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Big fan of his work! Been reading his stuff since high school. I think I own just about all his books. Have a few hard covers I lost due to moving I need to replace though. Lullaby is still an all time favorite!

Glad I could help! I have read a handful of books on writing. Most were the kind of books you read before bed to go to sleep and I didn't feel like I learned much. Chuck's book is fun to read and packed full of writing gems. Hope it helps you too!

Participating in writer's workshops are a helpful way out of the writer's rut. Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk got me out of a major TTRPG writer's paralysis. Resources meant for short story and novel writers, but I have found ways to incorporate tools into TTRPG story telling. Writers workshop is probably the best thing I have done to improve my TTRPG game design skills. Keep trying out workshops until you find one that is a good fit!

Your Name: RPG Elise (@rpgelise.bsky.social‬)

Is this your first time competing in the Jam?  First time for this jam. This is my 6th TTRPG Jam on Itch. 

What genre or tropes are currently inspiring you? For Dungeon Blast,  I wrote for my GM style which is players going off the rails and having a laughing good time. Magic wands back-firing in Wizard Newbs has been a hit when GMing this at convention tables, so I brought this back with the magic bombs goblins toss for Dungeon Blast. Its a bit of a sequel from Wizard Newbs I have been wanting to create for sometime. If the table is laughing and having fun I have done my job as a GM. 

For other jams this month, I have really been into Lovecraft style horror and finding tie ins with the current social and political climate and using mechanics that don't use mental health as a mechanic and instead use other spooky concepts. I recently submitted The Abandoned Abbey for the Appx N Jam, and created a mechanic called The Clock, the number of days you have to live in the post-apocalyptic world. 

What do you hope to accomplish or how to you hope to challenge yourself during the jam? One of my big goals in game design is fitting an interesting story and replayability in a small space of a game. In TTRPGs, you get about an 8,000 word count, you are further challenged in one page TTRPGs. I think my biggest challenge so far has been the 36 word TTRPG, Endurance. One way I tell stories in a small space of a TTRPG is through the art. Art can give you a vibe for the places or in encounters you might run into. I also try to pick out relatable scenarios players can quickly get oriented to. In Wizard Newbs its a TP heist because the TP ran out. In Dungeon Blast it is "acquiring" new furniture for the goblin lair because adventurers recently came in and smashed the place. These are all situations we can relate to and don't require a whole lot of back story. This saves space on the page. For replay value, I use roll tables. Roll tables can effect the setting you play in or what hazards you face. Wizard Newbs and Dungeon Blast and a variety of magic items you can use and dice rolls impact what affect they have or if they back fire. Players get replay value by trying different magic items each time they play and GMs selecting new locations for each game, for example. Contributing to TTRPG jams with highly limited design space really helps challenge me as a creator to tell effective story in small space. It has been something I have been studying for years. I attend writer's workshops and study game design and other skills. I am always trying to find new ways to apply the tools I learn  in other spaces to TTRPG game design.

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Thankfully they are no longer invite only. Happy to see how many creators are on Bluesky. Got you added to the starter pack!

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Thank you! Got you added to the starter pack!

Are you able to share your blueksy handle? I can't click on links for computer safety. 

Got you added just now!

Yep! Have you in the starter pack!

Doing stuff in PowerPoint is rough! Did mine in Google Docs and it was brutal. Definitely got my publishing software reinstalled. Affinity is a good option if you need publishing or graphic design software on the cheap.

Over 70 creators in the starter pack so far and still counting! 

Don't go out with a Bang!

Dungeon Blast is a one page TTRPG where everyone is a bomb tossing goblin tasked to go loot some furniture after adventurer's smashed up their goblin cave decor.  Goblins get to pick out a unique bomb bag with bombs that are sometimes a little defective. 

This one page TTRPG  was created by published game designer RPG Elise as part of the One-Page RPG Jam 2025 hosted by Unknown Dungeon! 

Find it here! https://rpgelise.itch.io/dungeon-blast

Need to Design a Dungeon on the Fly?

Spark's Dungeon Design includes multiple roll tables to help GMs to quickly get a dungeon put together when players go off the rails. This one page dungeon works for any fantasy themed dungeon and great addition to any GM binder!

This one page dungeon was created by published game designer RPG Elise as part of the 2025 TTRPG One-page Dungeon Contest Jam hosted by 1PageDungeons! Stock art by Dean Spencer and Indi Martin © 2015.  

Find it here! https://rpgelise.itch.io/sparks-dungeon-design

Sweet cover. I like he "Do not Enter"!

Love that map!!!!!

AMAZING ART!!!!

Sweet layout!!!!

Nice layout!

I really like the zine style layout! NICE!

Love that NES style font!!!!

Love this cover! Has master sword vibes. Love LOZ!

Super cool cover! Great work!!!

I like the vintage style layout! Great work!

Good layout! I liked the "Moments" at the end. Nice touch!

Amazing work on this!!!

Good job on layout. Cool art! I like how you went half cover. Very creative with use of space!

Amazing layout! Great work!

The elites in the bunkers unleashed great terrors. Lab monsters with tentacles to eradicate us. They wanted to be the next Adam and Eve and the rest of us were not a part of their Eden.

Expansion includes new gear, locations, and more!

Find it here! https://rpgelise.itch.io/the-abandoned-abbey

Got a creator starter pack going on Bluesky that includes all the creators I found on Bluesky so far who have submitted to the Appx N Jam! If you don't see your name in there, share your Bluesky handle in the starter pack comments and I will get you added! 

https://bsky.app/profile/rpgelise.bsky.social/post/3luydsryhns24

The spire map is really cool!

I like the quest hooks!

Cool map!