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Map Crow | Kyle Latino

@mapcrow.bsky.social

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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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Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · Jan 26

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")

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Bruce Mackay @brucemackay.bsky.social · 17h

A li'l #Tolktober sneak peek. ⚔️🔥🪨

Some orc amongst a ruined city. one has a big battle axe, the other a pike with skulls on the end. Flames reflect in the river behind them.

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Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 18h

Cheers, Fernando!!

Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you so much, Colin!

Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 18h

Thank you so much!

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David Fields @lokistriker.bsky.social · Aug 26

"From Rust to Ash" is out! Roguelike Auto-battler made in #pico8. Go check it out at lokistriker.itch.io/rust

#gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

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Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 20h

These drawings are quite lovely!

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H. Dithmer @hdithmer.bsky.social · 21h

SKELETONS

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Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 20h

The Map Crow channel just surpased 100k subscribers! Thank you everyone who has watched one of my videos or shared kind words about them!

It's been a strange year, but I'm doing very well! I don't know when I'll make more videos, but I hope I can make some more by the end of the year!

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Faith ➡️ Lightbox Expo AA506 @faithschaffer.bsky.social · 2d

weird painting to test out my new inking pen ☀️

watercolor painting- a woman kneels behind a bush, carrying an approximation of an antique musket/rifle (I did not look at reference for this one so the shape is a bit off lol sorry everybody!). She is wearing a wildly impractical but fun outfit- a high cut onepiece with baggy ankle boots, a helmet and a big swan hat/cape.

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Yanni 🧿 AMBITION HAS LAUNCHED @theurbanavian.bsky.social · 1d

WE'VE REACHED LAUNCH FROM UNDERNEATH

It has been 4 sleepless nights getting the page ready for today. There's still work to be done but we made it. I'm nervous, exhausted, and unfathomably excited.

Come get your copy of Ambition, lets see how far these wax wings can fly.

#AmbitionTTRPG

Ambition by The Press Betwixt - Gamefound

Ambition is a tales & tactics TTRPG for 2-4 Ambitious and a River by Yanni Panagiotopoulos. Reach for Heaven from underneath, Strive for whats beyond it, and Shape the continents into the image of you...

gamefound.com

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Epidiah Ravachol of the Unwritten Earths Symposium @epidiah.bsky.social · 5d

Folks, I have a number to watch as it goes up!

Unwritten Earths Symposium @unwrittenearths.bsky.social · 5d

⚔️ The Season of Swords is upon us! Swords Without Master is coming out of the pages of Worlds Without Master Issue 3 into a full, stand-alone release!

🔮 Follow the Kickstarter page to get notified on launch in early 2026

www.kickstarter.com/projects/unw...

Coming soon: Swords Without Master

A ttrpg of strange sorceries, brutal violence and astounding wonder by Epidiah Ravachol.

www.kickstarter.com

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Giannis Milonogiannis @musashinoelegy.bsky.social · 9d

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Andy Kelly @ultrabrilliant.xyz · 12d

The Japanese Mario 64 official strategy guide is an incredible thing. "Can we make little hand-made dioramas of all the levels?" "Sure, why the hell not."

A model of the first level from Mario 64.

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Lukasz Kowalczuk @elkowalczuk.bsky.social · 15d

CHARITY AUCTION!
I am selling set of illustrations done for Jeff Cannonball. Jeff was diagnosed with ALS, all proceeds will support directly him and his family:
www.gofundme.com/f/rgs2d8
Auction: www.instagram.com/p/DPOZCIRDPb-/
In this case Instagram is the best place, whether we like it or not.

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Justin McElroy @thoughtographic.bsky.social · 24d

This is my new favorite Elric design
Art by Yasushi Nirasawa

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Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 24d

Did I miss the Undertale 20th anniversary thing?

Did they announce Undertale Tactics or something?

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Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 25d

🧭 Another Doomspiral map piece, work in progress on the final line art. 🗺️ The High Roads.

Crowdfunding right now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sou...

#ttrpg #cartography #fantasyart #b&wart #wip

black and white map fragment depicting a large mountain range above which a wall-of-china-like structure connects cities and other important locations going up and down over the jagged mountain crest.

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Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 24d

Join Tony, @iknowadamseats.bsky.social & Ivy as we head into Duginthroat Divided with adventure creator & GM @danielharila.bsky.social !

Duginthroat is an sandbox dungeon on your doorstep and is funding on Kickstarter starting October 7th!

Join us live at twitch.tv/tonyplusone

Coming soon: Duginthroat Divided

Weird fiction meets fairytale whimsy in this dungeon on your doorstep! For Old School Essentials and other roleplaying games.

ttrpg.link

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Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 24d

Wow, that was a really cool video and map! Thanks for sharing!!

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Dinoberry Press @dinoberrypress.bsky.social · 26d

The video for this month's Patreon postcard dungeon is here! Check out how The Frigid Towers was made, and learn more about the layout process for these monthly dungeons~

youtu.be/x6wAVfWekT4?...

A TTRPG Dungeon of Beasts and Ice ✦ The Frigid Towers

YouTube video by Dinoberry Studio

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Map Crow | Kyle Latino @mapcrow.bsky.social · 24d

What do you consider a perfect movie?

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 28d

Double-page collage splash by Jack Kirby for DC Graphic Novel #4: The Hunger Dogs” (1985).

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Joltin’ Johnny Lucas @joltinjohnnylucas.bsky.social · 29d

I heard back that CGC gave a lower grade to a sketch cover I drew on the front of, because I didn’t erase the schmutz my table left on the back of the sketch cover. So, I’ve written them a note.

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shel's gone @portablecity.bsky.social · 29d

hey bsky game folks, can anyone recommend any game making tools that work on an iPad? I'm looking for kids-friendly stuff, so nothing that automatically connects you to a public marketplace or such.

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