barclay travis

@barcstravis

he & it. transfag werewolf. freelance artist, dramaturg, & game designer. producer & host @tabletopbookclub.bsky.social. producer & storyteller @firstbotc.bsky.social.

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barclay travis@barcstravis· Jun 12

do you guys like my gay new hair

the back of barclay’s head: a buzzcut bleached & dyed with black, red, and blue in various blobs

the top of barclay’s head: a buzzcut bleached & dyed with black, red, and blue in various blobs

barclay travis@barcstravis· Jun 1

(on the metro north railroad) they don’t know i’m brainstorming my next ttrpg in my leather wolf journal

barclay travis@barcstravis· May 19

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/...

the start of a tumblr post by three eyed hare mp3

first day in the time loop it is not a loop yet. i go about my day and its a pretty good day and when i make my evening cup of tea i wish all days were like this

second day in the time loop and in the moment before waking i have a dream about something i have to do tomorrow. i do not realise i will never get to do it.

third day in the time loop i get hit with a wave of deja vu sitting in traffic. i am bored of the songs on the radio.

barclay travis@barcstravis· Apr 9

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!

barclay holding a clipboard, biting a pretzel stick with a smile. the caption says "runs a whole show while snacking on a pretzel... goals"

the outside of building 35 at the garner arts center: an old worn brick building

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 28

thx so much to everyone who came out!! this was so so delightful

a group of nine people sitting on couches and chairs around a table in a café

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 28

began: again ☑️

a copy of begin again laying atop a table full of scattered copies of its playbooks and loose pens & pencils

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 28

i lived

texts with bee alexander
from barclay: my bluesky account just got suspended???????
from bee: what the fuck?????

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 27

MY GAME #MYGAME

barclay’s eyes poking over his copy of “begin again”

a physical copy of “begin again” by barclay travis

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 24

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 (🧵)

the cover of DO NOT LIE DOWN. DO NOT ROLL OVER., made by barclay travis for hashtag trans fucking rage jam

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 13

i would love to be able to post more about Current TTRPG Discourse but this is my stance on almost everything

people be saying things so definitively. like man i think it depends

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 13

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

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 13

PROJECT ECCO by elliot davis you know it you love it. solo time traveling rpg played in an actual planner. it rules.

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 13

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)

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 13

GRANDPA’S FARM by tyler crumrine epistolary stardew valley inspired rpg for 1+ players

grandpa’s farm by tyler crumrine/possible worlds games

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 13

NO-TELL MOTEL by ken lowery the solo game that sparked my recent obsession with solo games

NO-TELL MOTEL by ken lowery: a single player murder mystery

barclay travis@barcstravis· Mar 12

you have to get it, my mom said so

An Instagram story reshare of Barclay's instagram post for Begin Again. The added text reads "My son is cooler than your son! Get in the loop and Begin Again. Available at plusoneexp.com! So excited for you Barclay!"

barclay travis@barcstravis· Feb 25

also got a sick shirt & looked really hot at the arcade yesterday

a mirror selfie of barclay in a “curse of the werewolf” tshirt leaning against a doorframe

the same, but barclay is looking off to the left

barclay travis@barcstravis· Feb 25

got trapped in florida for two extra days but at least i got to be a werewolf at epic universe

barclay with wolf ears doing a “claws out” pose in front of the “curse of the werewolf” wagon at dark world in epic universe

barclay travis@barcstravis· Feb 1

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)

i think its too. crunchy rules rn :/ like . sigh
i started this game bc i wanted something w a good insight/perception system, some kind of opposed roll. but i dont like any of the stats systems ive come up with and im remembering how much i like belonging outside belonging games
i think there's a way i can make this work wi a token system like BoB but idk. im gonna rewrite a olavbook with this new idea in mind and see
how i like it
one of my mutuals whos like. an amazing game designer. sent me a draft of what theyre working on and its a BoB game and it reminded me how
much i love those. ough,
https://twitter.com/wildwoodsgames follow my buddy luke btw. cool ass games

barclay travis@barcstravis· Jan 31

30 minutes after we recorded this we found her like this

a custom pillow of crystal the monkey set up underneath a blanket, set up to look like a person is laying on the couch

barclay travis@barcstravis· Jan 31

please at least listen to the cold open on this one

spotify’s auto generated chapter title for the cold open: “My Father's Obsession with Crystal the Monkey”

barclay travis@barcstravis· Jan 26

fulfilled my butch & eldest son duties of helping shovel the two feet of snow in our driveway 🫡❄️

barclay bundled up in mittens, a hat, a jacket, hoodie, and sweatpants, doing a double thumbs up and smiling

barclay travis@barcstravis· Jan 22

recording day

texts with bee alexander:

from me:
also we need a cold open. just a reminder for both of us
nevermind i can talk about the monkey my family has been hiding around our home. cold open found

from bee:
thank god

barclay travis@barcstravis· Dec 29

i phrased this in such a way that it sounds kind of sexual. proof of carpet

barclay’s bedroom with fresh new carpet tiles

another angle of barclay’s fresh new carpet tiles

barclay travis@barcstravis· Dec 27

blatantly stole this from jeff but he’s right. tis the season

before the year ends… reply to this tweet and give your honest thoughts about me?

barclay travis@barcstravis· Dec 27

so sick!!! i did my first multiple block print recently too

two prints of a keith haring inspired multicolor block print. it depicts a purple figure with cutouts in their chest and crotch. they are touching their hands between their chest and a second red figure is punching through the crotch.

barclay travis@barcstravis· Dec 20

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

a discord message from barclay, dated december 22, 2024. it says “guys this mightve just turned back into a timeloop game. out of my hands. none of my business quite frankly”

barclay travis@barcstravis· Dec 17

we’re so back

three prints of a wolf’s silhouette with its skull in white cut out of it, wearing a spiked collar, and the stamp that made them

barclay travis@barcstravis· Dec 16

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

a wide array of linocut stamps, including every letter of the alphabet, a house & a retro tv, among other things

barclay travis@barcstravis· Dec 12