Aaron Hammonds
@aaroninwords.fpe.social
He/Him. Writer. Veteran. Burrito enthusiast.
Co-Founder and Multi-Award-Winning #ForeverGM.
Executive Director @tabletopartsfund.org.
Designing "These Things We Keep."
A game of memory, meaning, and the quiet violence of choice.
Co-Founder and Multi-Award-Winning #ForeverGM.
Executive Director @tabletopartsfund.org.
Designing "These Things We Keep."
A game of memory, meaning, and the quiet violence of choice.
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Announcing: the Menagerie of Mayhem, a a series of short adversary books for use with the Daggerheart rules, from one of the game's designers and the Lead Designer of the Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart Campaign Guide.
Volume 1 coming to Patrons in December! www.patreon.com/posts/introd...
Volume 1 coming to Patrons in December! www.patreon.com/posts/introd...
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Announcing: the Menagerie of Mayhem, a a series of short adversary books for use with the Daggerheart rules, from one of the game's designers and the Lead Designer of the Dungeons of Drakkenheim: Daggerheart Campaign Guide.
Volume 1 coming to Patrons in December! www.patreon.com/posts/introd...
Volume 1 coming to Patrons in December! www.patreon.com/posts/introd...
Really enjoying my time with Abiotic Factor. By far the best game I've played that includes a "poop faster" minigame.
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Really enjoying my time with Abiotic Factor. By far the best game I've played that includes a "poop faster" minigame.
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Woah! We're at 78% funded for our current goal -- thank you! Now, I have to ask, can you help us get to 80% funded today? Head on over to thecontractfilm.com and find out how you can help!
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Woah! We're at 78% funded for our current goal -- thank you! Now, I have to ask, can you help us get to 80% funded today? Head on over to thecontractfilm.com and find out how you can help!
Look, I can see the form results. I know a lot of y'all are making something great but also haven't applied. Good news! There's still time!
Good morning! It's the last day to apply for our 2026 #ActualPlay Grants. Reach out to the serial procrastinator in your life and make sure they get their show in before the deadline!
Head on over to apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026 and make sure our judges get to see your show!
Head on over to apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026 and make sure our judges get to see your show!
October 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Look, I can see the form results. I know a lot of y'all are making something great but also haven't applied. Good news! There's still time!
You're already here, why not bop over to your second monitor and fire off a quick DM to your favorite actual play? Let 'em know their show is amazing, and they should apply!
Only three days left! Plenty of time for you to find that perfect moment in your actual play, and put it in front of our judges.
Don't have a show? Bother the person who makes your favorite AP, and make sure they apply!
Don't have a show? Bother the person who makes your favorite AP, and make sure they apply!
Previous winners have received more than 100 nominations and three dozen awards at festivals on four continents. Now it's your turn! The Tabletop Arts Fund is proud to announce our 2026 Actual Play Grants.
📅 Submissions close October 31, 2025.
👉 Apply now: apply.tabletoparts.fund/ActualPlay2026
📅 Submissions close October 31, 2025.
👉 Apply now: apply.tabletoparts.fund/ActualPlay2026
October 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
You're already here, why not bop over to your second monitor and fire off a quick DM to your favorite actual play? Let 'em know their show is amazing, and they should apply!
Bloodlines 2 was never going to live up to expectations, but I'd be more willing to forgive its shortcomings if it felt like the developers had any kind of respect or affection for the source material.
Vampire: The Masquerade
(Masquerade Optional)
Vampire: The Masquerade
(Masquerade Optional)
October 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Bloodlines 2 was never going to live up to expectations, but I'd be more willing to forgive its shortcomings if it felt like the developers had any kind of respect or affection for the source material.
Vampire: The Masquerade
(Masquerade Optional)
Vampire: The Masquerade
(Masquerade Optional)
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Hey there! Couldn't help but notice that you haven't applied for the 2026 TTAF AP Grants yet. It's cool. I get it -- you've been busy. But why not take some time today to give your show a shot at being screened 'round the world?
apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026
apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026
October 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Hey there! Couldn't help but notice that you haven't applied for the 2026 TTAF AP Grants yet. It's cool. I get it -- you've been busy. But why not take some time today to give your show a shot at being screened 'round the world?
apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026
apply.tabletoparts.fund/actualplay2026
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Do you have an Audio Drama or AP Podcast idea you've been sitting on for too long? I'm currently taking paid sound design work while expanding my portfolio. I've won multiple awards for Audio Drama & AP sound design. Message me for rates based on what you've got in mind.
thesoundofrahrah.carrd.co
thesoundofrahrah.carrd.co
October 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Do you have an Audio Drama or AP Podcast idea you've been sitting on for too long? I'm currently taking paid sound design work while expanding my portfolio. I've won multiple awards for Audio Drama & AP sound design. Message me for rates based on what you've got in mind.
thesoundofrahrah.carrd.co
thesoundofrahrah.carrd.co
Submissions now open! We want to send your actual play on a world tour, putting it in front of audiences and judges on four continents. But you can't be selected if you don't apply!
Previous winners have received more than 100 nominations and three dozen awards at festivals on four continents. Now it's your turn! The Tabletop Arts Fund is proud to announce our 2026 Actual Play Grants.
📅 Submissions close October 31, 2025.
👉 Apply now: apply.tabletoparts.fund/ActualPlay2026
📅 Submissions close October 31, 2025.
👉 Apply now: apply.tabletoparts.fund/ActualPlay2026
September 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Submissions now open! We want to send your actual play on a world tour, putting it in front of audiences and judges on four continents. But you can't be selected if you don't apply!
The gang at @redmoonroleplaying.bsky.social are always a pleasure to play with -- this was no exception.
Los Angeles, 2037. Neon lights cut through the rain as we bring Free League’s Blade Runner to life together with our friend @aaroninwords.fpe.social. This Patreon-exclusive series already has 10 episodes you can binge today!
youtu.be/N-9OYVHFni4?...
youtu.be/N-9OYVHFni4?...
Blade Runner: The Immortal Game 01, Patreon-exclusive (Actual Play)
YouTube video by Red Moon Roleplaying
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September 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The gang at @redmoonroleplaying.bsky.social are always a pleasure to play with -- this was no exception.
Home safe! Thanks as always to @njwebfest.bsky.social for a fantastic weekend of art and inspiration!
September 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Home safe! Thanks as always to @njwebfest.bsky.social for a fantastic weekend of art and inspiration!
Hello, New Jersey. Thank you for letting me inside you.
September 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hello, New Jersey. Thank you for letting me inside you.
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I’m not going to lie, RENT hits differently now. Like, Benny is a dick, but he came into some money and wants to build lots of housing to fund usable artist spaces at street level? Why is he the villain?
I get gentrification is bad, but isn’t someone from the neighborhood revitalizing it good?
I get gentrification is bad, but isn’t someone from the neighborhood revitalizing it good?
August 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I’m not going to lie, RENT hits differently now. Like, Benny is a dick, but he came into some money and wants to build lots of housing to fund usable artist spaces at street level? Why is he the villain?
I get gentrification is bad, but isn’t someone from the neighborhood revitalizing it good?
I get gentrification is bad, but isn’t someone from the neighborhood revitalizing it good?
As I reflect on TANS ending, I’m proud it does, actually end. Each season stands alone and leads to its own conclusion.
The story could have gone on, but late-coming listeners can still experience a full narrative. Not the full story, but not a disappointment.
And I'm glad I gave them that.
The story could have gone on, but late-coming listeners can still experience a full narrative. Not the full story, but not a disappointment.
And I'm glad I gave them that.
August 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
As I reflect on TANS ending, I’m proud it does, actually end. Each season stands alone and leads to its own conclusion.
The story could have gone on, but late-coming listeners can still experience a full narrative. Not the full story, but not a disappointment.
And I'm glad I gave them that.
The story could have gone on, but late-coming listeners can still experience a full narrative. Not the full story, but not a disappointment.
And I'm glad I gave them that.
My least favorite part of shuttering an AP company is the huge pile of quietly humiliating emails you have to write.
"I know I promised you this project/offered you this role/pitched you this sponsorship, but it turns out I won't be able to deliver."
Ugh.
"I know I promised you this project/offered you this role/pitched you this sponsorship, but it turns out I won't be able to deliver."
Ugh.
August 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
My least favorite part of shuttering an AP company is the huge pile of quietly humiliating emails you have to write.
"I know I promised you this project/offered you this role/pitched you this sponsorship, but it turns out I won't be able to deliver."
Ugh.
"I know I promised you this project/offered you this role/pitched you this sponsorship, but it turns out I won't be able to deliver."
Ugh.
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History Week! Rascal's bi-annual subscription drive accompanies a themed week of articles diving into tabletop's past, both professional and personal.
Subscribe now and get 25% of your first six months (details inside) as we gear up to bring a news writer onto the Rascal team!
Subscribe now and get 25% of your first six months (details inside) as we gear up to bring a news writer onto the Rascal team!
Rascal Subscriber Drive: History Week
News blasts about the past.
www.rascal.news
August 4, 2025 at 2:59 PM
History Week! Rascal's bi-annual subscription drive accompanies a themed week of articles diving into tabletop's past, both professional and personal.
Subscribe now and get 25% of your first six months (details inside) as we gear up to bring a news writer onto the Rascal team!
Subscribe now and get 25% of your first six months (details inside) as we gear up to bring a news writer onto the Rascal team!
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If you missed this, then consider this our first big announcement!
Games like the Isles trilogy do so much excellent work for accessibility in the TTRPG space and we will be working on making a series that reflects this - we cannot wait to show these games off! 🩵💜
Games like the Isles trilogy do so much excellent work for accessibility in the TTRPG space and we will be working on making a series that reflects this - we cannot wait to show these games off! 🩵💜
A few days ago we unlocked a #Kickstarter stretch goal to work with StoryWeave Productions on a fully accessible Actual Play of the Isles #ttrpgs in 2026.
Look out for another big announcement following the UNDERISLES campaign in a few weeks. And in the meantime follow @storyweave.bsky.social
Look out for another big announcement following the UNDERISLES campaign in a few weeks. And in the meantime follow @storyweave.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If you missed this, then consider this our first big announcement!
Games like the Isles trilogy do so much excellent work for accessibility in the TTRPG space and we will be working on making a series that reflects this - we cannot wait to show these games off! 🩵💜
Games like the Isles trilogy do so much excellent work for accessibility in the TTRPG space and we will be working on making a series that reflects this - we cannot wait to show these games off! 🩵💜
When you graduate from Critias' academy but there's more Camarilla stuff to learn.
August 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
When you graduate from Critias' academy but there's more Camarilla stuff to learn.
The number of people who have arrived in my Discord DMs over this point leads to me believe I've only interacted with people who were very bad at improv school and did not learn the correct lessons.
6. The improv school urge to "win" a scene by being the most, the last, the funniest, the saddest is poison for actual play. You're not here to score points. You're here to build rhythm, tone, and trust. Sometimes, the best move is to pass the ball and let someone else slam dunk the scene.
August 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The number of people who have arrived in my Discord DMs over this point leads to me believe I've only interacted with people who were very bad at improv school and did not learn the correct lessons.
Okay fine. I will bare my (may or may not be) controversial (but it still sincerely held) TTRPG ethos to y'all.
One like = one unhinged TTRPG opinion (that I actually and sincerely believe in)
One like = one unhinged TTRPG opinion (that I actually and sincerely believe in)
Let's see how fast I can become unpopular this GenCon weekend!
Let's see how fast I can become unpopular this GenCon weekend!
July 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Okay fine. I will bare my (may or may not be) controversial (but it still sincerely held) TTRPG ethos to y'all.
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It is not understood thoroughly enough or widely enough that "be the absolute best person in the world at your job" is a less reliable and slower way to make money than "have some money already" is.
July 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It is not understood thoroughly enough or widely enough that "be the absolute best person in the world at your job" is a less reliable and slower way to make money than "have some money already" is.
I've taken some time as QCG winds down to think hard about the places we struggled, and what other aspirational indie studios might learn from it.
So here's a short thread: advice on running an actual play company from the Managing Director of Queen's Court Games.
🧠📃⬇️
So here's a short thread: advice on running an actual play company from the Managing Director of Queen's Court Games.
🧠📃⬇️
July 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I've taken some time as QCG winds down to think hard about the places we struggled, and what other aspirational indie studios might learn from it.
So here's a short thread: advice on running an actual play company from the Managing Director of Queen's Court Games.
🧠📃⬇️
So here's a short thread: advice on running an actual play company from the Managing Director of Queen's Court Games.
🧠📃⬇️
The end of The All Night Society has been hard, but the outpouring of support from y'all has made it so much easier to bear. It's a bright reminder of why I made this show in the first place, and I'm both humbled and forever grateful.
July 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The end of The All Night Society has been hard, but the outpouring of support from y'all has made it so much easier to bear. It's a bright reminder of why I made this show in the first place, and I'm both humbled and forever grateful.
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It is my sad duty to report the end of The All Night Society.
We’re deeply proud of the stories we told, the world we built, and the community that found a home in the dark with us. To everyone who listened, supported us, and carried these characters in your hearts: thank you. Truly.
We’re deeply proud of the stories we told, the world we built, and the community that found a home in the dark with us. To everyone who listened, supported us, and carried these characters in your hearts: thank you. Truly.
July 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It is my sad duty to report the end of The All Night Society.
We’re deeply proud of the stories we told, the world we built, and the community that found a home in the dark with us. To everyone who listened, supported us, and carried these characters in your hearts: thank you. Truly.
We’re deeply proud of the stories we told, the world we built, and the community that found a home in the dark with us. To everyone who listened, supported us, and carried these characters in your hearts: thank you. Truly.