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Squad Force Heroes is a tabletop roleplaying game about squads of transforming superheroes, inspired by shows like Power Rangers and Sailor Moon. It was designed by Matthew R.F. Balousek (itch, twitter). The cover art is by Marguerite Kalhor (website, twitter). Players collaboratively build their crimefighting squad together, and then take turns narrating their actions with each other using a deck…

Noons is a tabletop roleplaying game in two parts. It was designed by Matthew R.F. Balousek (itch, twitter). The cover art is by Amanda Wolfe (website). The first part, "The Showdown at Low Noon" is a game about deadly conflicts between vampires and vampire hunters. Number of Players: A small gang (4-10 people).Time to Play: Approximately 20 minutes.Required Materials: Hands.Format: 16-page bookle…

On The Internet, Nobody. is a tabletop roleplaying game about communities and gatekeeping. It was designed by Matthew R.F. Balousek (itch, twitter). The cover art is by Caelum N. Rutter (twitter, tumblr). One player takes the role of a moderator for a small internet forum, while the other players take on the role of members. Players work together to ferret out the undesirable members of the commun…

"Electric Zine Maker" is a creative tool for making zines, allowing users to import images, write text, and use various drawing tools. Collaboration is encouraged, with the ability to save and re-import zines. This early beta version is still in development and may have some bugs, but is already a powerful and fun resource for zine-making.

When the apocalyptic event known as the spatial collapse occurred and the divine gods and their celestial realm were forcibly thrust into the industrial fantasy world below 65 years ago their mortal followers faced the toughest choice they’d ever make. While many saw no objection to being ruled directly by those they worshiped there were some who questioned the benevolence of their formerly i…

A sixteen-page zine, collecting nine computational poems adapted from the first chapter of Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. With each progressive poem the parameters of the algorithm are changed slightly, starting with a barely readable mash of characters and ending with something with diction which is recognizably Melville's own. It's recommended that these poems be read out loud—or at least attempt…

A sixteen-page zine, collecting nine computational poems adapted from a combined corpus of walkthroughs and queer fanfiction for Final Fantasy VII. It's recommended that these poems be read out loud—or at least attempted to. Alex was kind enough to perform the first poem in the collection for me, which you can listen to here. about the series A Hive of Mechanical Wasps, a procedural poetry series:…

Winter 20/21 is the first edition of the Tiny Notts Chess Journal and is a dozen or so pages of chess news coverage, stories, and diving into games from amateurs and grandmasters. It’s strongly inspired by the iconic aesthetics of Chess Review which you may have seen be surreptitiously acquired by Elizabeth Harmon in her television series. This zine is a small home to a collection of writers inclu…

A collaboration with Emma Stewart (itch, twitter). A sixteen-page zine, collecting nine computational poems. Each piece consists of a conversation between the authors conducted through Markov chain poetry. It's recommended that these poems be read out loud—or at least attempted to. about the series A Hive of Mechanical Wasps, a procedural poetry series:#1: post meridiem#2: or, the whale#3: exchang…

Fellowship of Fools: The (Romance) Game (or FoF) is a card game for self-reflection, creativity and developing and maintaining romantic relationships with other players through conversation and storytelling using Situation and Topic prompts based on the Tarot. Content Notes/Warning FoF is a game that asks players to explore Situations and Topics together. FoF asks players to be open and vulnerable…