Ty
@mindstorm.bsky.social
I'm just a silly little guy (he/him). Creator of TTRPGs and a follower of all the coolest blogs. Ennie award winner and definitely a person. Was @eldritchmouse on twitter.
https://www.mindstormpress.com/
https://www.mindstormpress.com/
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Ty
@mindstorm.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Sicko Worldbuilding
Question: What does it take to make compelling worlds? Answer: Going sicko mode.
www.mindstormpress.com
📰 NEW MINDSTORM POST! 📰 I've thought a lot about what makes good worldbuilding, and the most consistent throughline seems to come down to one thing: being an absolute sicko about it. Here's a post about it, including some interviews from other designers.
www.mindstormpress.com/sicko-worldb...
www.mindstormpress.com/sicko-worldb...
I still regularly use my faction generator to spark ideas and think you might get some use out of it too. Check it out!
perchance.org/smoke-fuel-f...
perchance.org/smoke-fuel-f...
smoke, fuel, & fire faction generator
perchance.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I still regularly use my faction generator to spark ideas and think you might get some use out of it too. Check it out!
perchance.org/smoke-fuel-f...
perchance.org/smoke-fuel-f...
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Some new (?) tech to track persistent states via random tables with memory. Like Ladder Tables, but simpler in execution.
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
Stepladder Tables
I am not certain that I am the first to have this idea. In fact, I most certainly am not; there's nothing new under the sun (especially in R...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Some new (?) tech to track persistent states via random tables with memory. Like Ladder Tables, but simpler in execution.
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
Behold, the Stepladder Table!
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protagonist (chapter one) versus protagonist (chapter two) #webcomic #marakethschosen
November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
protagonist (chapter one) versus protagonist (chapter two) #webcomic #marakethschosen
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Seven new pieces of flash and some placement ideas
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Seven new pieces of flash and some placement ideas
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NEW BLOG BANDWAGON
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
Blogwagon Announcement: Merry Hexmas — Prismatic Wasteland
A new blog bandwagon where everyone writes a hex for a winter wonderland hexcrawl and posts it on their blog, linking to blogs that have adjacent hexes. This announcement has all the information you n...
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Fuck it up, drink blood, Blood Borg is free to download today only, happy Halloween.
worldchampgameco.itch.io/bloodborg
worldchampgameco.itch.io/bloodborg
Blood Borg by World Champ Game Co.
Scumbag punk vampire ttrpg
worldchampgameco.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fuck it up, drink blood, Blood Borg is free to download today only, happy Halloween.
worldchampgameco.itch.io/bloodborg
worldchampgameco.itch.io/bloodborg
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Talking to @lumpley.bsky.social and @megueyb.bsky.social is always a delight. Their work is inspirational and also so much damn fun. Burned Over is worth getting excited about.
"The time for a softer, gentler Apocalypse World was gone."
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over represents the complicated ways that both the Bakers and reality have changed since the original RPG's release.
Apocalypse World: Burned Over is kinder and much angrier
The end of the world isn’t what it used to be. It might be better.
www.rascal.news
October 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Talking to @lumpley.bsky.social and @megueyb.bsky.social is always a delight. Their work is inspirational and also so much damn fun. Burned Over is worth getting excited about.
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next update is Tuesday 11/4 (newsletter 'scribers get it early on 10/28)
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
next update is Tuesday 11/4 (newsletter 'scribers get it early on 10/28)
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Now that AWS isn't being stupid:
Devlog 1, in which the Developer begins to understand the extent of the work ahead of him.
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
Devlog 1, in which the Developer begins to understand the extent of the work ahead of him.
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
Devlog Has Come to This Town
Content warning: This is a game about a plague. There’s basically no way I can’t talk about the current, ongoing one. I try not to look directly at it, here.
Every year I try to do a little something ...
binarystar.games
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Now that AWS isn't being stupid:
Devlog 1, in which the Developer begins to understand the extent of the work ahead of him.
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
Devlog 1, in which the Developer begins to understand the extent of the work ahead of him.
binarystar.games/posts/origin...
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Hey folks, my laptop needs fan replacements, but I am currently having financial struggles. Need my device for some freelance work, so any help to get them repaired is appreciated.
itch.io/s/162117/hel...
itch.io/s/162117/hel...
Help John Erwin repair his laptop by John Erwin
A bundle by John Erwin, $11.00 for May Project Na Naman Si Kapitan?, Life of the Poultry, 24XX: A Goon's Guide to the Galaxy
itch.io
October 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hey folks, my laptop needs fan replacements, but I am currently having financial struggles. Need my device for some freelance work, so any help to get them repaired is appreciated.
itch.io/s/162117/hel...
itch.io/s/162117/hel...
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I haven't been posting much on here because I've been busy with work! Here's some tattoos I've done in the past month
October 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I haven't been posting much on here because I've been busy with work! Here's some tattoos I've done in the past month
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Preview sketch of a map by Guy Pradel for my upcoming big dungeon CASTLE AUTOMATIC.
Five levels, each ruled by different factions, with pathways between them.
Being very careful to make sure that the flows, chokepoints, gates, and keys between the different levels are interesting and varied.
Five levels, each ruled by different factions, with pathways between them.
Being very careful to make sure that the flows, chokepoints, gates, and keys between the different levels are interesting and varied.
October 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Preview sketch of a map by Guy Pradel for my upcoming big dungeon CASTLE AUTOMATIC.
Five levels, each ruled by different factions, with pathways between them.
Being very careful to make sure that the flows, chokepoints, gates, and keys between the different levels are interesting and varied.
Five levels, each ruled by different factions, with pathways between them.
Being very careful to make sure that the flows, chokepoints, gates, and keys between the different levels are interesting and varied.
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another day volunteering at the TTRPG museum. everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the Rule of Cool. buddy, they wont even let me fuck it.
October 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
another day volunteering at the TTRPG museum. everyone keeps asking me if they can fuck the Rule of Cool. buddy, they wont even let me fuck it.
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"This Whole Thing Smacks of Pathfinder", I holler as I overturn my GM's dice tower and turn the 4th round of combat into the 4th round of Shit
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"This Whole Thing Smacks of Pathfinder", I holler as I overturn my GM's dice tower and turn the 4th round of combat into the 4th round of Shit
exploration: 7 rules
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
October 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
exploration: 7 rules
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
characters: 12 rules
equipment: 2 rules
combat: 63 rules
magic items: 2 rules
someone who is good at game design please help me fix this. my combats take 4 hours
If you have a blog PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put a greatest hits / best posts section on your site. Be vain and put your posts on the fridge / trophy shelf for all to see.
Whenever I discover a new blog that's the first thing I check.
Whenever I discover a new blog that's the first thing I check.
October 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If you have a blog PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put a greatest hits / best posts section on your site. Be vain and put your posts on the fridge / trophy shelf for all to see.
Whenever I discover a new blog that's the first thing I check.
Whenever I discover a new blog that's the first thing I check.
more adventurers with crowbars 👏 👏 👏
Couple of teaser images from Felipe Faria from the forthcoming jumbo (mega?!) dungeon CASTLE AUTOMATIC for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM
DARE you enter my magical realm?
(All art for the book will be made available as separate digital downloads so GMs can show them to players without spoilers.)
DARE you enter my magical realm?
(All art for the book will be made available as separate digital downloads so GMs can show them to players without spoilers.)
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
more adventurers with crowbars 👏 👏 👏
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Couple of teaser images from Felipe Faria from the forthcoming jumbo (mega?!) dungeon CASTLE AUTOMATIC for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM
DARE you enter my magical realm?
(All art for the book will be made available as separate digital downloads so GMs can show them to players without spoilers.)
DARE you enter my magical realm?
(All art for the book will be made available as separate digital downloads so GMs can show them to players without spoilers.)
October 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Couple of teaser images from Felipe Faria from the forthcoming jumbo (mega?!) dungeon CASTLE AUTOMATIC for HIS MAJESTY THE WORM
DARE you enter my magical realm?
(All art for the book will be made available as separate digital downloads so GMs can show them to players without spoilers.)
DARE you enter my magical realm?
(All art for the book will be made available as separate digital downloads so GMs can show them to players without spoilers.)
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cube (1997) is osr
October 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
cube (1997) is osr
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Welcome to the Maraketh Megathread: a page-by-page posting of the SECOND issue of our dark fantasy #webcomic ~ updates on the first Tuesday of the month. Behold the cover!👹🐍💅🔥🌙 by @mhudson-illustration.com
October 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Welcome to the Maraketh Megathread: a page-by-page posting of the SECOND issue of our dark fantasy #webcomic ~ updates on the first Tuesday of the month. Behold the cover!👹🐍💅🔥🌙 by @mhudson-illustration.com
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Reminded of the concept of "Speedbumps" in HIS MAJESTY THE WORM today.
I'm a forgetful person by nature, and when I'm GMing there's a lot of spinning plates.
I purposefully put speed bumps into the game so that I could remember to do the "bookkeeping" parts of the game that were important to me.
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I'm a forgetful person by nature, and when I'm GMing there's a lot of spinning plates.
I purposefully put speed bumps into the game so that I could remember to do the "bookkeeping" parts of the game that were important to me.
🧵
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reminded of the concept of "Speedbumps" in HIS MAJESTY THE WORM today.
I'm a forgetful person by nature, and when I'm GMing there's a lot of spinning plates.
I purposefully put speed bumps into the game so that I could remember to do the "bookkeeping" parts of the game that were important to me.
🧵
I'm a forgetful person by nature, and when I'm GMing there's a lot of spinning plates.
I purposefully put speed bumps into the game so that I could remember to do the "bookkeeping" parts of the game that were important to me.
🧵
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Its Jennell jaquays birthdat. She left this realm last January. Her her adventure design and artwork made a bigger impact on me than any other judges guild writer. I even used the color scheme from Hellpits of Nightfang for inspiration when illustrating Duginthroat Divided. Here's a small tribute.
October 14, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Its Jennell jaquays birthdat. She left this realm last January. Her her adventure design and artwork made a bigger impact on me than any other judges guild writer. I even used the color scheme from Hellpits of Nightfang for inspiration when illustrating Duginthroat Divided. Here's a small tribute.
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Not every game is a product.
Not every booklet is a zine.
Not every idea is a kickstarter.
Not every conversation is content.
Not every collab is a stretch goal.
Not every designer is a peer.
Not every booklet is a zine.
Not every idea is a kickstarter.
Not every conversation is content.
Not every collab is a stretch goal.
Not every designer is a peer.
October 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Not every game is a product.
Not every booklet is a zine.
Not every idea is a kickstarter.
Not every conversation is content.
Not every collab is a stretch goal.
Not every designer is a peer.
Not every booklet is a zine.
Not every idea is a kickstarter.
Not every conversation is content.
Not every collab is a stretch goal.
Not every designer is a peer.
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The last article in my Awards Debrief is up. What even is the point of an award show? Should anyone care?
www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/
www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/
Where do rpg awards go next?
An insider's look into the 2025 Ennie Awards. Part four. What's the point of an award show? And what do we want to see in the future?
www.explorersdesign.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The last article in my Awards Debrief is up. What even is the point of an award show? Should anyone care?
www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/
www.explorersdesign.com/ennies-4/