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Designer & producer of... 🌱 Earth Rising - Climate BG about saving the world in 20 years! ✊ Why We Fight - TTRPG about Eco-punks fighting the fash and building a solarpunk future! Learn more & visit our store here ➡️ https://www.sdrgames.studio

Rob sits on Laurie's lap at UKGE like a child sitting on Santa's lap

A hand-drawn medieval style map of the NEC halls for UK Games Expo, with the words "Attending UKGE?" above it, and "Find us at 3A-T43" beneath. An illustration of the SDR team and a few others sat at a table is behind the bottom text

The Why We Fight core book lies open to the mission scenarios page, with three dice, some character sheets, a plant and some tech parts nearby.

Two books stand upright on a grungy wooden surface. They are both bright orange, the left is an A4 Why We Fight Core book, the right an A5 Why We Fight: Direct Action book.

A fuzzy fox-like dog squished up on an office chair

Bright orange title text for Why We Fight against a dark background. Two books are stood upright with a brown-skinned character looking up at the title, wearing a green hat and a scar on their cheek. In the bottom of the image is a phone displaying the PDF and an open book with colourful illustrations.

Rob and Laurie standing in front of our Dragonmeet stall

A stack of books of Why We Fight

A jack russel type dog giving kisses to a man wearing camo with a community alliance arm patch

Various stages of the Why We Fight book being printed and bound

a foxy looking dog fast asleep with his head on a blue sequined pillow, creating shiny blue spots on his snoot

three people stood around a table pointing at a map, surrounded by a solarpunk style room. A dog is peeking over the table.

cute foxy dog curled up on a brown leather sofa surrounded by pillows and blankets, a sunbeam cutting across his ginger body. He looks up sleepily.

A camo-clad Crew member with a large machete on their back holds a placating hand up towards a crouching cougar in amongst thick trees.

two people are stood in grass, looking down at a Guiding Hand cache that they have uncovered.

An orange background with black and yellow "under construction" tape strewn across it. In the foreground thwre is a masculine-presenting character soth brown hair, a red long sleeve top and blue jeans, they are sitting in a future-tech style wheelchair with robot arms and screens. The character is wearing goggles, smiling and holding a little chihuahua in their lap.

An A5 book of Why We Fight: Direct Action sitting on a wooden shelf against a deep purple wall. The cover of the book is bright orange and features a feminine person holding a bow and arrow about to shoot off to the left. To the left of the book, a mushroom decoration, with the spines of various graphic novels behind it. Poking out above is a small metal sword sticking out of a funky glass jar of colourful glass beads.

Tobin, our rescue dog and resident bin-raider wearing a cone of shame and looking rather guilty.

KS image from Malus Hortus showing 3 days left and 99% funded

Blue background. A bright orange A4 book titled "WHY WE FIGHT" sits to the right, with a "preorder on backerkit" banner beneath it. To the left, a femme-presenting POC in a long orange winter coat with a hood looks to the book, holding a rifle in their right hand.

dandelions pushing up through the crack at the base of an old but fancy metal fence

8 flowers looking pretty until it turns to night, where they become evil monstrous versions of themselves!

428 backers helped us raise £13687 to produce Why We Fight

screenshot of a backerkit page for Why We Fight - £13,486 of £3000 funded by 417 backers with 4 hours left to go

A big detailed illustration of scenery partially coloured in, partially line art. It shows funky solarpunk towerblocks with defaced Fascist propaganda along the sides, and drones descending from the sky

A person with a face covering getting prepared to lob an alarmed looking garden gnome with flames coming out of its head.
words read "a solarpunk narrative ttrpg - WHY WE FIGHT - ending soon! Backerkit"

lovely people sat around a table playing WHY WE FIGHT

three tally marks on the left, a big arrow representing actions, and five tally marks on the right

four bands of colour with the following text
Yellow = Morning: +1 Morale & navigation
blue = afternoon: +1 awareness & scavenging
red = evening: +1 tactics & athletics
navy: night: +1 command & camouflage

Five travellers silhouetted against a changing night to day sky, walking past broken down windmills.

screenshot of our funding so far. "£6,938 of £3,000 - 220 backers - 15 days left"

Orange background with black text that reads "Games have this amazing ability to take you past imagination and into actualisation, by doing the thing, it becomes that much more real to you."

"1 day to go until we launch on backerkit!" on a green grungy background, with a polaroid with 5 characters smiling at the camera

A badass person weilding a big knife posed in a crouch looks at the text which reads "2 days to go until we launch on backerkit #whywefight"

A crew of Community Alliance rebels take a moment to play the Why We Fight TTRPG on a flat rock in the forest.

A screenshot from backerkit. It reads
"Why We Fight is a 1-5 player narrative TTRPG where you play a crew of eco-punks fighting fascism to build a brighter, greender future. But most of all, it's about learning about each other, and the things that drive us to make change. Sign up to learn more! Join 391 other people!"

A bumblebee on a bed of Crocus flowers

Three images in a square. Top Left: A person sits against a wall painted with a rainbow, a scar on their cheek. Top Right: A rooftop garden with Community Alliance rebels tending to it, alongside a child and a pug. Bottom: 5 people sit around a tree stump, playing the TTPRG 'Why We Fight'. Next to this is the title art for the game with the subtitle "A solarpunk narrative TTRPG"

A concrete background with the two versions of Why We Fight standing proudly in front of it. The book on the left is A4 and is the core game, the book on the right is A5 and is called Direct Action.

A screenshot of an Itch review for Why We Fight. It reads: This is a generous and hopeful game that envisions a future in which an oppressive, fascist, colonial state is thwarted by the collective resistance of the people. I have played both solo and in a small group, and I absolutely love how that sense of collectivity and community is built into the game. You play not as a single character but as a crew of four, each of which brings unique skills to the fight. (And in a multiplayer game, your crews join forces to make an even larger collective). You encounter a series of missions that require your crew to support civilians, reclaim seized supplies, push the oppressor back, and more, ultimately ensuring there are enough resources for all. Disabled crew members and civilians are valued here and take on leadership roles. Characters care for others and fight for justice. I love the Personality Discoveries and associated advantages that give bonuses to characters during rolls - it’s not just weapons and skills that matter here, but the relationships and social goods that the characters hold dear. Getting to know the characters narratively as they move through the missions mechanically is a treat. On top of that, the game book is beautiful and a lot of work has been put into accessibility. Why We Fight represents everything I hope an anti-fascist society can be. It’s a beautiful game with a sense of purpose, rooted in an all-too-likely near future in which collective resistance is the only path to liberation.

A group of people are sat on the forest floor playing a ttrpg together. They look like they're having a great time.

Badass saint nick in a green coat points his bow and arrow off to the right, a candy-cane handled knife on his belt with a "Community Alliance" belt buckle. The background is a snowy forest, with icicles hanging above. The words read "Yule Regret This! A Why We Fight adventure"