barclay travis
@barcstravis
he & it. transfag werewolf. freelance artist, dramaturg, & game designer. producer & host @tabletopbookclub.bsky.social. producer & storyteller @firstbotc.bsky.social.
(on the metro north railroad) they don’t know i’m brainstorming my next ttrpg in my leather wolf journal
can’t stop thinking about this tumblr post bee sent me last night. it’s so very “begin again” & i hope people other than me (and bee) get that vibe www.tumblr.com/barcstravis/...
if u like shakespeare & supporting community theatre & new original music by the altogether (& butch stage managers), you should come see TWELFTH NIGHT at the garner arts center in garnerville, ny!
my four year game-design-iversary was technically this month which i've been thinking A LOT about, of course. and it just so happened that someone made a tiktok reviewing my very first game (with an amount of tact and respect that i am very grateful for) so now i'm thinking about it even more (🧵)
i would love to be able to post more about Current TTRPG Discourse but this is my stance on almost everything
BALL GAME by finch edmund absurdist baseball ttrpg. i was unofficially finch’s “blaseball consultant” for a period of time so this game is very up my alley. it’s delightful
PROJECT ECCO by elliot davis you know it you love it. solo time traveling rpg played in an actual planner. it rules.
TIME TO KILL by @gilarpgs.bsky.social note: i think this is the first ttrpg i ever bought in-person? it was an immediate impulse buy at my first pax (due to the spies of it all)
GRANDPA’S FARM by tyler crumrine epistolary stardew valley inspired rpg for 1+ players
NO-TELL MOTEL by ken lowery the solo game that sparked my recent obsession with solo games
got trapped in florida for two extra days but at least i got to be a werewolf at epic universe
on a note that is completely unrelated to this post in any way: i found these messages from december 2023(!!) when ‘begin again’ became a belonging outside belonging game (featuring a mention of @wildwoodsgames.bsky.social, of course)
fulfilled my butch & eldest son duties of helping shovel the two feet of snow in our driveway 🫡❄️
i phrased this in such a way that it sounds kind of sexual. proof of carpet
i think the first version of what begin again is now started here, almost two years ago. but i think the concept that eventually turned INTO begin again is from a good 6 months before this, if not more! i chipped away at this marble block for a loooong time lol
returning to linocut which means, as always, spreading out every stamp i’ve made on my desk so i can remember what i’ve done