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Erica Bridges
@ericabridgesphd.bsky.social
she/her | Classical Studies PhD | TTRPG Designer | Freelance Writer/Editor | Trans in Classics
Check out HIT!, The Blackjack-Powered Space Heist TTRPG, out now on itch: https://honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
email: [email protected]
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Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen.
honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
Hit! by Honey Cup Games
A blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG
honeycupgames.itch.io
Spending time with incredible designers at a con always gets me so excited about the hobby and makes me bounce off the walls with new ideas.

… I might have the beginnings of a sports anime zine??
October 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Come find us at Gamehole Con in the Demo Row!!

We’re just to the right of Will Call in the main concourse!
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I consulted on the Latin and Greek for this dope medieval horror game where death is fleeting and "Came Back Wrong" is an understatement. Check it out!!
October 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying is LIVE on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/wyt...

Preorder the rulebook and settings books today and get your name in the credits!
Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying
Explore the mysteries of a world beyond death. History, mutant madness, and old-school combat meet at the end of humanity.
www.kickstarter.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Went to the Printers Row Lit Fest today and my two big purchases were the Chicago Manual of Style and a super nice used Compact OED

You can take the girl outta the academy but you can’t take the academy outta the girl I guess!
September 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Had a blast making a bingo-based Arthurian questing game on Gamestorm with Chase!
September 6, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Final trailer.
August 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Tonight! We'll be reading the TTRPG "Hit!" by @ericabridgesphd.bsky.social live on stream! We go live at 8:30P EST, see ya there!
youtube.com/live/HpFthIm...
August 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen.
honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
Hit! by Honey Cup Games
A blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG
honeycupgames.itch.io
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand
Play and discuss as if you were friends trying to get to know each other better, rather than as if you were rival squawking merchants trying to sell competing goods in a marketplace. The world is full of friends and potential friends, and it's much lonelier and more frightening when it isn't.
August 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Just had a blast running HIT! with Games on Demand at GenCon 😁 psyched to run it again tomorrow!!
Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen.
honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
Hit! by Honey Cup Games
A blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG
honeycupgames.itch.io
August 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Check out Diabolic Dialect now on Itch!

A game about weird, frail wizards and freeform spellcasting!
Take a look if you're into playing around with words and getting creative with our shared languages!

storygameschicago.itch.io/diabolic-dia...
Diabolic Dialect by Storygames Chicago
A game of frail wizards, over-reliant on their magic, twisting langauge to cast freeform spells.
storygameschicago.itch.io
July 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I’m gonna be running sessions of HIT! at GenCon this weekend with Indie Games on Demand — plus generally hanging out and meeting peeps!

Excited for my first GenCon 😁
Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen.
honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
Hit! by Honey Cup Games
A blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG
honeycupgames.itch.io
July 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My 2024 game of the year. What an INCREDIBLE thing this game is.
You are a clone named Watcher, and you’ve made a grave mistake.

💠 Surface a 1,000-year-old lie from the cosmic shadows
💠 Commune with sisters to discover the forbidden truths of your god
💠 Unravel a tapestry of familial pain, love and revolution

1000xRESIST is 30% off on Steam for the first time.
July 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Occasionally, heists go according to plan. Most times, though, they end up a bit more like this.

In Hit!, you play as a bunch of idiot space criminals trying to pull a Job. Shuffle up a deck of cards, think up a heist, and play it from start to finish — all in one hour, no prep required!
July 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Historiographies of Game Studies is now published open access with @punctumbooks.bsky.social ! This massive collection examines why game studies is the way it is, and how it might change and grow in the future. Congrats to all contributors, and please share!

punctumbooks.com/titles/histo...
Historiographies of Game Studies: What It Has Been, What It Could Be – punctum books
punctumbooks.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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I participated in the art for this RPG! I reckon a lot of you play tabletops, so go give it a shot! It was lovely working on some original projects after so much time.
Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen.
honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
Hit! by Honey Cup Games
A blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG
honeycupgames.itch.io
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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Oh this game is great, by the way! I had the pleasure of playtesting it and I loved the way the literal blackjack push-your-luck mechanic drives heist play forward; sometimes you know things are gonna go bad and you have to try anyway
Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen.
honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
Hit! by Honey Cup Games
A blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG
honeycupgames.itch.io
July 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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new work for Honey Cup Games:
HIT! The Blackjack-Powered Space Heist TTRPG
digital cover, illustration, & branding
July 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Out now on itch: my blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG zine, "Hit!" Become idiot space criminals and carry out the greatest heist this system has ever seen.
honeycupgames.itch.io/hit
Hit! by Honey Cup Games
A blackjack-powered space heist TTRPG
honeycupgames.itch.io
July 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Most personally revelatory: this page on Tournamentality in games. Too much for alt text here, but my words in summary: treating your life like a series of matches in a big tournament, in or out of games, will cook your brain.
July 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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i wasnt expecting yazeba's to win an origins award (i honestly assumed it just wasnt gonna happen) so i didn't prepare a speech or someone to accept it or anything
June 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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what it means to be alive
#persona3 #ペルソナ3
May 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM