Columbary TTRPG
@benkinghi.bsky.social
TTRPG module maker currently focused on Mothership, Grocery Clerk, and Dog Walker.
https://columbaryttrpg.substack.com/
Knowledge Asymmetry funding wraps on 12/10!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/ben-king/knowledge-asymmetry-authority
https://columbaryttrpg.substack.com/
Knowledge Asymmetry funding wraps on 12/10!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/ben-king/knowledge-asymmetry-authority
There are just a few hours of fundraising left for The Conduit a MOTHERSHIP RPG adventure with illustrations by @jettilalewis.bsky.social
i’m really excited about this setting full of clone rebellions, cyberpunk bars, and black site labs.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
i’m really excited about this setting full of clone rebellions, cyberpunk bars, and black site labs.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There are just a few hours of fundraising left for The Conduit a MOTHERSHIP RPG adventure with illustrations by @jettilalewis.bsky.social
i’m really excited about this setting full of clone rebellions, cyberpunk bars, and black site labs.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
i’m really excited about this setting full of clone rebellions, cyberpunk bars, and black site labs.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
A huge part of what makes doing a TTRPG project fun for me is just working with other people. I enjoyed coming up with rought written character outlines, but @jettilalewis.bsky.social brought them to life in ways I would never have imagined with her art.
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A huge part of what makes doing a TTRPG project fun for me is just working with other people. I enjoyed coming up with rought written character outlines, but @jettilalewis.bsky.social brought them to life in ways I would never have imagined with her art.
It's been really satisfying brainstorming these sci-fi horror #MOTHERSHIP modules with @streetsurgery.bsky.social. In one, a high stakes time-crunch to catastrophe on a claustrophobic subway, in the other a flight from both new and familiar foes in an abandoned high rise.
All On Red's cross collab project The Conduit by @benkinghi.bsky.social for #mothershipmonth2025 is rad. If you back both, you're getting TWO digital reward pamphlet adventures. You're going to need an exciting train mission for your Prospero's Dream campaign. The other one takes place in The Sink!
November 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
It's been really satisfying brainstorming these sci-fi horror #MOTHERSHIP modules with @streetsurgery.bsky.social. In one, a high stakes time-crunch to catastrophe on a claustrophobic subway, in the other a flight from both new and familiar foes in an abandoned high rise.
I got the original Vast in the Dark Years back, and skipped the expansion… I might need to try this second print run though. It’s a setting I really like.
Howdy folks!
I return from abroad with some good/complicated news:
After 3 years, our stock of Vast in the Dark Expanded is finally nearing the end.
We want to thank everyone who bought a copy, mention what we have planned for the next printing, and also get some feedback.
I return from abroad with some good/complicated news:
After 3 years, our stock of Vast in the Dark Expanded is finally nearing the end.
We want to thank everyone who bought a copy, mention what we have planned for the next printing, and also get some feedback.
November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I got the original Vast in the Dark Years back, and skipped the expansion… I might need to try this second print run though. It’s a setting I really like.
I’m heading to work at the grocery and there is a Border Patrol helicopter the size of a truck circling my neighborhood. The lady is selling tacos in the park on my walk to work has never made me feel like I live in a warzone. ICE and border patrol have. They are disappearing my neighbors.
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I’m heading to work at the grocery and there is a Border Patrol helicopter the size of a truck circling my neighborhood. The lady is selling tacos in the park on my walk to work has never made me feel like I live in a warzone. ICE and border patrol have. They are disappearing my neighbors.
The layout and art in Straight Arrows by @raccomputing.bsky.social for MothershipRPG is so great. I’m terrible with words for art, but check it out!
Had a surprise in my mailbox! Straight Arrows!! :3
The zine came out really nice in print!! Collage often better blend when printed. There is so much in there to digest. Love the map work. Everything feels handcrafted with love, which is a good contrast with the space coldness of #Mothership.
The zine came out really nice in print!! Collage often better blend when printed. There is so much in there to digest. Love the map work. Everything feels handcrafted with love, which is a good contrast with the space coldness of #Mothership.
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The layout and art in Straight Arrows by @raccomputing.bsky.social for MothershipRPG is so great. I’m terrible with words for art, but check it out!
#MothershipMonth2025 teaser pages are going up. I'm really looking forward to "All On Red" by @discodan.bsky.social is an urban district crammed around a metro line with a gambling den atop the community surgical clinic. It's grim, but clever with neat characters. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
All on Red: a new adventure module for Mothership RPG
From Glue Trap Games - All on Red: a new adventure module for Mothership RPG
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September 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
#MothershipMonth2025 teaser pages are going up. I'm really looking forward to "All On Red" by @discodan.bsky.social is an urban district crammed around a metro line with a gambling den atop the community surgical clinic. It's grim, but clever with neat characters. www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
The best damn lecture about erotic art is up on itch and I think I'm about to re-buy it.
hey y'all, my gumroad is closed forever but you can buy my lecture on making erotic art here: celineloup.itch.io/finding-your...
March 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The best damn lecture about erotic art is up on itch and I think I'm about to re-buy it.
Only 4 hours left to back A Secret Chord, an adventure module in zine form for the Mothership TTRPG. I'm making maps for this and have gotten a sneak peek at the draft manuscript- the setting is GREAT!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
A Secret Chord: An Adventure Zine for The Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG
A thrilling three act adventure of cosmic horror for The Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG including a crashing ship, a mystery in a colony, and a three-level underground temple. Will you survive the retur...
www.backerkit.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Only 4 hours left to back A Secret Chord, an adventure module in zine form for the Mothership TTRPG. I'm making maps for this and have gotten a sneak peek at the draft manuscript- the setting is GREAT!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Illustrator Chloe Shields and writer @lucas-walters.bsky.social are in the final hours of funding for "The Brain Forest," a rules lite exploration and relationship building TTRPG. Give it a look:-)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaz...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaz...
The Brain Forest: A cozy adventure TTRPG
Explore a thrilling new world in this tabletop RPG zine filled with brain inspired flora & fauna.
www.kickstarter.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Illustrator Chloe Shields and writer @lucas-walters.bsky.social are in the final hours of funding for "The Brain Forest," a rules lite exploration and relationship building TTRPG. Give it a look:-)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaz...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaz...
Made in collaboration with a bona fide neuroscientist, Gazellig Games is making an adventure full of brain themed settings and fauna. Check out my interview with the writer @lucas-walters.bsky.social here: columbaryttrpg.substack.com/p/lucas-walt...
columbaryttrpg.substack.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Made in collaboration with a bona fide neuroscientist, Gazellig Games is making an adventure full of brain themed settings and fauna. Check out my interview with the writer @lucas-walters.bsky.social here: columbaryttrpg.substack.com/p/lucas-walt...
If you read my interview with Chloe Shields about the Cloud Empress Winter Jam you'll know she's the neuroscientist illustrator behind "The Brain Forest" This rules lite exploration focused TTRPG by @lucas-walters.bsky.social is live on kickstarter now!
We just launched our Kickstarter project for The Brain Forest, a TTRPG about exploring a fantastical place filled with cute brain-themed flora and fauna. 🧠🌲
Give it a look :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaz...
Give it a look :)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaz...
The Brain Forest
Explore a thrilling new world in this tabletop RPG zine filled with brain inspired flora & fauna.
www.kickstarter.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If you read my interview with Chloe Shields about the Cloud Empress Winter Jam you'll know she's the neuroscientist illustrator behind "The Brain Forest" This rules lite exploration focused TTRPG by @lucas-walters.bsky.social is live on kickstarter now!
Reposted by Columbary TTRPG
We’re excited to be publishing @discodan.bsky.social’s new Leonard Cohen inspired Mothership module A Secret Chord for Zimo. It’s a powder keg of cosmic horror with art by @amandalee.bsky.social, maps by @benkinghi.bsky.social, and layout by @anxietywizard.bsky.social. Now live on BackerKit! #zimo
A Secret Chord: An Adventure Zine for The Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG
A thrilling three act adventure of cosmic horror for The Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG including a crashing ship, a mystery in a colony, and a three-level underground temple. Will you survive the retur...
asc.rvgames.company
February 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We’re excited to be publishing @discodan.bsky.social’s new Leonard Cohen inspired Mothership module A Secret Chord for Zimo. It’s a powder keg of cosmic horror with art by @amandalee.bsky.social, maps by @benkinghi.bsky.social, and layout by @anxietywizard.bsky.social. Now live on BackerKit! #zimo
@satelitesnaturales.bsky.social I don’t understand my Hario MSS-1B is still going but I guess I haven’t dropped it enough times in the past 10+ years (how is the label still legible??). Much respect to your war hario’s years of service and coffee problem enabling.
February 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@satelitesnaturales.bsky.social I don’t understand my Hario MSS-1B is still going but I guess I haven’t dropped it enough times in the past 10+ years (how is the label still legible??). Much respect to your war hario’s years of service and coffee problem enabling.
Not sure she's on bsky, but but if you're interested in another Dutch TTRPG module check out "The Belly" by Chloe Shields, a cloud city district for the Cloud Empress TTRPG. chloeshields.itch.io/the-belly
go.bsky.app/ND4KhSS
go.bsky.app/ND4KhSS
January 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Not sure she's on bsky, but but if you're interested in another Dutch TTRPG module check out "The Belly" by Chloe Shields, a cloud city district for the Cloud Empress TTRPG. chloeshields.itch.io/the-belly
go.bsky.app/ND4KhSS
go.bsky.app/ND4KhSS
I don’t yet have a Mothership TTRPG project in need of an awesome 90s rave nostalgia cover, BUT, I have the feeling I will soon…
January 22, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I don’t yet have a Mothership TTRPG project in need of an awesome 90s rave nostalgia cover, BUT, I have the feeling I will soon…
I'm usually just here for TTRPG stuff, but if you're curious to hear some thoughtful and matter-of-fact discussion about the need for, and value of, erotic art this is an excellent lecture by Celine Loup. Came out years ago, but her words are still true today.
My 45 minute lecture on erotic art: what is it, how to think about it, and why you should make it is pay what you want on gumroad: gumroad.com/celineloup
January 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I'm usually just here for TTRPG stuff, but if you're curious to hear some thoughtful and matter-of-fact discussion about the need for, and value of, erotic art this is an excellent lecture by Celine Loup. Came out years ago, but her words are still true today.
I interviewed @hojesofia.bsky.social, @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, and @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social about collaborating on TTRPG’s. Learn about what makes their work together tick:-) open.substack.com/pub/columbar...
Let's talk with Evlyn Moreau, Sophia R., and Luna P.
Is collaboration's biggest enemy weird sleep cycles?
open.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I interviewed @hojesofia.bsky.social, @evlynmoreau.bsky.social, and @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social about collaborating on TTRPG’s. Learn about what makes their work together tick:-) open.substack.com/pub/columbar...
I’m preparing my first month’s update for my #backerkit #mothershiprpg module “Knowedge Asymmetry.” Is there anyone planning a q1 release or fundraising (for say zinequest) who i should check out or consider mentioning in my backer update? Comment or DM me:-)
December 30, 2024 at 5:47 PM
I’m preparing my first month’s update for my #backerkit #mothershiprpg module “Knowedge Asymmetry.” Is there anyone planning a q1 release or fundraising (for say zinequest) who i should check out or consider mentioning in my backer update? Comment or DM me:-)
Is it “New” or is it iteration and extension? Tropes and hacks are still valuable and satisfying to read, play and make.
New blog post time.
Why it is a fool's errand to try to make something totally "new" in game design, and how that flies in the face of how human's literally think/learn, and how science is done.
gilarpgs.substack.com/p/on-new-games
Why it is a fool's errand to try to make something totally "new" in game design, and how that flies in the face of how human's literally think/learn, and how science is done.
gilarpgs.substack.com/p/on-new-games
On "new" games
“Oh, that sounds a lot like ___”
gilarpgs.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Is it “New” or is it iteration and extension? Tropes and hacks are still valuable and satisfying to read, play and make.
Today is bloooooood donation day followed up by a meeting with my ttrpg collaborators to talk nerdy about dying in space.
December 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Today is bloooooood donation day followed up by a meeting with my ttrpg collaborators to talk nerdy about dying in space.
Our project manager just shared some commissioned character art by @amandalee.bsky.social for our forthcoming space pirate anthology "Devil's Due," and it is so exciting to see these new pieces! Check out her portfolio of artwork and consider subscribing to comradery.co/amandalee
Amanda Lee Franck
Amanda Lee Franck - A Bestiary and Complete World Atlas
comradery.co
December 16, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Our project manager just shared some commissioned character art by @amandalee.bsky.social for our forthcoming space pirate anthology "Devil's Due," and it is so exciting to see these new pieces! Check out her portfolio of artwork and consider subscribing to comradery.co/amandalee
I interviewed Allen McClelland in November about his contributions to "Devil's Due," a space pirate Mothership supplement- pre-orders soon on BackerKit! We talked about sharing characters and creative work to a wider audience of other writers and artists.
columbaryttrpg.substack.com/p/allen-mccl...
columbaryttrpg.substack.com/p/allen-mccl...
Allen McClelland
I met Allen McClelland (AKA InkandShield on Instagram and Bluesky) earlier this year while working on the collaborative space pirate anthology Devil’s Due. We’ve both contributed pirate captains to th...
columbaryttrpg.substack.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:26 PM
I interviewed Allen McClelland in November about his contributions to "Devil's Due," a space pirate Mothership supplement- pre-orders soon on BackerKit! We talked about sharing characters and creative work to a wider audience of other writers and artists.
columbaryttrpg.substack.com/p/allen-mccl...
columbaryttrpg.substack.com/p/allen-mccl...
Here's another character teaser from the forthcoming #MothershipRPG supplement "Knowledge Asymmetry" aiming for a full release q2 2025. This is a preview of the corporate fixer- the player crew's contact for blackmarket work and shady gigs. Character art by the inestimable @jettilalewis.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Here's another character teaser from the forthcoming #MothershipRPG supplement "Knowledge Asymmetry" aiming for a full release q2 2025. This is a preview of the corporate fixer- the player crew's contact for blackmarket work and shady gigs. Character art by the inestimable @jettilalewis.bsky.social
Marrow and Expiry Date remain wicked as hell. 1000% worth the price of admission: check them out.
what's up gamers, quick reminder that my Body Horror Shitshow Bundle is still available until the end of the year and also my birthday is a on Christmas and you totally wanna get me a present in the form of buying my comics???
I was gonna save this til December but i realized i won't have a computer so fuck it, I'M GOING BACK TO UNIVERSITY NEXT YEAR AND NEED MONEY FOR TUITION AND SHIT so come check out my Body-Horror Shitshow Bundle where you can pick up all my itch.io comics for just 10USD!!!
🔗 itch.io/s/137550/bod...
🔗 itch.io/s/137550/bod...
December 14, 2024 at 5:21 AM
Marrow and Expiry Date remain wicked as hell. 1000% worth the price of admission: check them out.