Alex Roberts
@helloalexroberts.bsky.social
The game designer behind Star Crossed, For the Queen, Precious Little Animal, POP!, Hero Dog Saves Town, Our Time on Earth, Rat Trash Party, and more. helloalexroberts.carrd.co please send inquiries to helloalexroberts at gmail
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When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
GameRT Announces 2025 Platinum Play Award Recipients
www.ala.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When the ALA recognizes one's work, that's pretty dang cool.
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
"The games recognized as 2026 Platinum Play Classics are Clue, Jenga, Pokémon, Magic: The Gathering, Apocalypse World, Call of Cthulhu, Mario Kart 8, and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater."
#ApocalypseWorld #AW3rd #PBTA
www.ala.org/news/2025/11...
Someone tried to tell me LLMs are "here to stay" (which is what they tell you when they can't convince you it's good) and when I said nah I'll just wait for the bubble to burst
she said
"This isn't a bubble that's going to burst, this is a bubble that's going to keep on expanding :)"
she said
"This isn't a bubble that's going to burst, this is a bubble that's going to keep on expanding :)"
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Someone tried to tell me LLMs are "here to stay" (which is what they tell you when they can't convince you it's good) and when I said nah I'll just wait for the bubble to burst
she said
"This isn't a bubble that's going to burst, this is a bubble that's going to keep on expanding :)"
she said
"This isn't a bubble that's going to burst, this is a bubble that's going to keep on expanding :)"
You could win pairings??? I'd write em
Is anyone secretly hoping that the @bullypulpithq.bsky.social Gumball Game Machine was such a big success that it inspires them do a Star Crossed Crane Game some day? THE CLAW!
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
You could win pairings??? I'd write em
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#PAXUnplugged Expo Hall remains open for a little over an hour and we are awaiting you at booth #4349 with a veritable cornucopia of our #games!
Stop by and buy a few for your gaming libraries and then take a chance on our cool $1 gumball machine! #TTRPGs #RPGs #larp #gaming #convention
Stop by and buy a few for your gaming libraries and then take a chance on our cool $1 gumball machine! #TTRPGs #RPGs #larp #gaming #convention
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#PAXUnplugged Expo Hall remains open for a little over an hour and we are awaiting you at booth #4349 with a veritable cornucopia of our #games!
Stop by and buy a few for your gaming libraries and then take a chance on our cool $1 gumball machine! #TTRPGs #RPGs #larp #gaming #convention
Stop by and buy a few for your gaming libraries and then take a chance on our cool $1 gumball machine! #TTRPGs #RPGs #larp #gaming #convention
I assume you can all feel my presence in there halls of PaxU. I am a benevolent force! For now.
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I assume you can all feel my presence in there halls of PaxU. I am a benevolent force! For now.
Not being at PaxU is bumming me out, but I'm cheering myself up by putting a lot of effort into the worst game idea I've ever had (yes, worse than "Dragons & Dragons")
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Not being at PaxU is bumming me out, but I'm cheering myself up by putting a lot of effort into the worst game idea I've ever had (yes, worse than "Dragons & Dragons")
Shout out to The Warren, great game - and literally just looking at this solved a problem I'm having with the game I'm working on right now
I absolutely love The Warren's playbook. From it's perfect little portrait window, to the column of basic moves, and all the potential for character moves which might get written down if your rabbit manages to survive for long enough.
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Shout out to The Warren, great game - and literally just looking at this solved a problem I'm having with the game I'm working on right now
Does anyone wanna tell me about some character sheets they really like?
I was just thinking about the character "sheet" (two columns) and corresponding instructions in the first version of Dream Askew
I was just thinking about the character "sheet" (two columns) and corresponding instructions in the first version of Dream Askew
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Does anyone wanna tell me about some character sheets they really like?
I was just thinking about the character "sheet" (two columns) and corresponding instructions in the first version of Dream Askew
I was just thinking about the character "sheet" (two columns) and corresponding instructions in the first version of Dream Askew
Do people still do Zinequest? Is it still in February? I have a game in progress that seems pretty zine-able
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Do people still do Zinequest? Is it still in February? I have a game in progress that seems pretty zine-able
Best answer
he is probably leaving to enjoy a stick figure cultural event, such as using the washroom or slowly assembling a hanging body
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Best answer
don't hesitate - he longs to be reunited with his creator
He is standing next to the hieroglyphic logogram nṯr, meaning "god"; death awaits him when you leave the Zoom call
November 6, 2025 at 8:19 PM
don't hesitate - he longs to be reunited with his creator
"Confronted with another pointless meeting, the little stick man chooses instead, as many of us would, the black void of unknowing." - Werner Herzog, presumably, if I showed him this and he knew where it was from and wanted to talk about it
Something about the little guy on the leave button in zoom is ominous. where is he going
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Confronted with another pointless meeting, the little stick man chooses instead, as many of us would, the black void of unknowing." - Werner Herzog, presumably, if I showed him this and he knew where it was from and wanted to talk about it
"The stick man enacts our desire to escape, and by watching him do this, we fulfill - and thereby extinguish - that desire. His departure blocks not the method of our escape, but the very idea of escape." - Slavoj Žižek probably
November 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"The stick man enacts our desire to escape, and by watching him do this, we fulfill - and thereby extinguish - that desire. His departure blocks not the method of our escape, but the very idea of escape." - Slavoj Žižek probably
picturing this guy commuting to and from the office in a lightcycle
the grid from tron
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
picturing this guy commuting to and from the office in a lightcycle
Something about the little guy on the leave button in zoom is ominous. where is he going
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Something about the little guy on the leave button in zoom is ominous. where is he going
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Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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Don't miss our closing livestream with @madeofcartoons.bsky.social, @sebastianyue.bsky.social, and @alliemackie.bsky.social today at 2:00 pm Eastern! Get notified when we go live: www.youtube.com/live/oOHkJV-...
November 6, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Don't miss our closing livestream with @madeofcartoons.bsky.social, @sebastianyue.bsky.social, and @alliemackie.bsky.social today at 2:00 pm Eastern! Get notified when we go live: www.youtube.com/live/oOHkJV-...
I speak the truth
perhaps the truest thing I've ever read from @helloalexroberts.bsky.social's chapter on Intimacy in GMROM
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I speak the truth
If you were gonna spend a day recovering from anaesthesia and expected to feel not great but not terrible either what movies would you watch
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If you were gonna spend a day recovering from anaesthesia and expected to feel not great but not terrible either what movies would you watch
One of the most memorable, influential freeform games of the last decade
October 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM
One of the most memorable, influential freeform games of the last decade
Yay!!!! Hit point press is doing something really interesting and ambitious with SHIFT and I'm really glad my writing gets to tag along.
Thanks to your support, @helloalexroberts.bsky.social's romance setting Regencia has been unlocked! Thank you for helping to being this fun and flirty world to life!
Our next stretch goal is a superhero setting written by @gailsimone.bsky.social!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
Our next stretch goal is a superhero setting written by @gailsimone.bsky.social!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Yay!!!! Hit point press is doing something really interesting and ambitious with SHIFT and I'm really glad my writing gets to tag along.
Keep it coming, folks! I made a very cute world for this approachable and intuitive system!
The SHIFT Kickstarter is just under $5K away from unlocking @helloalexroberts.bsky.social's romance setting stretch goal! Pledge today and help us unlock the fabulous, flirty world of Regencia!
www.kickstarter.com/...
www.kickstarter.com/...
October 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Keep it coming, folks! I made a very cute world for this approachable and intuitive system!
Omegle was a magical playground for me
October 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Omegle was a magical playground for me
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a warning to all the craigslist purebred puppy for sale scammers: i am always on craigslist. always. i am flagging you within seconds. i am flagging you before you even post. i was flagging you before you were born. you will never defeat me
October 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
a warning to all the craigslist purebred puppy for sale scammers: i am always on craigslist. always. i am flagging you within seconds. i am flagging you before you even post. i was flagging you before you were born. you will never defeat me