Hey #Portfolioday! I'm Anna, a Swedish comic artist, illustrator, #ttrpg designer, character designer, sculptor, etc. I do a bit of everything, and if you like what you see, you can chip in and support me on patreon.com/annalandin annalandin.itch.io #art #comics

I always think about this when it comes to wanting to play a new game. If you're the GM, that means you are learning that game on your own time and teaching that game to people who, even if they have access to the materials to learn, more often then not expect to be taught through play.

I have realized that emotes are like punctuation for non-sentences where you want to acknowledge the other person's input, but don't feel the need to add onto or encourage further discussion.

“I am an AI hater” amazingly written anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I have successfully made my annual mistake of eating too many cookies.

Might've convinced some local folks to play some Necromunda! Here's the factions I've been working on:

Is there a name for the sort of modern, psychological fantasy that things like Persona, Utena, or The World Ends With You get into? There's something special about the blending of scientific terms and research and using it to describe things both ancient and developing. The blend of mind and matter

A few years ago, Friday asked me "What if we made a book about GMing romance?" That book, brought to you by the brilliant minds and hands of folks from all across the #TTRPG space, is now ready to be on your digital bookshelves and tables! Very very proud of everyone who contributed 💖

Twelve princesses 👑

Sat down to do an art today for the first time in awhile and OH BOY am I in an observation slump and being real dissatisfied with what I'm doing. But only one way to get over that. Gotta get back to doing art more regularly.

Every group who plays Elden Ring: Nightreign has the following: 1) The person who has played Elden Ring and maybe beaten it. 2) The person who has completed Elden Ring 100 times. 3) The person who has never personally interacted with a Fromsoft before.

Silksong's really coming for the title of "worst swamp in a videogame" huh?

Just finished Chants of Sennaar and what a good little mind-stretching game. Really been enjoying a lot of these language-based adventure games lately!

Painting some new knights in a sort of antiqued gold and green accents and I'm digging this scheme.

Spoken Legends is out NOW! Building on (and compatible with) the weird and wonderful journeys of Spoken Magic, let Destiny guide you along the path of heroism as you face new problems in new locations, craft new words into strange combinations, and wield your legacy in defense of the world!

ok. Hear me out. It almost seems like I'm actually good at games in this episode. 😅 youtu.be/wGJAjBcEBSE?...

Want to see the game in action? Destiny is on your side! Spoken Legends designer @anarisis.dylangrinder.com will be livestreaming a full session of the game alongside @littlecuppajo.bsky.social and @itsjustsummer.bsky.social this Saturday at 4pm EST/1pm PST on her twitch channel: twitch.tv/anarisis

My sympathies to all the content/community managers out there who have to read all the negative comments for things that are absolutely out of your control.

NO-SKIN is a dreamlike, minimalist roguelite about the world's worst apartment party. You're drunk and THE NO-SKIN MAN says that you're cursed now. Thankfully the moon thinks you're cool and gives you a knife and gun. Unsettling vibes. Bum smokes off your friends then stab them as the story unfurls

I was just thinking about this the other day with how historically fascist systems put stock into technical mastery of art and try to belittle artistic intent.

Two more days to join #MeatCircusJam! The circus closes October 31st at 11:59 pm PT, so submit your fleshy and wet TTRPG systems, settings, or supplements to the jam before the final act is performed 🥩 (Rough drafts and WIPs more than welcome) itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

The Mirthful and Merciless have decreed that TO HEAR THE CALL is now fully available (art pending)! WARNING: includes body horror, dark desires, and clowns. superrobotbear.itch.io/to-hear-the-...

Hey, next time I make a jam game someone please remind me I'm probably not meant to make a whole dang system from scratch and do a bunch of experimental nonsense in 30 days. Anyway "To Hear the Call" is going to be rad (still WIP): superrobotbear.itch.io/to-hear-the-...

Federal immigration agents are arriving in the East Bay, including Berkeley & Oakland. Local orgs warn: stay calm, don’t spread unverified raid alerts, and know your rights. 24/7 legal hotline: 510-241-4011 (ACILEP). www.berkeleyside.org... #eastbay #immigration #knowyourrights

Trying a new thing where I promote my games. Rod Reel & Fist is a cozy fishing adventure ttrpg where you blaze a trail through the wilds, catch strange fish, cash them in for bonuses, and fight for your life against marauding animals. kumada1.itch.io/rod-reel-fist

My Meat Circus game is coming along well! Got to write a one more information chapter, finish up some locations, and then I think its going to be ready to rumble! If you want to join or check out the other entries, look over here! itch.io/jam/meatcirc... Going on until the end of October!

Owlcat Games unveils free educational resource hub for game industry professionals

Does anyone else get to a point pretty early on in a game design and realize "I *gotta* know what the character sheet looks like before I go any further"? Like, I need to know what I what mechanics players to have access to before I get too deep in the whole thing.

All are welcome to the Cult of the Spouses! Live with @anarisis.dylangrinder.com doing more spouse co-op Cult of the Lamb w/ Twitch integration so you can join our flock 🐑👑😈 twitch.tv/anarisis

Man, I feel like I've been in a real TTRPG slump lately but the Meat Circus Jam is really igniting some fires in my brain! I've been neglecting all the body horror that's been building up in there I guess. Also check out the jam! I made the logo for it. itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

I love how this logo came out! So excited to be making a heckin' weird game for the jam, too. I'm going full in, like one of the stats is going to be "MEAT."

Do you hear that? Raucous laughter, festive music, and wet squelching... #MeatCircusJam is in town! Join me @anarisis.dylangrinder.com @pbplaysinside.bsky.social and @superrobotbear.bsky.social for a #TTRPG jam about MEAT Submissions open until Oct 31st at 11:59 pm PT! itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

New game jam arriving tomorrow alongside the October winds 👀🔪🤡 itch.io/jam/meatcirc...

Completely unrelated to anything else I've been posting, I did finish my dinosaurus spearhead army.

Been not really feeling like myself lately. Not exactly sure why but I think there may be a connection to a string of failed or MIA games projects I have been working on. I dunno. What have people been making/enjoying? Feelin' a bit outta the loop (almost 100% dnd at the place I've been hanging).

Yes, for sure. Games (especially ttrpgs) are physical and verbal things as much as textual. Trying to move between mediums can be the hardest part, but things like examples and easily referencable handouts can help with the translation.

🚨 A challenge has been issued! 🚨 I loved indie mystery game The Roottrees are Dead and even played the extended mystery Roottreemania. However, I never opened that last manila envelope. Can I solve this mystery 6 months later!? Twitch.tv/FaunAndGames

Bought a new office chair designed specifically to sit cross-legged in and what an absolute game changer.

If you wanna see baby Fawn trying Hollow Knight for the first time back in early 2021 I have a YouTube playlist. Just ignore the tears since it started as a fundraiser and I was overwhelmed with people coming together to raise hundreds of dollars for charity.🥺 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Giving Necromunda an honest try and I'm having a lot of fun putting tiny posters on walls. Terrain is mostly done at this point, and then I'm moving on to models!

Been playing FF14 again and I've been wondering if its incredibly slow pace is what makes it playable for hours on end. Like, if I play two hours of Helldivers 2 I'm exhausted. A round of Nightreign (45 mins) where you lose at the very end? Disastrous. Four hours of FF14? Barely made progress in MSQ

There's something weird about having to fill out a medical form that's like "No, there is no metal in me." What if I have secret metal? Metal no one told me. Do *you* know, doctor, if I have any metal in me because I would like to know.

Starting to notice this weird trend of Videogames get turned into Boardgames that turn into TTRPGs that turn into Videogames.

I've been playing "The Roottrees are Dead" and while the original content was good and fulfilling for my detective brain, Roottreemania makes you *really* work for those clue-trails. Very good so far!

I think half the fun of working on Garden of the Giants stuff is researching fashion periods and then imagining how that's supposed to work on a squirrel. Or a toad. Or usually most hilariously, a bee.

After like... a year of not having any game design in my brain I've got two BIG PROJECTS in there now and they are competing for time and energy and I'm not really sure which I should do. Garden of the Giants 2 would be new systems, but the other game would let me use some unfinished projects.

einstein sent this to curie in 1911 when she was being harassed by tabloids. it contains everything you’d want in such a letter: (1) your haters are trash (2) you’re a baller, a true queen (3) i have determined the statistical law of motion of the diatomic molecule in planck’s radiation field 🧪⚛️

Just finished Motheater by Linda H. Codega and it was very good! I love a book divided between two storylines giving hints and clues about what's going on in the other half. Also very fun and interesting descriptions of witch magic!

I was talking to someone about Garden of the Giants yesterday and how its about characters trying to figure out themselves in a place that is unchanging, and its got me thinking about what I want to do with the sequel. What if GotG is about figuring out community and your place in it?