Map Crow | Kyle Latino
@mapcrow.bsky.social
Ireland-based game designer, artist. Gold ENNIE Award Winning creative director for MONSTROUS. (closed for commissions) YouTube: www.youtube.com/@mapcrow
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My fav TTRPG design resources!!
"Uncertainty in Games" book by Greg Costikyan
"The Game Definition Game" article by Jaakko Stenros
"Practical Creativity" GDC video by Raph Koster
"Emergence in Larp" Nordic Larp video by Dr. Evan Torner
@shawnmerwin.bsky.social's TTRPG Tips (especially on "latency")
"Uncertainty in Games" book by Greg Costikyan
"The Game Definition Game" article by Jaakko Stenros
"Practical Creativity" GDC video by Raph Koster
"Emergence in Larp" Nordic Larp video by Dr. Evan Torner
@shawnmerwin.bsky.social's TTRPG Tips (especially on "latency")
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This is a TTRPG project @scormond.bsky.social and I have been working on for more than a year now. They write, and I illustrate, but the roles get a little blurry at the edges.
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
November 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This is a TTRPG project @scormond.bsky.social and I have been working on for more than a year now. They write, and I illustrate, but the roles get a little blurry at the edges.
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
In any case, you sign up in the link below to be up to date with GP and know when we are ready to go!
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We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're happy to announce we'll be co-publishing @scormond.bsky.social & @cspstuff.bsky.social's Gutter Planet; a ttrpg designed w/the PBTA system & inspired by body-horror survival stories like Mad God, Annihilation, & Scavenger's Reign!
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
Sign up to be notified when we launch in 2026!
bit.ly/4oTdo7P
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ooooOOOOO You WANT me to make you a little skeleton plaque for your wall SO BAD ooooOOOOooooOo
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ko-fi.com/c/4d6d59a86d
November 8, 2025 at 4:20 PM
ooooOOOOO You WANT me to make you a little skeleton plaque for your wall SO BAD ooooOOOOooooOo
ko-fi.com/c/4d6d59a86d
ko-fi.com/c/4d6d59a86d
Finished up my Necron conversion army! Been a long time in the making!
November 8, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Finished up my Necron conversion army! Been a long time in the making!
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The hungry harpy may have bitten off more than she can chew
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
October 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The hungry harpy may have bitten off more than she can chew
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
Welcome to my 2025 Monster Mashtober! What is that you may ask? It is my own personal month long challenge with no themes, lists, or rules other than to draw whatever creature I want. So, what monster do you want me to draw?
Look. I'm just saying that it'd be interesting if Miss Piggy was the only Muppet in this movie. Just humans for everything else.
The first-ever MUPPETS solo movie is coming
Executive producers Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are teaming up with writer Cole Escola to develop the first-ever solo movie set in the world of The Muppets: Miss Piggy.
Executive producers Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are teaming up with writer Cole Escola to develop the first-ever solo movie set in the world of The Muppets: Miss Piggy.
The first-ever MUPPETS solo movie is coming
Executive producers Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone are teaming up with writer Cole Escola to develop the first-ever solo movie set in the world of The Muppets: Miss Piggy.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Look. I'm just saying that it'd be interesting if Miss Piggy was the only Muppet in this movie. Just humans for everything else.
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This is a chunk of where @esotericebb.bsky.social takes place, and this level has been created by @chrisbodegard.bsky.social and Gibbet Games!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
November 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is a chunk of where @esotericebb.bsky.social takes place, and this level has been created by @chrisbodegard.bsky.social and Gibbet Games!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
I used the model from Gibbet as a base for the central area of the map. Then I got to expand around this design with my ideas as well!
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Re-sharing my guide and manifesto for the One-Hour Discord TTRPG Method!
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
Accepting Limits: The One-Hour Online Role-Play Experience | Nordic Larp
How can you run a whole tabletop RPG session in an hour?! I’m all too happy to answer that question.
www.nordiclarp.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Re-sharing my guide and manifesto for the One-Hour Discord TTRPG Method!
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
Scheduling co-presence is the TTRPG campaign's greatest foe.
Slay it with flexible arrangements that acknowledge we're all busy adults, but that everyone's got an hour somewhere.
www.nordiclarp.org/2024/05/24/a...
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close ups and a bonus Mega Bird
September 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
close ups and a bonus Mega Bird
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Today was a really good day with the Dragon Slayers release.
It felt like a much more positive and excited response to a release than I've had in a bit.
People are reading it, talking about it, and getting pumped about it.
It was a win I really needed.
Thanks everyone 💜
It felt like a much more positive and excited response to a release than I've had in a bit.
People are reading it, talking about it, and getting pumped about it.
It was a win I really needed.
Thanks everyone 💜
November 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Today was a really good day with the Dragon Slayers release.
It felt like a much more positive and excited response to a release than I've had in a bit.
People are reading it, talking about it, and getting pumped about it.
It was a win I really needed.
Thanks everyone 💜
It felt like a much more positive and excited response to a release than I've had in a bit.
People are reading it, talking about it, and getting pumped about it.
It was a win I really needed.
Thanks everyone 💜
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Hello gamers I'm opening *emergency* graphic design commissions, to help me keep my healthcare due this friday. Flexible pricing, I'll do:
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hello gamers I'm opening *emergency* graphic design commissions, to help me keep my healthcare due this friday. Flexible pricing, I'll do:
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
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Original painting — gouache on heavy card, 47 x 57 cm — by Philippe Druillet (b. 1944), published on the cover of Galaxie #58 (March 1969).
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Original painting — gouache on heavy card, 47 x 57 cm — by Philippe Druillet (b. 1944), published on the cover of Galaxie #58 (March 1969).
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you seen this?
perplexingruins.itch.io/simple-hack
perplexingruins.itch.io/simple-hack
Simple Hack by Perplexing Ruins
perplexingruins.itch.io
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you seen this?
perplexingruins.itch.io/simple-hack
perplexingruins.itch.io/simple-hack
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These outtakes were my Stupid Holy Grail. We've had these for years on a nondescript CD, and I didn't realize it until last week!
Still need more baseball?
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
These outtakes were my Stupid Holy Grail. We've had these for years on a nondescript CD, and I didn't realize it until last week!
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So my advice, to those who would ask, is not "the only way to make money as a game designer is to start with money," but "the only way to be a creative person / game designer is to figure out what tiny scraps of time you can put towards practicing your craft to produce your art, and do that."
November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
So my advice, to those who would ask, is not "the only way to make money as a game designer is to start with money," but "the only way to be a creative person / game designer is to figure out what tiny scraps of time you can put towards practicing your craft to produce your art, and do that."
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Something’s gone wrong in the Alabaster Aviary! A coven of crows has been experimenting with Shiny Magic, and something slipped through one of their ley-lines. Now, a strange creature roams the connecting pinions of the Aviary, letting its hunger guide it.
Dinoberry Press | Patreon
Hello, I'm Jam! Making art & games inspired by the stuff we love
www.patreon.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Something’s gone wrong in the Alabaster Aviary! A coven of crows has been experimenting with Shiny Magic, and something slipped through one of their ley-lines. Now, a strange creature roams the connecting pinions of the Aviary, letting its hunger guide it.
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Got to hang out with @robbiaburns.bsky.social & @mapcrow.bsky.social for a bit today along with two other grand souls. Chat and play some games.
Not for nothing but if you aren't following Hinterlight #TTRPG yet... you should be!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
Not for nothing but if you aren't following Hinterlight #TTRPG yet... you should be!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
Coming soon: Hinterlight
A Collaborative Prelude to Adventure
ttrpg.link
November 2, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Got to hang out with @robbiaburns.bsky.social & @mapcrow.bsky.social for a bit today along with two other grand souls. Chat and play some games.
Not for nothing but if you aren't following Hinterlight #TTRPG yet... you should be!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
Not for nothing but if you aren't following Hinterlight #TTRPG yet... you should be!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
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A small Irish indie as best #horrorgame of 2025? Maybe?
If you've played Eyes of Hellfire and love it, throw a vote our way!
www.polygon.com/best-horror-...
If you've played Eyes of Hellfire and love it, throw a vote our way!
www.polygon.com/best-horror-...
Vote for the best horror game of the year from our 6 nominees
2025 was a great year for horror gaming — here are some of our favorites
www.polygon.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A small Irish indie as best #horrorgame of 2025? Maybe?
If you've played Eyes of Hellfire and love it, throw a vote our way!
www.polygon.com/best-horror-...
If you've played Eyes of Hellfire and love it, throw a vote our way!
www.polygon.com/best-horror-...
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August 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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We're back! Painting up the Vampire queen from @gardensofhecate.bsky.social and @meridianminiatures.bsky.social to run as Gulvahar for my Angmar army
youtu.be/Fazofuotzgc
youtu.be/Fazofuotzgc
Creating GÛLVAHAR, the SCARIEST MODEL in MIDDLE EARTH | The Angmar Project
YouTube video by Andurz Talks Hobbies
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
We're back! Painting up the Vampire queen from @gardensofhecate.bsky.social and @meridianminiatures.bsky.social to run as Gulvahar for my Angmar army
youtu.be/Fazofuotzgc
youtu.be/Fazofuotzgc
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Needed to draw some maps drawing. I made a little hex grid Pocketmod. Single sheet of letter paper can be folded into a book with 3 spreads. Still messing with sizes. These are .5 inch. Might make a bunch of versions and put it up on Itch for everyone. #ttrpg #hexcrawl #hexmap #rpgmap
October 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@pippinbarr.bsky.social Has Gamething stopped/transitioned over to Ways of Playing?
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
@pippinbarr.bsky.social Has Gamething stopped/transitioned over to Ways of Playing?
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“The Obsidian Man” (1993) by Janet Aulisio for “Earthdawn Rulebook” (FASA, 1994), first edition.
February 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
“The Obsidian Man” (1993) by Janet Aulisio for “Earthdawn Rulebook” (FASA, 1994), first edition.
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It’s been a year.. Can you still beat this game. 📆
CROWDED. FOLLOWED. 🔻🔻🔻
store.steampowered.com/app/2948790/...
#horrorgame #halloween #scarygames
CROWDED. FOLLOWED. 🔻🔻🔻
store.steampowered.com/app/2948790/...
#horrorgame #halloween #scarygames
October 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It’s been a year.. Can you still beat this game. 📆
CROWDED. FOLLOWED. 🔻🔻🔻
store.steampowered.com/app/2948790/...
#horrorgame #halloween #scarygames
CROWDED. FOLLOWED. 🔻🔻🔻
store.steampowered.com/app/2948790/...
#horrorgame #halloween #scarygames