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Matthew John
@yuigaron.itch.io
UK TRPG designer. Writer of 'Sworn by Ghostlight' and 'The Cold Dark' and loads of nasty little dungeons you can die in.
TTRPGs: yuigaron.itch.io/
The Cold Dark (Print): https://pandiongames.com/products/the-cold-dark
Pinned
Itchio might be down, but you can still buy physical copies of my game The Cold Dark at the following places.

pandiongames.com/products/the...

knaveofcups.com/product/the-...

peregrinecoast.press/products/the...

www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Co...
I've been playing a decent bit of this with Spencer in PbP and it's been a blast.
I'm working on a big GILA playtest update to come out at the start of December.

It will have the updated rules, a starting adventure, and a starting region to practice hexcrawl mechanics.

Hopefully folks will try it and give feedback before the release in January!
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Grab yourself the last copy KoC currently have of this and save yourself some cash as you do so.

knaveofcups.com/product/the-...
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reposted by Matthew John
Des jeux qu’on l’air très cool, et surtout les deux Sworn bye Ghostlight qui sont d'excellents jeu d'enquête gothique ET émergent ET solo.
ET en format pamphlet.
What’s not to love ? 🔥
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The official Garth Marenghi 5e Role-playing Game.
November 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Black Friday 2025 by Yuigaron
A bundle by Yuigaron, $40.00 for 13 games
itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Sometimes I worry that I might suffer from fomo a little too easily, but then I remember that I don't start literal physical fights with folks over a novelty shaped drinks cup, so...
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Enjoy your dragonmeets and whatever, I've just invested in some good thermals and a hot water bottle, I know who's winning.
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Washing machine delivered and installed; I have been released!
I have a white goods coming today between 7am and 7pm which means I am utterly useless all day until it comes.
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Itchio is claiming to have paid me 7 days ago (after nearly the longest delay I've had so far), and yet I have not received any money into my PayPal account.

Thing is (and I have no proof sadly — like a screenshot etc) I swear I have checked between now and 7 days ago and it still said pending.
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Every year, I want to go to dragonmeet and every year something comes up to stop me, but I have to say unemployment is the cruelest way the universe has stopped me so far.

Don't wanna know what 2026 is gonna do to stop me...
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I have a white goods coming today between 7am and 7pm which means I am utterly useless all day until it comes.
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
You can't just go around resurrecting people.
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Oh....
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you scrape the top of your crusty food at the end of your recipe video right into the mic I will never watch one of your videos again that shits gross.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Wasn't it only just January?
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I don't feel excited about TRPGs anymore and I don't know if I'm depressed or have just moved on?

I'm enjoying other things still, which... usually depression's like a mass not-enjoying-things-anymore thing right?

I just find TRPGs really tiring. Playing, writing, whatever.
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My washing machine must have heard me talking about how it's a bit old now and at risk of breaking because the fucking drum fell off or something whilst being used today, spewing rubber fumes and smoke into the house.

It is black Friday though... Might not be the worst time to have happened.
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I got sick from going outside the other day. Not exactly encouraging.
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Difficult to admit this, but today is the first day I've left my house in over a month. Maybe closer to two.

Not even to go to the corner shop.

Barely even to walk up my front garden.
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Nothing hotter than rating your library on itchio.

itch.io/library/thin...
itch.io
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I died wretchedly and alone, except for the thing crawling around on the hull.

Good times.
Did you know that you can get all of my Wretched & Alone games in one bundle for just £30?

Now you do.

itch.io/s/159400/wre...
WRETCHED & ALONE by Chris Bissette
A bundle by Chris Bissette, £30.00 for 6 games
itch.io
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I've tried like 5 times to write a solo game that's basically Shadow of the Colossus and never found something that's quite got that juice.

Tonight's 'woke-up-at-a-weird-time-of-the-night' game design has led to attempt number 6.
November 14, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Just going to rename this file right here to correctly reflect its nature.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
So, uh, I've been specifically and purposefully under a rock since October 1st, but I've crawled out now and I'm wondering what cool new RPG stuff I've missed?
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How do you fuck up a Wigan kebab?
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM