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D. Vincent Baker, longtime indie ttrpg creator. Co-creator of Apocalypse World, Under Hollow Hills, and many more. Disarm, defund, abolish. He/him. https://lumpley.games
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jonathantweet.bsky.social
Apocalypse World taught me a lot about RPG design, and I'm excited to try the new edition. @lumpley.bsky.social has taught me many things over the years, and it's thrilling to see the success that he and @megueyb.bsky.social have achieved.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
In this game, a character is...

...A person with needs and desires that'll inevitably bring them into conflict with others, because there ultimately isn't enough to go around, who's capable and prepared to fight for what they need.
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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napel.itch.io
Four more days of funding! ⏳

If you like:
- struggling against the patriarchy of 1815's Bavaria
- grieving your beautiful friend's disappearance
- chambermaids
- slacking on your job to investigate an occult mystery

Then check out The Girls of the Genziana Hotel: gamefound.com/en/projects/...
A mock-up of a staple bound zine, open, and lying face down. The monochrome deep blue cover showis two chambermaids walking towards the viewer brandishing a lantern and a knife. The back cover says 'a gothic horror mystery role-playing game'.
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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itsmrwilson.bsky.social
I'm micro-enraged that it isn't part of the core set.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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pseudo310.bsky.social
Hey look that old playbook I made is a possible future stretch goal.
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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megueyb.bsky.social
In other news, Vincent and I will be at #Metatopia2025 in about...8 hours? We'll be doing Breakfast With the Bakers, and some panels, and showing up in games as @avonelle.bsky.social sees fit to put us to work. If you're there, come say hi!
November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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megueyb.bsky.social
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum... THANK YOU for already putting us past a stretch goal that will mean we give the animator for our KS video more money for her art! Annika Sturmer is a graduate of MassArt and a dear friend. You can check out her work here: www.youtube.com/@annie_thepi...
Stretch Goals We're running a mean & stripped down campaign here, a PDF and a paperback, a couple of PDF add-ons, nothing to give ourselves headaches or grief. We do have room for just a few cool stretch goals, though: $28,000: Bonuses for Annika Sturmer Annika's the animator who made our video! For every $10,000 we go over our goal, we'll cut her a bonus check. She deserves it and you can be part of it.
November 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
If you haven't, do watch the KS video. The animation segment is by Annika Sturmer and we're absolutely thrilled:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wvno...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over Trailer
YouTube video by AnniethePilot
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
And away we go.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
Meg's picture:
Photo of a night sky showing a strange spiral glow partly obscured behind the tops of the trees.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
lumpley.bsky.social
Huh.

Strange light in the sky flying north above us.

It disappeared below the trees on the horizon after about a minute. During that time it shared the sky with stars, the moon, two planes, and a satellite. I've seen pictures of starlink. It wasn't like any of them.
November 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
Such a fun conversation this was!
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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newsnerd.bsky.social
NEW FROM TTRPG INSIDER: We spoke with @lumpley.bsky.social about what changed in APOCALYPSE WORLD 3rd Edition and how watching their kids play their game inspired the changes

www.ttrpginsider.news/p/how-the-mi...
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
You know that part of the roller coaster where the chain is cranking you up to the top of the first hill, and you're like, oh boy oh boy oh boy? That's us.

T minus 1, part 2! Double fingers crossed for tomorrow!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
lumpley.bsky.social
😅
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
lumpley.bsky.social
DUCKS ON THE RUNWAY
November 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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megueyb.bsky.social
THIS Monday!! T minus 2!!! Whaaaa!
November 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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madjay.bsky.social
🚀 One Mo'gin

The Apocalypse World 3rd Edition Kickstarter is on the horizon — but before it lands, I’m running one last campaign with Burned Over 2E.
This is my farewell tour for AW:Burned Over 2E — a love letter to the game that changed how we gamed.
open.substack.com/pub/playfear... #ttrpg
One Last Run Before the Third Apocalypse
AW:BO One Mo'gin.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
T minus 3!

We've got just a few add-ons planned for the campaign, but they're pretty cool. I'm working hard today to pull together the preview for one of them.

I can't wait to show you!

(If you're on our Patreon, you'll see it early, just saying...)
Get more from Vincent Baker on Patreon
Creating a window into game design
www.patreon.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
T minus 5

Meg's away to a gig this week and won't be back until sometime o'clock on T minus 2. Will I get done what I need to, in her absence? We'll find out!
October 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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asteyni.bsky.social
@islanderscaper.bsky.social posting about the itch Halloween sale (go check out her games!) inspired me to join in. Get The Fantastical Houses for 33% off! That's only 40 cents per house! What a steal! 😂

Every sale adds a community copy to the pool. 💕 #ttrpg asteyni.itch.io/the-fantasti...
The Fantastical Houses of Banteave by asteyni
Setting Conversion & Campaign Rules for The King is Dead by Vincent and Meguey Baker
asteyni.itch.io
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
Working on the AW3rd kickstarter (T minus 6 btw) and I notice that listed under Meg's and my name it says "11 created • 347 backed."

Okay first of all, 347 backed, wowie.

But of those 347, probably around 300 have been PbtA. That's a lot to be confronted with on a Tuesday morning.
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
T minus 7. We're launching the KS next Monday, one week from today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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megueyb.bsky.social
T minus 8, already. Workity-work-work. #AW3rd #PBTA #TTRPG
megueyb.bsky.social MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · 17d
T minus 10! We have a lot to do by November 3rd, when we will be launching the 3rd edition of our best-known #ttrpg, the one that started #PBTA.
If you know or have heard of #ApocalypseWorld, check out #AW3RD !
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Coming soon: Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
lumpley.bsky.social
Well, we saw the world's tallest filing cabinet.
October 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM