Today's the day! At 4.30pm PT, join us at twitch.tv/plaiddog for a full weekend of TTRPGs & charity fundraising for Andrea's Adventurers! We'll be streaming RPGs all weekend — plenty of time to help us out, heckle, chat, and affect each game with donations! Let's Roll a Nat 20 to Beat Cancer!

You don't need gen AI, not even if you're not an artist. I'm not an artist, but I wanted to make an illustration of a monster's eye... something like an "eldritch eye." I cannot do by scratch, so I downloaded free images, and mixed them until I got something I was happy with. Here the result:

I started playing Ironsworn this year and I’ve been having a lot of fun with it! Finally sketched up my character, Kanno and his large friend Kalidas 🥹 ✦ #Ironsworn ✦ #solorpg ✦ #sketch ✦ #art ✦ #darkfantasy ✦

I helped make this: ironvault.quest if anyone wants to have a cool thing to journal out their Ironsworn/Starforged campaigns in.

If you're a bookseller or tabletop designer with thoughts about DriveThruRPG's Partner Shipping Program -- specifically its cut from sales -- I want to hear from you for a followup article! Email: [email protected] Signal: ChaseTC.24 Or DM me here.

No Public Access tomorrow, but me and @errantadventurespod.com did rustle up something spooky for you all to enjoy...

It's time once again for another episode of Legends of the Sundered Isles. This month, I'm joined by the incredible @cassi.mothwin.com as we explore yet another Truth in this shared world. Come and join us for witches, moonlight, and magic!

Solve cold cases. Meet strange characters and stranger scenes. Survive your own bullshit, and probably get worse. Kassandra King: Devil's Dice is out now. Birthed from the External Containment Bureau. Mechanics from @shawntomkin.bsky.social's Ironsworn. notwriting.itch.io/kassandra-ki...

Just a couple days left to grab REAP on sale! Try out this solo TTRPG of a necromancer wandering a dead world. Rip out blood and bone from your victims, empower your spells. Reap souls. gilarpgs.myshopify.com/products/reap

Accidentally put my eczema cream on my toothbrush and brushed for a solid 15 seconds before I realized something was off. How's your morning going?

OneDrive/MSWord somehow made a chapter for a freelance project disappear. I've been working on it for several weeks. Tried every fallback for finding and restoring the doc, and it's like it never existed. Put too much trust in cloud storage, I guess. Double backups for now on. I am gutted.

I cowrote the "Last Survivor" solo gameplay mode that is included in the Alien Evolved Edition core book. Very exciting to contribute in a small way to the RPG based on one of my favorite cinematic universes.

T minus 11. An #ApocalypseWorldBurnedOver thread. In case you were wondering what we're cooking up in #AW3rd edition.

Ironsworn: Starforged is the deal of the day at @drivethrurpg.com! Save 50% on this spacefaring evolution of the Ironsworn #ttrpg. Supports solo, co-op, and guided play, and includes a massive array of random generators for a universe of adventure and peril. www.drivethrurpg.com/product/391653

New #ironsworn actual play series! Hit that subscribe button. youtu.be/hZtP_MkBekw?...

New from @shawntomkin.bsky.social! 🌟 Brave the perils of the Forge with this set of character asset cards for Ironsworn: Starforged. ⭐ This printed deck Includes 87 assets, 3 reference cards for key moves, and 3 combat tracker cards! Expand your game today! 👉 www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Looking for Ironsworn: Starforged asset cards? Unfortunately, they are out of stock. As a stopgap while I try to source a new printer, and to ensure they are perpetually available in some format, I now also have the asset deck available via @drivethrurpg.com. www.drivethrurpg.com/product/5384...

New to the #SoloRPG List: Ironsworn: Starforged from @shawntomkin.bsky.social You're a spaceborne hero sworn to undertake perilous quests, explore uncharted space, unravel the secrets of a mysterious galaxy, and build bonds with those you meet on your travels. CLICKY: solorpglist.com/search.html?...

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The world lost a genial man, a genius communicator and a supreme artist. I lost a friend - beloved Drew.

Busy feeder at sunset. The perched hummingbird spends its day chasing everyone else away, but it deigned to let others gather for a few minutes. So generous.

Over War looks pretty cool! It's an RPG/strategy hybrid that has you playing the commander of a small warband. The Monarch edition adds GM-less/solo support. Deal of the Day on DTRPG.

Really sad to hear this. Rob was a great writer and an amazing booster for TTRPGs. In particular, he seemed really passionate about giving visibility to smaller games and creators. Deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Mythic Magazine #58 is out loose in the wild! It tackles creating conversation for NPCs in solo games, and features a scenario all about chatter where your PC runs a weird, late-night radio talk show. I love anything "weird" :) www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #ttrpg

My least favorite bit about self-publishing is figuring out the right time to do a new print run. It costs tens of thousands of dollars, so I can't over-invest in stock, but I inevitably get caught off guard by a sell-through and have long gaps where items are not available at all. I suck at it.

Want a #Firefly -themed character sheet for #ironsworn #starforged ? I made a dedicated ship sheet as well, complete with a technobabble oracle for when your crappy compression coil goes bad or the primary buffer panel falls off your ship. Free download: jaderavens.itch.io/starforged-t...

The spooky season is upon us! I've put my spookiest game, REAP, on sale for the rest of the month. Grab this excellent solo TTRPG of a wandering necromancer for 25% off. Sale applies to book and PDF versions! gilarpgs.myshopify.com/products/reap

Looking for an amazing solo or duet #TTRPG? We have over 400 titles listed in our index over at solorpglist.com #SoloRPG #DuetRPG #TTRPGfolks #GMless #Worldbuilding #Journaling #DungeonCrawl #TabletopRPG

Celebrate spooky seas(on) with Sundered Isles, the epic seafaring expansion for Ironsworn: Starforged. Includes a bounty of random generators for ghost ships, cursed treasures, forsaken isles, and more. Digital Edition is 33% off via my store, Itch, or DTRPG. tomkinpress.com/sundered-digital

Received my backer copy of this, and it's exceptionally lovely and evocative!

We’re lining up all the things for the launch, and it’s going to be cool. Also hard and sharp and agro and weird.

Dwellers under the High Grave, a folkloric Starforged/Sundered Isles expansion by @mendercap.bsky.social, just got another major content update. It features evocative lore, some great random tables, and gorgeous illustrations. Check it out! mendercap.itch.io/dwellers-und...

Excited to have Ironsworn: Starforged available at @tabletopbookshelf.com. They offer an amazing selection of indie TTRPGs. Check them out!

This has been a really fun mini-series!

Folks I need help to make sure this thing is as solid as possible. If you want a good sci-fi horror game for Halloween, consider checking it out and help me playtest it !

Hummingbird grabbing an early breakfast.

I don't know about you but I've had a long and difficult day. So I unwinded by making some #Ironsworn memes. If your day was difficult as well, they might help you cheer up. Sometimes we need to do something unproductive.

In this episode of Red Crag, Tamsin learns an unwelcome truth about her brother Coryn. Did he conspire to kill Gilli? This ongoing fantasy serial is based on my Ironsworn solo RPG campaign. open.substack.com/pub/susanben...

Some great stuff in here! Legend in the Mist, in particular, is a gorgeously done game, and by itself is well worth the bundle price. Proceeds benefit a very worthwhile cause.

Ouch. Went to the pledge manager for a crowdfunder, and got dinged with $52 shipping for one book. Global shipping is a mess, but that amount tells me they are using shipping as a profit source. This is a company with 300 employees. Not some lone indie struggling to manage fulfillment. Grumble.

I wrote a massive TTRPG setting guide encyclopaedia about the ancient Scotland and the Picts who lived in it. It covers everything scholars currently know about life in the 7th century, from landscapes to kingdoms to faith, magic, settlements, and so much more. Check it out! carvedinstone.scot

Tomorrow we return to the SSS Arklight. Its ongoing campaign: to explore ancient civilisations; to seek out old vaults and loot relics—probably for profit; to boldly co-op #Starforged #TTRPG where no one has co-oped before! Join us Friday 9pm EDT / 6pm PDT (Saturday 1pm NZST) on twitch.tv/seroRPG

Patrons tomorrow. Everyone else, Friday. Can't wait for you to meet The Latchkeys. #publicaccess #actualplay @jessjewell.bsky.social @masquewren.bsky.social @jasoncordova.bsky.social @fkth.bsky.social

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I just released the RUNE Duet rules supplement! Been wanting to take this solo game on with a friend? Well now you can! Rules updates for exploration, optional combat difficulty modifiers, and four new items for duet play. $2, aka $1 per player. Get them now. gilarpgs.itch.io/rune-duet

We're live! Vampires! Submarines! Hot Air Balloons that swing wrecking balls! What more could you people want from me? www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU5H...

The Season finale is up for Patrons now. And on International Talk Like A Pirate Day too. I didn't plan that.

Raise the sails, ye landlubbers! For Talk Like a Pirate Day I’ve gone all in with FREE stuff: - Boundless Tides, a free soulslike pirate RPG - Boundless SRD, the system I’ve been tinkering with for a year - The Boundless website which has rules, faq, extras, and more. THIS IS ALL FREE

Shawn* and I back this Friday from 9pm EDT / 6pm PDT (Saturday 1pm NZST) for more of @shawntomkin.bsky.social's Starforged on twitch.tv/seroRPG What will Jiro, Venri, Sparky and the ship's flirty AI get up to next on the SSS Arklight? * not the creator of the game, just a friend with the same name

Everything sucks, but I released a new solo #ttrpg today. A stand-alone sequel/prequel to The Winter Guard and The Spring Rider. “How long has it been since your kith was last called upon? Has it ever been done alone? The autumn winds bring more questions than answers, but your task is clear.”