Chris | Junk Food Games

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I make ttrpg's, often with friends, as Junk Food Games. Based in Maryland. All of my games are human made. (he/him) junkfoodgames.itch.io

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Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· 21d

Attention local DMV tabletop game designers! We have a catalog of indie games that we want local shops to have so they know how to buy our games! Our collective, Designed in the DMV, will be making the Fall 2026 catalog soon! Wanna join in? Discussions will be on our discord discord.gg/G3vMHU5kS

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· 23d

what finishing a game can do for ya 😎

Screenshot from itch.io showing $29 in gross revenue

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· 29d

New intro time! I'm Chris (he/him) and I make ttrpgs with my friends as Junk Food Games. I design small, self-contained solo and gm-less zine games with big moments and quiet introspection. Find me on itch! junkfoodgames.itch.io I'm also in a local design collective! www.designedinthedmv.org

Photo of the game Necromancer Heretic. It has the title and also says "a solo card game by junk food games" there is a sci-fantasy illustration of an astronaut holding a sword with astrologic signs in the background

photo of the game Death Cap Saute with green dice around it. The cover has the title and an illustration of a mushroom creature cooking in a trash can with smoke coming out

Photo of the game Moon Rings. The cover has the title and a red illustration of a severed hand wearing rings with a crescent moon being pierced by an arrow

photo of my hand holding 3 games. Wither & Grow is a green zine with an illustration of a plant creature partially obscured. The Frog Squad is a blue zine with an illustration of 3 frogs inside a data center. The Serpent and the Spider is a yellow zine with an illustration of a skull and snake with a sword in the background

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jul 10

I think you're right! Thanks! This swan was hanging out just nearby too. Lots of good sights today

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jul 10

admired some things outside (any bird nerds know what is on the branch next to the ducks?)

Tiny light brown mushrooms growing next to some moss in the bark of a tree

5 or so ducks in a lake next to a tree. A cool water bird of unknown species is perched on a branch next to the ducks

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jun 27

Happy free RPG day y'all These butterflies are having a good day

Photo of mating swallowtail butterflies in grass

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jun 14

my cats have been very hard at work making biscuits lately. i thought I'd give them a break this morning and make them instead

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jun 13

she's using a stuffed animal as a little pillow 🥺

Black cat sleeping with her head on a white stuffed animal

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jun 5

watching my crt (cat rest time) tv

Black cat laying down inside a cat bed that looks like a tv

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jun 4

i'll also share one of my personal favorites that we made, The Graveyard Milk

Photo of the cover of the zine game, The Graveyard Milk by Dairy Newseeance. It shows little sketches of graves and glass of spilled milk.

photo of zine interior page. the text reads "beginners. This game is first person. You are in a graveyard (obvio). You eat an onion. But, as you crunch crunch the onion, you notice something will start to happen. You grow bigger and bigger until you are the size of a human’s leg! Speaking of human’s leg, you find a human’s leg with blood all over it, like a zombie leg. It will be kind of pale. You take it up and break it in half. And then do an evil laugh! respecting the graveyard. First, you clean your first grave (RIP Tom). Then, you clean your second (RIP Elizabeth). Next, you plant some cleaner, fresher grass. And then you replace new flowers (cause the flowers will be old and crunchy).
The evil onion starts to wear off as you clean the graves and renew the graveyard. You start to get smaller."

photo of zine game interior. the text reads "the milky way. I forgot to tell you in the beginning, use chess pieces in this game. This game is for 14 to 15 years old. Followed to 17. This game is for 2 to 4 players.
And now we’re going to talk about the Milky Way. It’s all about your life as a milk (baby to teenager) and how you cleaned and respected this graveyard. The Milky Way is kinda like God for milks. It speaks to us with an echo. Hahahahaha! milks ahoy! You probably have a question about yourself (as a milk). Will I be immortal and indestructible like the cheese? I’ll have to say, yes, you would.
You have a silver knight’s helmet and a diamond sword with a golden hilt. Even though there will not be any bad guys in this game. So, you’ll be glad to know being a milk will probably be pretty decent."

photo of zine game page. the text reads "pouring the milk. “Pouring the milk” aka going through your lifetime, probably will be pretty stressing. So, here’s how to calm down. Take heavy breaths while squeezing your carton. Playing around with your old pieces of milk, like slime. Rocking back and forth so you can hear the milk swooshing. And clean a grave (RIP Pen). And playing the piano with some milky, hot tunes. milky milky oh oh! When you are older (cause you are still a teenager) (also in reality), cause in the last years of your life, you will want to make it worth it.
Some people call it “helping the last milk.”
So party with your white long beard slooshing in the air. And you say Ho ho ho! And partying in the dark stall with party lights and the top shows the outside."

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jun 4

here is the entire zine. it's good

Photo of the zine Game of Bacon by the Game of Thrones Creator

Photo of interior zine page. The text reads "Starters. First, I need you to know that you will need quite a lot of dice. probably about 302. lick your fingers really well. rub them all over the dice of your choice and then have your bestie race your dice with you. it can also be your dad. by the way, whoever loses has to eat a chili pepper and whoever wins can get some hubba bubba. okay, this will be all. Bad Guys. The bad guys will be the undead bacon, the chewed up bacon, and finally the googly-eyed bacon. They're all pretty hard to fight. they'll make a sound like this: plgogppglgop. you will love this game if you love haunts. cause this is my first horror game as a 5-year-old. all of my other games are kinda funny. the chewed-up bacon is kinda funny too. cause it's chewed up!

Photo from a tiny game zine. The text says "scary stuff. Here is a list of the different scary stuff you will find in this game: a spooky bag of lettuce, a really fast and angry egg, one hundred little bacon monsters, a strawberry jelly jar that talks to you when you try to sleep, toast that tries to eat you, bacon that tries to turn you into bacon. Lava Lava Lamp. this page is about how to roll your dice. you can grab all 302 of your dice. then, whenever you want to face something scary, roll a few of them. if any of your dice are a 6 or higher, then you defeat the scary thing! if none of your dice are 6 or higher, then one of the scary things scares you pretty good. if you ever get too scared, you can take a break and play some more later"

photo of zine interior page. the text says, "Wiberty. Wiberty is one of the nice monsters in this game. She loves to bake cookies that are cinnamon cookies, with gummy eyeballs. She’s very fluffy and soft and smells like cinnamon.
Wiberty is blue. Light blue. She loves orange juice with blue food coloring. She has 52 lava lamps at home. She loves to collect them. Game End. This is how the game ends. If you defeat a lot of scary bacon monsters or if you make friends with wiberty, the game ends. Hopefully you can do both of these things.
If you become friends with wiberty, think about the fun things you will do together.
If you defeat lots of scary bacon monsters, think of a good bacon recipe to make with all of those little bacon buddies."

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Jun 3

If you need horror inspiration for your next game, my kid wrote some terrifying stuff in this little zine we made a while ago. Tag yourself. I'm a spooky bag of lettuce

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 27

Picked up some amazing things at GameFace Con! Featuring @meldar16.bsky.social @goosepoopgames.com @stillfleet.bsky.social @binarystar.games @betterlegends.bsky.social @alewoodgames.bsky.social @duckandcrow.bsky.social @eeriegamesdev.bsky.social @egallagher.bsky.social @inverts.bsky.social

Photo of games and more displayed on a stand. Top row, left to right: Cosmonauts & Crystal Balls by Meldar 16, Frog News by Goose Poop Games, AMMU by Stillfleet Studio. Middle row, left to right: Trespasser by Binary Star Games, Dungeon of Sparks by Better Legends, Nemik's Manifesto by Alewood Games, Devour by Duck and Crow Press. Bottom Row, left to right: The Final Verse by Eerir Games, The Crimson Eye Tarot by Evangeline Gallagher, Counterpoint by Sam Inverts

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 24

GameFace Con Day 2! Come say hi!

Photo of Junk Food Games table at Peabody Heights for GameFace Con. It shows games and NoMaster cassette tapes displayed on the table

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 23

GameFace Con day 1 let's go! Come say hi if you're swinging by

Photo of the Junk Food Games table at GameFace Con. It shows games displayed, a price sheet, some stickers, and a setup of Moon Rings

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 21

Hey DMV folks! Be sure to check out GameFace Con this weekend! There will be so many amazing indie ttrpg designers, artists, and games. Peabody Heights Brewery in Baltimore, free to attend! I'll be hanging out at Table 27 all weekend! Come say hi! www.gamefacecon.com

Map for GameFace Con showing the list of vendors and sponsors. Highlights Junk Food Games at table 27

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 18

So, sometimes I make little zine games with my kid. Tonight we made a 4-player chess variant that replaces the Knight with the Vulture. It's called The Vulturey

Photo from The Vulturey, a little zine game. There are modified illustrations of turkey and black vultures. The text says "Introduction. This is Turkey vultures vs Black Vultures. This is a 4 person game. 2 people on the Black Vulture Team and 2 people on the Turkey Vulture team. Use chess pieces in this game. White side = turkey vultures and black side = black vultures. The Vulture Piece. The knight piece is now a Vulture Piece. The Vulture Piece can move anywhere it wants, however it wants. The Vulture Pieces cannot capture other Vulture Pieces. The Vulture Piece can only move after 3 pawns have been captured."

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 17

lazy cat sunday AMA

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 14

Here's what I'll be bringing to GameFace Con! (plus a couple other smaller games and some stickers)

Photo of the games Necromancer Heretic, Death Cap Saute, Strange Saplings, The Serpent and The Spider, The Frog Squad, Wither and Grow, Moon Rings, Moon Rings card deck, and Directionless on a display stand

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 12

took me 2 years, but i've just run out of this ream of yellow paper that i use for my Locked Tomb inspired game, The Serpent and The Spider. Probably equates to a little of 150 copies with test prints and mistakes and all that. Didn't think I had printed quite so many!

photo of the game The Serpent and The Spider on top of an empty ream of Astrobrights paper

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 11

I enjoyed making the back cover for The Frog Squad! Hanging out nearby are a couple other frog pieces I had around. The print is by @ novimagpie and the figure is an Ice Cream Drop Frog from Qualia junkfoodgames.itch.io/the-frog-squ...

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 5

I picked up The Chromatic Fantasy the other day and just finished it. Really loved it! It's a trans fantasy/romance comic and the art is top notch!

Me holding the comic The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· May 5

My quarter-page zine game collection! I'd like to make one or two more in this series at some point. Wither & Grow - solo and green The Serpent and The Spider - duet and yellow The Frog Squad - 3P and blue ???? - 4P and ???? ???? - 5P and ????

My hand holding the games Wither and Grow, The Frog Squad, and The Serpent and the Spider.

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Apr 29

I did some crafting this weekend! Printed and assembled a bunch of games! #CraftWednesday

Stacks of the games Witchflip, The Frog Squad, directionless, and The Serpent and the Spider by Junk Food Games

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Apr 27

Doing a walk, listening to Fishmans, saw a veritable shitload of turtles, some deer walking on water. All good things to start the week (this is inspired @travisdhill.bsky.social 's turtle posting the other day)

A whole bunch of turtles sunbathing on the edge of a lake

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Apr 25

Another one! This one is called letters«^->&+/=<%≈»memories. It's a tiny and really lovely experimental poetry zine in magenta text. Find it here: 0xa115a1.itch.io/lmzine

Photo of letters«^->&+/=<%≈»memories zine. Shows the cover of the zine with the title and text that says Init Tiny Zine

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Apr 24

Went through some of the Lean Green Zine Jam submissions today. Here are a couple I printed out that I particularly liked. Still got a lot more to go through. Check these out here: tkvalentine.itch.io/little-guys-... mintesprig.itch.io/observer

Photo of the very tiny zine game Little Guys are Everywhere!!! Photo is me holding it. Cover also says "another way of looking. But also a game. By T.K. Valentine" has tiny green guy illustrations at the bottom

Photo of me holding the zine game Observer. Black and red background of space with a ringed planet. By Minte

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Apr 22

Screenshot of Sebastian's post showing up in the Quiet Posters feed

Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Apr 22

thanks for the views 😈

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Chris | Junk Food Games@junkfoodgames· Apr 21

Cheshire moon in the sky! The cheshire ring in Moon Rings is themed around wonder junkfoodgames.itch.io/moon-rings