Gowanusaurus rex
@gowanusaurusrex.bsky.social
Playwright turned game maker.
https://gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/
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Other People by Gowanusaurus Rex
Three players assume the roles of three damned souls condemned to share a hotel room for eternity.
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io
Just in time for New Year's Eve, here's my take on Jean-Paul Sartre's classic French drama NO EXIT... but in #LARP form! This is my first attempt at the genre, written for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam over on itch.io
Wound up posting this way, way later than I was hoping to, but it's here! Let me know what you think, or whether this lines up with what you've been finding as you read the game docs.
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Wound up posting this way, way later than I was hoping to, but it's here! Let me know what you think, or whether this lines up with what you've been finding as you read the game docs.
Christmas mode deactivated
January 7, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Christmas mode deactivated
I’m a really big fan of RA Carter’s work, which I first came across because weeks both made Bitsy games based on Borges stories. Fascinating, engrossing, and full Of endless, delightful possibility.
My offering for any passing traffic, if some relief from online despair is needed - a whole series of Bitsy games that depict unusual little worlds and invite you to meditate with them. racarter.itch.io #bitsy #games #gaming
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I’m a really big fan of RA Carter’s work, which I first came across because weeks both made Bitsy games based on Borges stories. Fascinating, engrossing, and full Of endless, delightful possibility.
Happy 12th Night, everyone! I'm writing a blog about how the first playtest of MERELY PLAYERS went, and some changes I want to implement going forward and try in the next playtest, but here's the link to the current demo in the meantime... gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/merely-players
January 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Happy 12th Night, everyone! I'm writing a blog about how the first playtest of MERELY PLAYERS went, and some changes I want to implement going forward and try in the next playtest, but here's the link to the current demo in the meantime... gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/merely-players
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Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
What to randomise when you’re randomising
You may have noticed that a common theme in my reviews is that I criticise people’s random tables: Their wilderness generators, their wandering monsters, their weather tables, their treasure …
idlecartulary.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Surprise post! Randomisation errors and how to avoid sabotaging your model with bad use of randomisation! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/06/w... #osr
A good tip for narrative more generally.
Reframing my GM mindset from “challenge comes from threatening the PCs’ lives” to “challenge comes from threatening their goals” has made my experience at the table more fun.
The tension can come from the chance of them completing their goals rather than the possibility of death.
#ttrpg
The tension can come from the chance of them completing their goals rather than the possibility of death.
#ttrpg
January 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
A good tip for narrative more generally.
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Hey, that's me! Inspired by my conversation with @newmadras.bsky.social, I dig into what it means to think about solo rpgs as "open-ended" or "close-ended" and what makes solo RPGs replayable. I end by considering what these ideas could mean for traditional, group RPGs.
I hope you check it out!!
I hope you check it out!!
Diving into 2026, the Lone Toad continues guest posts with Asa Donald of Backward Tabletop. Asa talks about Open-Ended and Close-Ended Solo RPGs, and how traditional play can learn from them.
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Solo RPGs: An open or shut case?
On Open-Ended and Close-Ended Solo RPGs and what group play can learn from them. | Guest post from Asa of Backwards Tabletop
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January 2, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Hey, that's me! Inspired by my conversation with @newmadras.bsky.social, I dig into what it means to think about solo rpgs as "open-ended" or "close-ended" and what makes solo RPGs replayable. I end by considering what these ideas could mean for traditional, group RPGs.
I hope you check it out!!
I hope you check it out!!
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Remember when Bone was in Disney Adventures magazine? I certainly do, so I dug into the story behind its time there, talking with @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social, @comixace.bsky.social, Marv Wolfman, and @cliffchiang.bsky.social about the how it all came together and its impact.
“It Kind of Changed My Life”: The Story of Bone’s Time in Disney Adventures, From the People Who Made It Happen - SKTCHD
While it might be difficult to imagine in 2025, a magazine was one of the biggest deals for kids back in the 1990s. Disney Adventures, a monthly, digest-sized publication, was loaded with everything t...
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December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Remember when Bone was in Disney Adventures magazine? I certainly do, so I dug into the story behind its time there, talking with @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social, @comixace.bsky.social, Marv Wolfman, and @cliffchiang.bsky.social about the how it all came together and its impact.
lollll
El final de Stranger Things es que nunca hay que jugar a D&D porque es el demonio y os atrapará para siempre en un bucle. Lo que hay que hacer es jugar a otros juegos chulos de itchio
(Ni puta idea de que va Stranger Things porque no me gusta)
(Ni puta idea de que va Stranger Things porque no me gusta)
January 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
lollll
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Nine Delights 2026
January 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Nine Delights 2026
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"This Moment is Our Proof" by Poet Cornelius Eady.
youtu.be/vTjdjw6a-is?...
youtu.be/vTjdjw6a-is?...
“This Moment Is Our Proof”: Poet Cornelius Eady Stuns Crowd at Mamdani's Inauguration | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
"This Moment is Our Proof" by Poet Cornelius Eady.
youtu.be/vTjdjw6a-is?...
youtu.be/vTjdjw6a-is?...
"mortifying"
okay
okay
Take a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026.
Let's. Go.
Let's. Go.
January 2, 2026 at 1:18 AM
"mortifying"
okay
okay
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I did improvised singing??? In an Actual Play??? for the first time ever and I didn't suck ass and I'm not going to shut up about it anytime soon thank you.
Go listen to Last Train to Bremen on One Shot and then go congratulate @rpgmajor.bsky.social on their major arc finale for their campaign!!!
Go listen to Last Train to Bremen on One Shot and then go congratulate @rpgmajor.bsky.social on their major arc finale for their campaign!!!
December 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I did improvised singing??? In an Actual Play??? for the first time ever and I didn't suck ass and I'm not going to shut up about it anytime soon thank you.
Go listen to Last Train to Bremen on One Shot and then go congratulate @rpgmajor.bsky.social on their major arc finale for their campaign!!!
Go listen to Last Train to Bremen on One Shot and then go congratulate @rpgmajor.bsky.social on their major arc finale for their campaign!!!
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This sentiment was originally meant as part of a discussion in a broader #TTRPG discourse, however, I think it is beautiful in & of itself.
*This* is what I want to most try to remember in 2026, as AI continues to plague our existence; I want to create, and to work, and to love Human creation 🤲
*This* is what I want to most try to remember in 2026, as AI continues to plague our existence; I want to create, and to work, and to love Human creation 🤲
Alas, it is labor. For joy, it is labor.
God alone cannot do all the work.
If you crave meaning, find it. Build it. It is not hard. It just takes labor to capture the full meaning of expression you wish to convey.
In a world of infatuation, learn what love is - and be driven by it unto madness.
God alone cannot do all the work.
If you crave meaning, find it. Build it. It is not hard. It just takes labor to capture the full meaning of expression you wish to convey.
In a world of infatuation, learn what love is - and be driven by it unto madness.
January 1, 2026 at 4:22 AM
This sentiment was originally meant as part of a discussion in a broader #TTRPG discourse, however, I think it is beautiful in & of itself.
*This* is what I want to most try to remember in 2026, as AI continues to plague our existence; I want to create, and to work, and to love Human creation 🤲
*This* is what I want to most try to remember in 2026, as AI continues to plague our existence; I want to create, and to work, and to love Human creation 🤲
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All it takes is one bad gig.
December 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM
All it takes is one bad gig.
The place I’m eating dinner for NYE tonight as a rabbit dish on the menu. Feels good, feels right.
Okay, so my second #LARP entry for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam, THE COTTONTAILS, may take a little more time than I was hoping. (Holidays, and all.) That said, the page is up and I have a three page preview available for free download!
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
January 1, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The place I’m eating dinner for NYE tonight as a rabbit dish on the menu. Feels good, feels right.
Okay, so my second #LARP entry for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam, THE COTTONTAILS, may take a little more time than I was hoping. (Holidays, and all.) That said, the page is up and I have a three page preview available for free download!
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Okay, so my second #LARP entry for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam, THE COTTONTAILS, may take a little more time than I was hoping. (Holidays, and all.) That said, the page is up and I have a three page preview available for free download!
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
Frustratingly, I don't think I'm going to be able to finish my second LARP in time for the deadline, but I'll release a preview of it...
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Frustratingly, I don't think I'm going to be able to finish my second LARP in time for the deadline, but I'll release a preview of it...
Doing homework...
Rabbits (2002) A Short Film by David Lynch
YouTube video by Movie Matinee - Short Films Every Week
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December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Doing homework...
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New to the #SoloRPG List: OFFPLANET from Ravendesk Games
A Golden-Age Retro-Future Solo Space Survival Game.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...
A Golden-Age Retro-Future Solo Space Survival Game.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...
December 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
New to the #SoloRPG List: OFFPLANET from Ravendesk Games
A Golden-Age Retro-Future Solo Space Survival Game.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...
A Golden-Age Retro-Future Solo Space Survival Game.
CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.php?i...
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Tumblr screenshot relevant to the tone of Seething lol
You can grab this game and many more wonderful projects in the Bundle with Benefits, which ends in the next few hours!
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
You can grab this game and many more wonderful projects in the Bundle with Benefits, which ends in the next few hours!
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
December 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Tumblr screenshot relevant to the tone of Seething lol
You can grab this game and many more wonderful projects in the Bundle with Benefits, which ends in the next few hours!
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
You can grab this game and many more wonderful projects in the Bundle with Benefits, which ends in the next few hours!
itch.io/b/3377/bundl...
A cool surprise I woke up to: OTHER PEOPLE has garnered more single-day views and downloads than any other project I’ve shared so far.
Just in time for New Year's Eve, here's my take on Jean-Paul Sartre's classic French drama NO EXIT... but in #LARP form! This is my first attempt at the genre, written for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam over on itch.io
Other People by Gowanusaurus Rex
Three players assume the roles of three damned souls condemned to share a hotel room for eternity.
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io
December 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A cool surprise I woke up to: OTHER PEOPLE has garnered more single-day views and downloads than any other project I’ve shared so far.
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"People didn't put politics in their gaming in the old days".
The year is 1969, a 25 year old Jim Dunnigan designs the wargame "Up Against the Wall, Motherf*****", a game about the student demonstrations at Columbia. One player plays the Administration and the other the Radicals.
The year is 1969, a 25 year old Jim Dunnigan designs the wargame "Up Against the Wall, Motherf*****", a game about the student demonstrations at Columbia. One player plays the Administration and the other the Radicals.
December 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM
"People didn't put politics in their gaming in the old days".
The year is 1969, a 25 year old Jim Dunnigan designs the wargame "Up Against the Wall, Motherf*****", a game about the student demonstrations at Columbia. One player plays the Administration and the other the Radicals.
The year is 1969, a 25 year old Jim Dunnigan designs the wargame "Up Against the Wall, Motherf*****", a game about the student demonstrations at Columbia. One player plays the Administration and the other the Radicals.
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it's finally FINALLY time: INFINITE REVOLUTION, my star-powered, zodiac-inspired exosuit dogfighter RPG, is finished, crowdfunded, and publicly released!!
Spin up your Revolver Drive, defend the stars, fall in love, burn up, and remember—THE ONLY THING BRIGHTER THAN YOU IS MORE OF YOU🌠
Link ⬇️
Spin up your Revolver Drive, defend the stars, fall in love, burn up, and remember—THE ONLY THING BRIGHTER THAN YOU IS MORE OF YOU🌠
Link ⬇️
December 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
it's finally FINALLY time: INFINITE REVOLUTION, my star-powered, zodiac-inspired exosuit dogfighter RPG, is finished, crowdfunded, and publicly released!!
Spin up your Revolver Drive, defend the stars, fall in love, burn up, and remember—THE ONLY THING BRIGHTER THAN YOU IS MORE OF YOU🌠
Link ⬇️
Spin up your Revolver Drive, defend the stars, fall in love, burn up, and remember—THE ONLY THING BRIGHTER THAN YOU IS MORE OF YOU🌠
Link ⬇️