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Yvris Burke | Button Kin Games
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She/Her. GM and writer for TTRPGs based in Manchester, UK. Creator of Bumbling and Drama Llamas. Contact info through my website: https://buttonkin.com
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You can now pick up physical copies of my games in Forbidden Planet Glasgow 💕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I spent quite a lot of quality lurking time in Forbidden Planet as a teen so this is huge for me!
Righteous Jaunt, Bumbling, Drama Llamas, Caltrop Kaiju, and Jude’s World all on a shelf together with lots of other fabulous indie TTRPG books and zines Righteous Jaunt, Bumbling, Drama Llamas, Caltrop Kaiju, and Jude’s World all on a shelf together with lots of other fabulous indie TTRPG books and zines
October 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Spent some time yesterday working on the Button Kin site. Et voila! You can now order physical copies of nearly all my games directly through buttonkin.com
A screenshot of part of a web page. At the top it shows the words "Get your digital copy" followed by two buttons, one labelled "Itch.io" and the other "DrivethruRPG". Beneath that are the words "Get your physical copy" followed by three larger buttons, each with a picture. The first shows a Drama Llamas book with the words "Drama Llamas, £15". The next shows three brightly coloured postcards fanned, these show scenes of cartoon llamas in reality TV situations. The words on this button say "Drama Llamas plus 3 one shots, £20". The last button has the same image of the three postcards with the words "Drama Llamas one shot bundle, £10".
June 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Elsa says hey! 👋
An orange cocker spaniel looking up at you with a relaxed expression
June 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Becoming an increasingly awkward penguin as the con goes on.
A white woman with light pink hair, a black skirt, and a purple skirt behind a stall. She has one hand on her hip and is smiling. She looks a bit tired
May 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Stall sirens are beckoning. Come find us at stall 975 Hall 2 of UKGE
Just two hot girls beckoning to you from behind the button kin stall at UK Games Expo
May 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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The absolute GALL of my friends to make me a button guy to take to UKGE. How dare they make me feel such feelings?? SUCH. FEELINGS.
A statuette of a yellow button with arms and legs. He has a staff in his left hand and one foot up on a purple crystal rock formation. House plants are in the background
May 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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My daft dog is very sorry to hear you had a rough night. My best anxiety tip is to try to stay in the moment and in your body. I have a fuzzy blanket I like to stroke whenever I’m spiralling and it really helps to focus on the sensation.
March 22, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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No cheating, post the last photo of your pet that you took.

Paint her like one of your French bulldogs.
A ginger cocker spaniel lying on her back on a brown sofa with colourful scatter cushions
March 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Newslettering while the world burns: buttonkin.com/newsletter/n...
Three books on a wooden desk. Two are Jude's World zines with a colourful cover depicting a young person with turquoise hair writing in their diary. One is shiny, the other is matte. In the middle and slightly obscured by the zines is a purple workbook with Jude's World companion workbook on the cove
November 15, 2024 at 10:05 AM
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For the next 48 hours you can get a bundle of all my TTRPG games and content for free on itch.io. I hope that those who need a distraction find one. (new post with a working link 🙃)
buttonkin.itch.io/badnewsbundl...
A tiled view of eight releases on itch.io, all marked 100% off. Titles are: Bumling, Psychic Night School, The Tillvayle Committee, Caltrop Kaiju, Drama Llamas, Flora and Llama, Beach Bar-a-Llama, Llama Warrior
November 7, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Ahhh, fuck. I’ve got nothing to add. Here’s my dog.
November 6, 2024 at 9:31 AM
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It’s our first bonfire night with a dog so we went online to get her some ear protection. What arrived appears to be a nice soft snood. I’m not sure this is doing much but she looks lovely.
An orange dog in a pink snood- she looks cute and mildly confused
October 31, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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Manchester TTRPG buddies! Are you coming to the Geek Fayre tomorrow? I have a lil stall. Come by, say hi?
dungeonsandflagons.co.uk/events-1/mcr...
I'm Trading at MCR Geek Fayre! A marketplace of indie treasures: art, games, and geeky essentials. Saturday 19th October, 12-5pm, Sacha's Hotel Manchester. www.dungeonsandflagons.co.uk
October 18, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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One of my favorites of the many TTRPG designer hats I get to wear is layout designer. I’m an amateur and I know it, but I just love the process! Here’s a start on Jude’s World 💕
October 18, 2024 at 12:22 PM
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I somehow found time to create three Drama Llamas one shots and post them to the Button Kin itch.io. Don’t ask me how but it happened. Physical copies will be available at Manchester Geek Fayre this Saturday!
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A photograph of three postcards featuring colourful illustrations of llamas in reality TV situations. One is of a group of llamas roasting carrots over a fire on a tropical island, another shows a gleeful llama swinging on a punch bag over a pool of water, and the last shows a llama in a flower crown trimming a huge llama topiary A photograph of three postcards. One show a colourful illustration of llama in a flower crown trimming a huge llama topiary. The other two part of the text for one shots named Llama Warrior and Beach Bar-a-Llama
October 16, 2024 at 10:46 AM
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Jude's World is now LIVE on Kickstarter. Should you back it? Let's have a short 🧵 about it
A cartoon image of a young girl writing in her diary against a colourful backdrop with retro appliances and floating hearts. Text reads: "Dear Diary, we're live! Support Jude's World now on Kickstarter"
August 14, 2024 at 3:57 PM
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Jude's World is LIVE on Kickstarter and over 10% funded in the first 2 hours! 🔥🔥🔥

Find out more and join the fun: www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...
A cartoon image of a young girl writing in her diary against a colourful backdrop with retro appliances and floating hearts. Text reads: "Dear Diary, we're live! Support Jude's World now on Kickstarter"
August 13, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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We have a launch date! Jude's World: a solo TTRPG campaign launching on Kickstarter 6th August 2024 🎉

Follow the campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...
Text: "Jude's World. New solo TTRPG coming to Kickstarter 6th August 2024." In a handwriting font: "Dear Diary, Love is simple. Parents are just idiots. Jude." There's an accompanying colourful picture of 90s high tops and a faint logo for Button Kin Games
July 2, 2024 at 10:04 AM
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Sooo close to half way 😬
Text: "Jude's World. Nearly half way! When the campaign reaches 200 followers on Kickstarter the author promises to reveal entries from her actual, authentic teenage diary. Bring it on. Yvris" A progress bar in the centre shows we're at about 80 followers. To the right there's an image of a teenage girl writing in her diary in a colourful bedroom.
June 25, 2024 at 12:05 PM
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I’m doing a very silly thing. Or I will, if you make me. Follow the campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...
Text: "Jude's World. Nearly half way! When the campaign reaches 200 followers on Kickstarter the author promises to reveal entries from her actual, authentic teenage diary. Bring it on. Yvris" A progress bar in the centre shows we're at about 80 followers. To the right there's an image of a teenage girl writing in her diary in a colourful bedroom.
June 20, 2024 at 7:01 PM
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I could be brave reach out to games journalists and podcasters to promote my game OR I could sit in my room and create a mood board.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...
A mood board with a collection of nineties cultural references: Clarissa Explains it All, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Parent Trap, snap bracelets, friendship bracelets, locking diaries, game boy colour, fun fax, dream phone, and troll dolls
June 10, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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Just me and the husband on the way to watch a debate about whether love is real. Philosophy festivals are a wild time.
A middle aged white man and woman walking together and smiling. In the background is a tent full of people eating and drinking. They’re both dressed in casual clothing and holding alcoholic beverages.
May 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
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Tried to freecycle a chair. Succeeded spectacularly.
A wide shot of a red arm chair at a jaunty angle in an alleyway. On the seat a black and white cat sleeps in front of a hand made cardboard sign that says “Free ❤️” Close shot of a red arm chair at a jaunty angle in an alleyway. On the seat a black and white cat sleeps in front of a hand made cardboard sign that says “Free ❤️”
May 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
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This summer I'm crowdfunding to complete and print my solo, tarot-based journaling TTRPG in which a plucky preteen protagonist struggles to reunite their warring parents.

Follow along on the prelaunch page now to be first to know when the project goes live: www.kickstarter.com/projects/but...
A colourful cartoon image of a young girl looking down at her diary. Text overlaid says "Jude's World"
May 14, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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More play tests, more problems. My February newsletter is out now, including part 6 of my development diary for my upcoming solo TTRPG, Jude's World. buttonkin.com/newsletter/f...
Book cover for Jude's World. Shows a young girl sitting on her bed writing in her diary.
February 16, 2024 at 11:47 AM