Nick Bate
@ickbat
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Dauphin of Noticing A Leaf Falling. Sometimes I do galactic archaeology. Other times I write tabletop games. An Australian living in the UK. He/him.
London, UK
Joined March 2011
The Time War has begun. The public beta of Against Time and Death, my duet game of war, self-discovery, and connection across the multiverse, is now live. Link below! 👇 If you loved This Is How You Lose the Time War (and why wouldn't you?!), you're going to love this game.
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RT @milnermaths: You should all check this out - Nick's games are consistently innovative and fun! (And, crucially for high concept indie s…
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@milnermaths Hey, thank you Guy! I appreciate this very much. It makes me immensely happy to hear you say that I've hit the trifecta of innovative, fun, and playable -- that feels like very high praise indeed! 😊
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Head on over to the Against Time and Death pre-launch page and hit the button to be notified when the Kickstarter campaign begins. You're a true virtuoso at manipulating the weave of the multiverse, and you're about to meet your match...
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I think you should be like @miramanga: read the excellent This Is How You Lose the Time War (seriously, you'll love it, it's brilliant), and then check out the game I wrote that aims to capture some of its fire! (Thank you, Mira, and I'm glad you liked the book!)
Just finished wonderful read: the epic, epistolary This Is How You Lose the Time War by @maxgladstone & @tithenai Thanks to @ickbat who recommended it AND is developing a game based on it too. Enjoy the beta version here: See you in another strand!
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@gilfer @BeckyAnnison @BlackArmada1 Oh goodness! Thank you -- I'm so glad you liked it! It was so much fun to play. (Just quietly, I'm two exchanges into another playtest, and without wanting to jinx it, I think something great might be happening again. There might be something to this little game!)
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This is an opportunity show what your faction believes, but it’s also an invitation to your rival to twist it, break it, remake it. What my rival has done here is frame a scene so lovely that I don’t *want* to break it. In other words, they’ve absolutely nailed the brief.
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RT @BeckyAnnison: CORRECTION: It has been pointed out that I should have provided photos of Ead's new puppies... since we talk about them i…
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I playtest (my own designs and others) and I play on @BArmadaTales, but I also play ttrpgs with my dear friends just for the fun of doing it. We’re doing it tomorrow night, as it happens. This has benefits for my game design, obvs, but the main reason I do it is for my heart.
if all you do is playtest ttrpgs and/or stream playing ttrpgs, i strongly deeply passionately encourage you to take some of the people you trust most and gather together and play for the sake of playing for a bit
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