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@chkurk

Chicago based game designer, indie TTRPG lover, photographer and tea fanatic. Host of the Gamestorm Podcast. My Work: https://chase.kurkow.ski Photography and Prints: https://chkabstractions.client-gallery.com Part of @storygameschicago.bsky.social

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Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer
Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer YouTube video by StoryGamesChicago

Also, if you haven’t seen the trailer for Diabolic Dialect I think it does a really good job of showing off the game!

Go check it out!!

06.03.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer
Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer YouTube video by StoryGamesChicago

Also, if you haven’t seen the trailer for Diabolic Dialect I think it does a really good job of showing off the game!

Go check it out!!

06.03.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

ANYWHERE? What a journey

06.03.2026 05:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you like games you can quickly print out and play with your friends or games that let you cast weird magic and force you to think outside the box, then check out the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

06.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks so wacky and cool.

06.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of Watterson Towers at ISU disappearing into the fog from before I got on the train today.

A photo of Watterson Towers at ISU disappearing into the fog from before I got on the train today.

The fog in Illinois was wild today. A photo of any big building disappearing into the fog always tickles part of my brain.

05.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Running the Print & Play of Diabolic Dialect for some old friends tonight. Should be fun!

03.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Cry Out To God by Storygames Chicago A game of Ritual set in the Great Awakening where the people CRY OUT TO GOD.

And download the game to see how our ideas from the episode translated into the ashcan of Cry Out To God!

A game of rumors, rituals and religion!

storygameschicago.itch.io/cry-out-to-god

03.03.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A Game with Ritual Tradition - Ryan Zenith | Gamestorm In this episode, Ryan Zenith to dive into the confluence of religion and games. What are rituals? How can we gamify them? As always you can find the game that accompanies this episode on our Itch.io p...

Gamestorm S2E2 is out now!

@ryanzenith.bsky.social and I talk ritual tradition and building games around religious themes. Check out the episode!

gamestorm.podbean.com/e/a-game-wit...

03.03.2026 06:10 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The other night I had 10+ tabs open in 4 windows each. It’s an information segmentation thing for me. Gotta remember the things to look at and do!

02.03.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a moment in Mythic Bastionland which was the OSR wet dream: The party learned there was a barrier between them and the hex they wanted to get to, and the "wonder" I rolled on the spark table was "acidic stairs." I thought that was too cool to pass up, so... 1/4

02.03.2026 03:25 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

This is like the FOURTH time that I’ve run into a new update of Affinity Studio hard crashing when I try to export something.

It’s cool that it’s free and all. But come ON!

Before it was crashing on export to a network drive but now it’s just… no matter what.

01.03.2026 23:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chicago has the sickest TTRPG scene.

01.03.2026 05:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Diabolic Dialect Grab your Spellbook, don your robes! Dive into a magical game of weird wizards and insane, linguistic spellcasting!

I just backed Diabolic Dialect @Kickstarter
As a fan of free-form magic systems, this looks very cool!
#ttrpg

28.02.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Diabolic Dialect Grab your Spellbook, don your robes! Dive into a magical game of weird wizards and insane, linguistic spellcasting!

Go check out @chkurk.bsky.social's hectic game about wacky wizards castin' sick spells!! πŸ§™πŸͺ„

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

28.02.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was great having such an incredible gm to run it!

I wish I had the list of spells from that session - what a wild one!!

28.02.2026 03:58 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That’s so kind! I appreciate the shoutout!!

28.02.2026 03:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Aged parchment card with blackletter text - a dark fantasy poem about an ancient bone throne and a priestess of Briar Bay, with a sketched sword illustration: darknail

Aged parchment card with blackletter text - a dark fantasy poem about an ancient bone throne and a priestess of Briar Bay, with a sketched sword illustration: darknail

Aged parchment card with blackletter text - continuation of the poem featuring cursed items Darknail and Lady's Choke, with a skull mask illustration

Aged parchment card with blackletter text - continuation of the poem featuring cursed items Darknail and Lady's Choke, with a skull mask illustration

We're almost at the next stretch goal 2 days to go! @radicaledward.bsky.social and I have cooked up some cursed items as a taste of what's to come. A plan to expand into a trifold adventure. "Cursed Weapons of Briar Bay"

www.kickstarter.com/projects/era...

#morkborg #ttrpg #kickstarter

27.02.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
A baked japanese sweet potato with purple-ish brown skin and an offwhile interior.

A baked japanese sweet potato with purple-ish brown skin and an offwhile interior.

Baked Japanese sweet potatoes. There's a Korean store not far from me that has a little oven+warming drawer that just always has baked sweet potatoes for like a dollar.

Perfect size for snacking.

27.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Diabolic Dialect Grab your Spellbook, don your robes! Dive into a magical game of weird wizards and insane, linguistic spellcasting!

I have been toying around with this concept for YEARS. Glad someone finally beat me to it:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

27.02.2026 15:08 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh wow, thanks for shouting it out!

Similarly, I've also been kicking the idea around for AGES. SO many random homebrew or half finished docs that just never had the juice.

27.02.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also I would implore everyone to watch this to the end - @ryanzenith.bsky.social has a really important message about the purpose of TTRPGs!!

27.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer
Diabolic Dialect Kickstarter Launch Trailer YouTube video by StoryGamesChicago

Diabolic Dialect is not live on Kickstarter!

Check out the launch video and jump in on some of our earlybirb deals while they're still available!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

27.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Seconded!

27.02.2026 04:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This gave me the funniest mental image, but it DOES make a lot of sense.

27.02.2026 02:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even beyond just using it as a teaching tool (which I think is useful) I think it’s useful as a design tool in the same way that pillars are.

It helps frame the entire structure of what you’re building - and it goes beyond pillars by structuring the important secondary and tertiary elements.

26.02.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œActivate at BookCon 2026” is fucking killing me

26.02.2026 21:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: Diabolic Dialect Grab your Spellbook, don your robes! Dive into a magical game of weird wizards and insane, linguistic spellcasting!

We broke 100 followers!

Get in on the wacky spellcasting fun! The Kickstarter goes live tomorrow, don’t miss out!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/sto...

26.02.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trans rights are human rights. ICE should be abolished. The president is a sex offender and formalizing turning the US into a fascist state. Ukraine and Palestine both deserve our support and political will. The climate crisis and biodiversity crises are real. Musk = asshole. Did I forget anything?

26.02.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 663 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 7

Building something like this while making the game can help more clearly understand what our β€˜load bearing’ mechanics are too.

Where to prioritize teaching time. What mechanics are needed to support others. A useful tool for all angles of design imo.

26.02.2026 07:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0