Emily | Odds & Ents

a grainy illustration of a pair of gold rimmed glasses with a cracked right lense.

its a portfolio piece for me for sure

This has been one of my favorite projects to work on recently. After begging Adam to let me help with this game because I loved the Ashcan so much, I got to test out designing more board game like pieces.

You'll want to keep following this one for sure!

I can't wait to play more of this game!

Cloud Empress hardcovers spilling from its boxed set in the top left corner, surrounded by Graftbound Press zine games: Glatisant, The Peddler's Prize, Precious Things, and Bonds Between.

New games are in! Cozy Dragons, Arthurian legends, and more from @graftbound.bsky.social + @worldsbywatt.bsky.social's Cloud Empress (now in hardcover!) available at your favorite gaming rat store! 📚 🐀 📚

whoa! this is amazing!

I think I need to make one of these as a zine

Specific ephemera books:
Airline graphics, cheese labels, blank tapes & hotel tags. www.presentandcorrect.com/collections/...
Shipping worldwide.

this feels like you will not brb - it feels like you will be building a fort for the next month

Hey Small Press publishers!

The @smallpressexpo.bsky.social lottery has officially opened! This is one of our favorite events to attend (sadly, we have yet to hit on the lottery, but fingers crossed 🤞).

We meet so many great creators there every year, and it really is a celebration of comics!

games!

I am practicing a time honored maker tradition of actually letting the glue dry - and its so hard guys where's my prize

its actually pronounced "Jorves"

and if you do want a cool version of the hand bound Peddler's Prize then you can let me know or you can send some funds for getting a custom die made for the cover...

So sometimes the ideas are there, the prototypes are done, and the money is available to be spent but there's just not the right circumstances, and that just sucks. I want to make cool books with high production quality but haven't been able to get past stapled zines.

a hand-bound version of the peddler's prize using a slot and tab binding method that leaves a little section in the center of the book where the handouts can be stored.

Even the first project I did The Peddler's Prize I made very cool booklets by hand but they were $25 for 20 pages and my printer isn't that great. No printers I've talked to have been willing or responded to doing this book or letting me hand assemble things even (I'm still looking)

The article is about the zine format becoming very rote and expected - A5 and layout and even organization of information.

I got into making zines from the world of artist books, but when I started making more and making money things got really hard because there was more risk in unusual formats

Tyranny of the Form Find yourself a stack of zines. They could be from your collection or the next time you’re at a local gaming store. Any amount will do, so long as

Read Tyranny of the Form by Nate Whittington and was defensive at the start and also agreed by the end, its not that I felt they're saying that there aren't good reasons just that we as creators have some say in what we sell based on what we value and what we create 🧵

The Explorateur: Issue #17 Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.

A short and very busy month on the road means this month's Explorateur is light. I mean, it's still a mace to face with design links, but it's not the usual two-hander.

I'm doing this new thing with the intro where I share three design/creative/craft ideas.

www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...

oh yea i think its gonna be sick

a close up photo of a bread tag on a desk.

A photo of a cutting mat with a freshly carved linocut block featuring the design of a bread clip. It is about 3 inches square

I think im in love

It might just be today but I actually feel like I’m making things too fast. Twice a year?!? No thanks how about once a decade and everyone leaves me alone but I still get money

*Check back in four days to see if I still feel this way

The guy at the ren faire said it’s a growing sport again!

We have to at least meet! I’ll be working a booth during exhibitor hours

A photo of a table full of Graftbound games. The table has a checked tablecloth with a green banner over the center with the G logo. There’s a vintage trunk on the left side with notebooks and stickers on a display. On the right is a tall zine stand with games and in the middle there’s a lamp and some pins

A day at the coffee shop… excited to get more practice with setting up a booth table.

And also I want to finally meet you irl!

Junior Designer Job Description: NOTE: This role is based in New York City and encourages a minimum of two days per week in the SoHo office. Some roles or teams may require additional in-office attendance if the esse...

I am hiring a junior designer.

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Will you be at M. L. Wangs Booth again!? Cause I need to get a signed copy of Blood over Bright Haven!

everybody liked that

Zine wall? ZINE WALL!