Posting this here after sharing on both Reddit and BGG Six months ago I decided I needed an at-home project. I hadn’t been doing much, work was slow, I needed...

Final Playtest Notes I had the pleasure of running my first face to face game in a number of years last weekend and surprised my players with a printed preview...

I’ve added new pages to the rules about dying (which i think really flesh out the world and loop), and also a page about alt game modes. I think it’s a good...

This development log will address what was my intention at the beginning of the Lineon project, how I approached this intent and where is Lineon currently at. I...

You reach out - I deliver! A commenter asked for a zip file with all the bookmarks combined - and reading the request I thought to myself: why haven't I thought...

Imagine a world in which King Arthur, Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Vainamoinen, the Golem under the Old New Synagogue, and anyone else who got hit with the Jesus Imagery...

Hi there! I’m going to highlight something that I think turned out pretty well with BURNOUT: the Fade check mechanic, which is the “primary” mechanical sy...

Не секрет, что описанные в НРИ игровые процессы разными людьми воспринимаются по-разно...

First I simply want to acknowledge how awesome the charity bundle is doing. From starting with a humble goal of $5,000 to fast approaching $420k, it’s been in...

18XX Dreams is about dreamers pursuing in the Dreams what is unreachable in the Awaken In here I've disclaimed my current game design process. I'll use that as...

A few months have passed since Juan embarked on the task of creating this game. Most of the work was done in a reckless fortnight, but after that initial rush t...

Minor gameplay update, but required updating the rulebook, character sheet and narrator sheet. Updated Wounds so that instead of requiring 2 Fuel be spent to ta...

Hello Cryptids! I'm super excited to finally announce that we've received the developmental edits back from the editor, Jacky Leung, who has worked with other a...

Hey y'all... Times are super weird right now and lots of us are playing a lot of games remotely. Because creative burnout is real and a major bummer, I wrote u...

Thanks to Vinzarech von Jergan's hard work, the German version of the experience, "Lies nicht das Tagebuch!" is available now!...

Of Promises & Paper Airplanes can be used as a solo journaling RPG or as a play-by-post RPG between two or more players. Here is a simple guide: PROLOGUE: Set t...

Ironsworn: Starforged is an in-development standalone game in the Ironsworn family. It transports Ironsworn's quest-driven adventures to a perilous future. The...

Wound Test To streamline the "attack -> wound -> death" process i did a little but important change introducing the Wound Test. Now when damage exceed Stamina t...

I've described at length my thoughts on designing the game. If you're interested, it's here ...

Of Promises & Paper Airplanes has a specific scenario and motif — one of the Characters is on their way to the airport while the other one is folding a paper...

Thank you so much to everyone who has picked up a copy of Crash, Boom, Bang! I’ve started developing the fourth game for this mini-bundle. It’s a pen-and-pa...

18XX Solomon is about ghost knights dungeon delving on the purgatory to free hope back to the world. In here I've disclaimed my current game design process. I'l...

I’ve been working on Drawn from the Margins for about five days now. We started with a real embarrassment of riches. We looked to the common sources provided...

The first way you can lose a game as stated in the rules is "if you don’t have any available moving options during the Explore phase (e.g. the top card of the...

Hi hack n slashers, i have some news for you. After several plays it's turned out how the game is not nearly as deadly as i and the other testers wished, so i w...

I'll come clean here: the idea of six weird and varied antagonist categories that you can pick from with a d6 wasn't new for this project. I adapted the faction...

Given the short synopsis of how combat works in the Hydra System, I figured it would be a good idea to add in a more well rounded ruleset for how combat works i...

This article was first published on the Fantasy World newsletter and has finally made its way here. SUBSCRIBE to get future articles as soon as they are made, a...

24Blue is a minimalist OSR system based on the 24XX system by Jason Tocci. In here I've disclaimed my current game design process. I'll use that as a frame work...

Hello everyone! I hope you like the new banner and the updated PDFs. In case you've downloaded the previous version, here are a couple of the updates. Created t...

I love experimentation. I love trying new things, I like eating new things, I love doing new things, and I love being part of new things. It doesn't make it any...

I think it's safe to say that this is my first time truly trying to make a completely new system. I have had experience with homebrewing, running games, and hav...

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I've decided to add a random roll table to provide some inspiration for the first journal entry, related to the main character's personal interest in humankind...

By recommendation of the good ol' Pau Blackonion , I have added a table of random locations, in case the player doesn't want to leave home nor use MapCrunch . J...

Hi, I figured I would write this to explain why I decided to spend a year writing, playtesting and editing World of Chrome. I have always had a deep appreciatio...

I’m looking back at a very successful Itch.io Black Friday Sale, which saw many purchases of Block, Dodge, Parry, almost a full year after its first release...

Dear supporters, Here’s the latest card design by Diana Barta. Your support is allowing us to produce 12 of these uniquely beautiful illustrations for Dragon...

Thanks to the feedback by Pau Blackonion , I added a new case for the dice roll on the We Meet Again event, adding more options to improvise and add flavor to t...

At the time of this writing, Uncontained will be exactly 5 months old since by first Reddit post . A lot has happened indeed since that time, a lot of cards got...

Hey everyone! It's time - The 2023 Fallen Game Jam is here. Create monsters, locations, postcards, NPCs, adventures, tables. Prizes will be going to the 3 top s...

Small update. Currently working on layout of the text into affinity publisher. I’m aiming for 5.5x8.5 so people can easily print a booklet at home. I’ve bee...

The Ship Selector With 75+ ships to choose from, ship selection has become a big part of character creation. The ship, of course, is a character. The choice is...

Here's another preview of art for Ironsworn: Starforged, an in-development standalone sequel to the Ironsworn roleplaying game. See this post for preview #...

So after many day's I'm confident that the layout is complete. Now all that is left is to edit and add the art (which I have pre-downloaded so hopefully that wo...

Here is a preview of a few cards from the upcoming 6-card Knowmadic expansion. Note: The designs are not final and are subject to change prior to official relea...

Initially published on dice.camp. So here we go, based on Finding Styles , which in turn is based on An Abomination , I am trying to refine a core set of moves...