Avery Alder, Buried Without Ceremony
@lackingceremony.bsky.social
I'm a queer game designer hailing from Amiskwaciy-wâskahikan. I care about make believe and liberation. www.buriedwithoutceremony.com
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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.
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Going For Broke is now available! This is a lightweight, pick-up-and-play sitcom roleplaying game about a collective house scrambling to make rent. It's designed for 4-8 players, only takes 40-70 minutes, and fits in your back pocket!
Learn more at:
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
Learn more at:
buriedwithoutceremony.com/gfb
Is there a good descriptor for the type of story—which I mostly encounter in chamber horror and time loop thrillers—where the protagonists interfacing with and attempting to circumvent The Rules is the focus of the story?
I'm thinking especially of Talk to Me, It's What's Inside, Russian Doll, etc.
I'm thinking especially of Talk to Me, It's What's Inside, Russian Doll, etc.
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Is there a good descriptor for the type of story—which I mostly encounter in chamber horror and time loop thrillers—where the protagonists interfacing with and attempting to circumvent The Rules is the focus of the story?
I'm thinking especially of Talk to Me, It's What's Inside, Russian Doll, etc.
I'm thinking especially of Talk to Me, It's What's Inside, Russian Doll, etc.
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Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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Ok, @lumpley.bsky.social & I have been very up-front over the years on our sales data & etc, so here's a thing, & thanks Will, for bringing it up. Starting a career in #ttrpgs means making games. it means writing in a goggle doc or notebook, trying mechanics with a friend, finding 3 folks to play.
I don't really see any false vision of success — virtually anybody who talks about it is very up front, and people who ask about "starting a career in games" get told very plainly that the only way to have money while working in RPGs is to start with money.
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ok, @lumpley.bsky.social & I have been very up-front over the years on our sales data & etc, so here's a thing, & thanks Will, for bringing it up. Starting a career in #ttrpgs means making games. it means writing in a goggle doc or notebook, trying mechanics with a friend, finding 3 folks to play.
Ending cube season with an easy trophy playing this very broken Grixis wheels deck. 🏆✨
Orcish Bowmasters, Hullbreacher, and Sheoldred to pair with my two wheels. Psychic Frog to bin Echo.
Mox Sapphire and Ancestral Recall (both of which were, bizarrely, passed to me).
Discard, removal, quality.
Orcish Bowmasters, Hullbreacher, and Sheoldred to pair with my two wheels. Psychic Frog to bin Echo.
Mox Sapphire and Ancestral Recall (both of which were, bizarrely, passed to me).
Discard, removal, quality.
October 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Ending cube season with an easy trophy playing this very broken Grixis wheels deck. 🏆✨
Orcish Bowmasters, Hullbreacher, and Sheoldred to pair with my two wheels. Psychic Frog to bin Echo.
Mox Sapphire and Ancestral Recall (both of which were, bizarrely, passed to me).
Discard, removal, quality.
Orcish Bowmasters, Hullbreacher, and Sheoldred to pair with my two wheels. Psychic Frog to bin Echo.
Mox Sapphire and Ancestral Recall (both of which were, bizarrely, passed to me).
Discard, removal, quality.
Some drafts, you need to bounce around a bit before you find your lane. Other drafts, you accidentally put together Breach-LED-Brain Freeze plus power in your opening seven picks.
October 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Some drafts, you need to bounce around a bit before you find your lane. Other drafts, you accidentally put together Breach-LED-Brain Freeze plus power in your opening seven picks.
This orzhov pile felt like it had absolutely no business winning a trophy! But it turns out Phelia blinking Staff of the Storyteller is enough to carry a draft. 🐕✨
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This orzhov pile felt like it had absolutely no business winning a trophy! But it turns out Phelia blinking Staff of the Storyteller is enough to carry a draft. 🐕✨
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"The time for a softer, gentler Apocalypse World was gone."
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over is kinder and much angrier
The end of the world isn’t what it used to be. It might be better.
www.rascal.news
October 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"The time for a softer, gentler Apocalypse World was gone."
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
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We played „Going for broke“ by @lackingceremony.bsky.social at a recent con and had an absolute blast. Our sitcom cast had a run in with the mob. Before we knew it, one of the thugs was living with us 💕
#ttrpg #indiettrpg
#ttrpg #indiettrpg
October 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
We played „Going for broke“ by @lackingceremony.bsky.social at a recent con and had an absolute blast. Our sitcom cast had a run in with the mob. Before we knew it, one of the thugs was living with us 💕
#ttrpg #indiettrpg
#ttrpg #indiettrpg
"i hate losing to trash" my opponent types in chat, before conceding to my 3-0, 6-0 Boros aggro deck that was efficient, redundant, synergistic without compromising card quality, with a tight curve that anchored on powerful two-drops, that beat them by playing to the board without overcommitting.
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"i hate losing to trash" my opponent types in chat, before conceding to my 3-0, 6-0 Boros aggro deck that was efficient, redundant, synergistic without compromising card quality, with a tight curve that anchored on powerful two-drops, that beat them by playing to the board without overcommitting.
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Lemurs! Lemurs! Listen up! It's here!
Our Kickstarter for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake is live! Go check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud... !
Join us as we make rad queer art with our tiny lemur paws!
Our Kickstarter for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake is live! Go check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud... !
Join us as we make rad queer art with our tiny lemur paws!
October 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Lemurs! Lemurs! Listen up! It's here!
Our Kickstarter for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake is live! Go check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud... !
Join us as we make rad queer art with our tiny lemur paws!
Our Kickstarter for Monsterhearts: Welcome to Drowned Lake is live! Go check it out at www.kickstarter.com/projects/lud... !
Join us as we make rad queer art with our tiny lemur paws!
This deck did not feel like it was supposed to trophy a vintage cube elimination draft. (I'm sitting at 68 QPs right now, making this my most winningest season ever.)
September 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This deck did not feel like it was supposed to trophy a vintage cube elimination draft. (I'm sitting at 68 QPs right now, making this my most winningest season ever.)
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At @qgcon.bsky.social for like one whole hour this weekend and managed to catch this amazingly titled @lackingceremony.bsky.social talk which unlike her I am 100% certain also applies to boardgames (and 45% sure for digital experiences)
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
At @qgcon.bsky.social for like one whole hour this weekend and managed to catch this amazingly titled @lackingceremony.bsky.social talk which unlike her I am 100% certain also applies to boardgames (and 45% sure for digital experiences)
Answering a few quick emails on my laptop at the airport, where they are blasting The Chemical Brothers very loud for some reason, and it's hard to not feel like a very cool hacker under these conditions. I am resisting the urge to whisper "I'm in" in every single second right now.
September 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Answering a few quick emails on my laptop at the airport, where they are blasting The Chemical Brothers very loud for some reason, and it's hard to not feel like a very cool hacker under these conditions. I am resisting the urge to whisper "I'm in" in every single second right now.
I need help finding a word. I'm trying to say: the kind of editing or polishing that results in an end product that is *perhaps* more technically proficient, broadly palatable, or aligned with commonly practiced standards... but which strips the thing of its resonance, unique spark, or janky charm.
September 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I need help finding a word. I'm trying to say: the kind of editing or polishing that results in an end product that is *perhaps* more technically proficient, broadly palatable, or aligned with commonly practiced standards... but which strips the thing of its resonance, unique spark, or janky charm.
I'm a guest at @kamcon.bsky.social this weekend! My highlights so far:
-winning Taskmaster (partially on the back of my "best worst gift" - I showed up with a lovingly plated tuna jello salad)
-having someone exclaim "This is everything I hoped for & more!" during character creation in Dream Askew.
-winning Taskmaster (partially on the back of my "best worst gift" - I showed up with a lovingly plated tuna jello salad)
-having someone exclaim "This is everything I hoped for & more!" during character creation in Dream Askew.
September 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I'm a guest at @kamcon.bsky.social this weekend! My highlights so far:
-winning Taskmaster (partially on the back of my "best worst gift" - I showed up with a lovingly plated tuna jello salad)
-having someone exclaim "This is everything I hoped for & more!" during character creation in Dream Askew.
-winning Taskmaster (partially on the back of my "best worst gift" - I showed up with a lovingly plated tuna jello salad)
-having someone exclaim "This is everything I hoped for & more!" during character creation in Dream Askew.
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Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
Petition e-6695 - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
September 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Canadians! There is a petition to sign to protest Mastercard and Visa's control over the purchase of legal adult content. This is specifically about the Steam & itchio situation, but language protects adult creators.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
#nsfw #censorship #canpoli
@acvalens.net
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Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Alright, my dearies. Here we go. Join us for the ride?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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wrote a new design diary (free for everyone to access) about
@lackingceremony.bsky.social
's developmental editing for Seven-Part Pact and the process of implementing it — both creatively and philosophically!
www.patreon.com/posts/137648...
@lackingceremony.bsky.social
's developmental editing for Seven-Part Pact and the process of implementing it — both creatively and philosophically!
www.patreon.com/posts/137648...
Design Diary — Incorporating Feedback | Jay Dragon (& Friends)
Get more from Jay Dragon (& Friends) on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
wrote a new design diary (free for everyone to access) about
@lackingceremony.bsky.social
's developmental editing for Seven-Part Pact and the process of implementing it — both creatively and philosophically!
www.patreon.com/posts/137648...
@lackingceremony.bsky.social
's developmental editing for Seven-Part Pact and the process of implementing it — both creatively and philosophically!
www.patreon.com/posts/137648...
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Fellow game designers/etc! Can you help me with a quick silly video for a Taskmaster style competition I need to do? All I need is for you to film a landscape-oriented selfie video where you say the following: "Hi! I'm [Full Name], [designer] of [game or games]. I'm here to say: Welcome to KamCon!"
August 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Fellow game designers/etc! Can you help me with a quick silly video for a Taskmaster style competition I need to do? All I need is for you to film a landscape-oriented selfie video where you say the following: "Hi! I'm [Full Name], [designer] of [game or games]. I'm here to say: Welcome to KamCon!"
Fellow game designers/etc! Can you help me with a quick silly video for a Taskmaster style competition I need to do? All I need is for you to film a landscape-oriented selfie video where you say the following: "Hi! I'm [Full Name], [designer] of [game or games]. I'm here to say: Welcome to KamCon!"
August 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Fellow game designers/etc! Can you help me with a quick silly video for a Taskmaster style competition I need to do? All I need is for you to film a landscape-oriented selfie video where you say the following: "Hi! I'm [Full Name], [designer] of [game or games]. I'm here to say: Welcome to KamCon!"
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@lackingceremony.bsky.social's Monsterhearts is getting its own video game courtesy of Canadian design studio, Ludic Lemur. How are they going to adapt the angsty, social dynamics of the RPG into a digital format? Cards!
The Monsterhearts video game rebels against dice and solves a murder
I’m a deckbuilder now and it’s not a phase!
www.rascal.news
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
@lackingceremony.bsky.social's Monsterhearts is getting its own video game courtesy of Canadian design studio, Ludic Lemur. How are they going to adapt the angsty, social dynamics of the RPG into a digital format? Cards!
Unboxing the new Quiet Year! This is a hand-stamped box that's the perfect size to hold the how to play booklet, cards, skull tokens, and little wooden dice.
August 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Unboxing the new Quiet Year! This is a hand-stamped box that's the perfect size to hold the how to play booklet, cards, skull tokens, and little wooden dice.
Turn one, on the play: Blackcleave Cliffs, Black Lotus, Chain of Smog targeting myself, discarding Atraxa and Oliphant, Exhume the Atraxa, draw into Mox Jet and Reanimate, bring back the Oliphant, pass with thirteen power on board and Entomb + Death ready for turn two. This felt glorious.
August 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Turn one, on the play: Blackcleave Cliffs, Black Lotus, Chain of Smog targeting myself, discarding Atraxa and Oliphant, Exhume the Atraxa, draw into Mox Jet and Reanimate, bring back the Oliphant, pass with thirteen power on board and Entomb + Death ready for turn two. This felt glorious.
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You hear Don't Stop Believing (Glee) playing in the distance.
It's a warning.
It's a warning.
Harpies: the Glee-inspired Monsterhearts 2 Actual Play
Because cringe is dead.
www.rascal.news
August 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
You hear Don't Stop Believing (Glee) playing in the distance.
It's a warning.
It's a warning.
My experience doing vintage cube elimination drafts on MTGO this season is that Boros aggro will consistently net you a 2-1 or 3-0 record, with or without power. If you have any combination of Forth, Phlage, Otharri, Bombardiers, Gut, Pyrogoyf, Ajani, or Skullclamp, you will just steamroll people.
August 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
My experience doing vintage cube elimination drafts on MTGO this season is that Boros aggro will consistently net you a 2-1 or 3-0 record, with or without power. If you have any combination of Forth, Phlage, Otharri, Bombardiers, Gut, Pyrogoyf, Ajani, or Skullclamp, you will just steamroll people.