Ultimate Hyper Games
@ultimatehypergames.bsky.social
Hi there! I'm someone who likes to make niche TTRPGs and discuss the hobby in general.
You can check out my games here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13702/ultimate-hyper-games
You can check out my games here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/13702/ultimate-hyper-games
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Looking for a #TTRPG that captures the vibe of Starship Troopers or Helldivers? Do you like card-based RPGs? Check out Heckin' Space Troopers. Can be played solo or with up to 4 players. Free quickstart rules are available.
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Take on the BUG threat! Enlist today!
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"AI-generated images in place of art" is a great way to put it!
I even want to push back on this idea that it is "generative".
My understanding is that these models start with noise and then use vectors to mathematically arrive at an image output.
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I even want to push back on this idea that it is "generative".
My understanding is that these models start with noise and then use vectors to mathematically arrive at an image output.
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Thanks so much to @euphoriaap.bsky.social, @laurieblake.bsky.social, and @buttonkin.bsky.social for their interviews at @ukge.bsky.social. Let's talk about AI in the RPG space, and invite our friends at UKGE to come join us in the stance we're taking. youtu.be/spq0HSP4Mnc
We've got to talk about AI
YouTube video by Mystic Arts
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August 6, 2026 at 8:59 PM
"AI-generated images in place of art" is a great way to put it!
I even want to push back on this idea that it is "generative".
My understanding is that these models start with noise and then use vectors to mathematically arrive at an image output.
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I even want to push back on this idea that it is "generative".
My understanding is that these models start with noise and then use vectors to mathematically arrive at an image output.
1/5
Not a #TTRPG, but this could be a pretty fun dice game.
Criminal Masterminds - A Dice Jail Game
To play this game, you will need 1d20 per player and about 5 each of d4s, d6s, d8s, d10s, and d12s per player.
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Criminal Masterminds - A Dice Jail Game
To play this game, you will need 1d20 per player and about 5 each of d4s, d6s, d8s, d10s, and d12s per player.
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Has any TTRPG turned "dice jail" rituals into an actual mechanic?
Like, depriving players of specific dice due to their in-game actions?
Like, depriving players of specific dice due to their in-game actions?
August 3, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Not a #TTRPG, but this could be a pretty fun dice game.
Criminal Masterminds - A Dice Jail Game
To play this game, you will need 1d20 per player and about 5 each of d4s, d6s, d8s, d10s, and d12s per player.
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Criminal Masterminds - A Dice Jail Game
To play this game, you will need 1d20 per player and about 5 each of d4s, d6s, d8s, d10s, and d12s per player.
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Ttrpgs are friendslop, just like lethal company
Is this anything?
Is this anything?
August 2, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Ttrpgs are friendslop, just like lethal company
Is this anything?
Is this anything?
And what a capstone for a multi year long campaign can the epic destinies be!
Only issue is that it takes so long to get to that point, so it feels like a once-a-lifetime thing to have a group do it.
A lot of great suggestions for other games that do something like that in the thread too.
Only issue is that it takes so long to get to that point, so it feels like a once-a-lifetime thing to have a group do it.
A lot of great suggestions for other games that do something like that in the thread too.
D&D4 had the epic destiny Last Hurrah series: at level cap, you help your friends tie up the last loose ends in their stories and they help you and then after that, congratulations, you closed the book! You exit the story! Various and sundry PbtA and BoB games have "exit the story" in playbooks!
July 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
And what a capstone for a multi year long campaign can the epic destinies be!
Only issue is that it takes so long to get to that point, so it feels like a once-a-lifetime thing to have a group do it.
A lot of great suggestions for other games that do something like that in the thread too.
Only issue is that it takes so long to get to that point, so it feels like a once-a-lifetime thing to have a group do it.
A lot of great suggestions for other games that do something like that in the thread too.
I don't consider myself a rules lawyer, I'm a rules advocate.
Rules public defenders versus the treacherous self-representing rules sovereign citizen
Very much this
Ive always stood that there is rules layering (I.e trying to manipulate the rules to be a weapon against others) and being a rules attorney (helping everyone with your knowledge either by filling in gaps in knowledge or a siting others as a beneficial tool)
Ive always stood that there is rules layering (I.e trying to manipulate the rules to be a weapon against others) and being a rules attorney (helping everyone with your knowledge either by filling in gaps in knowledge or a siting others as a beneficial tool)
July 31, 2026 at 5:27 PM
I don't consider myself a rules lawyer, I'm a rules advocate.
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Actually, I Like Simulationist Game Design
July 31, 2026 at 4:25 AM
Actually, I Like Simulationist Game Design
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Struggling to find art for your One-Page RPG Jam entry?
Help is here... in the form of dead people: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #publicdomain #art #rpg #onepagerpg
Help is here... in the form of dead people: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #publicdomain #art #rpg #onepagerpg
Public domain art resources
Using public domain art in tabletop game design
www.skeletoncodemachine.com
July 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Struggling to find art for your One-Page RPG Jam entry?
Help is here... in the form of dead people: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #publicdomain #art #rpg #onepagerpg
Help is here... in the form of dead people: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom... (Part 1 of 2)
#ttrpg #publicdomain #art #rpg #onepagerpg
"I thought it would be cool" is exactly why I started making my own TTRPGs.
(And yes, it was and continues to be cool.)
(And yes, it was and continues to be cool.)
July 30, 2026 at 7:23 AM
"I thought it would be cool" is exactly why I started making my own TTRPGs.
(And yes, it was and continues to be cool.)
(And yes, it was and continues to be cool.)
I feel like I'm in this weird middle-ground between being a part of a "tradition" philosophy wherein I spend very little money on the hobby, yet spend hundreds of hours playing and running games and a hobby business where I make new games for others.
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July 28, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I feel like I'm in this weird middle-ground between being a part of a "tradition" philosophy wherein I spend very little money on the hobby, yet spend hundreds of hours playing and running games and a hobby business where I make new games for others.
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Sure, BUT: The credit for the tinkering does not belong with the game. It belongs to those who do it.
I believe many of the best game designers in the world are running bespoke systems based on D&D, which they call D&D, and which neither they nor their play groups credit them for creating.
I believe many of the best game designers in the world are running bespoke systems based on D&D, which they call D&D, and which neither they nor their play groups credit them for creating.
July 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Sure, BUT: The credit for the tinkering does not belong with the game. It belongs to those who do it.
I believe many of the best game designers in the world are running bespoke systems based on D&D, which they call D&D, and which neither they nor their play groups credit them for creating.
I believe many of the best game designers in the world are running bespoke systems based on D&D, which they call D&D, and which neither they nor their play groups credit them for creating.
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Just your regular reminder that there are other #TTRPG alternatives to #D&D that aren't leaning on AI.
You really like 5e, but don't want to support AI? Tales of the Valiant or Level Up 5e.
Looking for an old school vibe without the headache of ThAC0? Basic Fantasy.
Like crunch? Pathfinder. 1/3
You really like 5e, but don't want to support AI? Tales of the Valiant or Level Up 5e.
Looking for an old school vibe without the headache of ThAC0? Basic Fantasy.
Like crunch? Pathfinder. 1/3
Man, thankfully no one is playing or making stuff for this bad game run a billion dollar company that's putting AI into everything!
www.geeknative.com/225567/hasbr...
www.geeknative.com/225567/hasbr...
Hasbro CEO claims AI integration is a "clear success" as Wizards of the Coast profits soar
Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks reveals that AI integration has saved the company over a million work hours, even as Wizards of the Coast reports record-breaking 2025 profits.
www.geeknative.com
July 26, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Badly promote your TTRPG:
You're a magical girl, but getting a bad grade in your science class might ruin your mood and make you worse off in a fight.
Some bad guys also can hurt your feelings by telepathically saying mean things to you.
You're a magical girl, but getting a bad grade in your science class might ruin your mood and make you worse off in a fight.
Some bad guys also can hurt your feelings by telepathically saying mean things to you.
Badly promote your TTRPG:
You know how there are like 100 fantasy PBTA games out there… well this is another one!
You know how there are like 100 fantasy PBTA games out there… well this is another one!
Badly promote your ttrpg:
You like dark, evil romantasy? There’s elves in it. 👀
You like dark, evil romantasy? There’s elves in it. 👀
July 25, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Badly promote your TTRPG:
You're a magical girl, but getting a bad grade in your science class might ruin your mood and make you worse off in a fight.
Some bad guys also can hurt your feelings by telepathically saying mean things to you.
You're a magical girl, but getting a bad grade in your science class might ruin your mood and make you worse off in a fight.
Some bad guys also can hurt your feelings by telepathically saying mean things to you.
Definitely not going to have anything finished this month!
Got a lot of puzzle pieces trying to figure out how they are going to fit together to make what I'm working on shine, but I'll get there, eventually.
Got a lot of puzzle pieces trying to figure out how they are going to fit together to make what I'm working on shine, but I'll get there, eventually.
It's Friday, so let's celebrate works in progress. 🎉
What's one TTRPG project you're hoping to finish this month?
Drop it in the comments - we're excited to see what's coming to the community.
What's one TTRPG project you're hoping to finish this month?
Drop it in the comments - we're excited to see what's coming to the community.
July 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Definitely not going to have anything finished this month!
Got a lot of puzzle pieces trying to figure out how they are going to fit together to make what I'm working on shine, but I'll get there, eventually.
Got a lot of puzzle pieces trying to figure out how they are going to fit together to make what I'm working on shine, but I'll get there, eventually.
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Improving Monopoly by making the shoe having +1 movement and the thimble being able to make a needle attack against adjacent pieces and the dog being able to drop poop "traps" on squares they leave
July 23, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Improving Monopoly by making the shoe having +1 movement and the thimble being able to make a needle attack against adjacent pieces and the dog being able to drop poop "traps" on squares they leave
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RPG Trader’s digital storefront wants to be the creator-friendly, RPG-focused alternative
www.rascal.news/rpg-traders-...
www.rascal.news/rpg-traders-...
July 22, 2026 at 3:00 PM
RPG Trader’s digital storefront wants to be the creator-friendly, RPG-focused alternative
www.rascal.news/rpg-traders-...
www.rascal.news/rpg-traders-...
I was thinking about mechanics in "traditional" #TTRPGs that allow you to succeed when it would have been a failure (like D&D's "Succeed at a Cost") and tiered successes such as partial success, full success, and critical success.
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July 21, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I was thinking about mechanics in "traditional" #TTRPGs that allow you to succeed when it would have been a failure (like D&D's "Succeed at a Cost") and tiered successes such as partial success, full success, and critical success.
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I am tired of reading RPG pantheons that are Hellenic reskins.
I am tired of reading "And then, MY sun god, Daylor, is good and he hates the undead, but--get this--there's also a god of orcs and he's bad."
Please give me weird, contradictory, and confusing fantasy divinities.
I am tired of reading "And then, MY sun god, Daylor, is good and he hates the undead, but--get this--there's also a god of orcs and he's bad."
Please give me weird, contradictory, and confusing fantasy divinities.
July 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I am tired of reading RPG pantheons that are Hellenic reskins.
I am tired of reading "And then, MY sun god, Daylor, is good and he hates the undead, but--get this--there's also a god of orcs and he's bad."
Please give me weird, contradictory, and confusing fantasy divinities.
I am tired of reading "And then, MY sun god, Daylor, is good and he hates the undead, but--get this--there's also a god of orcs and he's bad."
Please give me weird, contradictory, and confusing fantasy divinities.
I've been under the impression that crunch is rules/mechanics and is contrasted with fluff which is "flavor text".
A game with more crunch has more rules, and usually is more stimulationist and/or focused on combat/skirmishes.
Some people like crunch and some don't, but it's not a bad thing, right?
A game with more crunch has more rules, and usually is more stimulationist and/or focused on combat/skirmishes.
Some people like crunch and some don't, but it's not a bad thing, right?
Does a 'crunchy' game stop being crunchy if the crunchy parts are relatively streamlined and not that hard to learn? I've heard chatter from fans and haters alike that Lancer for instance "isn't that crunchy," which makes me wonder if people are using the word like it's exclusively a bad thing.
July 21, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I've been under the impression that crunch is rules/mechanics and is contrasted with fluff which is "flavor text".
A game with more crunch has more rules, and usually is more stimulationist and/or focused on combat/skirmishes.
Some people like crunch and some don't, but it's not a bad thing, right?
A game with more crunch has more rules, and usually is more stimulationist and/or focused on combat/skirmishes.
Some people like crunch and some don't, but it's not a bad thing, right?
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If you're stuck for RPG inspiration, there's nothing better than going to a museum. The real world is so beautiful and weird and interesting.
Short thread of some pictures I snapped this past weekend.
Short thread of some pictures I snapped this past weekend.
July 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM
If you're stuck for RPG inspiration, there's nothing better than going to a museum. The real world is so beautiful and weird and interesting.
Short thread of some pictures I snapped this past weekend.
Short thread of some pictures I snapped this past weekend.
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And a reminder that CITATION MATTERS.
Journals like AGS rely on citation metrics to seek funding.
Individuals (hi) use citations of our work (by journalists, creators, etc) as "evidence of reputation" that weighs in promotion & tenure.
Journals like AGS rely on citation metrics to seek funding.
Individuals (hi) use citations of our work (by journalists, creators, etc) as "evidence of reputation" that weighs in promotion & tenure.
Want to support TTRPG Professors?
Maybe start by subscribing (for free!) to Analog Game Studies's YouTube channel, and keep an eye on the journal (FREE TO READ!) at: @analoggamestudies.bsky.social
Maybe start by subscribing (for free!) to Analog Game Studies's YouTube channel, and keep an eye on the journal (FREE TO READ!) at: @analoggamestudies.bsky.social
Analog Game Studies
The official journal of Analog Game Studies. Scholarly content about tabletop, live-action, performance, and generally awesome games. Read more at our website analogamestudies.org.
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July 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
And a reminder that CITATION MATTERS.
Journals like AGS rely on citation metrics to seek funding.
Individuals (hi) use citations of our work (by journalists, creators, etc) as "evidence of reputation" that weighs in promotion & tenure.
Journals like AGS rely on citation metrics to seek funding.
Individuals (hi) use citations of our work (by journalists, creators, etc) as "evidence of reputation" that weighs in promotion & tenure.
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Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license.
This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film.
Link below 🔗👇
This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film.
Link below 🔗👇
July 15, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Public Domain Art is the lifeblood of small tabletop rpgs, but it can be a nightmare trying to find the right art and license.
This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film.
Link below 🔗👇
This week, I’ve re-uploaded my old list from 2020 (with updates) of public domain websites. That's 500,000+ public domain paintings, photos, maps, and film.
Link below 🔗👇
I don’t know why, but I just love running games like this.
July 13, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I don’t know why, but I just love running games like this.
It might sound simple but "How many weapons does a TTRPG need?" takes us on an interesting deep dive into game design.
My latest video:
youtu.be/U091PMRx9Cw
My latest video:
youtu.be/U091PMRx9Cw
How many Weapons does a TTRPG need?
YouTube video by The Verve
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July 13, 2026 at 6:56 AM
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July 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM