Andrew Fischer

Social media is fragmented to the wind these days. I find it hard to collect everything I'm doing each month in one place. If you want to keep up with my game design work, the best place to do it is this newsletter. Once a month. Comprehensive. Straight to the point. I'd really appreciate a follow.

Very excited that The Return of the King: Trick-Taking Game has been announced. I am very proud of how the game came out and can’t wait for people to get their hands on it.

The D&D and Magic the Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast are forming a union! TTGDA lauds their efforts, and encourages people to sign the petition to express public support @uwotc-official.bsky.social actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

New Newscast is up! We have a ton of news to share, an upcoming Gamefound full of new Earthborne Rangers expansions to discuss, and a couple listener questions to respond to, so let's get to it! youtu.be/9oxypNv2kqo

Curious to know what I've been up to for Earthborne Rangers? Check out our preview page for our next Gamefound campaign, including information on First Patrol, Roots of the Verdessa, Keepers of the Wild! gamefound.com/en/projects/...

Be sure to tune in to the Gamefound Feast today! You might see something new from us 👀

TTRPG fans, believe me when I say, you *really* want to try a session of Hexbeat. Sign up before 11:59pm EST tomorrow, October 20th to play a game in this urban fantasy world where music and monsters are the name of the game! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

That new Ocarina of Time Remake footage is looking pretty incredible:

Thanks @wargamer.com for the coverage on Precipice! It was a lot of fun to chat with @tjohnlinward.bsky.social about mechs (I mean, I always love talking about mechs, but Tim asked great questions)! www.wargamer.com/precipice/st...

Pretty rich that a man shows off his rocket car that will never touch a real street in the same 24 hours that a documentary releases about a woman going to prison for defrauding investors.

Attention #Gameholecon! @nobleknightgames.bsky.social has the 🪙☁️Mistborn☁️🪙 books for the Cosmere rpg WEEKS before they come out in stores! I'll be around the booth Sunday at 11:11am if anyone wants their copy of Mistborn Legacy signed 🖋️🖋️🖋️! @brotherwisegames.bsky.social

Plotweaver Artist Search Finalist Highlight🪡🎨 Introducing Flo den Haan! Flo is an artist based in the Netherlands that we have been delighted to get to know through the artist search! https://flodenhaan.nl/ These are two more monster ancestries for our modern fantasy setting in open alpha testing. ✨

New Earthborne Rangers Playcast! Join Andrew and Fischer as they journey home to Lone Tree Station to complete the Lure of the Valley campaign. Surely that's all they'll do, right? (this one is preeeeetty epic, folks 😁) earthbornegames.com/earthborne-r...

I recently took an interview with Wargamer's Timothy Linward for their coverage of Precipice. You can read their article here! www.wargamer.com/precipice/st...

You could feel these final paragraphs coming like a premonition.

This place is opening here in the Twin Cities, and while their website clearly had some AI involved in the creation, it appears to be a real business. Click though to their membership pricing. 🤣🤮

If you’d like to join us in calling on leadership to reconsider yesterday’s decision and help us build a better Wizards together, you can encourage them to do so by signing our petition and sharing it! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

Stormlight: War for Roshar. Available on Kickstarter now! ✨ Take the fate of Roshar into your own hands ⚔️⛈️ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brotherwise/war-for-roshar

If you want to support our efforts at United Wizards of the Coast, the absolute best thing you can do is sign and share our petition asking the company to voluntarily recognize us! Together we can change the games industry for the better! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...

The Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering teams at Wizards of the Coast have just announced they're unionizing. In a letter of demands, the union has urged Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast leaders to stop pushing generative AI. https://bit.ly/4hMhPzG

My Cosmere RPG testing left Roshar a while ago, but I think it might have to return for ... reasons.

Hexbeat open alpha testing starts today! You can find a scenario to run alongside the playtest materials over on the Plotweaver Academy Patreon ✨ https://www.patreon.com/cw/PlotweaverAcademy

New Hubworld: Aidalon Playcast! Join us for a 4 player Hubworld: Aidalon game, where we each use a pre-constructed deck right out of the Prime Collective set box! youtu.be/k_abdqTAgKE

One of my favorite parts of every project is when art first starts coming in. It both solidifies ideas we've been working on and sparks my imagination for further development. I'm so excited to have Eren working on the project with us. Their work has done just that.

We're big fans of local Saint Paul band Alligator Orchestra. After hearing songs they wrote about Root, we commissioned them to record a Kart theme song. They came back with "Don't Look Down!", two minutes of raucous pop-punk that's perfect for Kart's reckless downhill races.

Yes! PAXU joins UK Games Expo in banning AI material! Another reason this has become Earthborne's favorite North American show. unplugged.paxsite.com/philly/en-us...

It's real!

Dang, I'm loving this cover design. Its vibe is reminding me of our Rangers packaging.

New September update for Earthborne Trailblazer! We've got some development updates, including details about expanding to the full game board, and the introduction of two designers helping us develop the content. www.kickstarter.com/projects/ear...

I drafted Hubworld yesterday and @earthbornegames.bsky.social has achieved something really special here. A truly great draftable “LCG”. I also can’t get over the Hired Lookout. He’s standing on top of what equates to a phone booth. Too funny!! He also reminds me of Toejam and Earl, which is 👌

don't be shy gen con go ahead. don't be shy pax unplugged go ahead. don't be shy origins go ahead. don't be shy gamehole go ahead. don't be shy gary con go ahead. don't be shy page go ahead. don't be shy breakout go ahead. don't be shy dragon con go ahead.

art deco xcom????

Want to explore the sci-fi world of Splinterlight? Our GM ambassadors, the Plotweaver Envoy Team, have volunteered to run games for interested players on the weekend of 9/25-9/27! Just fill out this Google Form by 11:59 PM EST, September 20th. All details are on the form! https://ow.ly/5Ieu50ZNzEe

It is so exciting and humbling to see new Mansions scenario designs coming out 10 years after we first released it! @graceholdinghaus.bsky.social did you work on this one?? It would be rad to see what you'd do with the system coming back to it after all this time.

BABA IS LAUNCH! 🚀 Let’s get this party started! 🥳 Baba Is You: The Board Game and Party House: The Deckbuilding Game are NOW LIVE on Kickstarter! Don’t miss these delightfully unique tabletop experiences adapted from critically acclaimed video games! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bit...

Grab your metals and get ready!🪙🗡️ The Mistborn RPG books are now available through our partners at DriveThruRPG, Demiplane, Roll20, Fantasy Grounds, and Foundry VTT. Want to play but don't have a group to play with? No problem! Check out startplaying.games to find a game and Start Playing today! ❤️‍🔥

hinokodo.itch.io/human-made You can get it here for free.

Greetings from the MN State Fair! Winners this year: Pickle pizza, apple fries, and riding tractors (Wyatt's vote). Losers this year: Not many this time! Ube wontons were boring imo.

Look at that phenomenal art by @amerwall.bsky.social! I'm really hoping we can work more of that vibe into Aidalon as we continue to develop it.