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Luka │ Psychhound Games
Luka │ Psychhound Games
@psychhound.com
Luka Brave. he/they. #indiettrpg designer and researcher studying transformative play and analog games working on #spiritkeep - an animist fantasy campaign-length #ttrpg that helps players grapple with their pasts https://psychhound.com/
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Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
The Eternal Jam for November is up! This month's theme is Copies and Reflections! itch.io/jam/eternal-... #ttrpg #eternalttrpgjam
walking around with the swag of a guy who has a new website but also spent about 19 of 24 hours getting the new website up before the old one expired with only a short nap and very spicy food to fuel him www.psychhound.com dont look at the SEO farming desc dont witness me living under capitalism
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
I promised @psychhound.com that I'd make a collection of CAMPAIGN.FRAME hacks if we get one more hack made by someone. You should check out Luka's hack dream.scape! psychhound.itch.io/dreamscape
Over a year ago, I released a multi-ttrpg campaign framework inspired by REBOOT, titled CAMPAIGN.FRAME. Today I'm releasing it's sequel. It's called time.war. It's free. mint-rabbit.itch.io/timewar
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Over a year ago, I released a multi-ttrpg campaign framework inspired by REBOOT, titled CAMPAIGN.FRAME. Today I'm releasing it's sequel. It's called time.war. It's free. mint-rabbit.itch.io/timewar
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
yall wanna read my essay about disability and dignity of risk in @temporalhiccup.bsky.social's apocalypse keys soooo bad :)
Playtest Material Issue One is out now: playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...
oh... so so close. does anyone want to help tip "with breath & sword" over to 3,000 downloads? it's in a charity bundle right now :) #TTRPGs #indieTTRPGs psychhound.itch.io/with-breath-...
@alltimeisaac.bsky.social isaac sanders, MSW is a PhD candidate working with homeless youth & educating about queer, feminist, afro-futurist systematic change. they're using a bespoke #TTRPG based on #daggerheart to prepare future social workers for complex decision making isaacsandersconsulting.com
@coyoteandcrow.bsky.social is an Indigenous team creating games including the titular Coyote & Crow, an alternate future science & spirituality #TTRPG set in a never-colonized Turtle Island with advanced civilizations & tech they also have a dice game, board game, & supplements! coyoteandcrow.net
keaton @kwadzki.bsky.social is the lead of Buildable Dreams, dedicated to resisting dystopia & oppression through imagination & empowerment. he's currently working on Worlds Bubbling Up, a #TTRPG to imagine hopeful futures & is soon teaching with the School of Radical Imagination buildabledreams.com
@sahoni.bsky.social is the lead on Exceptionals: x-men inspired game about activism, culture, & the Genodivergent community. i 💙 the history & culture lesson in the intro + the mix & match PC creation. sahoni is now working on Protect the Sacred, anticolonial pulp adventure bramblewolfgames.itch.io
@wendigoworkshop.bsky.social is a team of 3 queer, nd, Indigenous creators spearheading projects such as Areklon Chronicles, a modern heroic science-fantasy #TTRPG inspired by games like #dnd4e, #pf2e, #worldofwarcraft, #masseffect, & #overwatch check out the free demo! wendigoworkshop.com
yall wanna read my essay about disability and dignity of risk in @temporalhiccup.bsky.social's apocalypse keys soooo bad :)
Playtest Material Issue One is out now: playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Join us tonight at 8p et for Now You've Zine It w/ @drlemons.itch.io & @oddsandents.bsky.social + @lucaszellers.bsky.social of @graftbound.bsky.social as they look for a moment of resonance & dissonance in each other's work in this 3-way interview! youtube.com/plusoneexp 1/3
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Replying to @plusoneexp.bsky.social
WE ARE LIVE!!! On lucky post #13. Storm the heavens, shuffle your decks, stop the apocalypse (or not), it's time to DUEL!!!!!! The Kingdom Carved Collab is live on @backerkit.com! Zine Club members don't forget that you will get discount pledge codes shortly! ttrpg.link/KCC
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Replying to @plusoneexp.bsky.social
Since art is the topic, let's dive into it For Ritual Deck, @andrewbeauman.com & @thepressbetwixt.itch.io crew are eating up the Y2K Illuminated manuscript vibes on each spread of the core book. I can't think of a better team to pick up what @drlemons.itch.io was putting down ttrpg.link/kcc 10/x
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Replying to @plusoneexp.bsky.social
I can't wait any longer! Time to reveal the covers for the Kingdoms Carved Combo! @robbiaburns.bsky.social manifesting a malicious modern Renaissance vibe for The 7th Order! @andrewbeauman.com & @thepressbetwixt.itch.io giving us a Y2K Illuminated manuscript for Ritual Deck! ttrpg.link/KCC 9/x
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
A serious one today. "This is a call to our readers and future readers: please, consider before scrolling away, if you think our magazine is worth £18+postage. It is not just an investment in a bundle of paper, but in meaningful critique in the ttrpg space." playtestmaterial.org/playtest-mat...
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Replying to @mint-rabbit.bsky.social
Finally, The Narrator Paradox, by @psychhound.bsky.social, is a one-page game in which you're an author... and the story you're writing is fighting back. You'll need a tarot deck, a coin, and 2d6 for this one.
anyone celebrating solo september? itch.io/s/201933/sol...
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
THE KICKSTARTER HAS HIT THE 10K$ STRETCH GOAL!!! 🎇 The next goal is 15K$... if you've been eyeing this pin design for a bit now, consider giving the kickstarter a lookover- this pin is a limited edition one for the MoE artbook only, and there's currently 16 days left for the campaign!! #transart
🐦⬛🏳️⚧️ Me? Making another formline design with Raven the trickster as a transgender motif? It's more likely then you think~ This piece is part of the merch pack for Tapling's latest collaborative artbook!! If you want to get this as a pin, check out the kickstarter!! kck.st/4yjkRlE #formline #transart
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Our next look into Issue One is a piece by Luka Brave ( @psychhound.bsky.social ) He writes about Apocalypse Keys' monstrous PCs, disability, and dignity. Apocalypse Keys is written by Rae Nedjadi and published by Evil Hat ( @evilhat.bsky.social ).
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Have you been waiting for news of Seasons of Magic? This is your sign! In 2027 I’ll run a crowdfunding campaign for a full length, hardcover edition of my kind witchy #ttrpg. How far will you go to save others? Just don’t neglect your own needs in the process! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...
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Oh uh, I should probably starting planning for CIGS this Sunday. If you're around Chicago, you should come! This is the first year that TTRPGs and tabletop stuff will be present. www.indiecitygames.org/calendar/cig...
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
Replying to @psychhound.com
🎲 #spiritkeep is a campaign #ttrpg for a gm & 3-5 players. PCs come from diverse magical lineages and embody storybook tropes to gain abilities, with over 500 potential combos. a bespoke dice system has PCs balance effort spent with potential burnout & conditions more ➡️ psychhound.com/spiritkeep/
Luka │ Psychhound Games reposted
💖 made a gfm to help cover developmental costs of #spiritkeep, an #indiettrpg that helps players grapple with complex trauma! 3-5 players complete missions to help a struggling community in diverse animist worlds in this #ttrpg inspired by #ghibli #sdv #spiritfarer www.gofundme.com/f/spiritkeep...
💖 made a gfm to help cover developmental costs of #spiritkeep, an #indiettrpg that helps players grapple with complex trauma! 3-5 players complete missions to help a struggling community in diverse animist worlds in this #ttrpg inspired by #ghibli #sdv #spiritfarer www.gofundme.com/f/spiritkeep...
🎲 #spiritkeep is a campaign #ttrpg for a gm & 3-5 players. PCs come from diverse magical lineages and embody storybook tropes to gain abilities, with over 500 potential combos. a bespoke dice system has PCs balance effort spent with potential burnout & conditions more ➡️ psychhound.com/spiritkeep/
would love to be able to dedicate more time to this game, but (as they are for many people) finances and not financing, and justifying the time spent on drafting & revising has been hard when there are bills to pay i love this work tho! which you can see from my gscholar lol 📝🧑🎓 tinyurl.com/lukapub