Murkdice ✒️ Inkvein

My first five TTRPGs in the order I played them: 1. DnD 5th edition 2. Call of Cthulhu 3. Blades in the Dark 4. Cairn 5. Symbaroum

Another double bill for this Sunday! A detailed breakdown video on ways to approach prepping settlements! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvAy... And a rare post on player advice from me murkdice.substack.com/p/the-3-qual... #osr #ttrpg

#mörktober day 12, ‘Pyre’. More digital watercolour today!

#mörktober day 9 + 10: Flags + arrows.

#mörktober day 8: Wail. Something ink wash/watercolour this time!

#mörktober Day 6, ‘Fog’. Had fun with the chalkiness on this one!

#mörktober day 5 - Cape

#mörktober day 4! ‘Marrow’. This was a fun one, I love a weird village.

The adventure preferences sheet now has a permanent home! murkdice.substack.com/p/adventure-...

#mörktober day 3: glyph. This has been good for getting me out of my illustration rut!

dolmenwood witchcraft elmc.at/witchcraft/

#mörktober day 2, prompt: curse. Quite happy with the illustration on this one!

#mörktober day 1. Prompt: goat. The Temple of Rotting Horns, for #mörkborg.

I’m working on an #osr post-climate disaster hexcrawl. murkdice.substack.com/p/a-dark-pro...

Mörk Borg Cairn Salvage Union Into the Odd

Something a little spicy this week murkdice.substack.com/p/on-pc-prec... #ttrpg

The 'whatever panny has thrown at us' becmi campaign in question. If your OSR prep doesn't look like you've chased your methylphenidate with edibles you're doing it wrong. 8 months and they're close to the final node!

Hecatoncheir

Made a sticker from my favorite Reddit post ever. Part of a set of freebie stickers I put into Pit Trap Shop orders. Includes strong language and questionable word use, but I feel like changing quotes is forbidden.

I'm answering the important questions: what makes an rpg heavy metal? brackish-draught.bearblog.dev/what-makes-a...

I’m errrr. I’m on YouTube? Well, I kinda had to for showing off Inkvein. Check out a look-through and tour of perhaps the biggest @morkborg.com adventure ever made #osr www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrtp...

I’m errrr. I’m on YouTube? Well, I kinda had to for showing off Inkvein. Check out a look-through and tour of perhaps the biggest @morkborg.com adventure ever made #osr www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrtp...

Cairn Press September Newsletter is out: sendy.cairnrpg.com/w/bKh7whree5...

Inspired by @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com’s infamous post on investigation games, I’ve taken a crack myself at why I think a lot of ttrpg mystery games have big problems. murkdice.substack.com/p/why-most-t...

A quick bit of physical work today, I haven’t picked up the sketchbook in a while

The 2nd Keytower of Grift, Murkdice and @odinsongames.bsky.social’s @morkborg.com adventure is back in store at the Pit Trap Shop folks! pittrapshop.com/products/the...

A strange thing for an #osr blogger to say? Definitely… but I do find myself kind of hating treasure murkdice.substack.com/p/i-kind-of-...

119. A Crown Forged of Lightning by @murkdice.bsky.social An atmospheric pointcrawl for Mörk BORG ⛈ Very dark & moody. Well organized layout with a usable map. Amazingly flavorful encounter table, with lots of fun NPCs, in addition to the ones at each location, as well as some electrifying loot

The test print for Inkvein just arrived… one step closer to publishing the biggest dungeon ever for @morkborg.com #osr 280 pages B5 feels CHUNKY

How much GM prep should I do? I tried to figure it out for myself at least: murkdice.substack.com/p/detail-is-...

fuck it elmc.at/death-of-a-h...

Some additional illustrations I made for SOLO BORG by @beyondcataclysm.co.uk Always love to do some good old skeleton art but the Cyneceph war dog was so fun to design too

Especially enjoyed this article from @murkdice.bsky.social about approaching social interactions in ttrpgs & how we can frame outcomes. Social interactions can a tricky subject from behind the GM screen. What kinds of techniques do you use to better roleplay social interactions with your players?

Today, an #osr friendly framework for negotiations: murkdice.substack.com/p/link-lever...

Anyone who makes something for Void Above, message me. I’ll give you a shout out in my newsletter!

A Crown Forged of Storms is live! Murkdice’s submission to the Appendix N jam is posted and free for you to grab right now! It’s a 10 location pulpy dark fantasy pointcrawl for Mörk Borg (and other #osr games). Game jam page: itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...

Quick timelapse of my appendix N entry cover #art coming together #osr

A Crown Forged of Storms is live! Murkdice’s submission to the Appendix N jam is posted and free for you to grab right now! It’s a 10 location pulpy dark fantasy pointcrawl for Mörk Borg (and other #osr games). Game jam page: itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...

After several years of consuming the near entirety of my free time, the Liminal Horror Deluxe Edition is here. We have poured our hearts and souls into this and think that we've got something real special for y'all. Print copies available later this year! goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horr...

Liminal Horror Deluxe Edition (digital) is live: goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horr...

We're excited to announce our upcoming project, Achaean. A Mythic Greek, dark fantasy TTRPG, compatible with MÖRK BORG. @morkborg.com You play as tragic heroes in a doomed world of dying gods and horrors of myth. Follow the Kickstarter here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ley...

Apparently it’s #PortfolioDay. I’m Luke, and illustrate creepy books (that I often write)

Some Agent Portraits I recently painted for an Impossible Landscape campaign #deltagreen

What makes an rpg cover great? Lots of things! We are spoiled for choice in rpgs. So, this week, I thought I'd show off 15 recent and lesser-known favorites w/ commentary. Let me know your favorites! I want to do a part 2. www.explorersdesign.com/great-book-c...

Step-Dice Rumour Tables (need I say more?) from the always engaging @murkdice.bsky.social. Fun read and something I definitely want to implement in a future scenario. #ttrpg #OSR #MÖRKBORG #tabletop

Today in MurkMail: rumour tech open.substack.com/pub/murkdice... #osr

The d12 table of NPC archetypes that @murkdice.bsky.social wrote are fantastics btw. Definitely check them out! The 12 NPCs you need for DnD and TTRPGs by Murkdice medium.com/p/https-murk...

This month's Explorateur kicks off the design curation with 10 thoughts too small for their own posts! Thoughts like: The path to greatness is paved in cringe. Kill Luke Skywalker as soon as possible. Let Frontier airlines test your book. Your manifesto needs manifestation. Thanks for reading!

What have I been eating to refill my creative battery? murkdice.substack.com/p/what-art-h...

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