Johnstone Metzger
@chthonstone.bsky.social
I make tabletop role-playing games.
johnstone (dot) metzger (at) gmail (dot) com.
chthonstone.ca
johnstone (dot) metzger (at) gmail (dot) com.
chthonstone.ca
Break into the necromancer's mansion, I dare you.
April 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Break into the necromancer's mansion, I dare you.
Or you could worship the gods of luck, instead. Or you could get this illo on a t-shirt, I seem to remember my artist made one.
April 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Or you could worship the gods of luck, instead. Or you could get this illo on a t-shirt, I seem to remember my artist made one.
You could be worshipping the bat god, like that guy on the carpet. Or fight against the bat god's cult!
April 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You could be worshipping the bat god, like that guy on the carpet. Or fight against the bat god's cult!
After a long delay, the latest issue of my Old-School Essentials monster manual zine has been released.
Essential Enemies 10: Temples of Greed showcases a bunch of greedy monsters, cultists, criminals, and mercenaries. Available now at DriveThruRPG and Lulu.
Essential Enemies 10: Temples of Greed showcases a bunch of greedy monsters, cultists, criminals, and mercenaries. Available now at DriveThruRPG and Lulu.
April 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
After a long delay, the latest issue of my Old-School Essentials monster manual zine has been released.
Essential Enemies 10: Temples of Greed showcases a bunch of greedy monsters, cultists, criminals, and mercenaries. Available now at DriveThruRPG and Lulu.
Essential Enemies 10: Temples of Greed showcases a bunch of greedy monsters, cultists, criminals, and mercenaries. Available now at DriveThruRPG and Lulu.
Look at these weirdo jerks.
In the Outlands.
In the Outlands.
February 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Look at these weirdo jerks.
In the Outlands.
In the Outlands.
Maybe something is finally coming together, I dunno, but once it's done I can use it to move on to the next thing, at the very least.
In the Outlands.
In the Outlands.
February 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Maybe something is finally coming together, I dunno, but once it's done I can use it to move on to the next thing, at the very least.
In the Outlands.
In the Outlands.
Get the pdfs of zines like this one:
January 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Get the pdfs of zines like this one:
Dozens of original weirdo monsters in the Old-School Essentials format with full-colour illustrations.
January 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dozens of original weirdo monsters in the Old-School Essentials format with full-colour illustrations.
On the Banks of the River Knife.
December 4, 2024 at 8:57 PM
On the Banks of the River Knife.
On the Banks of the River Knife.
December 2, 2024 at 6:54 PM
On the Banks of the River Knife.
The latest issue of my Old-School Essentials monster manual zine is out.
Essential Enemies 9: Not of This Earth.
Essential Enemies 9: Not of This Earth.
September 2, 2024 at 5:58 PM
The latest issue of my Old-School Essentials monster manual zine is out.
Essential Enemies 9: Not of This Earth.
Essential Enemies 9: Not of This Earth.
Game design amirite?
(And even this is the simple version.)
(And even this is the simple version.)
July 2, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Game design amirite?
(And even this is the simple version.)
(And even this is the simple version.)
Here's a demon cat familiar. He's not undead but he hangs out with someone who is.
March 1, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Here's a demon cat familiar. He's not undead but he hangs out with someone who is.
Here's some death cultists posing for a group photo that I put in the middle of the zine so it's all on a single piece of paper (in the staplebound version anyway). I like to include old style photography in my "medieval" fantasy settings.
March 1, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Here's some death cultists posing for a group photo that I put in the middle of the zine so it's all on a single piece of paper (in the staplebound version anyway). I like to include old style photography in my "medieval" fantasy settings.
This issue is a collection of undead monsters and the death cultists who work with them.
March 1, 2024 at 10:05 PM
This issue is a collection of undead monsters and the death cultists who work with them.
The latest issue of my quarterly Old-School Essentials monster manual zine is now available: Essential Enemies 7: Far Beyond Death.
March 1, 2024 at 5:03 PM
The latest issue of my quarterly Old-School Essentials monster manual zine is now available: Essential Enemies 7: Far Beyond Death.
Next week, I'm pretty sure.
February 24, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Next week, I'm pretty sure.
I made a third one: the Wayfinders.
January 30, 2024 at 9:26 PM
I made a third one: the Wayfinders.
The original Dwellers Below tables were pretty simple, so I added some more names and some extra dice.
January 23, 2024 at 6:07 PM
The original Dwellers Below tables were pretty simple, so I added some more names and some extra dice.