I have absolutely no idea why Itch is suddenly showing every 'screenshot' on all our mags with the colours inverted 🤔 but for some reason it is.
anyway, that's burying the lede which is that issue 7 is now up there too for all you fishblade enthusiasts to download it from
anyway, that's burying the lede which is that issue 7 is now up there too for all you fishblade enthusiasts to download it from
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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And there's no good genre language for "boardless board game", I know, but this "they're trying to force me to play things that don't even have roleplaying" is, I think, at the root of every mean-spirited "FishBlade" joke.
October 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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the thing about fishblade is that everyone wants to be the fishblade. it just appeals to some innate part of the human psyche. some part of us is still a fish, y'know. deep down. and that part want a turn holding the knife
October 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Oh wait now I get it, Fishblade!
August 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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(Also, I can't believe we are more popular than Fishblade RPG)
(Whoever wrote that rpg ruleset add underwater to your tags!)
(I know its a joke ruleset)
(Still i wanna see)
(Whoever wrote that rpg ruleset add underwater to your tags!)
(I know its a joke ruleset)
(Still i wanna see)
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Draw Steel is the solution to the FishBlade problem. It knows you want to fight monsters. It just wants it to be fun instead of kind of a pain.
August 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I saw someone compare the fishblade joke to the "Eastern European Film about (insert long rambling description)" joke, and it's like... there is a legit argument that the latter joke is Xenophobic, while the former is at best annoying and at worst gentle poking, I do not think they are comparible.
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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It's literally just this image over and over except people get incredibly irate when they don't ditch D&D for whatever weird indie game they're into currently
August 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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16) We need a dictionary of game terms so we have a language to talk about some of this game design stuff. The "FishBlade" joke was a godsend because it defined a very specific type of indie game. we don't have terms for a lot of stuff, like...
August 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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8) I feel like some games are complicated just to justify a $50 core rulebook. Mechanics added to make find more complex so it doesn't feel like a Fishblade style indie game even if the theme doesn't need anything that crunchy.
August 1, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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5) Indie RPGs that have almost no rules to them and are incredibly myopic in their theme like the FishBlade joke annoy the piss out of me because I just cannot see the point or any replayability. It hits that same nerve as hipsters talking about IPAs. You cannot actually enjoy this shit, can you?
August 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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44. As much as I love when we all go in on a good joke (Fishblade), I do think we have a tendency to double down and not welcome newcomers/the confused/the curious into the circle to have fun as well.
July 31, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Finally, the Fishblade from noted hypothetical indy RPG, Fishblade.
July 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Fishblade was a whole meme mean spirited dig at indie ganes that infie ttrpg designers embraced
July 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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At last, the fabled Fishblade #ttrpg
July 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Perfect for Fishblade RPG!
July 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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fishblade real
July 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Don't forget Fishblade.
July 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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I'm intrigued... what's a fishblade?
July 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Fish Blade - Troubled Waters, by Joe Kiewra, is a fun little hack for the Fishblade Jam, a game jam inspired out of spite and pettiness - excellent motivations, if you ask me. Attempt to succeed on a mission for the Queen of the Sea while wrestling with treachery and worse.
June 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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It always comes back to Fishblade, doesn't it?
June 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Oh gods, Fishblade. 🤣
I never understood it, but y'all had fun with it. That's what counts.
I never understood it, but y'all had fun with it. That's what counts.
June 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Someone once asked me if Fishblade was a good TTRPG. I said yes, I made it myself, and so did everyone else.
June 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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For playing the crossover game with FishBlade!
June 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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