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A first-time TTRPG player told me that they wished they'd known the hook along with the genre and setting before creating a character. (I usually save the hook for an opening-scene demo where they learn about the game and world.) Do y'all have thoughts on pros and cons of before- vs in-game hooks?
A big ol' update for backers of Imagine Queer Worlds! We're sharing a full draft of the core zine and taking the next month for backer feedback and questions. If you'd like to take a look but haven't backed yet, late pledges are open until the end of June!
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Fittingly enough, we've recently hit the stretch goal to bring in Scriv as a writer on top of their impeccable cultural consulting!
🏳️🌈 Scriv the Bard (she/they)
📝 Cultural psychologist, writer, and game designer specializing in all-ages game design and culture-conscious worldbuilding and sensitivity editing.
There are a few more writers we're still hoping to bring on - support the project and help us hit our stretch goals!
Imagine Queer Worlds, my ZineQuest project for more inclusive worldbuilding, has now hit its second stretch goal! This allows us to bring on a new writer (who already made our Kickstarter looks incredible)! 🏳️🌈 Derekah Kingery (she/her) 📝 Queer, Black, all-out nerd. Professionally, she does marketing for creatives and helps get projects launch-ready for crowdfunding. Outside of work, she's a volunteer GM for youth in her community and is currently world-building with her equally nerdy wife for a future setting and campaign in which they can play and be chaotic. She loves RPing as a variety of player characters but keeps accidentally making lil cinnamon rolls. Sometimes art imitates life!
Check out how spiffy she made the KS page (and maybe join as a backer if you haven't!)
Many thanks to the kind people who have already backed Imagine Queer Worlds! We've hit the $250 stretch goal which will pay for character writing from our first contributor (who has already lent their considerable sensitivity-editing skills to the project):
🏳️🌈 Makenzie Marts (any)
✏️ Queer (adjective), queer (noun), writer, sex educator, mediocre blogger, and GM to the best dang party in the world (I love you, Honky Cats!).
Help us bring in more queer writers to make this project the best it can be! https://www.kickstarter.com/.../janatee/imagine-queer-worlds
One thing that surprised me about the reception to Rolling with the Youth was how glad people were for guidance on inclusion and representation in TTRPGs. So many of y’all care deeply for marginalized folks and want to bring that care into your TTRPG tables and stories. I’ve seen that same care for queer people specifically in conversations I’ve had from behind the booth at Tabletop Gaymers. Over and over again, I met queer people and allies alike who were hungry for representation and wanted to create a more inclusive tabletop community but didn't know where to start or how to do it.
This project was born as a way to help them do just that. It started out with me writing worldbuilding prompts for a queer game jam, then quickly realizing I needed more help. So I gathered a group of intelligent, creative queer folks alongside me. They’ve lent their expertise, offered incredible insights, and even joined on as co-writers to bring this project to life. I hope you will join them!
Imagine Queer Worlds is a thoughtful guide to inclusive worldbuilding crafted by queer creators from the TTRPG space. If you’d like to support the project, you can share this post with folks you think’ll be interested and back it if you have the means to do so. If you don’t, follow me on itch to be notified when community copies are available!
Despite the horrors, queer joy persists! I'll be running this group in person at Western Michigan's LBGT Student Services office this semester (and hopefully many to come). Queer folks and allies of any experience level are welcome; note that, while it'll be open to all, it's geared towards players aged 18-22. I have so many weird little games I want to run!
(Thank you to Makenzie of the LBGT office for this most excellent caveat: "Note: I cannot emphasize enough how much this is NOT going to be a Dungeons & Dragons group. Please don't show up with a sheet for your level 15 multiclassed warlock/paladin tabaxi. I'm sure they're very cool! But this isn't about them.")
Will you be at PAX Unplugged this weekend? Stop by Pandemonium Books & Games at Booth 3421 to grab Rolling with the Youth, a guide to running inclusive, safe, and fun TTRPG games for young players. Also keep an eye out for (in no particular order and based purely on what I remembered off the top of my head) The Bodhana Group (4246), Snowbright Studio (3227), 9th Level Games(3027), Geek Therapeutics (3021), Tabletop Gaymers Inc (PTI Lounge), Winston Lewis (Unpub), Shewstone Publishing LLC (wandering the halls), and the Rascals (same).
JACLYN LEWIS (they/she), writer, pro GM, voice actor, and GM & author of TTRPG for kids joins Colin to talk about how the 2024 rules screwed
I got the chance to be on Classin' Up The Joint, an interview show on The Roll Report podcast. After listening to some episodes and having a prep call with Colin, I became a fan of their work, attitude, and self, and found myself getting really excited to record. I greatly enjoyed the resulting conversation, and I hope you do you! TRR has itself a new fan 😊
I recently got the opportunity to be on Classin' Up The Joint, an interview show on The Roll Report podcast. Between listening to the backlog and having a prep call with Colin, I became a fan of their work, attitude, and self, and found myself getting excited to finally sit down and record! The resulting conversation was a lovely experience to have, and I hope it's a lovely one to listen to. TRR has itself a new fan. 😊
JACLYN LEWIS (they/she), writer, pro GM, voice actor, and GM & author of TTRPG for kids joins Colin to talk about how the 2024 rules screwed
You know folks have put in the time to think about how their system works when a good fifth of the SRD is dedicated to design philosophies and the “whys and wherefores.” Getting in the weeds of 9th Level Games’ Polymorph Framework has been the most deeply I've engaged with a system; it was a fascinating process that only gave me greater respect for TTRPG designers who know their craft.
The result was this nifty little game inspired by the spirit of 12-year-old Jaclyn, who spent hours playing Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and drawing new Pokémon on the back of kids' menus. It is dedicated to the young players of Penguino, who would be a Penguin-Form Ice-Domain Critter, Hornet, who would be a Bug-Form Fauna-Domain Critter, Skrel, who would be a Skeleton-Form Fire-Domain Critter, and every other enthusiastic young gamer who has brought a wildly creative and wholly unfeasible character to a tabletop game not designed to play them. May this game serve you well!
An all-ages tabletop RPG of super-powered Rescue Critters
The LGBTQ+ youth group gathered last night. We shared hot chocolate and craft supplies and a flurried mix of hope, despair, and rage. Since then, I've struggled to share my thoughts in a way that's not trite, dishonest, or broadcasting their experiences to the internet for ""engagement."" But to say nothing and blithely promote my latest game project would be a gross misrepresentation of my life and work, so here goes.
The youth - or at least these Michigan youth, watching with horror as their elders elect a vile, selfish man with no concept of human dignity beyond those like him (and those who can benefit him) - are going through it. Most of them only heard about the 2016 election, the ensuing four years, and the 2021 attack on the Capitol years after they happened, when the man at the head of it all was no longer in the highest seat of power. They are are experiencing this for the first time as politically conscious humans. And they are scared. They're talking about which countries they want to move to, what kinds of protests to organize, how to move forward and make sense of it all, just like the rest of us.
I spent about half an hour talking to one youth in particular. I've known them since they were 11 in 2020, playing a Tabaxi Ranger with no idea how the rules worked and not really following when their older peers expressed dread about the election. Now, for better or worse, they understand. They raged. They worried. Then they told me about their life: LARPing with their sister, their favorite characters from Ace Attorney. As they left, they thanked me - not for all the sage wisdom I so proudly dispensed, but just...for listening.
You want to make this country better for young people? Protest. Organize. Call for change and don't let anybody shut you up. Fight for the next generation with everything you have. But talk to them, too. Run an event at your library. See what local organizations need volunteers for youth programs. Pick up a shift with The Trevor Project. Engage with the young people in your community. And always, always listen.
Got to run Teatime Adventures by @snowbrightstudio for a table of 3 adults and 3 kids! The mechanics are a good fit for players who have basic knowledge of the d20 system through things like TikTok and memes but who might not want to mess with things like combat or complex spellcasting. But where this system really shines is the world of the Verdant Isles; from the ancestries ("Snootling" got some "awww"s) to the magic to the culture, everything is thoughtfully created to be sweet, inclusive, and driven by community (and communication). I feel like this would be a huge hit with queer middle- and high-school-aged players especially, so I'm going to try and bring a one-shot to my local LGBTQIA+ youth group!
Got to run Teatime Adventures by @snowbrightstudio for a table of 3 adults and 3 kids! The mechanics are a good fit for players who have basic knowledge of the d20 system through things like TikTok and memes but who might not want to mess with things like combat or complex spellcasting. But where this system really shines is the world of the Verdant Isles; from the ancestries ("Snootling" got some "awww"s) to the magic to the culture, everything is thoughtfully created to be sweet, inclusive, and driven by community (and communication). I feel like this would be a huge hit with queer middle- and high-school-aged players especially, so I'm going to try and bring a one-shot to my local LGBTQIA+ youth group!
So many people at Gamehole Con picked up pronoun, gaymer, and ally ribbons from Tabletop Gaymers. My favorite is watching parents explain to their kids why they wear them. Hoping to one day have those same conversations!
This podcast chronicles the story of how a speech language pathologist and a Game Master became writing collaborators and nerdy friends through a shared love for TTRPGs and care for youth. Jessica Gerth has taught me a ton about how young people use technology to communicate in ways they might not otherwise - and how the medium and stories of tabletop games can further their inclusion. Listen to our conversation with fellow AAC professional and TTRPG nerd Chris Bugaj:
This week, we share Chris’s interview with Jessica Gerth and Jaclyn Lewis! Jessica (@chaoscommunicationconverse) is a speech pathologist who
The library's assistant GM 3D printed these neat stands so the teens could draw their own minis! Some drew symbols, like a feather on a compass or a blunderbuss, and some drew characters, like the party parrot, the scarred monk, or the extremely homebrewed penguin summoner. These quickly became much more popular than the resin minis I had picked out - turns out that, even with a tiny canvas, self-expression wins out over cool-looking figures. Lesson learned!