Map Crow | Kyle Latino
@mapcrow.bsky.social
Ireland-based game designer, artist. Gold ENNIE Award Winning creative director for MONSTROUS. (closed for commissions) YouTube: www.youtube.com/@mapcrow
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My fav TTRPG design resources!!
"Uncertainty in Games" book by Greg Costikyan
"The Game Definition Game" article by Jaakko Stenros
"Practical Creativity" GDC video by Raph Koster
"Emergence in Larp" Nordic Larp video by Dr. Evan Torner
@shawnmerwin.bsky.social's TTRPG Tips (especially on "latency")
"Uncertainty in Games" book by Greg Costikyan
"The Game Definition Game" article by Jaakko Stenros
"Practical Creativity" GDC video by Raph Koster
"Emergence in Larp" Nordic Larp video by Dr. Evan Torner
@shawnmerwin.bsky.social's TTRPG Tips (especially on "latency")
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'Rising of the sun' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart #December1st
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
'Rising of the sun' by contemporary UK artist Catherine Hyde #womensart #December1st
@byodinsbeardrpg.com it was lovely to meet you! I am very excited to run We Deal in Lead that I bought from you today!!
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
@byodinsbeardrpg.com it was lovely to meet you! I am very excited to run We Deal in Lead that I bought from you today!!
@gonzohistory.bsky.social Wonderful talk at Dragonmeet! You were looking a bit mobbed afterwards, so I ducked out after for a bite to eat.
November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
@gonzohistory.bsky.social Wonderful talk at Dragonmeet! You were looking a bit mobbed afterwards, so I ducked out after for a bite to eat.
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Hey @haematinon.bsky.social your Ergo Cosmos book looks really great!
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Hey @haematinon.bsky.social your Ergo Cosmos book looks really great!
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The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social
It's really good. Have a read!
It's really good. Have a read!
Guest Post: On OVER/UNDER, by Our Man In California
Ahoy! You probably know what this newsletter is, since you signed up for it. But if you don’t, why not come by the Discord and ask someone? Perhaps Marsh or...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The latest TEETH newsletter features a guest essay on OVER/UNDER by prolific journalist and role-player @markwallace.bsky.social
It's really good. Have a read!
It's really good. Have a read!
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This is Swamptown, an isometric location map drawn by me with adventure hooks and what-not from @lexikonical.bsky.social. it's on sale at present, along with some other bits - link below!
#ttrpg #tabletopgaming
#ttrpg #tabletopgaming
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This is Swamptown, an isometric location map drawn by me with adventure hooks and what-not from @lexikonical.bsky.social. it's on sale at present, along with some other bits - link below!
#ttrpg #tabletopgaming
#ttrpg #tabletopgaming
New kitbash! Inspired by the Mother Courage enemy in Forever Winter! Thinking it would be a great monster for Killsampleprocess, The Doomed, or Therodyssey! So many cool games to try!! #kitbash
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
New kitbash! Inspired by the Mother Courage enemy in Forever Winter! Thinking it would be a great monster for Killsampleprocess, The Doomed, or Therodyssey! So many cool games to try!! #kitbash
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Woke up thinking about this piece that @nightjargames.bsky.social did for GILA.
Time to get back to it.
Time to get back to it.
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Woke up thinking about this piece that @nightjargames.bsky.social did for GILA.
Time to get back to it.
Time to get back to it.
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'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
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Spontaneously decided to kitbash some Spyrers for Necromunda.
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Spontaneously decided to kitbash some Spyrers for Necromunda.
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
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Today I played some lowspiritspress.itch.io/flying-ostri...
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today I played some lowspiritspress.itch.io/flying-ostri...
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
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PAX Unplugged has begun!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
PAX Unplugged has begun!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
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Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
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Choose your character
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Choose your character
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In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23. The end result was a massive, Metroidvania-inspired dungeon called The Castle Automatic.
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Information Architecture in The Castle Automatic
In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23 . The end result was two dungeons - one based on the tarot (for His Majesty the Worm...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23. The end result was a massive, Metroidvania-inspired dungeon called The Castle Automatic.
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
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Hinterlight: A gmless gothic worldbuilding ritual & #TTRPG for 3-5 players is LIVE over on Kickstarter!
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Hinterlight
A gothic worldbuilding ritual & roleplaying game that sews seeds of adventure as you tell the tale of your demise!
ttrpg.link
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hinterlight: A gmless gothic worldbuilding ritual & #TTRPG for 3-5 players is LIVE over on Kickstarter!
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
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This is going to be a massive thread of Etsy updates! We've listed a lot of new (and some old) product.
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is going to be a massive thread of Etsy updates! We've listed a lot of new (and some old) product.
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
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Also, funniest damn thing. I'm enraptured by Cairn. I did work on Dolmenwood. By all accounts, the Wildwood Manuscripts would make a lovely Cairn type setting.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Also, funniest damn thing. I'm enraptured by Cairn. I did work on Dolmenwood. By all accounts, the Wildwood Manuscripts would make a lovely Cairn type setting.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
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Eduardo Paolozzi, “Michelangelo’s ‘David’” (1987), plaster, plywood, and string, 7.2 kg.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Eduardo Paolozzi, “Michelangelo’s ‘David’” (1987), plaster, plywood, and string, 7.2 kg.
With a little Kitbashing, I made the Votann hover bike into something worse to look at.
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
With a little Kitbashing, I made the Votann hover bike into something worse to look at.
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Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
From the PBtA community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the PBtA community
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November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
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This is a TTRPG project @scormond.bsky.social and I have been working on for more than a year now. They write, and I illustrate, but the roles get a little blurry at the edges.
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is a TTRPG project @scormond.bsky.social and I have been working on for more than a year now. They write, and I illustrate, but the roles get a little blurry at the edges.
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
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We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P