Using Chainmail with OD&D

In this post I want to do my best to thoroughly cover using the Chainmail rules to handle combat in Original Dungeons and Dragons. At least, to cover the necessary rules to get a handle on the basics. Resources that I referenced while making this post: Dungeons and Dragons by Gary Gygax and Dave ArnesonChainmail by …

Miniature Sculpting — Giant

I've been brainstorming on a new campaign setting recently and part of that is my plan to include the use of miniatures for combat situations with the Chainmail rules. As an experiment, I wanted to give sculpting my own miniature a shot. The sculpt I wanted to try first was my own take on the …

The Gygax 75 Challenge – Progress Report

This is a follow-up to a reddit post of my week 2 progress on the Gygax 75 challenge. I was inspired to go through the workbook created by Ray Otus which is free to download on itch.io. Ben from Questing Beast posted a video detailing what the challenge entailed, which is when I began. Please …

Through the Valley of the Manticore – Announcement

I'm very excited to announce my follow-up adventure module zine for Old-School Essentials. This time around I will be launching the Kickstarter campaign as part of the first ever Side Quest event, specifically designed for indie zine creators to get there work out there and seen by a larger audience. I made a post earlier …

SideQuest, a creator-led funding drive, launches November 2021!

On the 8th of September 2021, the Zine Creators Workshop announce SideQuest 2021. This event is modelled after the popular ZineQuest promotion on Kickstarter. Designers will crowdfund games over the course of November. By pooling resources, they will shine a light on all their projects.The thinking behind SideQuest is simple. ZineQuest is so successful that …

Shop Updates and First Convention Back

It's been a while since my last post and a lot has happened in that time. Things with my Zinequest 3 project, In the Shadow of Tower Silveraxe, were starting to wind down after the Kickstarter backer shipments had been sent out—there were still the sporadic order for the zine here and there but nothing …

First Kickstarter in the Can

This last week my first ever Kickstarter wrapped up with reaching the final milestone—shipping out all of the rewards to backers. It was a great feeling of accomplishment to at last wave goodbye to all of the copies of my adventure zine as I left the post office, knowing that soon folks who liked the …

Dungeon Goons//Shrine of the Scorpion Lords

Taking a quick break between emptying my bank account to pledge the overwhelming amount of rad projects for Zine Quest 3 and wrapping up the art for my own project, I wanted to share a tiny project I have up on my itch.io page. My head is usually in the clouds so I often miss …

Awesome Projects Coming Out of Zine Quest 3

What a week! With managing my first Kickstarter project, caring for my 6-month old whose going through some mega teething pains, day job work rearing it's head, and the whiplash I incurred from all the cool shit people have created for Zine Quest—I'm spent. But I cannot complain. I wanted to post briefly about some …

Art for Zinequest 3

We're just a few days away until the launch of a ton of cool projects for Zinequest 3, so, like most of the creators involved, I'm in final countdown insanity mode trying to get everything triple-checked before I click launch. The thing I'm focusing on the most in this final week before is illustration. I'd …