Michael Duxbury
@sabbad.bsky.social
Warhammer producer at @cubicle7games.bsky.social. ENNIE award winning RPG writer. Former head of @uktin.bsky.social. Self-published RPGs at http://seal-of-sabbad.itch.io. Blogs at michaelduxbury.com. Opinions my own. He/him.
Today we played a game of "The Slow Knife" by @mousehole.press and generated this mad sprawl of interconnected conspiracies and resentments. Highly recommended! You can buy your own copy here: mouseholepress.itch.io/the-slow-knife
August 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today we played a game of "The Slow Knife" by @mousehole.press and generated this mad sprawl of interconnected conspiracies and resentments. Highly recommended! You can buy your own copy here: mouseholepress.itch.io/the-slow-knife
This month's RPG brunch club took us to the amazing Arcanist's Tavern to play "Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall", a cook-by-day, battle-vampires-by-night RPG by @bananachangames.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social. Had an amazing time playing as the family grandmother 😁 Mochi approves!
June 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This month's RPG brunch club took us to the amazing Arcanist's Tavern to play "Jiangshi: Blood in the Banquet Hall", a cook-by-day, battle-vampires-by-night RPG by @bananachangames.bsky.social and @senfoonglim.bsky.social. Had an amazing time playing as the family grandmother 😁 Mochi approves!
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It's the last full week of the Kickstarter for Cosmic Dark, my weird space horror game. We're heading for stretch goals by @gshowitt.bsky.social and @jon.inkle.co , with @planetx.bsky.social and @mytholder.bsky.social coming.
Back it before the campaign ends! (And please repost) #ttrpg #kickstarter
Back it before the campaign ends! (And please repost) #ttrpg #kickstarter
Cosmic Dark
Cosmic Dark is a tabletop roleplaying game of weird space horror, from the award-winning author of Cthulhu Dark.
www.kickstarter.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM
It's the last full week of the Kickstarter for Cosmic Dark, my weird space horror game. We're heading for stretch goals by @gshowitt.bsky.social and @jon.inkle.co , with @planetx.bsky.social and @mytholder.bsky.social coming.
Back it before the campaign ends! (And please repost) #ttrpg #kickstarter
Back it before the campaign ends! (And please repost) #ttrpg #kickstarter
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Tabletop Bookshelf is looking for professional writers to contribute sponsored reviews of tabletop RPGs and solo games from our shop collection.
Interested? Complete the application form below - spaces are limited!
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May 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Tabletop Bookshelf is looking for professional writers to contribute sponsored reviews of tabletop RPGs and solo games from our shop collection.
Interested? Complete the application form below - spaces are limited!
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Interested? Complete the application form below - spaces are limited!
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Going to UKGE as a punter, mostly to hang out with me mates, but please do come and say hi 😊
May 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Going to UKGE as a punter, mostly to hang out with me mates, but please do come and say hi 😊
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Back on the other site I had a long thread of contrarian (but sincerely-held) board game design hot takes. Here's a shorter thread with the best of them. 🧵
November 25, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Back on the other site I had a long thread of contrarian (but sincerely-held) board game design hot takes. Here's a shorter thread with the best of them. 🧵
1. First #ttrpg played? Dark Heresy
2. First ran? Rogue Trader
3. Played the most? Wrath & Glory
4. Run the most? Fate Core
5. Favorite? Fate Core, Monsterhearts 2, Band of Blades, whatever I'm currently working on!
6. Most recently played? Me, the Singularity
7. Most recently run? Wrath & Glory
2. First ran? Rogue Trader
3. Played the most? Wrath & Glory
4. Run the most? Fate Core
5. Favorite? Fate Core, Monsterhearts 2, Band of Blades, whatever I'm currently working on!
6. Most recently played? Me, the Singularity
7. Most recently run? Wrath & Glory
1. First #ttrpg you ever played?
2. First you ever ran?
3. Played the most?
4. Run the most?
5. Favorite?
6. Most recently played?
7. Most recently run?
2. First you ever ran?
3. Played the most?
4. Run the most?
5. Favorite?
6. Most recently played?
7. Most recently run?
March 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
1. First #ttrpg played? Dark Heresy
2. First ran? Rogue Trader
3. Played the most? Wrath & Glory
4. Run the most? Fate Core
5. Favorite? Fate Core, Monsterhearts 2, Band of Blades, whatever I'm currently working on!
6. Most recently played? Me, the Singularity
7. Most recently run? Wrath & Glory
2. First ran? Rogue Trader
3. Played the most? Wrath & Glory
4. Run the most? Fate Core
5. Favorite? Fate Core, Monsterhearts 2, Band of Blades, whatever I'm currently working on!
6. Most recently played? Me, the Singularity
7. Most recently run? Wrath & Glory
Chilling with Mochi.
March 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Chilling with Mochi.
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i thought sean baker's speech was really inspiring
March 3, 2025 at 5:28 AM
i thought sean baker's speech was really inspiring
Thank you so much Camilla - hope you enjoy your games! 🥰
Thanks to the lovely gentleman @planesailinggames.com, I finally got my hands on these beautiful #ttrpg by the talented @sabbad.bsky.social : "Ladybeaste", "Crying Wolf", and the new "Me, the Singularity."
Find the links to each in the comments below!
All absolutely recommended. 🩵
#zine
Find the links to each in the comments below!
All absolutely recommended. 🩵
#zine
February 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thank you so much Camilla - hope you enjoy your games! 🥰
Really good home Wrath & Glory game last night! I was running something like a dungeon crawl, not my usual flavour but it went really well. Concluding fight with cybernetica autonoma is in two weeks!
February 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Really good home Wrath & Glory game last night! I was running something like a dungeon crawl, not my usual flavour but it went really well. Concluding fight with cybernetica autonoma is in two weeks!
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Is my #ZineQuest entry - Escape From The Tower of Dusk already funded? Yes!
Do I want to give away custom digital sketches and adventure keys? Yes!
Will I be giving them away on February 28th to random folks reposting this message? Yes!
Will you like and share this message to join this Giveaway?
Do I want to give away custom digital sketches and adventure keys? Yes!
Will I be giving them away on February 28th to random folks reposting this message? Yes!
Will you like and share this message to join this Giveaway?
February 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Is my #ZineQuest entry - Escape From The Tower of Dusk already funded? Yes!
Do I want to give away custom digital sketches and adventure keys? Yes!
Will I be giving them away on February 28th to random folks reposting this message? Yes!
Will you like and share this message to join this Giveaway?
Do I want to give away custom digital sketches and adventure keys? Yes!
Will I be giving them away on February 28th to random folks reposting this message? Yes!
Will you like and share this message to join this Giveaway?
oh my (love) god
February 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
oh my (love) god
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Have you checked out Mappa Mundi yet? This TTRPG about recording and preserving threatened fantasy ecologies is striking out on a journey with inspiring art and wonderful rules that support curiosity, wonder and non-violent solutions to problems.
MAPPA MUNDI - AN EXPLORATION + ECOLOGY RPG IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!
For those with curious minds, adventurous spirits, and a desire to save a world and Do No Harm - Back us now on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...
For those with curious minds, adventurous spirits, and a desire to save a world and Do No Harm - Back us now on Kickstarter!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/thr...
Mappa Mundi - An Exploration + Ecology RPG
Leave your sword at home, Chronicler. A sharp mind and a curious spirit are the only weapons you'll need!
www.kickstarter.com
February 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Have you checked out Mappa Mundi yet? This TTRPG about recording and preserving threatened fantasy ecologies is striking out on a journey with inspiring art and wonderful rules that support curiosity, wonder and non-violent solutions to problems.
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Before ZineMonth kicks off, I am saying a final goodbye to 2024 with the TTRPG Year in Review. I will be posting in this thread the contributors thoughts on themes from the year and links to oh so many games. So let's look back at some things from 2024...
therpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2024/11/drag...
therpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2024/11/drag...
What's Hot in Indie TTRPGs 2024 - Year in Review
What’s Hot in Indie TTRPGs 2024 A compilation of data and opinion Produced by Epistolary Richard an...
therpgpipeline.blogspot.com
January 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Before ZineMonth kicks off, I am saying a final goodbye to 2024 with the TTRPG Year in Review. I will be posting in this thread the contributors thoughts on themes from the year and links to oh so many games. So let's look back at some things from 2024...
therpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2024/11/drag...
therpgpipeline.blogspot.com/2024/11/drag...
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The nomination period for the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program is open! Please head to our website for all the details. You can nominate yourself or any other worthy tabletop game designers in their first three years of publishing. Nominations close Feb. 14.
www.dianajonesaward.org
www.dianajonesaward.org
The Diana Jones Award
For Excellence in Gaming
www.dianajonesaward.org
January 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The nomination period for the Diana Jones Award Emerging Designer Program is open! Please head to our website for all the details. You can nominate yourself or any other worthy tabletop game designers in their first three years of publishing. Nominations close Feb. 14.
www.dianajonesaward.org
www.dianajonesaward.org
Hoping someone can recommend me a mood tracking app that has the functionality I want. I'm looking for an app that tracks mood, activity, AND nested sub-activities, and that can graph mood against activity OR mood against sub-activity. Needs to input custom activities and sub-activities as well.
January 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Hoping someone can recommend me a mood tracking app that has the functionality I want. I'm looking for an app that tracks mood, activity, AND nested sub-activities, and that can graph mood against activity OR mood against sub-activity. Needs to input custom activities and sub-activities as well.
And it was fire
i made and printed a ttrpg with @sabbad.bsky.social
years almost over what did we do
January 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
And it was fire
Golden Eggs is consistently my worst selling game but I'm really proud of its design!
If you're intrigued by an RPG blending the vibes of Apple TV's Severance with collective action and hidden role/social deduction mechanics... I think you should buy and play it.
seal-of-sabbad.itch.io/golden-eggs
If you're intrigued by an RPG blending the vibes of Apple TV's Severance with collective action and hidden role/social deduction mechanics... I think you should buy and play it.
seal-of-sabbad.itch.io/golden-eggs
December 20, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Golden Eggs is consistently my worst selling game but I'm really proud of its design!
If you're intrigued by an RPG blending the vibes of Apple TV's Severance with collective action and hidden role/social deduction mechanics... I think you should buy and play it.
seal-of-sabbad.itch.io/golden-eggs
If you're intrigued by an RPG blending the vibes of Apple TV's Severance with collective action and hidden role/social deduction mechanics... I think you should buy and play it.
seal-of-sabbad.itch.io/golden-eggs
Collaboration of my dreeeeams 🤩
☄️ QRT with the piece you’re proudest of for 2024 🌙
honestly I think it's gotta be this one. my first time working to an art brief which was really fun. I think I work best when I have some outside direction. and it was so fun to collab with @sabbad.bsky.social for the project as a whole!
#art
honestly I think it's gotta be this one. my first time working to an art brief which was really fun. I think I work best when I have some outside direction. and it was so fun to collab with @sabbad.bsky.social for the project as a whole!
#art
December 19, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Collaboration of my dreeeeams 🤩
An aside from talking about #UndyingRPG - last weekend, I also got to play in a game of Perfectly Normal Animal Village Simulator by @exstasisgames.bsky.social, which we picked up at Dragonmeet the other week. It's Animal Crossing meets Midsommar, Cult of the Lamb goes tropical.
December 15, 2024 at 8:17 PM
An aside from talking about #UndyingRPG - last weekend, I also got to play in a game of Perfectly Normal Animal Village Simulator by @exstasisgames.bsky.social, which we picked up at Dragonmeet the other week. It's Animal Crossing meets Midsommar, Cult of the Lamb goes tropical.
Day 1 of frothing about #UndyingRPG by @magpiegames.bsky.social. Certain Popular Vampire Games have billed themselves as a game of personal horror, whilst periodically interrupting to ask if you'd like a talent for dual wielding Desert Eagles. Let the Right One In meets a lesser Underworld sequel.
December 15, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Day 1 of frothing about #UndyingRPG by @magpiegames.bsky.social. Certain Popular Vampire Games have billed themselves as a game of personal horror, whilst periodically interrupting to ask if you'd like a talent for dual wielding Desert Eagles. Let the Right One In meets a lesser Underworld sequel.
Last weekend I finished running my campaign of UNDYING, a diceless Powered by the Apocalypse game about vampirism by Paul Riddle, published by @magpiegames.bsky.social. I've been desperate to play this game since 2016, when I received my KS PDF. Imagine my delight that it fully lived up to my hype.
December 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Last weekend I finished running my campaign of UNDYING, a diceless Powered by the Apocalypse game about vampirism by Paul Riddle, published by @magpiegames.bsky.social. I've been desperate to play this game since 2016, when I received my KS PDF. Imagine my delight that it fully lived up to my hype.
IT'S RIFT FAIRE BAY-BEEEEEE
If you're in London and want to pick up some Xmas gifts and want those Xmas gifts to be one-of-a-kind ttrpgs come to the Arcanist Tavern after 1!
December 15, 2024 at 12:20 PM
IT'S RIFT FAIRE BAY-BEEEEEE
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10 things scripted reality tv teaches us about role-playing.
This is about games which foreground character drama (Monsterhearts) and those times you want a bit of character drama in your dungeon.
10 ways to create more drama and story in your messy relationship games.
Enjoy!
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This is about games which foreground character drama (Monsterhearts) and those times you want a bit of character drama in your dungeon.
10 ways to create more drama and story in your messy relationship games.
Enjoy!
1/11
December 13, 2024 at 10:20 AM
10 things scripted reality tv teaches us about role-playing.
This is about games which foreground character drama (Monsterhearts) and those times you want a bit of character drama in your dungeon.
10 ways to create more drama and story in your messy relationship games.
Enjoy!
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This is about games which foreground character drama (Monsterhearts) and those times you want a bit of character drama in your dungeon.
10 ways to create more drama and story in your messy relationship games.
Enjoy!
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