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I earned my PhD at Illinois Institute of Technology in Technology and Humanities. I am interested in researching and designing weird, strange, and experimental games that draw from LGBTQ lived experiences. I am a professional lecturer at DePaul University in the College of Computing and Digital Media (CDM).
Golden Montero
Alebrijes, Tiny Generator
Kitchen Witch Scrying
Golden Mart
If you like Lovecraftesque check out...
Haunter in the Dark   - Lovecraftian horror, forged in the dark.
The Pried Eye: A Trophy Dark Incursion   - Step into cosmic body horror and ego death
Squamous: Cosmic Horror Roleplaying   - Lite Lovecraftian roleplaying
CTHULHU DEEP GREEN   - Conspiracy Horror inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos. 3-6 players.
ALL MUST BOW   - A system-agnostic ttrpg setting of cosmic horror.
Campfire   - the anthology horror storytelling game
The Ghost Houses of Phylinecra   - A story-heavy, system-agnostic dungeon crawl
Bleak Spirit   - A tabletop RPG of a lone wanderer in a strange, melancholy place.
Space Goblins!   - A Game of Cosmic Goblin Mayhem
Moonlight on Roseville Beach   - A Queer Game of Disco & Cosmic Horror
English Eerie Second Edition   - Rural horror storytelling for 1-4 players
The Artifact   - A solo cosmic horror RPG written for the Wretched & Alone game jam
If you like A Crow Funeral check out...
Tunnel Goons   - An analog adventure game for nice people
Let Me Take a Selfie   - five live-action games by Brie Sheldon with Daedalum Analog Productions
NOVA - Quick Start   - Try NOVA before you back it!
The Eternal Caverns Of Urk   - A Procedural Science Fantasy Underground
A Weekend in the Country   - A murder mystery for one or more players
FIGHT TRUCK   - what starts with F and ends with UCK
The Devil, John Moulton   - You sold your soul, but now you want it back.  An occult western tabeltop roleplaying.
Mothership: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14   - Miners are going missing aboard the Ypsilon-14... solve the mystery in this pamphlet module before you get disappeared!
Forget-Me-Not: Myosotis   - Create characters from the memories they left behind.
Murder!   - A Wretched & Alone mystery RPG!
Hints and Hijinx   - The solo mystery game system
The Final Undertaking   - A journaling game about necromancy, grief, and resolution.
If you like Public Utility Mechs check out...
Glitter Hearts   - A magical transforming heroes RPG.
Mainframe   - A Cyberpunk Tunnel Goons Hack
Bothered About Witchcraft & Satanism   - A Tunnel Goons hack taking the piss out of the D&D satanic panic of the 80s.
Tunnel Mycologists of the Far Realms   - A game about fantastic mycologists, and the fantastical adventures they get up to.
AQUA SQUAD!   - A Tunnel Goons hack of aquatic and aquatic-adjacent adventure.
SW//NG   - A game about Power, Responsibility, and the Past you can't avoid
Zoopolitan Skybridge Goons   - Furry freerunning fools. Young, stupid and invincible.
The Magus   - Pathos, arcana, calamity—and the infinite loneliness of power. A journalling RPG.
Under the Seal of Solomon, an Into the Bronze adventure   - Under the Seal of Solomon, an Into the Bronze adventure for the RPGLATAMJAM
Spells for Goons   - A level-less spellcasting system and spell list for Tunnel Goons by Nate Treme (https://natetreme.itch.io/tunnelgoons).
Navigator   - Two people explore a mysterious land for a place rumored to make any dream come true
Orizuru: a half-formed thing   - A solo origami game about transforming into a beautiful bird