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Robbi A Burns

@robbiaburns.bsky.social

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I'm Robbi B! (They/them🏳️‍⚧️) Freelance Illustrator, Improvisor, Ukelele math punker, TTRPGs at Gossamer Coast (Formerly Glass//Cutter) HINTERLIGHT KICKSTARTER: https://ttrpg.link/hinterlight Portfolio: gossamercoast.com/burns

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Mar 27

I'm freelance illustrator in West Philly. I work in TTRPGs, storyboards, comics, editorial, murals, albums, etc. When I’m not working on your game, I’m doodling for Gossamer Coast (formerly Glass//Cutter). Best known for Glimmer’s Rim & Candleberry Jam.

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Richard @ R. Rook @rrookstudio.bsky.social · 1d

Working with the G//C crew on this game has been a 2025 highlight.

Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 1d

Another one for Hinterlight! My process tends to be:
1. thumbnails 2. reference gathering and value-mapping on the computer, and then 3. Lightbox and traditional inking.
ttrpg.link/hinterlight to follow the project!

#inktober #hinterlight #gossamercoast #indiettrpg

work in progress inking picture of dead bodies in chairs collapsed onto a table next to an identical picture, but this time with a light underneath for another layer to shine through showing blacks whites and grays in order to provide a road map for where the ink should go.

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Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · 2d

Black Flies by @goosepoopgames.com is so close funding! Can you be the one who brings Zzrtrzz to life?

Will you be the #1 cultist of our hearts?

Check out this fabulously fly filled fantasy fenomenon!

TTRPG.link/BlackFlies

If we can get it funded tonight, I promise Jordan will eat a fly!

Black Flies

A horror TTRPG where YOU'RE the villain! Join a cult, gather Followers, and turn townsfolk into flies in this rules-lite GM-less TTRPG. Will you seek your Fortune? Great for fans of Hot Fuzz, The Fly,...

TTRPG.link

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 3d

Hey!! It's our thing! Thanks to Ryan for letting us talk about ourselves this time on stream!

The Weekly Scroll @theweeklyscroll.com · 4d

New episode!

Ryan sits down with Tyler, Robbie, and Kelsey of Gossamer Coast to talk HINTERLIGHT, a collaborative world-building game that sows the seeds of future adventure amidst the ashes of a gothic faerie empire.

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EP 288 | We Interview GOSSAMER COAST

YouTube video by The Weekly Scroll

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Superdillin (Mirror your pronouns) @superdillin.bsky.social · 7d

Just played a deeply sad, beautiful game with some of the best tragic storytellers I know.

@edwardspence.bsky.social
@ameliasom.com
@blackgirlmage.bsky.social
And Tyler Lamb

Are all SO outstanding to listen to, to play off of, to visit dark places with.

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 7d

More Hinterlight Process Baby!
youtube.com/shorts/CeZkd...

#inktober #faetober #gossamercoast #hinterlight #ttrpgart

3: Preening Fae #inktober

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Ghoula RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · 7d

Want to grab one of my games and want to save some cash?

Browse the imperfect book collection! These games have small blemishes on the outside, but are full of the same great rules on the inside.

I just updated the stock with some more titles!

gilarpgs.myshopify.com/products/imp...

Imperfect Books

Sometimes books get a little dinged up during travel. Why waste a perfectly good book? All imperfect books are completely readable and ready for play. They just have some cosmetic damage, such as a be...

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 9d

I Love David Macaulay! Incredible find!

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Adam Bell @adambell.games · 10d

create a cast of characters, build out a playlist, and play a little bit of music trivia with your friends in Melisma

adambell.itch.io/melisma

This is a fun lil game I've been designing to sell at the pittsburgh zine fair later this month, released yesterday for the #MinimalistJam

Melisma by adambell

Character Creation Music Trivia Party Game

adambell.itch.io

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 11d

2: STUDIO TOUR. My unvarnished ink zone.
www.youtube.com/shorts/k65Gm...
#artstudio #illustratonstudio #gamestudio #ink #studiotour

2: studio tour

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 12d

New piece for Hinterlight that I shouldn’t do.
youtube.com/shorts/Y5Ot9...

#hinterlight #indiettrpg

A bad idea!

YouTube video by Robbi Burns

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 19d

You're very kind! Likewise!

Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 19d

Ayee thanks again!!

Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 22d

At Queen & Rook Renn Faire til 8ish!!

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · 24d

In case ya didn't know you can grab a FREE copy of The Prince of Hounds Quickstart by @jdragsky.bsky.social this month from @plusoneexp.bsky.social !! An truly insane, deeply fun game. plusoneexp.com/products/pri...

Prince of Hounds Quickstart

When the immortal Empress Zahhan united the Realms beneath her stars, she drafted 99 charters with 99 merchant-lords, granting them safe passage through her lands and freedom from all her Laws, as lon...

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Sep 17

Full version Hinterlight Sample spread I made for the kickstarter we're launching with @plusoneexp.bsky.social in Nov! Very jazzed about this direction. Get notified when it launches: ttrpg.link/hinterlight
More art coming soon!

#ttrpg #indiettrpg #hinterlight #gossamercoast #fae #gameart

A top down illustration of a table top with a mirror, book, and pattern of cards on it containing text on how the cards might be interpreted.

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Plus One Exp | Staying Home For PAXU (cause we live in Philly) @plusoneexp.bsky.social · Sep 15

Horrible Knight is a 3rd party adventure @gendershrug.bsky.social & @robbiaburns.bsky.social for MotO games & Mythic Bastionland by @bastionland.bsky.social

We have been dying to partner w/Reilly for a while.
Pairing them up with Robbi for art is killing

I can't wait to reveal the design tech

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Sep 16

Thanks friend! Very relaxing to do automatic drawings like these

Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Sep 13

Gossamer Coast comin to Clark Park farmers market tomorrow in West Philly! Come peep the Bizarre 10-3!

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Sep 6

Whoa! Nice to meet ya lil guy!! I'd shake but...

Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Sep 5

One of my favorite little guys I did for Dungeon Denizens II by @goodmangames.bsky.social a couple months ago.

#osr #ttrpg #gameart #ttrpgart

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Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Sep 4

GAME DAY! Reposting the incredible game my homie Tyler made at the end of last season! Originally found on our newsletter here: www.gossamercoast.com/all-bones-no...

#gobirds #goburds #flyeaglesfly

Robbi A Burns @robbiaburns.bsky.social · Sep 3

We just hit triple digit followers for Hinterlight babbyy. Time to triple it! Thanks to @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social for helping us get there. Welcoming all to stay in the loop so you know when we launch! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gla...

Creepy fairy with candle bows in front front of an enormous spooky entrance. The Words "Be Welcome Honored Guests" hover beside.

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Possible Worlds Games @possibleworlds.bsky.social · Aug 29

In @oneshotrpg.bsky.social & @worldstoforge.bsky.social's Cosmic Century Knights, you also forge the world itself! Before each campaign, players collaboratively decide how & how much sci-fi is incorporated into your setting. Here's @charliechan.bsky.social's take! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...

A predominantly fantasy city with hints of sci-fi elements throughout

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jay Dragon is recovering @jdragsky.bsky.social · Aug 28

the fact that we dont talk about games like arcs and root when talking about artistic/thematic/political expression in tabletop games points to a fundamental weakness of rpg-centered games discourse

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