DANIEL D. FOX
@zweihanderrpg.bsky.social
Multiple award-winning game designer. ZWEIHANDER RPG. Nocturne Gothic Horror OSR. Countless licensed kids' board games (Pete the Cat, Very Hungry Caterpillar, I SPY, Dog Man, Daniel Tiger). A miserable little pile of secrets. https://sllswrd.games
Fiction isn’t a moral lesson by default.
When you design games, don’t sanitize them. Be bold. Be divisive. Be daring.
Make the things that creatively light you up. The right audience will always find you.
Yes, even for your strange, sharp-edged, gloriously divisive TTRPG.
When you design games, don’t sanitize them. Be bold. Be divisive. Be daring.
Make the things that creatively light you up. The right audience will always find you.
Yes, even for your strange, sharp-edged, gloriously divisive TTRPG.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Fiction isn’t a moral lesson by default.
When you design games, don’t sanitize them. Be bold. Be divisive. Be daring.
Make the things that creatively light you up. The right audience will always find you.
Yes, even for your strange, sharp-edged, gloriously divisive TTRPG.
When you design games, don’t sanitize them. Be bold. Be divisive. Be daring.
Make the things that creatively light you up. The right audience will always find you.
Yes, even for your strange, sharp-edged, gloriously divisive TTRPG.
I blocked out the UX for the Nocturne Gothic Horror OSR character sheet on Sunday.
I am thinking more like a haunted brochure than a trad character sheet: stark lines, wide gutters, tactile slots for Dread, Inner Darkness, and Role abilities.
Form and mood work together.
I am thinking more like a haunted brochure than a trad character sheet: stark lines, wide gutters, tactile slots for Dread, Inner Darkness, and Role abilities.
Form and mood work together.
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I blocked out the UX for the Nocturne Gothic Horror OSR character sheet on Sunday.
I am thinking more like a haunted brochure than a trad character sheet: stark lines, wide gutters, tactile slots for Dread, Inner Darkness, and Role abilities.
Form and mood work together.
I am thinking more like a haunted brochure than a trad character sheet: stark lines, wide gutters, tactile slots for Dread, Inner Darkness, and Role abilities.
Form and mood work together.
Ravenloft in 3rd edition D&D by Sword & Sorcery took the sometimes-goofy Hammer Horror of the setting and matured it in a way yet-unrealized by 5e.
That's why over a year ago I began developing Nocturne Gothic Horror OSR in response. And it's nearly ready for public beta.
That's why over a year ago I began developing Nocturne Gothic Horror OSR in response. And it's nearly ready for public beta.
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ravenloft in 3rd edition D&D by Sword & Sorcery took the sometimes-goofy Hammer Horror of the setting and matured it in a way yet-unrealized by 5e.
That's why over a year ago I began developing Nocturne Gothic Horror OSR in response. And it's nearly ready for public beta.
That's why over a year ago I began developing Nocturne Gothic Horror OSR in response. And it's nearly ready for public beta.
Zweihander RPG in a nutshell
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Zweihander RPG in a nutshell
Call me new-fashioned, but I’m done counting grid squares in D&D and tracking every pound of gear like some accountant for encumbrance rules.
Let’s skip the suck and get to the good parts of the adventure, the ones that actually matter.
Let’s skip the suck and get to the good parts of the adventure, the ones that actually matter.
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Call me new-fashioned, but I’m done counting grid squares in D&D and tracking every pound of gear like some accountant for encumbrance rules.
Let’s skip the suck and get to the good parts of the adventure, the ones that actually matter.
Let’s skip the suck and get to the good parts of the adventure, the ones that actually matter.
Halloween whispers,
Children dance in rot and flies.
Tooth decay begins.
Children dance in rot and flies.
Tooth decay begins.
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Halloween whispers,
Children dance in rot and flies.
Tooth decay begins.
Children dance in rot and flies.
Tooth decay begins.
The best mail day is MÖRK BORG Mail Day from John Baltisberger @kaijupoet.bsky.social ! 🤘🏻
October 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The best mail day is MÖRK BORG Mail Day from John Baltisberger @kaijupoet.bsky.social ! 🤘🏻
BACK IT NOW: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
October 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
BACK IT NOW: www.kickstarter.com/projects/158...
Shadowdark Meets Real Dark Fantasy!
I helped design Dark Devilry, a new Shadowdark supplement now live on Kickstarter!
• New spells w/ unique crit success + failure effects
• Fiends with Temptation mechanics
• 3 classes: Daemonologist, Bloodguard, Sin Eater
Link below 👇
I helped design Dark Devilry, a new Shadowdark supplement now live on Kickstarter!
• New spells w/ unique crit success + failure effects
• Fiends with Temptation mechanics
• 3 classes: Daemonologist, Bloodguard, Sin Eater
Link below 👇
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Shadowdark Meets Real Dark Fantasy!
I helped design Dark Devilry, a new Shadowdark supplement now live on Kickstarter!
• New spells w/ unique crit success + failure effects
• Fiends with Temptation mechanics
• 3 classes: Daemonologist, Bloodguard, Sin Eater
Link below 👇
I helped design Dark Devilry, a new Shadowdark supplement now live on Kickstarter!
• New spells w/ unique crit success + failure effects
• Fiends with Temptation mechanics
• 3 classes: Daemonologist, Bloodguard, Sin Eater
Link below 👇
Today is TTRPG Mail Day!
The Stranger Things x D&D Welcome to the Hellfire Club boxed just arrived!
Pretty sure this is going to be a collectible in time. I have the older Stanger Things boxed kit. Wonder how it compares?
amzn.to/43f8fhY
The Stranger Things x D&D Welcome to the Hellfire Club boxed just arrived!
Pretty sure this is going to be a collectible in time. I have the older Stanger Things boxed kit. Wonder how it compares?
amzn.to/43f8fhY
October 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Today is TTRPG Mail Day!
The Stranger Things x D&D Welcome to the Hellfire Club boxed just arrived!
Pretty sure this is going to be a collectible in time. I have the older Stanger Things boxed kit. Wonder how it compares?
amzn.to/43f8fhY
The Stranger Things x D&D Welcome to the Hellfire Club boxed just arrived!
Pretty sure this is going to be a collectible in time. I have the older Stanger Things boxed kit. Wonder how it compares?
amzn.to/43f8fhY
5e Players x OSR D&D
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
5e Players x OSR D&D
A closer look at the Raptor Ruckus RPG Quickstart, compatible with MÖRK BÖRG.
It's a survival horror TTRPG by way of Jurassic Park.
It's a survival horror TTRPG by way of Jurassic Park.
October 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A closer look at the Raptor Ruckus RPG Quickstart, compatible with MÖRK BÖRG.
It's a survival horror TTRPG by way of Jurassic Park.
It's a survival horror TTRPG by way of Jurassic Park.
TTRPG Mail Day!
🎲 Vagabond
🎲 Cairn 2e
🎲 Raptor Ruckus
🎲 D&D Starter Set
🎲 Vagabond
🎲 Cairn 2e
🎲 Raptor Ruckus
🎲 D&D Starter Set
October 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
TTRPG Mail Day!
🎲 Vagabond
🎲 Cairn 2e
🎲 Raptor Ruckus
🎲 D&D Starter Set
🎲 Vagabond
🎲 Cairn 2e
🎲 Raptor Ruckus
🎲 D&D Starter Set
21 hours remain before Raptor Ruckus ttrpg wraps up Kickstarter!
I had the opportunity to edit/write a scenario or two for this killer BORG-like survival horror game. Jurassic Park survival horror? Free Quickstart, too!
Get on board! www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...
I had the opportunity to edit/write a scenario or two for this killer BORG-like survival horror game. Jurassic Park survival horror? Free Quickstart, too!
Get on board! www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...
September 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
21 hours remain before Raptor Ruckus ttrpg wraps up Kickstarter!
I had the opportunity to edit/write a scenario or two for this killer BORG-like survival horror game. Jurassic Park survival horror? Free Quickstart, too!
Get on board! www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...
I had the opportunity to edit/write a scenario or two for this killer BORG-like survival horror game. Jurassic Park survival horror? Free Quickstart, too!
Get on board! www.kickstarter.com/projects/epi...
Smoke 'em if you got 'em, it's Rapture Day!
On that note, go watch Damon Lindelof's sleeper hit series The Leftovers on HBO.
On that note, go watch Damon Lindelof's sleeper hit series The Leftovers on HBO.
September 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Smoke 'em if you got 'em, it's Rapture Day!
On that note, go watch Damon Lindelof's sleeper hit series The Leftovers on HBO.
On that note, go watch Damon Lindelof's sleeper hit series The Leftovers on HBO.
That said, everything here looks premium, and I really appreciate the detail Todd put into the review. It helps frame what this set is trying to do, even if I’m a little skeptical about where it lands in the market.
Preorder on Amazon: amzn.to/3V6EPyp
Preorder on Amazon: amzn.to/3V6EPyp
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
That said, everything here looks premium, and I really appreciate the detail Todd put into the review. It helps frame what this set is trying to do, even if I’m a little skeptical about where it lands in the market.
Preorder on Amazon: amzn.to/3V6EPyp
Preorder on Amazon: amzn.to/3V6EPyp
🧵 Todd Kenrick did a kick-ass review of the new D&D Starter Kit. Give it a watch and subscribe to his channel!
It’s really interesting to see how Wizards has packaged D&D 5.5 as a starter kit: www.youtube.com/live/y1rZXuX...
It’s really interesting to see how Wizards has packaged D&D 5.5 as a starter kit: www.youtube.com/live/y1rZXuX...
September 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🧵 Todd Kenrick did a kick-ass review of the new D&D Starter Kit. Give it a watch and subscribe to his channel!
It’s really interesting to see how Wizards has packaged D&D 5.5 as a starter kit: www.youtube.com/live/y1rZXuX...
It’s really interesting to see how Wizards has packaged D&D 5.5 as a starter kit: www.youtube.com/live/y1rZXuX...
Your D&D character
Your Zweihander character
Your Zweihander character
September 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Your D&D character
Your Zweihander character
Your Zweihander character
Some people accessorize with handbags. Others accessorize with the collapse of civilization in a core rulebook.
ZWEIHANDER RPG Reforged Edition, all cards, and the GM screen are part of our Labor Day sale. Link in the next post.👇🏻
ZWEIHANDER RPG Reforged Edition, all cards, and the GM screen are part of our Labor Day sale. Link in the next post.👇🏻
August 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Some people accessorize with handbags. Others accessorize with the collapse of civilization in a core rulebook.
ZWEIHANDER RPG Reforged Edition, all cards, and the GM screen are part of our Labor Day sale. Link in the next post.👇🏻
ZWEIHANDER RPG Reforged Edition, all cards, and the GM screen are part of our Labor Day sale. Link in the next post.👇🏻
Some ppl melted like snowflakes when they saw the new Cracker Barrel logo.
I hear you. I’m listening.
So I’ve reverted back to our old dang logo for ZWEIHANDER REFORGED.
I hear you. I’m listening.
So I’ve reverted back to our old dang logo for ZWEIHANDER REFORGED.
August 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Some ppl melted like snowflakes when they saw the new Cracker Barrel logo.
I hear you. I’m listening.
So I’ve reverted back to our old dang logo for ZWEIHANDER REFORGED.
I hear you. I’m listening.
So I’ve reverted back to our old dang logo for ZWEIHANDER REFORGED.