Jacob Marks

Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows Two new books of mythic adventure in a land of wonder and peril, for use on their own or alongside the award-winning Valley of Flowers.

So excited to share the Kickstarter for Wildendrem Volume Two: The Saintly Hollows, my ongoing tabletop RPG collaboration with @andrewmcalpine.bsky.social. We have so much fun writing these, and people seem to like playing them too. #osr #ttrpg www.kickstarter.com/projects/626...

I live! Dropping this Mothership Month: a brand new way to play your favorite sci-fi horror RPG, with a high-powered corporate twist on the PC crew.

Trade economic for moral horror in the grand MOTHERSHIP EVIL CAMPAIGN.

Keep an eye out for the (free) full release in the next few weeks.

Puzzle Dungeon Jam A game jam from 2025-11-03 to 2026-01-10 hosted by Directsun Games. We're talking adventure game dungeons filled with OSR-style puzzles and challenges . At the end of the jam, I'll highlight some of m...

We need more puzzle dungeons! This is my siren call to creators. Make a dungeon with help thus November. itch.io/jam/puzzle-d...

Has anyone made a collection of Cairn 2e backgrounds that are more Lankhmar and less Whimsical Forest? (I adore Cairn but Whimsical Forest does nothing for me).

I've been really wanting more Sword & Sorcery backgrounds. Gonna keep an eye on the comments!

BASES LOADED by kindanice baseball survivors

kindanice.itch.io/bases-loaded

Another classic UFO image viewed from the side over a desert landscape with sparse bushes. Black and white. Rendered in Unity.

Here's another shot.

Black and white image of a classic 1950s UFO flying in the night sky over a mountain. You can see the rough edge of pine trees on the mountain. The image is rendered in the Unity game engine.

I'm looking back at the UFO game I was working on and thinking maybe I should try returning to it.

#gamedev

Angel's Egg! I think it's good, especially for brain soup.

Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER - Sam Sorensen Starting on October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 2025—the annual group-crowdfunding campaign and general season of celebration for

on Tuesday, October 14th, as a part of Mothership Month 25, I'm going to launch another real-time play-by-post wargame, open to the public, called OVER/UNDER. the server will open to players on Monday the 13th, but in the meantime you can read about it here: samsorensen.blot.im/mothership-m...

OK. Last time.
A D&D Stirge detaches after draining 10 HP of blood. Therefore HP are a measurable unit of blood (I estimate 200ml per HP).

Characters with high HP might have hundreds of liters contained in their bodies at high pressure. Even light nicks tend to spray anime-style.
It's science.

I'm curious what an example of too much polish would be for you?

Character generator screenshot, like a digital character sheet

I'm having a blast updating the chargen for The Lost Bay!!
Now you can edit generated characters, save/load

And you can choose from 16 Vibes (character classes), most of which are made by the community

thecodedtype.com/character-ge...

Have you tried reaching out to local gaming stores? I was able to get rid of a couple of copies of the too many zines I printed that way. I didn't make much money from it, but it felt good to at least see it on a shelf.

Threshold

Only show where I never skip the intros.

I was suddenly hit with inspiration to try and make a Scooby Doo inspired rpg, and I'm still trying to figure out if it's a dumb idea or not 😅

For those who play Delta Green or modern day Call of Cthulhu, you need to know about the "Shotgun Scenarios", 1500 word or less short scenarios that are submitted to a contest every year. A treasure trove! Start by reading Polygraph and Relief from 2024. fairfieldproject.wikidot.com/shotgun-scen...

Oh this is just a joke isn't it 😅
I got stuck on the performant comment.

Why not use a bitwise or?

So many musical casualties of the Dickhead Beam 😞

Hey if you need art for a Vaults of Vaarn project, take a look at Perplexing Ruin's patreon!

I added a perchance generator to my Vaarn jam submission. Should make it easier to roll.

siofragames.itch.io/travel-event...

VAARN SUMMER JAM '25 A game jam from 2025-07-01 to 2025-09-30 hosted by graculusdroog. Vaults of Vaarn is a science-fantasy tabletop RPG. It draws inspiration from novels like Dune , Hyperion , The Book of the New Sun, an...

The jam is ending soon. Go check it out! itch.io/jam/vaarn-su...

Travel Events for Vaults of Vaarn by Jacob Marks A d100 table of random events for the TTRPG Vaults of Vaarn

I made a small submission for the Vaults of Vaarn Summer Jam. Just a d100 table of random travel events for Vaarn.

siofragames.itch.io/travel-event...

#vaarn #osr #rpg

Ha. I told my player they heard dozens of creatures flapping, and little angry screeching noises that made the hair on their neck stand up. Definitely not bats. Their 2 hp character proceeded to throw rocks down the hole while no other characters were close enough to help 😂

Lol was this the adventure in the campaign book? I had a PC instantly die at that mysterious hole.

Rhizomatic compound, the first Decadence video game is now live on steam to wishlist! We are excited to share with you this unique interactive comics experience.
WISHLIST ON STEAM NOW!!

So good! There's just enough little point and click elements too. I hope they add more.

Even though the game is pretty simple and abstract, the atmosphere just sells it so hard.