Valeria Loves
@valerialoves.bsky.social
https://www.valerialoves.com/
The second best trans woman who reviews indie TTRPGs while taking baths, somehow.
The second best trans woman who reviews indie TTRPGs while taking baths, somehow.
Learning folks were gossiping about who broke Kira’s wrist is so insanely thrilling.
FYI, the player-made Choke ARG elements had been drip fed for a long time. All bosses had a shared group chat to discuss it, prior to the incident. Bosses collectively announcing the evacuation started the panic.
FYI, the player-made Choke ARG elements had been drip fed for a long time. All bosses had a shared group chat to discuss it, prior to the incident. Bosses collectively announcing the evacuation started the panic.
In which I write about how #over/under has *a lot* of information games flying around- and how it lead to the game having its own corrupted blood incident.
The Information Game
Over/Under and Info/Misinfo
jayhawking.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Learning folks were gossiping about who broke Kira’s wrist is so insanely thrilling.
FYI, the player-made Choke ARG elements had been drip fed for a long time. All bosses had a shared group chat to discuss it, prior to the incident. Bosses collectively announcing the evacuation started the panic.
FYI, the player-made Choke ARG elements had been drip fed for a long time. All bosses had a shared group chat to discuss it, prior to the incident. Bosses collectively announcing the evacuation started the panic.
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it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
it hasn't helped sell any mags but it appears our nonsense on here has just pushed our account over 5K 'followers', so let's embrace that as some kind of achievement!
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
Like & repost this to be in with a chance to win every in-print issue of Wyrd Science & a t-shirt of your choice*
The greatest post in #Over/Under RP history.
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The greatest post in #Over/Under RP history.
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Hey - if you're a Denizen of The Dream in #OVER/UNDER and want to follow more of the fun and cool people you've met over there over here then this is a darn good place to look: go.bsky.app/2dTRvz3
October 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hey - if you're a Denizen of The Dream in #OVER/UNDER and want to follow more of the fun and cool people you've met over there over here then this is a darn good place to look: go.bsky.app/2dTRvz3
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A contrasting example: Fabula Ultima as played by a table of storytellers
Fabula Ultima is my favorite fantasy game. I got to experience it for the first time with folks from Paper Cult, and I wrote my thoughts on it after our campaign's finale.
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/10...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com/blog/2025/10...
fabula ultima was made for me
Last night, the Paper Cult crew wrapped up our Fabula Ultima game. Out of every game I’ve played with them, this is the game I regretted saying farewell the most. I’ve decided it’s my favorite fantasy...
www.fluoriteguillotine.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
A contrasting example: Fabula Ultima as played by a table of storytellers
My first system review, after a year's experience at the table!
Come gawk at my Big Complex Feelings™.
www.valerialoves.com/why-dont-i-h...
Come gawk at my Big Complex Feelings™.
www.valerialoves.com/why-dont-i-h...
Why Don't I Hate Fabula Ultima?
Theoryslop shadowboxing an omnigender Italian
www.valerialoves.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My first system review, after a year's experience at the table!
Come gawk at my Big Complex Feelings™.
www.valerialoves.com/why-dont-i-h...
Come gawk at my Big Complex Feelings™.
www.valerialoves.com/why-dont-i-h...
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False Machine orders to North America are now open once more falseparcels.bigcartel.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
False Machine orders to North America are now open once more falseparcels.bigcartel.com
Waiting for Gygax by Ironykins
Imagine if your D&D Campaign never left the Tavern
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October 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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MORE THAN 100K IN 10MINS!
Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol . I is now live on #Kickstarter! 💎
Back within the first 48 hours to get an exclusive bonus cloth patch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...
Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol . I is now live on #Kickstarter! 💎
Back within the first 48 hours to get an exclusive bonus cloth patch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...
Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol. I
The ENNIE-winning JRPG-inspired tabletop role-playing game levels up with hardback and collector's editions, and the new Bestiary Vol.I
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September 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
MORE THAN 100K IN 10MINS!
Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol . I is now live on #Kickstarter! 💎
Back within the first 48 hours to get an exclusive bonus cloth patch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...
Fabula Ultima TTJRPG Celebration Edition + Bestiary Vol . I is now live on #Kickstarter! 💎
Back within the first 48 hours to get an exclusive bonus cloth patch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndg...
Shoutout to Mythic Bastionland’s Infuriating Children table. @bastionland.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Shoutout to Mythic Bastionland’s Infuriating Children table. @bastionland.bsky.social
Anyone deep enough in the rabbit hole to be following me will adore Wyrd Science
wyrd.science/violence-is-...
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September 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Anyone deep enough in the rabbit hole to be following me will adore Wyrd Science
wyrd.science/violence-is-...
wyrd.science/violence-is-...
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I wrote a little about criticism today. idlecartulary.com/2025/09/25/w...
What do critics owe us?
A few things recently happened in the discourse that raised the question, “what do critics owe us?”, in various forums across the TTRPG space. I have a response, but to understand it we must meande…
idlecartulary.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I wrote a little about criticism today. idlecartulary.com/2025/09/25/w...
September 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New Review!
Orphans, the newest Tuesday Night Games Pamphlet.
Numerous thoughts within.
www.valerialoves.com/orphans-stuc...
Orphans, the newest Tuesday Night Games Pamphlet.
Numerous thoughts within.
www.valerialoves.com/orphans-stuc...
Orphans Stuck in Tasty Mud
is the weakest official Mosh module still a certified banger?
www.valerialoves.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
New Review!
Orphans, the newest Tuesday Night Games Pamphlet.
Numerous thoughts within.
www.valerialoves.com/orphans-stuc...
Orphans, the newest Tuesday Night Games Pamphlet.
Numerous thoughts within.
www.valerialoves.com/orphans-stuc...
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A roundup of the biggest blog bandwagon ever: over 69 different bloggers wrote about their Appendices N and I collected and categorized them all for you
#osr #ttrpg
#osr #ttrpg
Bandwagon Roundup: The Appendices Ns
Over 69 (!) bloggers came together for the largest bandwagon of the year and I round them all up for your perusal
prismaticweekly.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I am writing a strange, grim module.
Here is my inspiration! Yay first game jam!
www.valerialoves.com/from-whence-...
Here is my inspiration! Yay first game jam!
www.valerialoves.com/from-whence-...
September 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am writing a strange, grim module.
Here is my inspiration! Yay first game jam!
www.valerialoves.com/from-whence-...
Here is my inspiration! Yay first game jam!
www.valerialoves.com/from-whence-...
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Print copies of Owe My Soul to the Company Store are back in stock with TKG! Come be a giant bug!
August 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Print copies of Owe My Soul to the Company Store are back in stock with TKG! Come be a giant bug!
Normativity is fraught. We’re right to fear it, but always wrong to ignore it. Seek meaning!
(Words good GUUD WORDS @sidneyicarus.bsky.social)
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...
(Words good GUUD WORDS @sidneyicarus.bsky.social)
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...
Textual Rebellion and the Rejection of RPGs
RPGs are Made of Text The intent of this piece is to break down what begins as a deliberately confusing thesis: “Historically, the text of tabletop RPGs has been viewed as more of a manual than a t…
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com
August 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Normativity is fraught. We’re right to fear it, but always wrong to ignore it. Seek meaning!
(Words good GUUD WORDS @sidneyicarus.bsky.social)
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...
(Words good GUUD WORDS @sidneyicarus.bsky.social)
sidneyicarus.wordpress.com/2019/09/12/t...
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks. No particular order:
Unicorn Meat
A Pound of Flesh
Songbirds 3e (Red)
Silent Titans
Mythic Bastionland
Unicorn Meat
A Pound of Flesh
Songbirds 3e (Red)
Silent Titans
Mythic Bastionland
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks. No particular order:
Lorn Song of the Bachelor
Witchburner
Dawn of the Orcs
He Ain’t Gonna Jump No More
The Stygian Library
AMA
Lorn Song of the Bachelor
Witchburner
Dawn of the Orcs
He Ain’t Gonna Jump No More
The Stygian Library
AMA
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks. No particular order:
- village song
- wanderhome
- lilancholy
- pyriscence
...ok those 4 feel like pillars, and the 5th will vary. Right now it's Big Gay Orcs
- village song
- wanderhome
- lilancholy
- pyriscence
...ok those 4 feel like pillars, and the 5th will vary. Right now it's Big Gay Orcs
August 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Introduce yourself with your top 5 #TTRPG picks. No particular order:
Unicorn Meat
A Pound of Flesh
Songbirds 3e (Red)
Silent Titans
Mythic Bastionland
Unicorn Meat
A Pound of Flesh
Songbirds 3e (Red)
Silent Titans
Mythic Bastionland
Invite your players to tell you what they care about
Then break their hearts
www.valerialoves.com/promises-a-m...
Then break their hearts
www.valerialoves.com/promises-a-m...
Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule
Progression, Renown, & Drama
www.valerialoves.com
August 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Invite your players to tell you what they care about
Then break their hearts
www.valerialoves.com/promises-a-m...
Then break their hearts
www.valerialoves.com/promises-a-m...
Unicorn Meat is a Masterpiece
Pain armors kind hearts
www.valerialoves.com
August 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I started writing a tabletop game about fighting appalachian ghosts that you can play with a deck of playing cards as an excuse to make a blog.
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August 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I started writing a tabletop game about fighting appalachian ghosts that you can play with a deck of playing cards as an excuse to make a blog.
tbr.bearblog.dev/first-dive-i...
tbr.bearblog.dev/oafish-pratf...
tbr.bearblog.dev/poker-rpg-ch...
tbr.bearblog.dev/first-dive-i...
tbr.bearblog.dev/oafish-pratf...
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