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Michael

@NotWritingGames

He/Him Writer https://teapaw.org/t.co/faZtNtHUJZ Game Designer https://teapaw.org/t.co/hxzKtmRbOl Patreon https://teapaw.org/t.co/FcFaSbHWdh Contact: [email protected]

 Vancouver, BC
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Joined May 2008
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Hey console cowboys. Ready to slot some drives? I’m making a cyberpunk rogue-like deck building TTRPG. It’s coming December 2nd. kickstarter.com/projects/not…
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The "Get Loud" TTRPG bundle. In response to the @Polygon piece weeks ago about indie RPG makers needing to make noise about their games. 36 TTRPG's from 20 creators for $20. All profits shared amongst us. Let's see how loud we can be by ourselves. itch.io/b/2864/the-get-loud-…
Painting of a black and neon pink dragon vomitting dice. Rough text describes the bundle details. Art by Em Acosta.

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I made a game based on Alien for Halloween: notwriting.itch.io/escape-th…
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I'm still gonna be here in the future. But maybe less active since everyone seems to be migrating again. If you are leaving, let me know where you'll be. You can find me and my games elsewhere:
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patreon.com/notwriting
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Look at all these other places! Wow!
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Less than 24 hours left to throw rich people out of their towers. We are in spitting distance of $10k. Think we can get there? Want some sweet single player TTRPG zines in exchange?
Screen capture of the Fire in the Spires Kickstarter page, but it's just the total amount raised so far ($8,890) surrounded in flames clearly made in MS paint.

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One week left to fund your rebel crew climbing towers and throwing rich people out of them! Single player dungeon climbing using forged in the dark mechanics. Link in the next post! Tell your comrades!
White text on a rugged dark background says "Fire in the Spires" alongside white lineart of a stone tower on fire. A banner in Kickstarter green says "Funded in 1 hour"

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Really glad I caught this moment.
Partial screenshot from the Fire in the Spires Kickstarter page, showing the current pledge amount at $6,666

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Some more Very Normal Magic Cards. I’m a big fan of GOBLIN AXE myself.
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Been trying to make a solo play MtG variant work for a while now, but after reading about @jdragsky 's Magpie Cube something unlocked in my brain. This isn't even the 5th most important thing I have to work on right now, but...
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Been trying to make a solo play MtG variant work for a while now, but after reading about @jdragsky 's Magpie Cube something unlocked in my brain. This isn't even the 5th most important thing I have to work on right now, but...
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Will you free the city of its wealthy elite? Will you resist the corruption of treasure and power? Will you survive to see a better world?
Two page spread of rules for recruiting new rebels above a 6x6 grid of pictures and names, about two thirds is blocked by paint and the words "More coming soon!"

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It's a sequel to A Torch in the Dark, my last forged in the dark dungeon game. There will even be rules for mashing the two together and treating Fire in the Spires as an expansion if you want.
White text on a black background showing different modes of playing Fire in the Spires: rebellion, which is rules as-is, classic with uses rules from A Torch in the Dark, and iron path, where you have to 100% complete every tower.

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Years ago the Emperor Titan Kyne was killed. We had secured Kyneburgh. We had saved the Revolution. And it was all stolen from us. FIRE IN THE SPIRES is your chance to make it right. Climb their towers and throw them out. Link below.
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Just made a tumblr post praising @loadingreadyrun 's Heat Death, a great example of making fiction in the Alien universe and engaging in its theme in fun and thoughtful ways. Had a lot of fun capturing quotes and making them appropriately grungy. tumblr.com/sohkrates/7627126…
Photo of Cameron from the Heat Death series. Digital effects applied to make the photo and image appear on a CRT screen. The quoted text reads, "You dream of fire. Of tumbling in the wake of a leviathan. Of being thrown and buffeted and beaten. Of darkness. And of cool gentle sunlight. Then you wake up. Welcome to episode one of Alien: Heat Death."

ALT Photo of Cameron from the Heat Death series. Digital effects applied to make the photo and image appear on a CRT screen. The quoted text reads, "You dream of fire. Of tumbling in the wake of a leviathan. Of being thrown and buffeted and beaten. Of darkness. And of cool gentle sunlight. Then you wake up. Welcome to episode one of Alien: Heat Death."

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