Nikita Lapkov
@coppershaman.com
TTRPG writer
Made Oswor: a hopeful game about dismantling sun-powered oppressive tyranny https://laplab.itch.io/oswor
Goodies and updates: https://coppershaman.com/
Made Oswor: a hopeful game about dismantling sun-powered oppressive tyranny https://laplab.itch.io/oswor
Goodies and updates: https://coppershaman.com/
Reposted by Nikita Lapkov
designing a mech for a religious cult whose devotees venerate the syncing of their pulses was very very exciting for me. fingers for feet, nail motifs abundant. angels are just demons that shine.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
designing a mech for a religious cult whose devotees venerate the syncing of their pulses was very very exciting for me. fingers for feet, nail motifs abundant. angels are just demons that shine.
Reposted by Nikita Lapkov
Spent the last two weeks working on this, missing deadlines and not answering messages---but this thing was in my mind like a psychic worm; I just had to get it out, you know?
Process notes and extra thoughts here: slowlorispress.com/post/8005714...
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Process notes and extra thoughts here: slowlorispress.com/post/8005714...
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CHAPTER SERF
CHAPTER SERF is a tabletop roleplaying game and adventure, set in Warhammer 40K, where you play those hooded peasant weirdos you sometimes spot in the backgrounds of the art.
Full PDF downloadable...
slowlorispress.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Spent the last two weeks working on this, missing deadlines and not answering messages---but this thing was in my mind like a psychic worm; I just had to get it out, you know?
Process notes and extra thoughts here: slowlorispress.com/post/8005714...
2/
Process notes and extra thoughts here: slowlorispress.com/post/8005714...
2/
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Also, makers of really nice notebooks Mossery is collaborating with artists to make special notebooks for Kuala Lumpur Artbook Fest. I'm one of artists.
You can preorder them here if interested. (Malaysia only, I think?)
mossery.my
You can preorder them here if interested. (Malaysia only, I think?)
mossery.my
November 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Also, makers of really nice notebooks Mossery is collaborating with artists to make special notebooks for Kuala Lumpur Artbook Fest. I'm one of artists.
You can preorder them here if interested. (Malaysia only, I think?)
mossery.my
You can preorder them here if interested. (Malaysia only, I think?)
mossery.my
Sending a game for printing feels similar to sending a kid on a first day of school
“Are they alright? Did I forget to put anything in the backpack?”
“Are they alright? Did I forget to put anything in the backpack?”
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Sending a game for printing feels similar to sending a kid on a first day of school
“Are they alright? Did I forget to put anything in the backpack?”
“Are they alright? Did I forget to put anything in the backpack?”
I got immediately excited to introduce this into some campaign in the future :)
dicegoblin.blog/diy-ancient-...
dicegoblin.blog/diy-ancient-...
DIY Ancient Prophecies, Symbols & Lost Languages to Guide Your Campaign
This is a campaign hook I came up with centered around mystery, an ancient language, prophecy, and solving the puzzle of words from the past. Image: Spellbook by Fionn Hand Making The Scrypt The Pr…
dicegoblin.blog
November 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I got immediately excited to introduce this into some campaign in the future :)
dicegoblin.blog/diy-ancient-...
dicegoblin.blog/diy-ancient-...
I think this replacement of Inspiration mechanic is pretty cool
noisesanssignal.blogspot.com/2025/10/reso...
noisesanssignal.blogspot.com/2025/10/reso...
Resonance mechanic
This is an homerule which became in in-world phenomenon. The homerule was initially for Inspiration, a mechanic from DnD 5th (2014) edition,...
noisesanssignal.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I think this replacement of Inspiration mechanic is pretty cool
noisesanssignal.blogspot.com/2025/10/reso...
noisesanssignal.blogspot.com/2025/10/reso...
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I came up with a new hobby: watch long cancelled series from 2000s and then be sad they are cancelled
This time it’s the #Firefly. Send help, I don’t want my space cowboys to ever end
This time it’s the #Firefly. Send help, I don’t want my space cowboys to ever end
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I came up with a new hobby: watch long cancelled series from 2000s and then be sad they are cancelled
This time it’s the #Firefly. Send help, I don’t want my space cowboys to ever end
This time it’s the #Firefly. Send help, I don’t want my space cowboys to ever end
Preparing to run a small test print run of Oswor RPG in a week
Editing last bits, working with the artist on the cover — the good stuff. A bit nervous 😅
DM me and I will post you a copy 📩
Editing last bits, working with the artist on the cover — the good stuff. A bit nervous 😅
DM me and I will post you a copy 📩
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Preparing to run a small test print run of Oswor RPG in a week
Editing last bits, working with the artist on the cover — the good stuff. A bit nervous 😅
DM me and I will post you a copy 📩
Editing last bits, working with the artist on the cover — the good stuff. A bit nervous 😅
DM me and I will post you a copy 📩
Reposted by Nikita Lapkov
Less Cassette Futurism, more of this.
Yes, I am currently reading another Culture novel.
Paintings by John Berkey, John Harris, and Syd Mead
Yes, I am currently reading another Culture novel.
Paintings by John Berkey, John Harris, and Syd Mead
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Less Cassette Futurism, more of this.
Yes, I am currently reading another Culture novel.
Paintings by John Berkey, John Harris, and Syd Mead
Yes, I am currently reading another Culture novel.
Paintings by John Berkey, John Harris, and Syd Mead
See you there folks!
📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
See you there folks!
Simply stunned by the art of Rinn. I'm not usually running Mausritter, but I definitely want to run this
Also, appreciate that the backing tiers are clean and simple
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
Also, appreciate that the backing tiers are clean and simple
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
Rinn
A Mausritter realm enclosed within an ancient stone wall abutting treacherous cliffs and pounding sea, full of warring factions, curious characters, and untold adventure.
www.backerkit.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Simply stunned by the art of Rinn. I'm not usually running Mausritter, but I definitely want to run this
Also, appreciate that the backing tiers are clean and simple
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
Also, appreciate that the backing tiers are clean and simple
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/o...
My wallet screams in pain, my eyes shimmer with glee
Backed this just now, what an amazing work
Backed this just now, what an amazing work
🚨NEW WEIRD GAME KLAXXON🚨
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
ECO MOFOS sets sail!!
Windwaker meets Waterworld in this rules light procedure-heavy TTRPG for solo and group play. Smash Corpo Schemes while discovering Monsters and Mecha lurking beneath the waves, guzzling ambergris to learn new spells.
tinyurl.com/yfryeat8
November 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My wallet screams in pain, my eyes shimmer with glee
Backed this just now, what an amazing work
Backed this just now, what an amazing work
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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
Sharing the process I used to come up with a Starter Package Table for my #IntoTheOdd hack
coppershaman.com/making-start...
coppershaman.com/making-start...
Making Starter Package Table
My upcoming RPG, Oswor, is based on Into the Odd (ItO) system by Chris McDowall. ItO gives out equipment during character creation using a Starter Package table. This table takes in character's HP tog...
coppershaman.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sharing the process I used to come up with a Starter Package Table for my #IntoTheOdd hack
coppershaman.com/making-start...
coppershaman.com/making-start...
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So evocative... Beautiful
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
So evocative... Beautiful
TTRPG writers need a union x) How on earth am I going to price my RPG if TRESPASSER (with all its art!) is free, TEETH: False Kingdom (70 pages!) is free and Maze Rats is at $4.99
$15 for an RPG with little to no illustrations and $25 for an RPG with lots of illustrations should be minimum for PDF
$15 for an RPG with little to no illustrations and $25 for an RPG with lots of illustrations should be minimum for PDF
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
TTRPG writers need a union x) How on earth am I going to price my RPG if TRESPASSER (with all its art!) is free, TEETH: False Kingdom (70 pages!) is free and Maze Rats is at $4.99
$15 for an RPG with little to no illustrations and $25 for an RPG with lots of illustrations should be minimum for PDF
$15 for an RPG with little to no illustrations and $25 for an RPG with lots of illustrations should be minimum for PDF
Blessed be the day of the Emperor's Landing. Blessed be the 300 years of his fair rule. Blessed be the Radiant Empire.
coppershaman.com/grace-of-the...
coppershaman.com/grace-of-the...
Grace of the Emperor
For the last couple of months, I have been working on a new campaign setting for an upcoming home game. Accumulating the lore piece by piece, concept by concept, I grew quite attached to this little w...
coppershaman.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Blessed be the day of the Emperor's Landing. Blessed be the 300 years of his fair rule. Blessed be the Radiant Empire.
coppershaman.com/grace-of-the...
coppershaman.com/grace-of-the...
Thoughts on scarcity in #ttrpg marketing and how recommendations could be a solution
Very interested to hear your thoughts on this, folks. This topic was firmly stuck in my mind for the last month...
coppershaman.com/scarcity-in-...
Very interested to hear your thoughts on this, folks. This topic was firmly stuck in my mind for the last month...
coppershaman.com/scarcity-in-...
Scarcity in TTRPG Marketing
I hate scarcity. It drives people to make decisions based on short-term outcomes and is a major source of anxiety in the modern world. It is also often artificial — if the system was different, people...
coppershaman.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Thoughts on scarcity in #ttrpg marketing and how recommendations could be a solution
Very interested to hear your thoughts on this, folks. This topic was firmly stuck in my mind for the last month...
coppershaman.com/scarcity-in-...
Very interested to hear your thoughts on this, folks. This topic was firmly stuck in my mind for the last month...
coppershaman.com/scarcity-in-...
I'm attending #Dragonmeet this year in London, let me know if you want to catch up!
October 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I'm attending #Dragonmeet this year in London, let me know if you want to catch up!
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The actual play scene is disgustingly risk adverse and it shows in ways of almost a desert of trans women in the scene, a lack of darkly serious actual plays that deal with more serious real life themes and systems of violence and power, and cliques that perpetuate the status quo.
Think the TTRPG space needs to come together and everyone post 99 Hot Takes and then cause a schism.
we should start shitposting by nailing paper to the doors of churches again
October 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The actual play scene is disgustingly risk adverse and it shows in ways of almost a desert of trans women in the scene, a lack of darkly serious actual plays that deal with more serious real life themes and systems of violence and power, and cliques that perpetuate the status quo.
This is the way.
A "complete" ttrpg is one you can buy for your 9 year old nephew, who will struggle through that single book and eventually absorb it like an old tree does with a metal fence. And thats all they need.
October 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is the way.
I love that no matter how abstract (pun intended) the theme, Mr Notestine always has concrete, actionable advice
Game Design by Abstraction
How to design by focusing on essentiality in roleplaying games—a fun design exercise.
www.explorersdesign.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I love that no matter how abstract (pun intended) the theme, Mr Notestine always has concrete, actionable advice
@dicegoblin.blog @jonasmerlin.bsky.social Hi! I was absolutely nerd–sniped by your articles about reading TTRPGs digitally
Wrote down some of my ideas here, curious to hear what you think!
coppershaman.com/digital-ttrp...
Wrote down some of my ideas here, curious to hear what you think!
coppershaman.com/digital-ttrp...
Digital TTRPGs
A while ago I was nerd–sniped by Dice Goblin's post, shortly followed by Dungeon Merlin's post. Both talk about the bane of my existence: PDFs.
Reading PDFs from a desktop computer is pain. If you ha...
coppershaman.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
@dicegoblin.blog @jonasmerlin.bsky.social Hi! I was absolutely nerd–sniped by your articles about reading TTRPGs digitally
Wrote down some of my ideas here, curious to hear what you think!
coppershaman.com/digital-ttrp...
Wrote down some of my ideas here, curious to hear what you think!
coppershaman.com/digital-ttrp...