Luke Wildwoods
@wildwoodsgames.bsky.social
Game designer @ gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io.
Cooking enthusiast. Once an anthropologist and professional GM.
“Very witty and wise, like a mole underneath a tree".
Ace, aro, agender (they/them).
Cooking enthusiast. Once an anthropologist and professional GM.
“Very witty and wise, like a mole underneath a tree".
Ace, aro, agender (they/them).
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Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
I was sacrificed for the land and all I got was this essay
On Luke Jordan’s Harvest, a masterpiece of folk horror
www.rascal.news
"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
folks from the UK & Ireland I'm doing Research please help—what are y'all's mythologised national identities?
i.e. Australians claim we're laidback, fair, & cheeky (which isn't untrue but is highly conditional in practice).
what equivalent claims would the English, Scots, Irish, etc make?
i.e. Australians claim we're laidback, fair, & cheeky (which isn't untrue but is highly conditional in practice).
what equivalent claims would the English, Scots, Irish, etc make?
December 20, 2025 at 6:12 AM
folks from the UK & Ireland I'm doing Research please help—what are y'all's mythologised national identities?
i.e. Australians claim we're laidback, fair, & cheeky (which isn't untrue but is highly conditional in practice).
what equivalent claims would the English, Scots, Irish, etc make?
i.e. Australians claim we're laidback, fair, & cheeky (which isn't untrue but is highly conditional in practice).
what equivalent claims would the English, Scots, Irish, etc make?
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#TTRPG persons: you have until Christmas Day to get hold of our beloved and acclaimed TEETH zines of 18th century horror, lost pigs, and ballgowns, at a bold 50% off!
It's the incredibly toothsome TEETHAZINE Bundle: itch.io/s/167336/tee...
It's the incredibly toothsome TEETHAZINE Bundle: itch.io/s/167336/tee...
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December 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
#TTRPG persons: you have until Christmas Day to get hold of our beloved and acclaimed TEETH zines of 18th century horror, lost pigs, and ballgowns, at a bold 50% off!
It's the incredibly toothsome TEETHAZINE Bundle: itch.io/s/167336/tee...
It's the incredibly toothsome TEETHAZINE Bundle: itch.io/s/167336/tee...
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I will have to second Harvest, alongside Grand Guignol (both by Luke Jordan). Another must-read TTRPG I've found this year is Zephyr. Very evocative worldbuilding, with excellent writing that makes the reason for every introduced element clear. The text fits well alongside every art spread.
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I will have to second Harvest, alongside Grand Guignol (both by Luke Jordan). Another must-read TTRPG I've found this year is Zephyr. Very evocative worldbuilding, with excellent writing that makes the reason for every introduced element clear. The text fits well alongside every art spread.
you heard it here folks, endorsed by the best newsletterist of 2025: gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
Harvest by @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social probably had the best writing in an RPG I read this year.
December 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
you heard it here folks, endorsed by the best newsletterist of 2025: gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
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(tim rogers voice) people asking what I think of "GIRL FRAME." they want to know if I've played "GIRL FRAME." folks, the only "GIRL" I have "FRAME"d is this photo of my mother, who I love very much. she died. piloting a robot.
October 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
(tim rogers voice) people asking what I think of "GIRL FRAME." they want to know if I've played "GIRL FRAME." folks, the only "GIRL" I have "FRAME"d is this photo of my mother, who I love very much. she died. piloting a robot.
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"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
I was sacrificed for the land and all I got was this essay
On Luke Jordan’s Harvest, a masterpiece of folk horror
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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Facilitated Grand Guignol today, and man, I am so excited about the developments made on both Belonging Outside Belonging and Firebrands frameworks. Really, really good synthesis and improvement on each, imo, not to mention unavoidably, unapologetically queer
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Facilitated Grand Guignol today, and man, I am so excited about the developments made on both Belonging Outside Belonging and Firebrands frameworks. Really, really good synthesis and improvement on each, imo, not to mention unavoidably, unapologetically queer
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If you already own HARVEST, please rate & review! If you don't, come get some lush eerie bloody folk Gothic TTRPG goodness and find out what the omen deck has in store for you...
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you already own HARVEST, please rate & review! If you don't, come get some lush eerie bloody folk Gothic TTRPG goodness and find out what the omen deck has in store for you...
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
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Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.
DESPERATION (Jason Morningstar, Bully Pulpit)
UNDER HOLLOW HILLS (Meguey & Vincent Baker, Lumpley Games
FIELD GUIDE TO MEMORY (Jeeyon Shim & Shing Yin Khor)
REACH OF THE ROACH GOD (Zedeck Siew & Munkao, Thousand Thousand Islands)
UNDER HOLLOW HILLS (Meguey & Vincent Baker, Lumpley Games
FIELD GUIDE TO MEMORY (Jeeyon Shim & Shing Yin Khor)
REACH OF THE ROACH GOD (Zedeck Siew & Munkao, Thousand Thousand Islands)
If you wanted to run say, four different games that weren't Dungeons & Dragons in hopes of showing people the breadth of the TTRPG hobby, what games would you run for them? Assume that they are sort of familiar with 5E.
December 5, 2025 at 4:49 AM
DESPERATION (Jason Morningstar, Bully Pulpit)
UNDER HOLLOW HILLS (Meguey & Vincent Baker, Lumpley Games
FIELD GUIDE TO MEMORY (Jeeyon Shim & Shing Yin Khor)
REACH OF THE ROACH GOD (Zedeck Siew & Munkao, Thousand Thousand Islands)
UNDER HOLLOW HILLS (Meguey & Vincent Baker, Lumpley Games
FIELD GUIDE TO MEMORY (Jeeyon Shim & Shing Yin Khor)
REACH OF THE ROACH GOD (Zedeck Siew & Munkao, Thousand Thousand Islands)
If you already own HARVEST, please rate & review! If you don't, come get some lush eerie bloody folk Gothic TTRPG goodness and find out what the omen deck has in store for you...
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you already own HARVEST, please rate & review! If you don't, come get some lush eerie bloody folk Gothic TTRPG goodness and find out what the omen deck has in store for you...
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
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After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
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The physical edition of my solo game, Psalms for the Undertow, is now available for members of the Dirtgoblin Zine Club! Members get editions that include experimental materials. In this case that's a two player mechanic I'm currently testing, printed on vellum, and a piece of handmade paper (1/2)
November 29, 2025 at 11:19 PM
The physical edition of my solo game, Psalms for the Undertow, is now available for members of the Dirtgoblin Zine Club! Members get editions that include experimental materials. In this case that's a two player mechanic I'm currently testing, printed on vellum, and a piece of handmade paper (1/2)
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Harvest is a "beautiful cursed woodcut of a game" and Rascal writer Thomas Manuel's game of the year. GMless diceless period folk horror, it revolves around a golden paradise off Britain's coast preserved by generational ritual sacrifice, and which you'll choose: die for the island, or kill for it.
Harvest by gamesfromthewildwood
A bloody folk gothic RPG of tradition, necessity, and sacrifice
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Harvest is a "beautiful cursed woodcut of a game" and Rascal writer Thomas Manuel's game of the year. GMless diceless period folk horror, it revolves around a golden paradise off Britain's coast preserved by generational ritual sacrifice, and which you'll choose: die for the island, or kill for it.
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In light of Creator Day I wanna say if you can’t buy games even on sale there’s a great way to show appreciation to game designers and that’s leaving a nice comment/good review, which you can do directly on itch on the creator’s game pages!!
It’s Creator Day on itch today!! 100% of sales go to us creators!! It’s also a big day for sales so this weekend you can get my games 60% off OR as a bundle for $39.98 🩵
itch.io/s/170770/cre...
itch.io/s/170770/cre...
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In light of Creator Day I wanna say if you can’t buy games even on sale there’s a great way to show appreciation to game designers and that’s leaving a nice comment/good review, which you can do directly on itch on the creator’s game pages!!
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STUPENDOUSLY BRILLIANT I FEEL LIKE THE BOOK ITSELF DEMANDS AND DRAGS ME TO READ IT BETTER, AGAIN AND AGAIN
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
I was sacrificed for the land and all I got was this essay
On Luke Jordan’s Harvest, a masterpiece of folk horror
www.rascal.news
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
STUPENDOUSLY BRILLIANT I FEEL LIKE THE BOOK ITSELF DEMANDS AND DRAGS ME TO READ IT BETTER, AGAIN AND AGAIN
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God Luke, we had such a great session of Harvest last week. The Wise One called the whole island together to 'forge the blade', with everyone pitching in a bit of metal from their homes. The voice of the last sacrifice sung out from the flames and the preacher Stranger was marked to hold the knife.
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
God Luke, we had such a great session of Harvest last week. The Wise One called the whole island together to 'forge the blade', with everyone pitching in a bit of metal from their homes. The voice of the last sacrifice sung out from the flames and the preacher Stranger was marked to hold the knife.
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Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
I was sacrificed for the land and all I got was this essay
On Luke Jordan’s Harvest, a masterpiece of folk horror
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
I was sacrificed for the land and all I got was this essay
On Luke Jordan’s Harvest, a masterpiece of folk horror
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
"You don’t spend the game wondering whether you’re a good person. You instead wonder if you are ready to kill for the island or die for it — whether it’ll be your friend, lover, or father who will hold the knife and whether they’ll smile as they do it."
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
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Eyyy, good shit, @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social!
Reshare: Thomas shares how despite never enjoying a Belonging outside Belonging game before, Harvest became his Game of the Year. It's a combination of its lush prose, rock-solid structure, and bloody folk horror.
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
www.rascal.news/i-was-sacrif...
I was sacrificed for the land and all I got was this essay
On Luke Jordan’s Harvest, a masterpiece of folk horror
www.rascal.news
November 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Eyyy, good shit, @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social!
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With We Contain Solitudes in the bag, I have moved into development and playtesting on a new project.
Here's my first pass at an intro for the game, as a little teaser for anyone interested.
Here's my first pass at an intro for the game, as a little teaser for anyone interested.
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 AM
With We Contain Solitudes in the bag, I have moved into development and playtesting on a new project.
Here's my first pass at an intro for the game, as a little teaser for anyone interested.
Here's my first pass at an intro for the game, as a little teaser for anyone interested.
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Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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when mamdani is mayor i hope he fixes all the changes they made to hadestown
June 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
when mamdani is mayor i hope he fixes all the changes they made to hadestown