Martin Ralya @martinralya@dice.camp

I see Starforged doesn't offer community copies on itch. So I'd love to gift a couple copies if anyone wants one.

If it seems like your kind of game but you can't comfortably swing the $20 entrance fee, feel free to shoot me a DM and I can gift you a copy on itch. Let's say I've got 3 copies to gift.

https://shawn-tomkin.itch.io/ironsworn-starforged

I came to Mastadon this time with an assumption that I will need to work at building a place people want to be. There isn’t critical mass yet for things to just happen on momentum.

If you have a WordPress blog, you can attach it to the Fediverse using a special plugin.

This will let people on Mastodon (and elsewhere on the Fedi) follow your blog, see your blog posts in their timeline, comment on your blog posts, like them, share them etc.

The plugin is written by @pfefferle and is called ActivityPub For WordPress:

https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub

Note that this only works on independently hosted WordPress blogs.

It does not work on wordpress.com free blogs because they don't allow plugins (there is a paid option at wordpress.com but it's weirdly expensive).

#FediTips #Fediverse #WordPress #ActivityPub

i've been waiting for this belonging outside belonging/gmless + diceless #pokemon #ttrpg to drop and it finally has!!! i'm real excited to try playing this, it looks wicked charming
https://iron-echo-games.itch.io/pokemon-tales

Once per social media service, I like to remind people of this amusing online toy for isometric map nonsense. An oldie, but still a goodie.

(Build bottom to top, far to near; make your own Final Fantasy Tactics style battlegrounds.)

http://www.citycreator.com/

@martinralya *Everyone* should play more Psi*Run.

A trap I fell into when I started designing #ttrpg's: chasing uniqueness.

I was so impressed by all the new things I saw in other people's games, that I felt I needed to do something brand new so other folks would be impressed by MY game.

The more I learned, though, the more I realized how many of the things I thought were novel were just clever combinations of old parts. Everything is a remix.

Instead of aiming for the new and unique, trust that it will come from being true to your vision.

Over on the Electric Bastionland blog, the phrase "an encounter is a problem with a problem" hits me like a ton of bricks. I love it. Present not just a dumb little problem for PCs to overcome, but a put it in a situation that will require them to consider options

Pyramid of the Undying is my love-letter to my favourite DnD module, Moldvay's "The Lost City". I'm calling it a "fan-edit", and you can get it for free here: https://www.simoncarryer.com/pyramid_of_the_undying.html

The fourth axiom of game design tells us that any rpg can, and eventually will, be used to play Star Wars.

So which system you choose is a matter of interpretation, of choosing which parts of the Star Wars mythos are important to you and your game, which parts should be systematized, which parts can be handled by the players, and which parts are irrelevant.

I've played Star Wars games using Dread, Feng Shui, Swords Without Master and Otherkind, and each gave a different play experience.

I've been making this isometric dungeon. It's meant learning a lot of new skills but I'm really pleased with how it's shaping up. Playtesting will take a while, but hopefully I will be able to publish it in a couple months.