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Share this season of long nights with your closest undead friend.
cmichpress.bsky.social Central Michigan University Press @cmichpress.bsky.social · 20d
We just launched a new mod for Five Hundred Year Old Vampire. The Cracked Mirror is an epistolary duet filled with opportunities to explore the story of vampires and their memories. Donate now for early access to this mod before it is released as a free product in 2026: https://bit.ly/3Jre3OL
Cracked mirror with two illustrated gray faces with red eyes staring ahead. Mirror is ornate and black. Text The Cracked Mirror An Epistolary Duet for Five Hundred Year Old Vampire.
October 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Proud to be the 2nd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Art & System: Games for Expanded Play! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/c...
Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch
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October 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Crowdfunding soon: Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition) by game designer, author, and educator @cyborgurl.bsky.social. Catch up with her actual play of Thaumaturge, the edition's new RPG, at https://bit.ly/4pByJUC in Dev log.
BackerKit: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn
Art: @evlynmoreau.bsky.social
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September 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition) will include a written vignette by Jack de Quidt (@notquitereal.bsky.social), writer and composer on the actual play podcast Friends at the Table! @friends-table.bsky.social

Art & System BackerKit page, crowdfunding Oct. 1st: https://bit.ly/46aMWyP
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September 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Our next contributor reveal for Princess with a Cursed Sword is @wildwoodgames.bsky.social, a queer & disabled maker/writer/witch based in Tkaronto. Her work often touches on intimacy, queer magic, and the prophecy of dreams. More at https://bit.ly/4n5vZNK! Art & System: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn
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September 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Next author up! @sharangbiswas.bsky.social Let’s go!!!
cmichpress.bsky.social Central Michigan University Press @cmichpress.bsky.social · Sep 11
Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition) includes a vignette by guest @sharangbiswas.bsky.social -- award-winner, designer, artist, author, and teacher with credits in RPGs, board games, interactive art, poetry, and prose. See more at https://bit.ly/4piEZAy Art & System: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn
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September 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition) includes a vignette by guest @sharangbiswas.bsky.social -- award-winner, designer, artist, author, and teacher with credits in RPGs, board games, interactive art, poetry, and prose. See more at https://bit.ly/4piEZAy Art & System: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn
Smiling man with shoulder-length black hair in front of a dark navy background. In the upper right corner is a light scarlet circle with a line drawing of a princess with a sword.
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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We're so excited to be featured on the FRONT PAGE of Rascal.com this morning! Thank you so much! Follow our Art & System crowdfunding campaign mentioned in this article at https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn. We launch October 1st!
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September 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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So excited!!!!
cmichpress.bsky.social Central Michigan University Press @cmichpress.bsky.social · Sep 9
Princess with a Cursed Sword (bound edition) will include vignettes by guest contributors. One is @nellraban.com, game designer and writer. Her credits include Sid Meier’s Civilization VII, Fallen London, The Fifth Season RPG and others. https://bit.ly/4nfWL5q. Art & System: https://bit.ly/4mE1Ncn
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September 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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☕ Caffeine and countdown, anyone?

22 days until Art & System: Games for Expanded Play!

Find the campaign on BackerKit to support Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and The Mountain Witch: https://bit.ly/3Va6IFI
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Check out my design reflection in Gamenvironments! I wrote about Keep the Faith (coming soon from @cmichpress.bsky.social) and I end the piece with some humble suggestions for other designers who are interested in making games at the intersection of #boardgames and #RPGs. 🎲✂️
caroleinx.bsky.social Carolin Puckhaber @caroleinx.bsky.social · Aug 7
📯PUBLICATION NEWS📯
@amayer.bsky.social, Knut Wormstädt and I are happy to announce that our @gamevironments.bsky.social special issue Peripheral Religions and Games is officially out now! Here's the link, but we want to talk about every article and report for a minute: tinyurl.com/2txajt3m
No. #22 (2025): Special Issue "Peripheral Religions" | gamevironments
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August 7, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Friday’s good. October 1st is better. 📅

Art and System: Games for Expanded Play launches on BackerKit—featuring Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and The Mountain Witch.
##CMichPress #IndieGames #Games #Gaming
August 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Listen to a Q&A with Witch Hunt 1649 designer Dr. Martha McGill on her intentions with this game, the additional research it inspired, and her favorite parts. https://youtu.be/1VGSk8Fkhwo

We have ONE MORE DAY left for this crowdfunding campaign - help us finish strong! https://bit.ly/47hKKb0-
August 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Hey, what’s this? Rules for a duet version of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire? What’s that even mean? I wonder if you’ll be able to check these out at @cmichpress.bsky.social’s #GenCon2025 Exhibit Hall booth (#2759) this year? Now, I’m not one to gossip, but I have it on good authority that you can!
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July 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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In ONE WEEK, Central Michigan University Press will be at Gen Con! Find us in the Exhibit Hall and meet game designers Wendy Robertson (Hydrologic Cycle) and Jason Cox (Five Hundred Year Old Vampire (FYOV))! Staff members and affiliated designers will be part of various Gen Con events, too!
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July 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Our crowdfunding campaign for Witch Hunt 1649 and Making History has taken off in a magnificent way! We are less than $1,500 away from achieving our goal. Help us cross the finish line by pledging here! https://bit.ly/44RLJwW
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July 9, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Been pretty much the focus of my work life for the last few months. Come check out a couple of cool, history-themed card games that work in both the classroom and the family room.
July 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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If you are attending Origins Game Fair this year, be sure to swing by Booth 1203 to see Indie Press Revolution ( @ipr.bsky.social )and pick up your copy of Five Hundred Year Old Vampire from Central Michigan University Press! (Our office dragon, Eugenia, is a huge fan!)
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June 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Find us at Origins!
IPR will be selling Five Hundred Year Old Vampire from CMU Press at Booth 1203 during Origins Game Fair, June 19–22 in Columbus, OH! See the full list here: https://bit.ly/3HRiEst ##OriginsGameFair
June 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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A light, quick & engaging new card game in the Undaunted universe - this is exactly Line of Fire: Burnt Moon. Let us learn more about this title from the interview with its designer, @djackthompson.bsky.social. Enjoy!!
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Interview with David Thompson, designer of New Undaunted Universe Card game – Line of Fire: Burnt Moon
To immediately jump to the Game Page follow the below link: Michal: Hi David and welcome back to The Boardgames Chronicle blog! For those who do not know you, can you please tell us what do you do …
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June 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM FOR THIS.

PwaCS was one of the first solo journaling games I played, and the one that spawned so much creativity in me: I've used the framework to write FIVE of my own games.

SUPPORT THIS PROJECT WHEN IT LAUNCHES.
cyborgurl.bsky.social Anna Anne Anthropy @cyborgurl.bsky.social · Jun 10
the landing page for the Art & System kickstarter is up! this series of games, edited by @timhutchings.bsky.social and published by @cmichpress.bsky.social, starts with Tim Kleinert's The Mountain Witch, @thoughtfulemoji.bsky.social's Dog Eat Dog, and the new Princess with a Cursed Sword Hardcover!
Get Ready for Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
From Central Michigan University Press - Get Ready for Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
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June 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Really excited about this announcement. Thrilled to be working with @cyborgurl.bsky.social @thoughtfulemoji.bsky.social @timhutchings.bsky.social and Tim Kleinert! If you like indie RPGs we think you will be as stoked about this as we are!
cmichpress.bsky.social Central Michigan University Press @cmichpress.bsky.social · Jun 10
New Game Series – Art & System: Games for Expanded Play

Cmich Press announces the launch of a new series, Art and System: Games for Expanded Play, debuting on October 1st. Led by Tim Hutchings, this series aims to preserve impactful indie games and showcase innovative works. Featured titles…
New Game Series – Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
Cmich Press announces the launch of a new series, Art and System: Games for Expanded Play, debuting on October 1st. Led by Tim Hutchings, this series aims to preserve impactful indie games and showcase innovative works. Featured titles include Dog Eat Dog, Princess with a Cursed Sword, and The Mountain Witch.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Whoot 200!
June 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Break our games! Join CLGS at Modern Explorers Guild (Main St., Midland) on June 13 from 5–7 PM to playtest in-development games and shape the future of play. #Playtest #CLGS #IndieGames #Tabletop
June 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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📚🎲 Think TTRPGs are just dragons & dice? Think again. Dogs in the Vineyard, Bluebeard’s Bride, & Dog Eat Dog trade hit points for heavy themes—faith, trauma, colonialism. These games challenge you, and that’s the point.

#TTRPG #IndieRPG #RPGDesign TabletopGames #CulturalStudies
Some Ramblings on so called “High-Brow” RPGs and what they can teach
When most people think of the phrase "tabletop role-playing games," they may imagine dungeon crawls, rolling dice, and epic quests filled with dragons and magic swords. But TTRPGs are much more varied than that and some of their most interesting offerings are in games that trade hit points for emotional resonance and stat blocks for moral dilemmas. As a BA in Cultural Studies and pursuing my MA, I would like to talk about a few games that are not only excellent works of game design, but also texts that are worth reading, studying, and discussing: …
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April 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM