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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 10h

Only ten? Those are rookie numbers!

JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 13h

Written for the Mecha Mini-Game Jam hosted by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social and standing proudly as the first thing I've written just for fun in far too long!

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 13h

If you saw me working on a game jam entry during my co-working streams for #Mechtember over on @euphoriaap.bsky.social last month, you may be interested to know it's all done!

4 mini-games, compatible with Firebrands, designed to add love and tragedy to any game.

jc-darcy.itch.io/no-one-in-th...

No One In the World (A Mecha Mini Game Collection) by JC Darcy

A Mecha Mini Game Collection

jc-darcy.itch.io

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

STICKER!!! BASED!!! MECHANICS!!!!!!!!!1

Kayla Dice @ratwave.uk · 1d

There's so much to look forward to with Mechritter. Gorgeous art, fun sticker based mechanics and a host of charming characters and factions.

Give it a follow as Mausritter Month approaches!

Mechritter: Urban Mouse and Machine Roleplaying

From Twelve Pins Press & Rat Wave Game House - Mechritter: Urban Mouse and Machine Roleplaying

www.backerkit.com

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

look at all these lovely faces 😍

SoulMuppet Publishing @soulmuppet.co.uk · 2d

It seems like only yesterday that we held the Doomspiral Launch party.

It was such a brilliant night full of amazing costumes, dramatic boss battles and Mol going full "weird lil guy".

A massive shoutout to @moonshineadventure.bsky.social, The Arcanists Tavern and everyone who came along.

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two people laugh while another leans over the table holding a staff and aged parchment

three people sat around a gaming table with various character sheets, snacks and dice. One wears a blue wizard hat and golden jewellery, one in silver armour reading a book, one in a checkered shirt smiles at the others.

three people sat around a gaming table with drinks, books and character sheets. one person wearing glasses and a black tshirt, is smiling and holding a book open showing a character portrait. The other two people are smiling and reading

three people standing and laughing in a room designed to look like an old tavern hall. one person wears a brown wizard hat and robe, two sets of spectacles and holds tightly to a wooden staff and is talking.

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Today I have lovingly bullied two TTRPG publishers about making more mech games. That's not many, but it's weird that it happened twice on the same day.

Anyway, consider this a general note, make more mech games please.

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 2d

Put this in your calendar. Tune in. Say hi in the chat. Support shows that platform marginalised voices!

EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · 2d

Monday! Its Black History Month, and we're showing off game designer & GM @chochy.co.uk's new system!

Players @theneoncaster.bsky.social, @daisypowerhour.bsky.social, @thirdvaultyarns.com, and @akingmade.bsky.social explore a world losing its spark...

Sponsored by @threesailsstudios.bsky.social

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EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · 4d

What if all the answers were beneath the waves?

Coming this month, a special 2-part #TTRPG #actualplay featuring content from @lalionnepublishing.itch.io 'Beyond the Lighthouse: a Candela Obscura™ Compatible project'

Traverse the expanded world beyond Hale and BACK this project at buff.ly/gzRvH9v

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W.H. Arthur RPG—Mud Ghost Estate Redux🔜Kickstarter @wharthur.bsky.social · 5d

It's my birthday today! 🎈
Please check out my birthday sale so that I can afford coffee and cake and pay my bills!
itch.io/s/160877/wh-...

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 5d

Happy birthday, I hope you are able to get hold of some cake today!

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EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · 6d

TONIGHT! Its Black History Month, and we're showing off game designer & GM
@chochy.co.uk's new system!

Players @theneoncaster.bsky.social, @daisypowerhour.bsky.social, @thirdvaultyarns.com, and @akingmade.bsky.social explore a world losing its spark...

Sponsored by @threesailsstudios.bsky.social

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Sprouts 🌱🔜 BLFC DD @coolartcorner.bsky.social · 7d

currently the mood rn

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Sam Langford @samsighs.bsky.social · 9d

My character in this Blades game is so fucked up that one of the other characters is actively becoming worried about him.

But then last night they helped him trap a snitches soul in a vessel, in an attempt to help him. Jokes on them, it's only made him worse.

God I love this game.

JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 9d

The absolute joy of Blades in the Dark is that one session early on, a player will roll a 4 and you need a complication so you create a crew member off the cuff who can betray them.
Then six sessions later they commit high crimes to murder him and then they have his soul trapped in a bottle.

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 9d

WHERE IS THE LINE, JAKE??

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EUphoria Actual Plays @euphoriaap.bsky.social · 9d

Monday! Its Black History Month, and we're showing off game designer & GM @chochy.co.uk's new system!

Players @theneoncaster.bsky.social, @daisypowerhour.bsky.social, @thirdvaultyarns.com, and @akingmade.bsky.social explore a world losing its spark...

Sponsored by @threesailsstudios.bsky.social

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 9d

The absolute joy of Blades in the Dark is that one session early on, a player will roll a 4 and you need a complication so you create a crew member off the cuff who can betray them.
Then six sessions later they commit high crimes to murder him and then they have his soul trapped in a bottle.

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 10d

My homegames have sporadic schedules, but somehow keep falling on consecutive days. It doesn't matter how shit my week has been, those two days lift my soul. Fantastic humans telling wonderful (and vastly different) stories.

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 10d

Uh huh. "Accident".

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 10d

'Darcy's face is beginning to match their chair' was a worrying moment ngl

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 10d

In retrospect, big sleep deprived vibes from everyone last night XD

Three Sails Studios @threesailsstudios.bsky.social · 10d

What happened in your Daggerheart game last night, George?

Oh, not much. Fell in love with a green chimp (druid), frantically asked a bartender what chimps drink, drank a psychoactive sangria, and then fused my programming with the god of the Void.

Happy beach episode, @samsighs.bsky.social!

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JC Darcy @jcdarcy.bsky.social · 11d

I'm gonna be so fucking obnoxious about this.

Kayla Dice @ratwave.uk · 11d

The factions in Mechritter are squabbling gangs of pests trying to survive a changing high street. Will you get the gangs on the same page or be thrown into all out fighting?