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Verdant Core, as it goes...

I write games, I think about games, sometimes I play games.
Escapee to Portugal, cat servant / dog fascinator.

Games and stuff: https://verdant-core.itch.io

(yeah, Spriggans)
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Do you want to play a spirit, possessing the mortal beings around you? Do you want to bend reality to your whim?

With quick character and NPC generation and a simple action resolution mechanic, Treasured Possessions is a light playing-card powered fantasy RPG.
verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
Treasured Possessions by Verdant Core
A fantasy TTRPG about possessing mortals
verdant-core.itch.io
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Reader, we funded.
🚨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
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
You want instant characters? Villagers? Adventurers? Folk on the road? Wizards? What about settlements? And a deck of cards that shuffles when it's drawn, perhaps? Some generators for Treasured Possessions here: verdant-core.itch.io/generators-f...
Treasured Possessions Generators by Verdant Core
Tools for NPCs, settlements, spirits, etc.
verdant-core.itch.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Time to get in on this, only a short time to go! DURF is a fantastic game, and the expanded version looks like it's going to be AMAZING!
DURF Expanded just hit another stretch goal: the bestiary will get 50 more monsters! 🔥

If you back the project you get to tell me what kind of beasties you would love to see in this expansion! :)

www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Do you want to play a spirit, possessing the mortal beings around you? Do you want to bend reality to your whim?

With quick character and NPC generation and a simple action resolution mechanic, Treasured Possessions is a light playing-card powered fantasy RPG.
verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
Treasured Possessions by Verdant Core
A fantasy TTRPG about possessing mortals
verdant-core.itch.io
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Are you looking for random encounters? I can help! I wrote a set of encounters, 52 each for 8 terrains (and random magic items), and you can find them here (they're free!). It has the worst itch page image, but it is the worst picture *drawn by a human*. verdant-core.itch.io/wilderness-e...
Wilderness Enjoyment Guide by Verdant Core
Random Encounter Tables
verdant-core.itch.io
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
There's definitely something joyous about writing your own game and modules and then running them for people.
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Emiel's expanded version of DURF is on Kickstarter right now - it's a great system, and you REALLY should back it right now.
DURF Expanded is now live on Kickstarter! 🔥

www.kickstarter.com/projects/emi...
October 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Woo-hoo! My vibe for The Lost Bay is live in the online character generator! Mermaids rock, in every sense.
The Lost Bay online character generator has now the first 3rd party vibe, the Mermaid by @verdantcore.bsky.social

How cool is this Vibe?
October 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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If you enjoyed a game on Itch, leave a comment!

Honestly, it really brightens a creator's day. And it's a big encouragement for others who may be interested in getting that game.

Itch hides reviews from the game page, so I find comments more useful in the long run.

Like a game? Comment away!
September 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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afternoon bump cause I gotta sling some game zines - and you can snag a neat art card too
perplexingruinsshop.bigcartel.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
As I've just published another pamphlet adventure, this feels like a good moment to plug the game I wrote, Treasured Possession; a playing-card powered fantasy TTRPG of spirits and their mortal hosts. You can find it here: verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
Treasured Possessions by Verdant Core
A fantasy TTRPG about possessing mortals
verdant-core.itch.io
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A fair bit is going on in Treasured Possessions land since I released the game.

The first 3rd party module was released 🥳, I'm writing a couple of pamphlets and a longer module and we've also started a PBP game over on the Discord server.

Would you like to play spirits, inhabiting mortal bodies?
I’ve just released Treasured Possessions! A fantasy role playing game using playing cards, characters are spirits who can possess mortal beings to interact with a world inhabited by goblins, wizards and ethereal beings.

verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
Treasured Possessions by Verdant Core
A spirited TTRPG about protecting your village
verdant-core.itch.io
August 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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It's been a rough couple of week friends, for a moment lets ignore it and focus on fun stuff!

Serving Up Disasters has passed £2500 with 128 Backers!
I didn't expect my kitchen nightmares x brindlewood bay passion project to do so well🥰Thank you all so much

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mol...
Serving Up Disaster - A TTRPG of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES
Can this famous and fiery TV Chef work with the Staff to save these failing restaurants?
www.kickstarter.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I’ve just released Treasured Possessions! A fantasy role playing game using playing cards, characters are spirits who can possess mortal beings to interact with a world inhabited by goblins, wizards and ethereal beings.

verdant-core.itch.io/treasuredpos...
Treasured Possessions by Verdant Core
A spirited TTRPG about protecting your village
verdant-core.itch.io
August 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Releasing a game that I've been working on for three years tomorrow and having a last minute panic. 😅
August 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Aargh! Spent time drawing skeletons, scanning and making a template so they'll fold and stand up. Printed, cut, trimmed, folded, went to get the glue stick to put them together.

No glue stick.🤦
June 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Drawing skeletons. I want some standees to mess about with an idea, so I'm drawing skeletons. I'm not great at drawing, but they'll be fine, I'm sure, lil' bony folks.
June 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I've just released an update to the Mermaid vibe for The Lost Bay RPG. This version is tweaked for the REBORN rule set, and I think it concentrates the weirdness of the original. Check it out here: verdant-core.itch.io/mermaid #TheLostBay
Mermaid by Verdant Core
A Vibe for The Lost Bay TTRPG
verdant-core.itch.io
June 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This looks fantastic! Caelin writes really good material, this is bound to be fantastic! Get in on it now!
I have launched my Kickstarter for Eco Mofos!! called The Deluxo Waste. It has 52 locations in a dried-up seabed, which create a pointcrawl used with a deck of cards.

Corpos in the Deluxo Waste are competing for the mineral Dreamsalt, which give lucid dreams...

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cae...
The Deluxo Waste; TTRPG locations
A zine with 52 adventure locations for Eco Mofos!!
www.kickstarter.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Spaceship Saturday!

Here's my super colourful, retro inspired ENTERPRISE official fancy poster.

Available from @vicepress.bsky.social Editions Range, as well as my Jurassic Park set.

2 for £50 on all those, & there is a whole bunch of great art to pick!

vice-press.com/collections/...

#art
April 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Hi there, tabletop RPG designers! I'm opening up the first Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant. I'm looking to award up to 5 designers $250 to help create their games and/or set up their businesses.

Applications open today and run through the end of the month. Enter here! bannerless.games/grant
Bannerless Games Tabletop RPG Grant
Hi there! My name is Ken Lowery, and I'm an award-winning tabletop RPG designer who operates under the name Bannerless Games. If you've heard of me at all, it's likely for my solo games: Lighthouse at...
bannerless.games
April 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One of the fun things about spending a year writing random wilderness encounters is that you forget some of the things you wrote. I just got this result and I had no recollection of writing it.

I do, however, have a vague memory of thinking about the figures on weather clocks last year... 🤷
April 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Some days you just wanna give up , let everything go and follow the light inside of a red cabbage
March 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I blogged, about a game that I'm going to release soon. What is it about, what is it meant to be and why did I make it this way?
betweenthecracks.wixsite.com/one-more-hed...
Treasured Possessions: What and why, perhaps?
Oh hey, I was just thinking it had been a while and now I look back it turns out it's about six months since I last posted something here. Which tells you a couple of things: I don't fill up your inbo...
betweenthecracks.wixsite.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
You know you're getting older when you discover the confusion that is trying to peel potatoes with bifocals. It's an exercise in looking down on vegetables... 🤷
March 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM