giant robot tackler
@giantrobottackler.bsky.social
i tackle giant robots
ttrpg blogging @ https://elsewhere-elsewhere.neocities.org/
and supplements @ https://giantrobottackler.itch.io/
contributor @ https://www.carouse.blog/
he / him
ttrpg blogging @ https://elsewhere-elsewhere.neocities.org/
and supplements @ https://giantrobottackler.itch.io/
contributor @ https://www.carouse.blog/
he / him
Reposted by giant robot tackler
I had fun at PAX Unplugged! I played over 20 hours worth of games and went out to the local taverns every night. How did I do it all? That’s proprietary, but you can instead read all about the games I played
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
PAXU: Cram a Month of Gaming into One Weekend — Prismatic Wasteland
I Played Seven Games at PAX Unplugged and Lived To Tell You the Tales Thereof
www.prismaticwasteland.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reposted by giant robot tackler
I just published my first Mothership module: Twinkle Twinkle little star
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Personable
A sunny module for Mothership
personable.itch.io
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I just published my first Mothership module: Twinkle Twinkle little star
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
The module will have your crew investigating a solar research ship orbiting a dying star, can you figure out what happened, and will you complete their mission?
Available now on itch!
personable.itch.io/twinkle-twin...
new issue! amongst other cool stuff i've got an article in here about how i got fed up w/ the wildsea's random encounter guidance and made a bunch of spark tables to use instead 😌
Welcome to summer! (Or winter for the hemispherically-challenged.)
We’ve pulled together another cracker issue as we careen towards the holiday season, with a roundup of the month’s best blogs, an exclusive PAXU review, and a new gameable location from your truly.
www.carouse.blog/r/35c6ae52?m...
We’ve pulled together another cracker issue as we careen towards the holiday season, with a roundup of the month’s best blogs, an exclusive PAXU review, and a new gameable location from your truly.
www.carouse.blog/r/35c6ae52?m...
December 2025 - Save Against Holiday Cheer
The Americans have now completed their annual Turkey Feast, and so we are solidly in jolliest, holliest, holiday period of the year. Regardless of whether you're decking your halls or covering your ea...
www.carouse.blog
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
new issue! amongst other cool stuff i've got an article in here about how i got fed up w/ the wildsea's random encounter guidance and made a bunch of spark tables to use instead 😌
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Carouse, Carouse!
A raucous revel of RPG writing and ideas.
www.carouse.blog
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Heyo! Version 2.0 of my Misfits & Mayhem SRD is now available for free on itch! #TTRPG #indieRPG #TTRPGCommunity jaztice.itch.io/misfits-and-...
jaztice.itch.io
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Heyo! Version 2.0 of my Misfits & Mayhem SRD is now available for free on itch! #TTRPG #indieRPG #TTRPGCommunity jaztice.itch.io/misfits-and-...
Reposted by giant robot tackler
In THE CASTLE AUTOMATIC, a giant mummified psychic vampire will tell you that you're the chosen one. She is lying to you.
Learn more about the *story* of the upcoming 100 room, 5 level Metroidvania-inspired dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.
Learn more about the *story* of the upcoming 100 room, 5 level Metroidvania-inspired dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.
[Early Worm Campaign] The Backstory of the Castle Automatic
In case you missed it, I'm currently running a direct pre-order campaign for my upcoming 100+ room, 5 level dungeon The Castle Automatic ...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In THE CASTLE AUTOMATIC, a giant mummified psychic vampire will tell you that you're the chosen one. She is lying to you.
Learn more about the *story* of the upcoming 100 room, 5 level Metroidvania-inspired dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.
Learn more about the *story* of the upcoming 100 room, 5 level Metroidvania-inspired dungeon for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM.
Reposted by giant robot tackler
A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Review: Honey in the Rafters — Prismatic Wasteland
A short and sweet review of a starter adventure for Mausritter.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
A 2nd blogpost for #MausritterMonth! A short review of the starter adventure that came with the original boxed set. The impressive proliferation of Mausritter adventures is part of what has made the game so successful, but what about Mausritter’s Keep on the Borderlands equivalent?
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Reposted by giant robot tackler
I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
valerialoves.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I wrote a #mothership module about greasy spoon diners, dementia, gendered violence, and uploaded intelligence.
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Minimalist Jam 4 entry - No Art, No Layout.
Judge my writing as I’ve judged yours.
valerialoves.itch.io/yonkers-fles...
Reposted by giant robot tackler
4 word prompt!
50 for mice "game" illos!
50 for mice "game" illos!
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
4 word prompt!
50 for mice "game" illos!
50 for mice "game" illos!
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Mapping the Blogosphere
An interactive graph of TTRPG blogs, showing who links to whom, how communities change over time, plus stats and how it all works.
elmc.at
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Spent the last month mapping the blogosphere by its links. The graph is finally ready
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Communities clump into a big hex and the whole thing looks like a star map
What are blogs anyway but stars in the sky?
elmc.at/mapping-the-...
To check out the graph directly follow this link:
graph.elmc.at
Reposted by giant robot tackler
I went to PAX Unplugged 2025, played in/ran a lot of OSR game sessions, and had a lot of fun chatting with other bloggers, designers, and other very cool people within our little hobby.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
PAX Unplugged 2025 Convention Report
A blog post talking about the events of PAX Unplugged 2025, specifically focused on several playtest sessions of OSR games.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev
November 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I went to PAX Unplugged 2025, played in/ran a lot of OSR game sessions, and had a lot of fun chatting with other bloggers, designers, and other very cool people within our little hobby.
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
widdershinswanderings.bearblog.dev/pax-unplugge...
Reposted by giant robot tackler
The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!
www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Working on Pthalo Jackal behavior and a new reload animation for my Vaults of #Vaarn #PSX game.
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
November 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Working on Pthalo Jackal behavior and a new reload animation for my Vaults of #Vaarn #PSX game.
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
#HauntedPSX #PS1 #Unity
Reposted by giant robot tackler
New Blogpost: I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf — Prismatic Wasteland
I love pretending to be an elf just as much as the next guy, but it pales in comparison to the joys of pretending to be a mouse with a sewing needle sword at my side.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New Blogpost: I’d Rather Be a Mouse Than an Elf
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
Why sword & whiskers fantasy is more gameable than your standard pseudo-medieval fantasy settings.
#osr #ttrpg #MausritterMonth
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Happy #SelfPromoSaturday y'all! Ever wanted to play an #indierpg about kids with powers on the run from an evil organization? Check out my #ttrpg Extra Ordinary! jaztice.itch.io/extra-ordinary #ttrpgcommunity
Extra Ordinary by Kodi Gonzaga
A TTRPG about kids with extraordinary powers on the run from danger in the ordinary world!
jaztice.itch.io
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Happy #SelfPromoSaturday y'all! Ever wanted to play an #indierpg about kids with powers on the run from an evil organization? Check out my #ttrpg Extra Ordinary! jaztice.itch.io/extra-ordinary #ttrpgcommunity
Reposted by giant robot tackler
The fever dream of the future's future ~ The boiling pot that humanity let itself cook in ~ An opportunity ~ A sprint ~ A vision ~ A proof of life ~
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
INHERITORS - Proof of Life - Quickstart by SandroAD
apocalyptic future-tech mayhem
sandroad.itch.io
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The fever dream of the future's future ~ The boiling pot that humanity let itself cook in ~ An opportunity ~ A sprint ~ A vision ~ A proof of life ~
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)
sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
Reposted by giant robot tackler
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes my entry to this year's Christmas Blog Bandwagon: An entry in a hex crawl inspired by Rankin/Bass! We've got orcs, we've got labor disputes, and boy howdy we've got pop culture references galore!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
Blog Bandwagon: Orcish Toy Factory
Definitely a lawyer and allegedly a blogger Prismatic Wasteland has issued a new Blog Bandwagon wherein everyone comes up with a hex an...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
From the brilliant mind of Magnolia Keep comes my entry to this year's Christmas Blog Bandwagon: An entry in a hex crawl inspired by Rankin/Bass! We've got orcs, we've got labor disputes, and boy howdy we've got pop culture references galore!
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
magnoliakeep.blogspot.com/2025/11/blog...
Reposted by giant robot tackler
NEW BLOG BANDWAGON
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
Blogwagon Announcement: Merry Hexmas — Prismatic Wasteland
A new blog bandwagon where everyone writes a hex for a winter wonderland hexcrawl and posts it on their blog, linking to blogs that have adjacent hexes. This announcement has all the information you n...
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Reposted by giant robot tackler
The illustrated version of Black Currents is out!
In this small #ttrpg #zine, most of you are sailors of the black-streams that connect reality. You have a raft, a mission, and each other.
One of you is the Beast the others sail on. They have a body, a destination, and little patience. (1/3)
In this small #ttrpg #zine, most of you are sailors of the black-streams that connect reality. You have a raft, a mission, and each other.
One of you is the Beast the others sail on. They have a body, a destination, and little patience. (1/3)
Black Currents by Sotiris
A short ttrpg about Beasts and people, unlikely alliances, and lost souls.
sotiris-pitelis.itch.io
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Cooked up this harebrained idea while making holiday gifts! Curious if it's been done before.
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
Objects as Random Access Memory
This afternoon I was working on some Christmas gifts in my woodshop while listening to an episode of the Yes, Indie'd podcast with of Backwards Tabletop, ta...
tbr.bearblog.dev
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Cooked up this harebrained idea while making holiday gifts! Curious if it's been done before.
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
tbr.bearblog.dev/objects-as-r...
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Indie ttrpg creators!
It's already Nov 1 and a new Carouse! Carouse! has dropped!
Check it out over your morning coffee:
#nsr #ttrpg #indiecreators
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
It's already Nov 1 and a new Carouse! Carouse! has dropped!
Check it out over your morning coffee:
#nsr #ttrpg #indiecreators
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
November 2025 - Jacked In
We're approaching the end of the year, and the northern hemisphere is getting properly gray and wet now (the perfect weather to stay in and play RPGs). Perhaps the southern contingent will play outsid...
www.carouse.blog
November 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Indie ttrpg creators!
It's already Nov 1 and a new Carouse! Carouse! has dropped!
Check it out over your morning coffee:
#nsr #ttrpg #indiecreators
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
It's already Nov 1 and a new Carouse! Carouse! has dropped!
Check it out over your morning coffee:
#nsr #ttrpg #indiecreators
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
Reposted by giant robot tackler
🎉 The Explorateur's Anniversary 🎉
My little community side project's still chugging along, and I'm happy to say, this month's issue's one of my favorites. Lots of great links, a new look, updated categories, and stats from last year's performance.
www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
My little community side project's still chugging along, and I'm happy to say, this month's issue's one of my favorites. Lots of great links, a new look, updated categories, and stats from last year's performance.
www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
The Explorateur: Issue #13
Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🎉 The Explorateur's Anniversary 🎉
My little community side project's still chugging along, and I'm happy to say, this month's issue's one of my favorites. Lots of great links, a new look, updated categories, and stats from last year's performance.
www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
My little community side project's still chugging along, and I'm happy to say, this month's issue's one of my favorites. Lots of great links, a new look, updated categories, and stats from last year's performance.
www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
aww yeah! i took a look at @evlynmoreau.bsky.social's all-gas-no-words joint Gormand's Larder for this one and really adored it. the cover art here goes crazy also lmao i feel like i'm in this pic and i don't like it
New Carouse, Carouse!
This time featuring, among other things, me writing about Over/Under, AI in games (not like that) from Patchwork Paladin, a review of Gorman's Larder by @giantrobottackler.bsky.social and a selection of blog posts, as always!
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
This time featuring, among other things, me writing about Over/Under, AI in games (not like that) from Patchwork Paladin, a review of Gorman's Larder by @giantrobottackler.bsky.social and a selection of blog posts, as always!
www.carouse.blog/november-202...
November 2025 - Jacked In
We're approaching the end of the year, and the northern hemisphere is getting properly gray and wet now (the perfect weather to stay in and play RPGs). Perhaps the southern contingent will play outsid...
www.carouse.blog
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
aww yeah! i took a look at @evlynmoreau.bsky.social's all-gas-no-words joint Gormand's Larder for this one and really adored it. the cover art here goes crazy also lmao i feel like i'm in this pic and i don't like it
Reposted by giant robot tackler
Spooky Season (free) One-Shot
perplexingruins.itch.io/hunt-for-the...
perplexingruins.itch.io/hunt-for-the...
Hunt for the Moss Troll by Perplexing Ruins
perplexingruins.itch.io
October 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Spooky Season (free) One-Shot
perplexingruins.itch.io/hunt-for-the...
perplexingruins.itch.io/hunt-for-the...