Ante's Company
@antescompany.itch.io
Braden M. Hansen. Game designer and illustrator 🏳️⚧️. Working on PLEASE DON'T DIE: A Pro-Wrestling RPG. Also made Wizardman: Queer and Chaos and DIVINATION SLUDGEDEATH MANIFEST. Check out my games here: https://antescompany.itch.io/
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Ante's Company
@antescompany.itch.io
· Oct 1
Just announced my new RPG project that I've been chipping away at for a while now - PLEASE DON'T DIE: A Pro-Wrestling RPG!
Stay tuned for more info! I'm really, really, really proud of this game. It fucking rocks.
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #indierpg #ttrpgdev
Stay tuned for more info! I'm really, really, really proud of this game. It fucking rocks.
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #indierpg #ttrpgdev
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It’s #portfolioday ?
I’m Drew I make genrefiction illustrations, get in touch for book covers, ttrpg art and personal commissions!
I’m Drew I make genrefiction illustrations, get in touch for book covers, ttrpg art and personal commissions!
October 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It’s #portfolioday ?
I’m Drew I make genrefiction illustrations, get in touch for book covers, ttrpg art and personal commissions!
I’m Drew I make genrefiction illustrations, get in touch for book covers, ttrpg art and personal commissions!
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Today is the birthday one of the most talented creators in TTRPGs, Jennell Jaquays, who passed away last year. Jennell was one of our company's earliest artists, and played an prominent role in Chaosium's success over many years, as an illustrator and writer.
October 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Today is the birthday one of the most talented creators in TTRPGs, Jennell Jaquays, who passed away last year. Jennell was one of our company's earliest artists, and played an prominent role in Chaosium's success over many years, as an illustrator and writer.
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SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!
I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.
backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine
I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.
backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine
SPINE is a solo tabletop RPG that looks like a book. It is your anchor to the fictional world, a prop, and a work of art — a keepsake — that you co-create, all in one.
In SPINE, you quite literally embody a researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.
In SPINE, you quite literally embody a researcher who is reading and marking up the physical book in front of you.
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
SPINE has been released on itch! You can download your PDF or a printable booklet today to start playing!
I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.
backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine
I'm keeping it FREE through the end of October.
backwards-tabletop.itch.io/spine
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Oops! I accidentally sent this essay a day early, the second in my series about books in ttrpgs and how we play with them.
When and why do we call our games "books"? What terms do we use for our books and why?
When and why do we call our games "books"? What terms do we use for our books and why?
How do we talk about TTRPG Books?
An essay on how we talk about ttrpg books, plus how book design invites bookplay.
www.backwardstabletop.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Oops! I accidentally sent this essay a day early, the second in my series about books in ttrpgs and how we play with them.
When and why do we call our games "books"? What terms do we use for our books and why?
When and why do we call our games "books"? What terms do we use for our books and why?
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Our team is beavering away on the upcoming Tunnels & Trolls: New Age Beta Quick Start!🐉
For those who played the Alpha, what would you love to see added?🧐
More info coming at @Dragonmeet. Stay tuned.
Be the first to hear... here ▶️ https://bit.ly/4kBHzyv
For those who played the Alpha, what would you love to see added?🧐
More info coming at @Dragonmeet. Stay tuned.
Be the first to hear... here ▶️ https://bit.ly/4kBHzyv
October 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Our team is beavering away on the upcoming Tunnels & Trolls: New Age Beta Quick Start!🐉
For those who played the Alpha, what would you love to see added?🧐
More info coming at @Dragonmeet. Stay tuned.
Be the first to hear... here ▶️ https://bit.ly/4kBHzyv
For those who played the Alpha, what would you love to see added?🧐
More info coming at @Dragonmeet. Stay tuned.
Be the first to hear... here ▶️ https://bit.ly/4kBHzyv
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My latest essay is on @olddog.games's "Deathmatch Island!" I talk about how the game designs its climax around the Prisoner's Dilemma, and how, despite the fact that the game wants you to break that cycle, that initial tension is the best part of the text.
Deathmatch Island, Squid Game, and the Tension of the Prisoner's Dilemma [TTRPG Video Essay]
YouTube video by A.A. Voigt
youtu.be
October 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My latest essay is on @olddog.games's "Deathmatch Island!" I talk about how the game designs its climax around the Prisoner's Dilemma, and how, despite the fact that the game wants you to break that cycle, that initial tension is the best part of the text.
Thousand Empty Light rocks and you should pick it up!!!
⚠️ Thousand Empty Light, Mothership RPG's first solo adventure module is now back in stock
🍣 This printing has salmon pink covers with black staples
www.hausofvalley.com/product/thou...
🍣 This printing has salmon pink covers with black staples
www.hausofvalley.com/product/thou...
Thousand Empty Light
The digital version of this module is available to download on itch.io. Note: this listing is for the 2nd printing of the zine - the...
www.hausofvalley.com
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Thousand Empty Light rocks and you should pick it up!!!
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⚠️ Thousand Empty Light, Mothership RPG's first solo adventure module is now back in stock
🍣 This printing has salmon pink covers with black staples
www.hausofvalley.com/product/thou...
🍣 This printing has salmon pink covers with black staples
www.hausofvalley.com/product/thou...
Thousand Empty Light
The digital version of this module is available to download on itch.io. Note: this listing is for the 2nd printing of the zine - the...
www.hausofvalley.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
⚠️ Thousand Empty Light, Mothership RPG's first solo adventure module is now back in stock
🍣 This printing has salmon pink covers with black staples
www.hausofvalley.com/product/thou...
🍣 This printing has salmon pink covers with black staples
www.hausofvalley.com/product/thou...
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#MÖRKTOBER day 5: STAIN
THE STAINED FIELD
"Just to the east of the Múr, where the land grows flat and swollen with damp, there sits a stretch of dry, flaking soil, a scab on the face of the earth."
Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me
THE STAINED FIELD
"Just to the east of the Múr, where the land grows flat and swollen with damp, there sits a stretch of dry, flaking soil, a scab on the face of the earth."
Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me
October 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#MÖRKTOBER day 5: STAIN
THE STAINED FIELD
"Just to the east of the Múr, where the land grows flat and swollen with damp, there sits a stretch of dry, flaking soil, a scab on the face of the earth."
Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me
THE STAINED FIELD
"Just to the east of the Múr, where the land grows flat and swollen with damp, there sits a stretch of dry, flaking soil, a scab on the face of the earth."
Writing by @loottheroom.bsky.social
Art by me
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#mörktober Day 5 - Stain
Rumors of angelic creatures that can remove Null-sickness abound on the back-channels of the Commwave. Providence? Or predator?
#ttrpg #morkborg #art
Rumors of angelic creatures that can remove Null-sickness abound on the back-channels of the Commwave. Providence? Or predator?
#ttrpg #morkborg #art
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
#mörktober Day 5 - Stain
Rumors of angelic creatures that can remove Null-sickness abound on the back-channels of the Commwave. Providence? Or predator?
#ttrpg #morkborg #art
Rumors of angelic creatures that can remove Null-sickness abound on the back-channels of the Commwave. Providence? Or predator?
#ttrpg #morkborg #art
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Hi bluesky, idk how to get people to see this, but I'm a game designer, writer, poet, and graphic designer who makes books! You should follow me and help me achieve the impossible: getting ihop to stack my pancakes 8 high instead of the default 4.
Anyways, here's some recent work <3
Anyways, here's some recent work <3
October 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Hi bluesky, idk how to get people to see this, but I'm a game designer, writer, poet, and graphic designer who makes books! You should follow me and help me achieve the impossible: getting ihop to stack my pancakes 8 high instead of the default 4.
Anyways, here's some recent work <3
Anyways, here's some recent work <3
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I read and reviewed SPINE on my blog! You can check out the review here: theresattrpgforthat.tumblr.com/post/7965200...
October 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I read and reviewed SPINE on my blog! You can check out the review here: theresattrpgforthat.tumblr.com/post/7965200...
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In SPINE, I want players to play with the ttrpg's rulebook in innovative ways.
I wrote this essay to think through the design. It describes the various ways we play with books in ttrpgs, with examples of how we use books as props, as anchors for fictions, and how we recreate them as art.
I wrote this essay to think through the design. It describes the various ways we play with books in ttrpgs, with examples of how we use books as props, as anchors for fictions, and how we recreate them as art.
Bookplay in TTRPGs
An essay on how we play with books in ttrpgs
www.backwardstabletop.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
In SPINE, I want players to play with the ttrpg's rulebook in innovative ways.
I wrote this essay to think through the design. It describes the various ways we play with books in ttrpgs, with examples of how we use books as props, as anchors for fictions, and how we recreate them as art.
I wrote this essay to think through the design. It describes the various ways we play with books in ttrpgs, with examples of how we use books as props, as anchors for fictions, and how we recreate them as art.
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October 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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5-STAR MATCH appeared in HQ!
Wrestling ttrpg written by @leafydragongames.bsky.social. Cover art painted by Dan English. Interior illustrations by Yours Truly. When comp copies arrive, I feel like the winner on right.
Support small independent publishers:
leafydragongames.wpcomstaging.com/shop/
Wrestling ttrpg written by @leafydragongames.bsky.social. Cover art painted by Dan English. Interior illustrations by Yours Truly. When comp copies arrive, I feel like the winner on right.
Support small independent publishers:
leafydragongames.wpcomstaging.com/shop/
September 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
5-STAR MATCH appeared in HQ!
Wrestling ttrpg written by @leafydragongames.bsky.social. Cover art painted by Dan English. Interior illustrations by Yours Truly. When comp copies arrive, I feel like the winner on right.
Support small independent publishers:
leafydragongames.wpcomstaging.com/shop/
Wrestling ttrpg written by @leafydragongames.bsky.social. Cover art painted by Dan English. Interior illustrations by Yours Truly. When comp copies arrive, I feel like the winner on right.
Support small independent publishers:
leafydragongames.wpcomstaging.com/shop/
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The brilliant new twinned game project by illustrator/designer Em Acosta.
Crescent is about kids who go to the dream world. Then Exile is about them as teenagers in the nightmare world. So rad lol
Pre-order here www.myth.works/pages/cresce...
Crescent is about kids who go to the dream world. Then Exile is about them as teenagers in the nightmare world. So rad lol
Pre-order here www.myth.works/pages/cresce...
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The brilliant new twinned game project by illustrator/designer Em Acosta.
Crescent is about kids who go to the dream world. Then Exile is about them as teenagers in the nightmare world. So rad lol
Pre-order here www.myth.works/pages/cresce...
Crescent is about kids who go to the dream world. Then Exile is about them as teenagers in the nightmare world. So rad lol
Pre-order here www.myth.works/pages/cresce...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Word Wizard Battle
(inspired by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social )
Each player has a physical text as their spellbook
A round: players rip a page from their book & remix words from it to describe their spell attack.
Determine winner (highest d20).
Winner burns their page; losers keep theirs.
Repeat.
(inspired by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social )
Each player has a physical text as their spellbook
A round: players rip a page from their book & remix words from it to describe their spell attack.
Determine winner (highest d20).
Winner burns their page; losers keep theirs.
Repeat.
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Word Wizard Battle
(inspired by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social )
Each player has a physical text as their spellbook
A round: players rip a page from their book & remix words from it to describe their spell attack.
Determine winner (highest d20).
Winner burns their page; losers keep theirs.
Repeat.
(inspired by @backwardsttrpg.bsky.social )
Each player has a physical text as their spellbook
A round: players rip a page from their book & remix words from it to describe their spell attack.
Determine winner (highest d20).
Winner burns their page; losers keep theirs.
Repeat.
As someone also making a pro-wrestling RPG, World Wide Wrestling rocks and you should absolutely check it out! Genuinely one of the most cohesive and solid rulesets I've ever read.
We are fully funded and still taking all comers until October 13th! Additional funds go towards making the hardcover evergreen and keeping World Wide Wrestling in business for the long term. I'm so glad for all the support so far, but keep spreading the word!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndp...
October 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
As someone also making a pro-wrestling RPG, World Wide Wrestling rocks and you should absolutely check it out! Genuinely one of the most cohesive and solid rulesets I've ever read.
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For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...
Anti-Fun
There’s one word I try to never use when writing about board games. The F-word. No, not that one. “Fun.” There it is. My critical curse word. Today I want to talk about why “fun” isn’t an especiall…
spacebiff.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:07 AM
For today's article, I'm just griping about why "fun" is a bad word for critics. spacebiff.com/2025/09/30/a...
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you should all be fighting to get tyler to illustrate your dark fantasy ttrpg imo
Some Things Are Best Left Forgotten
#penandink #darkart #horror #chimera #macabre #bones #illustration #inkillustration #monster #characterart #grimdark
#penandink #darkart #horror #chimera #macabre #bones #illustration #inkillustration #monster #characterart #grimdark
October 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
you should all be fighting to get tyler to illustrate your dark fantasy ttrpg imo
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Find yourself the kind of friends who upon realizing your game is in a store will clap, cheer, buy the last copy off the shelf, and demand you sign it and strike a pose holding it 💓💓💓
October 1, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Find yourself the kind of friends who upon realizing your game is in a store will clap, cheer, buy the last copy off the shelf, and demand you sign it and strike a pose holding it 💓💓💓
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don't make me say it
October 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
don't make me say it
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im really excited to explore the possibility space that lies between sir lancelot, the main character of k6bd, and bugs bunny
"Eat God" is live on Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pen...
Be a blue-furred social justice advocate with detachable limbs, a many-eyed horror with strong opinions about metaphysics, or a jet-powered telepathic crab and stick it to the Man though the power of gratuitous cartoon violence.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/pen...
Be a blue-furred social justice advocate with detachable limbs, a many-eyed horror with strong opinions about metaphysics, or a jet-powered telepathic crab and stick it to the Man though the power of gratuitous cartoon violence.
Eat God
a tabletop roleplaying game about causing problems on purpose
www.kickstarter.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
im really excited to explore the possibility space that lies between sir lancelot, the main character of k6bd, and bugs bunny
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Live now: Back new physical editions of Dog Eat Dog, The Mountain Witch, and my Princess with a Cursed Sword!
Art & System: Games for Expanded Play
A new indie game series from Central Michigan University Press launching with a lineup of three games: Princess with a Cursed Sword, Dog Eat Dog, and the Mountain Witch
www.backerkit.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Live now: Back new physical editions of Dog Eat Dog, The Mountain Witch, and my Princess with a Cursed Sword!