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@mondave.bsky.social
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Adventure Game Designer, Artist, Writer, Print Maker, and Product Designer
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Adventure Game Designer, Artist, Writer, Print Maker, and Product Designer
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My Blog: https://rest.blot.im/
My Shop: https://dastardlydave.itch.io/
My Site: https://www.davecox.design/
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I’m at @plusoneexp.bsky.social booth 4143: come talk to me.
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I’m at @plusoneexp.bsky.social booth 4143: come talk to me.
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Been playing PP with Monday and it’s really great. Manages to feel like a detailed backpacking simulator while also leaving room for whimsy and problem solving outside the system. A lot of games handwave the tough work of travel to “get to the adventure.” in PP the travel is the good stuff.
I’ll bite. Pilgrim’s Passages is out in Open Beta. It’s my house system about Pilgrims traveling from place to place, creating art, and helping the communities they visit. I think the game is rather unique and I’d love more eyes on it. It’s also PWYW!
dastardlydave.itch.io/pilgrims-pas...
dastardlydave.itch.io/pilgrims-pas...
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Been playing PP with Monday and it’s really great. Manages to feel like a detailed backpacking simulator while also leaving room for whimsy and problem solving outside the system. A lot of games handwave the tough work of travel to “get to the adventure.” in PP the travel is the good stuff.
I’ll bite. Pilgrim’s Passages is out in Open Beta. It’s my house system about Pilgrims traveling from place to place, creating art, and helping the communities they visit. I think the game is rather unique and I’d love more eyes on it. It’s also PWYW!
dastardlydave.itch.io/pilgrims-pas...
dastardlydave.itch.io/pilgrims-pas...
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I’ll bite. Pilgrim’s Passages is out in Open Beta. It’s my house system about Pilgrims traveling from place to place, creating art, and helping the communities they visit. I think the game is rather unique and I’d love more eyes on it. It’s also PWYW!
dastardlydave.itch.io/pilgrims-pas...
dastardlydave.itch.io/pilgrims-pas...
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First art-complete prototype of Personal Demons just finished! All the demon cards looks so cool together and I couldn’t even fit them all on a double table! Very excited to go into heavy balance playtesting with this!
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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We are moving into the final phase of developmental editing on Pilgrim’s Passages this week! I forgot how daggum nice it is to have an editor to both push you and reign you in. I’m stoked to get the new version of this game out to folks!
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We are moving into the final phase of developmental editing on Pilgrim’s Passages this week! I forgot how daggum nice it is to have an editor to both push you and reign you in. I’m stoked to get the new version of this game out to folks!
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re: tutorials and early game friction, here's a blog post I wrote in 2021 on why I like the social practice of game wiki'ing, and the "ludic mystery" that motivates it mixedinitiatives.net/blog/apologi...
Apologia for Game Wikis | Mixed Initiatives
mixedinitiatives.net
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
re: tutorials and early game friction, here's a blog post I wrote in 2021 on why I like the social practice of game wiki'ing, and the "ludic mystery" that motivates it mixedinitiatives.net/blog/apologi...
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I've been playing around with the new Affinity Studio since it was released. TLDR; It's good. Very good. How long will it stay that way? It's still too early to tell.
Some background, my first impressions, and my wishlist are all here: www.explorersdesign.com/affinity-imp...
Some background, my first impressions, and my wishlist are all here: www.explorersdesign.com/affinity-imp...
Affinity Studio First Impressions
Is Affinity Studio the right software for tabletop rpg designers?
www.explorersdesign.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I've been playing around with the new Affinity Studio since it was released. TLDR; It's good. Very good. How long will it stay that way? It's still too early to tell.
Some background, my first impressions, and my wishlist are all here: www.explorersdesign.com/affinity-imp...
Some background, my first impressions, and my wishlist are all here: www.explorersdesign.com/affinity-imp...
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Steve Kirk and Jane Burton, miniatures and photography from The Age of Dinosaurs: A Photographic Record, 1991
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Steve Kirk and Jane Burton, miniatures and photography from The Age of Dinosaurs: A Photographic Record, 1991
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SPACESHIP SATURDAY!
Here's a ship from the upcoming
SPACESHIPS VOL 2: RETURN OF SPACEFLEET
The Fourth Polaris
An unusual craft seen in the far reaches
The first grotty spaceship pack for #ttrpgs is available at my itch page:
carlydraws.itch.io
scanline, vintage gamebook inspired!
#art
Here's a ship from the upcoming
SPACESHIPS VOL 2: RETURN OF SPACEFLEET
The Fourth Polaris
An unusual craft seen in the far reaches
The first grotty spaceship pack for #ttrpgs is available at my itch page:
carlydraws.itch.io
scanline, vintage gamebook inspired!
#art
November 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
SPACESHIP SATURDAY!
Here's a ship from the upcoming
SPACESHIPS VOL 2: RETURN OF SPACEFLEET
The Fourth Polaris
An unusual craft seen in the far reaches
The first grotty spaceship pack for #ttrpgs is available at my itch page:
carlydraws.itch.io
scanline, vintage gamebook inspired!
#art
Here's a ship from the upcoming
SPACESHIPS VOL 2: RETURN OF SPACEFLEET
The Fourth Polaris
An unusual craft seen in the far reaches
The first grotty spaceship pack for #ttrpgs is available at my itch page:
carlydraws.itch.io
scanline, vintage gamebook inspired!
#art
Quickest purchase of my life.
November 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Quickest purchase of my life.
Go hang with Chris for those of us who can’t!
Trying to be the ttrpg scene I want to see in Los Angeles. If you are in LA and want to play some Troika and stuff in person, join me:
discord.gg/xFhgKm7EN7
discord.gg/xFhgKm7EN7
November 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Go hang with Chris for those of us who can’t!
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Hello gamers I'm opening *emergency* graphic design commissions, to help me keep my healthcare due this friday. Flexible pricing, I'll do:
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
November 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hello gamers I'm opening *emergency* graphic design commissions, to help me keep my healthcare due this friday. Flexible pricing, I'll do:
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
-Title typography
-Iconography
-flyers
Looking forl ow effort/stress (ie not suited for short turnarounds and big expectations), great for mockups and prototypes
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NEW BLOG BANDWAGON
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
During this interregnum between High Halloween and Mighty Christmas, a call goes forth to all the world that bloggers shall band together to collectively create a hexcrawl across the blogosphere, themed around those hokey claymation Christmas specials of yore!
#osr #rpg #hexmas
Blogwagon Announcement: Merry Hexmas — Prismatic Wasteland
A new blog bandwagon where everyone writes a hex for a winter wonderland hexcrawl and posts it on their blog, linking to blogs that have adjacent hexes. This announcement has all the information you n...
www.prismaticwasteland.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I was recently introduced to the Underclock by @goblinpunch.bsky.social, and it's the coolest way I have seen random encounters be done in TTRPGs. Check this out if you want to add some tension to your dungeon crawling!
THE UNDERCLOCK: Fixing the Random Encounter
For a long time, I had the same random encounter table rules as everyone else: Every 3 rooms (or 30 minutes of exploration time), roll a d6....
goblinpunch.blogspot.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I was recently introduced to the Underclock by @goblinpunch.bsky.social, and it's the coolest way I have seen random encounters be done in TTRPGs. Check this out if you want to add some tension to your dungeon crawling!
Within the shadowy hollers of the Toes, a lone cairn to a Pilgrim is nurtured by the community its within. A loving duty performed for generations. These graves are treated as markers for future cemeteries and as such are maintained.
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Within the shadowy hollers of the Toes, a lone cairn to a Pilgrim is nurtured by the community its within. A loving duty performed for generations. These graves are treated as markers for future cemeteries and as such are maintained.
Pilgrimage to the summit of Elcontra was deadly before the Queen was appeased. After the body of the great Spirit was dry the endeavor was considered suicidal by most. That doesn’t stop devoted Pilgrims from trying. Those that return to sea level are said to come back more Spirit than mortal.
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Pilgrimage to the summit of Elcontra was deadly before the Queen was appeased. After the body of the great Spirit was dry the endeavor was considered suicidal by most. That doesn’t stop devoted Pilgrims from trying. Those that return to sea level are said to come back more Spirit than mortal.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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I wrote about how Legends Z-A is yet another Pokemon game carried by unrealized potential
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/1-blo...
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/1-blo...
Pocket Thoughts on Pokemon Legends Z-A
Legends Z-A is a steakhouse that only has a kids' menu
obsidianmoonshine.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I wrote about how Legends Z-A is yet another Pokemon game carried by unrealized potential
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/1-blo...
obsidianmoonshine.com/public/1-blo...
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whose dung steams high, high, high...whose dung steams beyond measure
October 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
whose dung steams high, high, high...whose dung steams beyond measure
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aand another one for the archive
October 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
aand another one for the archive
Pokemon Z-A is fascinating, and there’s very little nuanced takes on it. Folks either think it is the most disappointing release ever, or it’s Arceus’ gift.
So here is a lil thread if you are curious about it. Keep in mind that I’d guess I’m only 1/3 of the way through it.
So here is a lil thread if you are curious about it. Keep in mind that I’d guess I’m only 1/3 of the way through it.
October 19, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Pokemon Z-A is fascinating, and there’s very little nuanced takes on it. Folks either think it is the most disappointing release ever, or it’s Arceus’ gift.
So here is a lil thread if you are curious about it. Keep in mind that I’d guess I’m only 1/3 of the way through it.
So here is a lil thread if you are curious about it. Keep in mind that I’d guess I’m only 1/3 of the way through it.
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SONGS FOR POLYMEDE.
Free tomboyish supplement for FMC (1974 OD&D + Chainmail). Campaign setting & special rules & poetry. For the FMC Icon0clasm Ball. Class as sex class + angels + resource rules + false canon + imagined mythic history.
oleandergarden.itch.io/songs-for-po...
Free tomboyish supplement for FMC (1974 OD&D + Chainmail). Campaign setting & special rules & poetry. For the FMC Icon0clasm Ball. Class as sex class + angels + resource rules + false canon + imagined mythic history.
oleandergarden.itch.io/songs-for-po...
October 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
SONGS FOR POLYMEDE.
Free tomboyish supplement for FMC (1974 OD&D + Chainmail). Campaign setting & special rules & poetry. For the FMC Icon0clasm Ball. Class as sex class + angels + resource rules + false canon + imagined mythic history.
oleandergarden.itch.io/songs-for-po...
Free tomboyish supplement for FMC (1974 OD&D + Chainmail). Campaign setting & special rules & poetry. For the FMC Icon0clasm Ball. Class as sex class + angels + resource rules + false canon + imagined mythic history.
oleandergarden.itch.io/songs-for-po...
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I'm looking to start filling up the schedule for the rest of the year, so if you have an upcoming project that you need some help with, let me know!
Hey! I'm Lone Archivist. A games and graphic designer.
Looking for help on your next project? My commissions are open for all of the following services and more!
Logo Design
Brand/Visual Identity Design
Manuscript/Editorial Layout
Sci-Fi Cartography
Crowdfunding Graphics
Interface/Terminal Design
Looking for help on your next project? My commissions are open for all of the following services and more!
Logo Design
Brand/Visual Identity Design
Manuscript/Editorial Layout
Sci-Fi Cartography
Crowdfunding Graphics
Interface/Terminal Design
October 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I'm looking to start filling up the schedule for the rest of the year, so if you have an upcoming project that you need some help with, let me know!
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Hey all!
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
August 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hey all!
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
I'm making a weird pulp sci-fantasy epic releasing this October and I need your help.
Seems like I'm struggling getting on track on bsky compared to that other site... So do follow and share for more info soon!!
Thanks bye!🔥
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Ok, so this looks cool and will be our weekend homework I guess, some lovely artwork in here that straight away reminded me of Helvetica Blanc (who does get tipped in the credits) and those lovely Numbered Works mini-adventures that came out a few years ago. Free download of the beta on Itch
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ok, so this looks cool and will be our weekend homework I guess, some lovely artwork in here that straight away reminded me of Helvetica Blanc (who does get tipped in the credits) and those lovely Numbered Works mini-adventures that came out a few years ago. Free download of the beta on Itch