Spellbook Gaming

@spellbookgaming.itch.io

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Buncha nerds who make the ttrpg actual play show Roll for Distraction, and the systems Bite The Hand and Big Adventure Game! Account run by by Alex Vigna (he/him). Our stuff: https://linktr.ee/SpellbookGaming

A movie poster style image with a black background and only red items. Top to bottom: Text: "BITE THE HAND" in a glitchy font. A robotic hand holding a human skull in a digital glitchy filter. Text: "Will you bite the hand that feeds you? Will you stay down on your knees?" in a bold font. In a very thin font, production credits.
A book cover entitled "Hacked Personnel Files". Entirely grayscale. The title is in a large glitchy font aligned in the top left. More text along the bottom says "a compendium of NPCs for Bite the Hand by Alexander Vigna." The background is a highly pixelated face with a black bar over the eyes. Text inside the bar reads "Early Access Version 0.9"
A book cover entitled "Hacked Personnel Files". Entirely grayscale. The title is in a large glitchy font aligned in the top left. More text along the bottom says "a compendium of NPCs for Bite the Hand by Alexander Vigna." The background is a highly pixelated face with a black bar over the eyes. Text inside the bar reads "Early Access Version 0.9"
A screenshot of the legal documentation for the BTH 3PP License.
A movie poster style image with a black background and only red items. Top to bottom: Text: "BITE THE HAND" in a glitchy font. A robotic hand holding a human skull in a digital glitchy filter. Text: "Will you bite the hand that feeds you? Will you stay down on your knees?" in a bold font. In a very thin font, production credits.
A picture of the Bite the Hand core rulebook sitting closed.
A picture of a professionally printed copy of Bite the Hand
The itch.io views per day graph, with a huge spike today, and smaller spike yesterday.
A screenshot from itch.io dashboard showing views over the past two weeks. It jumps from around 30 per day on average to 80+ per day in the last two days.
Page 12 of the BTH Rulebook as it appears currently in v0.9. A list of cybernetics and their effects, with no indication of which one belongs to which category.
A screenshot of itch's top physical games, where BITE THE HAND is number 11 and Why We Fight is number 2.
A screenshot of itch.io: new and popular physical games with Bite the Hand at number 1.
Bold red text on a black background: BITE THE HAND A CYBERPUNK TTRPG BY ALEXANDER VIGNA The Spellbook Gaming and Panic Engine logos A sleek robotic hand holding a human skull, filtered to be only black and red with a digital glitch effect.
The new "New & Popular Physical Games" page on Itch, where BITE THE HAND is currently number 1.
Bold red text on a black background: BITE THE HAND A CYBERPUNK TTRPG BY ALEXANDER VIGNA The Spellbook Gaming and Panic Engine logos A sleek robotic hand holding a human skull, filtered to be only black and red with a digital glitch effect.
Bold red text on a black background: BITE THE HAND A CYBERPUNK TTRPG BY ALEXANDER VIGNA The Spellbook Gaming and Panic Engine logos A sleek robotic hand holding a human skull, filtered to be only black and red with a digital glitch effect.
An email typing UI. The top of the email contains the same image as the quoted post, and the body of the text announces Bite the Hand's availability on itch.io (which actually happens on Saturday).
A tiktok style video explaining what Mythic Bastionland is and directing you to watch our actual play in the adjoining post.
Bold red text on a black background: BITE THE HAND A CYBERPUNK TTRPG BY ALEXANDER VIGNA The Spellbook Gaming and Panic Engine logos A sleek robotic hand holding a human skull, filtered to be only black and red with a digital glitch effect.
A black and red graphics teaser trailer: BITE THE HAND coming to Itch.io in early access on January 10th 2026
A red and black image with digital corruption so intense you can't really make out what it is.
A long letter explaining the plan to still make Bite the Hand. Unfortunately, too long for Bsky's alt text box, but long story short: I'm going to do a digital only release at first, and then once I save up enough from sales of that I'll pay for copy editing and get physical versions made. I'll do the art myself, still without AI. Follow us to get the announcements of when it becomes available.
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Yellow background with a cyberpunk character with a sword hand. Black text: "BITE THE HAND 10 DAYS LEFT TO FUND!" Logos for Spellbook Gaming, BackerKit, and the Panic Engine
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A fake convention ticket for Con Zero. My info: "Alex Vigna [bsky logo] @SpellbookGaming [Discord logo] @ Alvig Actual play producer/performer Game designer
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"This product is 100% human-made" "AI" in a crossed out circle.
A black and white screenshot of the Mosh-BTH conversion guide. Features an overview of the document's contents at the top, followed by a section on converting setting elements.
"First 48 hours early bird bonus: Logo sticker for all $25+ backers."
"66 backers"
A series of plainly formatted quotes: "A faster, angrier cyberpunk RPG that puts corporate overlords in the crosshairs." —Dave Thaumavore "I thoroughly enjoyed running it." —Mark Della-Croce, Lore Link "I got to rob a store, fire a railgun, and died from blowing up my own bottle of gasoline. Would recommend." —Kamala Arroyo, Author, We Dig Giant Robots "Character creation was fast and went very smoothly. We went from two players never having opened the book to being completely ready in about an hour." —Bryon Kershaw, Spirits and Monsters of Old Seattle "I was able to get a sneak peek of this early on, and loved it! I can’t wait to get this book in my hands and to the table." —Joshua Justice, Author, Hecate Cassette Archive, Sunlit Path "I love cyberpunk in principle, but have had several experiences that I did not enjoy specifically because it was overwhelming... With this, there's no question, it's pretty straightforward how to figure out your success. Love it." —Michael Dowden, Lore Link
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"First 48 hours early bird bonus: Logo sticker for all $25+ backers" Image of a simple B&W sticker of the BTH logo.
"BITE THE HAND Funding on BackerKit Now!!!"
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A countdown timer on BackerKit showing a little over 2 hours remaining.
A backerkit countdown timer showing about 12.5 hours.
YT Thumbnail: Yellow background with B&W cyberpunk character. "Bite the Hand Official One Shot, Roll For Distraction"
"First 48 hours early bird bonus: Logo sticker for all $25+ backers" Image of a simple B&W sticker of the BTH logo.
Yellow background with a cyberpunk character with a sword hand. Black text: "BITE THE HAND TOMORROW" Logos for Spellbook Gaming, BackerKit, and the Panic Engine
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YT Thumbnail: Yellow background with B&W cyberpunk character. "Bite the Hand Official One Shot, Roll For Distraction"
"First 48 hours early bird bonus: Logo sticker for all $25+ backers" Image of a simple B&W sticker of the BTH logo.
Yellow background with a cyberpunk character with a sword hand. Black text: "BITE THE HAND 3 DAYS" Logos for Spellbook Gaming, BackerKit, and the Panic Engine
A screenshot from Bite the Han's rulebook with detailed descriptions of the four classes mentioned in the post.
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A screenshot from BackerKit with a series of plainly formatted quotes: "I thoroughly enjoyed running it." —Mark Della-Croce, Lore Link "I got to rob a store, fire a railgun, and died from blowing up my own bottle of gasoline. Would recommend." —Kamala Arroyo, Author, We Dig Giant Robots "Character creation was fast and went very smoothly. We went from two players never having opened the book to being completely ready in about an hour." —Bryon Kershaw, Spirits and Monsters of Old Seattle "I love the cyberpunk feel. It's definitely got that vibe." —Andrew Park, Looking For Mom "I love cyberpunk in principle, but have had several experiences that I did not enjoy specifically because it was overwhelming... With this, there's no question, it's pretty straightforward how to figure out your success. Love it." —Michael Dowden, Lore Link