Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
@gregisonthego.bsky.social
gloringalbright.com
Game designer (Ahoy, 2022; Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, 2022 w/ T.L. Simons; Keep the Faith, 2025).
Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
Game designer (Ahoy, 2022; Bloc by Bloc: Uprising, 2022 w/ T.L. Simons; Keep the Faith, 2025).
Asst.Prof. Game Studies & Game Design @HarrisburgU
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I put down some thoughts about game design, what it’s good for, and what it isn’t good for in this zine!
Plus, a short guide to help get you started making a game if you’ve never done that before: gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
✂️ 🎲 ✊ 🔥
Plus, a short guide to help get you started making a game if you’ve never done that before: gregisonthego.itch.io/rulebooks-fo...
✂️ 🎲 ✊ 🔥
CHECK THIS OUT!!!
(the last two in particular are very exciting to me)
(the last two in particular are very exciting to me)
Next Tuesday, I am launching a 7-day campaign for a collection of four handmade #TTRPG zines.
These are all small-form, one-page, 8-fold, no-staple zines with full games in them.
I'll explain the four zines in this thread.
Thanks for sharing.
See more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tra...
These are all small-form, one-page, 8-fold, no-staple zines with full games in them.
I'll explain the four zines in this thread.
Thanks for sharing.
See more here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tra...
February 2, 2026 at 2:56 PM
CHECK THIS OUT!!!
(the last two in particular are very exciting to me)
(the last two in particular are very exciting to me)
Sunday afternoon Ahoy!
February 1, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Sunday afternoon Ahoy!
Heated Rivalry x The Shire fic when?
Oh, this is easy. Merry and Pippin (who are hobbits, I believe), finally admit their affection for each other, moments after the third book closes. The new couple open an LGBT center for queer hobbits (and all others) in the shire, welcoming the new generation of queer people with open arms.
January 30, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Heated Rivalry x The Shire fic when?
I had a great time teaching Keep the Faith at Stony Point Center last week! These folks weaved some incredible tales of religions that worshipped electricity, educated children, and invoked Coca-Cola as a sacred beverage.
As Keep the Faith nears our warehouses, we are excited to share some recent images from the Theology of Play Convention (TOPCON) hosted by Stony Point Center where participants played the game! (Thanks to @gregisonthego.bsky.social for the pictures!)
January 30, 2026 at 12:54 PM
I had a great time teaching Keep the Faith at Stony Point Center last week! These folks weaved some incredible tales of religions that worshipped electricity, educated children, and invoked Coca-Cola as a sacred beverage.
Thanks to @halflingspy.bsky.social for the kind words about Resilience!
If you want to check out my co-op game of community disaster preparedness, you find it as a PNP here: gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
If you want to check out my co-op game of community disaster preparedness, you find it as a PNP here: gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
January 29, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Thanks to @halflingspy.bsky.social for the kind words about Resilience!
If you want to check out my co-op game of community disaster preparedness, you find it as a PNP here: gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
If you want to check out my co-op game of community disaster preparedness, you find it as a PNP here: gregisonthego.itch.io/resilience
Last chance to get Leviathan, my 18-card Moby Dick game, from PNP Arcade! www.pnparcade.com/products/lev...
(you can still get a print-on-demand version at @thegamecrafter.bsky.social though: www.thegamecrafter.com/games/leviat... )
(you can still get a print-on-demand version at @thegamecrafter.bsky.social though: www.thegamecrafter.com/games/leviat... )
January 28, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Last chance to get Leviathan, my 18-card Moby Dick game, from PNP Arcade! www.pnparcade.com/products/lev...
(you can still get a print-on-demand version at @thegamecrafter.bsky.social though: www.thegamecrafter.com/games/leviat... )
(you can still get a print-on-demand version at @thegamecrafter.bsky.social though: www.thegamecrafter.com/games/leviat... )
If you’re in Central PA in late Feb., come learn about Bitsy, a tiny video game-making tool, with me through a really cool, free, community-hosted organization. DM me for details & signup link.
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
If you’re in Central PA in late Feb., come learn about Bitsy, a tiny video game-making tool, with me through a really cool, free, community-hosted organization. DM me for details & signup link.
Kid‘s drawing of Gandalf has big scamp energy (we are reading the hobbit and they have never seen the Bashki or Jackson movies).
January 27, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Kid‘s drawing of Gandalf has big scamp energy (we are reading the hobbit and they have never seen the Bashki or Jackson movies).
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
Mobile game where you're a tennis player at a protest and you swipe up to return tear gas canisters into CBP van windows
January 27, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Mobile game where you're a tennis player at a protest and you swipe up to return tear gas canisters into CBP van windows
Yesssss I love it! #KTFShareTheLore to share the pictures and stories you create with Keep the Faith.
We love to see it, @gregisonthego.bsky.social! How about #KTFShareTheLore? We're excited to hear the stories and lore from everyone who plays Keep the Faith!
Keep the Faith is beginning to ship to backers! Here's me signing one of the first copies at a small convention I attended last week
If you get a copy, I'd love to see it and see how your Aspects stacked up on different Values as you play. Maybe @cmichpress.bsky.social can propose a good hashtag?
If you get a copy, I'd love to see it and see how your Aspects stacked up on different Values as you play. Maybe @cmichpress.bsky.social can propose a good hashtag?
January 26, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Yesssss I love it! #KTFShareTheLore to share the pictures and stories you create with Keep the Faith.
Keep the Faith is beginning to ship to backers! Here's me signing one of the first copies at a small convention I attended last week
If you get a copy, I'd love to see it and see how your Aspects stacked up on different Values as you play. Maybe @cmichpress.bsky.social can propose a good hashtag?
If you get a copy, I'd love to see it and see how your Aspects stacked up on different Values as you play. Maybe @cmichpress.bsky.social can propose a good hashtag?
January 26, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Keep the Faith is beginning to ship to backers! Here's me signing one of the first copies at a small convention I attended last week
If you get a copy, I'd love to see it and see how your Aspects stacked up on different Values as you play. Maybe @cmichpress.bsky.social can propose a good hashtag?
If you get a copy, I'd love to see it and see how your Aspects stacked up on different Values as you play. Maybe @cmichpress.bsky.social can propose a good hashtag?
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
January 26, 2026 at 3:36 AM
imgaine getting sent packing with your ass in your own two hands by some of the nicest people in the world and then showing up in a city that is famous for booing santa claus
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
Friday night. The perfect time for some smuggling and general piracy.
January 23, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Friday night. The perfect time for some smuggling and general piracy.
Follow Marceline and @blockcollectives.bsky.social to stay up to date on the pressure campaign against Upper Deck. Keep transphobia out of the board gaming hobby!
Reminder that it is always worth making good trouble. 😈
Thanks so much BGW for your coverage on the ongoing Upper Deck issues!
Thanks so much BGW for your coverage on the ongoing Upper Deck issues!
Tabletop Game Designers Association urges Legendary series publisher Upper Deck not to make a Harry Potter board game after company celebrates licensing deal:
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
@ttgda.bsky.social @upperdeckent.bsky.social @marcelineleiman.bsky.social
boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
@ttgda.bsky.social @upperdeckent.bsky.social @marcelineleiman.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Follow Marceline and @blockcollectives.bsky.social to stay up to date on the pressure campaign against Upper Deck. Keep transphobia out of the board gaming hobby!
Quinn is great designer and a good due, and you should sign up to be notified about this game
Also coming up is the Backerkit campaign for Five Fires, a TTRPG about 80s hip-hop. It's my love letter to Beat Street and Wild Style and it launches February 25th! Please sign up to be notified on launch (repost with proper link):
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
Get Ready for Five Fires
From Thoughtcrime Games LLC - Get Ready for Five Fires
www.backerkit.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Quinn is great designer and a good due, and you should sign up to be notified about this game
Ranged Touch is great. I listen to Game Studies Study Buddies, which has improved my scholarship and clarified my thinking around games, and Shelved by Genre, which is just good fun.
Today is my birthday and all I’m asking for is for you to support and/or talk about your favorite Ranged Touch show or project!
Patreon.com/rangedtouch
Patreon.com/rangedtouch
January 21, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Ranged Touch is great. I listen to Game Studies Study Buddies, which has improved my scholarship and clarified my thinking around games, and Shelved by Genre, which is just good fun.
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
Upper Deck has announced that they have acquired the Harry Potter license for a series of trading cards. They have not yet said that they will be using this license for games, and we urge them to refrain from doing so, to help keep gaming a welcoming environment.
The leadership of the Tabletop Game Designers Association was disappointed to see the publisher CGE touting Codenames: Back to Hogwarts, a new Harry Potter-themed version of Codenames.
January 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Upper Deck has announced that they have acquired the Harry Potter license for a series of trading cards. They have not yet said that they will be using this license for games, and we urge them to refrain from doing so, to help keep gaming a welcoming environment.
January 17, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Playing some Unmatched in my third-year game design course today thanks to a generous donation from @restorationgames.bsky.social! Currently working on tightly scoped playtesting questions like "What is the health differential between Red Riding Hood and Beowulf (checked at 5-turn intervals)?"
January 16, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Playing some Unmatched in my third-year game design course today thanks to a generous donation from @restorationgames.bsky.social! Currently working on tightly scoped playtesting questions like "What is the health differential between Red Riding Hood and Beowulf (checked at 5-turn intervals)?"
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
they are weak. finish them
NEW: As the chaotic scenes from Minnesota play out around the clock, Axios has learned that some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach.
Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling.
Trump's team recently reviewed private GOP polling that showed support for his immigration policies falling.
Trump's immigration erosion worries his team
Some Trump advisers quietly are talking about "recalibrating" the White House's approach — though it's unclear what changes Trump would embrace, if any.
www.axios.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
they are weak. finish them
Asking for an interested third party: what are some good gear recommendations (cameras, mics, lights, etc) for streaming board games and RPGs?
I already mentioned virtual tabletops to them
I already mentioned virtual tabletops to them
January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Asking for an interested third party: what are some good gear recommendations (cameras, mics, lights, etc) for streaming board games and RPGs?
I already mentioned virtual tabletops to them
I already mentioned virtual tabletops to them
🏴 All we have is each other 🏴
I try to maintain some emotional distance while writing, which is an analytical exercise for me.
But I wept through much of this, because the videos of Trump’s fascist assault are hard viewing.
But they also convinced me we will win. Here’s why.
www.salon.com/2026/01/14/r...
But I wept through much of this, because the videos of Trump’s fascist assault are hard viewing.
But they also convinced me we will win. Here’s why.
www.salon.com/2026/01/14/r...
Resistance moms will save us
Renee Good's courage shows our best hope lays with ordinary people
www.salon.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
🏴 All we have is each other 🏴
I’m floored by Dan’s thoughtful, thorny, personal engagement with Keep the Faith.
“As a historiographical toolkit, it’s without parallel. Just flipping through the cards is a useful exercise, demonstrating how faith and religion can intersect with things both large and benign”
Thank you!
“As a historiographical toolkit, it’s without parallel. Just flipping through the cards is a useful exercise, demonstrating how faith and religion can intersect with things both large and benign”
Thank you!
Keep the Faith is a hybrid tabletop/roleplaying game by @gregisonthego.bsky.social that explores a religion in transition. As if there were any other kind! My review: spacebiff.com/2026/01/13/k...
Faith in Crisis/Transition/Expansion
It’s hard, maybe impossible, to not put yourself into Keep the Faith, the latest board game by Greg Loring-Albright. Going in, I always tell myself the same thing. This time, I say, the relig…
spacebiff.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I’m floored by Dan’s thoughtful, thorny, personal engagement with Keep the Faith.
“As a historiographical toolkit, it’s without parallel. Just flipping through the cards is a useful exercise, demonstrating how faith and religion can intersect with things both large and benign”
Thank you!
“As a historiographical toolkit, it’s without parallel. Just flipping through the cards is a useful exercise, demonstrating how faith and religion can intersect with things both large and benign”
Thank you!
Gotta keep up with my Shelved by Genre reading list.
January 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
Gotta keep up with my Shelved by Genre reading list.
Reposted by Greg Loring-Albright (he/him)
LAUNCHING IN MARCH! Defenders of the Wild 2nd Edition & Critter Moon Expansion is coming to Kickstarter. Please follow our pre-launch page to be notified when we go live 🧡 Many more details coming soon...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/out...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/out...
Coming soon: Defenders of the Wild 2nd Edition & Critter Moon Expansion
Rage against the machines in this updated 2nd edition & new expansion of the critically acclaimed cooperative game!
www.kickstarter.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
LAUNCHING IN MARCH! Defenders of the Wild 2nd Edition & Critter Moon Expansion is coming to Kickstarter. Please follow our pre-launch page to be notified when we go live 🧡 Many more details coming soon...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/out...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/out...