Zines from Below

I played through my solo adventure yesterday in about 30-40 minutes. It was really fun!! Even though I wrote it, I was surprised and delighted. I used dice, pencils, and Cairn Barebones Editions (at the park). Play report: I died, but the captive I was trying to rescue escaped!!

An empire is constructed chiefly in the thoughts of its subjects, and the New Hegemony is no different. To endure, the Hegemony must appear to have always existed; the Hegemon must likewise be seen to rule over Urth as naturally as flame devours kindling.

I just launched Wizard Mind Palace, a cozy wizard journaling game, on Kickstarter. Check it out!

First ever con experience at ArcaneCon was incredible! Everyone was 12/10. Had so much fun, can’t wait to come back!

I had so much fun at Arcane Con ‘26. So glad I made the journey. Fun games, nice folks, new connections. I’d love to come back! I’m also hauling home a ridiculous hoard of great books and zines that I bought or traded for🥰 (of course).

On my way to Arcane Con :)

Only 48 hours left to back A Sliver of Evidence by @karlyanddd.bsky.social! This book is complete and ready to print. Expected shipping this winter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cai...

Thaaanks Karly, great to see you!!

Market at Toy Lair last weekend. Richmond Zine Fest tomorrow!!

Fresh copies of SKETCH BOOKERS incoming for Richmond Zine Fest, this Saturday at Studio Two Three, 12-6. Free pdf available on my itch page. Advice for keeping a sketchbook, drawing, and making art a part of your life.

After two years of writing adventure modules, I'm jumping back into journaling games! Wizard Mind Palace is a game about preparing for an epic quest, meant to capture the vibe of Gandalf sipping tea while poring over dusty tomes and scrolls. Coming to Kickstarter next month.

And some more sketchbook crumbs, inventions in progress , drawing club

A bunch of sketchbook bits

Album of the Day: Green Lung, "Necropolitan." The British doom band go full occult-rock on their third LP, living deliciously-and sounding damn good.

Coming Soon from Cairn Press! A Sliver of Evidence by @karlyanddd.bsky.social www.kickstarter.com/projects/cai...

Messing around

Clayton makes a great point here that I think a lot of people dont realize. People pay attention when all you have to say is negative. You are digging yourself a grave made of your own discontent- the internet isn't actually a good place to complain.

My buddy and co-worker Bran drew this and gave it to me today, because we all Did A Good Job

Been doing some more Appendix N Jam rating tonight, here's one I thought was really fun (and gross): itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...

Everytime I decide to illustrate anything I end up respecting illustrators more. It's great to have a nice map for my hexcrawl solo game, but, boy, it takes time to make it look good even in an amateur way.

107. The Tapping From the Ink-Stained Coffin by @zinesfrombelow.bsky.social A lightweight solo dungeon crawl for Cairn 2e ⚰ Very stylish & apparently fully made in under 24 hours! Light on material, but there's more than enough flavorful marrow on these bones to base your own hearty stew off of

This was a cool one too [Appendix N. Jam]: itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...

This was a cool one [Appendix N. Jam]: itch.io/jam/appx-n-j...

Read and reviewed a few more Appendix N. Jam entries tonight. Good stuff! I have now rated 20 out of 332 =\. The poor judges...

Monster Drawing Rally at 1708 Gallery today!! You don’t have to actually, literally draw monsters… but that’s what I do anyway 😊.

My wife and I have been playing Dune: Imperium/Uprising/all the expansions CONSTANTLY. We have a game going most of the time 😅. I made some custom sand worm pieces!!

Poster explorations for a CY_BORG project. Coming soon-ish. Why would your players go to Eledine Space Port? To find a missing person? To raid the warehouse of used cybertech? Or to steal Eledine Exolife Launch Vehicle 3 for...something?

Some thoughts on running the Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Excellence in Gaming.

An Appendix N Jam highlight: Lovely map, super interactive--a very complete adventure packed into the small space. I love the little snippets of dialogue included with some NPCs. Body horror! System-wise, I'd pair this with VYRMHACK by @feralcharlie.bsky.social ! undelved.itch.io/the-prismati...

Any folks in the US wanna do a zine trade via snail mail?? I've got the games in the quote below and some mini zines too. I'm down to trade for game zines and non-game zines alike!

And my SECOND Appendix N Jam project, I made on my own, analog style with ink on paper, and very little planning before I started. Oh, and I made it all in like the last 24ish hours before the Jam ended =D. THE TAPPING AT THE INK-STAINED COFFIN jamie-douglas.itch.io/ink-stained-...

Due to some specifics on player prep, FOUL is exactly a perfect fit (3 PCs per player funnel for MB)! I'll report back with how it goes. 8-9 players including a few kids! Should be chaotic fun, if nothing else. m-allen-hall.itch.io/foul

Just read this and it slapeth!! Great art @karlyanddd.bsky.social Gonna read as many Appendix N Jam entries as I can, you guys are so creative =D. #appendixNjam

@bymattkelly.bsky.social put together a collection of Cairn adventures folks made for the Appendix N Jam: itch.io/c/7779132/ap...

I worked on TWO Appendix N Jam entrties! 1. I made art and maps for ArcaneSporcery's "Diamond's of the Firmament." Really creative, charming and funny writing, I absolutely want to run this. And it was awesome working with them! arcanesporecery.itch.io/diamonds-of-...

More purple denizens of the Court of Yllthrax.

I finished up all of the art and maps for Out of the Iron Labyrinth the other week! I’ll show more soon >=^}