Archon's Court

Ogre

A man-amplifier design for "Citizen one", designed with a bit more of a 20th century vibe to differentiate it from the other planets of the grobusverse - but those pesky hydraulics and other greeble were too obnoxious to draw a million times, and as such got CUT from the comic for a simpler design

Gold shoulder ..helt?

Part 171 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd

The Mold gold cape is a ceremonial cape of solid sheet-gold from Wales dating from about 1900–1600 BCE in the British Bronze Age.

Scrungloid

Wip design for a solider of the enigmatic Black-Glass Palace

An anime face in ASCII.

RPG one-shot: you are the crew of the space corvette Nepenthes. in the grand tradition of military air crews, Nepenthes has been... decorated.

the admiral will reach port for an inspection in 2 hours. do Not let him see the 25-meter anime girl you drew on the side of your ship with thermal tiles.

- try to lock the Admiral in his shuttle
- wait for him to finish inspecting the *Scimitar* in the bay next door, then switch the nameplates and swap the two ships
- saw the decorated section off and try to hide it somewhere, lie frantically about why there's a previously-unreported 25-meter hole

An anime face in ASCII.

RPG one-shot: you are the crew of the space corvette Nepenthes. in the grand tradition of military air crews, Nepenthes has been... decorated.

the admiral will reach port for an inspection in 2 hours. do Not let him see the 25-meter anime girl you drew on the side of your ship with thermal tiles.

🙏CHAPTER SERF🙏

I finished it! A Warhammer 40K adventure & TTRPG where you *don't* play Space Marines. Instead you play those little hooded freaks loitering in the background while Space Marines hog the limelight.

PDF here: drive.google.com/file/d/1V4Mt...

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new blog post!

the standard operating procedure for determining weather in osr games is ludicrous, and i'm sick of pretending it isn't!

so here's a simple addendum

portfolio catch-up post 04

Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs A framework for building powder keg scenarios.

I blogged my musings about making little micro scenarios, check it out:

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designers who release projects on itch, please include the credits on your main project page!! not only is it virtuous to emphasize that nearly all projects are team efforts, but also I want to know who worked on something without needing to squint at some screenshot

A popular and frequent occurrence in entertainment masquerades, mwana pwo represents a female ancestor but is always worn by a male dancer. This mask type symbolizes fecundity and the prominent role of women in Chokwe society. Although idealized, its features suggest the individuality of a portrait, raising the possibility that it may be modeled on a particular woman. Mwana pwo often features elements of beauty such as scarification and hairstyles. Major Acquisitions Centennial Endowment

Female Face Mask (Mwana Pwo) https://www.artic.edu/artworks/120215/

Image rendition

Schematic of an eyeball planet

Trying to write a bit at least. Working on my ice crawl pamphlet, set on a tidally locked eyeball planet. Because I am obsessed by them.

Mothership Play Report Session #1: Trusting the Obviously Untrustworthy Android The start of a series of play reports for *Devil's Due*('s backer preview PDF), starring the android Stuart Music.

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The start of a series of play reports for the Mothership anthology Devil's Due('s backer preview PDF), starring the android Stuart Music. Watch as I fear combat, invert the scenario, and torment my GM. Spoilers for Severance Package.

Building sketches

Kharkivyanka snow vehicle in the snow. Painting

Photo of Kharkivyanka with the moon

Schematic cut of the Kharkivyanka

Started writing my Mothership frozen world expedition with a high tech version of the Kharkivyanka. Going to be a small hex crawl pamphlet.

OSR: OD&D Session 1: The Ring and the Marmot Running a vintage RPG is like running a vintage car. It's fun, but it'll make you realize how much you miss power steering, disc brakes, and...

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OD&D by the book. Peril, plans, a fortuitous Hydra, and some very luck rolls.

ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE: Space Trucking for Mothership RPG Mothership space trucking 101, set in the star system surrounding Prospero's Dream

what's up gamers I've barely posted about this since #over/under has eaten all of my time, but my space trucking Mothership Month 25 project, ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE, has just under 36 hours left, go check it out: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/s...

I've seen that cover from time to time and I'm still not over it. Absolutely beautiful.

4 adventurers travel through a sunken/submerged structure

"Exploration"
BATTLECRY! ROLEPLAYING GAME
Coming Soon From Warrior Poet Games
2025

The only humor allowed in the convent was puns

The Life and Times of Jenny Calabrese The long journey of late, great first and last Stratemeyer loyalist.

My newest post is an extended backstory to my #over/under character, Jenny Calabrese. There wasn't much I could bring forward, so I thought I might look back, and put to paper what had only been vague ideas when I was playing.

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illustration - retrofuturistic soldiers

Resolute grunts of the World Liberation Army (1/n)

Look, *somebody* has to keep track of the Numbers or else 9 is going to wind up greater than 99 again.

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Some sort of four legged eldritch creature made of gnarled, twisted wood. Its head is a flat paddle shape with four gaping holes and several branches sticking out of all its sides.

Happy Halloween, here's a doodle of a weird little freak
#darkart #sketchbook #horror

Recycling!

Half-Sunk Chateau of the Vampire Squid (A Small Dungeon for HALLOWEEN) FUCK IT DOUBLE TRACK DRIFTING, BACK TO BACK HALLOWEEN POSTS, HALLOWEEN FOREVER HAPPY HALLOWEEN This is a little dungeon that I originally st...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN and for halloween I'm doing back-to-back spooky-themed posts over on my D&D blog. This one is a lil minimalist adventure location themed around a veiny vampire squid in a half-flooded decrepit Edwardian manse #OSR savevsworm.blogspot.com/2025/10/half...