Laurie O'Connel (is looking for ttrpg work (in Dublin))

Hello! I'm currently looking for freelance writing and editing work. I'm made a shiny new portfolio, you can find it here. laurieoconnel.com

i know this game could still reach some more of its ideal audience in the next day and a bit! help me help it find them <3

We were so honored to be a part of the panel yesterday about indie TTRPGs. It was a great! Thanks to Gaelcon for organizing! @laurieoc.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social @wojtekborowicz.bsky.social @gaelcon.bsky.social #RPGCommunity #IndieTTRPG

I was so grown up today and took all the european and irish playtest material magazines to the anpost drop off. Keep an eye out for the postman!

Come join us now!

@laurieoc.bsky.social , our lead editor, will be live on Why We Roll in a short while talking about the process of putting together Issue One. Join us at www.youtube.com/@stillfleet

My issue of @playtestmaterial.bsky.social came today! Can't wait to dive in, there's a lot of very interesting think pieces in here and I'm very glad it exists. Awesome to print it too 🥹💕

This might have passed people by, but last month I posted on my Patreon a pretty interesting chapter of Maymead in which two characters debate literature. I'm hoping it might convince some of you nerds of the benefit of 🎇membership 🎇 www.patreon.com/TwelvePinsPr...

playtest material made it, we're finally getting AI pitches 😀

Just as an update for playtest material inquiries- we have had so many and we need to look at everything at once. If you haven't heard back please bear with us. Still really keen for reviews, literary essays and experimental pieces!

All the playtest material magazines just got delivered :))

my experimental piece within the issue's pages references card-altering games & proxying, fluxus, the abovementioned jerry's map, & @morphicrooms.bsky.social project 'additions'. also contains some collaged provocations & some things that could possibly be described as RPGs.

have you checked out issue 1 of playtest material yet? it's so full of exciting exploration & thought, absolutely worth your time if you like thinking what TTRPGs are/are like/could be. joyfully proud and honoured to have work in here.

Playtest Material @playtestmaterial.bsky.social Issue 1 is out, and it's freely available online. But if you can, also consider subscribing - it's a great way to support this kind of great projects! playtestmaterial.org Thank you @laurieoc.bsky.social for creating this resource!

hey im having a horrendous day/week, if you wanna support my work it might be a good time to back my patreon and be nice to me patreon.com/possumcreek

We're very excited to read Playtest Material Issue 1 and edit Issue 2! Writers—you still have time to pitch us! playtestmaterial.org/issue-two-hi... @playtestmaterial.bsky.social

IT'S REAL

So many people have put so much effort into Issue One of Playtest Material. It releases today online, with complete open access, at 20:00 UTC. playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...

Kraldum: a solo fantasy mudlarking RPG is live on Gamefound! create your mudlark, descend to the foreshore, uncover treasures & ancient mysteries, & do your best to survive. here begins a megathread where i go on about this thing until all targets are obliterated 💙 gamefound.com/en/projects/...

I am returning to roleplay in the Late Bronze Age Collapse with a new TTRPG, designed for both solo journaling and GMless group play: None Could Stand Before Them A Roleplaying Game about the Sea Peoples of the Late Bronze Age Collapse Coming later this year. www.kickstarter.com/projects/fwa...

can't believe it's tomorrow 😱 excited and nervousssssss

go! go! go!

a solo memory game I initially made for an exhibition about medieval life. It never made it into the actual exhibition due to practical concerns (a custom card deck just wasn't going to work) but at least I can share it here. www.patreon.com/posts/170660...

Worked so hard on PTM that I kimd of forgot to make any money in rpgs this month so if any of you want to.... www.patreon.com/TwelvePinsPr...

13 more to go on this btw

“If we interpret a 'traditional' GM’s authority over storytelling as being similar to that of a Rakugoka to their 'banashi', then perhaps we can consider the traditional Rakugoka’s structured training in empathy to be a useful lens through which to understand safety in TTRPGs.”

google search , how to stop my gen z housemates from using chatgpt to calculate their kingmaker battle odds instead of simply mathematically expanding the odds table to accomodate our larger forces

LAUNCH CONFIRMED TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER THE RIVER AWAITS TRIBUTE gamefound.com/en/projects/...

WE BEAT 75 AND I KNOW WE CAN HIT 100!!! KEEP THIS DRIVE GOIN FOLKS!

1) since everything is ready, I am offically on holiday until playtest material issue one releases on tuesday. 2) patreon supporters, some very fun posts should be scheduled for over the weekend. 3) the playtest material subscription drive will continue til MONDAY, but I won't be updating so often.

Even before tori emailed offering to produce a piece for the magazine, I had already envisioned their art on the cover. I just knew it would be perfect for the magazine. If I could have only them do the covers forever, I would. They have a project on at the moment so take a look at their profile.

We are at 66/75!! Thank yall that have subscribed so far! We still have a little to go and even shorter time to meet subscription goal, so please, share with friends and family tell them to pass it along too!

TTRPG designers, players, readers, and commentators: the new journal of RPG studies, Playtest Material, is seeking subscribers to help grow and sustain itself. PM is something special. The caliber of writing has been incredible from the start.

I have a piece in here on lyric games, interpretation of others words, how we build canon in our games with only a loose sense of what exists there, reading as a form of play, and where what may be next with ttrpgs & an interview on site with @liz-shrikestudio.bsky.social abt lyric games and YWDITP!

it's going so well! love to see a plan come together and all that

Please support new TTRPG magazine Playtest Material if you can! I have an article in the inaugural issue, as do folks like @jellyfishlines.itch.io and others!

pretty cool cover art too (i did it)

This looks cool, I subscribed.