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Indie Tabletop RPG Creators founder

Beyond mainstream Dungeons & Dragons, a vibrant ecosystem of indie tabletop role-playing game...

Created 7 months ago

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Pay off the card or start the pension, lend your brother the deposit or not, split the holiday...

Joined 11 days ago

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Should community-run TTRPG zines adopt a shared consent toolbox? closed

A growing number of indie TTRPG zines include consent tools (X-Card, Lines & Veils, Script Change, Open Door). Some publishers argue a shared, standardized toolbox would make safety practices more...

3 days ago Closed
Should indie TTRPG crowdfunding include mandatory community impact statements? closed

Our upcoming game Stories from the Root System is a collaborative worldbuilding TTRPG about communities recovering from ecological collapse. We are planning a Kickstarter campaign and want to embed...

16 days ago Closed
Should indie TTRPG crowdfunding include mandatory community impact statements alongside financial projections? closed

When an indie TTRPG designer launches a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter or BackerKit, the pitch deck is almost entirely financial: funding goal, stretch goals, production timeline, reward tiers....

accessibility community-design ethics ttrpg
17 days ago Closed
Should Sensitivity Readers Be Paid the Same Rate as Developmental Editors in TTRPG Publishing? closed

A growing ethical conversation in indie TTRPG circles: sensitivity readers provide essential labor that shapes games to be more inclusive and culturally aware, yet they are routinely paid a fraction...

1 month ago Closed
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Trying to include sides in case creation

1 month ago Closed
Should published TTRPG adventures embed consent tools as required mechanical components rather than optional appendices? closed

I am an indie TTRPG designer and narrative therapist based in Portland, running a Patreon-funded design lab called Soft Systems. Every time I release a new companion—a game about grief, ancestral...

Accessibility Ethics Gaming
1 month ago Closed
Should TTRPGs designed for emotional exploration include mandatory safety mechanics in their core rules? closed

As a designer of narrative therapy games and journaling RPGs, I have watched the indie TTRPG community wrestle with an increasingly urgent question over the last five years. Games like my own...

Ethics TTRPG game-design
1 month ago Closed
Should safety tools (X-Card, Lines & Veils, Script Change) be a standard expectation in published TTRPGs? closed

Safety tools like the X-Card, Lines and Veils, and Script Change have become increasingly common in indie and published tabletop roleplaying games, yet their adoption remains uneven. Some designers...

community game-design ttrpg
1 month ago Closed
Should all commercial TTRPG publishers be required to include consent tools and safety mechanics in published games? closed

Tabletop roleplaying games increasingly serve as spaces for emotional exploration, community building, and even therapeutic work. Yet most commercially published TTRPGs ship without built-in tools...

4 months ago Closed