Ian Mauldin

I got to go on Setting the Stage and talk a little bit about the unique setting of @shrimpandcrits.com Dania! Go check it out if you wanna hear me talk about how Johnny Cash and Gandalf have a lot in common, actually. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/9...

Pure Evil is out now for the sinister price of $6.66. This game is a bloodbath. It is a thrill ride. Your skin will crawl, and maybe be removed... but like in a fun way. ianmauldin.itch.io/pure-evil

A HUGE thank you to @lariassmuth.bsky.social for writing Wickies. It was the first game I played drawing cards and reading prompts and it was so incredibly memorable. I would have never made Pure Evil without that.

Pure Evil is out now for the sinister price of $6.66. This game is a bloodbath. It is a thrill ride. Your skin will crawl, and maybe be removed... but like in a fun way. ianmauldin.itch.io/pure-evil

Speaking of... I couldn't have made it without @jesssparksnotes.bsky.social and @itscap.bsky.social helping me write prompts (theres 56 of those suckers in this book). Davin Gerber's art is truly amazing and was exactly what I needed to make this game look great. Peep: www.davingerber.com

Pure Evil is out now for the sinister price of $6.66. This game is a bloodbath. It is a thrill ride. Your skin will crawl, and maybe be removed... but like in a fun way. ianmauldin.itch.io/pure-evil

The Slasher plays by narrating scenes and setting the tone. They Create Dread by picking up all the cards that the Victims draw, which can be spent like poker hands to make terrible things happen.

Pure Evil is out now for the sinister price of $6.66. This game is a bloodbath. It is a thrill ride. Your skin will crawl, and maybe be removed... but like in a fun way. ianmauldin.itch.io/pure-evil

Create a Victim, knowing that they are vulnerable. When they die, that's ok. It just means that it's your turn to take over as the Slasher. When it rotates again, you will create a new Victim and pick up where you left off.

Pure Evil is out now for the sinister price of $6.66. This game is a bloodbath. It is a thrill ride. Your skin will crawl, and maybe be removed... but like in a fun way. ianmauldin.itch.io/pure-evil

Looking for a perfect Halloween one-shot game? Pure Evil comes out October 13th.

I’d like to thank my writers @jesssparksnotes.bsky.social and @itscap.bsky.social as well the game’s artist Davin Gerber. Special thanks to @ladystroud.bsky.social for editing all my many mistakes and to all my amazing playtesters. Couldn’t have made this without y’all.

Looking for a perfect Halloween one-shot game? Pure Evil comes out October 13th.

Do you have stubborn Monster of the Week players like I do who don't want to switch playbooks or retire their hunter? Keep the improvements coming with Veteran Improvements! rpg-trader.com/products/474...

If you know Shrimp and Crits, you can probably guess I made this for Ray Ray. Ryan is as stubborn as they come, and even after going over his options for other playbooks he wanted to be the monstrous forever. We never ended up getting to any Veteran Improvements, which may just prove...

Reintroducing my games now that I'm on RPG Trader. First up is Bid Around the Bush. A chaotic romp on one page that encourages you to hoot, holler, interrupt your friends, and occasionally profit from bidding on foreclosed storage units. rpg-trader.com/products/383...

Ah the Soldier. The last in this little series of design notes. The soldier was one of the KOTOR 6 and pretty easy to make a playbook for. Star ‘Wars’ need star soldiers after all. The combat specialties were a lot of fun, and I think make this playbook deceptively versatile.

In terms of narrative power, there’s not a whole lot other than your specialty sort of implying what kind of soldier you were. This is a good candidate to start with if you aren’t sure what playbook to choose and then change to a new playbook once you have a road to hoe.

Ah the Soldier. The last in this little series of design notes. The soldier was one of the KOTOR 6 and pretty easy to make a playbook for. Star ‘Wars’ need star soldiers after all. The combat specialties were a lot of fun, and I think make this playbook deceptively versatile.

In my mind, Chewie is totally the Soldier with the Bodyguard specialty. He’d probably have Easy Isn’t Always Simple and Only Through Fire is a Strong Sword Forged. For other types of characters to have Cybernetic Implants, mutations from the Bad Batch, or Fog of War.

Algo-be-damned, here’s the second of these lil design journal posts today since I missed one over the weekend. Another of the “KOTOR 6” and the only one of the Jedi that did not get renamed. This one felt like it could have been cut, but I felt like it has huge untapped potential for role players.

… getting to mod your light saber to have a blaster in the hilt. HELL YEAH. You also get armor 🤘🏻. The Temptation is a fun way to push this playbook towards their story. They have much different thematic temptations than the more grandiose Learners and Masters. Down to earth Jedi stories.

Algo-be-damned, here’s the second of these lil design journal posts today since I missed one over the weekend. Another of the “KOTOR 6” and the only one of the Jedi that did not get renamed. This one felt like it could have been cut, but I felt like it has huge untapped potential for role players.

…Jedi like Jocosta Nu, Cal Kestis, and Ezra. It really suits the post-Order-66 Jedi well because they are forced to stifle their Force sensitivity and rely on other skills. I LOVE Battle Meditation as a way to play support in combat. I think Unique Connection is a cool way to give your character…

Algo-be-damned, here’s the second of these lil design journal posts today since I missed one over the weekend. Another of the “KOTOR 6” and the only one of the Jedi that did not get renamed. This one felt like it could have been cut, but I felt like it has huge untapped potential for role players.