Agatha (she/they)
@mightyshrimp.bsky.social
Co-creator and co-host of the ENnie-winning Asians Represent! and The Game Design Game Show podcasts
|| Freelance writer and game designer of Deadly Society
|| Cultural consultant for content on Chinese diaspora and Taiwan
https://agathacheng.carrd.co
|| Freelance writer and game designer of Deadly Society
|| Cultural consultant for content on Chinese diaspora and Taiwan
https://agathacheng.carrd.co
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Hi everyone! We've created a "starter pack" for the co-hosts of the Asians Represent Podcast! In the future, we'll be making additional "packs" for guests of the show and awesome designers! go.bsky.app/9NvhntC
Hi everyone, I'm Agatha and co-host to the Asians Represent! Podcast where we discuss gaming and media from an Asian perspective.
My co-hosts are highkey amazing so give them a follow as well!
My co-hosts are highkey amazing so give them a follow as well!
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Fireside Chat with Agatha: Ep 1 Lowell Francis
In the inaugural episode of Fireside Chat with Agatha, Agatha Cheng (Asians Represent, Deadly Society) is joined by Lowell Francis, Community Manager for the Open Hearth and designer of Hearts of Wulin, to talk game design.
#ttrpg
In the inaugural episode of Fireside Chat with Agatha, Agatha Cheng (Asians Represent, Deadly Society) is joined by Lowell Francis, Community Manager for the Open Hearth and designer of Hearts of Wulin, to talk game design.
#ttrpg
Around the Hearth | Fireside Chat with Agatha: Ep 1 Lowell Francis
In the inaugural episode of Fireside Chat with Agatha, Agatha is joined by Lowell Francis, Community Manager for the Open Hearth and designer of Hearts of Wulin, to talk game design. Listen as Agat...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Fireside Chat with Agatha: Ep 1 Lowell Francis
In the inaugural episode of Fireside Chat with Agatha, Agatha Cheng (Asians Represent, Deadly Society) is joined by Lowell Francis, Community Manager for the Open Hearth and designer of Hearts of Wulin, to talk game design.
#ttrpg
In the inaugural episode of Fireside Chat with Agatha, Agatha Cheng (Asians Represent, Deadly Society) is joined by Lowell Francis, Community Manager for the Open Hearth and designer of Hearts of Wulin, to talk game design.
#ttrpg
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I realized I was affected by the itch deindexing and decided to shoot my details to @lincodega.com since they asked for people to reach out. In checking my analytics I turned up something interesting that might be a hint as to exactly how projects were selected to be deindexed. 🧵
July 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I realized I was affected by the itch deindexing and decided to shoot my details to @lincodega.com since they asked for people to reach out. In checking my analytics I turned up something interesting that might be a hint as to exactly how projects were selected to be deindexed. 🧵
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🏰🤰📜 FINAL EPISODE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
039 - to honour and obey 03 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
[link to the episode transcript]the game is to honour and obey by laurie o'connel https://laurieoconnel.itch.io/to-honour-and-obeythe guests arehappy birthday | gm36.itch.iochloe sobel | smallstories....
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July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🏰🤰📜 FINAL EPISODE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
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For today only, as part of Free RPG Day, Slayers is totally free!
Grab the PDF off itch and go hunt some monsters.
gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers
Grab the PDF off itch and go hunt some monsters.
gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers
Slayers by Gila RPGs
Monster hunting in a cursed city.
gilarpgs.itch.io
June 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
For today only, as part of Free RPG Day, Slayers is totally free!
Grab the PDF off itch and go hunt some monsters.
gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers
Grab the PDF off itch and go hunt some monsters.
gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers
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Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
Griot Anthology (Ashcan) by Thoughtcrime Games
a zine of microTTRPGs and micro-settings from black TTRPG designers.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
June 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
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well isn't that something
June 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
well isn't that something
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Thank you so much to everyone who nominated Bump in the Dark for the 2025 @critawards.bsky.social! I am so excited to announce that the game is a finalist for Best Indie TTRPG! Bump is, above all else, a game about community and this community we've made means so much to me.
June 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Thank you so much to everyone who nominated Bump in the Dark for the 2025 @critawards.bsky.social! I am so excited to announce that the game is a finalist for Best Indie TTRPG! Bump is, above all else, a game about community and this community we've made means so much to me.
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We are experiencing a huge end of campaign push for Wandering Blades! We're now less than $1.5K away from our $35K stretch goal!
We have added a new $40K stretch goal: a Wandering Blades mini series on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social with an Asian cast! Let's go!!!!
wanderingblades.com
We have added a new $40K stretch goal: a Wandering Blades mini series on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social with an Asian cast! Let's go!!!!
wanderingblades.com
The Wandering Blades campaign ends in 1 DAY and we are less than $2K away from hitting our 4th stretch goal. This means that I'll be digitizing my handwritten design notes and providing an annotated PDF of the design process to all backers!
Also, we're less than 50 backers away from hitting 1,000!
Also, we're less than 50 backers away from hitting 1,000!
The Wandering Blades Kickstarter campaign is LIVE! Help @plusoneexp.bsky.social and I bring my vision of a gritty, violent, and dramatic wuxia TTRPG to life! My goal with this project is to create the martial arts action game of my dreams!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ton...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ton...
May 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
We are experiencing a huge end of campaign push for Wandering Blades! We're now less than $1.5K away from our $35K stretch goal!
We have added a new $40K stretch goal: a Wandering Blades mini series on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social with an Asian cast! Let's go!!!!
wanderingblades.com
We have added a new $40K stretch goal: a Wandering Blades mini series on the @oneshotnetwork.bsky.social with an Asian cast! Let's go!!!!
wanderingblades.com
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Less than $1,000 away from hitting our next stretch goal for Wandering Blades - a brand new adventure by @pixelgrotto.bsky.social! We're going to be adding some seriously cool adventure content to the core rulebook with cool art! Check out this early draft for the core adventure! wanderingblades.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Less than $1,000 away from hitting our next stretch goal for Wandering Blades - a brand new adventure by @pixelgrotto.bsky.social! We're going to be adding some seriously cool adventure content to the core rulebook with cool art! Check out this early draft for the core adventure! wanderingblades.com
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If you want to know some of the reasons why I love @temporalhiccup.bsky.social 's Apocalypse Keys so much, give this a listen! 💖 Also, my guests @mightyshrimp.bsky.social and @wyllora.bsky.social were amazing, smart, and a complete joy to talk to! I want to play all these games now! 😍 #pnpde #TTRPG
Open Hearth Podcast Ep 8: Take the Universe, Triangle Agency, Apocalypse Keys
In our new episode, host Andrea @plotbunnygames.bsky.social talks with OH community members Agatha @mightyshrimp.bsky.social & @wyllora.bsky.social about recent gaming and take a deep-dive into 3 ttrpgs.
#ttrpg #podcast
In our new episode, host Andrea @plotbunnygames.bsky.social talks with OH community members Agatha @mightyshrimp.bsky.social & @wyllora.bsky.social about recent gaming and take a deep-dive into 3 ttrpgs.
#ttrpg #podcast
Around the Hearth | Open Hearth Podcast Ep 8: Take the Universe, Triangle Agency, Apocalypse Keys
In this podcast, community members join us to talk about their recent gaming and discuss one in depth that they really enjoyed. Host Andrea Rick (https://plotbunnygames.itch.io/) is joined today by...
aroundthehearth.openhearthgaming.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you want to know some of the reasons why I love @temporalhiccup.bsky.social 's Apocalypse Keys so much, give this a listen! 💖 Also, my guests @mightyshrimp.bsky.social and @wyllora.bsky.social were amazing, smart, and a complete joy to talk to! I want to play all these games now! 😍 #pnpde #TTRPG
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(Ba)guetter ready for Playtest Zero next week! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 15 May from 6 pm (PST) / 9 pm (EST) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
May 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
(Ba)guetter ready for Playtest Zero next week! For our US-friendly session, join us next Thursday, 15 May from 6 pm (PST) / 9 pm (EST) to late over at the Session Zero Discord server to do some 1-hour playtests of TTRPGs/game bits and chat with other designers! (Image unrelated)
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Found another notebook:
May 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Found another notebook:
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Wandering Blades launches in less than 24 hours! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't extremely anxious about this. Working with @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social has been a blast and I know we have something special with this game! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ton...
Coming soon: Wandering Blades
Lethal melodrama in an old school tabletop RPG package!
www.kickstarter.com
May 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Wandering Blades launches in less than 24 hours! I'd be lying if I said I wasn't extremely anxious about this. Working with @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social has been a blast and I know we have something special with this game! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ton...
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Went to KLIF today and found an Indonesian group selling their TTRPG system and setting! It uses coins tossed onto a target mat for resolution! How cool is that. Look them up at lokamantra.com/arkaloka
May 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Went to KLIF today and found an Indonesian group selling their TTRPG system and setting! It uses coins tossed onto a target mat for resolution! How cool is that. Look them up at lokamantra.com/arkaloka
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swallow the sun. defeat the dawn.
SONGS FOR THE DUSK: DAYBREAK, the first expansion for my sci-fantasy FITD TTRPG, is now available for pay-what-you want at yrgirlkv.itch.io/daybreak. new playbooks, a new crew, new locations, & new foes with unique mechanics—daybreak's rich with material to explore
SONGS FOR THE DUSK: DAYBREAK, the first expansion for my sci-fantasy FITD TTRPG, is now available for pay-what-you want at yrgirlkv.itch.io/daybreak. new playbooks, a new crew, new locations, & new foes with unique mechanics—daybreak's rich with material to explore
February 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
swallow the sun. defeat the dawn.
SONGS FOR THE DUSK: DAYBREAK, the first expansion for my sci-fantasy FITD TTRPG, is now available for pay-what-you want at yrgirlkv.itch.io/daybreak. new playbooks, a new crew, new locations, & new foes with unique mechanics—daybreak's rich with material to explore
SONGS FOR THE DUSK: DAYBREAK, the first expansion for my sci-fantasy FITD TTRPG, is now available for pay-what-you want at yrgirlkv.itch.io/daybreak. new playbooks, a new crew, new locations, & new foes with unique mechanics—daybreak's rich with material to explore
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Announcing: The Maple Jam, a game jam celebrating Canadian art & culture!
Starting May 1st and ending July 1st, participants can design and submit works inspired by Canadian game designers, or centring Canadian art & culture. You can check it out here:
itch.io/jam/the-mapl...
Starting May 1st and ending July 1st, participants can design and submit works inspired by Canadian game designers, or centring Canadian art & culture. You can check it out here:
itch.io/jam/the-mapl...
The Maple Jam
A game jam from 2025-05-01 to 2025-07-02 hosted by Mint-Rabbit. Welcome to The Maple Jam! The Maple Jam is an indie TTRPG game jam celebrating Canadian creators, and is also a place to spotlight Canad...
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April 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Announcing: The Maple Jam, a game jam celebrating Canadian art & culture!
Starting May 1st and ending July 1st, participants can design and submit works inspired by Canadian game designers, or centring Canadian art & culture. You can check it out here:
itch.io/jam/the-mapl...
Starting May 1st and ending July 1st, participants can design and submit works inspired by Canadian game designers, or centring Canadian art & culture. You can check it out here:
itch.io/jam/the-mapl...
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE LESBIAN ZINE ABOUT A HOT SCARY GAL???? Based on my Monsterhearts skin???? 😱🥺😭
I just published "Nahia came back hot" a lesbian horror chooseable path zine about your crush coming back from summer vacation hot and scary. Inspired by Avery Alder's beloved game Monsterhearts 2, and @mightyshrimp.bsky.social's amazing skin The Lure
Nahia came back hot by deecity
A chooseable-path lesbian horror romance.
deecity.itch.io
April 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE LESBIAN ZINE ABOUT A HOT SCARY GAL???? Based on my Monsterhearts skin???? 😱🥺😭
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🍭🃏🎸 MY TURN! DRAW! with STEPH NOVAK 🎸🃏🍭
teen babysitters rising up against the systematic presence of candyland (the board game). a battle of the bands to the death with a record exec. oh my god... do my eyes deceive me or are they coming from the top rope with... THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP?!!
teen babysitters rising up against the systematic presence of candyland (the board game). a battle of the bands to the death with a record exec. oh my god... do my eyes deceive me or are they coming from the top rope with... THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP?!!
024 - my turn! draw! - with steph novak | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
[link to the episode transcript]the game is my turn! draw! by jacky leung https://deathbymage.itch.io/my-turn-drawthe guest is steph novakthe (g)host is satah | gaygothvibes.online | @posatahchips [ b...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
🍭🃏🎸 MY TURN! DRAW! with STEPH NOVAK 🎸🃏🍭
teen babysitters rising up against the systematic presence of candyland (the board game). a battle of the bands to the death with a record exec. oh my god... do my eyes deceive me or are they coming from the top rope with... THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP?!!
teen babysitters rising up against the systematic presence of candyland (the board game). a battle of the bands to the death with a record exec. oh my god... do my eyes deceive me or are they coming from the top rope with... THE POWER OF FRIENDSHIP?!!
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And now we've got the @danielhkwan.itch.io announcement up on @rascalnews.bsky.social!
www.rascal.news/wandering-bl...
www.rascal.news/wandering-bl...
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
And now we've got the @danielhkwan.itch.io announcement up on @rascalnews.bsky.social!
www.rascal.news/wandering-bl...
www.rascal.news/wandering-bl...
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#Writing ttrpgs is a weird hobby. You want crystal clear sentences. Clear, unambiguous rules.
But you also want to fill your copy with evocative language, that transports and transforms the reader. Ooze nuance, vibes, and setting from those few, slim pages.
But you also want to fill your copy with evocative language, that transports and transforms the reader. Ooze nuance, vibes, and setting from those few, slim pages.
March 19, 2025 at 6:56 AM
#Writing ttrpgs is a weird hobby. You want crystal clear sentences. Clear, unambiguous rules.
But you also want to fill your copy with evocative language, that transports and transforms the reader. Ooze nuance, vibes, and setting from those few, slim pages.
But you also want to fill your copy with evocative language, that transports and transforms the reader. Ooze nuance, vibes, and setting from those few, slim pages.
@ehronlime.bsky.social hey thanks for cursing me with your zine I can't stop neighing 😑🐴
March 18, 2025 at 3:55 AM
@ehronlime.bsky.social hey thanks for cursing me with your zine I can't stop neighing 😑🐴
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Knockoff launches in 23 days 💀 if you’re interested in a body horror solo journaling game about NY Fashion Week, give it a follow and share it around!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
Knockoff Launch Party
Get excited about Knockoff on BackerKit - come join!
www.backerkit.com
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Knockoff launches in 23 days 💀 if you’re interested in a body horror solo journaling game about NY Fashion Week, give it a follow and share it around!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
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hello mutuals acquaintances friends & lovers: i'm currently vibrating at Guest Acquisition Frequency for the next lil batch of @foliopod.bsky.social recordings. please DM me here or on discord (username is just my name) if you want the info doc!! i post it a couple places but always miss people
March 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
hello mutuals acquaintances friends & lovers: i'm currently vibrating at Guest Acquisition Frequency for the next lil batch of @foliopod.bsky.social recordings. please DM me here or on discord (username is just my name) if you want the info doc!! i post it a couple places but always miss people
Such a good time at @breakoutcon.bsky.social this weekend! Got to meet so many new friends, caught up with old friends, played @ehronlime.bsky.social's Ithaca in the Cards (KICKSTARTING RN) and @austinramsaygames.bsky.social's Beam Saber, AND playtested Deadly Society. Exhausted but so happy 😌💜✨
March 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Such a good time at @breakoutcon.bsky.social this weekend! Got to meet so many new friends, caught up with old friends, played @ehronlime.bsky.social's Ithaca in the Cards (KICKSTARTING RN) and @austinramsaygames.bsky.social's Beam Saber, AND playtested Deadly Society. Exhausted but so happy 😌💜✨