hauntedhomes
@jenshaus.bsky.social
I‘m mostly here for civilised discourse on literature. Much obliged.
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church doodles.
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
church doodles.
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#NightTideMag's December Monthly Macabre is PRE-CODE HORROR!
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
#NightTideMag's December Monthly Macabre is PRE-CODE HORROR!
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
It challenged censorship, moral panic, & taboo desire. It also weaponized difference; often villainizing disabled, queer, & racialized bodies. It’s a DEEPLY complicated era worth reexamining.
Pitch us your essay @ nighttidemag.com/pitch 👻📽️
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Crabs? What are you talking about??? The sea spiders are coming!!!
Art for @gritdark.itch.io's Rustborn Bastards. Made a few color variants, but these two are my favs. Can't wait to see these with Dan's layout!
Art for @gritdark.itch.io's Rustborn Bastards. Made a few color variants, but these two are my favs. Can't wait to see these with Dan's layout!
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Crabs? What are you talking about??? The sea spiders are coming!!!
Art for @gritdark.itch.io's Rustborn Bastards. Made a few color variants, but these two are my favs. Can't wait to see these with Dan's layout!
Art for @gritdark.itch.io's Rustborn Bastards. Made a few color variants, but these two are my favs. Can't wait to see these with Dan's layout!
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Due to intense health issues, I will not be available for any further art commissions for the rest of the month.
I will still be working on personal creative projects, but at my own pace.
If you'd like to support me financially, I made a bundle of all my paid stuff: itch.io/s/171477/sup...
I will still be working on personal creative projects, but at my own pace.
If you'd like to support me financially, I made a bundle of all my paid stuff: itch.io/s/171477/sup...
Support Bundle by Chaoclypse
A bundle by Chaoclypse, $20.00 for 9 games
itch.io
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Due to intense health issues, I will not be available for any further art commissions for the rest of the month.
I will still be working on personal creative projects, but at my own pace.
If you'd like to support me financially, I made a bundle of all my paid stuff: itch.io/s/171477/sup...
I will still be working on personal creative projects, but at my own pace.
If you'd like to support me financially, I made a bundle of all my paid stuff: itch.io/s/171477/sup...
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This month's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER. Shelby Deville is dead, one of you is the killer, and you've got twenty minutes to work out who (thirty if you chew your food properly).
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
December 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This month's free game is ONE COURSE ULTIMATE MURDER MYSTERY DINNER. Shelby Deville is dead, one of you is the killer, and you've got twenty minutes to work out who (thirty if you chew your food properly).
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
PDFs, text-only versions and extensive commentary here: www.patreon.com/posts/one-co...
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So after visiting Finland and getting some editing for older recordings done, I am considering tackling the #TTRPG scene in Nordic countries. Which is a challenge because there is sooo much. Any advice on where to start, particularly Sweden and Finland? (I have some leads for Norway/Denmark/Iceland)
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
So after visiting Finland and getting some editing for older recordings done, I am considering tackling the #TTRPG scene in Nordic countries. Which is a challenge because there is sooo much. Any advice on where to start, particularly Sweden and Finland? (I have some leads for Norway/Denmark/Iceland)
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Newest episode is up! Let's talk about telling a story with your toys! Campaign Systems in Wargames - The SNARLcast Episode 022 youtu.be/wjaYBzjxMIU?...
Campaign Systems in Wargames - The SNARLcast Episode 022
YouTube video by Snarling Badger Studios
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December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Newest episode is up! Let's talk about telling a story with your toys! Campaign Systems in Wargames - The SNARLcast Episode 022 youtu.be/wjaYBzjxMIU?...
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This coyote photo might be my best of the year--and I think I had a really great nature photography year!
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This coyote photo might be my best of the year--and I think I had a really great nature photography year!
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If you're looking for more rpg-related YouTube channels that aren't actual plays, check out Weird Place. They remind me of PBS's Idea Channel from almost 10 years ago. Very relaxing, informative watches.
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
Weird Place
Two humans celebrating the art of analog gaming
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If you're looking for more rpg-related YouTube channels that aren't actual plays, check out Weird Place. They remind me of PBS's Idea Channel from almost 10 years ago. Very relaxing, informative watches.
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
www.youtube.com/@weird_place...
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”When MÖRK BORG came out, it didn’t come out of nowhere. It was the outcome of everything that the movement had been working towards. … All of the things that had been bottled up in OSR zine culture came pouring out into a single book, with the confidence of a manifesto.”
New on RPG Gazette: a deep dive into how the OSR aesthetic went from scrappy blog maps to full artpunk identity. From early zines to MÖRK BORG neon chaos, here is why the look became a movement.
#osr #ttrpg #morkborg #indierpg #rpgzines
#osr #ttrpg #morkborg #indierpg #rpgzines
Why the OSR Aesthetic Became a Movement: From Old School Renaissance blogs to MÖRK BORG’s art-punk explosion
At one point in my obsessively reading OSR blogs, junking through home-printed zines, and debating random encounter tables at unreasonable hours, I noticed something strange. The OSR aesthetic was categorically more than a surface visual preference for somebody. It was a declaration of values. All of a sudden scratchy black-and-white illustrations, crazily layered pages, handmade maps, zine-style-ness, and general rejection of clean or corporate aesthetics felt meaningfully loaded.
therpggazette.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
”When MÖRK BORG came out, it didn’t come out of nowhere. It was the outcome of everything that the movement had been working towards. … All of the things that had been bottled up in OSR zine culture came pouring out into a single book, with the confidence of a manifesto.”
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The Berlin of the 1920s is often associated with a certain excess and decadence, but it was a different side of the city — the “sobriety and desolation” of its industrial and working-class districts — which came to obsess the painter Gustav Wunderwald: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The Berlin of the 1920s is often associated with a certain excess and decadence, but it was a different side of the city — the “sobriety and desolation” of its industrial and working-class districts — which came to obsess the painter Gustav Wunderwald: publicdomainreview.org/essay/g...
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Dead channel? I beg to differ! Episode 23 takes us to Mexico and I would invite you to go check out all the amazing creators and publishers in the shownotes, because there's a lot! Interviews with @wingedlion.bsky.social, @cymorgan.bsky.social and more! open.spotify.com/show/0z4WwX6...
Episode 23 - Mexico Part 2
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November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Dead channel? I beg to differ! Episode 23 takes us to Mexico and I would invite you to go check out all the amazing creators and publishers in the shownotes, because there's a lot! Interviews with @wingedlion.bsky.social, @cymorgan.bsky.social and more! open.spotify.com/show/0z4WwX6...
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I wrote a blog post on an OD&D campaign I'm starting soon, as well as outlining a procedure inspired by Turn Undead to make people shit themselves.
chaoclypse.substack.com/p/bear-witness
chaoclypse.substack.com/p/bear-witness
BEAR WITNESS!
OD&D x REALM OF CHAOS. Also, Turn Undead for FREAKS
chaoclypse.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I wrote a blog post on an OD&D campaign I'm starting soon, as well as outlining a procedure inspired by Turn Undead to make people shit themselves.
chaoclypse.substack.com/p/bear-witness
chaoclypse.substack.com/p/bear-witness
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bumpkin
October 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
bumpkin
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Concept: chess with literally no rules changes but every piece has an elaborate backstory that the player must read before play begins. Sure, it’s easy to sacrifice a faceless nameless pawn, but not so easy when you know about their life story and everything that got them to this war
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Concept: chess with literally no rules changes but every piece has an elaborate backstory that the player must read before play begins. Sure, it’s easy to sacrifice a faceless nameless pawn, but not so easy when you know about their life story and everything that got them to this war
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I woke up and chose violence today. Do I'll day it with my full chest. Fuck AI! The TTRPG space is built on heaps on creativity and using it cheapens the hard work countless artists, writers and game designers put into it. While the picture is images, I mean all Gen Ai uses!
October 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I woke up and chose violence today. Do I'll day it with my full chest. Fuck AI! The TTRPG space is built on heaps on creativity and using it cheapens the hard work countless artists, writers and game designers put into it. While the picture is images, I mean all Gen Ai uses!
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Resource scarcity is a mechanic of horror in #TTRPG. Ammo, food, time, water, medical supplies, magical/scientific whatsits, safe areas... It all contributes. Does it make things a bit spreadsheet-y? It can. But is also makes things more urgent, concerning, and adds stakes to actions. 1/2
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Resource scarcity is a mechanic of horror in #TTRPG. Ammo, food, time, water, medical supplies, magical/scientific whatsits, safe areas... It all contributes. Does it make things a bit spreadsheet-y? It can. But is also makes things more urgent, concerning, and adds stakes to actions. 1/2
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#MÖRKTOBER Day 19: Broken
"Her consciousness persists in the stones, fractured but aware. Stand among the rubble and you’ll hear her disconnected whispers, all of her here in one place but lacking cohesion."
Words by @loottheroom.bsky.social, art by me.
"Her consciousness persists in the stones, fractured but aware. Stand among the rubble and you’ll hear her disconnected whispers, all of her here in one place but lacking cohesion."
Words by @loottheroom.bsky.social, art by me.
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#MÖRKTOBER Day 19: Broken
"Her consciousness persists in the stones, fractured but aware. Stand among the rubble and you’ll hear her disconnected whispers, all of her here in one place but lacking cohesion."
Words by @loottheroom.bsky.social, art by me.
"Her consciousness persists in the stones, fractured but aware. Stand among the rubble and you’ll hear her disconnected whispers, all of her here in one place but lacking cohesion."
Words by @loottheroom.bsky.social, art by me.
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I wrote another adventure. It's free. It's a forestcrawl. Get it!
The next module in the Cairn Adventure Series is now available! And it's free! The text, art, and layout is all CC-BY-SA as well.
Have fun!
yochaigal.itch.io/the-feast-of...
Have fun!
yochaigal.itch.io/the-feast-of...
CAS-3: The Feast of Tegny Wood by Yochai Gal
yochaigal.itch.io
October 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I wrote another adventure. It's free. It's a forestcrawl. Get it!
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To my Lord Sandwich by water, and told him how well things do go in the country with me, of which he was very glad, and seems to concern himself much for me.
October 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
To my Lord Sandwich by water, and told him how well things do go in the country with me, of which he was very glad, and seems to concern himself much for me.
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Messing around with Procreate, happy with the result. Some spooky Orlok sketching.
October 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Messing around with Procreate, happy with the result. Some spooky Orlok sketching.
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Hungry fishes for Rustborn Bastards 🐟
October 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hungry fishes for Rustborn Bastards 🐟
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Every scene in this is a potential game. Amazing!
'All these contrivances had to be planned, and made, and transported. And fed. And it must have tired the imagination of the men of the first world to think of occupations for so many machines.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8yE...
'All these contrivances had to be planned, and made, and transported. And fed. And it must have tired the imagination of the men of the first world to think of occupations for so many machines.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8yE...
1962: An Expedition to Post-Apocalyptic Britain | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every scene in this is a potential game. Amazing!
'All these contrivances had to be planned, and made, and transported. And fed. And it must have tired the imagination of the men of the first world to think of occupations for so many machines.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8yE...
'All these contrivances had to be planned, and made, and transported. And fed. And it must have tired the imagination of the men of the first world to think of occupations for so many machines.'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8yE...
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Some RPGs don’t just teach rules—they speak in poetry. 🎲 From MÖRK BORG’s apocalyptic verses to Troika!’s dreamlike absurdity and Into the Odd’s quiet minimalism, their words shape how we play. Read the full piece: Designers as Poets. ✒️ #TTRPG #OSR #GameDesign
Designers as Poets: The Literary Voice of RPG Rules Texts
When we think of RPG designers, we often think of "engineers of the imagination" – those fastidious minds who measure balance, calculate chance, and draw charts. But, at times, a designer sits down to write a rulebook and creates literature. Not a manual, not a set of instructions – but something that hums with rhythm, breathes tone, and is undoubtedly art.
therpggazette.wordpress.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Some RPGs don’t just teach rules—they speak in poetry. 🎲 From MÖRK BORG’s apocalyptic verses to Troika!’s dreamlike absurdity and Into the Odd’s quiet minimalism, their words shape how we play. Read the full piece: Designers as Poets. ✒️ #TTRPG #OSR #GameDesign