Max Moon Games
@maxmoon.bsky.social
Game designer, publisher, printmaker, musician, and anti-rationalist
Highly recommend this. Texting some folks right now. Thanks to @theweeklyscroll.com and @explorersdesign.bsky.social for practicing community generosity by taking the time do do this episode and sharing their insights. Amazing.
A fun and very long chat about promoting yourself while keeping a community focus. We spent half of the episode listing other people as great examples of what we'd like to see more of.
New ep
Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
Ryan sits down with Clayton Notestine of @explorersdesign.bsky.social to follow up his recent article on How to Promote Your Work with our take on Self-Promotion, including the Do's and Don'ts of reaching out to bloggers and podcasters.
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Highly recommend this. Texting some folks right now. Thanks to @theweeklyscroll.com and @explorersdesign.bsky.social for practicing community generosity by taking the time do do this episode and sharing their insights. Amazing.
Loved getting to play some Rumpus with TWS!
New episode!
We are joined once again by @maxmoon.bsky.social and Kyle Reimergartin to play RUMPUS, their tabletop miniatures game of tricks, traps, and jiggery-pokery where players gather a troupe of fairies, outfit them with strange and powerful items, and vie for the favor of the Fairy King!
We are joined once again by @maxmoon.bsky.social and Kyle Reimergartin to play RUMPUS, their tabletop miniatures game of tricks, traps, and jiggery-pokery where players gather a troupe of fairies, outfit them with strange and powerful items, and vie for the favor of the Fairy King!
EP 289 | We Play RUMPUS
YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll
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October 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Loved getting to play some Rumpus with TWS!
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"No fonts? We'll make them. Other publishers said it's too much trouble? We'll still do it. … No electricity because of airstrikes? Our designers plug into generators and keep going. That's the spirit of the game, defiant. And that's the spirit of Ukraine right now. So… perfect match.”
Deeply appreciate M87 Games taking the time to talk me through the practical, political, and deeply personal decisions behind creating fonts for a Ukrainian edition of @morkborg.com www.wargamer.com/mork-borg/uk...
"Typefaces carry meaning": Why rebellious tabletop RPG MÖRK BORG ditched Russian fonts for its Ukrainian edition
I spoke to Ukrainian publisher M87 Games about the deeply political, personal, and innovative process of translating punk TTRPG MÖRK BORG.
www.wargamer.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"No fonts? We'll make them. Other publishers said it's too much trouble? We'll still do it. … No electricity because of airstrikes? Our designers plug into generators and keep going. That's the spirit of the game, defiant. And that's the spirit of Ukraine right now. So… perfect match.”
Go give a listen to Dark Valley’s Twelve Years at Sea soundtrack! It turned out so damn good.
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
Twelve Years at Sea, by Dark Valley
12 track album
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Go give a listen to Dark Valley’s Twelve Years at Sea soundtrack! It turned out so damn good.
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
darkvalleyds.bandcamp.com/album/twelve...
#dungeonsynth
We have a fascination for the Hand of Glory. So, we had to make one…or 100. These are available for preorder now.
A collab with Mithras Candle.
Made with black beeswax and tallow.
Includes a ghostly zine of 5 rituals and a new translation of an excerpt from Le Petit Albert!
flaminghand.com
A collab with Mithras Candle.
Made with black beeswax and tallow.
Includes a ghostly zine of 5 rituals and a new translation of an excerpt from Le Petit Albert!
flaminghand.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
We have a fascination for the Hand of Glory. So, we had to make one…or 100. These are available for preorder now.
A collab with Mithras Candle.
Made with black beeswax and tallow.
Includes a ghostly zine of 5 rituals and a new translation of an excerpt from Le Petit Albert!
flaminghand.com
A collab with Mithras Candle.
Made with black beeswax and tallow.
Includes a ghostly zine of 5 rituals and a new translation of an excerpt from Le Petit Albert!
flaminghand.com
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Oh hey, we're live to review WEIRD HEROES OF PUBLIC ACCESS from @joeyroyale.bsky.social, a ttrpg that lets you and your friends step into the shoes of quirky public access TV personalities to save your beloved town of Fairhaven.
go here 👇
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
go here 👇
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
September 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oh hey, we're live to review WEIRD HEROES OF PUBLIC ACCESS from @joeyroyale.bsky.social, a ttrpg that lets you and your friends step into the shoes of quirky public access TV personalities to save your beloved town of Fairhaven.
go here 👇
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
go here 👇
twitch.tv/theweeklyscroll
Our new publishing company and store is up and running. If you haven’t already got Sölitary Defilement…there aren’t a lot left….again. We try to keep this in print but demand is constantly surprising us with being even greater than the last run.
💀 Sölitary Defilement + 5 grotesque pamphlets = one cursed bundle.
Hunt necromantic bastards.
Escape the Shadow King’s dungeon & sewers.
Lose yourself in a tragic castle.
Embrace spite & malice.
The dying world of MÖRK BORG has never been this lonely.
Hunt necromantic bastards.
Escape the Shadow King’s dungeon & sewers.
Lose yourself in a tragic castle.
Embrace spite & malice.
The dying world of MÖRK BORG has never been this lonely.
September 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Our new publishing company and store is up and running. If you haven’t already got Sölitary Defilement…there aren’t a lot left….again. We try to keep this in print but demand is constantly surprising us with being even greater than the last run.
Perplexing Ruins NPC illustrations for Abyss of Hallucinations are absolutely perfect. Decadent, psychedelic, and weird as fuck. Thank you for your vision!
I did a series of illustrations for @maxmoon.bsky.social for an upcoming book of theirs! Here are 3 of the 14 character portraits in this series and I can't wait for you all to see them
September 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Perplexing Ruins NPC illustrations for Abyss of Hallucinations are absolutely perfect. Decadent, psychedelic, and weird as fuck. Thank you for your vision!
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Throwback to one of my favorite commission art pieces!
I drew this for the solo game Twelve Years by @maxmoon.bsky.social
I was so proud at how i captured this weird fae exploration vibe
I drew this for the solo game Twelve Years by @maxmoon.bsky.social
I was so proud at how i captured this weird fae exploration vibe
August 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Throwback to one of my favorite commission art pieces!
I drew this for the solo game Twelve Years by @maxmoon.bsky.social
I was so proud at how i captured this weird fae exploration vibe
I drew this for the solo game Twelve Years by @maxmoon.bsky.social
I was so proud at how i captured this weird fae exploration vibe
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✨🔮 Unlock creativity with Occult Strategies, your pocket grimoire for breaking blocks and summoning inspiration. Draw a card, cast a spell, and transform the everyday. Perfect for witches, artists, and seekers. Get yours now!
July 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
✨🔮 Unlock creativity with Occult Strategies, your pocket grimoire for breaking blocks and summoning inspiration. Draw a card, cast a spell, and transform the everyday. Perfect for witches, artists, and seekers. Get yours now!
Last chance to back Twelve Years at Sea and get in on the free stretch goal content!
The Sea Wizard’s ritual has begun. Can you stop him before it is too late? I bet you can’t.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
The Sea Wizard’s ritual has begun. Can you stop him before it is too late? I bet you can’t.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
July 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Last chance to back Twelve Years at Sea and get in on the free stretch goal content!
The Sea Wizard’s ritual has begun. Can you stop him before it is too late? I bet you can’t.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
The Sea Wizard’s ritual has begun. Can you stop him before it is too late? I bet you can’t.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
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In 2021-2022 I absolutely adored 12 Years, playing it multiple times and even doing a live play on a private discord server. Then I apparently went to live under a rock and remained completely unaware of its MULTIPLE EXPANSIONS. Just stumbled across the latest one in its final hours on Kickstarter.
The time is coming. The most epic expansion for Twelve Years yet!!!
Inspired by eco-grief, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ursula K Le Guin, and Ray Harryhausen…among much more.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Inspired by eco-grief, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Ursula K Le Guin, and Ray Harryhausen…among much more.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Coming soon: Twelve Years at Sea: Into the Unknown Islands
An epic seafaring expansion to Twelve Years, inspired by classic weird fiction, mythology, and Harryhausen films.
www.kickstarter.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In 2021-2022 I absolutely adored 12 Years, playing it multiple times and even doing a live play on a private discord server. Then I apparently went to live under a rock and remained completely unaware of its MULTIPLE EXPANSIONS. Just stumbled across the latest one in its final hours on Kickstarter.
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I've been working on a soundtrack for Twelve Years at Sea: a game by my friend @maxmoon.bsky.social. Only 3 days left on KS! It's an epic seafaring expansion for the game Twelve Years, & adds a huge amount of narrative depth to what was already a fantastic work! www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Update 9: Soundtrack Preview! Final Stretch Goal Unlocked! Twelve Years on Lone Adventurer! · Twelve Years at Sea: Into the Unknown Islands
Dark Valley has been hard at work channeling the aural atmosphere that looms above the tides. Here is a preview track! This tape is going to be so damn good. And for those of you who don't have a c...
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July 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I've been working on a soundtrack for Twelve Years at Sea: a game by my friend @maxmoon.bsky.social. Only 3 days left on KS! It's an epic seafaring expansion for the game Twelve Years, & adds a huge amount of narrative depth to what was already a fantastic work! www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
I gotta admit I am pretty stoked to wear some @perplexingruins.bsky.social ruins art daily! Yes, I do wear my own merch. For some reason when I was in bands I would never do it, but I love the shirts we make far too much to not wear them!
I made the t shirt are in this sweet kickstarter by @maxmoon.bsky.social !
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
July 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I gotta admit I am pretty stoked to wear some @perplexingruins.bsky.social ruins art daily! Yes, I do wear my own merch. For some reason when I was in bands I would never do it, but I love the shirts we make far too much to not wear them!
Remember when you paid for a service to access the internet and the whole internet was free? Increasingly we pay for subscriptions to access the ability to pay for subscriptions to be able to upgrade our subscriptions from preview to functional service, hidden behind paywall after paywall.
July 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Remember when you paid for a service to access the internet and the whole internet was free? Increasingly we pay for subscriptions to access the ability to pay for subscriptions to be able to upgrade our subscriptions from preview to functional service, hidden behind paywall after paywall.
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New Episode!
We sit down with friend of the show and one of our favorite people in the world, @maxmoon.bsky.social! Max is here to talk about TWELVE YEARS AT SEA, the epic seafaring expansion for Twelve Years inspired by classic weird fiction, mythology, and Harryhausen films.
We sit down with friend of the show and one of our favorite people in the world, @maxmoon.bsky.social! Max is here to talk about TWELVE YEARS AT SEA, the epic seafaring expansion for Twelve Years inspired by classic weird fiction, mythology, and Harryhausen films.
EP 268 | Twelve Years at Sea with Max Moon
YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll
www.youtube.com
June 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New Episode!
We sit down with friend of the show and one of our favorite people in the world, @maxmoon.bsky.social! Max is here to talk about TWELVE YEARS AT SEA, the epic seafaring expansion for Twelve Years inspired by classic weird fiction, mythology, and Harryhausen films.
We sit down with friend of the show and one of our favorite people in the world, @maxmoon.bsky.social! Max is here to talk about TWELVE YEARS AT SEA, the epic seafaring expansion for Twelve Years inspired by classic weird fiction, mythology, and Harryhausen films.
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Yo, check out the new expansion for Twelve Years by @maxmoon.bsky.social !!
Also, just for kicks, I've got some art on a tshirt in this!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Also, just for kicks, I've got some art on a tshirt in this!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
June 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Yo, check out the new expansion for Twelve Years by @maxmoon.bsky.social !!
Also, just for kicks, I've got some art on a tshirt in this!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Also, just for kicks, I've got some art on a tshirt in this!!!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
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You should back this if you like rad ass TTRPGs you can also play on your own. @maxmoon.bsky.social makes the coolest stuff. (Check out that sweet shirt by @perplexingruins.bsky.social ! Can’t wait for that to come in too.)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
Twelve Years at Sea: Into the Unknown Islands
An epic seafaring TTRPG for one or more players, inspired by classic weird fiction, mythology, and Harryhausen films.
www.kickstarter.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You should back this if you like rad ass TTRPGs you can also play on your own. @maxmoon.bsky.social makes the coolest stuff. (Check out that sweet shirt by @perplexingruins.bsky.social ! Can’t wait for that to come in too.)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
We are launching Twelve Years at Sea tomorrow!!!
Sitting down alone with pencil and paper and playing an epic fantasy game is my number one way to get my head out of the doom scroll and to engage in catharsis.
Put on a tape. Draw some hexes and dungeons. Sail off beyond the horizon.
Sitting down alone with pencil and paper and playing an epic fantasy game is my number one way to get my head out of the doom scroll and to engage in catharsis.
Put on a tape. Draw some hexes and dungeons. Sail off beyond the horizon.
June 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We are launching Twelve Years at Sea tomorrow!!!
Sitting down alone with pencil and paper and playing an epic fantasy game is my number one way to get my head out of the doom scroll and to engage in catharsis.
Put on a tape. Draw some hexes and dungeons. Sail off beyond the horizon.
Sitting down alone with pencil and paper and playing an epic fantasy game is my number one way to get my head out of the doom scroll and to engage in catharsis.
Put on a tape. Draw some hexes and dungeons. Sail off beyond the horizon.
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Dig RPGs? How about fantasy art from the 70s and 80s? Zines? Comic books? Heavy metal? The occult? Bizarre shit? Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter! It's like walking into the local weirdo book shop circa 1986!
www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/
www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/
June 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Dig RPGs? How about fantasy art from the 70s and 80s? Zines? Comic books? Heavy metal? The occult? Bizarre shit? Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter! It's like walking into the local weirdo book shop circa 1986!
www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/
www.vintagerpg.com/newsletter/
If you haven’t heard of or played Twelve Years yet, then here you go!
Twelve Years is a solo or multiplayer procedurally generated rules light ttrpg focused on classic archetypal fantasy positioning the epic quest as central rather than any one character. It’s also a hexcrawler and dungeon crawler!
Twelve Years is a solo or multiplayer procedurally generated rules light ttrpg focused on classic archetypal fantasy positioning the epic quest as central rather than any one character. It’s also a hexcrawler and dungeon crawler!
June 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you haven’t heard of or played Twelve Years yet, then here you go!
Twelve Years is a solo or multiplayer procedurally generated rules light ttrpg focused on classic archetypal fantasy positioning the epic quest as central rather than any one character. It’s also a hexcrawler and dungeon crawler!
Twelve Years is a solo or multiplayer procedurally generated rules light ttrpg focused on classic archetypal fantasy positioning the epic quest as central rather than any one character. It’s also a hexcrawler and dungeon crawler!
Do you play solo games? Have any favorites? I have been surprised how much I love Mini Rogue. Barbarian Prince was amazing but it also gets my brain firing on how to accomplish the same goals with a bit more elegant mechanics. Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf gamebooks are phenomenal.
June 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Do you play solo games? Have any favorites? I have been surprised how much I love Mini Rogue. Barbarian Prince was amazing but it also gets my brain firing on how to accomplish the same goals with a bit more elegant mechanics. Fighting Fantasy and Lone Wolf gamebooks are phenomenal.
For those of you questing for Lemuria, Mu, Atlantis…let not your search be in vain!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
June 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For those of you questing for Lemuria, Mu, Atlantis…let not your search be in vain!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/moo...
When I was a young musician I encountered so many other musicians who were amazing but downplayed their own joy, downplayed their own appreciation for their work, and were afraid to be seen as having fun. The norm of being invulnerably cool, the calling of not being seen was higher than that of…
June 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When I was a young musician I encountered so many other musicians who were amazing but downplayed their own joy, downplayed their own appreciation for their work, and were afraid to be seen as having fun. The norm of being invulnerably cool, the calling of not being seen was higher than that of…
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Yooooo! @maxmoon.bsky.social is Kickstarting, in his own words the "most epic expansion for Twelve Years yet"!
If you've never played 12 years, it is one of my favorite solo RPGs hands down. I've never won but I've had fun every time.
(Those dungeons can be brutal! 🤣)
www.kickstarter.com/...
If you've never played 12 years, it is one of my favorite solo RPGs hands down. I've never won but I've had fun every time.
(Those dungeons can be brutal! 🤣)
www.kickstarter.com/...
June 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Yooooo! @maxmoon.bsky.social is Kickstarting, in his own words the "most epic expansion for Twelve Years yet"!
If you've never played 12 years, it is one of my favorite solo RPGs hands down. I've never won but I've had fun every time.
(Those dungeons can be brutal! 🤣)
www.kickstarter.com/...
If you've never played 12 years, it is one of my favorite solo RPGs hands down. I've never won but I've had fun every time.
(Those dungeons can be brutal! 🤣)
www.kickstarter.com/...