Gritty Grazen
@seeker8998.bsky.social
Christian small tabletop RPG hobby dev.
See my first ZineQuest game finished here: https://seeker8998.itch.io/here-lies-a-city
And pick up my other stuff: https://seeker8998.itch.io
See my first ZineQuest game finished here: https://seeker8998.itch.io/here-lies-a-city
And pick up my other stuff: https://seeker8998.itch.io
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Another friendly reminder my email is always open for indie ttrpgs who might want some press coverage!
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Another friendly reminder my email is always open for indie ttrpgs who might want some press coverage!
I was prepared to let it pass. Less prepared to let it pass with free shipping.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I was prepared to let it pass. Less prepared to let it pass with free shipping.
"Aracana is more, like, knowledge of the magical world."
"Ok, sure. Dirty 20. What do the spirits around here like that I can do for them in exchange for them lighting the fire?"
"Ok, sure. Dirty 20. What do the spirits around here like that I can do for them in exchange for them lighting the fire?"
People should use whatever skill or stat for any check they can justify, to be honest.
"But what happens when everyone's rolling Bluff to attack by feinting or Stealth to hide their smirk from the crowd or Arcana to magically light a fire"
It fucking kicks ass? Do you hear this shit?
"But what happens when everyone's rolling Bluff to attack by feinting or Stealth to hide their smirk from the crowd or Arcana to magically light a fire"
It fucking kicks ass? Do you hear this shit?
November 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Aracana is more, like, knowledge of the magical world."
"Ok, sure. Dirty 20. What do the spirits around here like that I can do for them in exchange for them lighting the fire?"
"Ok, sure. Dirty 20. What do the spirits around here like that I can do for them in exchange for them lighting the fire?"
I like making new games. I like it a lot.
Check out Sharktooth, Run Foren, and Tooth for Tooth.
But you know what makes me sad? Literally physically sad?
Encounter and adventure design. I don't know why. Trying to treat it with this jam: itch.io/jam/puzzle-d..., but so far, again, sad.
Check out Sharktooth, Run Foren, and Tooth for Tooth.
But you know what makes me sad? Literally physically sad?
Encounter and adventure design. I don't know why. Trying to treat it with this jam: itch.io/jam/puzzle-d..., but so far, again, sad.
Seeker8998
seeker8998.itch.io
November 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I like making new games. I like it a lot.
Check out Sharktooth, Run Foren, and Tooth for Tooth.
But you know what makes me sad? Literally physically sad?
Encounter and adventure design. I don't know why. Trying to treat it with this jam: itch.io/jam/puzzle-d..., but so far, again, sad.
Check out Sharktooth, Run Foren, and Tooth for Tooth.
But you know what makes me sad? Literally physically sad?
Encounter and adventure design. I don't know why. Trying to treat it with this jam: itch.io/jam/puzzle-d..., but so far, again, sad.
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You should make a weird game.
November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
You should make a weird game.
This whole thread is achingly close to my ideal LARP scenario.
“Darth Vader” was an amalgamation of various Imperial Era generals and cyborgs that were combined in histories written centuries after the fact
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This whole thread is achingly close to my ideal LARP scenario.
Dream game for my table right here, and you can get it now.
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Dream game for my table right here, and you can get it now.
I'm so happy when I get a jam finished but there's always something to pull me back in.
We need more puzzle dungeons! This is my siren call to creators. Make a dungeon with help thus November. itch.io/jam/puzzle-d...
Puzzle Dungeon Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-03 to 2026-01-10 hosted by Directsun Games. We're talking adventure game dungeons filled with OSR-style puzzles and challenges . At the end of the jam, I'll highlight some of m...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I'm so happy when I get a jam finished but there's always something to pull me back in.
I am here for it. Backed with some community copies.
Mörk Sol
A faster-than-light Mörk Borg-inspired RPG set in a horrific galaxy consumed by entropic decay.
www.kickstarter.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I am here for it. Backed with some community copies.
Thanks to @phophos.bsky.social and @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social for running this jam. There's some cool stuff submitted.
If you saw @farirpgs.com 's excellent Boundless and thought, "What if more Bloodborne combat?" this might be one way that would look.
If you saw @farirpgs.com 's excellent Boundless and thought, "What if more Bloodborne combat?" this might be one way that would look.
Fight a lot of sharks.
Build your Raft.
Maybe face a Sharklone 🌪️.
Sharktooth has a fast combat system with flexible defensive options and a guided tiered success system. It also features a no-charm persuasion system, explosives, and the Sharklopedia.
Pick it up and be eaten by a shark in seconds.
Build your Raft.
Maybe face a Sharklone 🌪️.
Sharktooth has a fast combat system with flexible defensive options and a guided tiered success system. It also features a no-charm persuasion system, explosives, and the Sharklopedia.
Pick it up and be eaten by a shark in seconds.
Sharktooth by Seeker8998
Open Sea Survival Game
seeker8998.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Thanks to @phophos.bsky.social and @farhorizonscoop.bsky.social for running this jam. There's some cool stuff submitted.
If you saw @farirpgs.com 's excellent Boundless and thought, "What if more Bloodborne combat?" this might be one way that would look.
If you saw @farirpgs.com 's excellent Boundless and thought, "What if more Bloodborne combat?" this might be one way that would look.
Fight a lot of sharks.
Build your Raft.
Maybe face a Sharklone 🌪️.
Sharktooth has a fast combat system with flexible defensive options and a guided tiered success system. It also features a no-charm persuasion system, explosives, and the Sharklopedia.
Pick it up and be eaten by a shark in seconds.
Build your Raft.
Maybe face a Sharklone 🌪️.
Sharktooth has a fast combat system with flexible defensive options and a guided tiered success system. It also features a no-charm persuasion system, explosives, and the Sharklopedia.
Pick it up and be eaten by a shark in seconds.
Sharktooth by Seeker8998
Open Sea Survival Game
seeker8998.itch.io
October 31, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Fight a lot of sharks.
Build your Raft.
Maybe face a Sharklone 🌪️.
Sharktooth has a fast combat system with flexible defensive options and a guided tiered success system. It also features a no-charm persuasion system, explosives, and the Sharklopedia.
Pick it up and be eaten by a shark in seconds.
Build your Raft.
Maybe face a Sharklone 🌪️.
Sharktooth has a fast combat system with flexible defensive options and a guided tiered success system. It also features a no-charm persuasion system, explosives, and the Sharklopedia.
Pick it up and be eaten by a shark in seconds.
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Seems a bit of an oxymoron
October 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Seems a bit of an oxymoron
I don't know how to feel about independently coming to a lot of design conclusions for a Bloodborne-inspired combat system for my Sharktooth RPG coming out this week, but I can say that Boundless has elegant and fun solutions to similar questions I've faced.
I've been talking a lot about Voidlight recently, but Voidlight is pretty much a scifi version of Boundless, my new soulslike tabletop RPG with old-school grit and modern design.
Boundless is free + open licensed, and is my go to "what do we play tonight" game.
farirpgs.itch.io/boundless-rpg
Boundless is free + open licensed, and is my go to "what do we play tonight" game.
farirpgs.itch.io/boundless-rpg
October 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I don't know how to feel about independently coming to a lot of design conclusions for a Bloodborne-inspired combat system for my Sharktooth RPG coming out this week, but I can say that Boundless has elegant and fun solutions to similar questions I've faced.
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I'll select three random sharers to receive a complete set of Tiny Tome. That's 150 single-page RPGs in 3 books!
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I'll select three random sharers to receive a complete set of Tiny Tome. That's 150 single-page RPGs in 3 books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Tiny Tome 3
We're back with 50 single-page RPGs from 50 different creators.
www.kickstarter.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Want free stuff? Follow and share this link!
I'll select three random sharers to receive a complete set of Tiny Tome. That's 150 single-page RPGs in 3 books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
I'll select three random sharers to receive a complete set of Tiny Tome. That's 150 single-page RPGs in 3 books!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Best thing I got from #GameholeCon was a signed copy of
@randallhampton.bsky.social's The Little Game Master story for my 3yo. We read it multiple times a day and play "Grabbed by vines," where we decide how to free ourselves from vines and roll to try. Best family gaming purchase of my life.
@randallhampton.bsky.social's The Little Game Master story for my 3yo. We read it multiple times a day and play "Grabbed by vines," where we decide how to free ourselves from vines and roll to try. Best family gaming purchase of my life.
October 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Best thing I got from #GameholeCon was a signed copy of
@randallhampton.bsky.social's The Little Game Master story for my 3yo. We read it multiple times a day and play "Grabbed by vines," where we decide how to free ourselves from vines and roll to try. Best family gaming purchase of my life.
@randallhampton.bsky.social's The Little Game Master story for my 3yo. We read it multiple times a day and play "Grabbed by vines," where we decide how to free ourselves from vines and roll to try. Best family gaming purchase of my life.
I'll need some of these folks to distribute my Into the Odd hack cassette case game coming out early next year.
Randomized dungeon creation and flexible spell system in the most satisfying media packaging humanity has yet created. And if it sells, it will be through these kind of dedicated stores.
Randomized dungeon creation and flexible spell system in the most satisfying media packaging humanity has yet created. And if it sells, it will be through these kind of dedicated stores.
October 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'll need some of these folks to distribute my Into the Odd hack cassette case game coming out early next year.
Randomized dungeon creation and flexible spell system in the most satisfying media packaging humanity has yet created. And if it sells, it will be through these kind of dedicated stores.
Randomized dungeon creation and flexible spell system in the most satisfying media packaging humanity has yet created. And if it sells, it will be through these kind of dedicated stores.
I had another thought on this...
@tabletopbookshelf.com should host Meet the Designer days. I have no idea if their new location facilitates it, but the advantages are obvious. The incentives of the author and store are more directly aligned than those of a con and its vendors. And, well, Milwaukee.
@tabletopbookshelf.com should host Meet the Designer days. I have no idea if their new location facilitates it, but the advantages are obvious. The incentives of the author and store are more directly aligned than those of a con and its vendors. And, well, Milwaukee.
Sorry you didn't have a good time, but I enjoyed talking to you and I hope it didn't completely sour your opinion of the whole state of Wisconsin.
I really wish it was in Milwaukee not only because I wouldn't have to drive far, but there's a LOT more to do near the convention center.
I really wish it was in Milwaukee not only because I wouldn't have to drive far, but there's a LOT more to do near the convention center.
October 21, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I had another thought on this...
@tabletopbookshelf.com should host Meet the Designer days. I have no idea if their new location facilitates it, but the advantages are obvious. The incentives of the author and store are more directly aligned than those of a con and its vendors. And, well, Milwaukee.
@tabletopbookshelf.com should host Meet the Designer days. I have no idea if their new location facilitates it, but the advantages are obvious. The incentives of the author and store are more directly aligned than those of a con and its vendors. And, well, Milwaukee.
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Mega-thread of all the creators in Tiny Tome 3!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Coming soon: Tiny Tome 3
We're back with 50 single-page RPGs from 50 different creators.
www.kickstarter.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Mega-thread of all the creators in Tiny Tome 3!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lon...
Hey, it's me in an anthology!
Run, Foren
Sam George / seeker8998.itch.io/run-foren
Flee the city with forged papers and a handful of dice
Sam George / seeker8998.itch.io/run-foren
Flee the city with forged papers and a handful of dice
Run, Foren by Seeker8998
One-Page Roguelike Escape From the City
seeker8998.itch.io
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Hey, it's me in an anthology!
Last call for Pandas on Commission at #gameholecon. There are 2 open seats!
Pandas on Commission is my merchant tailoring #ttrpg derived from #lumenrpg. Make a dress, sneak past a griffin, tick off the local noble family.
www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
Pandas on Commission is my merchant tailoring #ttrpg derived from #lumenrpg. Make a dress, sneak past a griffin, tick off the local noble family.
www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
October 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Last call for Pandas on Commission at #gameholecon. There are 2 open seats!
Pandas on Commission is my merchant tailoring #ttrpg derived from #lumenrpg. Make a dress, sneak past a griffin, tick off the local noble family.
www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
Pandas on Commission is my merchant tailoring #ttrpg derived from #lumenrpg. Make a dress, sneak past a griffin, tick off the local noble family.
www.gameholecon.com/events/event...
Making Milwaukee even cooler
October 7, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Making Milwaukee even cooler
It's like a church history course showing clips of Assassin's Creed
It's like archaeology school using slides with Indiana Jones screenshots, lol
It's like plumbing school using slides with Super Mario screenshots, lol
October 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It's like a church history course showing clips of Assassin's Creed
I'm losing access to my old grad school's library (on account of the thing moving), so I'm excited to see this.
Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
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JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month
www.jstor.org/action/showL...
September 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I'm losing access to my old grad school's library (on account of the thing moving), so I'm excited to see this.
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Looking for playtesters for an upcoming sci-fi horror game kind of like shadowdark meets ten candles meets mothership.
If you want to test it with your group, send me a DM on Bluesky and I’ll send you a free copy.
If you want to test it with your group, send me a DM on Bluesky and I’ll send you a free copy.
September 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Looking for playtesters for an upcoming sci-fi horror game kind of like shadowdark meets ten candles meets mothership.
If you want to test it with your group, send me a DM on Bluesky and I’ll send you a free copy.
If you want to test it with your group, send me a DM on Bluesky and I’ll send you a free copy.