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Wicked Congregation (First Draft)

Here it is, the first draft of my Wretched & Alone hack...Wicked Congregation! It was a really fun exercise writing a solo game alongside themes from a setting I'm working on!

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Wicked Congregation

To fight off any anxiety of my new job (which starts tomorrow), I've been working hard on my Bureau of Paranatural Survey Wretched & Alone game called Wicked Congregation!! I'll probably have a PDF playtest document ready by the end of the week for Champion Tier patrons. I j...

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Solo Game Report: The Wretched

CW: spiders, violence, horror, gore

Agatha, one of my co-hosts on Asians Represent, suggested that I try playing a solo journaling RPG. I tried The Wretched by Chris Bissette! Nor...

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Bureau of Paranatural Survey - test memo

I'm currently on a wellness week off from work and have been trying to work on both Chronicles and my BPS projects. I've taken a step back on the BPS to work more on the world lore so that I can take a more informed approach to the game system (Field Ma...

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Narrative Prompt (it's a spell!): SWORDFISH CAGE

To celebrate the release of Candlekeep Mysteries, I dove back into the random word generator and pulled together...swordfish cage! Rather than being a story prompt, I decided to make this a neat spell compatible with the 5e rules!

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Bureau of Paranatural Survey - Field Agent's Handbook

I couldn't sleep last night. One of the advantages of my unique experience with depression, anxiety, and ADHD has been my ability to hyper focus on a random task. Last night, it happened to be my ver...

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Life Update: Depression

Hi everyone,
It's been just under two weeks since my last post. I've been quietly working on both the Bureau of Paranatural Defence and Chronicles of Spring & Autumn. I've also been struggling with some pretty intense depression. A re-structuring of the company I work for...

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This looks awesome!

Just a little sneak peak of something I've been working on. The designer I commissioned to develop the logo for the Bureau of Paranatural Survey absolutely killed it. If you're a Champion Patron, you'll notice I've updated the first BPS-related story prompt/prop in your drive!

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Story prompt #2 - The Blink Toad


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Chronicles of Spring & Autumn (Progress Report)

It's time for an update! My creative output has been pretty slow lately due to a freelance job that's been taking up a lot of my time. I'm currently under NDA for it, but am VERY excited about the project. 

Dare I say, more excited than I was for Candlekeep Mysteries.

Today I sat...

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Story prompt #1 - The Noxious Shelf

I have a random word generator that I purchased from another creator named Miscast Terrain's Patreon called the Magical Thought Provoker. I periodically open it for inspiration and figured I'd post my experiences...

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Patron Mysteries//BPS-2021-04 | Operation Gorgon

I go through genre phases and right now I'm firmly rooted in urban fantasy/weird fiction right now. I'm in a weekly Delta Green game, re-reading the BPRD, and playing both Control and Resident Evil 7. While working on a freelance assignment (unannounced), I dec...

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Life Update

I don't think I've ever shared this, but here's a look at my daily workstation. Things aren't usually this messy (this is only one part of the condo), which has been very difficult for my mental health. My partner is officially moving in with me, so we've been slowly unpacking and sorting all of ...

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Painting progress!

Making some serious progress on my painting skills!

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Chronicles of Spring & Autumn (Update)

If you follow me on social media, you might've noticed that I've been super busy with some freelance work that I've taken on. Wizards of the Coast recently announced the upcoming release of Candlekeep Mysteries, a hardcover book I'm proud to have worked on! I've also signed on t...

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Anything But D&D #8 - Comparing Virtual Tabletop Tools

For 2021, I decided to try something new for Anything But D&D - a green screen! The results were alright, but I'll hopefully get things sorted from a technical perspective for the next episode (it's mostly based on the lighting in my condo).

We went through a lot of changes wi...

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Tin Soldiers of Wintertide (OSR One Shot)

Wishing all of you a happy holiday! 2020 has been difficult for all of us and I am SO grateful for your support. I hope you enjoy Tin Soldiers of Wintertide - a narrative prompt for running a holiday themed adventure in any fantasy TTRPG system! 

You will also be able to downl...

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Anything But D&D, burnout, progress

First, I'd love to hear which topic you folks would like for the next episode of Anything But D&D! Go vote for either topic!

- A behind the scenes look at my FIRST campaign setting

- A comparison of online tools for playing TTRPGs and my experiences using them for our Lev...

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Chronicles of Spring & Autumn (Structure)

I've been trying to work through the stress and burnout from my day job to make progress on Chronicles of Spring & Autumn. It's been slow, but steady. As it's a much larger project than my previous three zines (I'm looking to bring on guest writers), I won't be able to release beta m...

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Jade, Silk, + Steel

Tyler Crumrine, the creator of Beak, Feather, + Bone, has given me his blessing to publish my Chinese city building hack of his game. He's even connected me with Jonathan Yee, the original artist for BFB! While I'...

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References for Champion Patrons

Hi Champion Patrons! 

Whether you're a new Patron (thank you!) or a long-time supporter (thank you!), here are some useful links to my work!

My Google Drive with Chinese TTRPG content and micro-RPGs: 2020-11-13 05:09:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Anything But D&D #7: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio

I'm back with a short episode of Anything But D&D! Things get a bit...spooky!

Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is a collection of classical Chinese stories written by Pu Songling during the Qing dynasty - the last Imperial Chinese dynasty. It's a collection of short stories ...

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Coming soon!

Anything But D&D returns this weekend! It's been tough trying to get myself to record any new content. In fact, we canceled our Asians Represent streams this week. With the election looming over everyone, it's been tough to concentrate!

Another update, I found a critical piece of resear...

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Writing Non-Player Characters: What Information Matters?

Now that Blades of the Lunar Kingdom and Denizens of Mountains & Seas are complete (Champion Patrons, make sure you check the Google Drive you have access to), I've found myself debating between working on the setting and the NPCs (non player characters) that occupy it. I de...

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Blades of the Lunar Kingdom has been released!

Blades of the Lunar Kingdom is finally available on my Itch.io store! It features a short setting primer for the Kingdom of Yue, a short history of Chinese swords, and 6 legendary Chinese blades with system agnos...

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Let's get this done!

I'm currently working my way through the spelling mistakes, formatting changes, and minor mechanical changes I need to make before I release Blades of the Lunar Kingdom on my Itch.io page on Friday! Champion Patrons shoul...

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Blades of the Lunar Kingdom (Champion Patron Preview)

Here it is! Blades of the Lunar Kingdom is finally available for all of you to read! It features a short setting primer for the Kingdom of Yue (my next project for you folks), a history of Chinese swords, and 6 legendary Chinese blades with system agnostic qualities and combat e...

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The Adventurer’s Guide to the Blades of the Lunar Kingdom

I know I said I was suffering from some creative burnout, but creativity struck me in the middle of the night! Enjoy this preview of Zhanlu, the Noble Shadow - the sentient blade of benevolent nobles! I've made the design choice to keep it as system agnostic as possible. It can be used (...

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Plague demons saving me from burnout

Weird to say, eh? 

The past few months have seen me super active on this platform. However, over the past two weeks I had dropped off a bit. Why? Burnout.

Two factors have contributed to this. From March to August, I was supporting my partner as she was looking for a new job. Now...

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Denizens of Mountains & Seas vol. 2 is AVAILABLE!

Denizens of Mountains & Seas vol. 2 is now complete! You can download it in the Champion Patron folder at this link: 2020-09-05 15:34:05 +0000 UTC View Post