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@marti85

Table top game designer, astrophysicist, book binder, general human! He/him/they/potato. https://lootbaggames.wixsite.com/home

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I don't think there's an if about it! At least I hope so for other people to enjoy this gem 😁

31.12.2025 10:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I feel even more lucky now then! I know that she tried to get a copy last year for christmas and everywhere was sold out!

31.12.2025 10:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Finally managed to get my copy from my wife for Christmas! Love it!

30.12.2025 22:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

10 days to go! Time to make space on our shelves foe the new games that Christmas will bring! Is Christmas basic a private mini game expo for you too?

#tabletop #tabletopgames #christmas

15.12.2025 12:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've started the week by polishing the β€œMaking Voyages” section for Brethren of the Coast core rulebook!

One of my favourite parts of the design is creating different voyage types, Survival, Lead Hunts, Social Intrigue, and Sandbox routes, each with their own structure.

#ttrpg #2d20 #rpgdesign

09.12.2025 10:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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W. Eric Martin (@wericmartin@mastodon.social) 3 Posts, 29 Following, 37 Followers Β· 15 years at Board Game Geek. New website launching February 2026: board game news, reviews, essays, interviews, and more. Also: board game rulebook editing, writ...

Starting Feb. 26, this feed will cover in-depth boardgame news, reviews, essays, interviews & more.

I'll also be writing/editing rulebooks and taking consulting projects for publishers & designers.

New site coming soon. Join me on Mastodon or Lemmy (see bio).

Contact: wericmartin at proton dot me

22.10.2025 15:51 πŸ‘ 121 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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Come see us at MT Fest in London! theotherpalace.co.uk/the-guild-th... Feb 10-12!

05.12.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 136 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
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Brethren of the Coast - Quick Start Pack - Modiphius | 2d20 World Builders | DriveThruRPG The sea is your Kingdom, your ship is your home, and fortune favours the bold! Set Sail in Brethren of the Coast Quick Start Pack, an introduction to the thrilling tabletop RPG of high-seas adventure,...

I'm really proud of my pirate RPG, Brethren of the Coast, and the quickstart is only the start! The 2d20 system was perfect for it and I've had so much fun adapting it to the Pirate world.

If anyone wants to take a look it's right here www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

#ttrpg #2d20 #indiettrpg

05.12.2025 16:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a big fan of Christmas, one of my many rituals I've started over the years is to watch an episode of the ever great Tabletop everyday. Thanks @wilwheaton.net and @felicia.day, every day on the run up to Christmas. Great games, great guests and a great time!

#tabletop #boardgames

03.12.2025 13:10 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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52 Duels: Fight with Playing Cards Heroes clash in this 1-2 player print at home game from the creators of 52 Realms βš”οΈ

We've just launched the Kickstarter campaign for 52 Duels, our latest release from @postmarkgames.bsky.social !

It's a 1-2 player game using 2 decks of standard playing cards to duel with your opponent. Lots of different characters and strategies to explore!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pos...

02.12.2025 21:11 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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03.12.2025 02:21 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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THE SECRET WORLD PRINT EDITION FOR SAVAGE WORLDS We are going to do an offset print run for the Secret World!

The Secret World Kickstarter is still open for late pledges. If you like cosmic horror, secret societies, cryptids, and supernaturally-powered heroes, check it out!
THE SECRET WORLD PRINT EDITION FOR SAVAGE WORLDS www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta...

03.12.2025 02:55 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brethren of the Coast - Quick Start Pack - Modiphius | 2d20 World Builders | DriveThruRPG The sea is your Kingdom, your ship is your home, and fortune favours the bold! Set Sail in Brethren of the Coast Quick Start Pack, an introduction to the thrilling tabletop RPG of high-seas adventure,...

At last, the wait is over, Brethren if the Coast quickstart pack is available now. Powered by @modiphius.bsky.social's 2d20 system under their world builders program, this is the game of high seas adventure in the golden age of piracy!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

#rpg #pirates #ttrpg

28.11.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A mock cover for this year's Xmas giveaway game. It says:  Pneumatic Santa's Return by Kevin Wilson, and has an old-timey Santa wearing some steampunk-y goggles that seem to glow a bit.

A mock cover for this year's Xmas giveaway game. It says: Pneumatic Santa's Return by Kevin Wilson, and has an old-timey Santa wearing some steampunk-y goggles that seem to glow a bit.

For this year's Xmas giveaway game, I'm revisiting my 2017 Xmas game, Pneumatic Santa, about a steampunk Santa setting up a pneumatic gift delivery system. Found some nice Library of Congress photos to tinker with, and mocked up a little cover tonight.

18.11.2025 09:09 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone else just get endless 403 forbidden issue when trying to log into bbc iplayer?

03.11.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A date has finally been set for the quick start PDF for Brethren of the Coast using @modiphius.bsky.social's 2d20 system under their amazing world building program!

Grab yours on 28th November from @drivethrurpg.com only and begin your voyage on the high seas!

#pirates #ttrpg #tabletopgaming

31.10.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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With 98% of the typos fixed, the proof copy is here of Brethren of the Coast! Powered by the 2D20 system from @modiphius.bsky.social!

#rpg #ttrpg #pirates #tabletopgames #tabletop #gamedesign

11.09.2025 12:42 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brethren of the Coast RPG coming under the amazing world builders program from @modiphius.bsky.social , is going through its last checks (trying to catch all those little typos!), once these are done and thenlast changes made it will be released!

#ttrpg

lootbaggames.wixsite.com/home/project...

08.08.2025 10:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just a quick update on this. I have had a week or so of a delay (due to recovering from a car accident), but there will be more info soon!

26.07.2025 13:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Enter Raffle to Win Board Games and support UK Food Banks (July) hosted by Tabletop Games Blog THIS MONTH IS A STUFF BY BEZ SPECIAL! - more about Stuff by Bez here: https://www.stuffbybez.com/ By entering this prize competition, you support The Trussell Trust, an anti-poverty charity and commu...

Thanks to everyone who took part in the June #raffle. We raised just over Β£36 for Trussell, the UK food bank #charity.

The July #raffle is now live giving you another chance to win some cool games, this time from the amazing @stuffbybez.bsky.social.

Tickets are Β£1: tabletopgamesblog.com/raffle

03.07.2025 15:39 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bluesky is the only place at the moment, I'll keep all the relevant updates here for the QS and the corerule book that will follow.

04.07.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Brethren of the Coast, a TTRPG set in the golden age of piracy! Powered by @modiphius.bsky.social fantastic 2d20 system! The quickstart rules will soon be available, so get ready to start you pirating adventure on the High Seas!

#rpg #ttrpg #2d20 #tabletopgames #tabletopgaming #pirates

04.07.2025 16:25 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Both! I've dabbled in binding books for a while, now have the chance to dive in much more! I will be making new books, hopefully I've put some interesting collections together for that. But I also have a small stack of old neglected books I hope to bring back to life.

03.07.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! My first game was a card game about books! I'll be selling it again soon for anyone interested (it's lovecraftain!). And I'll be showing more game related book binding projects and general bookbinding stuff regularly!

03.07.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to the Bindery by the Sea! Marti published a post on Ko-fi

So I've taken a step here into another part of my funderful life, book binding over @ko-fi.com ! When I'm not making games, I'm making books!

#bookbinding #books #ko-fi

ko-fi.com/post/Welcome...

03.07.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hahaha came here to say this!

25.06.2025 07:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is why I have this badge!

25.06.2025 07:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Map, Box, and a few cards from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

Map, Box, and a few cards from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

Scenario setup from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

Scenario setup from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

The Winston Churchill card and various components from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

The Winston Churchill card and various components from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

Closeup on the map from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

Closeup on the map from The Bell of Treason, a GMT Game by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘

Here are a few component photos of The Bell of Treason, designed by Petr MojΕΎΓ­Ε‘. To see more photos or to order, go to the game page here: www.gmtgames.com/p-949-the-be...

All component photos were taken by Scott Mansfield.

23.06.2025 21:32 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The development continues!

#tabletopgamedesign #ttrpg #gamedesign #gamedesign

24.06.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Without doubt one of the greatest game pieces ever @paverson.bsky.social, and yes, I did end up with it. Live Luthier, going right next to Distilled. Great UKGE buy!

#boardgame #tabletopgames

01.06.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0