Johnny O’Neal

Coming soon: Torque Borg: A Wasteland RPG A radioactive, sandblasted, rules light, art heavy wasteland TTRPG. Based on MÖRK BORG.

TORQUE BORG is now Live on Kickstarter!
Time to melt some faces as we race across the waste like a bat out of hell!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/977...

I had a blast tonight playing Super Boss Monster 2 with @brotherwisegames.bsky.social! We even got a fun promo for Boss Monster Junior 😋
#boardgames

Johnny and his son at "Frank & Son" in front of an old Toys R Us sign

Johnny's Spider-Man Magic: The Gathering pulls, including The Soul Stone and three borderless cards

Johnny's son in front of a Pokemon section of Frank & Son

Johnny and a "Matty Mattel" statue, harkening back to Johnny's days working on MattyCollector.com

I've lived in the LA area for almost 20 years and somehow never made it to Frank & Son until yesterday. It's like the merch stalls at a con, but always there! My son and I had fun checking it out. I got a few Magic cards (including some lucky pulls) and he got Pokemon cards and Demon Slayer merch.

About to jump online to play Super Boss Monster 2 with @banzainator.bsky.social and @meanpomelo.bsky.social!

Come join us!
twitch.tv/banzainator

Took the day off to celebrate Beverly's birthday! We spent the morning biking up and down the Strand, ate steamed crab and Korean noodles for lunch, then enjoyed a lazy afternoon. We've been celebrating birthdays together since we were teenagers and life just keeps getting better. 💕

Johnny and his son overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Palos Verdes, California

Johnny's son using an anchored rope to climb up a steep area of the seaside cliff

Johnny's son investigating tide pools

Johnny and his son taking a selfie in front of some Lunada Bay tide pools

This week's hike: going off-trail in Lunada Bay. The little guy did a great job traversing some pretty vertical areas, and we were rewarded with awesome tide pools full of baby crabs.

Haha, I don't know! The button style (a very exposed, non-safety pin) matches the McGovern pins. Sounds kind of incel-y, though. 😅

Old political buttons for campaigns like McGovern, Dukakis, and Obama

My 16-year-old is interested in getting into politics, so my parents gifted him their collection of political buttons dating back to the 60s. Here are a few of them.

YouTube video by Hannah Hebblethwaite - Voice Actor Super Boss Monster 2 Trailer - The Dice Queen - Hannah Hebblethwaite

✨Role Announcement!✨

You can hear me as The Dice Queen in the trailer for the new card game; Super Boss Monster 2! 🎲

She was such a fun character to voice and the team at Brotherwise Games have just launched the Kickstarter for it! 😍

youtu.be/BV6M0IYgBIM

🔗👇
#voiceacting #voiceactor #trailers

Feast your eyes on this magnificence mortals!!!
My Stormlight RPG books arrived. Big thanks to @brotherwisegames.bsky.social , @johnnyoneal.bsky.social and all the artists involved for creating such a piece of art when it comes to TTRPGs.
#cosmere #stormlightarchives #brandonsanderson #ttrpg

We played twice for exactly that reason!

Very jealous of this game room. 👀

Enjoyed a great afternoon of gaming today, including my first time playing Captain Sonar. Thanks for inviting me, Christina and @danshoehsu.bsky.social!

Johnny and Chris O'Neal, co-founders of Brotherwise Games, in the lobby of Dragonsteel headquarters. Behind them is a company logo, a gold statue of someone in Shardplate, and a sign that says "Welcome to Dragonsteel Johnny and Chris"

Johnny O'Neal and Cosmere RPG Lead Designer Lydia Suen take a selfie on the set where Brandon Sanderson shoots his "weekly update" videos.

Guess who visited Dragonsteel HQ this week? Johnny, Chris, and Lydia met with Brandon and the team to discuss the future of Cosmere board games and RPGs. So much cool stuff coming... stay tuned for announcements at Dragonsteel Nexus!

Photo of an open book showing the scholar archetype and a character sheet featuring the same archetype

Spread of three hardcover and three softcover CosmereRPG books in resplendent Navy with Gold trim, with full color scenes framed on each cover.

Flat grid of six Cosmere RPG books on a wooden table.

Close photo of the credits including Chris Hopper, accessibility consultant

Huge congrats to the Cosmere RPG team @brotherwisegames.bsky.social as fulfillment rolls out on the Stormlight RPG. I'm proud of my small part making the digital versions accessibility ready and can't wait for everyone to see all the upcoming work this team has in store!

Love this so much!

Johnny's best friend Zach, their friend Ty, and Johnny at the concert

Grandaddy playing at the Fonda in Hollywood

Saw Grandaddy in concert last night at the Fonda. They played all of the Sophtware Slump (which came out 25 years ago! 😭) and a selection of great songs from other albums. Pedro the Lion opened and Conor Oberst was in the audience. It was a very indie rock night with @dzevans.bsky.social!

Everyone at Brotherwise Games is so proud of Jillian Schumacher, Finalist for Marketing Visionary at the 2025 Women in Toys Awards!

It was great fun rubbing elbows with industry luminaries and celebrating Jillian at this glitzy event in Beverly Hills. Go Jillian! 👑

@brotherwisegames.bsky.social

They didn't say much more than that, but those simple words said a lot.

I've seen them laugh and cry, bicker and collaborate, sometimes fight but always love each other fiercely.

I hope they remember that love and stay connected. My relationship with my big brother gives me some hope of that. 💙

Jack and Derek through the years

This week we're dropping off our 18-year-old at college, so there have been a lot of goodbyes. But the toughest was with Jack's 16-year-old brother, D. Here's what they said, through tears, as they hugged each other.

D: I don't know how to be without you.
J: You're better than me. You'll be great.

Photo of Wii U controller open, revealing its inner workings

Today my 9-year-old wanted to play Twilight Princess on our Wii U, which hasn't worked in years. I looked up instructions online, warned him that we maybe had a 10% chance of success, and opened the controller. But it worked! Honestly shocked that we fixed it.

👏👏👏This team rocks. It's filled to the brim with savvy, talented, kind folks who continually roll up their sleeves and dream worlds into being. It's an honor to know and work with this crew.

Sidenote: If you're curious what roles make up a professional TTRPG team, the whole thread is a great read 👇

An image of Cosmere RPG team members cheering at the end of their record-breaking Kickstarter campaign

If you've made it this far, thank you for taking the time to read about (just some of!) the people behind the Cosmere RPG. I couldn't be more grateful to work with this team of wonderful humans.

And to everyone who picks up our game, thank YOU! You make it possible for us to do what we love!

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Last but certainly not least, I have to recognize our Marketing Manager, Jillian Schumacher. Recently nominated for the prestigious Women in Toys Wonder Women Award, she manages a huge range of marketing initiatives with an approach that's smart, scrappy, and professional!

@meanpomelo.bsky.social 🧵

Matt Molandes, Logistics Manager

Mattie Molandes is the Logistics Manager at Brotherwise Games, and in a small business like ours he wears a lot of hats. As our lead and key advocate for Customer Service, he helps our backers feel like a community, and leaps into action to assist anyone who needs help!

@lostmymeeples.bsky.social 🧵

Karen Ahlstron, Dragonsteel Continuity Editor

And the biggest Cosmere expert of all is Karen Ahlstrom! As Dragonsteel's Continuity Editor, she's the first person we contact when we have a question about what's canonical. For the toughest questions, she helps us get answers from Brandon. We cannot overstate our gratitude for Karen! 🧵

The Cosmere RPG Worldsingers: David "Windrunner" Behrens, Joshua "Jofwu" Harkey, Evgeni "Argent" Kirilov, Eric "Chaos" Lake, Ian "Weiry" McNatt, and Ben "Jebus" Marrow

Speaking of Cosmere experts, we've been incredibly lucky to work with work with some of the most knowledgeable people in the fandom. Brandon calls them the Arcanists, and they're his sounding board for deep Cosmere questions. We call them the Worldsingers, and they help the RPG team every day! 🧵

Ben McSweeney, Art Director

Ben McSweeney (aka inkthinker) has drawn more official Cosmere art than anyone, and now works full-time at Dragonsteel as Creative Art Director. He meets with me and Matt every Tuesday, reviewing dozens of illustrations for quality and canonical accuracy. He's a great art director and a great guy! 🧵

Isaac Stewart, VP of Creative Development

The Cosmere RPG wouldn't exist without Isaac Stewart, cartographer and overall head of creative development at Dragonsteel. I had the pleasure of partnering with him on Call to Adventure and Stormlight Miniatures, which led Isaac to advocate for Brotherwise as the partner for *all* Cosmere Games! 🧵

Dan Wells, Dragonsteel VP of Narrative and advisor to the Cosmere RPG project

Award-winning author Dan Wells leads a wide range of narrative projects at Dragonsteel. As a lifelong TTRPG player and former professional GM, he has been a vocal advocate for the Cosmere RPG. Dan also originated the stories for our big hardcover adventures: Stonewalkers and Mistborn Legacy! 🧵