Tim Rodriguez
@ogreteeth.com
Professional enabler, game designer. Also cycling, coffee, wing tsun, guitar, and as much reading as I can manage.
Back from #PAXUnplugged, which was such a beautiful, energizing experience for me this year. I wrote a thousand words on a new Solo RPG project before I even left the con and a looking forward to getting some great new things out the door this year.
Here also is my requisite swag photo:
Here also is my requisite swag photo:
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Back from #PAXUnplugged, which was such a beautiful, energizing experience for me this year. I wrote a thousand words on a new Solo RPG project before I even left the con and a looking forward to getting some great new things out the door this year.
Here also is my requisite swag photo:
Here also is my requisite swag photo:
Maybe one of the best things I’ve read this week.
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Maybe one of the best things I’ve read this week.
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Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!
October 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Weather looks great for our outdoor tabletop games fair on Saturday 10/18! ☀️ Swing by from 12-4 to meet local designers and join us for a moderated discussion between three established gamer designers inside People's Book at 4pm!
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In Minneapolis this week, visiting game shops, colleagues, and friends, telling them about Gorgon’s Garden!
www.mothspire.com/games/gorgon...
www.mothspire.com/games/gorgon...
Gorgon’s Garden - MothSpire LLC
A playful game about a serious topic. The Gorgons' Garden is a sanctuary for mortals or monsters who will imminently suffer the gods' attention. But it is getting full, and there are only three spaces...
www.mothspire.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
In Minneapolis this week, visiting game shops, colleagues, and friends, telling them about Gorgon’s Garden!
www.mothspire.com/games/gorgon...
www.mothspire.com/games/gorgon...
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Conference organizers: If you want people who work outside of academia (or financially secure company), to give a talk at your conference bc you value their expertise, it's unreasonable to make them pay for registration. Artists/Nonprofit folks do not have the funding to pay you to share expertise.
September 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Conference organizers: If you want people who work outside of academia (or financially secure company), to give a talk at your conference bc you value their expertise, it's unreasonable to make them pay for registration. Artists/Nonprofit folks do not have the funding to pay you to share expertise.
Five weeks out. I'm launching a new Kickstarter for a really cool COOPERATIVE social deduction game. Please come and follow the project! The art is shaping up magnificently, and I'm so so looking forward to showing this off.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
Coming soon: Gorgon's Garden
A cooperative social deception game. Help mortals defy their fates and escape the attentions of Zeus and Hera.
www.kickstarter.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Five weeks out. I'm launching a new Kickstarter for a really cool COOPERATIVE social deduction game. Please come and follow the project! The art is shaping up magnificently, and I'm so so looking forward to showing this off.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogr...
The art is so good. I can't wait to show y'all more
August 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The art is so good. I can't wait to show y'all more
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Hello again, tabletop RPG designers! The second Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant is now taking applications!
I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece.
Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants
I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece.
Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants
August 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Hello again, tabletop RPG designers! The second Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant is now taking applications!
I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece.
Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants
I'm looking to award up to 10 grants at $200 apiece.
Applications open until the end of the month. Apply here: bannerless.games/grants
TIL: Netflix customer service agents aren't allowed to voice their own complaints about Netflix. I can't imagine anyone likes the new household lockout system.. The agent I just spoke to certainly didn't. I also lodged a complaint about that.
August 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
TIL: Netflix customer service agents aren't allowed to voice their own complaints about Netflix. I can't imagine anyone likes the new household lockout system.. The agent I just spoke to certainly didn't. I also lodged a complaint about that.
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New post up today! Part of a new "Games we Own" series.
www.mothspire.com/cursed-court/
www.mothspire.com/cursed-court/
Cursed Court: an outstanding game of gambling, and politics
This game is really easy to teach, scales nicely, and is exquisitely replayable. Cursed Court is very satisfying and a worthy addition to my shelf.
www.mothspire.com
August 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
New post up today! Part of a new "Games we Own" series.
www.mothspire.com/cursed-court/
www.mothspire.com/cursed-court/
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If you buy one of everything from #Booth449 at #GenCon2025, it'll be 136 pounds, and we'll give you as many free tote bags as it takes to carry them.
$5300 if you get there when the booth opens Thursday!
If you buy out the entire booth, yes, that'd be well over a ton of fantastic indie TTRPGs.
$5300 if you get there when the booth opens Thursday!
If you buy out the entire booth, yes, that'd be well over a ton of fantastic indie TTRPGs.
If you’re at Gen Con, IPR is the place to pick up Perils & Princesses and the Ennie-nominated campaign Sweet Revenge, along with a ton of other fantastic indie TTRPGs
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...
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 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you buy one of everything from #Booth449 at #GenCon2025, it'll be 136 pounds, and we'll give you as many free tote bags as it takes to carry them.
$5300 if you get there when the booth opens Thursday!
If you buy out the entire booth, yes, that'd be well over a ton of fantastic indie TTRPGs.
$5300 if you get there when the booth opens Thursday!
If you buy out the entire booth, yes, that'd be well over a ton of fantastic indie TTRPGs.
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I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it.
Exploring the concept of Hobson's Choice in tabletop games, how to identify them, and when they are a good (or bad) part of a game's design: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/hobsons-ch...
#boardgames #ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Exploring the concept of Hobson's Choice in tabletop games, how to identify them, and when they are a good (or bad) part of a game's design: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/hobsons-ch...
#boardgames #ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it.
Exploring the concept of Hobson's Choice in tabletop games, how to identify them, and when they are a good (or bad) part of a game's design.
www.skeletoncodemachine.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'll give you a choice: take it or leave it.
Exploring the concept of Hobson's Choice in tabletop games, how to identify them, and when they are a good (or bad) part of a game's design: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/hobsons-ch...
#boardgames #ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
Exploring the concept of Hobson's Choice in tabletop games, how to identify them, and when they are a good (or bad) part of a game's design: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/hobsons-ch...
#boardgames #ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
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This weekend you can find our game The Old Ways Must Go at Origins booth #1203, courtesy of @ipr.bsky.social
For more in the Tarot for Transformation series of 'zines, visit www.mothspire.com/publishing/t...
For more in the Tarot for Transformation series of 'zines, visit www.mothspire.com/publishing/t...
June 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This weekend you can find our game The Old Ways Must Go at Origins booth #1203, courtesy of @ipr.bsky.social
For more in the Tarot for Transformation series of 'zines, visit www.mothspire.com/publishing/t...
For more in the Tarot for Transformation series of 'zines, visit www.mothspire.com/publishing/t...
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This is the kind of thing that makes me extremely happy
May 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This is the kind of thing that makes me extremely happy
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The Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this incredible life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the traditional art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and contrasting it against a dark background.
April 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this incredible life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the traditional art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and contrasting it against a dark background.
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Hour 6: “Will the Senator yield for a question?”
“I will yield while retaining the floor.”
“My question is twofold. First, would you consider ‘Godzilla’ horror or sci-fi? Two, how much credence do you give to the idea that Honda took inspiration from ‘The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms’ when he was…”
“I will yield while retaining the floor.”
“My question is twofold. First, would you consider ‘Godzilla’ horror or sci-fi? Two, how much credence do you give to the idea that Honda took inspiration from ‘The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms’ when he was…”
April 1, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hour 6: “Will the Senator yield for a question?”
“I will yield while retaining the floor.”
“My question is twofold. First, would you consider ‘Godzilla’ horror or sci-fi? Two, how much credence do you give to the idea that Honda took inspiration from ‘The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms’ when he was…”
“I will yield while retaining the floor.”
“My question is twofold. First, would you consider ‘Godzilla’ horror or sci-fi? Two, how much credence do you give to the idea that Honda took inspiration from ‘The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms’ when he was…”
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Hey, I need to prep y'all.... Five Fires is coming to Kickstarter in a few months. I will need folks to get on the notifications sign-up when I post it this week. Get ready please!!!
So....I do layout for fun now, I guess?
Anyways, cooking on some ideas for Five Fires.
Logo by the incredible @ndpdesign.com and character art from Jesus Aponza (credit to @bankuei.bsky.social for pointing me to them!)
Anyways, cooking on some ideas for Five Fires.
Logo by the incredible @ndpdesign.com and character art from Jesus Aponza (credit to @bankuei.bsky.social for pointing me to them!)
April 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hey, I need to prep y'all.... Five Fires is coming to Kickstarter in a few months. I will need folks to get on the notifications sign-up when I post it this week. Get ready please!!!
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In the 14th century, someone who didn't have a highlighter handy thought to use octopus tentacles to mark the most important parts. I love it so much
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
March 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In the 14th century, someone who didn't have a highlighter handy thought to use octopus tentacles to mark the most important parts. I love it so much
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
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We’re at Gameface this weekend in Baltimore! Stop by if you’re in the area?
www.gamefacecon.com/2023/09/blog...
www.gamefacecon.com/2023/09/blog...
BALTIMORE - March 8 & 9th (2025) at Peabody Heights Brewery - FREE
Vendors / Games / Social Media / Shirts / Sponsors / Contact / Arcade / Archive MARCH 8 and 9, 2025 Baltimore's New Annual Tabletop...
www.gamefacecon.com
March 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We’re at Gameface this weekend in Baltimore! Stop by if you’re in the area?
www.gamefacecon.com/2023/09/blog...
www.gamefacecon.com/2023/09/blog...
Billionaire Dipshit And His Strike Team Of Greasy Beavises Are Stripping The Wires From The Federal Government - defector.com/billionaire-...
Billionaire Dipshit And His Strike Team Of Greasy Beavises Are Stripping The Wires From The Federal Government | Defector
The most important thing to know about both the chittering Renfields gnawing through the ductwork of the American administrative state and the billionaire sociopath they serve is that they don’t care....
defector.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Billionaire Dipshit And His Strike Team Of Greasy Beavises Are Stripping The Wires From The Federal Government - defector.com/billionaire-...
Trans rights are human rights.
Also, I care way more about potentially working with Marceline and other great designers, etc. than “offending ‘potential customers’.”
Also, I care way more about potentially working with Marceline and other great designers, etc. than “offending ‘potential customers’.”
Wanna know what would be sick?
If boardgame publishers publicly stated “trans rights are human rights”
I want to see which publishers I should avoid working with
If boardgame publishers publicly stated “trans rights are human rights”
I want to see which publishers I should avoid working with
January 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Trans rights are human rights.
Also, I care way more about potentially working with Marceline and other great designers, etc. than “offending ‘potential customers’.”
Also, I care way more about potentially working with Marceline and other great designers, etc. than “offending ‘potential customers’.”
This is one of the best reviews of a board game I've ever seen. youtu.be/xJApU3RRNhs?...
It's especially valuable for designers working to understand what kinds of theming goes with their mechanics; and why cheap theming or the dismissal of "oh the publisher will just retheme it" is a cop-out.
🎲✂️
It's especially valuable for designers working to understand what kinds of theming goes with their mechanics; and why cheap theming or the dismissal of "oh the publisher will just retheme it" is a cop-out.
🎲✂️
Golem is an Alright Game
YouTube video by Shut Up & Sit Down
youtu.be
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is one of the best reviews of a board game I've ever seen. youtu.be/xJApU3RRNhs?...
It's especially valuable for designers working to understand what kinds of theming goes with their mechanics; and why cheap theming or the dismissal of "oh the publisher will just retheme it" is a cop-out.
🎲✂️
It's especially valuable for designers working to understand what kinds of theming goes with their mechanics; and why cheap theming or the dismissal of "oh the publisher will just retheme it" is a cop-out.
🎲✂️
I have recently solidified a negative opinion of a game company I’ve had for a while now. Unsurprising but disappointing.
Related, I don’t believe that it’s the onus of the comedian to explain the joke if some people don’t get it. Especially when most of the audience does.
#vaguepost
Related, I don’t believe that it’s the onus of the comedian to explain the joke if some people don’t get it. Especially when most of the audience does.
#vaguepost
January 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I have recently solidified a negative opinion of a game company I’ve had for a while now. Unsurprising but disappointing.
Related, I don’t believe that it’s the onus of the comedian to explain the joke if some people don’t get it. Especially when most of the audience does.
#vaguepost
Related, I don’t believe that it’s the onus of the comedian to explain the joke if some people don’t get it. Especially when most of the audience does.
#vaguepost
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Free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for use in prototypes
PhyloPic
PhyloPic is an open database of free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for reuse under Creative Commons licenses. Download silhouettes for use in educational materi...
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January 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Free silhouette images of animals, plants, and other life forms, available for use in prototypes