This is a thing that I am seeing referenced obliquely through several of the threads in this forum, and I thought it was...

In the MegaMan frenchise, If there is "Metool", there should be "Afool" as well! Lately, this year, I was into Haifa, an...

In june 2025 I was invited to give a talk during the Transformative Play Initiative hosted by the Department of Game Des...

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I am working on a board game on my free time and plan to publish it on itch.io soon. In terms of accessibility all the p...

It's a common perception in online RPG discussions to view discussions of RPG Theory as either inherently toxic or so li...

So RPGs come from a rich history of war gaming with the saving throw and officer rules being the most direct connection...

Hello everyone! My name is Brendan and I'm very new to the itch.io community. My first project is a tabletop rpg game Di...

So, this spring I made a (computerized) gamebook. I'm happy with how it came out. Success was moderate, but there's stil...

Recently, writing up rules / guidelines on how to prep a campaign or even a session seems to have kind of fallen out of...

I don't know if it happens to other (would-be) game designers but the other day I got struck by an idea SO good and stro...

I'm working on a solo LARP, something I've never done before. I'm curious about people's thoughts: what makes a solo LAR...

Very few games come with narrative guidance tools, and I think that's a shame. Lets talk about Narrative Guidance. Most...

I'm really interested in exploring how the notion of performance informs and shapes gameplay in the tabletop space. Ther...

I wasn't sure where to put this; it came up since I am working on a Belonging Outside Belonging game, which has explicit...

Let's talk about plots! ................................................... 1. DEFEATING EVIL Here's the basic plot of a...

Howdy! I have a blog where I talk a lot about design theory. I have a bunch of posts on there that folks might be intere...

You want theory? I gots theory. Three posts. Let's start with a glossary of “Kinds of fun”. It's not complete by any...

Preamble Feel free to chop this up or have a go at it. I've been bouncing this idea around for a while in my head, and w...