Brennan Taylor
@brennanrtaylor.bsky.social
Brennan Taylor (he/him) is a game designer and creator of Bulldogs! and Mortal Coil, and co-founder of IPR.
Teenage Ninja Fighting School will be at #PAXUnplugged next week! Come sign up for a game in Room #111, the Hedron Room. Play teenage fighters battling monsters and navigating home room!
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Teenage Ninja Fighting School will be at #PAXUnplugged next week! Come sign up for a game in Room #111, the Hedron Room. Play teenage fighters battling monsters and navigating home room!
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FINALLY I can't believe it took us 4 episodes to get around to making a game about lil guys doing crimes! LIZARD LARCENY! DREAMY WIZARDS who know how to BE HOT, DO DRUGS and PONDER ORBS.
🦎🧙♂️
The VOD is up at www.twitch.tv/videos/26101... and will be on youtube *soon*
🦎🧙♂️
The VOD is up at www.twitch.tv/videos/26101... and will be on youtube *soon*
TOMORROW!
We're back on our game design chaos & we've somehow convinced @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, cofounder of @ipr.bsky.social, to join us on this chaotic ride!!!
Tues, Nov 4 @ 6pm PT, tune in twitch.tv/gnome_anne as we design and playtest a #ttrg in just 90 mins!!
We're back on our game design chaos & we've somehow convinced @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, cofounder of @ipr.bsky.social, to join us on this chaotic ride!!!
Tues, Nov 4 @ 6pm PT, tune in twitch.tv/gnome_anne as we design and playtest a #ttrg in just 90 mins!!
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
FINALLY I can't believe it took us 4 episodes to get around to making a game about lil guys doing crimes! LIZARD LARCENY! DREAMY WIZARDS who know how to BE HOT, DO DRUGS and PONDER ORBS.
🦎🧙♂️
The VOD is up at www.twitch.tv/videos/26101... and will be on youtube *soon*
🦎🧙♂️
The VOD is up at www.twitch.tv/videos/26101... and will be on youtube *soon*
Watch me and friends design a game live on stream! www.twitch.tv/gnome_anne
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Watch me and friends design a game live on stream! www.twitch.tv/gnome_anne
Hey! If you are coming to #PAXU please come try out my game Teenage Ninja Fighting School, coming soon from Imagining Games! It's a shonen anime emulator and it's really fun. I'll be in the Hedron room 10 am & 3 pm Saturday, and 10 am Sunday!
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hey! If you are coming to #PAXU please come try out my game Teenage Ninja Fighting School, coming soon from Imagining Games! It's a shonen anime emulator and it's really fun. I'll be in the Hedron room 10 am & 3 pm Saturday, and 10 am Sunday!
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TOMORROW!
We're back on our game design chaos & we've somehow convinced @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, cofounder of @ipr.bsky.social, to join us on this chaotic ride!!!
Tues, Nov 4 @ 6pm PT, tune in twitch.tv/gnome_anne as we design and playtest a #ttrg in just 90 mins!!
We're back on our game design chaos & we've somehow convinced @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, cofounder of @ipr.bsky.social, to join us on this chaotic ride!!!
Tues, Nov 4 @ 6pm PT, tune in twitch.tv/gnome_anne as we design and playtest a #ttrg in just 90 mins!!
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
TOMORROW!
We're back on our game design chaos & we've somehow convinced @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, cofounder of @ipr.bsky.social, to join us on this chaotic ride!!!
Tues, Nov 4 @ 6pm PT, tune in twitch.tv/gnome_anne as we design and playtest a #ttrg in just 90 mins!!
We're back on our game design chaos & we've somehow convinced @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, cofounder of @ipr.bsky.social, to join us on this chaotic ride!!!
Tues, Nov 4 @ 6pm PT, tune in twitch.tv/gnome_anne as we design and playtest a #ttrg in just 90 mins!!
I am making the announcement! I am engaged to Ellen Metro. I'm so glad I met her and I'm looking forward to our future life together.
October 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I am making the announcement! I am engaged to Ellen Metro. I'm so glad I met her and I'm looking forward to our future life together.
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Today, @jawska.bsky.social, @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, and I discuss getting into character as a GM and your game’s “voice” from a designer perspective. #rpg #ttrpg
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May 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Today, @jawska.bsky.social, @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social, and I discuss getting into character as a GM and your game’s “voice” from a designer perspective. #rpg #ttrpg
nerdburgergames.com/rpg-rd-episo...
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At punk show in Baltimore. The drummer has an Edgar Allan Poe tattoo
April 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
At punk show in Baltimore. The drummer has an Edgar Allan Poe tattoo
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We're looking for brave weirdos to join a #ttrpg podcast playing a bunch of monster Agents of the O.D.D! Rules light, easy, you can dip in and out; Mon ET. Interested? Reach out!
@alexlovesbooks.bsky.social @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social @frankhablawi.bsky.social
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@alexlovesbooks.bsky.social @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social @frankhablawi.bsky.social
non-productive.com/the-dungeon-...
The *Dungeon Not Included Recruitment Drive! - Non-Productive.com
Hey gamers! *Dungeon Not Included is looking for a few brave weirdos that want to join us for a roleplaying game podcast! We’re playing a [...]
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April 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We're looking for brave weirdos to join a #ttrpg podcast playing a bunch of monster Agents of the O.D.D! Rules light, easy, you can dip in and out; Mon ET. Interested? Reach out!
@alexlovesbooks.bsky.social @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social @frankhablawi.bsky.social
non-productive.com/the-dungeon-...
@alexlovesbooks.bsky.social @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social @frankhablawi.bsky.social
non-productive.com/the-dungeon-...
Hey, Baltimore folks! Will be in town April 16 and 17, if anyone would like to get together for dinner.
March 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Hey, Baltimore folks! Will be in town April 16 and 17, if anyone would like to get together for dinner.
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The DREAMATION game convention is February 20-23, 2025 in Morristown, NJ. I can offer badges and other help to folks willing to run indie TTRPGs. DM me for details. Boosts appreciated. Hope to see you there! tabletop.events/conventions/...
DREAMATION 2025
tabletop.events
January 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The DREAMATION game convention is February 20-23, 2025 in Morristown, NJ. I can offer badges and other help to folks willing to run indie TTRPGs. DM me for details. Boosts appreciated. Hope to see you there! tabletop.events/conventions/...
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We playtested "Teenage Ninja Fighting School" by @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social and it was pretty great - it uses card decks in a really clever way for fight scenes!
I am really curious to see the final game developed.
🥷🏻🥷🏻
I am really curious to see the final game developed.
🥷🏻🥷🏻
December 9, 2024 at 10:46 AM
We playtested "Teenage Ninja Fighting School" by @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social and it was pretty great - it uses card decks in a really clever way for fight scenes!
I am really curious to see the final game developed.
🥷🏻🥷🏻
I am really curious to see the final game developed.
🥷🏻🥷🏻
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A big thing on my bucket list was to have books of mine sold by IPR!
Really grateful for the team that makes this dream available for myself and others.
Happy 20th, IPR! Here is to 20 more.
Really grateful for the team that makes this dream available for myself and others.
Happy 20th, IPR! Here is to 20 more.
Today is our 20th anniversary! To celebrate we're selling everything at the same price as yesterday and tomorrow.
We're deeply grateful to all our authors, artists, editors, layout people, publishers, retailers, customers, and staff for 20 years of Indie RPGs!
Here's to the next 20!
We're deeply grateful to all our authors, artists, editors, layout people, publishers, retailers, customers, and staff for 20 years of Indie RPGs!
Here's to the next 20!
December 2, 2024 at 11:25 AM
A big thing on my bucket list was to have books of mine sold by IPR!
Really grateful for the team that makes this dream available for myself and others.
Happy 20th, IPR! Here is to 20 more.
Really grateful for the team that makes this dream available for myself and others.
Happy 20th, IPR! Here is to 20 more.
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recently re-read Child of Fire by Harry Connolly something like more than twelve years after I first read it. Great book and it makes me want to re-read the next two Del Rey published, and then the stuff Connolly published on his own after
November 29, 2024 at 10:20 PM
recently re-read Child of Fire by Harry Connolly something like more than twelve years after I first read it. Great book and it makes me want to re-read the next two Del Rey published, and then the stuff Connolly published on his own after
One of my favorite novels (The Way into Chaos)
"This is a fantastic novel, one that instantly sucked me in and kept my rapt attention all the way through."
Posted a review of "The Great Way #1: The Way Into Chaos" by Harry Connolly on my blog.
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December 1, 2024 at 3:26 PM
One of my favorite novels (The Way into Chaos)
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“No Politics” is always a red flag, even when defending your tabletop business
“No Politics” is always a red flag, even when defending your tabletop business
Bigoted money spends, but not without consequences
www.rascal.news
November 25, 2024 at 2:27 PM
“No Politics” is always a red flag, even when defending your tabletop business
Started in my basement! My how you've grown.
So many new followers! Welcome! We're happy to see you.
We should do an introduction thread on Bluesky. We've been selling small press roleplaying and storytelling games since December 1, 2004.
We should do an introduction thread on Bluesky. We've been selling small press roleplaying and storytelling games since December 1, 2004.
November 21, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Started in my basement! My how you've grown.
Went to #Metatopia last weekend, and ran my shonen anime emulator Teenage Ninja Fighting School. It went great! Really successful playtest on some very fresh rules (two weeks of development).
November 13, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Went to #Metatopia last weekend, and ran my shonen anime emulator Teenage Ninja Fighting School. It went great! Really successful playtest on some very fresh rules (two weeks of development).
Just finished re-alphabetizing my game collection after the move (two years ago). I had just unpacked boxes without organizing anything, so this is a huge improvement in me being able to find anything.
November 3, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Just finished re-alphabetizing my game collection after the move (two years ago). I had just unpacked boxes without organizing anything, so this is a huge improvement in me being able to find anything.
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I'm so proud of this piece. I really hope it inspires people who are being mistreated in the industry to speak out
Journalism is an act of service to our communities. I'm so grateful to everyone who trusted me to handle their experience with care.
Any future tips can be sent to rowan@rascal.news
Journalism is an act of service to our communities. I'm so grateful to everyone who trusted me to handle their experience with care.
Any future tips can be sent to rowan@rascal.news
A months-long investigation into tabletop distributor World of Game Design revealed a company characterized as abusive and predatory. The complete picture includes accounts from over a dozen former clients and employees that chart its rise and fall.
Former World of Game Design Employees Claim Tabletop Company Exploits Workers and Clients
“He's either incompetent, or he is intentionally deceiving people. And I think it's a little of both.”
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October 28, 2024 at 6:18 PM
I'm so proud of this piece. I really hope it inspires people who are being mistreated in the industry to speak out
Journalism is an act of service to our communities. I'm so grateful to everyone who trusted me to handle their experience with care.
Any future tips can be sent to rowan@rascal.news
Journalism is an act of service to our communities. I'm so grateful to everyone who trusted me to handle their experience with care.
Any future tips can be sent to rowan@rascal.news
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I have just released the first episode of the #RPGDesignPanelcast from Metatopia 2023 with @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social @metaparadox.bsky.social Jennifer Adcock and myself where we discussed how todevelop and use relationship webs in games, both in tabletop rpgs & larps.
Episode 357: Spinning Relationship Webs | RPG Design Panelcast
Recorded at Metatopia 2023
Presented by Jason Pitre, Jenn Adcock, Brennan Taylor, Olivia Montoya
Larpwrights and tabletop game designers have long relied on the power of complex relationship webs to d...
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November 11, 2023 at 4:45 PM
I have just released the first episode of the #RPGDesignPanelcast from Metatopia 2023 with @brennanrtaylor.bsky.social @metaparadox.bsky.social Jennifer Adcock and myself where we discussed how todevelop and use relationship webs in games, both in tabletop rpgs & larps.
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One of the first lessons we teach in our GM101 sessions is the “Describe, Listen, Judge” cycle. DLJ is a comprehensive framework for understanding what a GM does, and a tool that helps diagnose and correct hiccups and miscommunication at the level of play. Let's break them down🧵
November 2, 2023 at 7:40 PM
One of the first lessons we teach in our GM101 sessions is the “Describe, Listen, Judge” cycle. DLJ is a comprehensive framework for understanding what a GM does, and a tool that helps diagnose and correct hiccups and miscommunication at the level of play. Let's break them down🧵
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Oh, man, I'm reading The Iron Gate by @byharryconnolly.bsky.social and it is so damn good. One of the few books that I've really had to work at putting down so I can sleep.
October 11, 2023 at 3:43 AM
Oh, man, I'm reading The Iron Gate by @byharryconnolly.bsky.social and it is so damn good. One of the few books that I've really had to work at putting down so I can sleep.
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Thousand Arrows: Killers in the Western Paradise was the gaming highlight of my Big Bad Con this year. Here's what went down when the Tokugawa Shōgun sent Yasuke, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Julia Ota, Hattori Masahirō, and Miyamoto Musashi to hunt down a rogue Catholic warlord in Rome, Italy. 1/21
October 8, 2023 at 8:06 PM
Thousand Arrows: Killers in the Western Paradise was the gaming highlight of my Big Bad Con this year. Here's what went down when the Tokugawa Shōgun sent Yasuke, Hasekura Tsunenaga, Julia Ota, Hattori Masahirō, and Miyamoto Musashi to hunt down a rogue Catholic warlord in Rome, Italy. 1/21