MacGuffin & Co.
@macguffinandco.bsky.social
Smart games for cool weirdos!
TTRPG designers and publishers behind 2-player fantasy game Pitcrawler, the award-winning Odd Jobs, Upriver Downriver, KER-SPLAT! and much more.
Check out our stuff at macguffinandcompany.com
TTRPG designers and publishers behind 2-player fantasy game Pitcrawler, the award-winning Odd Jobs, Upriver Downriver, KER-SPLAT! and much more.
Check out our stuff at macguffinandcompany.com
We're of the strong opinion that not enough fantasy RPGs engage with the reality of historical professions.
December 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We're of the strong opinion that not enough fantasy RPGs engage with the reality of historical professions.
Good news for adventurers who've just been blasted through a the wall of a nearby house by an angry wizard! MacGuffin & Co.'s latest patreon drop finally addresses the question everyone's been asking:
"Whose house is this?"
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"Whose house is this?"
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Whose House? Fantasy Village | MacGuffin & Co.
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December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Good news for adventurers who've just been blasted through a the wall of a nearby house by an angry wizard! MacGuffin & Co.'s latest patreon drop finally addresses the question everyone's been asking:
"Whose house is this?"
www.patreon.com/posts/whose-...
"Whose house is this?"
www.patreon.com/posts/whose-...
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: Bohren und der Club of Gore
Style: Doom Jazz/Film Noir
Good for: Any game with "Cthulhu" in the name, investigative games with dark or jazzy vibes
Start here: www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/...
Artist: Bohren und der Club of Gore
Style: Doom Jazz/Film Noir
Good for: Any game with "Cthulhu" in the name, investigative games with dark or jazzy vibes
Start here: www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/...
Bohren for Beginners, Bohren & der Club of Gore - Qobuz
Listen to unlimited streaming or download Bohren for Beginners by Bohren & der Club of Gore in Hi-Res quality on Qobuz. Subscriptions from $10.83/month.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:27 PM
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: Bohren und der Club of Gore
Style: Doom Jazz/Film Noir
Good for: Any game with "Cthulhu" in the name, investigative games with dark or jazzy vibes
Start here: www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/...
Artist: Bohren und der Club of Gore
Style: Doom Jazz/Film Noir
Good for: Any game with "Cthulhu" in the name, investigative games with dark or jazzy vibes
Start here: www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/...
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Album: Concrete Wasteland
Artist: The Bug vs Earth
Style: Grinding wasteland ambience
Good for: Deadlands, Apocalypse World, Mork Börg, anything where the world is dead or dying
Start here: thebugmusic.bandcamp.com/album/concre...
Album: Concrete Wasteland
Artist: The Bug vs Earth
Style: Grinding wasteland ambience
Good for: Deadlands, Apocalypse World, Mork Börg, anything where the world is dead or dying
Start here: thebugmusic.bandcamp.com/album/concre...
Concrete Desert, by The Bug vs Earth
13 track album
thebugmusic.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Album: Concrete Wasteland
Artist: The Bug vs Earth
Style: Grinding wasteland ambience
Good for: Deadlands, Apocalypse World, Mork Börg, anything where the world is dead or dying
Start here: thebugmusic.bandcamp.com/album/concre...
Album: Concrete Wasteland
Artist: The Bug vs Earth
Style: Grinding wasteland ambience
Good for: Deadlands, Apocalypse World, Mork Börg, anything where the world is dead or dying
Start here: thebugmusic.bandcamp.com/album/concre...
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: John Carpenter
Style: Synth-heavy 80s Horror
Good for: Monster of the Week, Unknown Armies, Tales from the Loop, any slightly grindhouse-y horror
Start here: johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
Artist: John Carpenter
Style: Synth-heavy 80s Horror
Good for: Monster of the Week, Unknown Armies, Tales from the Loop, any slightly grindhouse-y horror
Start here: johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
Lost Themes, by John Carpenter
9 track album
johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: John Carpenter
Style: Synth-heavy 80s Horror
Good for: Monster of the Week, Unknown Armies, Tales from the Loop, any slightly grindhouse-y horror
Start here: johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
Artist: John Carpenter
Style: Synth-heavy 80s Horror
Good for: Monster of the Week, Unknown Armies, Tales from the Loop, any slightly grindhouse-y horror
Start here: johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-t...
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Style: Failed-Utopia Electronica
Good for: Mothership, Cy_Borg, Cyberpunk Red, Shadowrun.
Start here: warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/your-c...
Artist: Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Style: Failed-Utopia Electronica
Good for: Mothership, Cy_Borg, Cyberpunk Red, Shadowrun.
Start here: warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/your-c...
Your Community Hub, by Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
7 track album
warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
TTRPG SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY
Artist: Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Style: Failed-Utopia Electronica
Good for: Mothership, Cy_Borg, Cyberpunk Red, Shadowrun.
Start here: warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/your-c...
Artist: Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan
Style: Failed-Utopia Electronica
Good for: Mothership, Cy_Borg, Cyberpunk Red, Shadowrun.
Start here: warrington-runcorn-cis.bandcamp.com/album/your-c...
Most solo TTRPGs are half-roleplay and half-writing-excercise, which is great, but as professional writers we sometimes struggle to play them without it feeling like work. So with the solo mode for Pitcrawler, we decided to try something a bit odd. Hope you have a goos time with it!
I'm not much for solo games usually, but I picked up the solo version of Pitcrawler from @macguffinandco.bsky.social this weekend and I'm really excited to try it. You're not a solo player, you're a solo GM and you must put a hapless, mute adventurer through their paces. But you must do so out loud!
December 1, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Most solo TTRPGs are half-roleplay and half-writing-excercise, which is great, but as professional writers we sometimes struggle to play them without it feeling like work. So with the solo mode for Pitcrawler, we decided to try something a bit odd. Hope you have a goos time with it!
Really enjoying seeing everyone posting up their Dragonmeet hauls! Unfortunately for us, the picture would mainly be a pile of snotty tissues as we've been laid low with a big post-convention cold
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Really enjoying seeing everyone posting up their Dragonmeet hauls! Unfortunately for us, the picture would mainly be a pile of snotty tissues as we've been laid low with a big post-convention cold
Reposted by MacGuffin & Co.
Nice little haul from #Dragonmeet yesterday. Not pictured, some fantasy and spicy hockey recs from @lalionnecosplay.bsky.social which will become my flight home reads 🏒
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Nice little haul from #Dragonmeet yesterday. Not pictured, some fantasy and spicy hockey recs from @lalionnecosplay.bsky.social which will become my flight home reads 🏒
Aw, thanks! Was lovely to meet you, and thanks to everyone who swung by the stand. Really liking the new venue for Dragonmeet - onwards and upwards!
Next, if you're in the mood for a microsetting, be sure to walk by @macguffinandco.bsky.social at I3-4. They told me to tell you to have a look at their new game Pitcrawler, but I'm a little rebel so I'll tell you to also have a look at Odd Jobs, a really cool book full of microsettings.
November 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Aw, thanks! Was lovely to meet you, and thanks to everyone who swung by the stand. Really liking the new venue for Dragonmeet - onwards and upwards!
Dragonmeet! We're over by the big S4 doors - come say hi if you're about!
November 29, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Dragonmeet! We're over by the big S4 doors - come say hi if you're about!
Heading to Dragonmeet tomorrow? Come say hi - we'll be there all day, doing our best to sell you some cool indie TTRPGs!
November 28, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Heading to Dragonmeet tomorrow? Come say hi - we'll be there all day, doing our best to sell you some cool indie TTRPGs!
MacGuffin & Co? At Tabletop Scotland? Impossible!
Or is it...?
Or is it...?
September 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
MacGuffin & Co? At Tabletop Scotland? Impossible!
Or is it...?
Or is it...?
NEW PATREON DROP!
This month we've put out a new adventure for Pitcrawler: DEPTHS OF THE BLOODY PITS. It's a gorey little romp full of foolish nobles, communist vampire and lots and lots of blood. Its also the first in a trilogy we're titling IDOL HANDS. Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-pi...
This month we've put out a new adventure for Pitcrawler: DEPTHS OF THE BLOODY PITS. It's a gorey little romp full of foolish nobles, communist vampire and lots and lots of blood. Its also the first in a trilogy we're titling IDOL HANDS. Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-pi...
New Pitcrawler Adventure - Depths of the Bloody Pits | MacGuffin & Co.
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September 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
NEW PATREON DROP!
This month we've put out a new adventure for Pitcrawler: DEPTHS OF THE BLOODY PITS. It's a gorey little romp full of foolish nobles, communist vampire and lots and lots of blood. Its also the first in a trilogy we're titling IDOL HANDS. Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-pi...
This month we've put out a new adventure for Pitcrawler: DEPTHS OF THE BLOODY PITS. It's a gorey little romp full of foolish nobles, communist vampire and lots and lots of blood. Its also the first in a trilogy we're titling IDOL HANDS. Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/new-pi...
And thirdly, another bit of fun news - our next micro-settings is now up to be read on our Patreon!
WAYSTATION MARLOWE sees you playing squabbling alien diplomats in a sector that suddenly becomes very important. Babylon 5, DS9 and Twilight Imperium vibes - enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/waysta...
WAYSTATION MARLOWE sees you playing squabbling alien diplomats in a sector that suddenly becomes very important. Babylon 5, DS9 and Twilight Imperium vibes - enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/waysta...
Waystation Marlowe: A Micro-Setting | MacGuffin & Co.
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August 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And thirdly, another bit of fun news - our next micro-settings is now up to be read on our Patreon!
WAYSTATION MARLOWE sees you playing squabbling alien diplomats in a sector that suddenly becomes very important. Babylon 5, DS9 and Twilight Imperium vibes - enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/waysta...
WAYSTATION MARLOWE sees you playing squabbling alien diplomats in a sector that suddenly becomes very important. Babylon 5, DS9 and Twilight Imperium vibes - enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/waysta...
Second, and really frustratingly, like many other non-American companies, we're having to suspend physical shipping from our website to the US for the rest of 2025 due to the tariff situation (which would charge you an extra $80 on EVERY order).
August 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Second, and really frustratingly, like many other non-American companies, we're having to suspend physical shipping from our website to the US for the rest of 2025 due to the tariff situation (which would charge you an extra $80 on EVERY order).
First up, it's the last day to back this marvellous party game that Jonny and Sasha have been contributing prompts too - it's very silly, very funny and a great time!
Last chance to pledge Dungeon Tryouts on Kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/roc...
It's an unhinged party game where you pitch weird B-list heroes for quests, ft. prompts written by @danielleradford.bsky.social, @ifycomedy.com, @alinapete.bsky.social & @macguffinandco.bsky.social (1/3)
It's an unhinged party game where you pitch weird B-list heroes for quests, ft. prompts written by @danielleradford.bsky.social, @ifycomedy.com, @alinapete.bsky.social & @macguffinandco.bsky.social (1/3)
August 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
First up, it's the last day to back this marvellous party game that Jonny and Sasha have been contributing prompts too - it's very silly, very funny and a great time!
Whooops! Dropped the ball a bit in terms of keeping up with social media this year, so a few updates (good and bad) incoming!
August 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Whooops! Dropped the ball a bit in terms of keeping up with social media this year, so a few updates (good and bad) incoming!
Hey, we're at the @dungeonsandflagons.bsky.social Geek Fayre today, so if you're around Manchester, come say hi! Its in the Sacha hotel, just off Picadilly Gardens.
June 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Hey, we're at the @dungeonsandflagons.bsky.social Geek Fayre today, so if you're around Manchester, come say hi! Its in the Sacha hotel, just off Picadilly Gardens.
For our Fixer Upper micro-setting we had a dilemma: who could capture a vibrant alien world or quasi-sentient plants, as viewed through the lens of awakening robots? The answer was the inimitable Geo Barnett (geobarnett.com), a truly incredible illustrator and animator. #RPGArtistShoutout
June 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For our Fixer Upper micro-setting we had a dilemma: who could capture a vibrant alien world or quasi-sentient plants, as viewed through the lens of awakening robots? The answer was the inimitable Geo Barnett (geobarnett.com), a truly incredible illustrator and animator. #RPGArtistShoutout
Think we've run out of wonderful artists? Not even close! Today we want to shout out @eldritchrach.bsky.social The artist behind our water-logged crime micro-setting Atlantis City, she's just so good! I mean, just look!
#RPGArtistShoutout
#RPGArtistShoutout
June 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Think we've run out of wonderful artists? Not even close! Today we want to shout out @eldritchrach.bsky.social The artist behind our water-logged crime micro-setting Atlantis City, she's just so good! I mean, just look!
#RPGArtistShoutout
#RPGArtistShoutout
Today's artist in the spotlight is the brilliant @avivor.bsky.social, whose work currently brings life to two of our micro-settings: Wizard's Staff and Welcome to Port Clement. If you want expressive characters (especially non-humans) there's none better!
#RPGArtistShoutout
#RPGArtistShoutout
June 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today's artist in the spotlight is the brilliant @avivor.bsky.social, whose work currently brings life to two of our micro-settings: Wizard's Staff and Welcome to Port Clement. If you want expressive characters (especially non-humans) there's none better!
#RPGArtistShoutout
#RPGArtistShoutout
We've always been excited for Pitcrawler to help new GMs get experience in a low-pressure environment, so this is incredibly gratifying to hear!
Just ran my 1st successful scenario thanks to @macguffinandco.bsky.social (I'm ignoring my disastrous attempt at running 5e D&D for a solo player). Really enjoyed Pitcrawler and we're both looking forward to the next scenario.
Highly recommend checking out both the game and the soundtrack.
Highly recommend checking out both the game and the soundtrack.
June 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
We've always been excited for Pitcrawler to help new GMs get experience in a low-pressure environment, so this is incredibly gratifying to hear!
Today's Artist We Love to Work With is the marvellous Jesse Turner (artstation.com/jouste). A great illustrator with a delightful style that managed to work well for fun toony nonsense and for moody, dynamic pieces. #RPGArtistShoutout
June 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Today's Artist We Love to Work With is the marvellous Jesse Turner (artstation.com/jouste). A great illustrator with a delightful style that managed to work well for fun toony nonsense and for moody, dynamic pieces. #RPGArtistShoutout
Next up in our tour of Macguffin & Co. artists, our old-school secret weapon: Michael Sheppard (www.instagram.com/mikeshepp10)
June 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Next up in our tour of Macguffin & Co. artists, our old-school secret weapon: Michael Sheppard (www.instagram.com/mikeshepp10)