norgad.psd(*) 🗕 🗗 🗙

it's important for critique to be balanced; to honestly highlight both strengths and weaknesses in your work so you can grow and improve as an artist

but also it feels so damn good to get absolutely glazed

a man with glasses is looking at another man with the words minor swelling mistake written above him ALT: a man with glasses is looking at another man with the words minor swelling mistake written above him

the reason:

im norgad

I finally made it.
A fursona with no fur that NOBODY can draw.

Im perfect

The cover of Blades in the Dark next to the cover of Blades '68

In celebration of the imminent Blades ‘68 campaign, I thought I’d talk a bit about its graphic design.

BUT FIRST let’s compare and contrast with the graphic design of Blades in the Dark, a landmark in the history of RPG layout.

Type nerdery ahoy 🧐

The zine is out!! haasio.itch.io/the-triangle... Thanks to all the contributors and Triangle Agency community! Love this game, love you all!!

We're gathering interest for a print run of the zine- more info to come - please fill out this form if you'd want to buy a book! forms.gle/m9Q9HNPPEvys...

Screaming Metal: Vector Soul Screaming Metal: Vector Soul is a mecha ttrpg about toxic lesbians piloting living machines for exorbitant amounts of money so they can live lavish lifestyles before being torn to shreds by the poison...

Screaming Metal is live right now! If you like toxic lesbians and strange mechs with tamagotchi hearts then help me bring this project to life!

www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

MAOW (yea)

Twisting Unseen cover, a giant mecha-centipede is about to fuck a guy up

A fold-out map, road map sized, but it's got a square grid on it, with map tiles layed out on top of it

Zine faction spread. Black and white, with very cool iconography by Jean Verne.

Another zine interior spread. This one has a giant robo skeleton tuckin into a guy like he's a stick of saltwater taffy.

My #ZineMonth project for Mothership RPG is live!

Get out the scissors and glue, cuz you're making a map to escape this portal tech twisted nightmare: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/5...

I am a big for of adventures you can print at home. Bonus points if they are well reviewed. It’s Dead Weight by @norgad.bsky.social!

Review: Mothership Adventure Sphere – Part 6: Three Zines Go to Part 1Most of the Mothership adventure reviews I’ve written have focused on the wealth of trifold and other pamphlet modules, but there have also been many zine-style adventures published

Reviewing Brackish, one of the best RPG scenarios I've read in the last couple years, and two more really good Mothership scenarios.

thealexandrian.net/wordpress/53...

Starless

#furry #furryart

peep the new yapfest (we yapped)

Wrath of God & Meatgrinder, with Norgad | Ansible Uplink Get more from Ansible Uplink on Patreon

@norgad.bsky.social is back on Ansible Uplink this week for a sequel episode to finish out our review of the Inferno Trilogy, with @ianyusem.bsky.social's Wrath of God, and Sigmacastell's Meatgrinder.

so damn good, i love how ambiguous and ominous the forms and shadows are

The bust of an organic gross mech.

The bust of a horned demon of a mech.

The bust of a power-rangers-looking mech.

The bust of a devil-horned mech with a wrapped face.

I'm making playdoh busts for the mechs in Screaming Metal: Vector Soul. If you follow the backerkit then you'll have a chance to grab one of the limited tiers where I make you a unique bust for your mech <3

www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...

The Explorateur: Issue #15 Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.

Two big announcements this New Year for me. First, the latest issue of The Explorateur is out. It has two of my favorite blog posts I've ever written in it (Including a YouTube read through! Wild!)

www.explorersdesign.com/the-explorat...

It also has my second announcement...

Idle Cartulary Awards for Excellence in Elfgames Everyone loves an informal end-of-year awards ceremony. This year, everyone’s doing it! I’ll join the bandwagon! Best Single-location Module Gold: Cyro-Siq (review here) is a tiny module, tha…

The second being the Idle Cartulary Awards for Excellence in Elfgames, featuring my favourite things of 2025! What were the best modules? Games? Books? Podcasts? Find out here! idlecartulary.com/2026/01/01/i...

I CAN MINE TOKENS AGAIN, FUCK YEAH #OVER/UNDER

YIPPIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

plastic furry gang, you know im swapping out my shit on the daily

FREE THEM

thanks to @d20plusmodifier.bsky.social; maureen's forbidden commission (twice!) #over/under

Last day to back Eight Short of a Dozen! OOoOoOoOOoOoooo you want it SOOOOOOO bad!~
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

Last day to back Eight Short of a Dozen! OOoOoOoOOoOoooo you want it SOOOOOOO bad!~
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/n...

Eight Short of a Dozen — A bundle of adventures for Mausritter Creep through less-than-abandoned mineshafts, seek a seer atop a sombre gravestone, flee a treetop tea party without becoming cinders, and get caught in the crossfire of a raid upon a bomb-turned-vaul...

(🧵 12/x)

Eight Short of a Dozen from @norgad.bsky.social is four, super great adventure for Mausritter and will plug into any on-going campaign OR are perfect as one-shot adventures... WHAT'S NOT TO LOVE!!!

DEAD WEIGHT: Death Begets Death MOTHERSHIP FREEBIE: Transmissions from the Datacache

A new Missive is here! I review @norgad.bsky.social's Mothership module DEAD WEIGHT, drop a house rules FREEBIE for adding Datacaches (inspired by #OVER/UNDER) to your Mothership table, and More Cool #TTRPG Stuff. Check it out: meatcastle.substack.com/p/dead-weigh...

Mausritter Month is in the final week!

And that's not all.. When you back 7 or more of the projects, including Junk City, you get a FREE pack of 16 wooden mice meeples, one for each of the projects in Mausritter Month! 🐭⚔️

Back now, just click the link: bit.ly/4g5WqzZ

Missives from the MeatCastle | MeatCastle GameWare | Substack Tabletop roleplaying game thoughts, experiments, and pseudo-reviews from Christian Sorrell. Click to read Missives from the MeatCastle, by MeatCastle GameWare, a Substack publication with thousands of...

The next Missive is coming tomorrow morning! A review of @norgad.bsky.social's DEAD WEIGHT, a Mothership freebie for adding Datacaches to station's all across your universe, plus More Cool #TTRPG Stuff.

Subscribe now to get it straight to your inbox (for free, of course): meatcastle.substack.com