Chloe @ Small Stories
@smallstoriesgames.bsky.social
"Hell, the worst I can get is life." Jack of several trades including TTRPG design, recipe writing, and photography. Any pronouns. Opinions now yours. website + blog both in progress at smallstories.io
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So grateful to @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social for the perfect amazing absolutely essential layout they did, Drink My Sweat would not be the same without you <3
My copy of DRINK MY SWEAT came 💖💖💖 it’s so special to see this in person and the fruits of my layout labors (printing…then cutting up so much paper…then scanning it) and of course to have a game by THE @queenregnant.bsky.social in my home
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
So grateful to @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social for the perfect amazing absolutely essential layout they did, Drink My Sweat would not be the same without you <3
My copy of DRINK MY SWEAT came 💖💖💖 it’s so special to see this in person and the fruits of my layout labors (printing…then cutting up so much paper…then scanning it) and of course to have a game by THE @queenregnant.bsky.social in my home
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My copy of DRINK MY SWEAT came 💖💖💖 it’s so special to see this in person and the fruits of my layout labors (printing…then cutting up so much paper…then scanning it) and of course to have a game by THE @queenregnant.bsky.social in my home
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Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
November 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
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here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it
October 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
here's a reminder that discord has adopted a new arbitration policy, which means you have under 30 days to opt out of it
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My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.
Donate to Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story, organized by Heidi McDonald
I was a game writer at the height of my career - author, freq… Heidi McDonald needs your support for Ease the Tragic Ending of A Romance Writer’s Epic Love Story
gofund.me
September 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
My friend and industry colleague Heidi has received the devastating news that her partner can no longer fight off his cancer and must go into hospice. She will lose him soon and she is a good person who has already lost so much. Please consider helping her defray the costs and survive the aftermath.
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Worth pointing out that Kickstarter United is NOT currently calling for a public boycott of Kickstarter's platform.
The work strike encompasses 59 "community support specialists, trust and safety analysts, marketing professionals, software engineers, and other tech workers" under the old contract.
The work strike encompasses 59 "community support specialists, trust and safety analysts, marketing professionals, software engineers, and other tech workers" under the old contract.
Unionized workers with @kickstarterunited.org are poised to strike if the crowdfunding platform's management doesn't approve their new contract.
The union has demanded a four-day workweek, minimum living wage salaries, and protections against generative AI encroachment.
The union has demanded a four-day workweek, minimum living wage salaries, and protections against generative AI encroachment.
Kickstarter United workers will strike beginning October 2
Demands include enshrining the four-day, 32-hour work week in their contract.
www.rascal.news
October 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Worth pointing out that Kickstarter United is NOT currently calling for a public boycott of Kickstarter's platform.
The work strike encompasses 59 "community support specialists, trust and safety analysts, marketing professionals, software engineers, and other tech workers" under the old contract.
The work strike encompasses 59 "community support specialists, trust and safety analysts, marketing professionals, software engineers, and other tech workers" under the old contract.
Absolutely adore this — it really speaks to me both as a player and a designer, and it is clear and comprehensive in a way I didn’t personally find the Expressionist Games Manifesto to be
The Relationship Games Manifesto
An approach to analog roleplaying game design that centers our relationship to one another over any other priority. A call to action for games with empathy as a foundational principal. Free to everyone on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/relati...
An approach to analog roleplaying game design that centers our relationship to one another over any other priority. A call to action for games with empathy as a foundational principal. Free to everyone on my Patreon.
www.patreon.com/posts/relati...
The Relationship Games Manifesto | Luck of the Harbor
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September 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Absolutely adore this — it really speaks to me both as a player and a designer, and it is clear and comprehensive in a way I didn’t personally find the Expressionist Games Manifesto to be
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game jam i mentioned! 🖤
I forgot to post about this when it started but I’m currently running my second jam for Monsterhearts skins: itch.io/jam/skin-of-...
I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!
I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!
Skin of a Killer 2: Back 2 School
A game jam from 2025-08-15 to 2025-09-16 hosted by Small Stories. Summer's over, and school's back in session. Who will you become this year? This is a game jam for making fan skins for Monsterhearts ...
itch.io
September 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
game jam i mentioned! 🖤
I forgot to post about this when it started but I’m currently running my second jam for Monsterhearts skins: itch.io/jam/skin-of-...
I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!
I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!
Skin of a Killer 2: Back 2 School
A game jam from 2025-08-15 to 2025-09-16 hosted by Small Stories. Summer's over, and school's back in session. Who will you become this year? This is a game jam for making fan skins for Monsterhearts ...
itch.io
August 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I forgot to post about this when it started but I’m currently running my second jam for Monsterhearts skins: itch.io/jam/skin-of-...
I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!
I didn’t post abt it last year bc it was more of a me-and-my-friends thing but hey!
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Grateful for this kind shout-out, and I wanted to highlight the praise of @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social's layout - they took my vague vision of a zine that felt like a riot grrrl had made it in 1992 and made it feel really special
I'm so glad to see that my favorite fight club for queer women hasn't been delisted on itch yet. The retro zine layout is a succinct masterclass that I've referenced while playtesting other games.
Also: 🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women. It's a rule of the game, sorry haters!
deecity.itch.io/drink-my-sweat
Also: 🏳️⚧️ Trans women are women. It's a rule of the game, sorry haters!
deecity.itch.io/drink-my-sweat
August 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Grateful for this kind shout-out, and I wanted to highlight the praise of @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social's layout - they took my vague vision of a zine that felt like a riot grrrl had made it in 1992 and made it feel really special
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🏰🤰📜 FINAL EPISODE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
039 - to honour and obey 03 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
[link to the episode transcript]the game is to honour and obey by laurie o'connel https://laurieoconnel.itch.io/to-honour-and-obeythe guests arehappy birthday | gm36.itch.iochloe sobel | smallstories....
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July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🏰🤰📜 FINAL EPISODE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
called to the court, to scandals of men-at-arms, to grandmother's visions... you need more than wits. you need your flame-lit truthsense, your curse-sharpened teeth, your memories of a jilted lover's ancient tomes
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🏰🤰📜 EPISODE TWO of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
your mother tries, but your husband's position means yours is different from hers. blight, uneven ledgers, farm squabbles-- at any time she'd have dealt with perhaps one of these problems. all of them & more are yours
your mother tries, but your husband's position means yours is different from hers. blight, uneven ledgers, farm squabbles-- at any time she'd have dealt with perhaps one of these problems. all of them & more are yours
038 - to honour and obey 02 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
[link to the episode transcript]the game is to honour and obey by laurie o'connel https://laurieoconnel.itch.io/to-honour-and-obeythe guests arehappy birthday | gm36.itch.iochloe sobel | smallstories....
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July 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
🏰🤰📜 EPISODE TWO of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
your mother tries, but your husband's position means yours is different from hers. blight, uneven ledgers, farm squabbles-- at any time she'd have dealt with perhaps one of these problems. all of them & more are yours
your mother tries, but your husband's position means yours is different from hers. blight, uneven ledgers, farm squabbles-- at any time she'd have dealt with perhaps one of these problems. all of them & more are yours
Once again very grateful for the opportunities this bundle gives me, go check it out — lots of great art in there!
✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
July 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Once again very grateful for the opportunities this bundle gives me, go check it out — lots of great art in there!
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✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
July 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
✨ It's finally time. The fifth Queer Games Bundle is live now. For $60 (or $10+), get over 600 games, TTRPGs, zines, and more. Support over 300 queer artists for their survival and future art.
itch.io/b/3062/
itch.io/b/3062/
so SO psyched to make it onto folio doing the most "me" game possible: pregnant arthurian lady abandoned by her husband in favor of his "job", using Mage: the Awakening tarot cards
🏰🤰📜 EPISODE ONE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there
037 - to honour and obey 01 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows th...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
so SO psyched to make it onto folio doing the most "me" game possible: pregnant arthurian lady abandoned by her husband in favor of his "job", using Mage: the Awakening tarot cards
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🏰🤰📜 EPISODE ONE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there
037 - to honour and obey 01 - with HB & chloe sobel | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows th...
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July 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🏰🤰📜 EPISODE ONE of TO HONOUR & OBEY with HB & @smallstoriesgames.bsky.social 📜🤰🏰
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there
your husband's duties call him away, but yours are bound to you: a keep in disrepair, a favourless retinue, & a gnawing anxiety filling any space in your gut not taken up by the child who grows there
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It's late night in my timezone, but maybe it's early in yours. Maybe it's early enough to... wake up and start doing farm chores.
Simulated farm chores!
In this bundle of farming ttrpgs!
itch.io/b/3073/farm-...
Simulated farm chores!
In this bundle of farming ttrpgs!
itch.io/b/3073/farm-...
June 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It's late night in my timezone, but maybe it's early in yours. Maybe it's early enough to... wake up and start doing farm chores.
Simulated farm chores!
In this bundle of farming ttrpgs!
itch.io/b/3073/farm-...
Simulated farm chores!
In this bundle of farming ttrpgs!
itch.io/b/3073/farm-...
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I have this starter pack of great black TTRPG designers. Give them a follow!
If you are a black TTRPG designer who wants to be included on the list, let me know!
go.bsky.app/TSmxwUa
If you are a black TTRPG designer who wants to be included on the list, let me know!
go.bsky.app/TSmxwUa
June 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I have this starter pack of great black TTRPG designers. Give them a follow!
If you are a black TTRPG designer who wants to be included on the list, let me know!
go.bsky.app/TSmxwUa
If you are a black TTRPG designer who wants to be included on the list, let me know!
go.bsky.app/TSmxwUa
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Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
Griot Anthology (Ashcan) by Thoughtcrime Games
a zine of microTTRPGs and micro-settings from black TTRPG designers.
thoughtcrimegames.itch.io
June 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Juneteenth would be a pretty good time to give the Griot Anthology your attention! Today is the last day it's free/pwyw thoughtcrimegames.itch.io/griot-anthol...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
I'd love to see some of the games in the Anthology get played on APs, but I am not connected enough to that scene to make it happen...
It was a joy to playtest this and an honor to do the layout 💖
June 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It was a joy to playtest this and an honor to do the layout 💖
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Drink My Sweat is out on itch bb (and digital copies are out to backers) 😎🥊💦🥵😳
Punch cuties, get messed up, fall in love, be fucking hot.
Punch cuties, get messed up, fall in love, be fucking hot.
June 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Drink My Sweat is out on itch bb (and digital copies are out to backers) 😎🥊💦🥵😳
Punch cuties, get messed up, fall in love, be fucking hot.
Punch cuties, get messed up, fall in love, be fucking hot.
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LIVE ON KICKSTARTER: Galactic & Going Rogue, 2 GMless scifi #TTRPGs 🎲 in 1 book!
🚀 Galactic by @rileyrethal.bsky.social: Rebellion, Relationships, & War Among the Stars
🚀 Going Rogue by @jessfrom.online: Cynicism, Hope, & Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...
🚀 Galactic by @rileyrethal.bsky.social: Rebellion, Relationships, & War Among the Stars
🚀 Going Rogue by @jessfrom.online: Cynicism, Hope, & Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...
May 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
LIVE ON KICKSTARTER: Galactic & Going Rogue, 2 GMless scifi #TTRPGs 🎲 in 1 book!
🚀 Galactic by @rileyrethal.bsky.social: Rebellion, Relationships, & War Among the Stars
🚀 Going Rogue by @jessfrom.online: Cynicism, Hope, & Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...
🚀 Galactic by @rileyrethal.bsky.social: Rebellion, Relationships, & War Among the Stars
🚀 Going Rogue by @jessfrom.online: Cynicism, Hope, & Making the Ultimate Sacrifice
🔗: www.kickstarter.com/projects/gal...
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Okay but for real everyone needs to stop buying shit from Amazon. I’m so deadly serious.
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
February 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Okay but for real everyone needs to stop buying shit from Amazon. I’m so deadly serious.
99% of ttrpg takes evoke this exact reaction in me
February 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
99% of ttrpg takes evoke this exact reaction in me