Shouting Crow
@shoutingcrow.bsky.social
CAWWW! I'm Justin Vandermeer, an indie game designer producing TTRPGs, solo journaling games, and art. I also publish guides on formatting print-friendly projects. https://shoutingcrow.itch.io/
Land Back & Trans Rights supporter.
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Shouting Crow
@shoutingcrow.bsky.social
· Apr 29
Hi! I'm Justin. I make a free zine series about designing print-friendly tabletop games called PRINT IT YOURSELF. Every issue is absolutely chock full of diagrams and sometimes I do interviews with really talented and knowledgeable people. Check it out:
itch.io/c/5612213/pr...
itch.io/c/5612213/pr...
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"In that moment, the immersion, the *feeling* of play, was unlike anything I could have imagined a month ago, when I let my buddy cajole me into trying out Cataphracts in Space."
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 AM
"In that moment, the immersion, the *feeling* of play, was unlike anything I could have imagined a month ago, when I let my buddy cajole me into trying out Cataphracts in Space."
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
OVER/UNDER: The Bleed Machine, a preview of thoughts to come. kattkirsch.bearblog.dev/overunder-th...
Picking up a pen and drawing something every day is a great way to build yourself up, especially when you don’t think of yourself as an artist.
One day, you’ll feel like you’ve earned the title. Eventually you’ll realize you earned it the moment you picked up the pen.
I’m proud of you, Exeunt.
One day, you’ll feel like you’ve earned the title. Eventually you’ll realize you earned it the moment you picked up the pen.
I’m proud of you, Exeunt.
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Picking up a pen and drawing something every day is a great way to build yourself up, especially when you don’t think of yourself as an artist.
One day, you’ll feel like you’ve earned the title. Eventually you’ll realize you earned it the moment you picked up the pen.
I’m proud of you, Exeunt.
One day, you’ll feel like you’ve earned the title. Eventually you’ll realize you earned it the moment you picked up the pen.
I’m proud of you, Exeunt.
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A lot will be happening over on my Itch page, including a ton of print at home foldable versions of my games inspired by @shoutingcrow.bsky.social
But until they are uploaded, from now you can grab a physical copy of Pirouette and Grotty Gobbo's Tea Grotto!
These are VERY limited, only 7 of each
But until they are uploaded, from now you can grab a physical copy of Pirouette and Grotty Gobbo's Tea Grotto!
These are VERY limited, only 7 of each
Pirouette: A Solo Horror Ballet TTRPG by InnocentGoblin
The show must go on, even if it kills you!
innocentgoblin.itch.io
September 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A lot will be happening over on my Itch page, including a ton of print at home foldable versions of my games inspired by @shoutingcrow.bsky.social
But until they are uploaded, from now you can grab a physical copy of Pirouette and Grotty Gobbo's Tea Grotto!
These are VERY limited, only 7 of each
But until they are uploaded, from now you can grab a physical copy of Pirouette and Grotty Gobbo's Tea Grotto!
These are VERY limited, only 7 of each
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A comic about making comics (the alt text took longer to write than the comic did to draw * I drew this a few years ago)
November 8, 2024 at 8:01 PM
A comic about making comics (the alt text took longer to write than the comic did to draw * I drew this a few years ago)
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Been a year. Time to repost this.
August 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Been a year. Time to repost this.
Oof, this one’s so heavy, I haven’t been able to commission art for it or finish the work myself. If you wanna feel some kinda way, check out this stream.
Good luck, Wyvern!
Good luck, Wyvern!
I'll be going well out of my comfort zone for this week's #solorpg Thursday - Body to Die For by @shoutingcrow.bsky.social is about body horror, transphobia, body dysmorphia, and death. I've wanted to stream it for a while, but I needed to make sure I could respectfully handle the subject.
August 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Oof, this one’s so heavy, I haven’t been able to commission art for it or finish the work myself. If you wanna feel some kinda way, check out this stream.
Good luck, Wyvern!
Good luck, Wyvern!
Interrupting my summer of inactivity to say: oh holy crap, one of our blue pearl neocaridina shrimp is carrying eggs!
There’s a little yellow shrimp just below her, to the right. Li’l bonus for ya.
There’s a little yellow shrimp just below her, to the right. Li’l bonus for ya.
August 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Interrupting my summer of inactivity to say: oh holy crap, one of our blue pearl neocaridina shrimp is carrying eggs!
There’s a little yellow shrimp just below her, to the right. Li’l bonus for ya.
There’s a little yellow shrimp just below her, to the right. Li’l bonus for ya.
Got a lot of new followers today, but I haven’t been very productive this summer.
Please enjoy this (invasive) mollusk shell that my kid found in the river.
We spend a lot of time outside this time of year, but I’ll be back to posting bookbinding, publishing, and TTRPG stuff in September!
Please enjoy this (invasive) mollusk shell that my kid found in the river.
We spend a lot of time outside this time of year, but I’ll be back to posting bookbinding, publishing, and TTRPG stuff in September!
July 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Got a lot of new followers today, but I haven’t been very productive this summer.
Please enjoy this (invasive) mollusk shell that my kid found in the river.
We spend a lot of time outside this time of year, but I’ll be back to posting bookbinding, publishing, and TTRPG stuff in September!
Please enjoy this (invasive) mollusk shell that my kid found in the river.
We spend a lot of time outside this time of year, but I’ll be back to posting bookbinding, publishing, and TTRPG stuff in September!
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We bully people into great things in the Plus One discord.
Also if you want to support
@vidityavoleti.bsky.social's Longsword
@hipolita.itch.io's RAD
@apesofwrath.bsky.social's Down We Go
Tony's Through The Void
Or one of our other house systems we would love to help you
Also if you want to support
@vidityavoleti.bsky.social's Longsword
@hipolita.itch.io's RAD
@apesofwrath.bsky.social's Down We Go
Tony's Through The Void
Or one of our other house systems we would love to help you
So after a discussion in a discord server (and being told I'd be a coward if I didn't set this up) here's the Indie Adventure Jam. Make a THING for your favourite #ttrpg that doesn't have enough THINGS. Simple as that, you have two months.
itch.io/jam/indie-ad...
itch.io/jam/indie-ad...
Indie Adventure Jam
A game jam from 2025-07-17 to 2025-09-17 hosted by Sam Armstrong Games. This is a pretty simple premise for a jam. Find a TTRPG that you think is cool but doesn't have enough extra adventures/expansio...
itch.io
July 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
We bully people into great things in the Plus One discord.
Also if you want to support
@vidityavoleti.bsky.social's Longsword
@hipolita.itch.io's RAD
@apesofwrath.bsky.social's Down We Go
Tony's Through The Void
Or one of our other house systems we would love to help you
Also if you want to support
@vidityavoleti.bsky.social's Longsword
@hipolita.itch.io's RAD
@apesofwrath.bsky.social's Down We Go
Tony's Through The Void
Or one of our other house systems we would love to help you
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I think about this a lot and definitely feel that a game is not truly complete until it has at least one adventure supplement to support it and show what playing that game is actually like.
It's like a video game with no story. Cool mechanics but how do I use them?
It's like a video game with no story. Cool mechanics but how do I use them?
Critically, the rest of the book is a SAMPLE ADVENTURE. Do you know how USEFUL that is?! Even as a reference for formatting?! If you want people to write adventures for your games, for goodness’ sake, give them an idea of what those adventures should look like, more or less!!
an advertisement for schitts creek shows a woman holding a tablet and says " this is a critical moment "
Alt: Moira, a formerly rich older woman from Schitt’s creek, shouts “this is a critical moment”
media.tenor.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I think about this a lot and definitely feel that a game is not truly complete until it has at least one adventure supplement to support it and show what playing that game is actually like.
It's like a video game with no story. Cool mechanics but how do I use them?
It's like a video game with no story. Cool mechanics but how do I use them?
So you’re a game designer who wants people to write adventures for your system.
Here’s how you facilitate that:
Here’s how you facilitate that:
July 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
So you’re a game designer who wants people to write adventures for your system.
Here’s how you facilitate that:
Here’s how you facilitate that:
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Plus One is looking for 4 "Zine Weight" #TTRPS to help support next year in a very particular way.
We want to run 4 titles by newer creators through 4 different "funding platforms" & track the process for each one.
The platforms are:
-Kickstarter
-Backerkit
-Gamefound
-Zine Club
1/4
We want to run 4 titles by newer creators through 4 different "funding platforms" & track the process for each one.
The platforms are:
-Kickstarter
-Backerkit
-Gamefound
-Zine Club
1/4
July 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Plus One is looking for 4 "Zine Weight" #TTRPS to help support next year in a very particular way.
We want to run 4 titles by newer creators through 4 different "funding platforms" & track the process for each one.
The platforms are:
-Kickstarter
-Backerkit
-Gamefound
-Zine Club
1/4
We want to run 4 titles by newer creators through 4 different "funding platforms" & track the process for each one.
The platforms are:
-Kickstarter
-Backerkit
-Gamefound
-Zine Club
1/4
Write an adventure for an indie system you read or played recently.
Go on, do it. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a game designer. It doesn’t have to be great— it just has to be playable. One page, back and front. Three pages. An unformatted google doc. A postcard dungeon. Doesn’t matter.
Go on, do it. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a game designer. It doesn’t have to be great— it just has to be playable. One page, back and front. Three pages. An unformatted google doc. A postcard dungeon. Doesn’t matter.
So after a discussion in a discord server (and being told I'd be a coward if I didn't set this up) here's the Indie Adventure Jam. Make a THING for your favourite #ttrpg that doesn't have enough THINGS. Simple as that, you have two months.
itch.io/jam/indie-ad...
itch.io/jam/indie-ad...
Indie Adventure Jam
A game jam from 2025-07-17 to 2025-09-17 hosted by Sam Armstrong Games. This is a pretty simple premise for a jam. Find a TTRPG that you think is cool but doesn't have enough extra adventures/expansio...
itch.io
July 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Write an adventure for an indie system you read or played recently.
Go on, do it. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a game designer. It doesn’t have to be great— it just has to be playable. One page, back and front. Three pages. An unformatted google doc. A postcard dungeon. Doesn’t matter.
Go on, do it. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a game designer. It doesn’t have to be great— it just has to be playable. One page, back and front. Three pages. An unformatted google doc. A postcard dungeon. Doesn’t matter.
I try not to put spiders into my games, out of consideration for my arachnophobic friends, but I am making a terrarium for my girlfriend and look what I found while misting it today… webs! (This shot was selected because it does not have a visible spider)
What a productive little dude.
What a productive little dude.
June 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I try not to put spiders into my games, out of consideration for my arachnophobic friends, but I am making a terrarium for my girlfriend and look what I found while misting it today… webs! (This shot was selected because it does not have a visible spider)
What a productive little dude.
What a productive little dude.
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A long time coming, but Mausritter now has an SRD! There’s a nice website where you can get the rules or download a markdown file, plus they’re now released under a CC-BY license so you’re free to use the rules text in your own projects mausritter.com/srd/
Game Rules | Mausritter
The Mausritter SRD is a complete, free, and open-source reference for the Mausritter, the sword-and-whiskers roleplaying game.
mausritter.com
June 20, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A long time coming, but Mausritter now has an SRD! There’s a nice website where you can get the rules or download a markdown file, plus they’re now released under a CC-BY license so you’re free to use the rules text in your own projects mausritter.com/srd/
All my friends are running ads for their projects and I can’t be arsed to charge more than $5 for a PDF simply because the rat race takes all the fun out of making stuff. Ho hum.
June 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
All my friends are running ads for their projects and I can’t be arsed to charge more than $5 for a PDF simply because the rat race takes all the fun out of making stuff. Ho hum.
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play games outside your discipline, even if you don't like them. engage with why you do or don't like them. it's great practice!
you should try to experience OSR, trad, storygame, gmless, solo, fkr, larp, etc and see how they warp your idea of what our goofy little hobby is
you should try to experience OSR, trad, storygame, gmless, solo, fkr, larp, etc and see how they warp your idea of what our goofy little hobby is
June 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
play games outside your discipline, even if you don't like them. engage with why you do or don't like them. it's great practice!
you should try to experience OSR, trad, storygame, gmless, solo, fkr, larp, etc and see how they warp your idea of what our goofy little hobby is
you should try to experience OSR, trad, storygame, gmless, solo, fkr, larp, etc and see how they warp your idea of what our goofy little hobby is
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Did you know that you can fit ~40 standard sized playing cards, five dice, and a rules sheet printed on the back of a J-card inside a cassette case without posts? Do something with this knowledge.
June 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Did you know that you can fit ~40 standard sized playing cards, five dice, and a rules sheet printed on the back of a J-card inside a cassette case without posts? Do something with this knowledge.
It’s summer, so we’re enjoying the best of the season. I got some worm castings for the terrarium, too!
June 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It’s summer, so we’re enjoying the best of the season. I got some worm castings for the terrarium, too!
You can draw with shape tools in any layout program. Or sunlight and stencils and vegetable juice. Collage is a legitimate art form. You can paint with coffee. You can burn a stick to make charcoal. You don’t have to be “good at art” to make art. There is no gatekeeper. The process is the point.
June 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You can draw with shape tools in any layout program. Or sunlight and stencils and vegetable juice. Collage is a legitimate art form. You can paint with coffee. You can burn a stick to make charcoal. You don’t have to be “good at art” to make art. There is no gatekeeper. The process is the point.
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I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
June 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I did my best to compile as many protest safety notes as possible into a one page foldout zine! Coincidentally…it seems the file has breached containment…like it’s available for anyone to print or hand out 👀⚖️
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
toonyart.com/s/PSZine.pdf
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Hey TTRPG crew. If you can't afford to hire a great artist like Evlyn (she's worth it, though) and you use Affinity Publisher to lay out your games, I can teach you how to draw this little bird using nothing but shape tools.
You don't need fancy equipment to make half-decent art and I'll prove it: 🧵
You don't need fancy equipment to make half-decent art and I'll prove it: 🧵
October 25, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Hey TTRPG crew. If you can't afford to hire a great artist like Evlyn (she's worth it, though) and you use Affinity Publisher to lay out your games, I can teach you how to draw this little bird using nothing but shape tools.
You don't need fancy equipment to make half-decent art and I'll prove it: 🧵
You don't need fancy equipment to make half-decent art and I'll prove it: 🧵
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HELLWHALERS: The Book of Leviathan is live
Based on our best selling #ttrpg of dammed sailors on the seas of hell hunting demon whales, this zine expands play with content by the original team!
@mossdaggar.bsky.social @boguscheesecake.bsky.social & crew have made something amazing!
ttrpg.link/bol
Based on our best selling #ttrpg of dammed sailors on the seas of hell hunting demon whales, this zine expands play with content by the original team!
@mossdaggar.bsky.social @boguscheesecake.bsky.social & crew have made something amazing!
ttrpg.link/bol
HELLWHALERS: Book Of Leviathan
A companion book of expanded content for the original TTRPG of nautical and Christian-religious horror, HELLWHALERS. Fish for new horrors in hell's oceans, discover new consequences for gambling with ...
ttrpg.link
June 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
HELLWHALERS: The Book of Leviathan is live
Based on our best selling #ttrpg of dammed sailors on the seas of hell hunting demon whales, this zine expands play with content by the original team!
@mossdaggar.bsky.social @boguscheesecake.bsky.social & crew have made something amazing!
ttrpg.link/bol
Based on our best selling #ttrpg of dammed sailors on the seas of hell hunting demon whales, this zine expands play with content by the original team!
@mossdaggar.bsky.social @boguscheesecake.bsky.social & crew have made something amazing!
ttrpg.link/bol
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Digital 'What If' rules for tactical skirmish wargaming against the Hellwhale with every backing of the book. A deadly naval combat against hell's foulest sea beast.
Entirely tables of procedural events for every roll of the dice.
New scraps of horrific lore, and two haunting epilogues.
Entirely tables of procedural events for every roll of the dice.
New scraps of horrific lore, and two haunting epilogues.
June 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Digital 'What If' rules for tactical skirmish wargaming against the Hellwhale with every backing of the book. A deadly naval combat against hell's foulest sea beast.
Entirely tables of procedural events for every roll of the dice.
New scraps of horrific lore, and two haunting epilogues.
Entirely tables of procedural events for every roll of the dice.
New scraps of horrific lore, and two haunting epilogues.
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Pues no había leído todavía 24XX de Jason Tocci, pero la excusa de un artículo sobre tablas para crear acervo, me ha empujado a ello, con más razón teniendo traducción pagaloquequieras de @laesquinadelrol.com y ocupando lo básico un folio por las dos caras...
#lodelrol
Pues no había leído todavía 24XX de Jason Tocci, pero la excusa de un artículo sobre tablas para crear acervo, me ha empujado a ello, con más razón teniendo traducción pagaloquequieras de @laesquinadelrol.com y ocupando lo básico un folio por las dos caras...
#lodelrol
24XX SRD by LA ESQUINA DEL ROL GAMES
Un SRD para crear juegos tipo Lo-Fi Sci-Fi
laesquinadelrol.itch.io
June 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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Pues no había leído todavía 24XX de Jason Tocci, pero la excusa de un artículo sobre tablas para crear acervo, me ha empujado a ello, con más razón teniendo traducción pagaloquequieras de @laesquinadelrol.com y ocupando lo básico un folio por las dos caras...
#lodelrol
Pues no había leído todavía 24XX de Jason Tocci, pero la excusa de un artículo sobre tablas para crear acervo, me ha empujado a ello, con más razón teniendo traducción pagaloquequieras de @laesquinadelrol.com y ocupando lo básico un folio por las dos caras...
#lodelrol