A ttrpg actual play podcast focusing on indie worldbuilding and storytelling games. Building a single world one game at a time! Part of the One Shot Network! Account run by TTBenjamin (he/him) Find us on Megaphone: https://megaphone.link/OSPN8559272961https://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mt7tnuh6dc2lI know spam emails about this podcast claiming we have good SEO are full of shit when they tell me we're ranked #1 for "cherent ideas". Excuse me? Have you listened to us? You sure?16 Aug 2026 18:41 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7tnuh6dc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3msweaitf5k25This is Gamewoven, by the way.13 Aug 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msweaitf5k25https://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3msp7hoqwb22tPodcast fans I can't tell you how much having even one ravenous discord poster is a Boon for morale. So get in that discord and be a freak for your favorite niche AP.10 Aug 2026 03:57 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msp7hoqwb22thttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3msmmxyjwe22gOddly enough, this post is about Gamewoven. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 03:21 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msmmxyjwe22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3msenmebuwc2wRan our first real combat in @oneshotrpg.bsky.social's Cosmic Century Knights last night for the podcast. During the break we landed on this pull quote "Demands to be played cinematically. Every time I need a rule for something I find it, then it gets out of the way."05 Aug 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msenmebuwc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3msdvnjvzvs2sWhen we went about designing our "pantheon" for the podcast, which is entirely worldbuilding games, we wanted it to be messy and contradictory. So each of us broke off and ran our own game with total creative freedom and we came together afterward to figure it out post-hoc. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdvnjvzvs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3msbiq7jmec24That's us! We've got gods from other continents who overlap via trade, gods who decided to leave their planet and seek refuge in ours, born godlings with specific domains. Old gods of the earth and younger gods in their own realm, constantly in flux and both undermining and balancing each other out [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbiq7jmec24https://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mrt4i65awc2sMe to my dog: oh do you have a ball? Should we tell everyone? Should we call Kobe?29 Jul 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrt4i65awc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mrjhgqiyz22lMan Darkest Dungeon really is the Dark Souls of video games26 Jul 2026 03:39 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrjhgqiyz22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mrbs3myssk26Crafting mechanics are an important part of the structure of a game designed for long-term play. They don't have to be good, or even balanced, they need to be a thing in the back of the book that fills you with wonder at the realization you can snap the entire engine over your knee like a twig*23 Jul 2026 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbs3myssk26https://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mqugm4364k2lWriting a solar-powered setting to be "the opposite of cyberpunk" has led me to the most important conclusion: replace goofy cyberpunk slang with off-the-wall blue collar slang for everything. Oh you've got a 3-phase energy rifle? We call that a "Big Richard" round here.17 Jul 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqugm4364k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mph3s3xuok2wHey bro I noticed you unlocked your Ultimate like 30 levels before the rest of us. Be safe out there don't take any big risks okay?29 Jun 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mph3s3xuok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mkl5yhuglc2fWhen I type 80% of a reply and discard it, that's me hitting the blue button. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkl5yhuglc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mkjfn5e3rs2eFastest way to turn me off from an AP is if there's like 5 seconds of hemming and hawing between roll, number, and outcome every single time. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 01:10 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjfn5e3rs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3miyg2wlj422zfavorite moment from last night's Cosmic Century Knights Zad: I've done 11 damage and he's already wounded so if I go high on control I don't need much impact, sorry about metagaming so much. Me: it's a shonen anime game, if you were a shonen protagonist that would be your inner monologue08 Apr 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyg2wlj422zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mixfjgbpkk2cHaha man we just ran the first character vignette for Cosmic Century Knights and it is quite sad08 Apr 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixfjgbpkk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3miusmcf4ds2mMaybe I missed a phase in the bullet points conversation, but why have I only seen examples like this involving room descriptions? Where is the side-by-side on how say a mechanical structure like combat or spellcasting works in prose vs bulleted? [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Apr 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3miusmcf4ds2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gamewoven.bsky.social/post/3mipivpmu422eMaking a custom potion in Fantasy No 1 requires roughly 20 steps, like 6 tables, a tarot deck, a bunch of dice, and an alchemical circle. But it works.05 Apr 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:ujqqcbpbd72aaf6hvf5esnt3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mipivpmu422e