Please see below, Issue #4 will still come this week.

Suffered a family loss this past weekend so if I owe you a reply or some work, please be patient; I'm getting to it as quickly as grief will allow. I appreciate your patience and grace.💜💜

Crockett: "The US is falling apart, partially bc he's allowing for killings in the street, but also bc we have a 34 count convicted felon being shielded from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex trafficking ring. I don't understand why we're pretending any of this is normal."

Proud to include The Hearth Magazine in this bundle. Fuck ICE.

Reluctantly, I'm pushing the release one more week, to February 17. Between day job and family issues my time has not been my own; better to wait and do this properly. But the contributor spotlights will continue on Monday!

Non-Black folks are far too comfortable taking space and centering themselves in Black spaces. I really need folks to interrogate their feelings of entitlement and refusal to respect and protect Black life, space, and epistemes.

Reluctantly, I'm pushing the release one more week, to February 17. Between day job and family issues my time has not been my own; better to wait and do this properly. But the contributor spotlights will continue on Monday!

Okay! Leading up to Issue #4 finally dropping on February 10, every day this week I'm going to highlight the contributors and other things you'll find in this issue. So let's start with the cover, featuring licensed art by @montfordtales.com. It's a beautiful piece, filled with calmness and joy.

We're turning two years old later this month! Come celebrate with some birthday programming, including a crossword, special podcast episode, and a 20% membership discount during February only.

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

Okay! Leading up to Issue #4 finally dropping on February 10, every day this week I'm going to highlight the contributors and other things you'll find in this issue. So let's start with the cover, featuring licensed art by @montfordtales.com. It's a beautiful piece, filled with calmness and joy.

Now LIVE on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon... Asher's Ridge is a GM-less, zero-prep #TTRPG for one to four players, inspired by Twin Peaks, The X-Files, and Stranger Things. Connect threads of letter tiles and experience the unexplainable in the (dark?) heart of the Lake District.

A reminder that our TTRPG charity raffle to support Minnesota Freedom Fund will run until Feb 27 to coincide with the No ICE in Minnesota charity bundle. So far we've raised $1,950! Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased here: tiltify.com/@jesthehuman...

you are a regular guy, you can challenge the views you were taught as a kid. you are a regular guy, you can find way to oppose your corrupt government.

Something I'm looking into is the possibility of coil binding print issues of The Hearth in the future. It would require some changes, not least of which the contract with contributors to fairly compensate them for print and digital sales. But from a cost standpoint it makes sense. Printing...

Fuck ICE and fuck you too if you support ICE.

Good morning to everyone who is participating in the strike today in every way that they can, and to them only.

I what I am confident will be the last time, Issue 4 release is pushed to February 10. I was rushing to get things finalized but some personal issues ate more time than expected. But the issue is so close to done and I am excited to releaase it into the wild. Because of the delay, though, I get...

Art by Lar DeSouza…

@oldwaysmichael.bsky.social @zoupmachine.bsky.social and @melloette.bsky.social came together this weekend to donate $400 this weekend and I asked if y'all could match it. Gang, $370 has been donated over the last three days!! Whoever helps donate the next $30 gets love and a forehead kiss (cont)

If it’s not roll dice and fuck ICE at your D&D table, I want nothing to do with it.

Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.

If you are looking to support a great organization with a charity stream using tiltify I highly recommend Immigrant Defenders Law Center. They were one of the recipients of funds from the No ICE in California I hosted last summer. tiltify.com/immigrant-de...

Not massive by any stretch, but let me be absolutely clear: if you support in any way what the Apricot Dictator and ICE are doing in the US right now, please fuck all the way off. Fuck off into the ocean until the bubbles stop. You have no place in any community, never mind TTRPGs.

Maybe not super important right now, but I’d love to see the TTRPG people with massive platforms say literally anything about what’s going on in this country. There are things in this world more important than just protecting your money.

a dungeon game is pay what you want grimdark dungeon crawling. Dungeon crawling as survival horror with body horror and violence consequences. Exert yourself to succeed, get weaker, get stronger. All rules free online. https://dungeon.loottheroom.uk

minneapolis was my home for years. sending endless solidarity and support to my neighbors, colleagues, and loved ones there right now. we protect each other. abolish ice until nothing is left. support any way you can at standwithminnesota.org and join me in donating to pow wow grounds & mim today!

We can skip doing our taxes this year, right? I mean they can’t arrest us all if we collectively refuse? They can use their own money to fund billionaires, hatred, and crime. Not paying is unconstitutional, but so is most of what they are doing. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Taxation is not being represented atm.

The nurses are pissed

Bad morning to ICE agents, supporters, friends, and partners of ICE agents, and to them only.

Before any Canadians get smug about our law enforcement, let's look at our history of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, starlight tours, residential schools et al, all violence against Indigenous people upported an often perpetrated by the RCMP and local law enforcement. And *then*...

Some of the 2025 annoyances have been fixed (hooray!) but a few have bled into 2026 (boooo!). Issue #4 is on track to release on Tuesday, February 3 (hooray!) and I appreciate everyone's patience. Once it's released I will take a moment to realistically evaluate the release of Issue #5.

Happy 92nd Birthday to Tom "The Fourth Doctor" Baker! This calls for a jelly baby! youtu.be/mfisgGuuUD8?...

Fantastic read, but it really sucks to see

Please note that The Hearth Magazine will no longer cover anything to do with Possum Creek Games or Steve Jackson Games (not that SJG fell within our purview, but be told).

Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.

Oh yeah, I have a Zine Quest game coming out next month. Want to have a goblin fight? www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

The new publishing empire hub of Prairie Dragon Press! Looking forward to many hours spent working on the magazine et al at this desk.

Something I'm working on for the magazine is "pay if it works" ads. Besides excellent games and articles, I want folks to find excellent small press and indie ttrpgs to play. So what if creators could post an ad for their game/supplement/AP/whatever in The Hearth at no charge, and I get paid if...

We love to see new magazines in the wild! Make sure to check it out!

And for this month's addition to the freebie library, I've got a set of page decor elements that you can use for your own Liora adventures or any other project that your heart desires ✨ ko-fi.com/s/815164340f

Forget Avengers. @devenrue.com has assembled a team of nerdy creatives and together we've created a monthly fantasy travel magazine for your adventuring needs ✨ January location is Liora - a wonderful mining town. Read all about it & tell your adventuring party! ko-fi.com/s/643157b9e9 #FanGeo

Something I'm working on for the magazine is "pay if it works" ads. Besides excellent games and articles, I want folks to find excellent small press and indie ttrpgs to play. So what if creators could post an ad for their game/supplement/AP/whatever in The Hearth at no charge, and I get paid if...

I am not sharing a lot of out of state reporting on this moment, I am sharing this. “We can’t ignore the outright misogyny and homophobia baked into this incident—and yes, erasing Good’s wife from the story of her life and death is also misogyny and homophobia.”

Just want the PDF version of ADVENTURE! Make Your Own TTRPG Adventure and not the print version? I got you covered! Grab it here: exeuntpress.itch.io/adventure And if you leave a rating, I'll be forever grateful. 🙏 #ttrpg #rpg #adventure #rpgdesign #gamedesign

I appreciate all the artists who have reached out, thank you for sharing your work! If you haven't had a chance, please reply in the thread with a link to your licensed, non-AI art!

I posted last night but I'm reposting today for better reach. I'm looking for new artists to use in the magazine for 2026. We aren't at the stage where we can commission anyone, but if you have fantasy/sci-fi art to license, I would like to hear from you. Message me here or at the email in profile.

If you've only be thinking about licensing your work, let this be the push you need to take the plunge. And then reply to my thread below so I have your info!

Call for independent artists:

If you're selling licensed commercial fantasy or sci Fi art, check in with The Hearth.