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The Adventure Zone's next season starts in a week.
They're using The Quiet Year as a world-generation tool... for a game of D&D.
They called it "Quiet Year" and, you guessed it, did not credit the author or say where it can be found.
NEAT.
They're using The Quiet Year as a world-generation tool... for a game of D&D.
They called it "Quiet Year" and, you guessed it, did not credit the author or say where it can be found.
NEAT.
Clint was all 'It was so much fun, I wished we could've done that part longer' and I'm like YOU FUCKING CAN, DOGG, IT'S CALLED "PLAYING THINGS THAT AREN'T D&D."
(This is info from the latest episode, which is a postmortem for Graduation, to clarify.)
(This is info from the latest episode, which is a postmortem for Graduation, to clarify.)
Whoa okay, this blew up so I'm going to spend the rest of this thread linking to indie games because the McElroys won't. For the sake of fairness, let me start with THE Quiet Year, by Avery Alder. https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year
And now my itch: https://glaiveguisarme.itch.io/
I got an Oscar Wilde game, I got a game about robbing a transphobic fantasy author, I got the world's most advanced genital customization system, next month I'll have space necromancers making out, check me out!
I got an Oscar Wilde game, I got a game about robbing a transphobic fantasy author, I got the world's most advanced genital customization system, next month I'll have space necromancers making out, check me out!
Play Dragonhearts, if you like games about dragons who can turn into humans and who fight and are extremely magical and super cool and did I mention the kissing: https://fractaldragon.itch.io/dragonhearts
Like weird things kissing? Let me direct you to Sci-Fi Meet Cute, which is exactly what it sounds like but also has the best character sheet ever designed: https://ashcangames.itch.io/sci-fi-meet-cute
Oh hey I should also mention @unplaytested, the podcast/stream/publishing house run by @AFractalDragon and me. Like RPGs? We make an RPG based on a randomly-rolled prompt on pod then play it on stream! http://unplaytested.com/
(P.S.: if you want me to link your game on this thread, drop me a DM).
You want to play a game set at a school full of weird mysteries? With magic and everything? Kids on Brooms, baby: https://www.renegadegamestudios.com/kids-on-brooms
Oh! Speaking of wizards, I haven't had a chance to play Definitely Wizards yet, but I want to: https://elliothtart.itch.io/definitely-wizards
The Bloody-Handed Name of Bronze has a fantastic title and aesthetic: https://glyphpress.com/talk/product/the-bloody-handed-name-of-bronze-codex-edition
How do you feel about Forged in the Dark games? What about giant vehicles locked in perpetual war? Beam Saber looks badass: https://austin-ramsay.itch.io/beamsaber
For those of you who understand that there's more to being a Princess than just waving politely, Princess World! My kiddo is still a little young for this one, but I am hyped to be princesses with her when she's ready: https://kpetker.itch.io/princess-world-short-story-edition
Speaking of my kid, I need to go interact with her because I've been on the computer like a MONSTER for so long. I encourage everyone to link to their favorite indie games (but be mindful of using Twitter handles, lest someone's mentions get blown up).
I may return someday.
I may return someday.
And I'm back. Seems TAZ has apologized and made their credit explicit. If you think the mea culpa is sufficient as a response for again failing to do the thing they consistently fail to do, that's your prerogative.
Also if you're mad at me for complaining about public figures repeating the same mistake they've made before, rather than reaching out, well that's also your prerogative? For what it's worth, I didn't intend for this to blow up, and if I wanted to be a PR lady, I'd ask for money.
Linkstorm 2021 continues:
The Hateful Place seems wild and also dark and violent: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/dave-mitchell/the-hateful-place/paperback/product-1g8r4gp6.html?page=1&pageSize=4
The Hateful Place seems wild and also dark and violent: https://www.lulu.com/en/us/shop/dave-mitchell/the-hateful-place/paperback/product-1g8r4gp6.html?page=1&pageSize=4
Next Horizon seems like the polar inverse of the THP: it advertises itself as "Low Stakes Fantasy Roleplaying" and I am unironically into more low-stakes gaming. I picked this one up just now. I keep trying to call it "New Horizon," damn you Nintendo: https://purpleaether.itch.io/next-horizon
And here's a playtest version of Rumrunners, which is about Prohibition-era bootleggers! I love Prohibition-era bootlegging stories: https://stitched-together-games.itch.io/rumrunners-playtest
Oh shit, let's split the uprights between Rumrunners and Next Horizons with a slice-of-life game about running a fantasy tavern, Tiny Taverns! I'm way into this: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/303391
Oh did I forget about Spindlewheel? A tarot-like deck of cards you can use to weave together a magestic tapestry of story? Well, let me remedy this: https://www.teacabbage.com/spindlewheel
While I'm thinking about tarot, how do we feel about Tension, a queer cat-and-mouse between a killer and the investigator on their tail: https://adira.itch.io/tension
The hype train paused for an hour but now we're WOOT WOOT back on track for more indie games!
Rolling with Laughter isn't just a game, it's a guide to how to have a comedy adventure in RPGs! I am pro-comedy, so I am glad this exists: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/306078
Rolling with Laughter isn't just a game, it's a guide to how to have a comedy adventure in RPGs! I am pro-comedy, so I am glad this exists: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/306078
I very nearly forgot to link to my favorite world-building game, Microscope. You played Microscope? You should! It's good: http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/
The Necromancer has queers and skulls and skulls and queers, and it's altogether a lot more dark and dramatic than my introduction makes it seem (it's a The Wretched hack, after all): https://keganexe.itch.io/the-necromancer
The next game is... weird, this is just a sheet of paper that says "The Adventure Zone's Twitter Account has over 200k followers, by picking a single indie game a week and saying 'this looks neat' they would do unaccountably more good for people than Lara ever could."
Weird!
Weird!
What about some hype for Coyote & Crow, about the future of a world where the Americas were never colonized, created and let by a Native American team? We all need more BIPOC-designed and explicitly anticolonialist games in our life: https://coyote-and-crow.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders
Hey check out Glitter Hearts! Transform into a magical superhero to fight the forces of evil in a game inspired by the "magical girl" genre and featuring an extremely badass cover: https://gleather.itch.io/glitter-hearts
OH DIP I FORGOT ABOUT MNEMONIC!
The irony. A bunch of games in a setting where memory is, ah, complex and important. I can vouch for "Cracks in the Mirror" being a real potent hit: https://mnemonicrpg.itch.io/
The irony. A bunch of games in a setting where memory is, ah, complex and important. I can vouch for "Cracks in the Mirror" being a real potent hit: https://mnemonicrpg.itch.io/
Check out Ethera! I'm just skimming it now, but it's wild fantasy adventuring with the option to wield magic clay, and spells for causing folks to be un-born or making a door out of your own blood. Dang. I'm gonna read more on this one: https://secrethearth.itch.io/ethera
The Magical Land of Yeld! An all-ages fantasy adventure with a completely charming art style. Another one to keep in my hat when my kid is more able to focus on stories for an extended period: http://www.yeldstuff.com/
Oh dang, it's a business-card-sized racing game! I can't say no to business cards as a form factor, and I can't say no to a game where the cool decals on your vehicle are a meaningful stat that you can improve over time to make you better at racing: https://aarongoss.itch.io/raptor-2057
So you and your friends have been turned into bears and the only way to turn back is to do all these odd jobs about town in this game, You And Your Friends (Have Been Turned Into Bears And The Only Way To Turn Back Is To Do All These Odd Jobs About Town): https://kumada1.itch.io/you-and-your-friends-have-been-turned-into-bears-and-the-only-way-to-turn-back-i
(I am going to continue adding games to this thread, either when I think about it or when people DM me and ask to be put on the thread. Anybody is welcome to DM me! I can't vouch for all or even most of these games, but everything looks rad so far).
The purest compliment one game designer can give another is to say "aw shit, I wish I had thought of that!"
And on that note, Clever Girl, a Jurassic Park-inspired game where you can play as a human OR A RAPTOR! That's so cool: https://mr-matthew.itch.io/clever-girl
And on that note, Clever Girl, a Jurassic Park-inspired game where you can play as a human OR A RAPTOR! That's so cool: https://mr-matthew.itch.io/clever-girl
