Bright Bard Games - Axolotl with a Gun 2E
@brightbard.bsky.social
TTRPG publisher making games about little guys doing their best, everyday magic, and weird space wizards. Run by Jon Boyle & Bri de Danann.
Zinequest: https://tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
Games: https://brightbardgames.com/
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Zinequest: https://tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
Games: https://brightbardgames.com/
PDFs: https://brightbardgames.itch.io/
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Axolotl with a Gun: An Arcade-Style Roleplaying Game
Play as armed axolotls with weaponized hobbies fighting hordes of evil robots in this arcade-style, coin-op tabletop roleplaying game.
www.kickstarter.com
We are live for Zinequest!
The horrors persist, and so must you: An adorable axolotl with cute hobbies, metal regenerating powers, and a big 'ol gun.
Fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wetland wildlife!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
The horrors persist, and so must you: An adorable axolotl with cute hobbies, metal regenerating powers, and a big 'ol gun.
Fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wetland wildlife!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
The end of the Month draws near and our community in Minnesota still need our support ❤️
If you are looking for a bit of whimsy and activism in your life, The Digital and Physical edition sale on our Itch and Website is still going strong until Feb 28th!
More info in the thread below 👇
If you are looking for a bit of whimsy and activism in your life, The Digital and Physical edition sale on our Itch and Website is still going strong until Feb 28th!
More info in the thread below 👇
In an effort to aid our community and offer opportunities for play to our neighbors affected by ICE raids, we've made Axolotl with a Gun and Trash to Treasure pay what you want on Itch through February. All proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
brightbardgames.itch.io
brightbardgames.itch.io
February 19, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The end of the Month draws near and our community in Minnesota still need our support ❤️
If you are looking for a bit of whimsy and activism in your life, The Digital and Physical edition sale on our Itch and Website is still going strong until Feb 28th!
More info in the thread below 👇
If you are looking for a bit of whimsy and activism in your life, The Digital and Physical edition sale on our Itch and Website is still going strong until Feb 28th!
More info in the thread below 👇
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Tons of fun stuff in the mailer this week, from a few of the AwaG 2e achievements to all @bridanann.bsky.social and I's favorite projects from this week!
Our mailer went out today! Jon talks about what's next for Axolotl with a Gun on Kickstarter, covers about some of the new achievements you can chase in your session, and highlights projects we've had our eye on this week.
🧵 below on the projects we love!
Read the full mailer: eepurl.com/jzHkBY
🧵 below on the projects we love!
Read the full mailer: eepurl.com/jzHkBY
Achievement Unlocked: Fully Funded!
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February 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Tons of fun stuff in the mailer this week, from a few of the AwaG 2e achievements to all @bridanann.bsky.social and I's favorite projects from this week!
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We're already pretty close to our next stretch goal! Very excited to print some physical copies of Axolotl with a Gun: Armed and Dangerous.
A little teaser of my favorite new "class" from the expansion zine, THE EXPERIMENTAL RAILGUN:
A little teaser of my favorite new "class" from the expansion zine, THE EXPERIMENTAL RAILGUN:
February 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
We're already pretty close to our next stretch goal! Very excited to print some physical copies of Axolotl with a Gun: Armed and Dangerous.
A little teaser of my favorite new "class" from the expansion zine, THE EXPERIMENTAL RAILGUN:
A little teaser of my favorite new "class" from the expansion zine, THE EXPERIMENTAL RAILGUN:
Our mailer went out today! Jon talks about what's next for Axolotl with a Gun on Kickstarter, covers about some of the new achievements you can chase in your session, and highlights projects we've had our eye on this week.
🧵 below on the projects we love!
Read the full mailer: eepurl.com/jzHkBY
🧵 below on the projects we love!
Read the full mailer: eepurl.com/jzHkBY
Achievement Unlocked: Fully Funded!
us21.campaign-archive.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Our mailer went out today! Jon talks about what's next for Axolotl with a Gun on Kickstarter, covers about some of the new achievements you can chase in your session, and highlights projects we've had our eye on this week.
🧵 below on the projects we love!
Read the full mailer: eepurl.com/jzHkBY
🧵 below on the projects we love!
Read the full mailer: eepurl.com/jzHkBY
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AXOLOTL WITH A GUN 2E IS FULLY FUNDED 🤯🥳🥳🥳
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
February 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
AXOLOTL WITH A GUN 2E IS FULLY FUNDED 🤯🥳🥳🥳
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
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i'll be recording an overview of THE WAY OUT later today, game three of The Endtimes Trilogy. Back it now:
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The Endtimes Trilogy
Live through the end of the world again and again with this set of three standalone roleplaying games for 2-5 players.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
i'll be recording an overview of THE WAY OUT later today, game three of The Endtimes Trilogy. Back it now:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
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Posted a little update that talks about what comes next and also highlights a few other projects we're excited about!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
Update 2: Project Update: Funded! + What's Next · Axolotl with a Gun: An Arcade-Style Roleplaying Game
Happy Monday gang!Axolotl with a Gun is Funded!Thank you so much for your support this month. Whether it was sharing the campaign with friends, pledging for Axolotl with a Gun, or picking up copies of...
www.kickstarter.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Posted a little update that talks about what comes next and also highlights a few other projects we're excited about!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
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Will you hunt the Questing Beast?
Exploring how Glatisant, a GM-less TTRPG for two players, uses specific communication limits and a secret victory condition to create an Arthurian story: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/glatisant
#ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Exploring how Glatisant, a GM-less TTRPG for two players, uses specific communication limits and a secret victory condition to create an Arthurian story: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/glatisant
#ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Limited communication in Glatisant
Exploring how Glatisant, a GM-less TTRPG for two players, uses specific communication limits and a secret victory condition to create an Arthurian story. Also: Vote in the Bloggies!
www.skeletoncodemachine.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Will you hunt the Questing Beast?
Exploring how Glatisant, a GM-less TTRPG for two players, uses specific communication limits and a secret victory condition to create an Arthurian story: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/glatisant
#ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Exploring how Glatisant, a GM-less TTRPG for two players, uses specific communication limits and a secret victory condition to create an Arthurian story: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/glatisant
#ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
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Oh hey, we're live with @brightbard.bsky.social to chat trash and axolotls and more!
go here 👇
www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
go here 👇
www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
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Hunter and Ryan host a tabletop podcast that discusses and reviews ttrpgs, skirmish and war games, board games, solo games, adventures, and more.
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February 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Oh hey, we're live with @brightbard.bsky.social to chat trash and axolotls and more!
go here 👇
www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
go here 👇
www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
We're live chatting with Ryan from The Weekly Scroll!!
Come and hang out!
Come and hang out!
Oh hey, we're live with @brightbard.bsky.social to chat trash and axolotls and more!
go here 👇
www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
go here 👇
www.twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
TheWeeklyScroll - Twitch
Hunter and Ryan host a tabletop podcast that discusses and reviews ttrpgs, skirmish and war games, board games, solo games, adventures, and more.
www.twitch.tv
February 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
We're live chatting with Ryan from The Weekly Scroll!!
Come and hang out!
Come and hang out!
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We're fully funded with more than a week to spare! 🥳🥳🥳
Thanks to everyone who's shared and pledged the last couple weeks, I'm super excited to see this edition in print!
Next stop is at 5k for printed expansion zines 👀
Thanks to everyone who's shared and pledged the last couple weeks, I'm super excited to see this edition in print!
Next stop is at 5k for printed expansion zines 👀
AXOLOTL WITH A GUN 2E IS FULLY FUNDED 🤯🥳🥳🥳
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
February 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
We're fully funded with more than a week to spare! 🥳🥳🥳
Thanks to everyone who's shared and pledged the last couple weeks, I'm super excited to see this edition in print!
Next stop is at 5k for printed expansion zines 👀
Thanks to everyone who's shared and pledged the last couple weeks, I'm super excited to see this edition in print!
Next stop is at 5k for printed expansion zines 👀
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WE DID IT 🥳🥳
More Axolotls are on the way from yours truly ❤️ I cannot WAIT
More Axolotls are on the way from yours truly ❤️ I cannot WAIT
AXOLOTL WITH A GUN 2E IS FULLY FUNDED 🤯🥳🥳🥳
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
February 16, 2026 at 10:56 PM
WE DID IT 🥳🥳
More Axolotls are on the way from yours truly ❤️ I cannot WAIT
More Axolotls are on the way from yours truly ❤️ I cannot WAIT
AXOLOTL WITH A GUN 2E IS FULLY FUNDED 🤯🥳🥳🥳
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
February 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM
AXOLOTL WITH A GUN 2E IS FULLY FUNDED 🤯🥳🥳🥳
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
A huge thank you to everyone who has supported us this far and made the physical edition of this game a reality!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
We are $167 away from being funded!!! 😱😱
Who wants to get us over the hump and make Axolotl with a Gun 2E a reality!
Who wants to get us over the hump and make Axolotl with a Gun 2E a reality!
February 16, 2026 at 6:16 PM
We are $167 away from being funded!!! 😱😱
Who wants to get us over the hump and make Axolotl with a Gun 2E a reality!
Who wants to get us over the hump and make Axolotl with a Gun 2E a reality!
We are $408 away from being funded!
We can feel it in our bones, anyone want to help us get over this hump for the end of week 2
We can feel it in our bones, anyone want to help us get over this hump for the end of week 2
February 15, 2026 at 3:57 PM
We are $408 away from being funded!
We can feel it in our bones, anyone want to help us get over this hump for the end of week 2
We can feel it in our bones, anyone want to help us get over this hump for the end of week 2
We hit 100 backers!!! 😱
February 14, 2026 at 11:37 PM
We hit 100 backers!!! 😱
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80% funded!! 🥳
Let's keep this momentum going and get Axolotl with a Gun 2E funded by end of week 2 😤
Let's keep this momentum going and get Axolotl with a Gun 2E funded by end of week 2 😤
February 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
80% funded!! 🥳
Let's keep this momentum going and get Axolotl with a Gun 2E funded by end of week 2 😤
Let's keep this momentum going and get Axolotl with a Gun 2E funded by end of week 2 😤
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Come on! This has to fund for the title alone! (Axolotls are super cool, btw.)
Axolotl with a Gun has been live for a week! If you're just now catching up on our arcade-style tabletop RPG, here's a little 🧵about it, plus everything you get on the Kickstarter campaign!
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
February 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Come on! This has to fund for the title alone! (Axolotls are super cool, btw.)
Happy Valentine's Day gamers ❤️
Need a game to play with your partner this evening? Check out Beloved! It's a game about romance in the small moments of your relationship.
Observe, journal and tie thread and this game you play once a year and also every day
brightbardgames.com/products/beloved
Need a game to play with your partner this evening? Check out Beloved! It's a game about romance in the small moments of your relationship.
Observe, journal and tie thread and this game you play once a year and also every day
brightbardgames.com/products/beloved
February 14, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Happy Valentine's Day gamers ❤️
Need a game to play with your partner this evening? Check out Beloved! It's a game about romance in the small moments of your relationship.
Observe, journal and tie thread and this game you play once a year and also every day
brightbardgames.com/products/beloved
Need a game to play with your partner this evening? Check out Beloved! It's a game about romance in the small moments of your relationship.
Observe, journal and tie thread and this game you play once a year and also every day
brightbardgames.com/products/beloved
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It's been nice to be surrounded by people who are excited about the power of community and storytelling in Minnesota ❤️
Being able to balance the horrors and whimsy is an incredible talent
Being able to balance the horrors and whimsy is an incredible talent
End of the day at our first Con of the year! Thanks to everyone who stopped by today and bought some games!
We'll be at Con of the North tomorrow and Sunday as well for more gaming shenanigans
We'll be at Con of the North tomorrow and Sunday as well for more gaming shenanigans
February 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
It's been nice to be surrounded by people who are excited about the power of community and storytelling in Minnesota ❤️
Being able to balance the horrors and whimsy is an incredible talent
Being able to balance the horrors and whimsy is an incredible talent
That's us! We're part of the interesting TTRPG crowd!
Check out this episode and listen to Jon talk about Axolotl with a again 2E
Check out this episode and listen to Jon talk about Axolotl with a again 2E
New episode!!!
The second Zine Fest episode is now available!!! Hear about more interesting TTRPGs available now!!
This episode features:
@brightbard.bsky.social
@artbyrecluse.bsky.social
@jellyfishlines.itch.io
The second Zine Fest episode is now available!!! Hear about more interesting TTRPGs available now!!
This episode features:
@brightbard.bsky.social
@artbyrecluse.bsky.social
@jellyfishlines.itch.io
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An interview podcast where I talk to cool people about the amazing things they're working on!!!Bluesky! - https://bsky.app/profile/whatchadoingpod.bsky.socialYouTube! - https://www.youtube.com/playlis...
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February 14, 2026 at 8:44 PM
That's us! We're part of the interesting TTRPG crowd!
Check out this episode and listen to Jon talk about Axolotl with a again 2E
Check out this episode and listen to Jon talk about Axolotl with a again 2E
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New episode!!!
The second Zine Fest episode is now available!!! Hear about more interesting TTRPGs available now!!
This episode features:
@brightbard.bsky.social
@artbyrecluse.bsky.social
@jellyfishlines.itch.io
The second Zine Fest episode is now available!!! Hear about more interesting TTRPGs available now!!
This episode features:
@brightbard.bsky.social
@artbyrecluse.bsky.social
@jellyfishlines.itch.io
Whatcha Doing? | Podcast on RSS.com
An interview podcast where I talk to cool people about the amazing things they're working on!!!Bluesky! - https://bsky.app/profile/whatchadoingpod.bsky.socialYouTube! - https://www.youtube.com/playlis...
rss.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
New episode!!!
The second Zine Fest episode is now available!!! Hear about more interesting TTRPGs available now!!
This episode features:
@brightbard.bsky.social
@artbyrecluse.bsky.social
@jellyfishlines.itch.io
The second Zine Fest episode is now available!!! Hear about more interesting TTRPGs available now!!
This episode features:
@brightbard.bsky.social
@artbyrecluse.bsky.social
@jellyfishlines.itch.io
End of the day at our first Con of the year! Thanks to everyone who stopped by today and bought some games!
We'll be at Con of the North tomorrow and Sunday as well for more gaming shenanigans
We'll be at Con of the North tomorrow and Sunday as well for more gaming shenanigans
February 13, 2026 at 11:58 PM
End of the day at our first Con of the year! Thanks to everyone who stopped by today and bought some games!
We'll be at Con of the North tomorrow and Sunday as well for more gaming shenanigans
We'll be at Con of the North tomorrow and Sunday as well for more gaming shenanigans
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I have so many questions about @residentbard.bsky.social 's game. Why an Axolotl? What are the wider narrative implications when your only tool against the robot uprising is violence? Can my axolotl juggle?
So many questions, and I'm willing to pay $10 to find out. www.wargamer.com
So many questions, and I'm willing to pay $10 to find out. www.wargamer.com
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February 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I have so many questions about @residentbard.bsky.social 's game. Why an Axolotl? What are the wider narrative implications when your only tool against the robot uprising is violence? Can my axolotl juggle?
So many questions, and I'm willing to pay $10 to find out. www.wargamer.com
So many questions, and I'm willing to pay $10 to find out. www.wargamer.com
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New episode!!!
For February we're trying something a little different!!!
I asked creators that were crowdfunding zines this months to answer a handful of questions and edited together the responses!
This episode features @matthewayers.bsky.social @binarystar.games and @youarebeheld.bsky.social
For February we're trying something a little different!!!
I asked creators that were crowdfunding zines this months to answer a handful of questions and edited together the responses!
This episode features @matthewayers.bsky.social @binarystar.games and @youarebeheld.bsky.social
Feburary Zine Fest - Part 1! | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
The 41st episode!In special episode we're hearing from a handful of different creators about their current zine game crowdfunding campaigns! (Avoiding specific brand words feels wild!)If you have thou...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM
New episode!!!
For February we're trying something a little different!!!
I asked creators that were crowdfunding zines this months to answer a handful of questions and edited together the responses!
This episode features @matthewayers.bsky.social @binarystar.games and @youarebeheld.bsky.social
For February we're trying something a little different!!!
I asked creators that were crowdfunding zines this months to answer a handful of questions and edited together the responses!
This episode features @matthewayers.bsky.social @binarystar.games and @youarebeheld.bsky.social