Open Story Games
@openstorygames.bsky.social
Writing storytelling games for kids and their grownups!
Start your story at https://open-story-games.itch.io/
Find me elsewhere: https://open-story-games.itch.io/
Start your story at https://open-story-games.itch.io/
Find me elsewhere: https://open-story-games.itch.io/
When you *thought* you wrote the whole dungeon already… and the game’s in 25 minutes
Guess I’m winging the third level if they figure out how to get up there.
Guess I’m winging the third level if they figure out how to get up there.
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
media.tenor.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
When you *thought* you wrote the whole dungeon already… and the game’s in 25 minutes
Guess I’m winging the third level if they figure out how to get up there.
Guess I’m winging the third level if they figure out how to get up there.
Tween D&D tonight featured a zombie T-Rex, an axe named Bob, and a whole lot of excited shouting.
Safe to say they had a good time—and they didn’t kill the NPC (per our previous meta-game bargain).
Safe to say they had a good time—and they didn’t kill the NPC (per our previous meta-game bargain).
February 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Tween D&D tonight featured a zombie T-Rex, an axe named Bob, and a whole lot of excited shouting.
Safe to say they had a good time—and they didn’t kill the NPC (per our previous meta-game bargain).
Safe to say they had a good time—and they didn’t kill the NPC (per our previous meta-game bargain).
Thanks, @ttrpgkids.com for highlighting this game and your wonderful review again!
Lil Gremlins by @openstorygames.bsky.social is a journaling game made for little kids!
It's all about taking care of a wild little gremlin (that only your kid can see) and helps kids with perspective taking and introspection in a fun and creative way.
Check out my review here!
tinyurl.com/462dpd2y
It's all about taking care of a wild little gremlin (that only your kid can see) and helps kids with perspective taking and introspection in a fun and creative way.
Check out my review here!
tinyurl.com/462dpd2y
January 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Thanks, @ttrpgkids.com for highlighting this game and your wonderful review again!
After a long, unexpected hiatus, I'm back to writing RPGs!
And this time I've got a new, ridiculous premise to keep me busy for a while. Can't wait to get a completed draft (though it might be a bit still)
And this time I've got a new, ridiculous premise to keep me busy for a while. Can't wait to get a completed draft (though it might be a bit still)
January 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
After a long, unexpected hiatus, I'm back to writing RPGs!
And this time I've got a new, ridiculous premise to keep me busy for a while. Can't wait to get a completed draft (though it might be a bit still)
And this time I've got a new, ridiculous premise to keep me busy for a while. Can't wait to get a completed draft (though it might be a bit still)
To the clothing company that attached a tag to my shirt with a high-quality bulb pin—
Thank you for contributing to my crafting supplies!
Thank you for contributing to my crafting supplies!
August 9, 2024 at 12:52 AM
To the clothing company that attached a tag to my shirt with a high-quality bulb pin—
Thank you for contributing to my crafting supplies!
Thank you for contributing to my crafting supplies!
Sister: Too much math! I don’t want math in my hobbies.
Me, fresh from Gen Con with a crochet project in my hands:
Me, fresh from Gen Con with a crochet project in my hands:
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Alt: Toddler runs down a hallway, looks startled, and immediately turns around to run the other direction.
media.tenor.com
August 6, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Sister: Too much math! I don’t want math in my hobbies.
Me, fresh from Gen Con with a crochet project in my hands:
Me, fresh from Gen Con with a crochet project in my hands:
Swung back by the IPR booth and found so many great games!
But I couldn’t leave without picking up this gem by @ttrpgkids.com. I’ve been wanting a copy, and it was the perfect final purchase for my Gen Con weekend!
But I couldn’t leave without picking up this gem by @ttrpgkids.com. I’ve been wanting a copy, and it was the perfect final purchase for my Gen Con weekend!
August 4, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Swung back by the IPR booth and found so many great games!
But I couldn’t leave without picking up this gem by @ttrpgkids.com. I’ve been wanting a copy, and it was the perfect final purchase for my Gen Con weekend!
But I couldn’t leave without picking up this gem by @ttrpgkids.com. I’ve been wanting a copy, and it was the perfect final purchase for my Gen Con weekend!
Gen Con peeps, come play D&D with me!
I’m running a 5e adventure at 10am and 7pm with Kobold Press today, and I’d love to have you at my table!
I’m running a 5e adventure at 10am and 7pm with Kobold Press today, and I’d love to have you at my table!
August 2, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Gen Con peeps, come play D&D with me!
I’m running a 5e adventure at 10am and 7pm with Kobold Press today, and I’d love to have you at my table!
I’m running a 5e adventure at 10am and 7pm with Kobold Press today, and I’d love to have you at my table!
Just went by the IPR booth at Gen Con and saw this great game by @ttrpgkids.com!
Going back tomorrow to look for games by other creators I know and love!
Going back tomorrow to look for games by other creators I know and love!
August 1, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Just went by the IPR booth at Gen Con and saw this great game by @ttrpgkids.com!
Going back tomorrow to look for games by other creators I know and love!
Going back tomorrow to look for games by other creators I know and love!
At Gen Con with Kobold Press!
Come play Tales of the Valiant with me tonight or Sunday—or battle your way through a 5e adventure by KP tomorrow!
Come play Tales of the Valiant with me tonight or Sunday—or battle your way through a 5e adventure by KP tomorrow!
August 1, 2024 at 3:23 PM
At Gen Con with Kobold Press!
Come play Tales of the Valiant with me tonight or Sunday—or battle your way through a 5e adventure by KP tomorrow!
Come play Tales of the Valiant with me tonight or Sunday—or battle your way through a 5e adventure by KP tomorrow!
Looking for your new favorite TTRPG? You're bound to find something you love with this bundle.
Name your price, support indie designers, and have loads of fun with dozens of great games!
Name your price, support indie designers, and have loads of fun with dozens of great games!
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2 by kumada1 and 50 others
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2: 78 items for $0.00
itch.io
July 6, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Looking for your new favorite TTRPG? You're bound to find something you love with this bundle.
Name your price, support indie designers, and have loads of fun with dozens of great games!
Name your price, support indie designers, and have loads of fun with dozens of great games!
Reposted by Open Story Games
Name your price and enjoy the wide variety of TTRPGs included in this bundle. And make sure to check out Faultless, a solo game where failure isn't just an option—it's expected!
Get seventy eight TTRPGs all in one place, for whatever price you'd like to pay.
Yonder, Microvania, Hungry Birds, Snail Knights, and more!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Yonder, Microvania, Hungry Birds, Snail Knights, and more!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2 by kumada1 and 50 others
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2: 78 items for $0.00
itch.io
June 24, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Name your price and enjoy the wide variety of TTRPGs included in this bundle. And make sure to check out Faultless, a solo game where failure isn't just an option—it's expected!
My library doesn’t just have books and movies. It has study rooms, story times, and scavenger hunts for kids!
What surprises can you find at your library?
Discover something new with The Library Game, an exploration RPG you can play at your local library!
What surprises can you find at your library?
Discover something new with The Library Game, an exploration RPG you can play at your local library!
The Library Game by Open Story Games | Sarah G.
a scavenger hunt that tells a story
open-story-games.itch.io
July 2, 2024 at 3:29 PM
My library doesn’t just have books and movies. It has study rooms, story times, and scavenger hunts for kids!
What surprises can you find at your library?
Discover something new with The Library Game, an exploration RPG you can play at your local library!
What surprises can you find at your library?
Discover something new with The Library Game, an exploration RPG you can play at your local library!
Try this game—and then rate it!
It's a great system for introducing littles to the wonderful world of roleplaying!
It's a great system for introducing littles to the wonderful world of roleplaying!
Could I ask a favour?
If you’ve bought a LITTLE BUT FIERCE book (and your publisher settings allow it), could you please go back and rate it?
And, if you have 5 mins, a one sentence review would be amazing as well.
Thank you :)
If you’ve bought a LITTLE BUT FIERCE book (and your publisher settings allow it), could you please go back and rate it?
And, if you have 5 mins, a one sentence review would be amazing as well.
Thank you :)
Oh yay, looks like a load of people have picked up Little but Fierce this month, so two more add-ons have new best seller medals!
If you've not checked out LBF, it's a complete rewrite of D&D 5E with:
⭐️Simplified language
⭐️Streamed rules
⭐️A more family-friendly tone
dcbradshaw.com/ttrpgs/littl...
If you've not checked out LBF, it's a complete rewrite of D&D 5E with:
⭐️Simplified language
⭐️Streamed rules
⭐️A more family-friendly tone
dcbradshaw.com/ttrpgs/littl...
June 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Try this game—and then rate it!
It's a great system for introducing littles to the wonderful world of roleplaying!
It's a great system for introducing littles to the wonderful world of roleplaying!
Reposted by Open Story Games
"Write every day" doesn't have to mean put words on the page every day, it means create space to write every day. Sitting in front of a blank page for an hour with no distractions is still writing. Do it every single day and soon enough and you'll start putting words on the page to ease the boredom.
If you're on a roll and feel tempted to stop because you think you need to look something up or write something transitional, put it in square brackets and keep going
Your momentum is more important than [actually do the streetlamps still run on gas at this point or is it electric yet?]
Your momentum is more important than [actually do the streetlamps still run on gas at this point or is it electric yet?]
if u see this, quote-post with your tips for writers that no one gives anymore because they seem obvious (even though they're not)
June 26, 2024 at 5:52 PM
"Write every day" doesn't have to mean put words on the page every day, it means create space to write every day. Sitting in front of a blank page for an hour with no distractions is still writing. Do it every single day and soon enough and you'll start putting words on the page to ease the boredom.
I've been researching illithids lately for a campaign, and the number of interesting horrors that have come to mind for me to homebrew is possibly concerning...
My players are gonna love it!
My players are gonna love it!
June 26, 2024 at 6:04 PM
I've been researching illithids lately for a campaign, and the number of interesting horrors that have come to mind for me to homebrew is possibly concerning...
My players are gonna love it!
My players are gonna love it!
The Pay What You Want TTRPG bundle is back, with PWYW II!
Stacked with tabletop RPGs at a price you get to choose, it's the best place to try tons of new games (and support indie designers and artists).
Make sure to check out my game, Faultless, when you grab your copy!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Stacked with tabletop RPGs at a price you get to choose, it's the best place to try tons of new games (and support indie designers and artists).
Make sure to check out my game, Faultless, when you grab your copy!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2 by kumada1 and 50 others
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2: 78 items for $0.00
itch.io
June 26, 2024 at 2:12 PM
The Pay What You Want TTRPG bundle is back, with PWYW II!
Stacked with tabletop RPGs at a price you get to choose, it's the best place to try tons of new games (and support indie designers and artists).
Make sure to check out my game, Faultless, when you grab your copy!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Stacked with tabletop RPGs at a price you get to choose, it's the best place to try tons of new games (and support indie designers and artists).
Make sure to check out my game, Faultless, when you grab your copy!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Name your price and enjoy the wide variety of TTRPGs included in this bundle. And make sure to check out Faultless, a solo game where failure isn't just an option—it's expected!
Get seventy eight TTRPGs all in one place, for whatever price you'd like to pay.
Yonder, Microvania, Hungry Birds, Snail Knights, and more!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Yonder, Microvania, Hungry Birds, Snail Knights, and more!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2 by kumada1 and 50 others
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2: 78 items for $0.00
itch.io
June 24, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Name your price and enjoy the wide variety of TTRPGs included in this bundle. And make sure to check out Faultless, a solo game where failure isn't just an option—it's expected!
Reposted by Open Story Games
Origins folks - I am leading a workshop that they labeled "Science game creation" but I don't really care what kind of game you want to make. Come go through the process I use to start a game, and make a shitty first draft! There are a few spots left. tabletop.events/conventions/...
Science Game Creation
tabletop.events
June 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Origins folks - I am leading a workshop that they labeled "Science game creation" but I don't really care what kind of game you want to make. Come go through the process I use to start a game, and make a shitty first draft! There are a few spots left. tabletop.events/conventions/...
Last night’s dungeon was a goofy carnival funhouse.
I went out on a limb and created a teleporting slide, suspecting that the tweens would stop using it after one of them succumbed to the effect.
Much to my surprise, all but one of the PCs tried the slide—as did the goats summoned by the druid!
I went out on a limb and created a teleporting slide, suspecting that the tweens would stop using it after one of them succumbed to the effect.
Much to my surprise, all but one of the PCs tried the slide—as did the goats summoned by the druid!
June 18, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Last night’s dungeon was a goofy carnival funhouse.
I went out on a limb and created a teleporting slide, suspecting that the tweens would stop using it after one of them succumbed to the effect.
Much to my surprise, all but one of the PCs tried the slide—as did the goats summoned by the druid!
I went out on a limb and created a teleporting slide, suspecting that the tweens would stop using it after one of them succumbed to the effect.
Much to my surprise, all but one of the PCs tried the slide—as did the goats summoned by the druid!
Reposted by Open Story Games
Oh, piece of advice for players for any TTRPG out there with a dedicated GM;
The GM is a player in the game too. They should be having fun with you.
They aren't just there to tell you characters are hot, and how cool yours acts.
They are most likely your friend, and should be having fun too.
The GM is a player in the game too. They should be having fun with you.
They aren't just there to tell you characters are hot, and how cool yours acts.
They are most likely your friend, and should be having fun too.
June 17, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Oh, piece of advice for players for any TTRPG out there with a dedicated GM;
The GM is a player in the game too. They should be having fun with you.
They aren't just there to tell you characters are hot, and how cool yours acts.
They are most likely your friend, and should be having fun too.
The GM is a player in the game too. They should be having fun with you.
They aren't just there to tell you characters are hot, and how cool yours acts.
They are most likely your friend, and should be having fun too.
I've got about an hour to come up with a stat block for my swarm of rubber duckies.
My big idea so far? A barrage of quacking that deals damage.
The tweens are gonna love it! (I hope)
My big idea so far? A barrage of quacking that deals damage.
The tweens are gonna love it! (I hope)
June 17, 2024 at 8:37 PM
I've got about an hour to come up with a stat block for my swarm of rubber duckies.
My big idea so far? A barrage of quacking that deals damage.
The tweens are gonna love it! (I hope)
My big idea so far? A barrage of quacking that deals damage.
The tweens are gonna love it! (I hope)
Reposted by Open Story Games
Want to experience an excellent slice of indie games, at whatever price point you can afford?
Grab the PWYW II bundle now!!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Grab the PWYW II bundle now!!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
A great many TTRPGs, all at a price set by you.
Grab the PWYW II bundle is fill your digital shelves with games.
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Grab the PWYW II bundle is fill your digital shelves with games.
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2 by kumada1 and 50 others
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2: 78 items for $0.00
itch.io
June 15, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Want to experience an excellent slice of indie games, at whatever price point you can afford?
Grab the PWYW II bundle now!!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Grab the PWYW II bundle now!!
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Reposted by Open Story Games
Been thinking a lot about the Publish or Perish nature of the way we do TTRPGs via social media
June 14, 2024 at 10:53 PM
Been thinking a lot about the Publish or Perish nature of the way we do TTRPGs via social media
Reposted by Open Story Games
A great many TTRPGs, all at a price set by you.
Grab the PWYW II bundle is fill your digital shelves with games.
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Grab the PWYW II bundle is fill your digital shelves with games.
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2 by kumada1 and 50 others
Pay What You Want TTRPGs 2: 78 items for $0.00
itch.io
June 14, 2024 at 8:48 PM
A great many TTRPGs, all at a price set by you.
Grab the PWYW II bundle is fill your digital shelves with games.
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...
Grab the PWYW II bundle is fill your digital shelves with games.
itch.io/b/2510/pay-w...