Map Crow | Kyle Latino
@mapcrow.bsky.social
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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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")
"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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'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
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Spontaneously decided to kitbash some Spyrers for Necromunda.
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Spontaneously decided to kitbash some Spyrers for Necromunda.
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
Had these wings on my desk since forever.
#miniaturepainting #kitbash #necromunda
Available for sale:
ko-fi.com/s/8f031e105d
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Today I played some lowspiritspress.itch.io/flying-ostri...
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today I played some lowspiritspress.itch.io/flying-ostri...
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
It's a Troika-based solo hexcrawl that I highly recommend!
Darius the Thin, my character from the Flying Necropolis, kept getting lost in the clouds and eventually got dismounted in a joust versus a renegade housecarl.
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PAX Unplugged has begun!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
PAX Unplugged has begun!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
Stop by the Gila RPGs booth, #3958, and grab some awesome indie TTRPGs!
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Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Here it Is!
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
RUIN Ch.0
A Short Narrative Adventure
Please Enjoy, Free, In Browser on Any Device
officialelectric.itch.io/ruin
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Choose your character
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Choose your character
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In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23. The end result was a massive, Metroidvania-inspired dungeon called The Castle Automatic.
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Information Architecture in The Castle Automatic
In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23 . The end result was two dungeons - one based on the tarot (for His Majesty the Worm...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In 2023, like many people, I participated in Dungeon 23. The end result was a massive, Metroidvania-inspired dungeon called The Castle Automatic.
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
Here are three techniques I am using to structure the information architecture:
-Room names and numbers
-Landmark/hidden/secret
-Enemies last<>first
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Hinterlight: A gmless gothic worldbuilding ritual & #TTRPG for 3-5 players is LIVE over on Kickstarter!
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Hinterlight
A gothic worldbuilding ritual & roleplaying game that sews seeds of adventure as you tell the tale of your demise!
ttrpg.link
November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hinterlight: A gmless gothic worldbuilding ritual & #TTRPG for 3-5 players is LIVE over on Kickstarter!
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
Pledge now at ttrpg.link/hinterlight to support @robbiaburns.bsky.social & the G//C crew.
We have invited a member of the wretched fae to maintain a megathread here with all details:
1/X
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This is going to be a massive thread of Etsy updates! We've listed a lot of new (and some old) product.
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This is going to be a massive thread of Etsy updates! We've listed a lot of new (and some old) product.
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
PLUS everything is 20% off... AND a portion of all of our sales this month and next will be going to Transanta.
www.etsy.com/shop/CloudCu...
www.transanta.com
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Also, funniest damn thing. I'm enraptured by Cairn. I did work on Dolmenwood. By all accounts, the Wildwood Manuscripts would make a lovely Cairn type setting.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
November 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Also, funniest damn thing. I'm enraptured by Cairn. I did work on Dolmenwood. By all accounts, the Wildwood Manuscripts would make a lovely Cairn type setting.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
Alas, Cairn already exists within an implied woodland setting. So it'd be a hat on a hat.
Albeit, it is just about tools anyway.
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Eduardo Paolozzi, “Michelangelo’s ‘David’” (1987), plaster, plywood, and string, 7.2 kg.
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Eduardo Paolozzi, “Michelangelo’s ‘David’” (1987), plaster, plywood, and string, 7.2 kg.
With a little Kitbashing, I made the Votann hover bike into something worse to look at.
November 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
With a little Kitbashing, I made the Votann hover bike into something worse to look at.
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Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
From the PBtA community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the PBtA community
www.reddit.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hey, I'm doing an AMA over on r/PbtA, if anybody's interested:
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
www.reddit.com/r/PBtA/comme...
I've answered a bunch of questions and a bunch more to go. If you want to read up or add to the pile, please come!
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This is a TTRPG project @scormond.bsky.social and I have been working on for more than a year now. They write, and I illustrate, but the roles get a little blurry at the edges.
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is a TTRPG project @scormond.bsky.social and I have been working on for more than a year now. They write, and I illustrate, but the roles get a little blurry at the edges.
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
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We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
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ooooOOOOO You WANT me to make you a little skeleton plaque for your wall SO BAD ooooOOOOooooOo
ko-fi.com/c/4d6d59a86d
ko-fi.com/c/4d6d59a86d
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ooooOOOOO You WANT me to make you a little skeleton plaque for your wall SO BAD ooooOOOOooooOo
ko-fi.com/c/4d6d59a86d
ko-fi.com/c/4d6d59a86d
Finished up my Necron conversion army! Been a long time in the making!
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Finished up my Necron conversion army! Been a long time in the making!
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The hungry harpy may have bitten off more than she can chew
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The hungry harpy may have bitten off more than she can chew
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
Look. I'm just saying that it'd be interesting if Miss Piggy was the only Muppet in this movie. Just humans for everything else.
The first-ever MUPPETS solo movie is coming
Executive producers Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are teaming up with writer Cole Escola to develop the first-ever solo movie set in the world of The Muppets: Miss Piggy.
Executive producers Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are teaming up with writer Cole Escola to develop the first-ever solo movie set in the world of The Muppets: Miss Piggy.
The first-ever MUPPETS solo movie is coming
Executive producers Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are teaming up with writer Cole Escola to develop the first-ever solo movie set in the world of The Muppets: Miss Piggy.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Look. I'm just saying that it'd be interesting if Miss Piggy was the only Muppet in this movie. Just humans for everything else.
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This is a chunk of where @esotericebb.bsky.social takes place, and this level has been created by @chrisbodegard.bsky.social and Gibbet Games!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is a chunk of where @esotericebb.bsky.social takes place, and this level has been created by @chrisbodegard.bsky.social and Gibbet Games!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
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Re-sharing my guide and manifesto for the One-Hour Discord TTRPG Method!
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
Accepting Limits: The One-Hour Online Role-Play Experience | Nordic Larp
How can you run a whole tabletop RPG session in an hour?! I’m all too happy to answer that question.
www.nordiclarp.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Re-sharing my guide and manifesto for the One-Hour Discord TTRPG Method!
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
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close ups and a bonus Mega Bird
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
close ups and a bonus Mega Bird