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Andrea (CuriousCat)
@curiouscat.bsky.social
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Andrea Rick (she/her). Award-winning game designer (Indie Groundbreaker and others), graphic designer, editor, translator, and TTRPG publisher @plotbunnygames.bsky.social in Germany. 🐰 Queer femme, nonbinary, ADHD, chronically ill. DE + ENG 🌈
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curiouscat.bsky.social
I'm still so happy about this nomination! 🥰 @igdn-official.bsky.social
Viva la QueerBar has so much of my own life in it - translated into a queer game, a queer archive, and a queer space that exists wherever you make room for it. I used flyers from my personal archive to create the layout artwork.
Two pages of the interior of the Viva la QueerBar zine in English. One pages has quotes praising the game, the other summarizes what the game is about. At the bottom of the page are several queer bar flyers lying criss-cross over each other. Everything is colored in shades of orange, pink, and purple.
March 20, 2025 at 12:38 AM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Und hier noch einer für alle, die wissen, dass Wählen natürlich nur ein Teil des ganzen Demokratie- und Solidaritäts-Dings ist - aber speziell diesmal halt ein wirklich wichtiger. Also, hingehen und mitmachen! #AntifaSticker #BTW25
Runder Antifa-Sticker. Drumherum steht weiß auf schwarz "Wählen reicht nicht, is schon klar. Trotzdem hingehn-Antifa." In der Mitte sind zwei Hände, die jeweils einen Stimmzettel in eine Wahlurne stecken in schwarz und rot.
February 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Ich trage diese #AntifaSticker auch mal hierhin, denn ich war heute mit Maske vor Ort wählen (hat problemlos geklappt, auch mit meinen Briefwahlunterlagen, die ich nicht rechtzeitig abgeschickt hatte). Bis 18 Uhr haben die Wahllokale noch offen! #BTW25
Runder Antifa-Sticker. Drumherum steht weiß auf schwarz "Mit Maske wählen, is ja klar - chronisch kranke Antifa". In der Mitte sind zwei FFP-Masken mit Ohrschlaufen und Nasenbügeln in schwarz und rot.
February 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Can someone please get us at least into the 1950s? 😅

(Which, incidentally, were a decade that saw a lot of equal rights activism that gained much more traction later - such as the Black Civil Rights Movement and the Homosexual Liberation Movement - despite many efforts to silence them.)
Screenshot of a small bit of the Catcrawl crowdfunding website. It says 1,941 Euros of 1,000 Euros, next to a confetti emoji.
February 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
The biggest cat in this house (myself excluded) approves of the Catcrawl test print. 🐱🐾

Crowdfunding for the English version launches on Tuesday!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/p...

#TTRPG #pnpde #ZineMonth #ZiMo
A lioness plushie has its front paws on a test-printed zine of Catcrawl in German. Both are on a red-checkered duvet cover.
February 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
The cover for Miss Bernburg's Finishing School for Young Ladies (pic shows 2E in German) was created by @kellerlache.bsky.social who also made some of the gorgeous interior illustrations. She captured exactly the 1950s pulp novel vibe I wanted, and was a delight to work with! 💖
Cover for the German second edition of Miss Bernburg's Finishing School for Young Ladies. It looks like a 1950s pulp novel. The illustrations shows two young ladies sitting close together on a sofa (one Black, one white) with a third one (also white) watching them with a shocked expression from the door in the background. The characters embody the three cliques in the game: Bookworms, Rebels, and Homemakers.
December 13, 2024 at 2:49 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
I still hope that someone will post a photo of Viva la QueerBar at the @ipr.bsky.social booth (#U3421) at #PAXU - will someone do me the favor? 🥺💖
Cover of Viva la QueerBar. A story game by Sandra Dahlhoff and Andrea Rick. A round bar sign with the title Viva la QueerBar in orange, pink, and purple. The wall below has several stickers: Philadelphia Pride, Trans Pride, Leather Pride, Descended from the Queen logo.
December 8, 2024 at 4:44 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
If I was there, this would be the selfie:
Meme with rainbow-haired person with a huge excited smile and all-in-black person with neutral face expression in a car. Text says "Hey Kid" across the rainbow person, and "Me, except I'd also have Hey Kid face" across the person in black.
December 6, 2024 at 3:42 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
I'll admit it's a bit dated and has some 1990s implied gender essentialism, anti-femininity and biphobia in some of the issues. But I still love the art and how it develops, the raw power-fantasy anger, the depiction of depression as its flipside, the love for queers, and of course the cat Chicken!
Cover of "The Revenge of Hothead Paisan, Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist". A godzilla-sized, angry 1990s dyke with messy hair, a tank top saying "Move or Die", cut-off jeans and big black boots holds her hand out to stop an ape-like dude in a suit and tie. She holds a gray and white cat posing fabulously in her other arm.
November 27, 2024 at 3:19 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Hey #TTRPG creators on @itch.io - does anyone else currently have weirdly low download numbers with normal view numbers? My downloads have dropped to almost zero since November 11, but the view numbers are in my normal range. Does anyone have an explanation for this? 🤔
Screenshot of my Itch analytics showing data from October 1st to November 14th. Views per day vary within a normal-for-me range. Downloads suddenly drop to almost zero after November 14th, with only four individual days of similarly low numbers in the whole time period before that.
November 15, 2024 at 12:40 AM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Hi new followers! My name is Andrea Rick and I'm a game designer, graphic designer, translator, editor, and sometimes illustrator. I also run @plotbunnygames.bsky.social, a #TTRPG publishing company. For English descriptions of my work, check out plotbunnygames.itch.io! Some of my games/supplements:
Part of the cover for Viva la QueerBar - a story games about a queer bar and its team (the subtitle is also shown in German). The illustration in shades of orange, pink and purple shows a round bar sign with the game's title on it. Below it is the text "A story game by Sandra Dahlhoff and Andrea Rick." You can also see several pride flags (Philadelphia Rainbow, Trans, Leather) and the Descended from the Queen Logo as stickers on the wall. Against the Monster - a story game about a monster hunt. Around the text are black carbon-pencil style silhouettes of teeth, tentacles, and claws in front of a beige background. Bunny, We Bought a Dungeon - a GM-less OSR map-drawing story game. Illustrated with a medieval wood cut of a bunny in front of a house. It's holding a package of dice and a key in its paws. Further dice are at its feet. Promo image for "A Killer After Her Own Heart - A Murder Mystery for Brindlewood Bay." A bunch of red roses cover a blood-soaked bed sheet. The title fonts are a decorative cursive in the style of many romance novel covers and a narrow sans-serif with pointy corners. There's also a mock-sticker saying "Runner-up Murder Mystery THE GAUNTLET Brindlewood Bay Writing Context 2022."
November 14, 2024 at 1:42 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Die nächste Person, die das Crowdfunding unterstützt, ist auf jeden Fall die niceste Person von allen! 6️⃣9️⃣😏
www.gameontabletop.com/cf4441/dream...
Auschnitt aus der Crowdfunding-Seite für Dream Askew/Dream Apart. Man sieht 68 Unterstützer*innen. Text: Dream Askew/Dream Apart. Plotbunny Games. Zwei Rollenspiele in einem Band: Dream Askew: Queere Konflikte inmitten der Apokalypse / Dream Apart: Jüdische Schtetl-Fantasy (Belonging Outside Belonging)
November 9, 2024 at 9:29 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
I mean, I'm also fond of the crows in their little gray vests over here - here's one I recently met. But weird birds are great birds!
Crow with gray feathers around its torso, standing on a railing in a wide stance like "yeah, this is my railing!"
November 6, 2024 at 3:21 AM
curiouscat.bsky.social
If you see this, post a dragon or few from your portfolio .🐲

This is one of the illustrations from my game "Magical Pets"! #TTRPG
Sketchy black-and-white digital drawing of a small sleeping dragon.
October 25, 2024 at 8:06 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
If you see this, post a witch in a big hat! ✨

This is Bonny Read, a character I've played in Little Wizards. She's the daughter of two pirate dads. Her familiar is a black seagull called Herring. (Illustration by me)
Young witch sitting cross-legged in front of a pile of magic books and a wooden magic wand. She wears a gray hat with embroidered symbols, a blue-and-white striped t-shirt, and rolled-up blue jeans. Her hair is blue and curly and she has two birth marks, one shaped like a skull and one like an X. Her black seagull Herring stands on one of the books, screaming and flapping its wings.
October 25, 2024 at 8:03 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Want to know what games I like? #TTRPG #pnpde
Get to know my game taste. For every like, I will post one game I love
October 22, 2024 at 12:26 AM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Es ist live! Das bequeme Brindlewood Bay Bundle mit dem Oneshot-Fall Kaffee mit Schuss und der Regelerweiterung Alternative Kronen der Königin ist jetzt zu haben.

Preisgekrönt und zum Selberdrucken, -ausmalen und -falten und zum Lesen am Bildschirm!
plotbunnygames.itch.io/das-bequeme-...

#pnpde
Das bequeme Brindlewood-Bay-Bundle im handlichen Handtaschenformat. Man sieht die Cover von Kaffee mit Schuss und Alternative Kronen der Königin. Um den Titel von Kaffee mit Schuss herum sind Zeichnungen einer überschwappenden Kaffeetasse mit Katzenohren, Vertragspapieren mit Klebezetteln am Rand, einer Pistole, eines Kuchenstücks mit Sahne in Totenkopf-Form und einer Kuchengabel auf einem Teller und einigen Kaffeebohnen. Um den Titel der Alternativen Kronen herum sind Zeichnungen einer Krone, eines Wollknäuls mit Stricknadeln, einer Gay Pride Fahne, eines Cupcakes mit einer Kirsche, einigen Tentakeln und einer überlaufenden Tasse Kaffee.
June 18, 2024 at 4:07 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Morgen (10.6. ab 20 Uhr) spreche ich mit @lilischote.bsky.social und Barti bei @orkenspaltertv.bsky.social über Queerness im Pen & Paper!

Seid ihr im Chat dabei?
www.twitch.tv/orkenspaltertv

#pnpde #PrideMonth
Pride Month @ Orkenspalter TV. Montag, 10.06.2024, 20 Uhr. Talk: Queerness und Rollenspiel, mit Lilischote, Andrea Rick (Plotbunny Games) und Barti. twitch.tv/orkenspaltertv. Man sieht Porträtfotos von den drei Beteiligten (das von Barti zeigt nur einen Teil vom Gesicht) und gezeichnete Hände mit allerlei Pride-Flaggen, sowie das Logo von Orkenspalter TV.
June 9, 2024 at 1:06 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
I'm super biased about the first 2 because they're for games I've (co-)written (topics: 1950s finishing school drama / queer bar vignettes in flexible setting) - the other 2 I just love (topics: retelling of Passover story / ghosts recovering memories and making found family in shared house).
1950s pulp novel-style cover with two women sitting close to each other on a sofa and another watching them from the background with a shocked expression. Painting of a yellow bar sign saying Viva la QueerBar on a purple wall, below are various Pride flags and the design family logo styled as stickers on the wall. Drawing reminiscent of a parting of the Red Sea, with lots of characters and other details in a hand-drawn, folkloristic style. Painting of youthful-looking ghosts surrounding a house with dissolving boundaries.
May 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Did you know that "Dolly, We Bought a Dream House," a pinktastic GM-less dream-house-drawing game was selected for the Sprinting Owl Selects Bundle, along with 60 other games by 49 other creators?

itch.io/b/2407/sprin...

#pnpde #TTRPG #DollyWeBoughtADreamHouse
Dolly, We Bought A Dream House. A GM-less dream-house-drawing story game. A pink silhouette of a house with a small outbuilding in front of a light blue sky with cloud streaks. In front of the house are two light blue waves. Everything looks like three-dimensional plastic. Around the title text are many glittering stars. In the foreground, a Dolly is sitting on a six-sided die, with one hand on a second six-sided die. She's holding her other hand to her face. She has high-piled wavy hair and is wearing a short jacket over a t-shirt, a tight knee-length skirt with a ruffle at the seam, and Western boots with high heels.
April 21, 2024 at 1:43 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Still crowdfunding:

AGAINST THE MONSTER is a story game about a monster hunt, the good in the monster, and the monstrosity of the hunters.

When the monster faces you in the end: Do you really attack it?

Back it now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/plo...

#TTRPG #ZineMonth #pnpde
Against the Monster - a story game. Crowdfunding Feb 6th - March 1st, 2024. bit.ly/monsterKS. Around the text are carbon-pencil style silhouettes of teeth, tentacles, and claws in front of a beige background.
February 22, 2024 at 3:43 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Still need a valentine card for a #TTRPG fan in your life?

Made these two years ago and thought I'd dig them out again!

#pnpde #MagicalPets #ImproVeto #RodentsWithGuitars
RPG valentine. Text: You rock my heart! To blank. From blank. Image is a drawing of a rodent rock band with a rat on guitar, a porcupine on vocals and a capybara on drums. RPG valentine. Text: Wanna be my magical pet? To blank. From blank. Image is a drawing of an owl with an outstretched wing, surrounded by some stars. RPG valentine. Text: Let's improvise a love story together! (Veto rights included). To blank. From blank. Image is a drawing of an octopus in a shopping cart reaching for a magic potion while a bunch of tribbles also tries to reach the same potion.
February 14, 2024 at 2:59 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Ich kann heute nicht viel im Internet posten, weil wir erst diesen Mord und all die anderen Intrigen und Verwicklungen auf der Yacht aufklären müssen! 🔍🤔
Foto von verstreuten Bestandteilen eines Hidden Games, unter anderem ein Grundriss einer Yacht, sowie verschiedene Fotos, Flyer und Notizzettel.
February 9, 2024 at 5:09 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
We're off to a great start with this year's ZineMonth project! 🤩

Against the Monster is a story game about a monster hunt, the good of the monster, and the monstrosity of the hunters.

Check it out here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/plo...

#TTRPG #ZineMonth
Against the Monster - a story game. Crowdfunding Feb 6th - March 1st, 2024. bit.ly/monsterKS. Around the text are carbon-pencil style silhouettes of teeth, tentacles, and claws in front of a beige background.
February 6, 2024 at 10:03 PM
curiouscat.bsky.social
Einen hab ich noch (alle anderen Rollenspielenden sind natürlich mitgemeint!)

#pnpde #TTRPG #AntifaSticker
Antifa-Sticker: Ob Storygame, ob OSR, wir spielen nur mit Antifa. In der Mitte zwei sechsseitige Würfel in Schwarz und Rot.
January 23, 2024 at 9:44 PM