Olivia Montoya | Metaparadox
@metaparadox.bsky.social
She/they. 33, CT, USA. Queer, ace, Autistic, ADHD, Latine, larper, larp writer + organizer, indie ttrpg hobbyist, programmer of games and tools for analog games, zinester, artist. Ask me about online larp and asexual history! www.oliviamontoya.com
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Stuff I am:
🎭 Larper, LARP writer, GM, event organizer
🎲 Indie TTRPG hobbyist
📒 Zinester + DIY self-publishing advocate
💜 Asexual history nerd + activist
👩💻 Hobbyist programmer + game dev
🏳️🌈 Queer media enjoyer + creator
⌛ Game jam runner
🧠 Neurodiversity advocate
🎨 Digital artist + graphic designer
🎭 Larper, LARP writer, GM, event organizer
🎲 Indie TTRPG hobbyist
📒 Zinester + DIY self-publishing advocate
💜 Asexual history nerd + activist
👩💻 Hobbyist programmer + game dev
🏳️🌈 Queer media enjoyer + creator
⌛ Game jam runner
🧠 Neurodiversity advocate
🎨 Digital artist + graphic designer
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The Audition is a short larp designed for remote play about an actor and their doppelganger competing for a part in a shitty sci-fi TV reboot. bullypulpitgames.itch.io/the-audition
The Audition by Bully Pulpit Games
An actor and their doppelgänger fight for the same role. Which one are you?
bullypulpitgames.itch.io
February 14, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The Audition is a short larp designed for remote play about an actor and their doppelganger competing for a part in a shitty sci-fi TV reboot. bullypulpitgames.itch.io/the-audition
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Make A Scene is looking for fresh new parlor larps. They will give you $300 and help you tune up your game and then run it multiple times. They premiere first-time designers every year! It's a great festival and the sort of thing I'd love to see more of. makeascenemn.org/en/call-for-...
Submit a Scenario | MAKE A SCENE!
Calling all scenario authors, past, present, and future! We are seeking brand new live-action roleplaying scenarios exploring the festival theme of Tempo to premiere at Make a Scene in August 2026! We...
makeascenemn.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Make A Scene is looking for fresh new parlor larps. They will give you $300 and help you tune up your game and then run it multiple times. They premiere first-time designers every year! It's a great festival and the sort of thing I'd love to see more of. makeascenemn.org/en/call-for-...
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♠️ ASEXUAL, AROMANTIC, AND ASPEC CREATIVES! ♠️
If you're looking for a space to share your works and meet other acespec creatives, join our Discord! 💜💚
(Yes, we have cake. 🍰)
If you're looking for a space to share your works and meet other acespec creatives, join our Discord! 💜💚
(Yes, we have cake. 🍰)
Join the Aspective Media Discord Server!
Check out the Aspective Media community on Discord - hang out with 50 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.
discord.gg
May 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
♠️ ASEXUAL, AROMANTIC, AND ASPEC CREATIVES! ♠️
If you're looking for a space to share your works and meet other acespec creatives, join our Discord! 💜💚
(Yes, we have cake. 🍰)
If you're looking for a space to share your works and meet other acespec creatives, join our Discord! 💜💚
(Yes, we have cake. 🍰)
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📢 ISO OF ACE CREATIVES 📢
I’m making a starter pack for Asexuals in art, games, music, writing &/or voice acting!🖤🩶🤍💜
🗣️If you’re a creative on the asexual spectrum, reply with what you do
🔁 RTs Appreciated! 🔁
#AsexualityDay #GameDev #IndieDev #VisualNovel #TTRPG #Music #Artist #Author #VoiceActor
I’m making a starter pack for Asexuals in art, games, music, writing &/or voice acting!🖤🩶🤍💜
🗣️If you’re a creative on the asexual spectrum, reply with what you do
🔁 RTs Appreciated! 🔁
#AsexualityDay #GameDev #IndieDev #VisualNovel #TTRPG #Music #Artist #Author #VoiceActor
April 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
📢 ISO OF ACE CREATIVES 📢
I’m making a starter pack for Asexuals in art, games, music, writing &/or voice acting!🖤🩶🤍💜
🗣️If you’re a creative on the asexual spectrum, reply with what you do
🔁 RTs Appreciated! 🔁
#AsexualityDay #GameDev #IndieDev #VisualNovel #TTRPG #Music #Artist #Author #VoiceActor
I’m making a starter pack for Asexuals in art, games, music, writing &/or voice acting!🖤🩶🤍💜
🗣️If you’re a creative on the asexual spectrum, reply with what you do
🔁 RTs Appreciated! 🔁
#AsexualityDay #GameDev #IndieDev #VisualNovel #TTRPG #Music #Artist #Author #VoiceActor
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We have published our first report on larp festivals and conventions, explaining the foundations of the work we are doing in Larpocracy: Larp Festivals as Democratic Spaces.
zenodo.org/records/1841...
zenodo.org/records/1841...
Larp Festivals as Democratic Spaces
This report is the first deliverable from Work Package 5: Design of Spaces for Human Encounter in the Horizon Europe funded research project Larpocracy. It lays the foundations for our research on lar...
zenodo.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:12 AM
We have published our first report on larp festivals and conventions, explaining the foundations of the work we are doing in Larpocracy: Larp Festivals as Democratic Spaces.
zenodo.org/records/1841...
zenodo.org/records/1841...
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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!
Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
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Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
Coming soon: The Thunder Perfect Mind
An Occult Action Thriller Tabletop RPG
www.kickstarter.com
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Get this occult action thriller ttRPG for 1-7 people. Perfect if you enjoy playing powerful undead revenants embroiled in breakneck action, interpersonal drama, and occult investigation. Soundtrack by @mollynoise.bsky.social and human-made art by @stregawolf.art. Jump in now for early bird deals!
I wrote a zine about how I find totally free indie video games made by students, hobbyists and others! metaparadox.itch.io/hidden-gems-...
Hidden Gems Zine by Metaparadox
A zine about how I find totally free indie games
metaparadox.itch.io
February 1, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I wrote a zine about how I find totally free indie video games made by students, hobbyists and others! metaparadox.itch.io/hidden-gems-...
This is my bucket list LARP! Hopefully I can make it work
The crowdfunding page for Odysseus, the epic Battlestar Galactica-inspired blockbuster larp, is out in preview!
Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!
Super thorough and really polished, while remaining unmistakably grassroots. Very excited about this one!
Odysseus – First Light by Ellarion Tales - Indiegogo
Odysseus – First Light is an epic sci-fi larp about survival. Help us build a spaceship and join us onboard!
www.indiegogo.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:07 PM
This is my bucket list LARP! Hopefully I can make it work
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Hello new followers! I work on early modern lit/sci, women writers, and book history and textual editing.
This year I'm on a fellowship letting me focus on asexuality and aromanticism studies; I'm writing abt ace/aro history; ace/aro reading; and also collate ace/aro research here: acearobiblio.com
This year I'm on a fellowship letting me focus on asexuality and aromanticism studies; I'm writing abt ace/aro history; ace/aro reading; and also collate ace/aro research here: acearobiblio.com
November 10, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Hello new followers! I work on early modern lit/sci, women writers, and book history and textual editing.
This year I'm on a fellowship letting me focus on asexuality and aromanticism studies; I'm writing abt ace/aro history; ace/aro reading; and also collate ace/aro research here: acearobiblio.com
This year I'm on a fellowship letting me focus on asexuality and aromanticism studies; I'm writing abt ace/aro history; ace/aro reading; and also collate ace/aro research here: acearobiblio.com
The 7th annual Aro Jam page is live! Have you ever wanted to make a video game (or tabletop game)? How about one with aromantic representation? Aro Jam is a game jam for this purpose. Check out the jam page for a bunch of resources. The jam lasts the full month of February! itch.io/jam/aro-jam-...
Aro Jam 2026
A game jam from 2026-02-01 to 2026-03-01 hosted by Metaparadox. Welcome to the seventh Aro Jam! If you’re looking for the previous Aro Jams, here’s the links: https://itch.io/jam/aro-jam , https://itc...
itch.io
January 29, 2026 at 3:28 AM
The 7th annual Aro Jam page is live! Have you ever wanted to make a video game (or tabletop game)? How about one with aromantic representation? Aro Jam is a game jam for this purpose. Check out the jam page for a bunch of resources. The jam lasts the full month of February! itch.io/jam/aro-jam-...
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In 2025 we raised ~$300 to fund a new website which remains unspent. As our final act upon this material plane, we will be using that money to award 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost.
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
In 2025 we raised ~$300 to fund a new website which remains unspent. As our final act upon this material plane, we will be using that money to award 6x $50 USD micro grants to ttrpg designers or content creators that could use a small boost.
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
APPLY HERE before Jan 31: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The most important mechanic in The Cottontails (one of my LARPs for @metaparadox.bsky.social’s #litformLARPjam) is that you pick your lines from a hat. I didn’t know where those lines would come from… so I wound up writing a play in Excel. I wrote about it. gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
January 17, 2026 at 6:06 PM
The most important mechanic in The Cottontails (one of my LARPs for @metaparadox.bsky.social’s #litformLARPjam) is that you pick your lines from a hat. I didn’t know where those lines would come from… so I wound up writing a play in Excel. I wrote about it. gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
Nice to see my zines in the wild!
ZINES: some thoughts
This year, I went to a zine fair and picked up a dozen zines, some of which I gifted to family today... and one of my kids gifted two zines to me! Because I've talked about/created them for long enough, they know my fascination :)
I'm intrigued by all the forms zines take...
This year, I went to a zine fair and picked up a dozen zines, some of which I gifted to family today... and one of my kids gifted two zines to me! Because I've talked about/created them for long enough, they know my fascination :)
I'm intrigued by all the forms zines take...
January 17, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Nice to see my zines in the wild!
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Mozog Station is Falling Down, a secrets-and-powers LARP by the same people as No Planet for Old Pirates (apparently @catsoftamarack.bsky.social), is the DTRPG deal of the day today! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
Mozog Station is Falling Down - Espionage Party | DriveThruRPG
Scenario Teaser
In the remote reaches of known space, Mozog Station was founded by the centralized Core government to study a mysterious wormhole that opens every 12 years. But with the recent collaps...
www.drivethrurpg.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Mozog Station is Falling Down, a secrets-and-powers LARP by the same people as No Planet for Old Pirates (apparently @catsoftamarack.bsky.social), is the DTRPG deal of the day today! www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
There's still time to participate in #AceJam2026. Ace Jam is a #GameJam about #asexual spectrum representation in games itch.io/jam/ace-jam-...
Ace Jam 2026
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Metaparadox. Welcome to the ninth annual Ace Jam! If you're looking for previous Ace Jams, you can find that here: https://itch.io/jam/ace-jam , http...
itch.io
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
There's still time to participate in #AceJam2026. Ace Jam is a #GameJam about #asexual spectrum representation in games itch.io/jam/ace-jam-...
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And she's finally ready! The full text of THE COTTONTAILS, created for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam and heavily inspired by #DavidLynch's surreal short film RABBITS, is live! gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
January 12, 2026 at 7:53 PM
And she's finally ready! The full text of THE COTTONTAILS, created for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam and heavily inspired by #DavidLynch's surreal short film RABBITS, is live! gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
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This blogpost from the Odysseus -- First Light team may seem like a project update, but it is in fact an insightful piece on how funding and sustainability can be incorporated into immersive entertainment, particularly larp.
Give it a read if that interests you!
ellariontales.com/blog/blog3-c...
Give it a read if that interests you!
ellariontales.com/blog/blog3-c...
Crowdfunding Odysseus: What It Means and How It Works
#3 Blog post: Why did we choose crowdfunding and all the practicalities around it.
ellariontales.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:45 PM
This blogpost from the Odysseus -- First Light team may seem like a project update, but it is in fact an insightful piece on how funding and sustainability can be incorporated into immersive entertainment, particularly larp.
Give it a read if that interests you!
ellariontales.com/blog/blog3-c...
Give it a read if that interests you!
ellariontales.com/blog/blog3-c...
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I can hardly describe why I'm so excited about this, but I've finally found a term that captures our game genre better than the broad label “Theater-Style”!
Yes, what we play is 100% Secrets and Powers LARP.
Yes, what we play is 100% Secrets and Powers LARP.
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I can hardly describe why I'm so excited about this, but I've finally found a term that captures our game genre better than the broad label “Theater-Style”!
Yes, what we play is 100% Secrets and Powers LARP.
Yes, what we play is 100% Secrets and Powers LARP.
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So here's one of the more presentable sets of materials I have on hand for a LARP game.
Since I usually play with familiar players, most documents are filled with inside jokes and are rather haphazardly organized. This is one of the few that was put together with more care.
Since I usually play with familiar players, most documents are filled with inside jokes and are rather haphazardly organized. This is one of the few that was put together with more care.
January 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
So here's one of the more presentable sets of materials I have on hand for a LARP game.
Since I usually play with familiar players, most documents are filled with inside jokes and are rather haphazardly organized. This is one of the few that was put together with more care.
Since I usually play with familiar players, most documents are filled with inside jokes and are rather haphazardly organized. This is one of the few that was put together with more care.
Another example of convergent evolution in LARP design, this time from Taiwan!
I've run a certain form of LARP.
Since I haven't actually studied LARP history or interacted with LARP players elsewhere in the world, I'm not sure if this format is unique to us.
(1/9)
Since I haven't actually studied LARP history or interacted with LARP players elsewhere in the world, I'm not sure if this format is unique to us.
(1/9)
January 4, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Another example of convergent evolution in LARP design, this time from Taiwan!
Well, fingers crossed
January 1, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Well, fingers crossed
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Okay, so my second #LARP entry for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam, THE COTTONTAILS, may take a little more time than I was hoping. (Holidays, and all.) That said, the page is up and I have a three page preview available for free download!
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
January 1, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Okay, so my second #LARP entry for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam, THE COTTONTAILS, may take a little more time than I was hoping. (Holidays, and all.) That said, the page is up and I have a three page preview available for free download!
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io/the-cottonta...
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Just in time for New Year's Eve, here's my take on Jean-Paul Sartre's classic French drama NO EXIT... but in #LARP form! This is my first attempt at the genre, written for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam over on itch.io
Other People by Gowanusaurus Rex
Three players assume the roles of three damned souls condemned to share a hotel room for eternity.
gowanusaurusrex.itch.io
December 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Just in time for New Year's Eve, here's my take on Jean-Paul Sartre's classic French drama NO EXIT... but in #LARP form! This is my first attempt at the genre, written for @metaparadox.bsky.social's #LitformLARPJam over on itch.io
Finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters as a part of my post-LARP self care, and now I've got Golden on repeat on Spotify lol
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Finally watched K-Pop Demon Hunters as a part of my post-LARP self care, and now I've got Golden on repeat on Spotify lol