Will I see you at PAXU?

PAX Unplugged, You Are A Muffin, and Exclusion Zone Botanist.

PAX Unplugged

Waiting for the Dice Tower panel at PAX Unplugged 2018.

PAX Unplugged (PAXU) is this weekend in Philadelphia! If you ordered your badge online, you have probably (hopefully!) received it by now. Mine showed up on Friday, and I’m excited!

PAX Unplugged is a tabletop gaming-focused event specifically tailored to lovers of board games, RPGs, miniatures, cards, and more.

While PAXU about 60% of the size of recent Gen Con (30k vs. 50k attendees), my experience with it has been extremely positive in the past. The Expo Hall is full of vendors, with a lot of indie representation. There’s Unpub playtesting, panel discussions, RPG one-shots, and board game demos. The “learn to paint” sessions were how I got into the mini painting hobby.

Exeunt Press and MÖRKTOBER stickers will soon be available.

Exeunt Press won’t have a vendor table this year, but I’ll be there. Follow @exeuntpress on Twitter for updates. If you can find me, I might have some stickers and Exclusion Zone Botanist pamphlets to hand out (while supplies last).

Will you be at PAXU this year? If so, leave a comment below!

Exeunt Press website updated

The exeunt.press website received a much needed update. The front page now actually mentions some games, rather than looking like just a placeholder. The Exclusion Zone Botanist and MÖRKTOBER trailer videos are featured front and center.

Watch for an online store coming soon.

You Are A Muffin

I published You Are A Muffin last February as an experiment in solo journaling RPGs. What if instead of hit points and skill checks, you only had a single stat? Instead of swords and armor, what about an extremely cozy café and a hot macchiato?

Clearly I was inspired by the absolutely wonderful Artefact by Jack Harrison, but I also wanted to add a bit of “game loop” and a dice mechanism. In fact, the Risk Value (RV) for being eaten eventually became part of Exclusion Zone Botanist.

So, when Button Shy Games ran a giveaway on Black Friday, I was absolutely delighted to see more than one person mentioning You Are A Muffin!

behemoth @darrth74

@buttonshy My favorite is You Are a Muffin by @exeuntpress because it’s cozy, simple, and fun. And who doesn’t love being dessert?

Find a quiet place. Make a cup of coffee. Put on some relaxing music, and give it a try.

Exclusion Zone Botanist

I absolutely love hearing from people playing the games I’ve made. That’s doubly true for Exclusion Zone Botanist. At its core, it’s a push-your-luck hex crawl drawing game. With just a few prompts, people are really making some beautiful creations.

Here’s one from @smollene that I just had to share. The leaves to track your corruption are just too perfect! 🌿

MellowHell @Smollene

Trying out something a little less taxing in between. This is "Exclusion Zone Botanist" by @exeuntpress! I enjoy this mix of existential dread and doodling cool plants.

Exclusion Zone Botanist also received another mention from Philippa Mort (@MortPhilippa). This time as part of three games about strange flora and fauna.

Philippa Mort @MortPhilippa

Want to create some strange and wonderful flora and fauna to your #ttrpg, but you aren't sure where to start? Check out these 3 ttrpgs all about weird plants and animals!

vm.tiktok.comPhilippa Mort | Indie TTRPGs on TikTokWant some strange plants and creatures to add to your ttrpg campaign? Maybe you want to play a strange hybrid animal? Try these 3 ttrpgs about flora and fauna! #ttrpg #indiettrpg #ttrpgs #ttrpgtiktok #solottrpg #beggartok #notdnd #flora #fauna #exclusionzonebotanist #overgrown #exquisitebiome

If you’d like to enter the Exclusion Zone, the game is currently free on itch.io.

Substack Recommendations

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• The Indie RPG Newsletter takes a detailed look at the city in Into the Cess and Citadel (Feral Indie Studios).

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• TTRPG Teleology considers why TTRPG design jams don’t build community.

• Pandion Letters announces version 1.0 of the Banda’s Grove slice-of-life RPG.

• TEETH digs up some old D&D Comedy Spells from past issues of Dragon magazine.

• News From The Grid talks about the origins of the Windows Haettenschweiler font and links to a few other free fonts.

If you’ve enjoyed any of the newsletters above, please consider subscribing to them.

Game Jams of Note

So many jams, so little time:

• Scissors and Glue TTRPG Jam 2 hosted by The Lost Bay, closes in month.

• Fallen Jam hosted by Perplexing Ruins, closes in a month.

• Bastards Pearlescent Jam hosted by Micah Anderson, closes in 20 days.

• Anamnesis Jam by Blinking Birch Games, closes in 2 months.

• Tales From The Void: A Liminal Horror Jam by Goblin Archives, closes in a month.

• Minimalist TTRPG Jam by Binary Star Games, closes in 14 days.

Running an itch.io tabletop game jam and want it mentioned here? Send an email to games@exeunt.press with the details and link. I can’t promise I’ll link to it, but I will definitely take a look.

Thank You

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