A Couple of Drakes
@acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social
Navi & Shawn Drake | Indie TTRPG Design and Publishing @ A Couple of Drakes | Perpetrators of Court of Blades, Dead Belt, HEDGE, the DISASTER/games, and others still.
Snag our games @ acoupleofdrakes.itch.io
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Snag our games @ acoupleofdrakes.itch.io
Become a patron @ patreon.com/acoupleofdrakes
Voted. Lot of Republicans running unopposed in my neck of the woods. Wondering if maybe I shouldn't just HARD pivot into local politics.
Yes. I have experience. I've told elves and wizards what to do for decades at this point.
Yes. I have experience. I've told elves and wizards what to do for decades at this point.
November 4, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Voted. Lot of Republicans running unopposed in my neck of the woods. Wondering if maybe I shouldn't just HARD pivot into local politics.
Yes. I have experience. I've told elves and wizards what to do for decades at this point.
Yes. I have experience. I've told elves and wizards what to do for decades at this point.
G'night everybody. Keep spooky in your heart.
November 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM
G'night everybody. Keep spooky in your heart.
Look, sometimes you have to choose between fun and done. I didn't get into this biz to treat it like a job.
I'd have more to show for it if I did, but I'd also probably hate it.
I'd have more to show for it if I did, but I'd also probably hate it.
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Look, sometimes you have to choose between fun and done. I didn't get into this biz to treat it like a job.
I'd have more to show for it if I did, but I'd also probably hate it.
I'd have more to show for it if I did, but I'd also probably hate it.
There's something magical about seeing that *all art* is a struggle against seemingly impossible odds to one extent or another. And that a lot of it is just scut-work that is unsung and unglamorous. Kinda unifying, you know?
September 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
There's something magical about seeing that *all art* is a struggle against seemingly impossible odds to one extent or another. And that a lot of it is just scut-work that is unsung and unglamorous. Kinda unifying, you know?
Them: So what have y'all been up to?
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
September 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Them: So what have y'all been up to?
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
Me: Haha, you know. The usual.
The Usual:
I did not sleep well last night. I was up doing this.
Also now I am very tired and the words will not obey me.
Also now I am very tired and the words will not obey me.
August 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I did not sleep well last night. I was up doing this.
Also now I am very tired and the words will not obey me.
Also now I am very tired and the words will not obey me.
My mug was shattered in the line of duty this morning. The barrel remains intact, but the mug is shrapnel.
It served with distinction for six years. Now I begin the arduous task of finding my next constant companion.
Good night "Death Before Decaf." We shall not see your like again.
It served with distinction for six years. Now I begin the arduous task of finding my next constant companion.
Good night "Death Before Decaf." We shall not see your like again.
August 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My mug was shattered in the line of duty this morning. The barrel remains intact, but the mug is shrapnel.
It served with distinction for six years. Now I begin the arduous task of finding my next constant companion.
Good night "Death Before Decaf." We shall not see your like again.
It served with distinction for six years. Now I begin the arduous task of finding my next constant companion.
Good night "Death Before Decaf." We shall not see your like again.
If you see this, post something toothy.
July 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you see this, post something toothy.
We've got a Patreon. For now.
July 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We've got a Patreon. For now.
Anyway. Back to work.
June 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Anyway. Back to work.
I know that they wouldn't try so hard to kill art if it didn't threaten them, but man, I'd really rather that they melted in the face of it.
June 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I know that they wouldn't try so hard to kill art if it didn't threaten them, but man, I'd really rather that they melted in the face of it.
With Alt Text because that's a glaring oversight.
May 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
With Alt Text because that's a glaring oversight.
This isn't the game that did it, but it's definitely the cover art that did it.
May 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This isn't the game that did it, but it's definitely the cover art that did it.
Working out has become a lot more fun since I started to think of my poor decrepit body as a mech pushed to the redline. And what do we say when the meters are in the red but the hits keep coming?
May 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Working out has become a lot more fun since I started to think of my poor decrepit body as a mech pushed to the redline. And what do we say when the meters are in the red but the hits keep coming?
It was a gif when I uploaded it, honest.
May 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It was a gif when I uploaded it, honest.
My writing process in a gif:
Pictured: Me (foreground), Navi (background). Well, 80% of the time.
Pictured: Me (foreground), Navi (background). Well, 80% of the time.
![Rust Cohle from True Detective speaks as he drives, a cigarette clenched in his teeth. His partner sits in the passenger seat with a puzzled and concerned expression as he listens. The image is captioned [something poetic and intensely creepy]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bw4u3yj3hq23almhpodopqjy/bafkreifdwmgvq7rqlprlz7sxjkt4ctg6h7w2fjvs233jxeybpntmlofexm@jpeg)
May 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
My writing process in a gif:
Pictured: Me (foreground), Navi (background). Well, 80% of the time.
Pictured: Me (foreground), Navi (background). Well, 80% of the time.
Yo! Check it out. Seven bucks, bro.
May 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Yo! Check it out. Seven bucks, bro.
Going to only speak for myself here, but the honest answer is "Elon bought it and my scene fragmented and my business tanked overnight."
But the funnier answer is that I told Pathfinder players that I had no interest in Pathfinder and they told me to stop picking on Indie Games.
But the funnier answer is that I told Pathfinder players that I had no interest in Pathfinder and they told me to stop picking on Indie Games.
May 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Going to only speak for myself here, but the honest answer is "Elon bought it and my scene fragmented and my business tanked overnight."
But the funnier answer is that I told Pathfinder players that I had no interest in Pathfinder and they told me to stop picking on Indie Games.
But the funnier answer is that I told Pathfinder players that I had no interest in Pathfinder and they told me to stop picking on Indie Games.
Someday bin: Mausritter, but you're a bunch of shrew-faced squirrels who've lost your homes to the invasion of a single ravenous komodo dragon. The Dragon has dug a massive burrow to lay its eggs, right in the midst of your community's feeding grounds.
How do you move the kaiju? This is you:
How do you move the kaiju? This is you:
April 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Someday bin: Mausritter, but you're a bunch of shrew-faced squirrels who've lost your homes to the invasion of a single ravenous komodo dragon. The Dragon has dug a massive burrow to lay its eggs, right in the midst of your community's feeding grounds.
How do you move the kaiju? This is you:
How do you move the kaiju? This is you:
Doing my job.
Though, let's be real. It's probably unionizing.
Though, let's be real. It's probably unionizing.
April 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Doing my job.
Though, let's be real. It's probably unionizing.
Though, let's be real. It's probably unionizing.
There is a unique kind of dread realization that washes over you when you google both of the names you came up with for your TTRPG and find that neither of them are taken.
What, now I'm supposed to decide between them myself?
What, now I'm supposed to decide between them myself?
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
There is a unique kind of dread realization that washes over you when you google both of the names you came up with for your TTRPG and find that neither of them are taken.
What, now I'm supposed to decide between them myself?
What, now I'm supposed to decide between them myself?
I've met precious few jolly ranchers, but man I've met a fair few...
March 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I've met precious few jolly ranchers, but man I've met a fair few...
Two quick recommendations. @diogooldskull.bsky.social's "Screams Amongst the Stars" for a clever OSR take. "Starhold" by S.M. Noble for an excellent PbtA option. Both are my go-tos for playing Event Horizon: The Home Game.
March 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Two quick recommendations. @diogooldskull.bsky.social's "Screams Amongst the Stars" for a clever OSR take. "Starhold" by S.M. Noble for an excellent PbtA option. Both are my go-tos for playing Event Horizon: The Home Game.