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🇨🇦 | TTRPG Author | Author of DAWN, Star and City, Dust, Heaven/Hell, Etc. | YouTube Guy | joelhappyhil.carrd.co |
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Now that the preorder has been out for a month and the final files are sent over and approved, it's about time to show off what I've been working on since I finished DAWN. A game I plan to Itchfund soon called "Dollhouse" (1/7)
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made a strawpage :] ysybusybear.straw.page
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November 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm going to be doing design updates on my Patreon every week or so from now on! Here's the first one, covering an element of how I'm trying to simulate city life in the game.
www.patreon.com/posts/dollho...
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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please buy hypermall it is on sale

rat-bastard-games.itch.io/hypermall-un...
HyperMall: Unlimited Violence by Rat Bastard Games
DELUXE GIG ECONOMY ASSASSINATION
rat-bastard-games.itch.io
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Lilancholy has launched! Help me bring my weird, lyrical, traumatic collection of spells, poetry, and games to play when a fae corners you, to paperback form!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
November 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Lilancholy is a guidebook to the fae disguising a horrible, childhood trauma. It has short fiction, poetic spells to cast, and a mess of games to play when you run into a fairy and don't want your name stolen~

Help me print it through backerkit this Saturday! Link below <3
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Thirty nine ttrpgs!

Get a wide assortment of indie solo games including For Steel You Are, Don't Leave Me Yeti, Hardcore Ecologist, The Sea Calls But You Must Not Listen, and more!

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November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Its my birthday today motherfuckers so i'm gonna need you to send me a shit ton of money to celebrate, I will use it all on Staminan and Crane Games for myself okay thanks (I mean its mostly gonna be art but)
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Now that the preorder has been out for a month and the final files are sent over and approved, it's about time to show off what I've been working on since I finished DAWN. A game I plan to Itchfund soon called "Dollhouse" (1/7)
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I have so many problems to fix and so few dollars to fix them with...

Preorder DAWN: The RPG on lionwingpublishing.com
LionWing Publishing
LionWing Publishing
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November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I'm super excited to announce that DAWN is going to print, I'm working with LionWing Publishing to get the game released in early 2026, including a digital copy, an exclusive physical release, and a printed booklet of the first DAWN module!
lionwingpublishing.com/products/lio...
September 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
My muse
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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The fever dream of the future's future ~ The boiling pot that humanity let itself cook in ~ An opportunity ~ A sprint ~ A vision ~ A proof of life ~

This is your first look at Inheritors (officially PWYW on Itch~)

sandroad.itch.io/proof-of-life
INHERITORS - Proof of Life - Quickstart by SandroAD
apocalyptic future-tech mayhem
sandroad.itch.io
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Playing Arknights has been like rediscovering lost chapters of Gilgamesh for me, after playing so many gacha games it's crazy to play the one that they all stole from, and seeing where it does things right that the imitators didn't understand.
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Why does Twitter have a mode where everyone hates you and why does it switch to it against your will.
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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babe wake up a new horndog game just dropped ~

(FR the way this lil thing effortlessly creates a steamy tension around the table is *chef's kiss")
The second in my [worldweary sigh] TTRPGs that objectify lumberjacks series is now published.

kumada1.itch.io/bare-gaze
Bare Gaze by kumada1
Tabletop shirtless rollgazing
kumada1.itch.io
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I'm here with a very exciting announcement: The Awards 2026 is happening! The SEO-friendly TTRPG awards show has had a refreshing year off and is back with a vengeance.

To kick this off, take a look at the first Design Diary for The Awards 2026: ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...
The Awards 2026 Design Diary #1
Inspired by Clayton Notestine's debrief on his participation in the 2025 Ennie Awards and Split/Party's  "What awards do for us?"  articl...
ttrpg-spider.blogspot.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Really encouraging everyone who believes that tabletop games deserve better to go and read this series - It single handedly got me to unmute the words "Ennies" and "Awards" on this site
Last week, I published a 4-part series. A behind-the-scenes tour, breakdown, and critique of the Ennie Awards and other rpg award shows.

This is my last article about it (hurray). A summary with all the links in one spot. If you missed it, catch up here.

www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorer...
The Explorers' Awards Debrief
A 4-part series on the Ennie Awards and what it can teach us about rpg awards. A behind-the-scenes tour and breakdown from a former judge.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Buy the bundle in defiance of great and terrible sickness!

(feel better joel!)
I wanted to push an update to my game in here to celebrate the bundle but I've come down with a great and terrible sickness. Buy the bundle though.
Solo Tabletop Bundle is live!

Get a ton of indie solo games for 12$.

Featuring work by Mitchell Daily, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Cardboard Cultist, Chubby Crow Games, Ash Can Games, Aldo Salt, Joel Happyhill, The Cargo Bay, Hugh Lashbrooke, takataapui, Koke RPGs, and many more!

itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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A small price to pay to help Joel heal (his health is directly linked to wealth)
October 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I wanted to push an update to my game in here to celebrate the bundle but I've come down with a great and terrible sickness. Buy the bundle though.
Solo Tabletop Bundle is live!

Get a ton of indie solo games for 12$.

Featuring work by Mitchell Daily, Tomas Gimenez Rioja, Cardboard Cultist, Chubby Crow Games, Ash Can Games, Aldo Salt, Joel Happyhill, The Cargo Bay, Hugh Lashbrooke, takataapui, Koke RPGs, and many more!

itch.io/b/3361/sprin...
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Trying to see if I can cram a starter race into a trifold that still has plenty of personality packed in - What do we think?
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Corpse Chariot ~ Now available in the Preview Materials tab of my drive -w-
July 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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We are starting our discussion!

Twitch.tv/OneShotRPG
Huge thanks to @naldodrinan.bsky.social making a stream premiere running Break!! for @losthavenart.bsky.social @joelhappyhil.bsky.social and I.

Join us on Wednesday as we discuss the game and design!
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
2nd stream @oneshotrpg.bsky.social to talk about BREAK!! and the game we had 3 days ago!
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October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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BANGER HALLOWEEN SALE LETS GO

for the next WEEK, both 12:HOURS and [GOOD MORNING, MILKY WAY!] are 50% off and also bundled together for ONLY $5 (originally they'd be 10 and 5 bucks each)

help your local trans author not starve! this shit slaps i promise!

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October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM