Machine Age Dreams
@machineage.itch.io
A lady and her wife making games and movies and stories! Wanna old fashioned letter with our updates sometime? https://forms.gle/3oC4zX7neLjrim8p9
GO BIRDS! (Also read this. @jeffstormer.gobirds.online is the fucking goat.)
Rascal speaks to @jeffstormer.gobirds.online about Party of One's new identity. What does it mean to be an interview show disguised as an actual play?
Jeff Stormer's quest to make the Hot Ones of RPG podcasts
Party of One reinvents itself as "nonfiction actual play".
www.rascal.news
June 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
GO BIRDS! (Also read this. @jeffstormer.gobirds.online is the fucking goat.)
Set aside some budget for this one, folks. Cannot WAIT
June 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Set aside some budget for this one, folks. Cannot WAIT
Wish we were there XOXOXO
Last chance to log in to iHunt!
The sign up for iHunt - Alpha Access will close on Monday, June 30th 2025!
Be sure to sign up to the urban fantasy LARP based on the works of Olivia Hill!
The sign up for iHunt - Alpha Access will close on Monday, June 30th 2025!
Be sure to sign up to the urban fantasy LARP based on the works of Olivia Hill!
June 13, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Wish we were there XOXOXO
Best way to avoid white room combat? ADD MORE DANGER
Just trying to keep on keeping on.
Blog post. I wanted more/better lair actions in #iHunt: Dollars and Draculas. So I did that. Here.
Blog post. I wanted more/better lair actions in #iHunt: Dollars and Draculas. So I did that. Here.
Blog: Hazardous Environment Rules for 2024 D&D | Machine Age Dreams
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June 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Best way to avoid white room combat? ADD MORE DANGER
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Mena's teaching Daggerheart at below her normal price, AND benefiting charity?
Seriously if you have been curious about Daggerheart or want to learn a cool new game in a quick and fun couple of hours, check this out.
Seriously if you have been curious about Daggerheart or want to learn a cool new game in a quick and fun couple of hours, check this out.
Okay. So. I really want to show you Daggerheart if you haven't tried it out yet. Like. So much that I figured out a way to raise some money for charity? Gay charity? (Happy Pride!) I have three special listings. They're not on the site. You can only get them from me (but also right here.)
June 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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After just perusing this, we're so stupid fucking pumped for more of this game. Give 'em a little bit of money and get the Film Crew vs. Dirtbag Draculas adventure too, that shit rocks.
#iHunt Knight Month! (Because fighting monsters is totally gay!)
June 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
After just perusing this, we're so stupid fucking pumped for more of this game. Give 'em a little bit of money and get the Film Crew vs. Dirtbag Draculas adventure too, that shit rocks.
#iHunt Knight Month! (Because fighting monsters is totally gay!)
FREE over at Pay Tree On, we've just dropped the biggest #iHunt preview document so far! It's June! We're celebrating Knights—the Fighters of the #iHunt world.
This document has SIX subclasses, tons of feats, weapons, and everything you need to play a Knight in D&D or #iHunt.
This document has SIX subclasses, tons of feats, weapons, and everything you need to play a Knight in D&D or #iHunt.
KNIGHTS! June's Massive Unearthed Dorkana Drop | Machine Age Dreams
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June 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#iHunt Knight Month! (Because fighting monsters is totally gay!)
You know what sounds a heck of a lot like a dungeon crawl....?
Today I'm making logos for fictional bars along Palo Verde Boulevard in San Jenaro, for an upcoming #iHunt project. I'm kinda sorta considering doing the Lucy Parsons one as a t-shirt.
May 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
You know what sounds a heck of a lot like a dungeon crawl....?
Chicago Area Gamers? Why not join us?
Hey, in the Chicago area? You wanna play DnD with me IN PERSON?!?! (I exist in physical space. I know. A shock to me too!) What if I told you there was folk horror? What if I told you Liv will be there? WHAT IF I TOLD IT WAS AT THE ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE?!?!?
Come on! Let's game together!
Come on! Let's game together!
Dungeons & Drafthouse @ Video Vortex - Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville
Live your own adventure with our tabletop RPG series, Dungeons & Drafthouse! Perfect for first time players and seasoned D&D veterans alike.
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May 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Chicago Area Gamers? Why not join us?
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Hey, in the Chicago area? You wanna play DnD with me IN PERSON?!?! (I exist in physical space. I know. A shock to me too!) What if I told you there was folk horror? What if I told you Liv will be there? WHAT IF I TOLD IT WAS AT THE ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE?!?!?
Come on! Let's game together!
Come on! Let's game together!
Dungeons & Drafthouse @ Video Vortex - Alamo Drafthouse Wrigleyville
Live your own adventure with our tabletop RPG series, Dungeons & Drafthouse! Perfect for first time players and seasoned D&D veterans alike.
www.eventbrite.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hey, in the Chicago area? You wanna play DnD with me IN PERSON?!?! (I exist in physical space. I know. A shock to me too!) What if I told you there was folk horror? What if I told you Liv will be there? WHAT IF I TOLD IT WAS AT THE ALAMO DRAFT HOUSE?!?!?
Come on! Let's game together!
Come on! Let's game together!
Extreme Tom Waits Voice:
What's she building in there....?
What's she building in there....?
I cannot wait to tell you about this. Unfortunately you'll have to wait until late June. We have amazing things cooking.
#iHunt
#iHunt
May 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Extreme Tom Waits Voice:
What's she building in there....?
What's she building in there....?
Hey hey hey! So Daggerheart dropped today, which is big yay!
But you know what is bigger?! They've posted their SRD type thingie! Take a look!! www.daggerheart.com/srd/
But you know what is bigger?! They've posted their SRD type thingie! Take a look!! www.daggerheart.com/srd/
System Reference Document - Daggerheart
Daggerheart System Reference Document v1.0 Pick up and create your own homebrew content, streams, videos, adventures, supplements, and more with this system’s freely available rules! The Daggerheart S...
www.daggerheart.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Hey hey hey! So Daggerheart dropped today, which is big yay!
But you know what is bigger?! They've posted their SRD type thingie! Take a look!! www.daggerheart.com/srd/
But you know what is bigger?! They've posted their SRD type thingie! Take a look!! www.daggerheart.com/srd/
Let's get haunted.
I got impatient. Games Are Ghosts is available now on itch.io
It's a personal zine and dark liturgy about three video games that haunt me. PWYW
pseudo310.itch.io/games-are-gh...
It's a personal zine and dark liturgy about three video games that haunt me. PWYW
pseudo310.itch.io/games-are-gh...
Games Are Ghosts Vol. I by pseudo310
A zine about the video games that haunt you.
pseudo310.itch.io
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Let's get haunted.
We promise to commit ourselves to slightly more than zero Patrick Swayze references. Because we are hip with what the kids like. No cap.
One of the most important changes we've made in #iHunt from Fate to D&D is now our skill set list includes "Cooler." Because a skill list with a Patrick Swayze reference is always better than one without.
I fixed our skill set list. Cooler should have been on there forever ago. I am sorry for my mistake and I will never make a game without a Cooler skill ever again.
May 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
We promise to commit ourselves to slightly more than zero Patrick Swayze references. Because we are hip with what the kids like. No cap.
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I know y'all love to give designers useful feedback, yeah?
This post ain’t for everyone, just the #TTRPG people.
Y’all should get RED MARKETS.
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Y’all should get RED MARKETS.
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Red Markets: 2nd Edition Beta Playtest | Hebanon Games
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May 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I know y'all love to give designers useful feedback, yeah?
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Honestly the coolest thing about being a writer in the age of AI is that it's going to make everyone else's writing so much worse that I'll just seem like a genius in comparison.
I reckon if you've been a writer for 15 years and you can comfortably replace part of your process with ChatGPT, it speaks volumes about your writing
May 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Honestly the coolest thing about being a writer in the age of AI is that it's going to make everyone else's writing so much worse that I'll just seem like a genius in comparison.
I know y'all love to give designers useful feedback, yeah?
This post ain’t for everyone, just the #TTRPG people.
Y’all should get RED MARKETS.
www.patreon.com/posts/red-ma...
1/
Y’all should get RED MARKETS.
www.patreon.com/posts/red-ma...
1/
Red Markets: 2nd Edition Beta Playtest | Hebanon Games
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May 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I know y'all love to give designers useful feedback, yeah?
Let's get to it, huh?
30 hours remain to back Blood On My Name 🔫🩸🔪
If you want a solo journaling #TTRPG where you get to play an assassin on a quest for vengeance, this is the game for you
Load your guns, sharpen your knives, take your revenge or die trying
itch.io/s/149389/blo...
If you want a solo journaling #TTRPG where you get to play an assassin on a quest for vengeance, this is the game for you
Load your guns, sharpen your knives, take your revenge or die trying
itch.io/s/149389/blo...
Blood On My Name Itchfunding Campaign by KiennaS
A bundle by KiennaS, $19.80 for Blood On My Name, Blood On My Name (Backer Rewards)
itch.io
May 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Let's get to it, huh?
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Jorkin' It Haunted Style with @dorkspawn.bsky.social
Dorkspawn is, primarily, a Video Game Book Club Podcast where @captainkrail.bsky.social and I play video games chapter by chapter and discuss them together.
But it's also a place to do unhinged bits at each other.
dorkspawn.carrd.co
Dorkspawn is, primarily, a Video Game Book Club Podcast where @captainkrail.bsky.social and I play video games chapter by chapter and discuss them together.
But it's also a place to do unhinged bits at each other.
dorkspawn.carrd.co
May 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Jorkin' It Haunted Style with @dorkspawn.bsky.social
Dorkspawn is, primarily, a Video Game Book Club Podcast where @captainkrail.bsky.social and I play video games chapter by chapter and discuss them together.
But it's also a place to do unhinged bits at each other.
dorkspawn.carrd.co
Dorkspawn is, primarily, a Video Game Book Club Podcast where @captainkrail.bsky.social and I play video games chapter by chapter and discuss them together.
But it's also a place to do unhinged bits at each other.
dorkspawn.carrd.co
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Forbes has a preview of the "Running An Adventure" chapter of Daggerheart, which releases in just 6 days!
Today on @forbes.com I spoke with @spenserstarke.bsky.social and @therowanhall.bsky.social about some great GM advice for @darringtonpress.bsky.social release of Daggerheart next week.
www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...
www.forbes.com/sites/robwie...
Discussing Daggerheart Game Design With Spenser Starke And Rowan Hall
We chatted with the designers of Daggerheart about the best way to run the new fantasy RPG from the minds at Critical Role coming out next week.
www.forbes.com
May 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Forbes has a preview of the "Running An Adventure" chapter of Daggerheart, which releases in just 6 days!
In this house, we stand with artists unionizing and being paid fairly.
You should be pro union if you are a pro GM and here's why.
www.dollarsanddragons.com/p/why-pro-gm...
www.dollarsanddragons.com/p/why-pro-gm...
Why pro GMs should be pro union
Equip your +1 sign and roll for initiative, hero!
www.dollarsanddragons.com
May 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In this house, we stand with artists unionizing and being paid fairly.
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May 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Sure likely we won't do a physical book again any time soon. I'm sure Paizo and Wizards and whoever is gonna help us out tho, right? Rising boats or whatever.
If you are a publisher involved with manufacturing in TTRPGs I seriously suggest you seek professional advice because tariffs apply to manufacture costs (not RRP), and there are several considerations in mind to have re. deductibles
We're trading clownshoes numbers for normal amounts of scary, but it's still going to dessicate the tabletop industry. Also, good luck to everyone squeezing as much global distro as possible into 90 days, I guess!
May 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Sure likely we won't do a physical book again any time soon. I'm sure Paizo and Wizards and whoever is gonna help us out tho, right? Rising boats or whatever.
My favorite thing about Quinn is that in the middle of a thread about how AI "games" suck, he drops just such a good def. for what a game is. Uh. Love it.
A game is, at its heart, a set of constraints (implicit and explicit) and goals (implicit and explicit) that create a boundary. What we think of as "Play" happens inside that space.
These defined spaces can be large, they can be small, but they *must* be defined.
These defined spaces can be large, they can be small, but they *must* be defined.
May 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My favorite thing about Quinn is that in the middle of a thread about how AI "games" suck, he drops just such a good def. for what a game is. Uh. Love it.
Sign-up for iHunt - Alpha Access is open!
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[iHunt] Episode 1 'Alpha Access' (LARP Trailer)
YouTube video by Poltergeist LARP
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May 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM