Jon Boyle is home from Magfest
@residentbard.bsky.social
TTRPG Writer/Editor @ brightbard.bsky.social 🎲 Design streams 🎮 Beanie Goblin ✨ 🌸 Disabled, Bi, He/They 🌆 Saint Paul, MN
Games at: https://brightbardgames.com/
Zinequest: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentbard/axolotl-with-a-gun-2nd-edition/
Games at: https://brightbardgames.com/
Zinequest: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/residentbard/axolotl-with-a-gun-2nd-edition/
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I'm Jon Boyle, #TTRPG author, editor, and co-owner of @brightbard.bsky.social!
I write lightweight, easy-to-play games about weird little guys doing their best and ritual games that help you find magic in mundanity.
✉️ Residentbardwrites@gmail.com
🎲 residentbard.itch.io
I write lightweight, easy-to-play games about weird little guys doing their best and ritual games that help you find magic in mundanity.
✉️ Residentbardwrites@gmail.com
🎲 residentbard.itch.io
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Coming Tuesday! Bring your favorite hobbies, a few coins, and maybe a couple of bullets too, for good measure.
The horrors persist, and so must you: An adorable axolotl with cute hobbies, regenerating powers, and a big 'ol gun.
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
January 30, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Coming Tuesday! Bring your favorite hobbies, a few coins, and maybe a couple of bullets too, for good measure.
Just backed The Bottle Episode by @sccreatives.bsky.social! Kicking Zinequest off in style with this one
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
The Bottle Episode
The Bottle Episode is a TTRPG where players become the characters of a popular TV show, in everyone's favorite low-budget episode!
www.kickstarter.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Just backed The Bottle Episode by @sccreatives.bsky.social! Kicking Zinequest off in style with this one
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/spi...
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We are live!!!!
The Bottle Episode is now live on Kickstarter! Thanks for this awesome review from one of our playtesters of our monster-hunting episode 🗡️🐺🧪 Go check out our game at the link below!
buff.ly/fXUnlRp
The Bottle Episode is now live on Kickstarter! Thanks for this awesome review from one of our playtesters of our monster-hunting episode 🗡️🐺🧪 Go check out our game at the link below!
buff.ly/fXUnlRp
February 1, 2026 at 2:29 PM
We are live!!!!
The Bottle Episode is now live on Kickstarter! Thanks for this awesome review from one of our playtesters of our monster-hunting episode 🗡️🐺🧪 Go check out our game at the link below!
buff.ly/fXUnlRp
The Bottle Episode is now live on Kickstarter! Thanks for this awesome review from one of our playtesters of our monster-hunting episode 🗡️🐺🧪 Go check out our game at the link below!
buff.ly/fXUnlRp
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I'm bringing the Endtimes Trilogy to #zinemonth, and here's the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP4J...
follow the project on backerkit now to hear when it goes live! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
follow the project on backerkit now to hear when it goes live! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
The Endtimes Trilogy Trailer
YouTube video by Adam Bell
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I'm bringing the Endtimes Trilogy to #zinemonth, and here's the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP4J...
follow the project on backerkit now to hear when it goes live! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
follow the project on backerkit now to hear when it goes live! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...
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Over the next few days we want to highlight a few of the #TTRPG designers, creators & community members we know in Minnesota.
We would encourage you to visit standwithminnesota.com for resources or donations. We donated a day of proceeds yesterday during our strike out.
Let's meet some folks.
1/x
We would encourage you to visit standwithminnesota.com for resources or donations. We donated a day of proceeds yesterday during our strike out.
Let's meet some folks.
1/x
Stand With Minnesota Donation Directory
Stand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement.
standwithminnesota.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Over the next few days we want to highlight a few of the #TTRPG designers, creators & community members we know in Minnesota.
We would encourage you to visit standwithminnesota.com for resources or donations. We donated a day of proceeds yesterday during our strike out.
Let's meet some folks.
1/x
We would encourage you to visit standwithminnesota.com for resources or donations. We donated a day of proceeds yesterday during our strike out.
Let's meet some folks.
1/x
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Me and @residentbard.bsky.social put a lot of thought into making TtT as fun as possible while exploring themes of community activisim. It's one of the games I am the most proud of ❤️
It is also an open secret that Mahou City takes a lot of inspiration from the Twin Cities 💕
It is also an open secret that Mahou City takes a lot of inspiration from the Twin Cities 💕
Trash to Treasure is grounded in themes of friendship, community, and diversity, and much of its setting is directly based on real Twin Cities places home to an incredible breadth of family-owned businesses. Its antagonists are equally familiar: the wealthy elite and their army of thugs.
January 31, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Me and @residentbard.bsky.social put a lot of thought into making TtT as fun as possible while exploring themes of community activisim. It's one of the games I am the most proud of ❤️
It is also an open secret that Mahou City takes a lot of inspiration from the Twin Cities 💕
It is also an open secret that Mahou City takes a lot of inspiration from the Twin Cities 💕
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My January zine is live! Werewolf + Android is a quantum mystery TTRPG for two different inhuman investigators in a neo-noir, cyberpunk future. Meet your client, comb the city, uncover the crime, and examine what it means to be human with this playtest release of the game!
ko-fi.com/s/416f0fbab2
ko-fi.com/s/416f0fbab2
January 30, 2026 at 7:51 PM
My January zine is live! Werewolf + Android is a quantum mystery TTRPG for two different inhuman investigators in a neo-noir, cyberpunk future. Meet your client, comb the city, uncover the crime, and examine what it means to be human with this playtest release of the game!
ko-fi.com/s/416f0fbab2
ko-fi.com/s/416f0fbab2
Coming Tuesday! Bring your favorite hobbies, a few coins, and maybe a couple of bullets too, for good measure.
The horrors persist, and so must you: An adorable axolotl with cute hobbies, regenerating powers, and a big 'ol gun.
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
January 30, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Coming Tuesday! Bring your favorite hobbies, a few coins, and maybe a couple of bullets too, for good measure.
Reposted by Jon Boyle is home from Magfest
The horrors persist, and so must you: An adorable axolotl with cute hobbies, regenerating powers, and a big 'ol gun.
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
January 28, 2026 at 12:17 AM
The horrors persist, and so must you: An adorable axolotl with cute hobbies, regenerating powers, and a big 'ol gun.
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
Cultivate your hobbies to fight evil robots bent on harvesting your habitat for resources in our arcade-style RPG about endangered wildlife!
🔫 tinyurl.com/AwaG2eKS
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Trash to Treasure is grounded in themes of friendship, community, and diversity, and much of its setting is directly based on real Twin Cities places home to an incredible breadth of family-owned businesses. Its antagonists are equally familiar: the wealthy elite and their army of thugs.
January 30, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Trash to Treasure is grounded in themes of friendship, community, and diversity, and much of its setting is directly based on real Twin Cities places home to an incredible breadth of family-owned businesses. Its antagonists are equally familiar: the wealthy elite and their army of thugs.
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Try out an OSR style TTRPG of alien dragons, black glass tombs, and magical stones made from the calcified blood of dead gods.
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
WYRM by Gila RPGs
OSR style fantasy adventure game
gilarpgs.itch.io
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Try out an OSR style TTRPG of alien dragons, black glass tombs, and magical stones made from the calcified blood of dead gods.
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
And it's entirely pay what you want.
Get WYRM today.
gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
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To be clear about Axolotl with a Gun:
Beneath its whimsical premise, the game is about endangered wildlife fighting back against tech corps and fascists who would destroy their home to make a quick buck. Beyond the cute little guys with guns, it's about defending the diversity of our communities.
Beneath its whimsical premise, the game is about endangered wildlife fighting back against tech corps and fascists who would destroy their home to make a quick buck. Beyond the cute little guys with guns, it's about defending the diversity of our communities.
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
To be clear about Axolotl with a Gun:
Beneath its whimsical premise, the game is about endangered wildlife fighting back against tech corps and fascists who would destroy their home to make a quick buck. Beyond the cute little guys with guns, it's about defending the diversity of our communities.
Beneath its whimsical premise, the game is about endangered wildlife fighting back against tech corps and fascists who would destroy their home to make a quick buck. Beyond the cute little guys with guns, it's about defending the diversity of our communities.
If we hit 100 followers on Axolotl with a Gun today I'll give y'all a little preview of some of the goodies coming next week. 👀
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
If we hit 100 followers on Axolotl with a Gun today I'll give y'all a little preview of some of the goodies coming next week. 👀
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
🔫 www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
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Trash to Treasure and AwaG are PWYW for the next month! If you or someone you know is stuck at home, we'd like to offer some of our games to read or play while you are.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
In an effort to aid our community and offer opportunities for play to our neighbors affected by ICE raids, we've made Axolotl with a Gun and Trash to Treasure pay what you want on Itch through February. All proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
brightbardgames.itch.io
brightbardgames.itch.io
January 29, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Trash to Treasure and AwaG are PWYW for the next month! If you or someone you know is stuck at home, we'd like to offer some of our games to read or play while you are.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
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📣 I’m currently available for freelance work and commissions!
Got a TTRPG project that needs some art? Got a game coming out on Steam that needs capsule art? Got a book or a short story or an article that needs an illustration? Anything else? Get in touch!
🕸️ Contact/Portfolio: emo-sludge.com
Got a TTRPG project that needs some art? Got a game coming out on Steam that needs capsule art? Got a book or a short story or an article that needs an illustration? Anything else? Get in touch!
🕸️ Contact/Portfolio: emo-sludge.com
January 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
📣 I’m currently available for freelance work and commissions!
Got a TTRPG project that needs some art? Got a game coming out on Steam that needs capsule art? Got a book or a short story or an article that needs an illustration? Anything else? Get in touch!
🕸️ Contact/Portfolio: emo-sludge.com
Got a TTRPG project that needs some art? Got a game coming out on Steam that needs capsule art? Got a book or a short story or an article that needs an illustration? Anything else? Get in touch!
🕸️ Contact/Portfolio: emo-sludge.com
Man, @bridanann.bsky.social has the best lapcats
January 29, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Man, @bridanann.bsky.social has the best lapcats
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Happy Goblin Week, become ungovernable 🔥
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Happy Goblin Week, become ungovernable 🔥
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Goblins are ungovernable, be like a goblin
January 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Goblins are ungovernable, be like a goblin
Trash to Treasure and AwaG are PWYW for the next month! If you or someone you know is stuck at home, we'd like to offer some of our games to read or play while you are.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
In an effort to aid our community and offer opportunities for play to our neighbors affected by ICE raids, we've made Axolotl with a Gun and Trash to Treasure pay what you want on Itch through February. All proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
brightbardgames.itch.io
brightbardgames.itch.io
January 28, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Trash to Treasure and AwaG are PWYW for the next month! If you or someone you know is stuck at home, we'd like to offer some of our games to read or play while you are.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
If you want to support affected people, all tips and purchases during this time are going to the Immigrant Law Center of MN.
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If you already own our games or you want to support our community directly, you can give to any of the following organizations:
Immigrant Law Center: www.ilcm.org/donate/
Minneapolis Mutual Aid: linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
Immigrant Law Center: www.ilcm.org/donate/
Minneapolis Mutual Aid: linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
If you already own our games or you want to support our community directly, you can give to any of the following organizations:
Immigrant Law Center: www.ilcm.org/donate/
Minneapolis Mutual Aid: linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
Immigrant Law Center: www.ilcm.org/donate/
Minneapolis Mutual Aid: linktr.ee/mplsmutualaid
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100% of Itch sales will be donated, and additionally, 50% of all Physical purchases of Trash to Treasure and Axolotl with a Gun through our online store will also be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota through February.
brightbardgames.com/collections/...
brightbardgames.com/collections/...
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
100% of Itch sales will be donated, and additionally, 50% of all Physical purchases of Trash to Treasure and Axolotl with a Gun through our online store will also be donated to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota through February.
brightbardgames.com/collections/...
brightbardgames.com/collections/...
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In an effort to aid our community and offer opportunities for play to our neighbors affected by ICE raids, we've made Axolotl with a Gun and Trash to Treasure pay what you want on Itch through February. All proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
brightbardgames.itch.io
brightbardgames.itch.io
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
In an effort to aid our community and offer opportunities for play to our neighbors affected by ICE raids, we've made Axolotl with a Gun and Trash to Treasure pay what you want on Itch through February. All proceeds will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota.
brightbardgames.itch.io
brightbardgames.itch.io
It's my birthday! I'd love for you to reply and tell me any of these:
- Something you appreciate about my work
- About a fond memory you have of me (or something you'd like to do this year)
- Something cool about your current hobby or fixation
- The hardest line you've read lately
- Something you appreciate about my work
- About a fond memory you have of me (or something you'd like to do this year)
- Something cool about your current hobby or fixation
- The hardest line you've read lately
January 28, 2026 at 3:58 PM
It's my birthday! I'd love for you to reply and tell me any of these:
- Something you appreciate about my work
- About a fond memory you have of me (or something you'd like to do this year)
- Something cool about your current hobby or fixation
- The hardest line you've read lately
- Something you appreciate about my work
- About a fond memory you have of me (or something you'd like to do this year)
- Something cool about your current hobby or fixation
- The hardest line you've read lately
Behold, spiced bread
January 28, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Behold, spiced bread