M. Allen Hall
writer of TTRPGs and fantasy, lover of emo music, games and such at: www.mallenhall.com
- Reposted by M. Allen HallFollow along for @mallenhall.com ‘an upcoming Liminal Horror zine. UHF Contact: a solo focused zine featuring three new adventures. It also includes the solo tools launched in Alone in the Dark to help kickstart playing Liminal Horror solo. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallM. Allen Hall is leading the way on solo Liminal Horror play. You won’t want to miss this!!!
- Getting back on the ZineXXXX wagon. Coming to Kickstarter this February. UHF Contact contains 3 solo-friendly adventures for Liminal Horror, as well as the tools from Alone in the Dark to facilitate solo play. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...
- Getting back on the ZineXXXX wagon. Coming to Kickstarter this February. UHF Contact contains 3 solo-friendly adventures for Liminal Horror, as well as the tools from Alone in the Dark to facilitate solo play. www.kickstarter.com/projects/mal...
- We’re here!
- Everyone near Baltimore go visit @junkfoodgames.bsky.social and @mallenhall.com and all the other cool indie TTRPG vendors!
- Reposted by M. Allen HallLast day to back The Baron's Grip, and all the Mausritter Month Projects! @mallenhall.com is making an amazing book, and I'm super proud of the art I've been contributing. A big thank you to our backers, from some of our important NPCs! #mausrittermonth #osr
- Mausritter Month is racing to the finish line!
- You have 36 hours left to back The Baron's Grip by @mallenhall.com. 🐭⚔️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #mausritter #ttrpg
- Reposted by M. Allen HallBoxes of Tumulus (Tumuli?) Issue 05 “Step into the fairy ring.” arrived today! Includes art by @selkie.online and a fey contract game by @binarystar.games. Will begin shipping in December! Sub info below. 🧚🏻🍄👇 #ttrpg #boardgames #tumulus
- COME AND GET IT!!!
- Liminal Horror Investigators, Liminal Grimoire Boxset, Elevator Game, On the Hill, and I Don't Belong Here are all available at @mallenhall.com's Booth 4303 at #PaxUnplugged2025 this weekend!
- Reposted by M. Allen HallIf you are going to be at PaxU you can snag physical copies of Liminal Horror Investigators alongside the phenomenal boxset Liminal Grimoire by @mallenhall.com He‘ll be at booth 4303! Peak the start of setup!
- Reposted by M. Allen HallAnd it’s free! 🐁
- New adventure just dropped! A Show of Strength is an introductory heist adventure for The Baron's Grip. As part of Mausritter Month, the pamphlet is free in the itch io jam. Check it out! Art by the amazing @zinesfrombelow.bsky.social
- Reposted by M. Allen HallDid you know @mallenhall.com has a live crowdfunding campaign for a Mausritter setting? I've seen bits of it, and it's really good. Also, fantastic art. 🐭⚔️
- 🐭 Mausritter Month 🐭 Today, featuring M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com The Baron's Grip. A campaign setting for Mausritter where the antagonist is one big bad badger - the Baron of course - with a taste for tyranny. Player mice must set out to in search of allies to free the land from its influence.
- New adventure just dropped! A Show of Strength is an introductory heist adventure for The Baron's Grip. As part of Mausritter Month, the pamphlet is free in the itch io jam. Check it out! Art by the amazing @zinesfrombelow.bsky.social
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- TODAY IS THE DAY
- 🐭 Mausritter Month 🐭 Today, featuring M. Allen Hall @mallenhall.com The Baron's Grip. A campaign setting for Mausritter where the antagonist is one big bad badger - the Baron of course - with a taste for tyranny. Player mice must set out to in search of allies to free the land from its influence.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallA bunch of process images/rough sketches from illustrations and maps I’ve been working for THE BARON’S GRIP by @mallenhall.com . Launch is tomorrow!! Follow along! I’m so excited to see all these Mausritter Month projects burst onto the scene. www.backerkit.com/c/collection...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallI'm *THRILLED* about how THE BARON'S GRIP is coming along. Working on the art for is incredible, the book is packed with imagination. @mallenhall.com is a hell of a writer and game designer. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti... #Mausritter #OSR #MausritterMonth #sandbox #adventure #ttrpg
- Reposted by M. Allen HallI spy, with my little eye, so many excellent games at the Imagining Games / @ipr.bsky.social booth at Gamehole Con! @mallenhall.com @pandiongames.com @exeunt.press @goblinmixtape.bsky.social @deepdark.games @montfordtales.com
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- Reposted by M. Allen HallTo celebrate the Halloween season and the Liminal Horror Monster Jam we’re doing a sale over on itch that‘s to die for (50% off or a low bundle price for the whole group) itch.io/s/161879/lim...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallIf you plan to run a crowdfunding campaign in the next 6-12 months, check out this advice from @mallenhall.com. It’s blunt, true, and very helpful. #crowdfunding #kickstarter #ttrpg
- New newsletter out today, in which I give some tips that I've learned after 5 ttrpg crowdfunding campaigns in the last 2 years. inkanddice.substack.com/p/take-aways...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallEvery choice in this game is painful! Exploring a "subversion of the point salad paradigm" game that makes every decision feel like a bad one: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/painful-ch... #boardgames #ttrpg #gamedesign 🎲✂️
- New newsletter out today, in which I give some tips that I've learned after 5 ttrpg crowdfunding campaigns in the last 2 years. inkanddice.substack.com/p/take-aways...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallRites of Renewal: a neo-pagan folk horror sandbox for Mothership RPG - crowdfunding next week! Featuring words by @jlcable.bsky.social and hand-made lino art from @pickledpennies.bsky.social. Will you join in the revelries? www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallA Gamehole Con Approaches! This year we're excited to a be vendor at and sponsor of Gamehole Con 12 in Madison, Wisconsin. Gamehole Con is one of the largest conventions dedicated to TTRPGs in the US, and we're happy to add our collection of indie RPGs and solo games to the mix!
- Reposted by M. Allen HallHey! I'm Lone Archivist. A games and graphic designer. Looking for help on your next project? My commissions are open for all of the following services and more! Logo Design Brand/Visual Identity Design Manuscript/Editorial Layout Sci-Fi Cartography Crowdfunding Graphics Interface/Terminal Design
- Look at it. It calls to you.
- The Liminal Grimoire boxset by @mallenhall.com is beyond amazing. There is so much here. You won’t want to miss out. liminal-grimoire.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
- So I have time for another project? Of course not…
- Get ready as the Liminal Horror Halloween Monster Jam launches on October 11th 2025 at 11:02 AM itch.io/jam/liminal-...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallOh hey if you like spaceships we got some spaceships. And by "some" we mean "an infinity" 72stations.com/products/an-...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallMÖRKTOBER Creator Kit! Free community copies available: exeuntpress.itch.io/morktober-kit #morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER
- Reposted by M. Allen HallThis is one of the most interesting games from @mallenhall.com and worth checking out. Plus the art is great!
- Reposted by M. Allen HallA huge thanks to everyone who contributed to Midnight Muscadines! I appreciate all the work and passion you brought to the game. Give them a follow: @nightjargames.bsky.social, @ericlazure.bsky.social, @rpdeshaies.farirpgs.com, @mallenhall.com, @the-soloist.itch.io, & @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social
- Was not expecting this!
- Reposted by M. Allen HallThe final two pieces of art from @nightjargames.bsky.social arrived yesterday, and HOT DAMN do they look great! This means Midnight Muscadines is basically done. We're just collecting feedback and polishing now. This map is for the Cloudlight Celler adventure, written by @mallenhall.com.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallSolo games of every flavor arrive FRIDAY. Classic, like... 🏰In Ruins - @mallenhall.com, a solo+ dungeon crawl beginning in a new castle, continuing as the castle weathers and crumbles, and ending as a skirmish for power 🧙🏽Auspex - @smolghost.bsky.social, tarot-reading practice at end of the world
- Reposted by M. Allen HallJust a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallOur spaceship jam got its first submission, from @mallenhall.com Expand your faith aboard A Surprising Concordance of Opinion! m-allen-hall.itch.io/the-surprising Happy #shiptember Happy #getyourshiptogether
- I recognize a couple of games in here 👀
- SOLO SEPTEMBER DROP ARRIVES IN ONE WEEK! Next Friday, welcome a boatload of solo games in EVERY FLAVOR, from low-stakes and chill to unsettling and weird to, uhh... historically-accurate WWII roleplaying? And one with a breakfast cereal mechanic? Hey, we really tried to check all the boxes this year
- Reposted by M. Allen HallThorough overview and some very kind words for Caveat Emptor from @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social. I couldn't have done a better explanation of this game myself! This made my day! 😊😊😊
- Reposted by M. Allen HallI just wrapped up a brand-new introductory adventure for Unworthy! Kick-start your first session with The Djinni's Lair -- a detailed adventure full of mysterious creatures, duplicitous NPCs, and a rich, desert-themed setting. gomezwritesgames.itch.io/unworthy #ttrpg #ruleslite #OSR #noAI
- Reposted by M. Allen HallDiesel Service, eerie, haunting trip across liminal gas stations and cursed highways, and suburban 199X dark module by @mallenhall.com for The Lost Bay has just been adapted to the Reborn ruleset. Do yourself a favor, give it a read, no play it! m-allen-hall.itch.io/diesel-service
- Reposted by M. Allen HallI'm working on art and maps for THE BARON'S GRIP, a sandbox adventure for Mausritter Month by @mallenhall.com !! Follow the project on backerkit here: Get Ready for The Baron's Grip: A Campaign for Mausritter share.google/RnGfX7TDPwC8...
- Reposted by M. Allen Hall6 more misfits for sci-fi games. Bora, washed-up gambler. Deina, uncalibrated navigator. Tayo, heretical sommelier. Ren, clueless cult leader. Evola, repurposed DJ. Fingers, outcast taxidermist. Felix, reanimated mercenary. Get 'em : bit.ly/make100stran... Art by @roqueromero.bsky.social
- Scoundrels incoming. Looks great @chrisair.itch.io
- Reposted by M. Allen HallAdvance copies of I Don't Belong Here have arrived, and the rest are on the boat! Haunting modern horror RPG materials inspired by Radiohead, illustrated by @stregawolf.art, and usable in any game system. Pre-orders open for just a few more weeks: i-don-t-belong-here.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallIT'S ESCAPED! Chain×Link, my semi-cooperative dungeon-defying RPG, is now available for purchase through Plus One Exp! I'm really proud of the team that put this together and can't wait to hear what you all think of it! plusoneexp.com/collections/...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallHere are a bunch of process sketches/work from the creation of my Appendix N. Jam entry. I like to do things analog! #AppendixNJam #AppxN #osr
- Reposted by M. Allen HallA Fool's Errand is now on itchio!! I had such an incredible time editing this game and can't believe it's out. If you like tarot, this is NOT one to miss - this game lives and breathes tarot like no other.
- 6 adventures Solo rules Campaign mode All for Liminal Horror
- @mallenhall.com just released Liminal Grimoire. This collection is a must purchase: m-allen-hall.itch.io/liminal-grim...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallWhat if you were the one inside the ball? Get Wildkin, a solo story TTRPG inspired by the creature-trainer relationships in Pokémon. Will you ever be free again? deep-dark-games.itch.io/wildkin
- Reposted by M. Allen Halljamie-douglas.itch.io/twisting-old... I had a lot of fun making this adventure for the Appendix N. Jam. Keeping an adventure to x4, A5 pages is... very hard for me =).
- Sold out!
- We sold out of In Ruins and The Magus & The Oracle pretty quickly at Gen Con #booth449, but there are still plenty available from our webstore! www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/
- Reposted by M. Allen HallKaiya's Indie RPG Folder 180 Endling by @mallenhall.com (m-allen-hall.itch.io...) Downloaded 12/31/24 The stark layout suits the premise perfectly; the diagrams keep it from verging into minimalistic. Interestingly, the game keeps the character's core motivation from the player until the very end.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallHow's everybody's Appendix N Jam entry coming?? I have started over 2.5 times, but I am really getting somewhere now 😄.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallIt's my birthday, so I've put up an all-weekend sale, 39% off. Or $29 for everything! (The age I wish my achy body was.) itch.io/s/157072/chr...
- Reposted by M. Allen HallMy Appx. N Jam entry, PAWNS OF THE MIND MASTERS, is available now over on Itch! It's a Cairn 2e adventure about a town working to bring about the end of the world after being enthralled by a PSYCHODEITY FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION. Check it out: meatcastlegameware.itch.io/pawns-of-the...
- And we're live! The Mountain of Power, a dungeon for Old School Essentials, now on itch and submitted to the Appx N Jam. itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...
- Cue the unnecessary mockups for the Appendix N Jam
- Made a little map for the Appx N Jam.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallRestocked! Carved by the Garden Endling Moon Rings Tail-End Charlie Vast Grimm Core Book www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/
- New game idea just hit. Breaking out the tarot cards again…
- Reposted by M. Allen HallHere's what we've accomplished since the end of the Midnight Muscadines campaign. ALL stretch goals have been written and added to the book. Everything is starting to come together!
- Just finished Tumulus #3 yesterday. Now I neeeed to see #4.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallI Don't Belong Here is now available on Itch! 72stations.itch.io/i-dont-belon... words by yours truly, art and layout by @stregawolf.art, and more words by @mallenhall.com grab it for some strange and twisted modern horror resources for your roleplaying games.
- Reposted by M. Allen HallBiiiig 'ol website update just dropped: www.jamie-douglas.com I'm so bad at remembering to update, I had A LOT to add and rearrange. #illustration #fantasyart #cartooning
- Reposted by M. Allen Halllast call for pre-orders for I Don't Belong Here! i-don-t-belong-here.backerkit.com/hosted_preor... art and layout by @stregawolf.art solo horror by @mallenhall.com words by yours truly #horror #ttrpg #radiohead
- Reposted by M. Allen HallThe dealer hall map is out for Gamehole Con! We are thrilled to be sharing the space with so many great publishers, creators, and contributors. Find us at booth 15 this October in Madison, WI!
- Reposted by M. Allen HallOnly a few short hours remain to back this fun ttrpg featuring truck driving monsters! Join the convoy! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/t...