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Adrián Mejía is Koboaing
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Él/He/Him; Lead designer and project lead of Koboa, THE South American Fantasy setting; software engineer; mestizo; Latino; AuDHD
adrianlmejia@hotmail.com

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On left toad from Mario removing his hat, To the right we see that without his hat his eyes were actually the nose on a photorealistic face concealed by the hat
October 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Thought it might be fun to share my little ideas doc I write on when I get ideas and all I have on me is my phone.

Once the idea is in the right doc I erase it from this one
RANDOM IDEAS Duet game where two immortal PCs go through multiple historical eras (inspired by wild seed) PUEBLO UNIDO Pueblo unido should split the city map and build out each players map as a form of player progression When doing something cool add a die to the threat pool then roll 2dX. If less than threat pool size then deploy the threat pool and up the danger level. Each die that lands on the failure level is a snag regardless of roll total. N:UIO "Advantage" in n:uio expressed as +/- 1 tokens or maybe hit multiplier tokens for big climactic moments TO READ Read pirate Borg for the ship combat Read that game Manchae recommended Maybe traveller, mothership 13th age?
October 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Every few weeks I think if this image and I have to go and find it again.
Sharing it so you all have to see it too
Picture of a news article. A picture of a woman who looks like the virgin Mary, but with a purple and yellow color scheme, and a nose and mustache identical to wario's. She is holding two bob ombs. Text says: El Vaticano presenta a Waria, la némesis malvada de la Virgen María "I'MA WARIA, I'MA GONNA WIN”, DICE LA NUEVA ARCHIENEMIGA DE LA MADRE DE DIOS
October 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Some moves make you Mark Suspicion, ticking a box on the suspicion tracker. GMs can also make you Mark Suspicion as a GM move. Once the suspicion track is filled up for you, you become Cornered, a situation that greatly changes the narrative for your character.
In Hiding Becoming exposed is very dangerous now that the enemy knows who you are. Whenever an enemy recognizes you, they will do all they can to capture or kill you. Whenever you would mark a box in the Suspicion Track, the GM may take a Golden Opportunity.
September 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Every player (for now, we'll add different starting traits) starts with the "Regular Teen Facade" trait. This trait represents the fact that their main advantage over the Enemy is that the Enemy doesn't know that their opponent is a bunch of teens, and it is a good idea to keep it that way.
Regular Teen Facade You need to keep the facade of being a teen to avoid suspicion from the enemy. Start the game with a Suspicion Track. It starts unmarked and can get up to 5 marks. Whenever you mark suspicion, mark a box from the suspicion track. When you fill the suspicion track, you change this trait (cut this trait out of your character sheet, flip it around, and tape it back to your character sheet).
September 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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3) It helps do once-per-campaign things

We only have a single such usage right now, but it works so well to have "you can only do this once" type moves that you physically take out of your character sheet when they get used up. It feels *powerful*
Acting on Instinct When you make a desperate, idealistic gamble that terribly endangers you and all your teammates, lose 2 bond with each teammate. Then, the narrator describes how your action causes one or more mission objectives to fail. During the next session, you can describe how your Gambit pays off in a big way. Then cut out this trait and throw it away.
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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More interestingly, you can take out entire moves. Take "Comfort or Support". It triggers in intimate moments with teammates. If you take the whole move out, then you can still have intimate moments with teammates, but you won't roll, and you won't get the benefits or risks of the move.
Comfort or Support When you Comfort or Support a teammate emotionally, roll with your Bond with the teammate. On a hit, choose one: The teammate Clears a Condition The teammate increases their Bond with you On a 10+, choose one additional: Increase your Bond with the teammate Clear a Condition
September 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Crowdfunding campaigns are stressful + expensive.
Rather than spend ~40% of funds on stuff that isn't the book, we'd rather a most of that go to making the book happen.
Rather than ask you to risk your money in something that may never exist, we'd rather give you something tangible for your money.
A progress bar starting from 0. Topright says "Buy the Quickstart and Help me make it into a full book" The spots along the progress bar are: 776: Breakeven celebration. 7 new traits 1000: Victory Assets. Base Victory Assets Update 1700: The Full Text. Full text, public domain animal pictures update 3000: Book + Lineart. Full text, lineart, and public domain animal pictures 5000: Inspiration. Articles about biology, weird science, science fiction, and why we love them 7000: The Book I would love to make. Full text, fantastic full color art, some public domain animal pictures.
September 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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#4: Letting the Animal Take Control
One of the most important moves in the game is "Let the Animal Take Control". If you are transformed and need to do something your character's stats aren't good at, you can let the animal do it better, as long as its something the animal is good at.
Let the Animal Take Control When you Let the Animal Take Control to increase your chances of success, ask the following questions then roll with an additional +1 for each question you answer yes. Is the action you want to do natural for the animal? Is the action you want to do comfortable and free from stress for the animal? Is there nothing else the animal deeply wants to do right now? Is the animal uninjured? On a 7+, you are successful. On a 7-9, pick one of the below. On a miss, pick both: You lose control to the animal’s instincts for a while, giving the GM a Golden Opportunity You expend mental stress controlling the animal. Mark a condition.
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Part 2: Traits
Character's primary traits, likewise, can be transformed. For example, the Group Leader can physically cut out their "Group Leader" trait and replace it with the "Alpha of the Pack" trait when they Feed the Beast.
Group Leader Whenever you gain Bond with a teammate, receive that much Bond + 1. Whenever you Coerce a Teammate into breaking their convictions, mark an additional 1 on the Hardened Track. Whenever you Feed the Beast, you may change this trait instead of cutting out a different part of your character sheet. Alpha of the Pack You may coerce teammates with your Resolve score. When you do so, roll +Resolve instead of +Bond. Whenever you Coerce a Teammate into breaking their convictions, mark an additional 2 on the Hardened Track.
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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The sections of your character sheet you can rip away are specifically parts of Moves where you relate or connect to other people. As your character Feeds the Beast, they lose the ability to relate to other people as they lose their innocence.
Defend When you Defend someone or something else from danger, roll with your Bond with them if defending a teammate. Otherwise, roll with Resolve. For NPC threats: ...on a Hit, you keep your ward safe, choose one: Clear a condition Increase Bond with the person you protected Injure the attacker. Deal the appropriate amount of harm to the attacker as established in the Harm section. Do not get injured by the attacker. If you don’t choose this, the attacker deals the appropriate amount of harm to you as established in the Harm section. On a 7-9, the GM may offer you a hard choice or success with a sacrifice. For PC threats: ...on a 7+, give -2 to the attacker’s roll. On a 7-9, reduce bond with the PC by 2 and injure the attacker.
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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#2: Metaphorical Transformation
Part a: Feed the Beast
The game carries the metaphor that your characters don't just literally transform into beasts, but they metaphorically do so as well. Look at the Move titled "Feed the Beast"
The move makes you stronger while taking something away
Feed the Beast When you fill up the Hardened track, rip or cut out a section of your character sheet surrounded by dotted lines. Then increase any one of your Characteristics by +1 permanently. Each Characteristic has a maximum of +2.
September 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Just for fun I cooked up the book cover in the old Animorphs books style
A scene in a comic book art style. A young teenager, brown skin with brown hair wearing a plain white sleeveless shirt and jeans is running out of an alley, silhouetted by a pink outline. We see separate parts of his transformation from human to leopard, seeing as different parts of his body become covered in fur, his arms get turned into claws, and his face grows big nasty teeth. Next to him, a hawk flies, an iguana clings to the wall, and a boar comes toward the screen. The left side reads "No Gods, no Devils, just..." and then the logo "Beasts" shows up in pink and black letters, ripped apart by a slash of the leopard.
September 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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All the work in the quickstart and the book have been done by a mostly latine team of incredible people. The layout will be done by the amazing @byfrancita.bsky.social, with a sample below. As mentioned above, art so far is by @lucasnwd.bsky.social and the logo is by @lamalamuerte.bsky.social
Sample of the first few pages of the book.
September 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Progression in Beasts is done by your character becoming hardened. As they do, they *feed the beast*, a move where you cut a piece off your character sheet to gain an advantage.

The parts of your character sheet you can cut off though, are the ways you connect to other people and to the world.
Beasts character sheet. Top left: Logo Then a box to put in a character name A box that says characteristics, each having a value from -1 to 2. The characteristics are: Resolve, Cunning, and Empathy. Two text boxes for two character Convictions. A Track of three slots labeled the "Hardened Track" that says: Whenever you break your conviction, mark a box on the Hardened track. Whenever you fill the track, Feed the Beast. A track of four slots labeled "Harm", with the first slot labeled "Tiny", the second labeled "Small", and the third labeled "MEdium", and the fourth labeled "Large" 8 text boxes labeled "Bonds" with a box for a numeric value next to each. A section with 5 conditions: Angry: -2 to Comfort or Support Anxious: -2 to Scout out a space and Gather Intel on Somone Guilty: -2 to manipulate someone Hopeless: -2 to Prepare for the mission Angry: -2 to fight a threat A spot for 5 transformations, 4 are blank for writing in and the first is not blank, it says "Human" Two big empty boxes labeled "Traits"
September 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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It's Latine Heritage Month so I'm really excited to announce a little side project I've been working on. Quickstart guide is available here: latinerd.itch.io/beasts

*In war there are no gods, no devils. There are only beasts.*

Art by @lucasnwd.bsky.social, logo by @lamalamuerte.bsky.social
A scene in a comic book art style. A young man, brown skin with brown hair wearing a plain white sleeveless shirt and jeans is running out of an alley, silhouetted by a pink outline. We see separate parts of his transformation from human to leopard, seeing as different parts of his body become covered in fur, his arms get turned into claws, and his face grows big nasty teeth. Next to him, a hawk flies, an iguana clings to the wall, and a boar comes toward the screen. The logo "Beasts" shows up in pink and black letters, ripped apart by a slash of the leopard.
September 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Colony
Two characters from the show "colony" looking at a massive wall across the water bifurcating the golden gate bridge
September 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Bluesky check mark
August 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Playing arachnogenesis into a board with coat of arms was pretty sweet
Mtg card Arachnogenesis {2}{G} Instant Create X 1/2 green Spider creature tokens with reach, where X is the number of creatures attacking you. Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Spider creatures. Every movement is a summons—even your screams.
August 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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You can see here what we did for koboa. Each row is a page, saying what text is there, what art is there, and what the word count is (estimated or actual). Its tough but you may have to just decide how many words or pages a specific section will be budgeted to budget layout costs.
Spreadsheet with the following columns: Sidebars, Art we already have, stuff we need, estimated art cost, words, words to write, words to sensitivity read Each column is different parts of text: table of contents, intro text, Map of koboa, welcome to koboa intro text, character options, etc.
August 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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I need to make a ttrpg inspired by this scene
King of the hill characters dale, Bill, Hank, Peggy, and boomhauer standing in action poses in the rain holding demolition tools
August 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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If you see this, quote with a title screen that's iconic to you
Contra 3 title screen
August 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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No cheating, post your lock screen.

Call me Koboa guy
Latinerds phone lock screen showing a Koboa themed background, with four adventurers and a capybara getting ready for fantasy action preparing weapons or magic spells
July 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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This is how I get started figuring out new TTRPG projects if anyone's curious. First brainstorm for something new
Magic system should be flexible, able to imagine different effects and do them if you have enough “points” Points: Default can use x points on effects Can Exert to get extra points but then default point pool becomes smaller rest of session Have domains that allow spending extra points if desired effect exists within domain Get extra points if people of the city are giving you their power (move them to action, inspire them) Have some sort of system that increases point maximum throughout session to lead to a big climax Good inspirations for magic systems: Derelict Delver Flair Checks Different categories of effect factors that affect difficulty roll If you beat the difficulty you get effect, otherwise you get effect with a penalty Godkiller Wield a Power move Roll, bonus under a small set of circumstances Kids on Brooms Spell Checks Different categories of effect factors that affect difficulty roll Beat the roll get the effect, otherwise bad things could happen Masks Unleash your Powers move Roll + a stat, on a bad roll effect is temporary or unstable Moves with defined narrative effects that characters add magic effects to Pacts and Blades Domains of magic, magic effects must fit domain. Effects of magic are prescribed Cantrip Moves with defined narrative effects that characters add magic effects to Here, there, be monsters! Domain “words”, more words used the more likely a strong roll, wagering something for power Wyrd Different categories of effect factors that affect difficulty roll
July 4, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I’m from before the internet.
El sapo, a traditional game in Latin America where you throw discs at holes
June 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM