why do anything?

My daughter created her own little dungeon generator for her homebrew #osr #ttrpg game 😍❤️ My work is done.

Witch Mike doing Magic

the kind of wisdom one would hope to find in anxient tomes 🩸

kitchenalia 🥄

Pine Marten patrol elements engage carrion shambler at close range. Watercolour. Work on third Gwelf book continues. More soon. Tally Ho.

Reducing human value to what we can be trained to do is straight up technofascism. Every fascism has its suhumans. To technofascists, humans are the subhumans.

Sorcerers do magic that's orange, Wizards do magic that's blue or green and Warlocks do magic that's purple, I'm sick of having to explain this to you.

unfinished projects are fiiiiiine society has brainwashed us into chasing utmost productivity every hour of our waking existence just be curious and have fun, man

worth noting that the second rich people stopped being afraid of mobs tearing them limb from limb, they stopped building libraries and opera houses and stuff and started ripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society instead

Honestly, the true catalyst in all of this is @n8hps.bsky.social. Nate's Haunted Almanac is my most prized RPG possession. When I got it years ago, it instilled a love of dungeons and adventures in all forms and sizes. www.patreon.com/hps

My wife is a saint. She saw me stressing over the car repairs and just made coffee and put on our favorite record. Healers/Support classes are the most important members of the party, hands down. #Grateful #Marriage #PartnerInCrime

I am humbled to have 1K followers… ❤️ Here’s to all those folks who appreciate my unfinished projects! 😅 #osr #ttrpg #drawing #maps #boardgames

Just released the 2nd version of my set of hex tiles based on paintings from The Met Collection. This version brings the number of tiles from 6 to 44 and includes bangers such as ocean tiles, making it usable to create real maps for the first time. jonasmerlin.itch.io/the-met-coll... #ttrpg #osr

Hi #PortfolioDay! I’m Philip Blyth, aka “nemoDreamer”, and among other things, I draw lil’ #ttrpg scenes.

Like how that skelly guy came out #comics

Proof wall, Dec 31 2025

More little guys (hopefully in time for #ZIMO)

Honey, were those there yesterday? #ink #scifi

Freaky lil’ guys. #ink

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

Looking at some behind the scenes sketches from Testament for a interview. I still love this drawing of Sister Judith

You don’t have to want kids or even enjoy being around them. But it’s also worth unpacking why kids simply existing, learning, or having unmet needs reads as “annoying,” “unlikeable,” or “bad behavior.” This collective discomfort with noise, need, & vulnerability is why many ADULTS are struggling.

Fun little guys

Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.

Quick little air-dry clay figurines for our family’s games 😊 #ttrpg #osr #clay #crafts

They need to invent a type of project that doesn't have scope creep

For those coming from the dark place, welcome!

Oh hey, I published this blog post yesterday about how to build a #MothershipRPG campaign based around a search and rescue ship trawling a few star systems for distress signals. Totally my own initiative, and not for any other reason that will become apparent in a future Ansible Uplink episode.

if you think about it, a megadungeon is the ultimate walkable city

What people call "making games" is actually twenty jobs stacked on top of a burned-out creative arts graduate who just wanted to avoid the grind.

Ghouls, goblins and old cereal boxes!

The technology was forged in a delusional space where copyright isn’t an issue. No business before has been allowed to do something like that. Except maybe colonialism. “What if we revalued humans and resources at a purchase cost of £0? Would that get us a big pay day?” And we made that illegal.

Her dress was of turquoise-colored silk, bright and soft as the evening sky. It belled out full from her hips, and all the skirt was embroidered with thin silver threads and seed pearls and tiny crumbs of crystal, so that it glittered softly, like rain in April.

And the truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing, but does only and wholly what he must do.

what's up gamers, I'm back with ten more tangible tips for editing your tabletop RPG manuscript: samsorensen.blot.im/ten-more-tan...

All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI. I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".

I love paying human artists and I hate gen AI 🩵 I'm not here to fight about whether or not AI is ethical (I've made my decision and I doubt I'm gonna change yours.) I'm just here to talk about what I and many other artists have been dealing with as we adjust to a new media landscape.

I have written a new blog about what an OSR is. I am told there is a lot of discourse about this, but am confident that this should settle the matter once and for all. thegardenbelow.blot.im/what-is-an-osr

Elden Ring Troll

This is a new introduction thread for myself. I'm Clayton Notestine ("note-styne"). I'm a learner, reviewer, and design writer in tabletop rpgs. I make tools and resources. This thread is my current list of favorite articles and projects on Explorers Design.

(reader turns over tarot card showing death) me: yikes reader: no it's okay it just means change (turns over the devil) me: oh no! reader: no no its inverted, so freedom from restrictions (turns over kitten card) me: awwww reader (white as a sheet): run. run and dont stop running

Reshare: Beyond the Pale deals with a complex situation around land, people, and persecution that's handled with enough care to render it both simple enough to understand and complex enough to give pause. Like the parables that inspired it. www.rascal.news/beyond-the-p...

Halloween with my oversized cardboard costumes. The paint had _just_ finished drying on Sussy Bird…!

Cardboard Derpy Tiger is painted and ready! 🙌 #kpop demon hunters

My Derpy Tiger #cardboard mask from KPop Demon Hunters is coming along! Missing teeth and paint…

My coffee dregs look like a sick heavy metal logo 🤘 #morktober #osr #ttrpg