Jesse the Bard

The covers of two zines. The one on the right is titled Craterboys with a tagline saying "close encounters with strange beings" the cover is bright pink and pale orange with an abstract motif of something crashing into the ground from space. The cover on the left is titled Auspex and shows an black and gold etching style illustration of a ancient greek woman pulling back a curtain revealing the cosmos

The cover of a zine titled Auspex and shows an black and gold etching style illustration of a ancient greek woman pulling back a curtain revealing the cosmos

The interior spreads of a zine, it shows a list of question associated with the Wands suit from the tarot.

A cover and a spread from a zine, on the cover is the title Craterboys with a tagline saying "close encounters with strange beings" the cover is bright pink and pale orange with an abstract motif of something crashing into the ground from space. The spread shows blocks of text surrounding by strange spiralling lines.

Just in time for Halloween, from Good Luck Press comes two new unsettling tales come packed into the Strange New Worlds Double Feature.

Build a world, and shape it with your powers of foresight. OR. Build a world, and try to stop aliens from knocking it down.

Available for pre-order now!

Image of cover for Something to Dismember Me By: a Harrowing Hayride by Jen Vaughn. Art is a wagon full of hay in the shape of a skull and bloody ribs

Guess what Pathfinder 2e adventure is 40% off from @dtrpg.bsky.social
and perfect for your Halloween game table?

Something to Dismember Me By is a Harrowing Hayride adventure full of mini-games and not too gory! bit.ly/harrowinghayride

Coming soon: Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future In the remnants of the world, play in the smithereens. Get weird in the body and in the mind with this post-apocalyptic TTRPG.

Why is this mutant smiling?

Plasmodics: mutant freaks in the weird future is coming to kickstarter on August 20th.

In the remnants of the world, play in the smithereens. Get weird in the body and in the mind with this post-apocalyptic TTRPG. Presave today!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/goo...

iiiit's game night 😎

The rainbow pride flag (with the black and brown lines representing intersectionality and the unique struggles of POC queers) made up of Pokémon. Digital artwork illustrated by MiasMacaron.

This flag took a while to make but it was well worth it 🏳️‍🌈

#Pride #PrideMonth #PrideArt #QueerArt #QueerArtist #LGBTArt #LGBTArtist #WinnipegArtist #Pokemon #PokemonArt #PokemonArtist #PokemonFanArt #NintendoArt #NintendoFanArt #CanadianArtist #ManitobaMade

Cult of the Cave Crickets, a Lovecraftian horror adventure for level 2 adventures, is in prelaunch on Kickstarter RIGHT NOW!

30% off on Kickstarter for a limited time, so don't miss it!

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#ttrpg #dnd #dcc #rpg #osr #dnd5e #lovecraft

A screenshot of my reels.

I’m not super actively trying to grow any of my accounts right at this moment, but I am happy/baffled that a reel of me drawing hexagons over and over has five times as many views as anything else I’ve put on there

Finally, one blog post listing (maybe?) every last initiative method in TTRPGs. And in less than a measly 11,000 words, how convenient!

knightattheopera.blogspot.com/2024/06/ever...

“Our conversations with Ursula and her family began in 2017,” the executive director of Literary Arts, Andrew Proctor, said in a statement. “She had a clear vision for her home to become a creative space for writers and a beacon for the broader literary community.”

spending pride month locked in my laboratory in unceasing efforts to engineer the world's first d69

a hand drawn tabletop hex map

Sunday afternoon: populating some hexes for my next #pf2e game

A photo of a woman bathed in light at the far end of a forest path. Text reads Malune Episode 18: Light and Shadow

The latest episode of THE MANY MERCHANTS OF MALUNE is out now! As the caravan is forced to depart Nen and continue east, the desperate fate of a certain wayward blacksmith is revealed...

🎧: pnc.st/s/many-realm...

📝: bit.ly/4bzHIhM

Does a world-obliterating storm count...?

screenshot of a book layout. the spread has a full background image of an open field, a wide open sky, and clouds. text is set on the page on the sky in between the clouds.

screenshot of layout from a book. there is a scratchy line of sound cutting through the top and middle of the pages waving through the text.

screenshot of a book spread. an illustrated bedroom shows the edge of a bed, a vanity, and candles dispersed about the room. on the walls text is laid out.

a spread from a book. the left side is a block of text describing hearing strange noises at night. the right side is an image of a ghostly woman's shadow in a blowing curtain.

hey #TTRPG folks, I'm Seb an award-winning designer & I'm looking for work!

I'm available for:
- editing
- writing
- layout design
- consulting

check out my site for a deeper dive into the services I offer and my work credits. if you're interested, reach out as I'd love to chat!

themonstrous.me

A photo of a horse riding in a windswept landscape. Text reads Malune Episode 17: On the Horizon

Giddy up! THE MANY MERCHANTS OF MALUNE Episode 17 is out now! 🤠 Except... what's that on the horizon...?

victoria day monday means all day pathfinder helllll yes

Oh, hey, I missed this! Sorry about that. Are you running a game on Fridays?

Leaving Substack (Leveling Up) Going independent. Improving articles. And releasing new work.

I'm constantly experimenting with Explorers Design. Is it a storefront? A review website? A visual design blog?

In 2023, I discovered I'm happiest writing articles—so it's time to make some changes...

Thread in replies. Please retweet if you like my stuff.

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They went into the dungeon! They killed the dragon!

A portrait commission for Mimi, Derek the most dapper demon 👀
#art #fantasy #fantasyart #digitalart #supportartists

if you were looking for the perfect eclipse post, lemme save you some time

A photograph of an ornate clock tower standing against a shimmering violet sky. Text reads Malune Episode 16: The Wonderful Wizards of Nen.

New episode today! In THE WONDERFUL WIZARDS OF NEN, the party arrives at a magical library. But do any of them actually know how to read...?

Available everywhere.

🎧 pnc.st/s/many-realm...

📝 bit.ly/4a7Ogn3

oh, nice! i love the idea of having variants for different weather - you can make some cool character design choices that way

NOT A JOKE: we've got a new Patreon post available for our darling supporters - it's an annotated guide to the secret dwarven enclave of Karkown!

Plus - also not a joke - a new episode is just around the corner! Catch up on episode 15 of THE MANY MERCHANTS OF MALUNE if you haven't yet!

RPG friends as long as you keep your twitter account nothing will happen elsewhere. X is designed to keep you trapped there, the gravity is just too strong to be able to really focus and rebuild elsewhere. Your other accounts will always remain an afterthought.
Just sharing what worked for me.

cool outfit!!

hello here's a drawing of lizards who are also flappers

ICYMI - our four-part #CandelaObscura is just chilling in your podcast app, patiently waiting 🎧❤️🎲

this is an act of bravery

GUDIYA: The horrors of being Bluebeard's latest plaything Using Magpie Games’ Bluebeard’s Bride, this award-winning actual play is the closest I’ve seen to an AP art film (so far)

In Rascal’s first foray into indie actual play criticism, @rowanzeoli.bsky.social examines GUDIYA

@namelessdomain.bsky.social's award-winning horror AP pushes the limits of remote recording to create a tragically hopeful, queer South Asian retelling of Bluebeard's Bride