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Thomas P. King, Author & Game Designer
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Writer and game designer. Fantasy/sci-fi/horror/historical fiction.
The Unseen World, a solo horror gamebook set in Japan is available now: http://bit.ly/3STdY5j
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Thomas P. King, Author & Game Designer @tpkingauthor.bsky.social · Mar 3
⛩️The Unseen World, my solitaire horror gamebook set in Japan, is on sale!

Investigate the paranormal, travel from town to town, acquire high-tech gear, and assemble your team—there are spirits among us!

#boardgames #TTRPG #indiegames
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The Unseen World - Thomas P. King | DriveThruRPG
In The Unseen World, you play a paranormal investigator traveling across Japan, visiting various towns, researching haunted locations, and trying to collect evidence of the supernatural. You’ll have t...
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We recently played Viticulture with Tuscany. Pretty excited for the new expansion, Bordeaux, which seems to address the last few rough edges. We house-rule the card draws (draw 1 extra and discard 1) and didn't use the map scoring. Loved the combos of the alternate visitor deck, too.
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Viticulture with Tuscany. My player area. Viticulture with Tuscany, main board. Very close game. Viticulture with Tuscany.
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Scandinavians landing in the Americas, 1000 years ago.

"Norwegian Bokmål: Leiv Eirikson oppdager Amerika" (Leiv Eirikson discovering America) Painting from 1893 by Christian Krohg (1852–1925).

Yes, coloured clothes, no horns, no blue filter, no black leather bikerboy outfits.
January 12, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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The Last Nordic Tribe
❄️ Survivor of the Little Ragnarok (6th century AD)
🔥 Struggling to survive in early medieval times
🥖 Gathering resources & crafting weapons
🩸 Facing enemies and inner weakness
💾 Like the game? Wishlist it on Steam:
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May 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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CCG scalpers can go jump into volcano. Just a random thought for 2026.
January 1, 2026 at 8:50 PM
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I'm still trapped in 2025 while half the world is now enjoying 2026. Pray for me!
January 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Trying again! The big End of Year & Top 100 post! Lots of great new games on my top 100, including a few from this year. And my list continues to slowly turn into a Top 100 Lord of the Rings Games list 🤣
Please check it out!
#boardgames
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End of Year & Top 100 (2025)
End of Year This was a long year for me, spending most of my time working on Winds of the North, editing the text (and it’s quite a lot of text) then rebuilding the graphics and layout. I&#82…
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December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Art from Elfspire by Thomas Blackshear (1980)
December 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Trying again! The big End of Year & Top 100 post! Lots of great new games on my top 100, including a few from this year. And my list continues to slowly turn into a Top 100 Lord of the Rings Games list 🤣
Please check it out!
#boardgames
thomaspking.com/2025/12/27/e...
End of Year & Top 100 (2025)
End of Year This was a long year for me, spending most of my time working on Winds of the North, editing the text (and it’s quite a lot of text) then rebuilding the graphics and layout. I&#82…
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December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Game designers who "can't draw" but want art for prototypes... beyond the wealth of public domain stuff available (there's lots) there are artists who make stuff that's VERY affordable and Itch has a ton on sale right now. #NoGenAI

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screenshot of itch.io game dev assets on sale showing a variety of listings including "forest nature pack" and "skeletons character pack" in a variety of graphic styles.
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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The Deep North is turning out to be the coziest place in Valheim.

I'm especially happy with the snow on these fences! 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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As requested by a friend, here's my Top 10 New-to-Me games played in 2025 (which does have a few 2025 releases)!
#boardgames #ttrpg
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Top 10 New-to-me of 2025
My friend suggested I rank the games new to me in 2025 and post them, so here they are! I was hoping there’d be enough to do a top 10 of 2025 releases, but there weren’t quite enough (I…
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December 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Finally got back to The One Ring solo campaign using Strider Mode. This time, I was learning the Journey rules. Smooth travels, this journey. It's all pretty straightforward once you learn it, there's just a lot of interlocking mechanisms in the system. I look forward to the upcoming climax!
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The One Ring with Strider Mode. I played on a Battle Systems Terrain 3x3 mat with snowy wilderness. I also journal my adventures, but I try not to get too caught up into making anything elaborate since I'm still learning the rules. I don't want to overload myself. My dice are sadly mis-printed, with the eye of Sauron on the 1 instead of the 11.
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Today on Is This Your Card: Angel is showing us the The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game! twitch.tv/loadingready...
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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It's Wallpaper Wednesday! Today's piece is Rummaging for Parts from Hubworld: Aidalon 😁

#hubworldaidalon #wallpaperwednesday
December 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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It's the last big catch-up before the end of the year! There'll be an End of Year wrap-up later this month with my updated Top 100.
#boardgames
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Catching Up on Games (12/1/25)
This will be the last big catch up before the annual End of Year wrap-up and new Top 100, so there’s a lot to go through! La GranjaEndangeredFire & AxeBattleTech CCGRobinson CrusoeSweet L…
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December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Time for some #Valheim sneak peeks in another Word from the Devs! ❄️ valheim.com/news/word-fr...
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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More catching up. Played a 2-player game day. Altered was first; got to play my Ordis deck (OP faction!), then Bravos. We'll finally bring out set 2 next time. Then was Hubworld. Crazy how much game there is in a basic demo deck. Also played Gudnak but forgot to photo. I got wrecked.
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Altered TCG, my Ordis deck. Lots of stall and build-up. Grand Endeavor then helps me catch up lost ground. Ordis tokens has, I think(?), been undefeated in our plays, whether it's my deck or my friend's deck. I might have beat it once. Altered TCG, my Bravos deck. It's a fast, aggressive deck that can remove fleeting and boost. Had a slow start this time, lots of characters that want to be boosted, but I had no way of handing out boosts! Hubworld, my area. I won the first game. Built up my defenses and economy a lot. Hubworld, my area. Second game I lost, but it was close. Unfortunately, I ended up in a situation where I couldn't stop my friend from winning, only stall because of the turn order swap. A little frustrating, but I guess that's how some games of Netrunner and Hubworld end. You can see you're going to lose turns before it happens and know there's nothing you can do.
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Art by • Ted Nasmith
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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We are now accepting late pledges for Hubworld: Aidalon!
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#hubworldaidalon #cardgame #gamefound @gamefound.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Catching up! We played Endeavor: Deep Sea for the first time recently. We had never played the original, but were interested in the new one. My brother seemed to like it the most. It's not bad. Maybe a bit random for a Euro (less than the first from what I hear?), but it's short.
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Endeavor: Deep Sea. Player area. Very early, I got locked out of doing a journal (someone grabbed the last dive token in my tile) which put me behind with no way to catch back up. Endeavor: Deep Sea. Main area. We didn't go very deep. You need to have a surprising amount of space.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Look at these gorgeous photos of the Ribe VikingeCenter!
Taken by Christina Wiener, shared by Roland Warzecha of Dimicator.

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November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Always behind on games. Valheim came in, and I've played two solo games and one 3-player game. Really enjoying it so far. We played scenario 4 on Halloween (it's the swamp scenario with lots of undead to fight). Can't wait to play more. First session in photos.
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Valheim, map area. Final map when I started the boss fight. A raid was just about to hit the house. Valheim, boss arena, end-game. Victory over Eikthyr. Valheim, player board. The chest stored the items at home so they weren't in the way of the dice tower. Valheim, the house (dice tower version).
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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The undead are plentiful in #Valheim, and they’re here to wish you a Happy Halloween! 💀
October 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM