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If you're in the Milwaukee, WI, area I highly recommend you check out Tabletop Bookshelf's brick-and-mortar location in Walker's Point! They just opened on Saturday the 21st, and the grand opening was PACKED! The line of people went all the way down the street and around the corner at one point!
I was one of the first 100 customers, so I got a Founding Patron card that gets me 10% off in-store until the end of the year! 😁
Swiped these photos of the line from a bud on bsky whose awesome TTRPGs you should check out: Table Cat Games
The store's physical location is fucking awesome; they have great displays of TTRPGs (nearly ALL indie games but they have slightly bigger-time stuff like Vaesen as well), fantasy/horror/folklore fiction, non-fiction relating to TTRPGs (ie map-making, history of alchemy, how to create TTRPG mechanics, etc), board games, journals, etc.
If you can't get to Milwaukee, definitely check out their website. I've bought (way too many tbh, if that's possible 😅) solo and 2P TTRPGs as well as a few group and GMless TTRPGs for when I feel like getting into GMing/facilitating.
No, I am not being paid for this post; I just really fucking love this store and what they do for the indie gaming scene. If you create TTRPGs, definitely shoot the owner a message on the website to see about possibly getting your game/s stocked in the store.
If you need a solo TTRPG suggestion that the store carries, my personal favorite is Cassie Mothwin's Carved by the Garden, a folk horror solo journaling RPG wherein you are drawn to the woods each day, but the woods are out to get you. You determine your fate using a deck of standard playing cards, a d6, and a Jenga tower! It's very cool.












