Tabletop Games, For You
I make tabletop rpgs. Subscribers get digital versions of every game I've made as well as early versions of future games!
Memberships
I make tabletop rpgs. Subscribers get digital versions of every game I've made as well as early versions of future games!
Hi there! I’m Adam Bell, designer of tabletop games like Grasping Nettles, Legend Has It, No Stone Unturned, and My Brain is a Stick of Butter. You can check out the digital versions of my games at https://adamebell.itch.io, or physical versions at adamebell.games.
I make games that facilitate storytelling and am super interested in combining elements of tabletop roleplaying games (if you’ve heard of D&D, that’s what I mean) with ideas from modern board games.
This comradery page is where I’ll be posting completed games, works in progress, and more. If you support me, you’ll get access to a folder with pdfs of all of my games (including some unreleased ones), updates with WIP playtest documents, and other insights into the process of making my games.
Milestone: $6 of $100 / month
This level of support will let me devote more time to sharing my process with the comradery page and expand on what I do here! I'll start by do a monthly live stream on youtube for subscribers only where we can chat about games and what's going on.
Posted by adamebell on Feb 07, 2025
Recently I started a blog & newsletter over on itch.io called Haunted Walrus. The basic idea of it is each week I explain a specific mechanic from a board game I enjoy and then think about how I'd use that mechanic in the types of tabletop rpgs I like to design. There are three posts so far... Continue reading
Posted by adamebell on Dec 22, 2024
prefacewelcome to my 'adam bell games 2024 year in review' post. this is shaping up to be kinda long, with a little more transparency into my life than i normally share online. thanks for reading it! a quick preface to maybe make me seem like less of a bummer: in sports terms, 2024 was a rebuilding ... Continue reading
Posted by adamebell on Nov 11, 2024
In case this formatting is completely wild when I publish, here's a direct link to the newsletter It's safe to say that I'm back I went into October planning to do my game design work full-time, and it's been a good month for that. A lot of it is relatively mu... Continue reading
Posted by adamebell on Oct 29, 2024
Locked Room Dev Log #2 is up! Today I'm thinking through my manuscript and tightening up some rules and writing.
Posted by adamebell on Oct 22, 2024
This new series will complement the publishing series so I can focus more on logistics there while still giving folks who are interested an explainer of the game itself in these vids. enjoy!
Posted by adamebell on Oct 09, 2024
Posted by adamebell on Oct 08, 2024
Posted by adamebell on Oct 08, 2024
I'm going to document the steps of publishing my upcoming game The Locked Room Murder Mystery Game! Most of this series will be public, but there will be a few episodes that are marked as supporters only where I get more into the weeds of things, so stay tuned!
Posted by adamebell on Oct 06, 2024
Hello! I'm running a pledge drive here on Comradery. Moving forward, I plan to post regular updates about games I'm working on as well as videos I make and anything else I want to share.I'll be mailing a copy of my three unreleased zines to everyone who backs at the $5 level or higher by the end of ... Continue reading
Posted by adamebell on Oct 03, 2024
I'm going to be tabling at the Pittsburgh Zine Fair later this month and figured now was as good a time as any to make some new zines to print. I've put together 4 of them from designs I've had for a while now but haven't really published. All 4 are in the "unreleased" folder of the drive for suppor... Continue reading
Posted by adamebell on Oct 03, 2024
Hello internet,I'm still here, and I'm getting back into making games. 2024 is another long year for an infinity of reasons. I would like to get that kind of stuff in more detail in the future, but for now I'll just share the latest.I've been unemployed all year. For the first half of the year, it w... Continue reading
Posted by adamebell on Dec 16, 2023
When I applied to join the Comradery cooperative, I was an intentionally unemployed game designer trying to see if it was possible for me to eke out a living by designing and publishing tabletop games. I've long toyed with the idea of starting a patreon for one reason or another--the monthly donatio... Continue reading
Posted by adamebell on Nov 04, 2022
Posted by adamebell on Oct 27, 2022
Posted by adamebell on Jun 17, 2022
Posted by adamebell on Apr 26, 2022
PreambleHey there! Comradery as a platform is still in alpha, and following suit I'd say my project here is in alpha as well. I'm still doing some thinking on how I want to engage with it, what should go here vs. what I should put over on HYPT since life got alittle hectic for both of us right about... Continue reading