Savage
nerdsomatics.bsky.social
Savage
@nerdsomatics.bsky.social
Game Designer. Sex educator. Somatic coach. *Good Trouble*
Be the cryptid you wish to see in the world.
nerdsomatics.itch.io / patreon.com/nerdsomatics
nerdsomatics.life
Had a lovely time in community last week: we ran a shop but mighty Tarot x Gamer event at our local FLGS Pure Panic and then jammed all day outside Peoples Book for an indie game fair. Thanks @stickydoodler.bsky.social for all your organizing and commitment.
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A free local event next Thursday in Silver Spring. Come join the tarot / gamer party!
October 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
A playful game about a hella serious topic (power and non-consent), it's the thing I've had the most fun (yet) designing and testing this year.
July 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Here's the list of 184 products from 108 of our member publishers we'll have in #Booth449 at #GenCon2025, including a link to download
a 36 page PDF or ePub with short descriptions of all of them, in case you wanted a little travel reading.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Gen-Co...
July 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Got my weird lil game about credibility and archival silence I've noodled on for two years out of playtest draft and into a TTRPG coherent form by using the @tabletopartsfund.org grant as a Real Due Date. #neurospicy #gamedesign
March 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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It’s finally here! Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning takes a look at how board games make persuasive arguments, how they might move us emotionally, and how the ways we talk about the form might hinder its development.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG4z...
Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning
YouTube video by Mary & Amabel Holland
www.youtube.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Designed in the DMV is back out with v2 of our catalog of locally-crafted games! We're using these catalogs to engage local businesses and their customers with our creations. While the main focus is on TTRPGs, we also have a page of locally-designed boardgames such as Wingspan and Fluxx!
(1/2)
January 31, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My lil LARP got a little award, and so did my friend @greylibertine.bsky.social
Check em out!
www.goldencobra.org/2024winners....
Golden Cobra Challenge
www.goldencobra.org
November 16, 2024 at 3:46 AM