️

Crownfell by Mike Berg

Metal Edition

Metal wallet

Crownfell by Mike Berg

Metal Edition

Metal cards

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American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 21h

International Games Month happens in November!
games.ala.org/internationa...

Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 11d

Just dropped a bunch of games in the mail that are going out to libraries for this year's International Games Month that is organized by the @alagamert.bsky.social !

Photo of 2 stacks of white bubble mailers

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 23h

DMV folks!

Come out to People's Book on Saturday! I'll be there with lots of other cool indie game designers.

Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 1d

Lol! They did that quick math on you!

I'll be 36 in the near future. Do we still count that as mid 30's? Or is that late 30's now?

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 1d

I think of that quote quite often. Especially when doubting someone's commitment. Whether I actually verbalize the quote depends on how well I know the person haha

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Exeunt Press 💀 @exeunt.press · 1d

Come see the Exeunt Press Head Skeleton In Charge (me) in person at the People's Book Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair this weekend in Takoma Park, MD.

Details here: omnes.exeunt.press/p/peoples-bo...

#boardgames #ttrpg #solorpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️

Indie & Local Tabletop Games Fair 2025

Rain or shine at People's Book in Takoma Park, MD this weekend (10/18). Featuring Angela Bell, Dave Chalker, and Andy Looney of Looney Labs (Fluxx). And Exeunt Press too!

omnes.exeunt.press

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 1d

New for October: Wither & Grow by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social
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A tidy, colorful solo journaling game about the life of a sentient plant-creature. Follow your growth through five stages - your foliage reflects your mind as well as your body. What's important to you? Will you flourish or stagnate?

The cover of Wither & Grow, a solo journaling game by Junk Food Games. Dark green ink on light green paper. The title is all lower-case whimsical serif font with an elaborate ampersand. The central image is a hulking being made of shaggy plants. Its face is partially covered by vines, flowers bloom from its back, and its willowy arms drag on the ground

An interior example of Wither & Grow. A two-page spread with an illustration across both pages of a mass of vegetation with a leaf-covered hand reaching out of the top. The text explains "if an ideal goes over 10, you lose control of your growth." It goes on to explain how this ends your game and gives prompts to conclude your story in your journal

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Fe (he/him) ~ Sleepy Badger Games @sleepybadgergames.bsky.social · 1d

Hi! My name is Fe (he/him). I'm a TTRPG designer & illustrator. Most of my games are about critters big and small.
🐗🐘🐈🐛🐖🦜🦈🐙
But I design sci-fi and fantasy games too.

🎲 Find my games on sleepy-badger-games.itch.io

👾 I run a discord server for all things TTRPG & playtesting. (DM me for an invite 🌻)

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 2d

The cutscenes in Parasite Eve are so good

Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 2d

A red and green kit flying with grey cloudy sky in the background

Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 2d

Check out this VOD playthrough of Moon Rings! Himeutsugi is a really great streamer!

Himeutsugi ❦ 🦜🧮 dice roller vtuber @hime.vtubers.social · 2d

In other news, I'm still slowly uploading VODs from like May... www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E8T... So here's part one (of two!) of me playing Moon Rings by @junkfoodgames.bsky.social !! #solottrpg

a parrot #vtuber decides to FIGHT THE MOON because it's cursed!! ❧ MOON RINGS part1 #solorpg

YouTube video by Himeutsugi

www.youtube.com

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 2d

Might get whimsical and fly a kite today

Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 2d

Love Pokko and the Drum! Read that one a bunch when the kiddo was younger

Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 3d

Nearing the end of Vol 1 of Books of Blood. Pretty much all bangers.

I'll probably jump straight into Vol 2 once I'm done

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Robin J | Cozy RPG Reviews @cozyrpgreviews.bsky.social · 3d

New review day!

This time delving into the survival horror journaling game Cinderedge by @quasigrant.bsky.social where no matter what you do, you'll eventually die in a fire. It's atmospheric, poignant and very unsettling.

youtu.be/ne30rLtvGSM

Cinderedge | An RPG Preview

YouTube video by Cozy RPG Reviews

youtu.be

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Ian Howard @leafydragongames.bsky.social · 7d

I'm thrilled to finally announce Leafy Dragon Games' next project: Infinite Paths!

Designed by @jamiethul.bsky.social, this sleek solo TTRPG system lets players jump into an epic adventure of their own creation in just a few minutes.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lea...

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Coming soon: Infinite Paths

A solo TTRPG system

www.kickstarter.com

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 4d

We added TWO brand-new titles from @junkfoodgames.bsky.social
🍃Wither & Grow - a tiny solo game following the life of a sentient being made of growing plants
🐍🕷️The Serpent & The Spider - a duet for a necromancer + a sword-wielder to team up, combatting corporate corruption in a fantasy techno-future

The cover of The Serpent and The Spider, a ttrpg for 2 players by Junk Food Games. Yellow paper with black ink, calligraphy font for the text, and, in the center, a hand-drawn vampire skull with a sword through it, accented by a snake

An interior example from The Serpent and The Spider. On the lefthand page, the Introduction describes how each character operates, player cooperation, and game content (violence). On the righthand page, a hand-drawn skeleton bursts forth from the ground. In the background, a tiny, hooded necromancer says "Rise up, my bone freaks!"

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Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 4d

IT'S A 🎃👻🧙🏼‍♀️💀 DROP DAY! Gather your pals for LIMINAL HORROR. Not feeling cosmic? We grabbed post-apocalyptic racing, magical girl kick-assery, & NIGHTMARE TV WRITING too. A fresh (COFFIN SHAPED) tarot deck! Gamebooks! Plus plenty of solo AND duet titles for monsters, necromancers, witches, +more 🧵

A smorgasbord photo showing a variety of items now available in the store. Games like TORQ, The Serpent and The Spider, Wither & Grow, the Dance of Death Bundle, and bookmark games like The Backbone of Beasts and Waylaid Traveller. Gamebooks like Shadow Chaser, The Goblin's Revenge, and Choose Your Own Adventure: Mothman. Also visible: blood splatter dice, green swirled Into The Bog dice, tarot cards from the Aisling Deck, and a pyramid-shaped Rubik's cube-like keychain fidget

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 4d

These two little zine games are available now over at Knave of Cups!

knaveofcups.com

Knave of Cups @knaveofcups.com · 7d

Arriving Friday - two new @junkfoodgames.bsky.social zines
🍃Wither & Grow - a tiny solo game following the life of a sentient being made of growing plants
🐍🕷️The Serpent & The Spider - a duet for a necromancer + a sword-wielder to team up, combatting corporate corruption in a fantasy techno-future

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Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 5d

This song and performance of it are so killer

Chris, Junk Food Games @junkfoodgames.bsky.social · 5d

Truly! Touching grass works wonders!