Standing in the Designer Spotlight this week is Katie Young! A returning writer to Adept Icarus, Katie brought the Western genre to Arium: Flash, and is now embracing her passion for the supernatural with Rue from Ruin. With an amazing mind for collaborative writing, she's a creative you're

Hot take: Fiasco is NOT an RPG. It's an amazing, narrative-focused storytelling game - one of my favorites! But it doesn't have the innards of a TTRPG. Agree or disagree? #fiasco

Realm battles pt. 1! Which side do you choose? #tarot

Dice so nice! #ttrpg #dice

It’s a good thing I work with incredible and talented artists for Adept Icarus games!! #ttrpg #illustration #art

Good things still happen? #feelinglucky #gencon #gamedesign

While I’m sad I couldn’t make it GenCon this year, Arium made the trip! See our banner/books at IGDN booth 132. I hope you can make it out there, meet other amazing indie game designers, and tell me the stories! #gencon #indie #TTRPG

This is the sword spread for Vie character creation with mini tarot cards! Lots of fun, but I can’t wait to get our real deck printed. #tarot #ttrpg #character

More tours coming soon! #ttrpg

We searched for YEARS to find the right artist, and Andreas Rocha did amazing work on all three Arium books! I don’t have words for how much his art inspires me, but look him up on ArtStation and be prepared to be amazed. We are deeply grateful for his remarkable skill and willingness to work with

It gets me real excited! #TTRPG #ADEPTICARUS #INDIETTRPG

You’ve poured your heart, soul, time, and energy into creating something and now it’s time for feedback - and boy does it sting! The ability to separate criticism of your game or project from criticism of yourself is difficult but necessary skill to develop. The first step is easy: Say ‘thank yo

Here are our games in print and a shot of an entire world built with Arium: Create on sticky notes. I can’t get enough of worldbuilding this way! #ttrpg #indie #worldbuilding

The One Ring 1e was one of my favorite games to run. It’s good to get back to it with the new edition. #ttrpg #tabletop #lotr

Emily Earhart is the co-designer of the exciting upcoming Adept Icarus ttrpg, Vie. Em has written for Arium: Flash, other rpgs, and is an avid gamer/streamer. A terrific collaborator, she has a keen eye for mechanics that drive fun collabs and writes brilliant prose! #day1 #lemon8 #indie