Stuart Robertson 🇨🇦

Stuart RobertsonCanadaIllustrator, Game DesignerDeveloperGame Designer Links to articles, artwork, books, games, and podcasts by Stuart Robertson.

Inspired by the IndieWeb movement, and increasingly unhappy with big tech corporate media, I've decided to change my Facebook account to be just for the family and friends who are still there. Information about projects for fans of my illustration and writing will be posted on StuartRobertson.ca

25.05.2025 13:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Picked this up at @dragonguelph.bsky.social today. It’s a comic biography of the life of Louis Riel, Canadian politician and leader of the Métis people. 🇨🇦

04.05.2025 16:20 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf ALT: a red white and blue canadian flag with a maple leaf

Relieved that the Liberals defeated the Conservatives and Maple Maga in Canada’s election. 🇨🇦

29.04.2025 11:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s Election Day in Canada. I’m really hoping we elect the Liberals tonight, despite their flaws. Hopefully there aren’t enough Maple Maga voters to open the door wider to the chaos from south of the border. 🇨🇦

28.04.2025 14:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Everyone always assumes OSR is politically right wing coded but the fact that it’s constantly splinting into factions that most disagree on terminology is actually incredibly left wing coded

27.04.2025 00:58 — 👍 306    🔁 51    💬 9    📌 3

Canada is not a state shirt.

Locally owned & operated

Proudly Canadian owned & operated

Proudly supporting Canadians since 1991.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen as many maple leaves in store windows as I saw today. 🇨🇦
#canada

27.04.2025 01:22 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Maple Jam A game jam from 2025-05-01 to 2025-07-02 hosted by Mint-Rabbit. Welcome to The Maple Jam! The Maple Jam is an indie TTRPG game jam celebrating Canadian creators, and is also a place to spotlight Canad...

The Maple Jam is starting in just 6 days! I've updated the game page with a link to a Google Sheet, which contains a list of Canadian designers whose games and #ttrpg products we would love to see content for. Check it out below!

itch.io/jam/the-mapl...

24.04.2025 12:52 — 👍 15    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 3

No Frills - We are proudly Canadian owned & operated

Canadian stores have started making it much clearer what was made here in Canada and what was imported from other places like the US. It started with grocery stores but is spreading to other places as well. 🇨🇦

24.04.2025 13:11 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks for checking it out. :)

24.04.2025 02:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Mucking about to the get the rules the way you like is part of the fun. At least for some people. :)

24.04.2025 01:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Canadian Crime - Vol. 1 - August 2022

Picked up this cool comic magazine at @dragonguelph.bsky.social today. All Canadian! All Crime! #ncbd #canada

24.04.2025 01:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Five places to buy graphic novels instead of Amazon You don't have to buy your books at Amazon. Here are five places you can get books that support indie bookstores

Five places to buy graphic novels instead of Amazon: You don't have to buy your books at Amazon. Here are five places you can get books that support indie bookstores

23.04.2025 15:15 — 👍 436    🔁 220    💬 9    📌 20

Just draw the fuckin thing yourself. The imperfection is part of the charm. The fact that you drew it is the whole fuckin point. Don't embarrass yourself engineering a prompt, just pick up whatever you have at hand and give it a go. Be a human being.

27.03.2025 19:10 — 👍 7033    🔁 2128    💬 78    📌 64

The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI The Washington Post now willingly handing reporting to OpenAI

FUCK. THIS. All of this.

22.04.2025 16:35 — 👍 19553    🔁 3853    💬 1159    📌 513

Knock! Issue #5 An Adventure Gaming Bric-a-Brac. Being A Compendium of Miscellanea for Old-School RPGs. For us OSR weirdos and curious D&D heads alike.

I’m very pleased to be one of the contributing authors for issue #5 of Knock! magazine.

An Adventure Gaming Bric-a-Brac. Being A Compendium of Miscellanea for Old-School RPGs. For us OSR weirdos and curious D&D heads alike.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/896...

22.04.2025 11:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Order of the 5 Runes (O5R) by Stuart Robertson A supplement for D&D 5e to be more compatible with OSR settings and adventures.

Is your gaming group experienced with 5th Edition D&D, curious about Old School gaming, but not ready to try one of the many excellent rules-light OSR systems? This set of optional rules for 5E can serve as a gentle introduction to Old School style play. stuartrobertson.itch.io/o5r #osr #o5r #ttrpg

20.04.2025 19:43 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Your "dumb little projects" are so important during this harrowing time. Don't forget that. Your creativity has value, for yourself and for the world.

15.04.2025 11:09 — 👍 9853    🔁 4581    💬 40    📌 95

sometimes we (i) forgot

14.04.2025 06:14 — 👍 19189    🔁 5505    💬 89    📌 165

A figure that shows the attr() syntax.

✍️ New Article: First Look at The Modern attr()

I explored the new attr() capabilities and shared my thoughts about it. Happy reading!

ishadeed.com/article/mode...

03.04.2025 13:32 — 👍 132    🔁 35    💬 4    📌 6

" On April 5th, a 54% tariff goes into effect on a wide range of goods imported from China. For those of us who create boardgames, this is not just a policy change. It's a seismic shift. At Steve Jackson Games, we are actively assessing what this means for our products, our pricing, and our future plans. We do know that we can't absorb this kind of cost increase without raising prices. We've done our best over the past few years to shield players and retailers from the full brunt of rising freight costs and other increases, but this new tax changes the equation entirely. Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game quickly becomes a $40 product. That's not a luxury upcharge; it's survival math. Some people ask, "Why not manufacture in the U.S.?" I wish we could. But the infrastructure to support full-scale boardgame production – specialty dice making, die-cutting, custom plastic and wood components – doesn't meaningfully exist here yet. I've gotten quotes. I've talked to factories. Even when the willingness is there, the equipment, labor, and timelines simply aren't."

Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating

03.04.2025 20:40 — 👍 7574    🔁 2907    💬 89    📌 212

Cartoonists, I'm begging you: have your own website with your comics on it. You can post them elsewhere too if you want, but I'm telling you, do not ever rely on a social media platform to keep you afloat. They're not there to make you money, they're there to make money off you.

03.04.2025 01:17 — 👍 2039    🔁 502    💬 24    📌 23

Say NO to AI Art

29.03.2025 12:48 — 👍 179    🔁 39    💬 3    📌 1

I CAN'T EAT MY PANCAKES WITHOUT MAPLE SYRUP WE'RE ALL OUT OF IT

I CAN’T EAT MY PANCAKES WITHOUT MAPLE SYRUP

30.03.2025 14:13 — 👍 619    🔁 55    💬 20    📌 13

AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.

Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.

Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.

18.03.2025 15:24 — 👍 4667    🔁 2479    💬 124    📌 378

Nancy fan art

Fan art of Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy. I drew this about 2 weeks ago when I got the wrist brace off my hand and could start drawing again! @nancycomics.bsky.social

15.03.2025 18:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0