Charlie Rat Bastard Is Writing About Oceans and Storms
@feralcharlie.bsky.social
Twice Ennie nominated illustrator. Creator of Into the Wyrd and Wild and The Vast in the Dark! BLM, Trans rights are human rights, defund the police He/Him
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HINTERLIGHT IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER BABY!
Thanks a million to @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social and special thanks to @feralcharlie.bsky.social for the trailer!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
Thanks a million to @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social and special thanks to @feralcharlie.bsky.social for the trailer!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
Hinterlight
A gothic worldbuilding ritual & roleplaying game that sews seeds of adventure as you tell the tale of your demise!
ttrpg.link
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
HINTERLIGHT IS LIVE ON KICKSTARTER BABY!
Thanks a million to @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social and special thanks to @feralcharlie.bsky.social for the trailer!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
Thanks a million to @plusoneexp.bsky.social and @rrookstudio.bsky.social and special thanks to @feralcharlie.bsky.social for the trailer!
ttrpg.link/hinterlight
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Hinterlight #TTRPG by @robbiaburns.bsky.social and the team at G//C goes live at noon today. I hope dying in the fae realm doesn't fuck up our social media feed.
Anyway, enjoy this video by @feralcharlie.bsky.social & check out ttrpg.link/hinterlight
youtu.be/eYtUS7xRi0w?...
Anyway, enjoy this video by @feralcharlie.bsky.social & check out ttrpg.link/hinterlight
youtu.be/eYtUS7xRi0w?...
Hinterlight: Your Presence is Humbly Required.
YouTube video by Plus One Exp
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Hinterlight #TTRPG by @robbiaburns.bsky.social and the team at G//C goes live at noon today. I hope dying in the fae realm doesn't fuck up our social media feed.
Anyway, enjoy this video by @feralcharlie.bsky.social & check out ttrpg.link/hinterlight
youtu.be/eYtUS7xRi0w?...
Anyway, enjoy this video by @feralcharlie.bsky.social & check out ttrpg.link/hinterlight
youtu.be/eYtUS7xRi0w?...
This is a bit out of the blue, but does anyone have a dungeon-synth track i could use as part of a video?
Currently in the midst of something large and fun.
Currently in the midst of something large and fun.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is a bit out of the blue, but does anyone have a dungeon-synth track i could use as part of a video?
Currently in the midst of something large and fun.
Currently in the midst of something large and fun.
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🚨 CROWDFUNDING ALERT 🚨
if you haven't yet picked up @feralcharlie.bsky.social's amazing "Into the Cess & Citadel" (or the equally great "Into the Wyrd & Wild"), you're in luck
@wetinkgames.bsky.social has a new KS that brings this tome back into print:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wet...
if you haven't yet picked up @feralcharlie.bsky.social's amazing "Into the Cess & Citadel" (or the equally great "Into the Wyrd & Wild"), you're in luck
@wetinkgames.bsky.social has a new KS that brings this tome back into print:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wet...
Into the Cess and Citadel
The ENNIE-Award Winning supplemental TTRPG book for those seeking to incorporate a strange, colorful, and terrifying city to ANY RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨 CROWDFUNDING ALERT 🚨
if you haven't yet picked up @feralcharlie.bsky.social's amazing "Into the Cess & Citadel" (or the equally great "Into the Wyrd & Wild"), you're in luck
@wetinkgames.bsky.social has a new KS that brings this tome back into print:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wet...
if you haven't yet picked up @feralcharlie.bsky.social's amazing "Into the Cess & Citadel" (or the equally great "Into the Wyrd & Wild"), you're in luck
@wetinkgames.bsky.social has a new KS that brings this tome back into print:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/wet...
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Art from earlier this spring!
AD @visionarypnd.bsky.social
AD @visionarypnd.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Art from earlier this spring!
AD @visionarypnd.bsky.social
AD @visionarypnd.bsky.social
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“What A Horrible Knight” has arrived.
We learned a lot exploring this format. It’s gorgeous & I’m excited to get this #TTRPG to your table.
Words @gendershrug.bsky.social
Art @robbiaburns.bsky.social
Edit @carrion-comfort.com
TTRPG.link/horribleknight
We learned a lot exploring this format. It’s gorgeous & I’m excited to get this #TTRPG to your table.
Words @gendershrug.bsky.social
Art @robbiaburns.bsky.social
Edit @carrion-comfort.com
TTRPG.link/horribleknight
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“What A Horrible Knight” has arrived.
We learned a lot exploring this format. It’s gorgeous & I’m excited to get this #TTRPG to your table.
Words @gendershrug.bsky.social
Art @robbiaburns.bsky.social
Edit @carrion-comfort.com
TTRPG.link/horribleknight
We learned a lot exploring this format. It’s gorgeous & I’m excited to get this #TTRPG to your table.
Words @gendershrug.bsky.social
Art @robbiaburns.bsky.social
Edit @carrion-comfort.com
TTRPG.link/horribleknight
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October 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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The Vast in the Dark by @feralcharlie.bsky.social is one of my favorite zines (books?). It contains a beautiful example of a depth crawl.
In fact, I wrote about it in that context at Skeleton Code Machine last year: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/depth-crawls
In fact, I wrote about it in that context at Skeleton Code Machine last year: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/depth-crawls
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 3:49 PM
The Vast in the Dark by @feralcharlie.bsky.social is one of my favorite zines (books?). It contains a beautiful example of a depth crawl.
In fact, I wrote about it in that context at Skeleton Code Machine last year: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/depth-crawls
In fact, I wrote about it in that context at Skeleton Code Machine last year: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/depth-crawls
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One of the reasons I'm excited to hear how this game plays is that I started playing ttrpgs with World of Darkness games, back in the nineties
They are so very far from perfect in many ways, but I did enjoy playing enough to develop a love of the hobby
1/2
They are so very far from perfect in many ways, but I did enjoy playing enough to develop a love of the hobby
1/2
IT IS A GOOD MORNING
We are starting a new One Shot series this week - playing Hinterlight, from Gossamer Coast and @plusoneexp.bsky.social - where the Noble Fae have summoned the nameless dead who haunt their forest, and we accept our invitation.
podlink.com/688242106/ep...
We are starting a new One Shot series this week - playing Hinterlight, from Gossamer Coast and @plusoneexp.bsky.social - where the Noble Fae have summoned the nameless dead who haunt their forest, and we accept our invitation.
podlink.com/688242106/ep...
November 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
One of the reasons I'm excited to hear how this game plays is that I started playing ttrpgs with World of Darkness games, back in the nineties
They are so very far from perfect in many ways, but I did enjoy playing enough to develop a love of the hobby
1/2
They are so very far from perfect in many ways, but I did enjoy playing enough to develop a love of the hobby
1/2
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 2:23 PM
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.
A hack take, but worth mentioning.
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A hack take, but worth mentioning.
Busy busy busy
September 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Busy busy busy
Heyo #gencon crew!
Sadly, we won't be attending this year to catch up on some rest and keep working on the new book.
BUT, you can find our books at the @wetinkgames.bsky.social table (Booth 2460) and the @plusoneexp.bsky.social table (Booth 449 - I think...)
Sadly, we won't be attending this year to catch up on some rest and keep working on the new book.
BUT, you can find our books at the @wetinkgames.bsky.social table (Booth 2460) and the @plusoneexp.bsky.social table (Booth 449 - I think...)
July 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Heyo #gencon crew!
Sadly, we won't be attending this year to catch up on some rest and keep working on the new book.
BUT, you can find our books at the @wetinkgames.bsky.social table (Booth 2460) and the @plusoneexp.bsky.social table (Booth 449 - I think...)
Sadly, we won't be attending this year to catch up on some rest and keep working on the new book.
BUT, you can find our books at the @wetinkgames.bsky.social table (Booth 2460) and the @plusoneexp.bsky.social table (Booth 449 - I think...)
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Four days till Jack gets run off the road. We're at over 60% but there's still some time to go. For $13 you'll get the print and play of the game including a PDF, and for $23 you'll get the PHYSICAL including tarot cards by @feralcharlie.bsky.social!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Hit the Road, Jack!
Hit the Road, Jack is a solo/duet game of adrenaline rush and creeping terror. Of chasing and being chased, of being forced to face your sins or to leave them all behind. It is a game of cat and mouse...
www.backerkit.com
March 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Four days till Jack gets run off the road. We're at over 60% but there's still some time to go. For $13 you'll get the print and play of the game including a PDF, and for $23 you'll get the PHYSICAL including tarot cards by @feralcharlie.bsky.social!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
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Hit the Road, Jack! by @percypropa.bsky.social is hitting Backerkit for Pocketopia at 10am PDT. It’s a boxed solo/duet tarot based journaling game about two outlaw bikers in an epic duel. We have some fabulous art from both @feralcharlie.bsky.social and Curious Friend.
hit-the-road.rvgames.company
hit-the-road.rvgames.company
March 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hit the Road, Jack! by @percypropa.bsky.social is hitting Backerkit for Pocketopia at 10am PDT. It’s a boxed solo/duet tarot based journaling game about two outlaw bikers in an epic duel. We have some fabulous art from both @feralcharlie.bsky.social and Curious Friend.
hit-the-road.rvgames.company
hit-the-road.rvgames.company
Holy shit I get to do a tarot deck...
Thank you again @percypropa.bsky.social and allow me to show ya'll some of the cards:
Thank you again @percypropa.bsky.social and allow me to show ya'll some of the cards:
Two days until our Jacks hit the road for #Pocketopia, and if you back you'll be receiving a suite of incredible major arcana tarot cards from @feralcharlie.bsky.social that you can use to play!!!
Join the party over at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Join the party over at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
March 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Holy shit I get to do a tarot deck...
Thank you again @percypropa.bsky.social and allow me to show ya'll some of the cards:
Thank you again @percypropa.bsky.social and allow me to show ya'll some of the cards:
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Two days until our Jacks hit the road for #Pocketopia, and if you back you'll be receiving a suite of incredible major arcana tarot cards from @feralcharlie.bsky.social that you can use to play!!!
Join the party over at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Join the party over at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
March 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Two days until our Jacks hit the road for #Pocketopia, and if you back you'll be receiving a suite of incredible major arcana tarot cards from @feralcharlie.bsky.social that you can use to play!!!
Join the party over at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
Join the party over at: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/r...
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You know we've been crowdfunding up a storm here at Plus One HQ for #ZiMo!
What you may not know is we have a few direct releases also. Our Zine Club titles for the month, but also we're slowfunding Sooty Beards w/@furtsburrow.bsky.social @unlawfulgames.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social.
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What you may not know is we have a few direct releases also. Our Zine Club titles for the month, but also we're slowfunding Sooty Beards w/@furtsburrow.bsky.social @unlawfulgames.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social.
1/x
February 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
You know we've been crowdfunding up a storm here at Plus One HQ for #ZiMo!
What you may not know is we have a few direct releases also. Our Zine Club titles for the month, but also we're slowfunding Sooty Beards w/@furtsburrow.bsky.social @unlawfulgames.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social.
1/x
What you may not know is we have a few direct releases also. Our Zine Club titles for the month, but also we're slowfunding Sooty Beards w/@furtsburrow.bsky.social @unlawfulgames.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social.
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🗣️A new version of Solar Chronicles??
My game, Solar Chronicles, is having a MASSIVE makeover. Refining mechanics, changing layout, and making it a better TTRPG experience.
Stock art by @feralcharlie.bsky.social
My game, Solar Chronicles, is having a MASSIVE makeover. Refining mechanics, changing layout, and making it a better TTRPG experience.
Stock art by @feralcharlie.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 3:36 AM
🗣️A new version of Solar Chronicles??
My game, Solar Chronicles, is having a MASSIVE makeover. Refining mechanics, changing layout, and making it a better TTRPG experience.
Stock art by @feralcharlie.bsky.social
My game, Solar Chronicles, is having a MASSIVE makeover. Refining mechanics, changing layout, and making it a better TTRPG experience.
Stock art by @feralcharlie.bsky.social
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Our first Zine Month roundup of 2025 is @newmadras.bsky.social' selection of interesting projects from creators of color!
Zine Month 2025: Creators of Color
Griots, teddy bears, and heroic flashbacks walk into a bar.
www.rascal.news
February 13, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our first Zine Month roundup of 2025 is @newmadras.bsky.social' selection of interesting projects from creators of color!
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I posted a blog about my attempt at solo dungeon-crawling with @feralcharlie.bsky.social 's Vyrmhack. tl;dr it was a whole heap of fun and scratched a *lot* of my itches for Traveller-style 2d6 resolution with various combat sicko affordances.
Really great stuff.
Really great stuff.
Preface - Infinite Undevelopment
My usual Sunday night game didn’t go ahead, so I did something I’d been wanting to do for a while - finally use Vyrmhack for something. For those
ophiolith.blot.im
February 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I posted a blog about my attempt at solo dungeon-crawling with @feralcharlie.bsky.social 's Vyrmhack. tl;dr it was a whole heap of fun and scratched a *lot* of my itches for Traveller-style 2d6 resolution with various combat sicko affordances.
Really great stuff.
Really great stuff.
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New issue of The Solist is out with Zine Month picks:
👑 A magical crown watches monarchs come and go
⌚ Duets inspired by This is How You Lose the Time War
🕵️♀️ Solo system for creating surprising mysteries
🐈 A cat explores a new home
🪨 A worldbuilding game using real rocks
➕ and more!
👑 A magical crown watches monarchs come and go
⌚ Duets inspired by This is How You Lose the Time War
🕵️♀️ Solo system for creating surprising mysteries
🐈 A cat explores a new home
🪨 A worldbuilding game using real rocks
➕ and more!
👁️ 10 Games of Zine Month 2025
From Time Wars to Curious Cats; Are Zine Month Zines Really Zines?, and More
open.substack.com
February 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New issue of The Solist is out with Zine Month picks:
👑 A magical crown watches monarchs come and go
⌚ Duets inspired by This is How You Lose the Time War
🕵️♀️ Solo system for creating surprising mysteries
🐈 A cat explores a new home
🪨 A worldbuilding game using real rocks
➕ and more!
👑 A magical crown watches monarchs come and go
⌚ Duets inspired by This is How You Lose the Time War
🕵️♀️ Solo system for creating surprising mysteries
🐈 A cat explores a new home
🪨 A worldbuilding game using real rocks
➕ and more!
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To call it a beast is an insult to nature, for no animal would be capable of such ruthless intelligence.
The White Horse of Lowvale is coming to Kickstarter as a system neutral, art heavy, folk horror adventure.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
#ttrpgs #art #system-neutral
The White Horse of Lowvale is coming to Kickstarter as a system neutral, art heavy, folk horror adventure.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
#ttrpgs #art #system-neutral
Coming soon: The White Horse of Lowvale
The mist rolls in, the water stirs, and a reckoning begins in this system-neutral, art-heavy, folk horror scenario.
www.kickstarter.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
To call it a beast is an insult to nature, for no animal would be capable of such ruthless intelligence.
The White Horse of Lowvale is coming to Kickstarter as a system neutral, art heavy, folk horror adventure.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
#ttrpgs #art #system-neutral
The White Horse of Lowvale is coming to Kickstarter as a system neutral, art heavy, folk horror adventure.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tan...
#ttrpgs #art #system-neutral
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Have some Free Spells for F**ked Times!
20 wondrous spells!
20 strange side effects!
20 ways you might have learned the spell!
Words of Power to create your own spells!
art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social
itch.io/s/147132/fre...
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #magic
20 wondrous spells!
20 strange side effects!
20 ways you might have learned the spell!
Words of Power to create your own spells!
art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social
itch.io/s/147132/fre...
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #magic
January 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Have some Free Spells for F**ked Times!
20 wondrous spells!
20 strange side effects!
20 ways you might have learned the spell!
Words of Power to create your own spells!
art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social
itch.io/s/147132/fre...
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #magic
20 wondrous spells!
20 strange side effects!
20 ways you might have learned the spell!
Words of Power to create your own spells!
art by @evlynmoreau.bsky.social & @feralcharlie.bsky.social
itch.io/s/147132/fre...
#ttrpg #indiettrpg #magic
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"Facism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike."
November 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM
"Facism is the act of self-deception in service of making your own life more painful, solely for the payoff of making life more painful for people you dislike."