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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca

@dgivaca.bsky.social

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Passionate about analogic games, mostly TTRPGs | Hobbies: Game Design/History/Mythology | Studying Geology | (he/him) Talking about TTRPGs and design at https://theludonarrativegivaca.wordpress.com/ Making random games at https://dimitri-drgivaca.itch.io

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · Nov 16

High time for a new intro post!

Hi, I'm Dimitri, an avid roleplayer, sometimes blog writer, sometimes game designer, from Portugal! 🎲🪶

Mostly post about my interests: TTRPGs, fiction, geology (which I'm currently studying!), and highlight others' games. 📚⛰️

Love pictures of animals and landscapes.

The LudoNarrative Givaca

A givaca's ruminations on RPGs. story-telling and assorted stuff it tries to munch together

theludonarrativegivaca.wordpress.com

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Jason Price @alwayscheckers.bsky.social · 1d

📣 Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is now live on Kickstarter! 📣

www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

🚀 Forge a sci-fi trilogy in this solo boxed card game
🃏 450+ unique cards with tons of cool art by @turbotorbo.bsky.social
🖊️ A brand new game & system, in collab w/ @mousehole.press

Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting

Forge your own sci-fi trilogy in this solo narrative card game.

www.kickstarter.com

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 19h

I wish we could have played for longer than a single contract each time, there were some other events I was hoping to try 😄
Everyone loved your table for kitchen complications during Space Hams, the salt becoming alive was a wild moment.

Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 19h

Yeah! Next time I wanna try playing an ex-Nemesis xD.

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Elliot Davis | TTWH Out NOW @moreblueberries.bsky.social · 1d

The Time We Have: A Conversation Between Brothers is NOW AVAILABLE

A tragic two-player zombie roleplaying game played on opposite sides of a closed door. A game about what it means to be a brother.

Want to learn more about the game? It's time for a megathread ⬇️

A mockup of The Time We Have packaging surrounded by floating door cards. The cover features two brothers sitting on opposite sides of a door with a purple flower motif

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 20h

I also want to congratulate @main-sequence-star.bsky.social for their expansion for A Complicated Profession, A Dirty Situation. It adds some very good Roles (my players were drawn towards the Safety Officer and the Community Manager), and additional variety of fun Main Events.

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 20h

These games saw two wildly different Outdated Droid Chefs, lots of knife shenanigans, a perfect moment of awkward flirting, issues with salt suddenly coming to life in the kitchen, impromptu giant squid therapy, among many many other incredible incidents. 😂

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 20h

Hosted @alwayscheckers.bsky.social's A Complicated Profession twice this weekend, 3 years after the last time I got to play it. I'm pleased to say that it's still as good as it was then, and that everyone introduced to this fantastic game had an amazing time!
alwayscheckers.itch.io/a-complicate...

The virtual play space for A Complicated Profession, on Miro. Featuring the 4 Host+Hunter pairings: 'The Doc'+Bouncer, Hired Muscle + Safety Officer, Mystic Mentor + Janitor, Outdated Droid + Chef

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Heart of the Deernicorn @heartofthedeernicorn.com · 21h

Dive into these games like you would a good book 📖 All of these games are available on our website! #ttrpgs #ttrpg #booktok

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 22h

I'd definitely love to see your take on a monster tamer game.

Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not, so... yay? 😄😅

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Duamn Figueroa Rassol 🇦🇷 [Commissions Open] @duamn.bsky.social · 5d

Hey John! I'm an Argentinian ttrpg illustrator with experience in concept art, character design, cover and interior art, comics, graphic design and layout.

Link to my portfolio: drive.google.com/file/d/1fqOo...

You can contact me at [email protected]
On IG as @duamnNFR
Or DM me.

Portfolio Cover showing an open pink skull on a concentric waves ink background. The skull has a d20 as the left eye, and monsters spewing out of its mouth.

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🖤🐦‍⬛⚫𝑭𝒆𝒅𝒆⚫🐦‍⬛🖤 @fsohns.bsky.social · 1d

Started a big piece to showcase a full on Salt States mining operation at the Southern Rift

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Questie @thefarhorizon.bsky.social · 1d

If you're wondering what this is and why I'm so hyped for it, you should read @strigarosa.bsky.social's essay.

splitparty.substack.com/p/you-will-d...

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 22h

Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting is an incredibly exciting project, and I have full trust in the Jason + Jack + Torben team to make it the very best it can be. Let's help bring it over the funding line successfully!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/alw...

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TURBO TORBO @turbotorbo.bsky.social · 1d

FOLKS! The Kickstarter for NOTORIOUS: TALES OF HARDSCRABBLE BOUNTY HUNTING is open! If you're into scifi roleplaying, bounty hunters with cool helmets and lots of rad little drawings (by me) check it outtttt 💥🔫💫

Jason Price @alwayscheckers.bsky.social · 1d

Notorious: Tales of Hardscrabble Bounty Hunting

Forge your own sci-fi trilogy in this solo narrative card game.

www.kickstarter.com

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Chris Longhurst @potatocubed.bsky.social · 23h

Physical copies of Threadcutters are here! So is Cedric.

A picture of the cover of the latest game by me and Galen Pejeau, Threadcutters, the book held up in front of a very handsome black and white cat, who is called Cedric.

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 22h

👀👀 Now I gotta wonder if it might arrive here in time of the Threadcutters session I'll run in a convention in early November 👀👀

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Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 1d

SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!

I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.

backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine

Asa Donald | Backwards Tabletop @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social · 15d

SPINE is a solo tabletop RPG that looks like a book. It is your anchor to the fictional world, a prop, and a work of art — a keepsake — that you co-create, all in one.

In SPINE, you quite literally embody a researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

Embody the researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.

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satah @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 1d

been thinking a lot abt cool ttrpg coverage i can do & facilitate & i think i'm just gonna.... try one.......?

please write ~250-500 words about A SPECIFIC DEATH MECHANIC IN A TTRPG for me to compile into a little webzine! you have until november 13th! that's in a month!

unnamed ttrpg zine project volume one - DEATH MECHANICS

tell me about death mechanics for volume one of an as-of-yet-unnamed ttrpg zine project i'm looking for: 250-500 words (feel free to go under but please don't go over) about a single mechanic or syst...

docs.google.com

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Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 2d

Big announcement: Public Access is now Pay What You Want on @drivethrurpg.com! Public Access is our hit game about analog horror and childhood trauma, Carved from Brindlewood. Pick up a copy today!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Public Access - The Gauntlet | DriveThruRPG

A roleplaying game of analog horror, based on the Brindlewood Bay mystery system! Public Access is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people in 2004—the Deep Lake Latchkeys—who find themselv...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Alexander the Spooky @alexrineh.art · 4d

I was a bounty hunter once.

blog.alexrinehart.net/posts/notori...

Notorious at play

Last week, I was a bounty hunter.

blog.alexrinehart.net

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Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 2d

I went out of my way to find a cinema near me when Lamb first came out, and I'm very happy I did at the time. It wasn't the movie I expected it to be (very different from my usual preferences), but much better for it.

Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 2d

Greg Stolze's A Dirty World was the game that really made me start thinking about what went into the design of a ttrpg, and how you could craft mechanics focused on scaffolding a really specific experience, which is still what I most enjoy about the indie games I explore and play.

Dimitri, Dr. Givaca @dgivaca.bsky.social · 3d

If you see this, quote your favourite Pokemon!

(Wrong answers only)

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Clayton @explorersdesign.bsky.social · 4d

The last article in my Awards Debrief is up. What even is the point of an award show? Should anyone care?

www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/

Where do rpg awards go next?

An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part four. What's the point of an award show? And what do we want to see in the future?

www.explorersdesign.com

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