Christopher Helton
@dorkland.itch.io
Nonbinary tabletop RPG designer, publisher, editor and fan of comics and music. Hire me for your projects! ENnie nominated blogger, one time ENnie winner. I used to write about gaming/pop culture at the Bleeding Cool & EN World websites. (they/them)
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Christopher Helton
@dorkland.itch.io
· Jun 5
Welcome followers, new and old, to my new pinned post! My name is Chris, and I design and publish artisan tabletop role-playing games. I am nonbinary, and I am a big fan of comics and music. In 2003 I started my Dorkland! blog, which is where the name for this account and many others comes from.
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Hello dreamers!
Did you know that @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social and I, of @dieselshot.bsky.social fame, have a fully playable 304-page Hard Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG set in a more hopeful future? And that you can download and play it RIGHT NOW?
It's true! <^_^> #ttrpg
dieselshot.itch.io/changedstars
Did you know that @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social and I, of @dieselshot.bsky.social fame, have a fully playable 304-page Hard Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG set in a more hopeful future? And that you can download and play it RIGHT NOW?
It's true! <^_^> #ttrpg
dieselshot.itch.io/changedstars
ChangedStars by DieselShot
Hard Scifi TTRPG
dieselshot.itch.io
March 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Hello dreamers!
Did you know that @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social and I, of @dieselshot.bsky.social fame, have a fully playable 304-page Hard Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG set in a more hopeful future? And that you can download and play it RIGHT NOW?
It's true! <^_^> #ttrpg
dieselshot.itch.io/changedstars
Did you know that @spiderqueenlong.bsky.social and I, of @dieselshot.bsky.social fame, have a fully playable 304-page Hard Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG set in a more hopeful future? And that you can download and play it RIGHT NOW?
It's true! <^_^> #ttrpg
dieselshot.itch.io/changedstars
If you want to give the gift of #TTRPG fun this holiday season, the deadline for ordering in time for the holidays is rapidly approaching for @drivethrurpg.com!
* Case Bound (Hardcover): November 22, 2025
* Perfect Bound (Softcover): December 6, 2025
And who knows how chaotic shipping may get.
* Case Bound (Hardcover): November 22, 2025
* Perfect Bound (Softcover): December 6, 2025
And who knows how chaotic shipping may get.
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If you want to give the gift of #TTRPG fun this holiday season, the deadline for ordering in time for the holidays is rapidly approaching for @drivethrurpg.com!
* Case Bound (Hardcover): November 22, 2025
* Perfect Bound (Softcover): December 6, 2025
And who knows how chaotic shipping may get.
* Case Bound (Hardcover): November 22, 2025
* Perfect Bound (Softcover): December 6, 2025
And who knows how chaotic shipping may get.
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A reminder that my books make great gifts (for yourself or others) and you can easily buy them here: bookshop.org/lists/graphi...
Graphic novels & comics
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
bookshop.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A reminder that my books make great gifts (for yourself or others) and you can easily buy them here: bookshop.org/lists/graphi...
Hey @benmonroe.com and @marksmylie.bsky.social I wanted you two to get a chance to meet. Even virtually.
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Hey @benmonroe.com and @marksmylie.bsky.social I wanted you two to get a chance to meet. Even virtually.
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If you know someone who might like page-after-page of my monster artwork, a Christmas gift of one of my published sketchbooks—like this (cover jam with John Jennings, back cover w/ John Totleben, book design by Mark Masztal)—might do the trick! Amazon POD, paperback b&w or color edition or hardcover
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If you know someone who might like page-after-page of my monster artwork, a Christmas gift of one of my published sketchbooks—like this (cover jam with John Jennings, back cover w/ John Totleben, book design by Mark Masztal)—might do the trick! Amazon POD, paperback b&w or color edition or hardcover
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SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack.
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
SNAP benefits are under attack during this government shutdown and food banks are picking up the slack.
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
But they need your help. Here are the best ways to do that:
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Here We GO! Come along, my dearies!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
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I think some folks have an instinct that if it isn't "realistic" it's inherently inferior. I disagree. Opinions are fine, but don't pretend this is some kind of objective truth.
Instead of "nice drawing, but cartoony" try "nice drawing". Or "I'm not usually into this style but I like it".
Instead of "nice drawing, but cartoony" try "nice drawing". Or "I'm not usually into this style but I like it".
November 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I think some folks have an instinct that if it isn't "realistic" it's inherently inferior. I disagree. Opinions are fine, but don't pretend this is some kind of objective truth.
Instead of "nice drawing, but cartoony" try "nice drawing". Or "I'm not usually into this style but I like it".
Instead of "nice drawing, but cartoony" try "nice drawing". Or "I'm not usually into this style but I like it".
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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“In January 2021 after the politics section had broken our traffic records with coverage of the COVID pandemic, George Floyd protests, election, and Capitol insurrection, Anna Wintour asked [news and politics editor] Lucy Diavolo if we still needed a politics section. After all, Joe Biden had won.”
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“In January 2021 after the politics section had broken our traffic records with coverage of the COVID pandemic, George Floyd protests, election, and Capitol insurrection, Anna Wintour asked [news and politics editor] Lucy Diavolo if we still needed a politics section. After all, Joe Biden had won.”
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Over at @fanatical.com, a really cool bundle of @koboldpress.com PDFs for your 5E games. 37 different PDFs for just under $20.
Dark Fantasy in the Shadows 5E RPG Bundle | eBook Bundle | Fanatical
Thirty-seven 5E DND RPG books from Kobold Press to take your...
www.fanatical.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Over at @fanatical.com, a really cool bundle of @koboldpress.com PDFs for your 5E games. 37 different PDFs for just under $20.
Happy Robert Loren Fleming's Birthday to those comic fans who celebrate it. And my annual reminder that DC Comics should have a collected edition of the Thriller comic.
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Happy Robert Loren Fleming's Birthday to those comic fans who celebrate it. And my annual reminder that DC Comics should have a collected edition of the Thriller comic.
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I an not going go lie about my beliefs. These included:
✅ Conflating nonbinary with "does not have medical needs" is enbyphobic.
✅ No doctor or therapist should be within 500 feet of your transition without consent.
✅ Anyone and everyone should have full bodily autonomy.
✅ Transmisogyny is bad.
✅ Conflating nonbinary with "does not have medical needs" is enbyphobic.
✅ No doctor or therapist should be within 500 feet of your transition without consent.
✅ Anyone and everyone should have full bodily autonomy.
✅ Transmisogyny is bad.
November 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I an not going go lie about my beliefs. These included:
✅ Conflating nonbinary with "does not have medical needs" is enbyphobic.
✅ No doctor or therapist should be within 500 feet of your transition without consent.
✅ Anyone and everyone should have full bodily autonomy.
✅ Transmisogyny is bad.
✅ Conflating nonbinary with "does not have medical needs" is enbyphobic.
✅ No doctor or therapist should be within 500 feet of your transition without consent.
✅ Anyone and everyone should have full bodily autonomy.
✅ Transmisogyny is bad.
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Today's additions:
- Several early Head Phones President albums/EPs (Japanese nu metal band fronted by Anza from the Sailor Moon musicals!): Folie a Deux, Vary, Vacancy (EP), id (EP)
- Fatboy Roberts' Geek: Remixed trilogy
- HALO_ZERO's F1N4LF4NT4S7Z3R0 (a NIN + Final Fantasy 7 mashup album)
- Several early Head Phones President albums/EPs (Japanese nu metal band fronted by Anza from the Sailor Moon musicals!): Folie a Deux, Vary, Vacancy (EP), id (EP)
- Fatboy Roberts' Geek: Remixed trilogy
- HALO_ZERO's F1N4LF4NT4S7Z3R0 (a NIN + Final Fantasy 7 mashup album)
Okay folks -- it's still a work in progress, but here's where you can find the rarer bits of my music collection: archive.org/details/@lun...
Anything uploaded here is, to the best of my knowledge, no longer obtainable through other means. Lots of goth, industrial, Sacto bands, anime, visukei, etc.
Anything uploaded here is, to the best of my knowledge, no longer obtainable through other means. Lots of goth, industrial, Sacto bands, anime, visukei, etc.
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
archive.org
November 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Today's additions:
- Several early Head Phones President albums/EPs (Japanese nu metal band fronted by Anza from the Sailor Moon musicals!): Folie a Deux, Vary, Vacancy (EP), id (EP)
- Fatboy Roberts' Geek: Remixed trilogy
- HALO_ZERO's F1N4LF4NT4S7Z3R0 (a NIN + Final Fantasy 7 mashup album)
- Several early Head Phones President albums/EPs (Japanese nu metal band fronted by Anza from the Sailor Moon musicals!): Folie a Deux, Vary, Vacancy (EP), id (EP)
- Fatboy Roberts' Geek: Remixed trilogy
- HALO_ZERO's F1N4LF4NT4S7Z3R0 (a NIN + Final Fantasy 7 mashup album)
When I was an editor at EN World, the first and most important thing that I imparted to people new to writing about games is that just because a game didn't target their interests or approach to gaming it didn't mean that game was bad. I've read and played many well-done games that weren't for me.
i wish people would be substantially more careful with their choice to dismiss art/games they don't like as "not art / not a game"
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
When I was an editor at EN World, the first and most important thing that I imparted to people new to writing about games is that just because a game didn't target their interests or approach to gaming it didn't mean that game was bad. I've read and played many well-done games that weren't for me.
I've been asked about my plans for my Action-Heroes #TTRPG. Updating the PDF was step 1. Step 2 will be updating the print version. Step 3 is going to be getting out the "update file" with all the rules changes and updates that I've worked out over the past few years of play post-publication.
Action-Heroes: Cinematic Role-Playing - Dorkland Press | DriveThruRPG
Action-Heroes is a collaborative tabletop role-playing game where you play super-heroes, action heroes and other larger than life characters who have powers and abilities beyond mortal ken, that allow...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I've been asked about my plans for my Action-Heroes #TTRPG. Updating the PDF was step 1. Step 2 will be updating the print version. Step 3 is going to be getting out the "update file" with all the rules changes and updates that I've worked out over the past few years of play post-publication.
Hey! I finally got things straightened out with DriveThru (it was probably operator error on my part) but the updated PDF for my Action-Heroes #TTRPG is now available there. If you've bought it before, download the new copy! The site is down right now for maintenance.
DriveThruRPG
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Hey! I finally got things straightened out with DriveThru (it was probably operator error on my part) but the updated PDF for my Action-Heroes #TTRPG is now available there. If you've bought it before, download the new copy! The site is down right now for maintenance.
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A thing my brother and I have been working on for a couple of decades is finally out. #scifi #ttrpg
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5312...
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5312...
Star Legion Expanded - Deep7 | DriveThruRPG.com
SEE THE GALAXY WHILE YOU SERVE
In the wake of a brutal alien siege, humankind has rallied from the brink of extinction,
legacy.drivethrurpg.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A thing my brother and I have been working on for a couple of decades is finally out. #scifi #ttrpg
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5312...
legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5312...
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Michael Golden’s Defenders
November 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Michael Golden’s Defenders
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Oh fuck yeah, time to hire the Justin Baldoni/Johnny Depp crisis PR team (they both used the same PR team, no big deal) and spend $$$$$ on destroying this woman publicly so the world will see how nice you are to women.
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Oh fuck yeah, time to hire the Justin Baldoni/Johnny Depp crisis PR team (they both used the same PR team, no big deal) and spend $$$$$ on destroying this woman publicly so the world will see how nice you are to women.
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The Epstein Files are BAD bad.
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The Epstein Files are BAD bad.
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We are now at P-Minus 10 minutes.
In just ten minutes, the Kickstarter project for the Pioneer RPG launches.
Final checks have been made, the rocket is fuelled, the crew is ready...
Get ready to explore the solar system.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
In just ten minutes, the Kickstarter project for the Pioneer RPG launches.
Final checks have been made, the rocket is fuelled, the crew is ready...
Get ready to explore the solar system.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
We are now at P-Minus 10 minutes.
In just ten minutes, the Kickstarter project for the Pioneer RPG launches.
Final checks have been made, the rocket is fuelled, the crew is ready...
Get ready to explore the solar system.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
In just ten minutes, the Kickstarter project for the Pioneer RPG launches.
Final checks have been made, the rocket is fuelled, the crew is ready...
Get ready to explore the solar system.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mon...
#ttrpg #TravellerRPG #Pioneer
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Just updated this list! So glad to see more restaurants answering the call for help.
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just updated this list! So glad to see more restaurants answering the call for help.