Zero Prep Games
@zeroprep.io
An indie game studio by @jonobarel.bsky.social and @icel.me - Building bridges through play! We're a worker-owned game dev coop creating inclusive experiences for everyone.
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@zeroprep.io
· Dec 7
Zero Prep Games
An indie game studio - Building bridges through play! We're a worker-owned game dev coop creating inclusive experiences for everyone.
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We're developing the Godflesh ashcan edition, with a Kickstarter planned for late 2026. Sign up for updates on this mythic fantasy TTRPG and future projects.
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We're developing the Godflesh ashcan edition, with a Kickstarter planned for late 2026. Sign up for updates on this mythic fantasy TTRPG and future projects.
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Cut cut cut ✂️
Do we even need it?
Cut cut cut ✂️
Do we even need it?
February 7, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Cut
Cut cut cut ✂️
Do we even need it?
Cut cut cut ✂️
Do we even need it?
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Planet of Lana II has a release date! On March 5 Lana and Mui's journey continues on all platforms! 🎉
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Planet of Lana II has a release date! On March 5 Lana and Mui's journey continues on all platforms! 🎉
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new blog post about: makin' it easier to integrate elaborate (or not) contextual character animation stuff into gameplay in @sleightofhand.game. Like all the best shit, this is not so much technically impressive as workflowily excellent.
www.joewintergreen.com/contextual-a...
www.joewintergreen.com/contextual-a...
February 5, 2026 at 7:20 AM
new blog post about: makin' it easier to integrate elaborate (or not) contextual character animation stuff into gameplay in @sleightofhand.game. Like all the best shit, this is not so much technically impressive as workflowily excellent.
www.joewintergreen.com/contextual-a...
www.joewintergreen.com/contextual-a...
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Recently watched on YouTube, you might want to check it too 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqA... – "Highguard Gets The Geekenders Treatment | The Geekenders Ep 109"
Highguard Gets The Geekenders Treatment | The Geekenders Ep 109
Elspeth joins the Geekenders to talk about all the things! And I mean that. We cover games, books, and movies. It's almost like this episode is exactly what ...
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January 31, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Recently watched on YouTube, you might want to check it too 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OqA... – "Highguard Gets The Geekenders Treatment | The Geekenders Ep 109"
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Do you run a comics review website and I haven't sent you a review copy of #CrystalHeart? Please let me know and I'll throw one in your inbox so fast it'll rip a hole in the digital time-space continuum.
(sharing is highly appreciated!)
(sharing is highly appreciated!)
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Do you run a comics review website and I haven't sent you a review copy of #CrystalHeart? Please let me know and I'll throw one in your inbox so fast it'll rip a hole in the digital time-space continuum.
(sharing is highly appreciated!)
(sharing is highly appreciated!)
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In celebration of the imminent Blades ‘68 campaign, I thought I’d talk a bit about its graphic design.
BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout.
Type nerdery ahoy 🧐
BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout.
Type nerdery ahoy 🧐
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 AM
In celebration of the imminent Blades ‘68 campaign, I thought I’d talk a bit about its graphic design.
BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout.
Type nerdery ahoy 🧐
BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout.
Type nerdery ahoy 🧐
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Recently watched on YouTube, you might want to check it too 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Wy... – "Dolmenwood is the BEST DnD book of 2025...and it's not close"
Dolmenwood is the BEST DnD book of 2025...and it's not close
Check out our sponsor 2-Minute Tabletop: https://2minutetabletop.com/questing-beastGet Dolmenwood in Print (use coupon code QUESTINGBEAST for 10% off): https...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Recently watched on YouTube, you might want to check it too 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Wy... – "Dolmenwood is the BEST DnD book of 2025...and it's not close"
Sometimes you use a common idiom in your writing, only to realise it's not setting-appropriate. #GodfleshRPG
February 6, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Sometimes you use a common idiom in your writing, only to realise it's not setting-appropriate. #GodfleshRPG
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I'm a bit burnt out from writing the first six chapters – it was a lot in a short time. But there isn't a day I don't think about #GodfleshRPG and how excited I am about this game. We'll start working on the map at the beginning of February, really looking forward to seeing the result.
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm a bit burnt out from writing the first six chapters – it was a lot in a short time. But there isn't a day I don't think about #GodfleshRPG and how excited I am about this game. We'll start working on the map at the beginning of February, really looking forward to seeing the result.
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"We've seen the way other companies treat their communities in order to extract profit from them. I'm just so proud that I can work for an organization that doesn't have to resort to that.”
Three members of the nonprofit behind Netrunner talk about balancing growth against an anti-corporate stance.
Three members of the nonprofit behind Netrunner talk about balancing growth against an anti-corporate stance.
Null Signal Games is keeping corporations fictional
The volunteer nonprofit behind Netrunner is growing, and growing up, on its own terms.
www.rascal.news
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"We've seen the way other companies treat their communities in order to extract profit from them. I'm just so proud that I can work for an organization that doesn't have to resort to that.”
Three members of the nonprofit behind Netrunner talk about balancing growth against an anti-corporate stance.
Three members of the nonprofit behind Netrunner talk about balancing growth against an anti-corporate stance.
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Three creators working within Lancer's creative ecosystem told @newmadras.bsky.social that the mech RPG's large fan community isn't just dedicated -- they're indispensable collaborators.
Lancer is a brain worm, and 50,000 people have it
What is the community doing over there? A lot, apparently!
www.rascal.news
January 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Three creators working within Lancer's creative ecosystem told @newmadras.bsky.social that the mech RPG's large fan community isn't just dedicated -- they're indispensable collaborators.
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How hard is it to make a good detective video game? The story behind the excellent The Seance of Blake Manor, whose developers were changing integral parts of the design six months before release, might help answer that question.
New column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
New column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Making a Great Detective Video Game Is Really Hard
The makers of ‘The Seance of Blake Manor’ say it took years of iteration for their game to work
www.bloomberg.com
January 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
How hard is it to make a good detective video game? The story behind the excellent The Seance of Blake Manor, whose developers were changing integral parts of the design six months before release, might help answer that question.
New column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
New column: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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January 24, 2026 at 8:24 PM
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The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live!
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
The Quiet Year (box set)
The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every a...
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live!
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
We are making progress towards the Ashcan Edition for #godfleshrpg
Every chapter undergoes the first draft, design review, editorial review, and rewrites before being finalized in the second draft, followed by layout.
Every chapter undergoes the first draft, design review, editorial review, and rewrites before being finalized in the second draft, followed by layout.
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
We are making progress towards the Ashcan Edition for #godfleshrpg
Every chapter undergoes the first draft, design review, editorial review, and rewrites before being finalized in the second draft, followed by layout.
Every chapter undergoes the first draft, design review, editorial review, and rewrites before being finalized in the second draft, followed by layout.
Rewrites are about to begin
#GodfleshRPG
#GodfleshRPG
January 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Rewrites are about to begin
#GodfleshRPG
#GodfleshRPG
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Recently watched on YouTube, you might want to check it too 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYBb... – "Day[9]'s End of Year AMA - 2025 is Over!"
Day[9]'s End of Year AMA - 2025 is Over!
My annual end of year AMA is here! If you have any burning questions to ask about past, present, or future, now's the time!----------------------------------...
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January 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Recently watched on YouTube, you might want to check it too 🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYBb... – "Day[9]'s End of Year AMA - 2025 is Over!"
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אתמול הקלטנו פרק חדש של שורפים משחקים עם @nnesk.bsky.social , אחד מיוצרי הקומיקס המרהיב לב הקריסטל – יחד עם @avivor.com (aka "האביב המוצלחת יותר").
ניצלתי את ההזמנות לשאול על יציאת אוגדן הקומיקס לפני חודש – ואתם לא צריכים לחכות לפרק המלא...
האזנה נעימה ▶️ youtu.be/4y2xqkdQjTk
ניצלתי את ההזמנות לשאול על יציאת אוגדן הקומיקס לפני חודש – ואתם לא צריכים לחכות לפרק המלא...
האזנה נעימה ▶️ youtu.be/4y2xqkdQjTk
ערן אבירם על אוגדן הקומיקס Crystal Heart | פודקאסט שורפים משחקים
YouTube video by שורפים משחקים | Game Burning Podcast
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 7:57 AM
אתמול הקלטנו פרק חדש של שורפים משחקים עם @nnesk.bsky.social , אחד מיוצרי הקומיקס המרהיב לב הקריסטל – יחד עם @avivor.com (aka "האביב המוצלחת יותר").
ניצלתי את ההזמנות לשאול על יציאת אוגדן הקומיקס לפני חודש – ואתם לא צריכים לחכות לפרק המלא...
האזנה נעימה ▶️ youtu.be/4y2xqkdQjTk
ניצלתי את ההזמנות לשאול על יציאת אוגדן הקומיקס לפני חודש – ואתם לא צריכים לחכות לפרק המלא...
האזנה נעימה ▶️ youtu.be/4y2xqkdQjTk
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Join the crew of The Atlas today for an Interstellar Adventure!
Back now in Kickstarter 🚨
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mintynoodles/interstellar-adventures?ref=ar2lu2
Back now in Kickstarter 🚨
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mintynoodles/interstellar-adventures?ref=ar2lu2
Interstellar Adventures: A cooperative puzzle adventure
An out of this world cooperative adventure! Answer a mysterious signal from the unknown in this escape room inspired, tabletop game 🚀
www.kickstarter.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Join the crew of The Atlas today for an Interstellar Adventure!
Back now in Kickstarter 🚨
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mintynoodles/interstellar-adventures?ref=ar2lu2
Back now in Kickstarter 🚨
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mintynoodles/interstellar-adventures?ref=ar2lu2
Grandmaster @yushuv.bsky.social is hard at work on our special #GodfleshRPG double-six dice 🤩
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Grandmaster @yushuv.bsky.social is hard at work on our special #GodfleshRPG double-six dice 🤩
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Meet the playbooks!
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Meet the playbooks!
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
Meet the playbooks!
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
January 7, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Meet the playbooks!
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
Driven by hidden knowledge and an urge to shed light on the truth, the Anointed carries the burden of a destiny not their own.
ZERO prep, you say.
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GM-less, ZERO prep, and delivering a full hero's journey in a couple of hours...
...MAGIC OF INVENTORYING is great as an introduction to TTRPG or for seasoned players looking for an off-the-shelf adventure. 😉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol...
Declutter your loot and banish encumbrance forever!
...MAGIC OF INVENTORYING is great as an introduction to TTRPG or for seasoned players looking for an off-the-shelf adventure. 😉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/rol...
Declutter your loot and banish encumbrance forever!
January 6, 2026 at 10:56 PM
ZERO prep, you say.
🤔🤔🤔
🤔🤔🤔
Witness how @jonobarel.bsky.social butcher's my work ^Icel #GodfleshRPG
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Witness how @jonobarel.bsky.social butcher's my work ^Icel #GodfleshRPG