he & it. transfag werewolf.
freelance artist, writer, & dramaturg.
amateur game dev, above-amateur game designer.
producer & host @tabletopbookclub.bsky.social.
Begin Again is a game about time loops & hope in the face of change. Begin Again is a waiting game where you can wait no longer. It’s about grappling with the reflection looking back at you. It’s about hating the place you’re inextricably tethered to.
(& it's out now at @plusoneexp.bsky.social)
just remembered that the real truth of this experience was at PAX:U the winter prior to this, some of my friends met jeff before i ever got to & he mentioned having read or played CoI for the show & we all freaked the fuck out about it. what a lovely moment in time :,]
this was almost exactly two years ago actually!! i was starting my senior year of college & freaking out about everything, and jeff sent me a dm saying "hey, here's the episode!" and i listened to it immediately and it was so cool. one of those moments that shoves ur imposter syndrome to the ground
Oh hey I just released a little one page game where you use a scrabble board to try and get rid of a ghost, perfect for a little spooky get together! tiny-ghost-chef-games.itch.io/oh-no-these-...
Last year, a bunch of you helped Bran and I get out of a terrible living situation, heading to the first stage of us getting out of Washington DC.
We're ready for Stage 2: Move to New Orleans.
We updated the #GoFundMe page with new info and where the rest of the money we're raising will be going.
no new ttbc this month because to be vulnerable i've been experiencing some horrors in both my personal & professional life LOL. but we'll be back next month i promise. mark my words. and be nice to me
if you still want to read something with me, go read "war of the foxes" or "i do know some things" by richard siken. or "babel" by r.f. kuang which i finally started this morning.
if you want to play smth on my rec, play "the incident at galley house". it's been haunting me since i finished it
it's so messed up that this is technically a professional account because I can't even tell y'all [redacted] or [redacted] but just telepathically know it. okay? good talk
Oh hello! I am currently planning out my AP series for next year and am gathering interest for possible players! If you’d like to share interest please fill out this form!!! tally.so/r/XxZG6e
Hi, everyone! Excited to announce that I’m launching I Don’t Remember When I Started Killing Bugs Again: Game of the Year Edition on itch! This serves both as an actual physical page for Bugs as well as a way for you to support me, if you so choose :)
tomorrow-today.itch.io/i-dont-remem...
NEW: Perfect Draw! is a tabletop role-playing game that combines Trading Card Games with collaborative storytelling allowing you to tell stories similar to card game anime like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Duel Masters, and CardFight! Vanguard.
From @japanimegames.bsky.social
Po1 was the first podcast that ever featured one of my games. it was huge for baby designer barclay! one of the first "i can do this, i'm a game designer" moments i ever had. it holds a very very special place in my heart!!! <3
ALSO feat. contributions by
@thatnerdykev.gobirds.online@lokified.bsky.social@sarahgailey.bsky.social@merelymatt.bsky.social@ellemackwednesday.bsky.social@quinnmajeski.bsky.social@mynameisgrant.bsky.social@schub.es@barcstravis.itch.io@dewaynefeenstra.bsky.social@worldchamp.bsky.social
this was almost exactly two years ago actually!! i was starting my senior year of college & freaking out about everything, and jeff sent me a dm saying "hey, here's the episode!" and i listened to it immediately and it was so cool. one of those moments that shoves ur imposter syndrome to the ground
Begin Again is a game about time loops & hope in the face of change. Begin Again is a waiting game where you can wait no longer. It’s about grappling with the reflection looking back at you. It’s about hating the place you’re inextricably tethered to.
(& it's out now at @plusoneexp.bsky.social)
i have no idea why people are "vibe-coding" anything when, from my experience teaching myself how to code this summer, the most rewarding thing in the world is when you spend four hours doing some bullshit that doesn't work and then it finally starts working
a great joy of editing ttbc is cutting out as many “um”s & “uh”s & long silenced as possible. i’ve often joked about being able to recognize my friends’ “um” waveforms
got devastatingly broken up with this weekend so i spent today flying solo at the ren faire & tonight i am getting deep into The Incident at Galley House. as is my right
It's Tuesday, which seems like a good day to remind folks that I have a game in prelaunch on Kickstarter: Violent Delights.
Use a chessboard and its pieces to re-envision the masquerade scene of Romeo and Juliet. When characters clash, play the scene with a Firebrands mini-game.
UPCOMING GAME ANNOUNCEMENT
Violent Delights is a chess-based rpg about Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.
It depicts the masquerade scene in which our lovers first meet. The chess board represents the Capulet’s great chamber, and the players act as a cast of characters who correspond to chess pieces. 👇
got devastatingly broken up with this weekend so i spent today flying solo at the ren faire & tonight i am getting deep into The Incident at Galley House. as is my right
we need to start considering "playing and running ttrpgs" a high stakes trade. we have recurring discourse because no one is taking on apprentices. there should be competing schools of thought that are explicitly taught. oral tradition only. posting secrets of your sect to argue gets you banished
Begin Again is a game about time loops & hope in the face of change. Begin Again is a waiting game where you can wait no longer. It’s about grappling with the reflection looking back at you. It’s about hating the place you’re inextricably tethered to.
(& it's out now at @plusoneexp.bsky.social)
got devastatingly broken up with this weekend so i spent today flying solo at the ren faire & tonight i am getting deep into The Incident at Galley House. as is my right
This month, we read a series of "micro-games", which is only in quotes because we technically don't think one of them qualifies, but it's easier than saying "micro-games and also a one-pager".
Open this thread for the full list because there are 6 of them!
hi friends, tmrw’s my birthday, & i have been having a rough go of it lately. so i am soliciting nice words in the replies here for myself to scroll thru tmrw and feel warm.
this does not have to be About Me. tell me what ur excited about rn! post a pic of your pet! literally whatever <3
i posted this immediately before my busiest two weeks of the year but trust & believe i will be going thru every single one when i get a chance. i love weird little ttrpgs
We are once again (and always) looking for recommendations!
We are especially looking for short to mid-length games by marginalized designers! The longest games we are typically able to cover with the detail that we like are around 60-70 pages, but we prefer shorter for most months.
went to the local game store to use my birthday discount (barcday this weekend) & got two chaos rising packs. first one i’ve ever opened & i got one of my chase cards. i’m the specialest boy in the world
Least-lovely creature under the sun.
Haunted, hunted, hated,
Afraid—like you—of what I may become.
the Pariah is one of 4 bonus playbooks from the Shrine playset—a weird outcast; maybe feared, maybe pitied, always unsettling.
which 4 rights would you give them?
sevencrowsgames.itch.io/dark-ages
hi gamefreaks, i’ll be wandering FLAMECON this sunday with a new flamecon-exclusive barkzine & my new dedicated minizine pouch. say hi if ur a games enjoyer or a zine enjoyer or both
hi gamefreaks, i’ll be wandering FLAMECON this sunday with a new flamecon-exclusive barkzine & my new dedicated minizine pouch. say hi if ur a games enjoyer or a zine enjoyer or both
hi gamefreaks, i’ll be wandering FLAMECON this sunday with a new flamecon-exclusive barkzine & my new dedicated minizine pouch. say hi if ur a games enjoyer or a zine enjoyer or both
"...this game is just too big. It's impractical. It's silly." — Quinns
"I have no idea what people will make of this." — Kieron Gillen
"Completely unpublishable." — [publisher name redacted]
SEVEN PART PACT HAS 24 HOURS REMAINING
www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...
been doing a bit on my (very infrequently used) letterboxd account where i take my sister’s reviews and make them my review for a completely separate movie