Ettin
@ettin.itch.io
Award-winning TTRPG creator · Writer · Twitter moderator · God-fearing snake milker · Wrote Zettamall, Hard Wired Island, Wetrunner, VKILLER, Breakfast Cult, etc. · https://linktr.ee/ettin64
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Ettin
@ettin.itch.io
· Oct 16
Coming soon: Hard Wired Island: Second Gig
A full-length sourcebook for the Hard Wired Island RPG.
www.kickstarter.com
Seems like a good time to announce that when my current project wraps up I'll be crowdfunding HARD WIRED ISLAND: SECOND GIG, a full-length expansion for my retrofuture cyberpunk RPG:
BRAIN: Remember when you listened to the radio nine years ago and some lady called into a quiz contest and really obviously tried to stall for time while she Googled the answers. What was up with that
ME: That's neat. Do you remember what my friends do for a living
BRAIN: I do not
ME: That's neat. Do you remember what my friends do for a living
BRAIN: I do not
November 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
BRAIN: Remember when you listened to the radio nine years ago and some lady called into a quiz contest and really obviously tried to stall for time while she Googled the answers. What was up with that
ME: That's neat. Do you remember what my friends do for a living
BRAIN: I do not
ME: That's neat. Do you remember what my friends do for a living
BRAIN: I do not
Prepping for a Spooky Game tomorrow
November 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Prepping for a Spooky Game tomorrow
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they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
MY PEERS: [thoughtful, nuanced, compassionate critiques of TTRPGs and the industry as a whole which open your mind to new possibilities]
ME: [brain makes a noise like an electrical accident] what if one of Demogorgon's heads wanted to jack off and the other didn't
ME: [brain makes a noise like an electrical accident] what if one of Demogorgon's heads wanted to jack off and the other didn't
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
MY PEERS: [thoughtful, nuanced, compassionate critiques of TTRPGs and the industry as a whole which open your mind to new possibilities]
ME: [brain makes a noise like an electrical accident] what if one of Demogorgon's heads wanted to jack off and the other didn't
ME: [brain makes a noise like an electrical accident] what if one of Demogorgon's heads wanted to jack off and the other didn't
It's my birthday, also known as "thank's giving". Ways you can thank me:
- Read my new fiction (link below)
- Back the Patreon (www.patreon.com/ettin)
- Check out my games (ettin.itch.io)
- Straight up give me money (paypal.me/ettin)
- Read my new fiction (link below)
- Back the Patreon (www.patreon.com/ettin)
- Check out my games (ettin.itch.io)
- Straight up give me money (paypal.me/ettin)
ZETTAMALL: A Sci-Fi LitRPG
"Welcome to the ZETTAMALL®, the universe's greatest shopping experience!"
William Tombaugh was looking forward to a normal Saturday: finish a shift at one of Sydney's worst supermarkets, go home, play...
www.royalroad.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
It's my birthday, also known as "thank's giving". Ways you can thank me:
- Read my new fiction (link below)
- Back the Patreon (www.patreon.com/ettin)
- Check out my games (ettin.itch.io)
- Straight up give me money (paypal.me/ettin)
- Read my new fiction (link below)
- Back the Patreon (www.patreon.com/ettin)
- Check out my games (ettin.itch.io)
- Straight up give me money (paypal.me/ettin)
Planning more promo for my new sci-fi litRPG book. What if I did ads for in-universe brands
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Planning more promo for my new sci-fi litRPG book. What if I did ads for in-universe brands
My birthday is on the 27th. It's always a strange time—in the US everyone talks about how thankful they are, but here in Australia they're already preparing for Christmas
November 22, 2025 at 9:25 AM
My birthday is on the 27th. It's always a strange time—in the US everyone talks about how thankful they are, but here in Australia they're already preparing for Christmas
Wouldn't the canyon be the one subduing and taming the river? The river's the one getting constrained by the stone walls
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Wouldn't the canyon be the one subduing and taming the river? The river's the one getting constrained by the stone walls
If you need something to do this weekend might I recommend reading and sharing my new fiction, with an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of
ZETTAMALL: A Sci-Fi LitRPG
"Welcome to the ZETTAMALL®, the universe's greatest shopping experience!"
William Tombaugh was looking forward to a normal Saturday: finish a shift at one of Sydney's worst supermarkets, go home, play...
www.royalroad.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 AM
If you need something to do this weekend might I recommend reading and sharing my new fiction, with an expanded free trial which you can play through the entirety of
Reposted by Ettin
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Dispatch fucking whips. In unrelated news I'm heinously behind on my work today
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Dispatch fucking whips. In unrelated news I'm heinously behind on my work today
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Sam Altman: yeah so data centers, well you know they take a lot of power to run. And I figure, what is more powerful than Goku?
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
August 19, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Sam Altman: yeah so data centers, well you know they take a lot of power to run. And I figure, what is more powerful than Goku?
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
Interviewer: Goku is pretty powerful.
Altman: Goku will power our data centers.
Interviewer: yeah
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Waiting for Godot postcredit sequence where you see the outline of Godot.
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Waiting for Godot postcredit sequence where you see the outline of Godot.
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It's time for me to make my own cozy RPG. The game is about having a good sleep and it starts when you go to bed
February 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It's time for me to make my own cozy RPG. The game is about having a good sleep and it starts when you go to bed
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Sitting down to make an Official Thundercats TRPG, taking out a copy of D&D5E and staring at it thoughtfully for 16 hours before crossing out "Snarf" and writing "Halfling" next to it
Dynamite Games and Comics is adapting the 80s cartoon THUNDERCATS into a TTRPG.
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Yes, it is a 5e conversion. Why do you ask? www.kickstarter.com/projects/toy...
Coming soon: The Thundercats Roleplaying Game is Here!
Thunder - Thunder - Thundercats Hoooo! You can play as your favorite Thunderian in an awesome paper and pencil roleplaying game!
www.kickstarter.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Sitting down to make an Official Thundercats TRPG, taking out a copy of D&D5E and staring at it thoughtfully for 16 hours before crossing out "Snarf" and writing "Halfling" next to it
I never got around to replacing my headphones so I've just been streaming music through my phone and bluetooth headphones while I work, like a caved man. Thinking of getting Dispatch though so it might be time to actually look into this
My last pair of headphones turned out to have a weak spot that breaks often (whoops) and now I need a new pair. What are the good options for over-ear headphones these days though
November 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I never got around to replacing my headphones so I've just been streaming music through my phone and bluetooth headphones while I work, like a caved man. Thinking of getting Dispatch though so it might be time to actually look into this
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"Wow...Ettin... this ... is a lot ... of ... quality words ... indeed!" - Dragon Cobolt, 2025
Just posted a new chapter, so here's a reminder: I do fiction now
ZETTAMALL: A Sci-Fi LitRPG
"Welcome to the ZETTAMALL®, the universe's greatest shopping experience!"
William Tombaugh was looking forward to a normal Saturday: finish a shift at one of Sydney's worst supermarkets, go home, play...
www.royalroad.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
"Wow...Ettin... this ... is a lot ... of ... quality words ... indeed!" - Dragon Cobolt, 2025
Just posted a new chapter, so here's a reminder: I do fiction now
ZETTAMALL: A Sci-Fi LitRPG
"Welcome to the ZETTAMALL®, the universe's greatest shopping experience!"
William Tombaugh was looking forward to a normal Saturday: finish a shift at one of Sydney's worst supermarkets, go home, play...
www.royalroad.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Just posted a new chapter, so here's a reminder: I do fiction now
Today's Spelljammer session was good times. Did a whole battlemap for a slaver camp on the edge of a cliff for the sole purpose of letting the PCs sneak in invisibly and annihilate them. One of them waited for a guard to finish taking a leak off the side before shoving him, to be Polite
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Today's Spelljammer session was good times. Did a whole battlemap for a slaver camp on the edge of a cliff for the sole purpose of letting the PCs sneak in invisibly and annihilate them. One of them waited for a guard to finish taking a leak off the side before shoving him, to be Polite
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Great opportunity to invest early in wildly high concept RPG themed sci-fi but also in retail hell moments like this
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Great opportunity to invest early in wildly high concept RPG themed sci-fi but also in retail hell moments like this
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Alright, here we go! Gonna toss up a new chapter every 30-60 minutes for a bit until I have a decent number up, but I decided to start on the day I run Spelljammer so apologies in advance if I don't stick to that exactly
ZETTAMALL: A Sci-Fi LitRPG
"Welcome to the ZETTAMALL®, the universe's greatest shopping experience!"
William Tombaugh was looking forward to a normal Saturday: finish a shift at one of Sydney's worst supermarkets, go home, play...
www.royalroad.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Alright, here we go! Gonna toss up a new chapter every 30-60 minutes for a bit until I have a decent number up, but I decided to start on the day I run Spelljammer so apologies in advance if I don't stick to that exactly
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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Realtalk though: I've been debating whether to delay posting this fiction by a week. The point of the experiment was to set up a Patreon, but I needed to ask support to switch me to the monthly model first, and the date I requested was Monday. If it doesn't happen today I'm screwed for the weekend
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Realtalk though: I've been debating whether to delay posting this fiction by a week. The point of the experiment was to set up a Patreon, but I needed to ask support to switch me to the monthly model first, and the date I requested was Monday. If it doesn't happen today I'm screwed for the weekend