We're excited to be providing development and production support for Columbary TTRPGs new module for Mothership Month 25: The Conduit. The Conduit is built for hard-edged cyber-noir investigation. You must hunt down the source of defective black market clones. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/...

Much ink spilled in the defense of bigots

Late Pledges for Hit the Road, Jack! by @percypropa.bsky.social are now live! I love this solo, biker duel game, and the WIP art from @feralcharlie.bsky.social is turning out absolutely incredible. hit-the-road.rvgames.company

Hit the Road, Jack! has funded. We have 48 hours left, so we could still unlock voice acting if we get some more backers during the final rush. hit-the-road.rvgames.company

Hit The Road, Jack! - @percypropa.bsky.social & @rvgames.company Kyle produces excellent content in this space, and this game looks like an absolute ton of fun! It's a solo/duet game about the adrenaline rush of the chase, and it is SO CLOSE to its goal. 🏍️🏃🏜️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

Hit the Road, Jack! by @percypropa.bsky.social is hitting Backerkit for Pocketopia at 10am PDT. It’s a boxed solo/duet tarot based journaling game about two outlaw bikers in an epic duel. We have some fabulous art from both @feralcharlie.bsky.social and Curious Friend. hit-the-road.rvgames.company

Two days until our Jacks hit the road for #Pocketopia, and if you back you'll be receiving a suite of incredible major arcana tarot cards from @feralcharlie.bsky.social that you can use to play!!! Join the party over at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...

New cover I finished last week for a Vinyl LP + TTRPG coming soon from @rvgames.company

Advanced Rules is now available digitally! Advanced Rules is a 114 page collection of house rules and game developer notes for @mothership.bsky.social. It is now available digitally, and even if you missed the crowdfunding campaign, you can still pre-order a physical copy from RV Games. Links 👇

Return to Perinthos, the community driven memorial book for Jennell Jaquays is finally about to ship! We’ve now closed the Crowdfundr and sent out surveys. If you want to get a copy, you can still pre-order on the RV Games shop. All profits from these limited direct sales go to Trans Lifeline.

And we funded in less than 8 hours and are looking to fund our singular stretch goal. Back before 7am PDT on 2/6 to get a free patch!

We’re excited to be publishing @discodan.bsky.social’s new Leonard Cohen inspired Mothership module A Secret Chord for Zimo. It’s a powder keg of cosmic horror with art by @amandalee.bsky.social, maps by @benkinghi.bsky.social, and layout by @anxietywizard.bsky.social. Now live on BackerKit! #zimo

Orgy of the Blood Leeches irl! My WIP module is about a militant sex workers union solving the murder of a trans woman in the midst of chaos. It’s more important than ever to make uncompromising, uncomfortable art that’s rooted in actual political struggle.

Mum Chums, my slice of life #ttRPG about the people who care for kids, is now live on Kickstarter. If you like your gaming with a strong emotional core, back it today!

Somewhere in the dark between the stars, the Black Emperor stirs, and his harmonic chord thrums out across the universe… A Secret Chord, my new module and ZineMonth contribution from @rvgames.company for @mothership.bsky.social has a teaser page! It’s gonna be horrifying! asc.rvgames.company

It’s the last day for Orgy of the Blood Leeches, RV Games Deluxe Mystery Campaign Adventure for Mothership 1e! We’re so close to unlocking Suspect and Creature Standees! Also, @emosludge.bsky.social has signed on for the art for the Solo Vinyl Gamebook Adventure. leeches.rvgames.company

Constantin Brâncuși, Bird in Space, c. 1941 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136587

Did you know: it’s #MothershipMonth 🌠 WITNESS: interviews with @rvgames.company @magnumgalaxygames.bsky.social @joelhines.bsky.social @raccomputing.bsky.social @wickedonipub.com @dngnclubgames.bsky.social @terryherc.bsky.social @carsonbrown.bsky.social @chrisair.itch.io bit.ly/DarkBarkMosh

RV Games holiday sale is here! Free shipping worldwide until the end of the year! We now have copies of Ronin from Slightly Reckless games in addition to our @mothership.bsky.social catalog. shop.rvgames.company

Orange Circle by František Kupka, 1945 https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137172

Orgy of the Blood Leeches for @mothership.bsky.social is now live on BackerKit as part of Mothership Month. It features the art of @amandalee.bsky.social and graphic design by @anxietywizard.bsky.social, and I hope we are able to fund this deluxe boxed set. #moshmo https://leeches.rvgames.company

In just a few hours, I’m gonna be in a live interview about Orgy of the Blood Leeches, my entry for @mothership.bsky.social Month. Come check it out @ 4pm PDT! It will be available as a recording afterwards if you’re not able to watch today. leeches.rvgames.company

Monstro Elisapumpkin doesn’t exist. Monstro Elisapumpkin can’t hurt you!

A months-long investigation into tabletop distributor World of Game Design revealed a company characterized as abusive and predatory. The complete picture includes accounts from over a dozen former clients and employees that chart its rise and fall.

This was very fun! Bringing The Lighthouse to space.

I can't believe we're already nearing the end of october, there should be 60 days instead :\ #illustration #darkart #horrorart #monster

I have a new issue out of The AGP where I take a deep dive into the investigation systems in Orgy of the Blood Leeches. https://newsletter.rvgames.company/p/the-adventure-gaming-periodical-issue-788

I've gotten quite a few new followers in the last few days. It's a good time to re-introduce myself to new folks. I'm Violet Ballard, the owner of RV Games, a Queer publisher and distributor of auteur tabletop games. I also write my own work for Mothership and dabble in Microgame wargames.

it's dinner time lukegearing.blot.im/writing-wages

I interviewed @rvgames.company aka Violet Ballard about her upcoming #mothershipmonth adventure "Orgy of the Blood Leeches." Read it and other interviews here on Columbary TTRPG: columbaryttrpg.substack.com/p/an-intervi...

Check out this interview I did with Ben King about Orgy of the Blood Leeches! open.substack.com/pub/columbar...

Orgy of the Blood Leeches is a deluxe campaign adventure for Mothership 1e. It is coming to Backerkit on November 12 as part of Mothership. It features writing by me, Violet Ballard, art from Amanda Lee Franck, and renders by Sam Wildman. https://leeches.rvgames.company

@mothership.bsky.social Month is a cross-collab BackerKit coming November 12-December 10, and RV Games is finally launching Orgy of the Blood Leeches with art by @amandalee.bsky.social, editing by greenspore, and layout by @anxietywizard.bsky.social leeches.rvgames.company

The new issue of The Adventure Gaming Periodical is available! https://newsletter.rvgames.company/p/the-adventure-gaming-periodical-issue-afc

FIREDROP is now available from the fine folks at @spearwitch.bsky.social! Go and grab a copy: spearwitch.com/products/fir...

The Adventure Gaming Periodical Issue #14 is now out! This issue is about my art centered production process. You can learn why I'm so slow at producing my own work and ended up becoming a publisher to fund my habit 😅 https://newsletter.rvgames.company/p/the-adventure-gaming-periodical-issue-5ee

sludgepunk.itch.io/snakes-and-w... OPERATION ITCHFUNDING FOR SNAKES AND WOLVES SECOND EDITION ANNOUNCED THE MISSION IS THE SAME, THE WAYS YOU DEAL VIOLENCE WILL BE DIFFERENT.

The new issue of The AGP is available! In this one I chat with Brenden Carlson about his upcoming Kickstarter for Earth: After Death, a Gamma World 1e inspired system, and muse about the pros and cons of sensitivity readers for ttrpgs.

Happy #InverteFest, everybody! #art

Willem de Kooning, Rider (Untitled VII), 1985 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134753

Guy designing the Nostromo: However many chains you think we need on the ship, double--then triple that number and that's what we'll put in the ship's chain room. Assistant: Yes, sir. And the chains are dry, of course? Designer: You're fired

This module is two years in the making. We’ll be releasing a demo district as a zine before a fall Kickstarter for a hardcover and a boxed set. This is a very personal project for me, a complex piece of Queer art.

HEY NERDS OIL is currently in the top 100 physical games on itch.io! Haven't checked it out yet? It's PWYW! sludgepunk.itch.io/oil #ttrpg #osr #nsr

Alexander Calder, Elephant Chair with Lamp, 1928 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136801

A new issue of The AGP is now available. This one is a pretty intense personal essay and review of Horse Girl by Samuel Mui and published by @leylinepress.bsky.social.

Got a new Mothership release, Rockfall, written as an experiment using the TOMBS system to generate adventures. Journey underground and take part in a mining strike while something dark awakens below. Links in the reply!

We're in the final days of the Kickstarter for Hecate Cassette Archive for @mothership.bsky.social. It's a heist adventure setting written by @staticdistance.bsky.social with illustrations by @amandalee.bsky.social and layout by @anxietywizard.bsky.social.

Some incredible new art for Hecate Cassette Archive by @amandalee.bsky.social. We only have five days left for the Kickstarter campaign! hecate.rvgames.company

There’s a new issue of The Adventure Gaming Periodical where I talk about using Panic Engine and Twine to write Mothership adventure gamebooks in the spirit of Fighting Fantasy or Lone Wolf books.