Bill (he/him)
@billtherad.bsky.social
Restore the Warp, my science fantasy ttrpg is out now! Fight interstellar invaders and heal the god of the stars. Fight for the worlds you love. Believe you will see them again.
https://billtherad.itch.io/
https://billtherad.itch.io/
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Bill (he/him)
@billtherad.bsky.social
· Jul 14
Restore the Warp: Ashcan Edition by billtherad
cosmic drama, personal struggles
billtherad.itch.io
The ashcan for my science fantasy ttrpg is public! Fight an interstellar invasion and heal the god of the stars in Restore the Warp: Ashcan Edition!
billtherad.itch.io/restore-the-...
billtherad.itch.io/restore-the-...
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First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
First, this interview was great fun, and second, #AW3rd is kickstarting now and you can come along! www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Whoa, 3rd Edition incoming!!!
Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
August 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Whoa, 3rd Edition incoming!!!
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Another innovation I'm proud of in Restore the Warp is the Galactic Pillars.
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
July 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Another innovation I'm proud of in Restore the Warp is the Galactic Pillars.
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
Restore the Warp has 5 archetypes in the ashcan, but there are so many more good ones I'm saving for the full version.
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Restore the Warp has 5 archetypes in the ashcan, but there are so many more good ones I'm saving for the full version.
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With profit matching, we're sending $5000 of supplies to mutual aid and community relief groups in preparation for the upcoming disaster season, that translates to real lives saved, real homes protected, real food and water in people's hands and bellies. Please share!
itch.io/b/3228/the-d...
itch.io/b/3228/the-d...
The Disaster Preparedness Bundle by Sandy Pug Games and 13 others
The Disaster Preparedness Bundle: 25 items for $10.00
itch.io
August 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
With profit matching, we're sending $5000 of supplies to mutual aid and community relief groups in preparation for the upcoming disaster season, that translates to real lives saved, real homes protected, real food and water in people's hands and bellies. Please share!
itch.io/b/3228/the-d...
itch.io/b/3228/the-d...
Past a couple milestones on itch while away on vacation. 5000+ views, 2000+ downloads, 100+ followers.
Also 100+ downloads for Restore the Warp. I know some people have plans to play it, and excited for feedback once those games get going.
Also 100+ downloads for Restore the Warp. I know some people have plans to play it, and excited for feedback once those games get going.
August 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Past a couple milestones on itch while away on vacation. 5000+ views, 2000+ downloads, 100+ followers.
Also 100+ downloads for Restore the Warp. I know some people have plans to play it, and excited for feedback once those games get going.
Also 100+ downloads for Restore the Warp. I know some people have plans to play it, and excited for feedback once those games get going.
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I'm honoured to be in such stellar company! There's a bunch of very cool space RPGs in Bill's list. Bill is also right in that I don't feel in competition with these other works, but in conversation. Space dork RPGs are enriched by having such expansive choices.
Impulse Drive by @madadric.bsky.social was an early one. I love it's core loop of ducking into cover, based on Mass Effect, but my favorite idea is "hooks". I love mechanics that ask you to lean into your characters' vulnerabilities.
adrian-thoen.itch.io/impulse-drive
adrian-thoen.itch.io/impulse-drive
Impulse Drive by Adrian Thoen
A roleplaying game about misfits and spaceship powered by the apocalypse
adrian-thoen.itch.io
August 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I'm honoured to be in such stellar company! There's a bunch of very cool space RPGs in Bill's list. Bill is also right in that I don't feel in competition with these other works, but in conversation. Space dork RPGs are enriched by having such expansive choices.
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Happy 30th birthday to the game that made me care deeply about a frog knight.
August 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy 30th birthday to the game that made me care deeply about a frog knight.
pokemon4ever.org/cdn/shop/pro...
Pokémon World Championships this weekend!
You betting on Ice Horse or Shadow Horse? My gut is shadow, but I’m excited to see how top players try to counter it.
Pokémon World Championships this weekend!
You betting on Ice Horse or Shadow Horse? My gut is shadow, but I’m excited to see how top players try to counter it.
August 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
pokemon4ever.org/cdn/shop/pro...
Pokémon World Championships this weekend!
You betting on Ice Horse or Shadow Horse? My gut is shadow, but I’m excited to see how top players try to counter it.
Pokémon World Championships this weekend!
You betting on Ice Horse or Shadow Horse? My gut is shadow, but I’m excited to see how top players try to counter it.
Restore the Warp is for the sickos.
You want a long move like this, with a whole 2nd page for your superpowers???
You want a long move like this, with a whole 2nd page for your superpowers???
August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Restore the Warp is for the sickos.
You want a long move like this, with a whole 2nd page for your superpowers???
You want a long move like this, with a whole 2nd page for your superpowers???
Restore the Warp is my pbta space ttrpg. It's in good company.
I don't see the other pbta space games as competition, because they're all quite different. We all have cool things.
Lists are fun. Here's my Top 10! 🧵
I don't see the other pbta space games as competition, because they're all quite different. We all have cool things.
Lists are fun. Here's my Top 10! 🧵
August 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Restore the Warp is my pbta space ttrpg. It's in good company.
I don't see the other pbta space games as competition, because they're all quite different. We all have cool things.
Lists are fun. Here's my Top 10! 🧵
I don't see the other pbta space games as competition, because they're all quite different. We all have cool things.
Lists are fun. Here's my Top 10! 🧵
This game looks cool! Super close to funding.
Folks, we only need *69 dollars* to fund. That’s right, 69 dollars, and never in my life have I wanted there to be capital numbers more than right now
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
Dragon Reactor: Embers, Ashes, Moments and Stars
A mythopoetic mech TTRPG about war, tragedy, and what you do with the power to change the world.
www.backerkit.com
August 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This game looks cool! Super close to funding.
When I posted about Restore the Warp on reddit, I got a question about changing terms, but I'm not trying to be weird or special.
Here's where a few came from.
Here's where a few came from.
August 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When I posted about Restore the Warp on reddit, I got a question about changing terms, but I'm not trying to be weird or special.
Here's where a few came from.
Here's where a few came from.
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Help us get the word out! In honor of losing the Diana Jones Award, we're running a discount on subscriptions — get 25% for six months! This coincides with History Week where we're publishing articles that come at the subject of RPG history from all angles and sides!
Rascal Subscriber Drive: History Week
News blasts about the past.
www.rascal.news
August 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Help us get the word out! In honor of losing the Diana Jones Award, we're running a discount on subscriptions — get 25% for six months! This coincides with History Week where we're publishing articles that come at the subject of RPG history from all angles and sides!
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My top listened podcasts are about a 75/25 split between Actual Play podcasts and shows that are ABOUT ttrpgs and actual play in some way so these are my top recommendations right now (only including the ones I am not contributing to, because I also listen to all of those lol):
August 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My top listened podcasts are about a 75/25 split between Actual Play podcasts and shows that are ABOUT ttrpgs and actual play in some way so these are my top recommendations right now (only including the ones I am not contributing to, because I also listen to all of those lol):
I posted before about character arcs in Restore the Warp. Today I'll talk about ways they can end. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/bill...
bsky.app/profile/bill...
Restore the Warp doesn't use Experience Points.
Instead, you level up by processing feelings, and get a different level up depending on whether there's more positive or negative ones.
Let's walk through it and shout out some other games with cool tech for character arcs! 🧵
Instead, you level up by processing feelings, and get a different level up depending on whether there's more positive or negative ones.
Let's walk through it and shout out some other games with cool tech for character arcs! 🧵
August 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I posted before about character arcs in Restore the Warp. Today I'll talk about ways they can end. 🧵
bsky.app/profile/bill...
bsky.app/profile/bill...
I'm enjoying the gameplay of Unicorn Overlord, but some of the character designs really make me roll my eyes.
August 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm enjoying the gameplay of Unicorn Overlord, but some of the character designs really make me roll my eyes.
Masks is a great game and so many others have iterated on its ideas. Can’t wait to see what happens when the Magpies do it themselves!
It’s time for you to dig out your cape and mask from the back of your closet. Halcyon needs you!
Masks: A New Generation is the award-winning PbtA game of young superheroes, now getting a refreshed and improved new edition!
magpiegames.com/pages/masks-...
Masks: A New Generation is the award-winning PbtA game of young superheroes, now getting a refreshed and improved new edition!
magpiegames.com/pages/masks-...
August 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Masks is a great game and so many others have iterated on its ideas. Can’t wait to see what happens when the Magpies do it themselves!
Triangle Agency starring Kermit the Frog, John Cena, Janelle Monae, Ronny Chieng, Rachel Brosnahan, and Amy Poehler.
Directed by the Duffer Brothers.
Directed by the Duffer Brothers.
OK. You are given full creative control to write/direct a movie based on the TTRPG of your choice. Quote rebleet with the IMDB synopsis and dream cast for your movie.
July 30, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Triangle Agency starring Kermit the Frog, John Cena, Janelle Monae, Ronny Chieng, Rachel Brosnahan, and Amy Poehler.
Directed by the Duffer Brothers.
Directed by the Duffer Brothers.
Another innovation I'm proud of in Restore the Warp is the Galactic Pillars.
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
July 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Another innovation I'm proud of in Restore the Warp is the Galactic Pillars.
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
Each character is tied to an important NPC.
Here's my inspirations and my tweaks to give it more life. 🧵
I remember Jeff’s 5 year anniversary and at that point he felt like a fixture.
Can’t believe he’s coming up on 10. Legend.
Can’t believe he’s coming up on 10. Legend.
Printing something special for an event in the autumn.
July 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I remember Jeff’s 5 year anniversary and at that point he felt like a fixture.
Can’t believe he’s coming up on 10. Legend.
Can’t believe he’s coming up on 10. Legend.
Early in working on my pbta space game, I found a dice system that made a pretty graph.
So why did I throw it away?
So why did I throw it away?
July 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Early in working on my pbta space game, I found a dice system that made a pretty graph.
So why did I throw it away?
So why did I throw it away?
Restore the Warp has a wide range of touchstones--military, comedic, literary, superheroes...
How does this work? What do these stories have in common?
How does this work? What do these stories have in common?
July 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Restore the Warp has a wide range of touchstones--military, comedic, literary, superheroes...
How does this work? What do these stories have in common?
How does this work? What do these stories have in common?
Four faves, no starters.
Eiscue, breloom, scizor, alolan marowak.
Eiscue, breloom, scizor, alolan marowak.
July 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Four faves, no starters.
Eiscue, breloom, scizor, alolan marowak.
Eiscue, breloom, scizor, alolan marowak.
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we are heading into the final 24 hours of the backerkit campaign for LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN, the award-winning storygame about a band on the run, with @possumcreekgames.com. dont get left at the station bit.ly/bremen_bk
Last Train to Bremen
A storytelling game of four doomed musicians and their poor decisions.
bit.ly
July 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
we are heading into the final 24 hours of the backerkit campaign for LAST TRAIN TO BREMEN, the award-winning storygame about a band on the run, with @possumcreekgames.com. dont get left at the station bit.ly/bremen_bk