Trystan Goetze
I am a writer, philosopher, and game designer. In my day job, I teach ethics to Cornell engineers.
I've made some D&D stuff, too, if you're into that: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Trystan%20Goetze
Due to tedious tax & immigration reasons, all my products are 100% free for a while. Enjoy, courtesy of the US government!
If you must, you can find my philosophy work here. Perhaps of particular interest to indie games folks is this essay where I substantiate the argument that generative AI models have stolen the labour of creatives. It's a moral argument rather than a legal one, so if it works it should be sound even if copyright jurisprudence reaches the opposite conclusion.
Strange things in a wizard's office
Resources for a game jam
1-page TTRPG about the children of a philandering space captain tracking him down
A ttrpg about a holy knight forced to babysit two young dragons
A fangame about a podcast about the Pacific Northweird
A game about hardboiled action chickens rescuing their eggs
A couple Easter-themed spells for 5e
An essay by a philosophy Ph.D. on games, philosophy, and the connections between them
An elegant cosmic paralegal background for Troika!
a TTRPG about little dogs in Big Government
A game about old heroes coming out of retirement
For the hardest of hard sci-fi or science fantasy games
A one-page RPG about dealing with the Devil
A witch player character ancestry for 5e
A game about sapient jam jars trying to escape their creator!
A game about witches taking what they deserve!
A little game about good witches going on adventures together.
An injury and conflict rules module for "What's So Cool About Outer Space?"
A Lasers & Feelings hack about ghosts both friendly and frightening
A simple rules-light TTRPG about cats!
TTRPG Promptober 2022
things you might find in a swamp
a magic system, lightly forged in the dark
A Fate Toolkit, Carved from Brindlewood
you're the ship
A Tarot-Based Worldbuilding Tool
a threat for Fellowship
A Monster Concept Generator
a game about crossing the distance in a relationship
a murder mystery, Carved From Brindlewood
A space fantasy adventure idea generator
a solo game about returning things where they belong
a Lasers & Feelings hack for Aether Witches
a set piece for Fellowship
a Stewpot mini-game
a cursed suit of plate for 5e
d6 encounter table
for your fantasy games
System-Agnostic Minor Magic Items
A creepy journaling game, Powered by the Princess Sword