Anna Anne Anthropy
@cyborgurl.bsky.social
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Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
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Find my games and zines at https://w.itch.io/
Game designer, writer, educator, cyborg. Chicago, ill, annoyed. Currently available for work!
Banner by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, avatar by Sarah Heng Hartse sarahdrawsacrowd.com
Find my games and zines at https://w.itch.io/
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Need holiday gift ideas? Try this: go to our pre-order store for Art & System and give your loved one a copy of Dog Eat Dog, Princess with a Cursed Sword, and/or The Mountain Witch! Print a receipt or write a message in a card, then watch them enjoy. art-system.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
BIG NEWS
if you missed the art & games crowdfunding campaign, you can now pre-order the bound edition of Princess with a Cursed Sword (and a bunch of other amazing games)
if you missed the art & games crowdfunding campaign, you can now pre-order the bound edition of Princess with a Cursed Sword (and a bunch of other amazing games)
today i have to do the worst thing you'll ever have to do which is make phone calls to american health care companies to try and avoid dying alone in your apartment
January 2, 2026 at 4:17 PM
today i have to do the worst thing you'll ever have to do which is make phone calls to american health care companies to try and avoid dying alone in your apartment
in addition to new year's, my bf and i celebrated another anniversary this week. i don't talk about this aspect of my life on here a lot, but I'm in a really wonderful relationship with someone who is patient and creative and caring and who makes me feel like the most beautiful femme on the planet
January 2, 2026 at 6:06 AM
in addition to new year's, my bf and i celebrated another anniversary this week. i don't talk about this aspect of my life on here a lot, but I'm in a really wonderful relationship with someone who is patient and creative and caring and who makes me feel like the most beautiful femme on the planet
Swordspoint by ellen kushner
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Swordspoint by ellen kushner
playing my ohio boyfriend mta announcements so xe can understand my culture
January 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
playing my ohio boyfriend mta announcements so xe can understand my culture
it has officially been a full decade since i moved to chicago to begin my teaching career. i love this fucking city
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
it has officially been a full decade since i moved to chicago to begin my teaching career. i love this fucking city
a trans woman announced mamdani's inauguration, love that for my hometown
Bernie Wagenblast, best known as the “please stand away from the closing doors” voice is the announcer for Mamdani’s inauguration.
January 1, 2026 at 6:57 PM
a trans woman announced mamdani's inauguration, love that for my hometown
reinstalled lex (the personals- style app where i found my current partner, previous partner, most recent hookups etc) and the vibe there is so tame now. too many people queers posting "a prayer for 2026" instead of "looking for a fat woman to sit on my face"
January 1, 2026 at 6:56 PM
reinstalled lex (the personals- style app where i found my current partner, previous partner, most recent hookups etc) and the vibe there is so tame now. too many people queers posting "a prayer for 2026" instead of "looking for a fat woman to sit on my face"
learned this while working on the original Princess with a Cursed Sword and it's become a load-bearing design principle whenever i do any kind of layout
TTRPG designers, consider making this new years resolution: when designing a pick list of options for a player to circle, make sure that none of the options run across a line break!
It makes circling a nightmare, and it's evidence that you didn't center design and testing on your play materials.
It makes circling a nightmare, and it's evidence that you didn't center design and testing on your play materials.
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 PM
learned this while working on the original Princess with a Cursed Sword and it's become a load-bearing design principle whenever i do any kind of layout
i'm not listing anything i did this year you don't own me
January 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
i'm not listing anything i did this year you don't own me
Reposted by Anna Anne Anthropy
Did you know that I released a new game this year? Going For Broke is a fast-paced, party roleplaying game that tells sitcom stories about a collective house that's scrambling to pay rent. It's cheap, easy to teach, and takes less than an hour to play. Check it out!
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
Going For Broke - Buried Without Ceremony
Going For Broke is a fast-paced sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to get enough money together. Choose one of twelve house members, pick an episode, and dive right in.
buriedwithoutceremony.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Did you know that I released a new game this year? Going For Broke is a fast-paced, party roleplaying game that tells sitcom stories about a collective house that's scrambling to pay rent. It's cheap, easy to teach, and takes less than an hour to play. Check it out!
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
Reposted by Anna Anne Anthropy
It's good she's doing this, but what a gigantic farce and an embarrassment for our entire profession that we're forcing a graduate student to waste precious time away from her studies to battle the Republican grievance machine on her own.
Statement Re: OU Discrimination Investigation
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
Today, my client, Mel Curth, submitted her appeal of the University's Institutional Equity Office finding that she engaged in arbitrary and capricious grading of a student's assignment in violation of that student's religious liberty.
December 30, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's good she's doing this, but what a gigantic farce and an embarrassment for our entire profession that we're forcing a graduate student to waste precious time away from her studies to battle the Republican grievance machine on her own.
i don't know how i ended up with this particular combination of thumbnail image and link on my waterfox start page but it's v funny to me
December 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
i don't know how i ended up with this particular combination of thumbnail image and link on my waterfox start page but it's v funny to me
legitimately my latest zine
Reactionaries truly live in a hell of their own making.
Being mad at things that don't happen mustn't be good for the brain.
Being mad at things that don't happen mustn't be good for the brain.
December 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
legitimately my latest zine
the right loooves to fall for a "why i'm quitting the left" grift, but they can't even compare to big tent libs rushing to embrace the most deranged right-wing monsters over any mild criticism of trump
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
the right loooves to fall for a "why i'm quitting the left" grift, but they can't even compare to big tent libs rushing to embrace the most deranged right-wing monsters over any mild criticism of trump
Reposted by Anna Anne Anthropy
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December 30, 2025 at 3:45 AM
MESSAGE.ANS, 1994-07-17 from Hacker Chronicles 2 (CD-ROM)
starting getting "grief panic attacks" so that's really fun
December 29, 2025 at 11:06 PM
starting getting "grief panic attacks" so that's really fun
marjorie taylor green is a wretched little piece of shit but unfortunately i don't think magic the gathering is much better
December 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
marjorie taylor green is a wretched little piece of shit but unfortunately i don't think magic the gathering is much better
you have just one more week to get my ttrpgs for more expensive as part of my Winter Anti-Sale!
Winter Anti-Sale 2025 by Anna Anthropy
A bundle by Anna Anthropy, $40.50 for 10 games
itch.io
December 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
you have just one more week to get my ttrpgs for more expensive as part of my Winter Anti-Sale!
if you haven't yet, meet my terrible daughter in this month's Fallen London exceptional story, The Stolen Soirée! art by @misterarendt.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
if you haven't yet, meet my terrible daughter in this month's Fallen London exceptional story, The Stolen Soirée! art by @misterarendt.bsky.social
this zzt game has a very good bat animation which looks like this:
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https://museumofzzt.com/file/view/mask10/?file=MASK.ZZT&board=24
“The Mask of Cortez (Version 1.0)” by David Bishop (1993)
[MASK.ZZT] - “MC-SLIDE”
https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/mask10/
“The Mask of Cortez (Version 1.0)” by David Bishop (1993)
[MASK.ZZT] - “MC-SLIDE”
https://museumofzzt.com/file/play/mask10/
December 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
this zzt game has a very good bat animation which looks like this:
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it's 50 degrees in chicago but it's late december so i'm in my apartment with the air conditioners taped up, the windows hermetically sealed and the radiators on full blast – they're set by the building, of course – waiting for the thirty degree drop in temperature that's supposed to come overnight
December 29, 2025 at 3:33 AM
it's 50 degrees in chicago but it's late december so i'm in my apartment with the air conditioners taped up, the windows hermetically sealed and the radiators on full blast – they're set by the building, of course – waiting for the thirty degree drop in temperature that's supposed to come overnight
reading a lore discussion of my fallen london story on the forums and making sounds like "nwehehe" and "hoohoohoo". shout out to the failbetter crew for letting me take some big swings with their setting
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
reading a lore discussion of my fallen london story on the forums and making sounds like "nwehehe" and "hoohoohoo". shout out to the failbetter crew for letting me take some big swings with their setting
this month's Terrordrome Dispatch (my monthly newsletter) has just gone out, or you can read it at the link below
IT SINGS! THE TERRORDROME: DECEMBER 2025
December 2025: Best and worst daughters, Sales and anti-sales, Cyberpunk personals.
buttondown.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
this month's Terrordrome Dispatch (my monthly newsletter) has just gone out, or you can read it at the link below
a new board games with scott video is such a stark reminder of how much worse youtube has gotten in the last several decades
On Christmas morning at 10am EST, I'll be launching a live YouTube premiere of a special 20th anniversary special of Board Games with Scott!
I'll be alone Christmas morning, so if you are in a similar situation (or just want a break), join me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xg...
I'll be alone Christmas morning, so if you are in a similar situation (or just want a break), join me!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2Xg...
Board Games with Scott - 20th Anniversary Special - Critical Games
YouTube video by Scott Nicholson
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
a new board games with scott video is such a stark reminder of how much worse youtube has gotten in the last several decades
i really appreciate this person complimenting my thumbnails because i spent a very long time digging through the untagged pile that is fallen london's thumbnail picker to find ones that were a good fit
i wrote this month's fallen london story btw
i wrote this month's fallen london story btw
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
i really appreciate this person complimenting my thumbnails because i spent a very long time digging through the untagged pile that is fallen london's thumbnail picker to find ones that were a good fit
i wrote this month's fallen london story btw
i wrote this month's fallen london story btw