Max Fefer 🍉✡️
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hydroforge.itch.io
Max Fefer 🍉✡️
@hydroforge.itch.io
TTRPG Designer ✡️🎲 | Disabled | Non-binary/agender (No Pronouns) 🌈 #TTRPG #judaism #boardgames

Check out my games!: hydroforge.itch.io
I started my spring garden this weekend! First time growing tomatoes and eggplant, I hope it works 😅 (and yes I fixed the cages after I took this pic, I’m only 99% a goofus)
May 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
New year, new game! Esther the Queens is finally available on Itch!

Esther the Queens is a Jewish TTRPG featuring a queer & feminist retelling of the Purim story. Using the Firebrands framework, Esther and her fellow Queens play carnival mini-games to save the Jewish people and defeat Haman.
January 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
If you need a fabulous TTRPG gift for your Jewish friends, I'm announcing my *small* restock of Hanukkah Goblins at a new lower price! If you buy soon, It can arrive in their mailbox within the US before Hanukkah!

I also have the order page for Esther and the Queens, but I'll announce that later :)
December 16, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Hello all you wonderful new folks! I'm Max, a Jewish TTRPG designer based in the San Francisco area. My most well-known games are Hanukkah Goblins and soon-to-be-released Esther and the Queens!

My design touchstones are Judaism and environmentalism. My current WIP is a salmon game!
November 16, 2024 at 2:23 AM
It was a pleasure chatting with you at Big Bad Con about Esther and the Queens! Hope we get another opportunity :)
November 13, 2024 at 11:01 PM
You know how they say "don't write your game in layout"?

For my salmon game, my motivations is steering me to create a layout first and then design around those constraints.

I have a specific image in mind, so I'm leaning into that by curating the vibe first. No words on page, but layout? 😅
November 10, 2024 at 6:15 PM
FISH ARE FRIENDS NOT FOOD /j
November 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
I'm a water resources engineer! Although i've made mainly Jewish games so far, I've been itching to design environmentally-themed games. I mocked up a lil salmon zine at Big Bad Con to see what I could make into a game.
November 9, 2024 at 5:37 PM
I promise y’all, I don’t just make Jewish games 🤣 I mocked up this #PbtA playbook from a home game based on the Mistborn series. I wrote some new mechanics for how Investiture (magic) works and I’d love to build it out some more for the right project 🥰 #ttrpg

Anybody else love the Mistborn series?
November 4, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Esther and the Queens is coming to life 🥹 I’ve been working through some layout changes for the printer and I finally cracked the code.
November 2, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I HAVE ARRIVED
November 2, 2024 at 8:36 PM