Grant Howitt
@gshowitt.bsky.social
I make roleplaying games, toy soldiers, and bad decisions.
I'm really proud of LEXICUTIONERS. The gag is that you can physically edit the game you're playing to change the mechanics and fictional world.
Can you spot the one-sentence tutorial I put into the game - which is in the preview image - that encourages you to start really fucking up the core text?
Can you spot the one-sentence tutorial I put into the game - which is in the preview image - that encourages you to start really fucking up the core text?
It's #ThrowbackThursday
The worst thing about gamers is they are all terrible pedants - exploit that for fun here in LEXICUTIONERS
The worst thing about gamers is they are all terrible pedants - exploit that for fun here in LEXICUTIONERS
LEXICUTIONERS - Rowan, Rook and Decard
Redact reality itself to give yourself the edge over your foes.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I'm really proud of LEXICUTIONERS. The gag is that you can physically edit the game you're playing to change the mechanics and fictional world.
Can you spot the one-sentence tutorial I put into the game - which is in the preview image - that encourages you to start really fucking up the core text?
Can you spot the one-sentence tutorial I put into the game - which is in the preview image - that encourages you to start really fucking up the core text?
this is why my Breath of the Wild cartridge doesn't have a box; I stripped the liner out of it and drew a fake Spelunky cover so my niece would have something to open on Christmas day alongside the digital download
One reason I love, and will always love, physical: There is nothing better than getting a game my kids want for their birthday/Christmas and seeing them open it.
You don't get that joy and experience with an all-digital experience.
You don't get that joy and experience with an all-digital experience.
November 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
this is why my Breath of the Wild cartridge doesn't have a box; I stripped the liner out of it and drew a fake Spelunky cover so my niece would have something to open on Christmas day alongside the digital download
Nate is legitimately one of the best living writers in the UK. No-one can match his absolute mastery of the grotesque. You should hire him to write for you
Folks it pains me to ask so bluntly, but could anyone use some work doing by me? I've got to find income for three months until my next royalty payment, and I'm not having much luck.
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Nate is legitimately one of the best living writers in the UK. No-one can match his absolute mastery of the grotesque. You should hire him to write for you
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We'd like to congratulate Nunavut on having the most RRD games per capita. They just received lots of 1pg games for their community centre! Specifically:
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We'd like to congratulate Nunavut on having the most RRD games per capita. They just received lots of 1pg games for their community centre! Specifically:
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
🔸3 copies x 6 volumes x 13 games in each = 234 games
🔸Pop. = 36,858 (across Qikiqtaaluk , Kivalliq, Kitikmeot)
🔸That's a game per 157 people!
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The James Bond franchise faces a big problem: me, the viewer, has been shot at the start of the movie through the barrel of my gun, and I'm dripping blood over my own eye balls (they're in the gun)
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The James Bond franchise faces a big problem: me, the viewer, has been shot at the start of the movie through the barrel of my gun, and I'm dripping blood over my own eye balls (they're in the gun)
I remember chatting to my dad about Corbyn, and he said that I shouldn't believe everything I hear from progressives, that politicians don't deliver what they promise. And I said that if they all don't deliver what they promise why shouldn't I vote for the guy who's at least lying in my direction
The important thing to remember about smug patronising headlines like this is that they aren't aimed at the "kids" they're theoretically addressing. They're aimed at their parents. www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Sorry kids, Greens’ fantasy politics don’t add up
Now Zack Polanski’s party is polling level with Labour it’s time to subject his platform to the scrutiny given to the grown-ups
www.thetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I remember chatting to my dad about Corbyn, and he said that I shouldn't believe everything I hear from progressives, that politicians don't deliver what they promise. And I said that if they all don't deliver what they promise why shouldn't I vote for the guy who's at least lying in my direction
I read Borges’ Ficciones when I was twenty one and, having found the ideal book, largely stopped reading books
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I read Borges’ Ficciones when I was twenty one and, having found the ideal book, largely stopped reading books
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just couldn't stop myself. one month off. one month off after ten years and then I have to start writing dumb shitpost games
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
just couldn't stop myself. one month off. one month off after ten years and then I have to start writing dumb shitpost games
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hahaha jk jk... unless?
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
hahaha jk jk... unless?
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I've got a new game out this week! It's called EVERYTHING SEXY BATTLE WIZARDS, and it's a one-page mashup made for @gshowitt.bsky.social's One Hundred One Page Games Jam. It's a tables-only game about… pretty much what it says on the tin, I guess itch.io/jam/one-hund...
Rate EVERYTHING SEXY BATTLE WIZARDS by Andy Pressman for One Hundred One Page Games Jam
A mashup of Grant Howitt's 'EVERYTHING IS TABLES' and 'Sexy Battle Wizards'
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November 4, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I've got a new game out this week! It's called EVERYTHING SEXY BATTLE WIZARDS, and it's a one-page mashup made for @gshowitt.bsky.social's One Hundred One Page Games Jam. It's a tables-only game about… pretty much what it says on the tin, I guess itch.io/jam/one-hund...
swear to Christ Cheney died at least four years ago. five? definitely after the monster factory he was in but before covid. not 100% sure this is kosher
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
swear to Christ Cheney died at least four years ago. five? definitely after the monster factory he was in but before covid. not 100% sure this is kosher
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It's over. There's no more games to make, no more worlds to conquer.
You think you're safe? No. A new phase begins. Playing Games.
You think you're safe? No. A new phase begins. Playing Games.
November 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
It's over. There's no more games to make, no more worlds to conquer.
You think you're safe? No. A new phase begins. Playing Games.
You think you're safe? No. A new phase begins. Playing Games.
let's engage in honourable bloodshed with mama
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
let's engage in honourable bloodshed with mama
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The Amazing World Of Tomorrow
November 3, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The Amazing World Of Tomorrow
I picked up a copy of the Atlas of Fantastic Worlds, which is fuckin delightful, and want to tell you that the creators have a new KS up now for a similarly collaborative work (available in English too) www.kickstarter.com/projects/144...
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I picked up a copy of the Atlas of Fantastic Worlds, which is fuckin delightful, and want to tell you that the creators have a new KS up now for a similarly collaborative work (available in English too) www.kickstarter.com/projects/144...
Happy birthday goat girl!
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy birthday goat girl!
blimey, Jump Space is a bit of all right innit
November 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
blimey, Jump Space is a bit of all right innit
I wrote a newsletter that's also a big spooky mansion, to celebrate Halloween. mailchi.mp/a3befad0b12c...
October 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I wrote a newsletter that's also a big spooky mansion, to celebrate Halloween. mailchi.mp/a3befad0b12c...
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Happy Halloweekend, I asked everyone for their spooky rpg reccs and they said "fuck off wretch" and "I'm not doing that"
Here's the list 🧵
Here's the list 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Happy Halloweekend, I asked everyone for their spooky rpg reccs and they said "fuck off wretch" and "I'm not doing that"
Here's the list 🧵
Here's the list 🧵
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I am the very model of an ancient trunkless leg of stone,
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
October 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I am the very model of an ancient trunkless leg of stone,
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
My shattered visage lies half buried with a sandy sneering frown,
The sculptor carved my arrogance upon these broken lifeless things,
My name is Ozymandias, the self-describèd King of Kings!
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November 10, 2023 at 10:10 PM
finally sorting out the back pages
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
finally sorting out the back pages