Excited for my Metatopia playtests!
Also for my Metatopia hangs with cool designers
Also for my Metatopia hangs with cool designers
November 1, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Excited for my Metatopia playtests!
Also for my Metatopia hangs with cool designers
Also for my Metatopia hangs with cool designers
Here is my Metatopia schedule - looking forward to it a lot!
November 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Here is my Metatopia schedule - looking forward to it a lot!
I've outlined my wish list for Metatopia. Lots of weird and wonderful new games. Quite possibly the best weekend of the year for me. #TTRPG
November 1, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I've outlined my wish list for Metatopia. Lots of weird and wonderful new games. Quite possibly the best weekend of the year for me. #TTRPG
Metatopia prep: today I’m printing play materials and putting zines together. Working on panel if time allows.
November 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Metatopia prep: today I’m printing play materials and putting zines together. Working on panel if time allows.
One of the things I am most excited to see folks play around with at Metatopia
Prototype decks for Tourist Hole arrived this morning!
Getting ready for the trip from zine to box.
Getting ready for the trip from zine to box.
November 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
One of the things I am most excited to see folks play around with at Metatopia
Super excited to be attending Metatopia this year! I’ll be playtesting some games and facilitating some round table discussions. Come by and say hi if you’re around!
#metatopia #gamedesign #gameindustry #ttrpg #chooseyourownadventure #journalinggame #gamer #convention
#metatopia #gamedesign #gameindustry #ttrpg #chooseyourownadventure #journalinggame #gamer #convention
November 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Super excited to be attending Metatopia this year! I’ll be playtesting some games and facilitating some round table discussions. Come by and say hi if you’re around!
#metatopia #gamedesign #gameindustry #ttrpg #chooseyourownadventure #journalinggame #gamer #convention
#metatopia #gamedesign #gameindustry #ttrpg #chooseyourownadventure #journalinggame #gamer #convention
oh most beautiful and exciting metatopia schedule
November 1, 2026 at 6:47 PM
oh most beautiful and exciting metatopia schedule
You weren't kidding when you said you went hard at Metatopia!
November 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
You weren't kidding when you said you went hard at Metatopia!
Exhibit 576: this was the second game I acquired for @plusoneexp.bsky.social. Should be on the store (and at our Metatopia booth) next week.
October 30, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Exhibit 576: this was the second game I acquired for @plusoneexp.bsky.social. Should be on the store (and at our Metatopia booth) next week.
#Metatopia is booked!
- Friday is all playtests: @jenkatwrites.bsky.social, @sociable-turtle.bsky.social, @drcpunk.bsky.social, and @quinnblackwell.bsky.social as well as testing Barrow Keep character creation
- Friday is all playtests: @jenkatwrites.bsky.social, @sociable-turtle.bsky.social, @drcpunk.bsky.social, and @quinnblackwell.bsky.social as well as testing Barrow Keep character creation
November 1, 2026 at 7:22 PM
#Metatopia is booked!
- Friday is all playtests: @jenkatwrites.bsky.social, @sociable-turtle.bsky.social, @drcpunk.bsky.social, and @quinnblackwell.bsky.social as well as testing Barrow Keep character creation
- Friday is all playtests: @jenkatwrites.bsky.social, @sociable-turtle.bsky.social, @drcpunk.bsky.social, and @quinnblackwell.bsky.social as well as testing Barrow Keep character creation
Pre-Metatopia Newsletter! Development on Separation of Work & Self, a Mothership hack inspired by The Bear, a new video game inspired game, and notes of other games I've been playing!
mailchi.mp/71929679aab5...
mailchi.mp/71929679aab5...
November 2, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Pre-Metatopia Newsletter! Development on Separation of Work & Self, a Mothership hack inspired by The Bear, a new video game inspired game, and notes of other games I've been playing!
mailchi.mp/71929679aab5...
mailchi.mp/71929679aab5...
Go find @czamboni.bsky.social at Metatopia on November 5-8 in Morristown, NJ!
And good luck to all play testers!
And good luck to all play testers!
- I will also bring two lavalier mics and I plan to record short snippets with designers, asking what they are bringing to playtest (this will be a special, unabridged episode of @rpgroots.bsky.social ) - so come talk to me!
November 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Go find @czamboni.bsky.social at Metatopia on November 5-8 in Morristown, NJ!
And good luck to all play testers!
And good luck to all play testers!
We have some many fun announcements we get to soft launch at metatopia that I am going to write them all down and lay them out on a flyer.
November 2, 2026 at 7:13 PM
We have some many fun announcements we get to soft launch at metatopia that I am going to write them all down and lay them out on a flyer.
When I'm focusing on OTHER people's games I'm just excited about metatopia but as soon as I start thinking about my own I get so nervous again
November 1, 2026 at 2:41 PM
When I'm focusing on OTHER people's games I'm just excited about metatopia but as soon as I start thinking about my own I get so nervous again
I'm supposed to be preparing for Metatopia, so how about a retrospective on the many prop books I made for the larp New World Magischola? I put new covers on old books and tossed 'em around to spice things up with a little verisimilitude. It was so much fun! I adored my secret art project.
November 2, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I'm supposed to be preparing for Metatopia, so how about a retrospective on the many prop books I made for the larp New World Magischola? I put new covers on old books and tossed 'em around to spice things up with a little verisimilitude. It was so much fun! I adored my secret art project.
That will be a delight! I don’t think we’ve met in person since last Metatopia?
November 2, 2026 at 8:34 AM
That will be a delight! I don’t think we’ve met in person since last Metatopia?
Metatopia:
Friday 1100: Mother (Playtest)
1300: Crafting Small Experiences (Panel)
1400: Nine Fantasy Larps (Playtest)
Saturday 0900: Road to Romance (Playtest)
1100: Desperation (playtest)
1400: Hotel Stories (Playtest)
1800: System Engineering (Talk)
Sunday 1100: Insurmountable Challenges (Panel)
Friday 1100: Mother (Playtest)
1300: Crafting Small Experiences (Panel)
1400: Nine Fantasy Larps (Playtest)
Saturday 0900: Road to Romance (Playtest)
1100: Desperation (playtest)
1400: Hotel Stories (Playtest)
1800: System Engineering (Talk)
Sunday 1100: Insurmountable Challenges (Panel)
November 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Metatopia:
Friday 1100: Mother (Playtest)
1300: Crafting Small Experiences (Panel)
1400: Nine Fantasy Larps (Playtest)
Saturday 0900: Road to Romance (Playtest)
1100: Desperation (playtest)
1400: Hotel Stories (Playtest)
1800: System Engineering (Talk)
Sunday 1100: Insurmountable Challenges (Panel)
Friday 1100: Mother (Playtest)
1300: Crafting Small Experiences (Panel)
1400: Nine Fantasy Larps (Playtest)
Saturday 0900: Road to Romance (Playtest)
1100: Desperation (playtest)
1400: Hotel Stories (Playtest)
1800: System Engineering (Talk)
Sunday 1100: Insurmountable Challenges (Panel)
METATOPIA thread:
- I will be there Thursday to Sunday, and will be in two panels on analog game studies with @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @ecfriedman.com and more cool folks;
- I am bringing a giant cardamom bread as usual, and this year I'll also make ricciarelli cookies to share at Lobby Con;
- I will be there Thursday to Sunday, and will be in two panels on analog game studies with @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @ecfriedman.com and more cool folks;
- I am bringing a giant cardamom bread as usual, and this year I'll also make ricciarelli cookies to share at Lobby Con;
November 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
METATOPIA thread:
- I will be there Thursday to Sunday, and will be in two panels on analog game studies with @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @ecfriedman.com and more cool folks;
- I am bringing a giant cardamom bread as usual, and this year I'll also make ricciarelli cookies to share at Lobby Con;
- I will be there Thursday to Sunday, and will be in two panels on analog game studies with @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @ecfriedman.com and more cool folks;
- I am bringing a giant cardamom bread as usual, and this year I'll also make ricciarelli cookies to share at Lobby Con;
While Cat is (wisely) avoiding returning to the US, her game will be joining us at #Metatopia!
Richard here, just letting you know that Midnight at the Oasis is now out, in print, alive in the world.
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Midnight at the Oasis
Its the 1990s in New York and you’re back for a Saturday Night at Grace’s Oasis, a party night for crossdressing men. You’re not sure you’d call yourself trans or gay: You live much of your life as a ...
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November 3, 2026 at 3:14 AM
While Cat is (wisely) avoiding returning to the US, her game will be joining us at #Metatopia!
I’ll tell you all about it at Metatopia!
October 28, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I’ll tell you all about it at Metatopia!
!!! Metatopia Moby dick debrief?
October 28, 2026 at 3:59 PM
!!! Metatopia Moby dick debrief?
OK, OK, fun and games over — now time to … un, pick the games and stuff on my Metatopia schedule.
(Advice welcome, and I’ll be on two panels organized by @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social — an intro to game studies for designers and one that focuses on current research for game designers)
(Advice welcome, and I’ll be on two panels organized by @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social — an intro to game studies for designers and one that focuses on current research for game designers)
Schedule of Events
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November 1, 2026 at 12:28 PM
OK, OK, fun and games over — now time to … un, pick the games and stuff on my Metatopia schedule.
(Advice welcome, and I’ll be on two panels organized by @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social — an intro to game studies for designers and one that focuses on current research for game designers)
(Advice welcome, and I’ll be on two panels organized by @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social — an intro to game studies for designers and one that focuses on current research for game designers)
oh yeah uhhhh I'm going to Metatopia, as a player. and if you see me there and recognize me...
[timidly] ...h-how do you know what I look like...
[timidly] ...h-how do you know what I look like...
October 28, 2026 at 5:06 PM
oh yeah uhhhh I'm going to Metatopia, as a player. and if you see me there and recognize me...
[timidly] ...h-how do you know what I look like...
[timidly] ...h-how do you know what I look like...
Got my Metatopia schedule together, and my wife made me some buttons for it!!
November 1, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Got my Metatopia schedule together, and my wife made me some buttons for it!!
Gonna be real:
The most important reason to go to Metatopia is to hang out with Camilla. I'm bummed I'm missing the AGS panel on Sunday morning.
The most important reason to go to Metatopia is to hang out with Camilla. I'm bummed I'm missing the AGS panel on Sunday morning.
METATOPIA thread:
- I will be there Thursday to Sunday, and will be in two panels on analog game studies with @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @ecfriedman.com and more cool folks;
- I am bringing a giant cardamom bread as usual, and this year I'll also make ricciarelli cookies to share at Lobby Con;
- I will be there Thursday to Sunday, and will be in two panels on analog game studies with @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social @ecfriedman.com and more cool folks;
- I am bringing a giant cardamom bread as usual, and this year I'll also make ricciarelli cookies to share at Lobby Con;
November 2, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Gonna be real:
The most important reason to go to Metatopia is to hang out with Camilla. I'm bummed I'm missing the AGS panel on Sunday morning.
The most important reason to go to Metatopia is to hang out with Camilla. I'm bummed I'm missing the AGS panel on Sunday morning.