MacGuffin & Co.

An enticing convention stall of high-quality Macguffin and Company products available RIGHT NOW at Tabletop Scotland

MacGuffin & Co? At Tabletop Scotland? Impossible!

Or is it...?

Yes... Come over... We have such delightful things

New Pitcrawler Adventure - Depths of the Bloody Pits | MacGuffin & Co. Get more from MacGuffin & Co. on Patreon

NEW PATREON DROP!
This month we've put out a new adventure for Pitcrawler: DEPTHS OF THE BLOODY PITS. It's a gorey little romp full of foolish nobles, communist vampire and lots and lots of blood. Its also the first in a trilogy we're titling IDOL HANDS. Enjoy!

www.patreon.com/posts/new-pi...

Unfortunately it's our distributor/shipping service is suspending deliveries, so our hands are a bit tied. I'll ask them to look into the book exemption, though, as it would be lovely if we didn't have to.

Waystation Marlowe: A Micro-Setting | MacGuffin & Co. Get more from MacGuffin & Co. on Patreon

And thirdly, another bit of fun news - our next micro-settings is now up to be read on our Patreon!
WAYSTATION MARLOWE sees you playing squabbling alien diplomats in a sector that suddenly becomes very important. Babylon 5, DS9 and Twilight Imperium vibes - enjoy!

www.patreon.com/posts/waysta...

You can, of course, still get PDFs of our games from our website as normal, and Indie Press Revolution carries copies of Odd Jobs and Pitcrawler you can get within the US.
www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/MacGuf...
Sorry again - it sucks all over!

An apologetic graphic that announces the temporary cessation of shipping to the US.

Second, and really frustratingly, like many other non-American companies, we're having to suspend physical shipping from our website to the US for the rest of 2025 due to the tariff situation (which would charge you an extra $80 on EVERY order).

First up, it's the last day to back this marvellous party game that Jonny and Sasha have been contributing prompts too - it's very silly, very funny and a great time!

Whooops! Dropped the ball a bit in terms of keeping up with social media this year, so a few updates (good and bad) incoming!

Hey, Jonny & Sasha, you've just moved house and spent the last two weeks lifting heavy boxes. Time to take it easy, right?
Right?
Ah.

Hey, we're at the @dungeonsandflagons.bsky.social Geek Fayre today, so if you're around Manchester, come say hi! Its in the Sacha hotel, just off Picadilly Gardens.

The front cover of Fixer Upper, where a group of curious, eclectic robots explore a vibrant alien world.

An illustration of the robots gathered around a glowing face that gives them instructions.

An illustration of a small robot trying to communicate with towering, gloomy-looking mushrooms.

An illustration of the robots exploring a cave full of strange blue vines.

For our Fixer Upper micro-setting we had a dilemma: who could capture a vibrant alien world or quasi-sentient plants, as viewed through the lens of awakening robots? The answer was the inimitable Geo Barnett (geobarnett.com), a truly incredible illustrator and animator. #RPGArtistShoutout

The front cover to the Atlantis City micro-setting, depicting a garish undersea casino street.

A fantastic illustration or mermaid queen with an eel tail.

An adorable illustration of a happy squid-thing working as (and dressed as) a chef

A fantastical illustration of a shrimp-guy dressed as a waiter, offering a plate of underwear crudites.

Think we've run out of wonderful artists? Not even close! Today we want to shout out @eldritchrach.bsky.social The artist behind our water-logged crime micro-setting Atlantis City, she's just so good! I mean, just look!
#RPGArtistShoutout

Oh whoops! Think that must be it!

The cover or Wizard's Staff, where an imp, an owl, a skull and an animate chest try to hide a dead wizard.

A sinister looking magical tome inscribed with the title "Lich, Laugh, Love"

The cover of Welcome to Port Clement, where two lovely, friendly citzens stare at you in an unsettling way, surrounded by hidden characters.

An illustration from Welcome to Port Clement where a local baker desperately offers you a muffin.

Today's artist in the spotlight is the brilliant @avivor.bsky.social, whose work currently brings life to two of our micro-settings: Wizard's Staff and Welcome to Port Clement. If you want expressive characters (especially non-humans) there's none better!
#RPGArtistShoutout

Awesome - let us know how the rest of it goes!

Nice! What was the scenario?

We've always been excited for Pitcrawler to help new GMs get experience in a low-pressure environment, so this is incredibly gratifying to hear!

I know, right?! Brooding and cool, but also kinda cute - exactly the teen monster vibe!

The cover to Ker-Splat, our ridiculous cartoon game, where Jesse has drawn somr excellet Toons

A horrible weird ghost Jesse did for our Ghost Ship microsetting.

Some badass teen monsters Jesse draw for the cover of our Sewer Rats micros-setting

The promotion art Jesse did for the Pitcrawler crowdfunder, including a hapless adventurer and a horrible monster.

Today's Artist We Love to Work With is the marvellous Jesse Turner (artstation.com/jouste). A great illustrator with a delightful style that managed to work well for fun toony nonsense and for moody, dynamic pieces. #RPGArtistShoutout

I can see it

We've never found another artist that's quite captured so much of that crunchy, nostalgic vibe, and there's no way that Pitcrawler would be what it is without Mike.

Next up in our tour of Macguffin & Co. artists, our old-school secret weapon: Michael Sheppard (www.instagram.com/mikeshepp10)

You say chance, I say destiny

Yeah, its was really lovely going through and being like "oh, he did this one as well!"

Well you used the time marvellously!

A spooky skeleton nun Cael did for the Guardians micro-setting

The cover of our ZERO VOID zine, a real Cael masterpiece

A notepad illustration Cael did fot DUSKHOLLOW

A collage of psychedelic illustrations Cael did for TWISTED RAILS

He's skilled, lovely, astounding versatile, and has become our go-to when we want something amazing at relatively short notice. Go commission him now! He's so good I almost hesitated to post this in case someone steals him away, but none of them will love you like we do, Cael!

An awesome crab-with-a-knife cover Cael did for the zine A DAY AT BARRACUDA BEACH

A train smashing through reality Cael did as the cover for our TWISTED RAILS micro-setting

A boat sailing upon an impessionistic river Cael did for UPRIVER, DOWNRIVER

A screaming mouth cave thats glitching, which Cael did for our WHITE SPACE micro-setting

Decided that the TTRPG industry should big up our artists more, so every day I'm gonna be shouting out one of the fantastic artists we've worked with.
First up: the impossibly brilliant Cael Lyons - @kingcael.bsky.social

The brilliant cover of ZERO VOID. Artist: King Cael

An amazing illustration for the PITCRAWLER core rulebook - Artist: Michael Sheppard

The increible cover illustration for the GHOST SHIP micro-setting - Artist: Jesse Turner

The gorgeous cover to the FIXER UPPER micro-setting - Artist: Geo Barnett

In fact, I'm going to take this as a flimsy excuse to post some of the FANTASTIC art people have done for us!

This is something that saddens me so much, especially because commissioning artists is, like, the best fucking part of doing this! Swear to god matching a talented illustrator's style to a game is so amazing:
"Is this what you were thinking it looked like?"
"No, it's so much better!"