Stuff. Of. Nightmares.
07.11.2025 21:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@verdantcore.bsky.social
Verdant Core, as it goes... I write games, I think about games, sometimes I play games. Escapee to Portugal, cat servant / dog fascinator. Games and stuff: https://verdant-core.itch.io (yeah, Spriggans)
Stuff. Of. Nightmares.
07.11.2025 21:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Reader, we funded.
04.11.2025 23:28 β π 17 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0You want instant characters? Villagers? Adventurers? Folk on the road? Wizards? What about settlements? And a deck of cards that shuffles when it's drawn, perhaps? Some generators for Treasured Possessions here: verdant-core.itch.io/generators-f...
03.11.2025 16:14 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Time to get in on this, only a short time to go! DURF is a fantastic game, and the expanded version looks like it's going to be AMAZING!
30.10.2025 16:16 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Do you want to play a spirit, possessing the mortal beings around you? Do you want to bend reality to your whim?
With quick character and NPC generation and a simple action resolution mechanic, Treasured Possessions is a light playing-card powered fantasy RPG.
verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
Are you looking for random encounters? I can help! I wrote a set of encounters, 52 each for 8 terrains (and random magic items), and you can find them here (they're free!). It has the worst itch page image, but it is the worst picture *drawn by a human*. verdant-core.itch.io/wilderness-e...
27.10.2025 15:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0There's definitely something joyous about writing your own game and modules and then running them for people.
16.10.2025 18:45 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Stationery is the way.
15.10.2025 13:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I just clicked through the link, I'm liking the term "Bookkeeper" for the person running the game, good choice!
14.10.2025 14:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Emiel's expanded version of DURF is on Kickstarter right now - it's a great system, and you REALLY should back it right now.
06.10.2025 10:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Woo-hoo! My vibe for The Lost Bay is live in the online character generator! Mermaids rock, in every sense.
03.10.2025 22:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!
Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.
Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.
Like a game? Comment away!
afternoon bump cause I gotta sling some game zines - and you can snag a neat art card too
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As I've just published another pamphlet adventure, this feels like a good moment to plug the game I wrote, Treasured Possession; a playing-card powered fantasy TTRPG of spirits and their mortal hosts. You can find it here: verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
25.09.2025 14:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A fair bit is going on in Treasured Possessions land since I released the game.
The first 3rd party module was released π₯³, I'm writing a couple of pamphlets and a longer module and we've also started a PBP game over on the Discord server.
Would you like to play spirits, inhabiting mortal bodies?
It's been a rough couple of week friends, for a moment lets ignore it and focus on fun stuff!
Serving Up Disasters has passed Β£2500 with 128 Backers!
I didn't expect my kitchen nightmares x brindlewood bay passion project to do so wellπ₯°Thank you all so much
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mol...
Iβve just released Treasured Possessions! A fantasy role playing game using playing cards, characters are spirits who can possess mortal beings to interact with a world inhabited by goblins, wizards and ethereal beings.
verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
Releasing a game that I've been working on for three years tomorrow and having a last minute panic. π
04.08.2025 20:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Aargh! Spent time drawing skeletons, scanning and making a template so they'll fold and stand up. Printed, cut, trimmed, folded, went to get the glue stick to put them together.
No glue stick.π€¦
Drawing skeletons. I want some standees to mess about with an idea, so I'm drawing skeletons. I'm not great at drawing, but they'll be fine, I'm sure, lil' bony folks.
28.06.2025 14:59 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Such a cool game! I loved it!
14.06.2025 22:42 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've just released an update to the Mermaid vibe for The Lost Bay RPG. This version is tweaked for the REBORN rule set, and I think it concentrates the weirdness of the original. Check it out here: verdant-core.itch.io/mermaid #TheLostBay
14.06.2025 19:28 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This looks fantastic! Caelin writes really good material, this is bound to be fantastic! Get in on it now!
01.05.2025 19:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ENTERPRISE by Carly A-F a colourful art of the enterprise zooming through space
JURASSIC PARK art by Carly A-F Brachiosaurus with the JP cars and a scary T rex in the rain scene
Spaceship Saturday!
Here's my super colourful, retro inspired ENTERPRISE official fancy poster.
Available from @vicepress.bsky.social Editions Range, as well as my Jurassic Park set.
2 for Β£50 on all those, & there is a whole bunch of great art to pick!
vice-press.com/collections/...
#art
That's such a cool thing to hear! I hope they work well, keen to hear any thoughts!
11.04.2025 21:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you for the mention! I'm solo-ing using the tables right now and coming across things I'd totally forgotten writing. π
11.04.2025 20:34 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hi there, tabletop RPG designers! I'm opening up the first Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant. I'm looking to award up to 5 designers $250 to help create their games and/or set up their businesses.
Applications open today and run through the end of the month. Enter here! bannerless.games/grant
A random encounter table entry. It reads, "Intrigue: A confused adventurer speaks backwards. They sit on a confused horse that gallops backwards. They will return to a small tower. The tower will fly to a random location and the rider will ride out at speed, stop then reverse again".
One of the fun things about spending a year writing random wilderness encounters is that you forget some of the things you wrote. I just got this result and I had no recollection of writing it.
I do, however, have a vague memory of thinking about the figures on weather clocks last year... π€·
FFS! I'd echo what @rileyadammmson.bsky.social says - if you fire up the plagiarism machine, don't be surprised if it offers you stolen loot.
Hope you're doing OK, I can't quite work out how I'd feel if that had happened to me - like thanks, but AARGH!
Some days you just wanna give up , let everything go and follow the light inside of a red cabbage
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