Stuart Watkinson
LightNews LightNews
banner
largshire.press
Stuart Watkinson
@largshire.press
450 followers 300 following 420 posts
Buy stuff at Largshire.press
Read words at dungeonbison.bearblog.dev
Freelance writer for hire: stuartwatkinson.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
largshire.press
Stuart Watkinson @largshire.press · Jun 11
Right.

That's it.

I'm writing a book.
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
loottheroom.bsky.social
Today in advice I'll happily dispense but can't convince myself to actually follow: your old art is new to me. Post it again.
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
riseupcomus.bsky.social
The Castle Automatic is a dungeon where you control the time of year, time of day, and the weather to solve puzzles, avoid vampires, and reclaim the world's most magical treasures.

Be an Early Worm and back the preorder at a discounted price!

www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-ca...
A book with a black cover, showing a clocktower being struck by lightning, an eye set above in the clouds. The His Majesty the Worm logo, and the title The Castle Automatic. Preorder now for an exclusive a3 map.
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
oz-orc.bsky.social
Greeting fellow adventurers! We are very excited to announce our OSR Convention OZ ORC - Adelaide Old-school Roleplaying Convention which we will be running in February next year - would love to see some of you there! Player sign ups now open!

Sign Up: warhorn.net/events/oz-or...

#osr #adelaide
Oz ORC Adelaide Feb 2026 | Warhorn
Greetings scoundrels, grave-robbers, and dungeon-delvers! I am pleased to present for your consideration: Oz Oldschool Roleplaying Con (ORC), a day of the finest in old-school D&D gaming. We've d...
warhorn.net
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
explorersdesign.bsky.social
The problem with compiling a monthly curation of links and opportunities, is that sometimes someone announces something shortly after you press publish.

@prismaticwasteland.com's Blog Bandwagon has been added to the jams section of this month's Explorateur.

www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...
The Explorateur: Issue #13
Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.
www.explorersdesign.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
largshire.press
No gaming con near you?

Just start one. OzORC coming soon!
oz-orc.bsky.social Oz ORC @oz-orc.bsky.social · 22d
Scenes from September's "mini-con". A great time had by all playing some old school, OSR and NSR RPGs including: OD&D, OSE, Into the ODD, CY_BORG, Mothership and more. It was so successful we're planning the next one, save the date: 7th February 2026 and keep an eye out for news.
gaming materials spread out on a table at a TTRPG convention Adventure notes behind a GM screen at a TTRPG convention Players sitting around a table playing a TTRPG Players sitting around a table playing a TTRPG
November 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
johnerrwin.bsky.social
Hey folks, my laptop needs fan replacements, but I am currently having financial struggles. Need my device for some freelance work, so any help to get them repaired is appreciated.

itch.io/s/162117/hel...
Help John Erwin repair his laptop by John Erwin
A bundle by John Erwin, $11.00 for May Project Na Naman Si Kapitan?, Life of the Poultry, 24XX: A Goon's Guide to the Galaxy
itch.io
October 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
largshire.press
Hey, so Winamp is still a thing, and it's pretty damn good.

Sorry... I mean, it really whips the llama's ass.
October 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
prismaticwasteland.com
Broke: Werewolves
Bespoke: Weregild
#ttrpg #osr (new blogpost)
Moonlight Glitters upon Weregild — Prismatic Wasteland
Lycanthropy is played out. Instead of using another werewolf in your game, try some weregilt.
www.prismaticwasteland.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
binarystar.games
binary-star-games.itch.io/death-has-co...
Death Has Come to This Town by Binary Star Games
binary-star-games.itch.io
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
traversefantasy.itch.io
resourciv v0.2 released!!!

itch: traversefantasy.itch.io/resourciv
blog: traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2025/10/reso...
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
idlecartulary.itch.io
Today, I read Harvest, the game of creeping folk horror. Is this island a place you want to visit, or should you stay well away? Find out! idlecartulary.com/2025/10/09/i...
I Read Harvest
I Read Games reviews are me reading games when I have nothing better to do, like read a module or write or play a game. I don’t seriously believe that I can judge a game without playing it, usually…
idlecartulary.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
largshire.press
Newslettering #ttrpg #writingcommunity
open.substack.com/pub/largshir...
The Octobering
I'm Australian, and I don't do Halloween. I appologise for how not scary this newsletter is.
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 2:16 AM
largshire.press
Just a big ol' list I wrote in a very long meeting
dungeonbison.bearblog.dev/why-am-i-lik...
Why am I like this or my Personal Appendix N
This list is not exhaustive, just things that bubble close to the surface. It's just a list, but I'll add to it over time, and I'll probably do some deep div...
dungeonbison.bearblog.dev
September 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
largshire.press
Howdy, I've set up two weeks of little writing nudges (and prompts) for a local writing group. Starts tomorrow. If you want a little nudge to do some writing, you can sign up here.
subscribepage.io/Littlewritin...
Little Writing Nudges
Sign up for Little Writing Nudges
subscribepage.io
September 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
largshire.press
Spotify has to go.

What are the other options? How do people music?
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
largshire.press
Take care of your feet.
Save a little every pay.
Eat more plants.
imlunahey.com luna @imlunahey.com · Jan 30
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
largshire.press
Spotify has to go.

What are the other options? How do people music?
September 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
largshire.press
True Detective season 1 completed TV, i think.
September 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
largshire.press
10 games to get to know me:
*Dune II
*Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight
*Eternal Champions
*Golden Axe
*StarCraft
*Fallout
*Fallout 2
*Toe Jam & Earl
*Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
*Doom II
loottheroom.bsky.social Chris Bissette 🐻🌈 @loottheroom.bsky.social · Aug 21
10 games to get to know me:
* Pandemonium
* The Seventh Guest
* The Witness
* The Legend Of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
* Final Fantasy X
* Kurushi
* Crash Bandicoot
* Mario Kart (any version)
* Wonder Boy
* Forza Motorsport
gilarpgs.bsky.social Gila RPGs @gilarpgs.bsky.social · Aug 21
10 games to get to know me:
- StarCraft
- StarCraft Broodwar
- Starcraft 2 Wings of Liberty
- Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm
- Starcraft 2 Legacy of the Void

Then just repeat those 5 again.
August 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
largshire.press
I don’t have the capacity to get the writing done, but I had a fun time making this cover for Appendix N Jam.
July 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
largshire.press
Largshire Foundry VTT module up about it.
largshirepress.itch.io/largshire/de...
Foundry VTT added
Hey folks, The foundary VTT module has been uploaded. I ran it with the latest version of foundary today. Get amongst it. Let me know how it goes...
largshirepress.itch.io
July 18, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
largshire.press
newsletting
open.substack.com/pub/largshir...
July 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
largshire.press
newsletting
open.substack.com/pub/largshir...
July 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
jnb.art
i’m wrapping up the only piece in my queue right now — so, i could really use work in july & august to help me pay rent.

please drop me a line if my work is a good fit for your project!

bonus examples of my cover art below
a black and white illustration for the cover of the game HELLPIERCERS. It features a decorative border of metal and gems with skeletons bearing spears. the title text is written in a stylized hand-lettered blackletter typeface. there are arcane sigils and floating geometric forms, as well as two veiled and haloed attendants flanking the composition below billowing clouds. one attendant is holding a hammer and the other, a sickle. an angel wing and demon wing cross below the title text, and at the base of the art, demonic hands and limbs reach upwards. A black and white book cover illustration of a bejeweled corpse wearing a shawl. They are reclined against a rocky wall with fungus on it. The title says “The Exquisite Corpse in Maggots’ Keep by Sandy Pug Games.” The framing of the illustrations is done in an stark black and white art nouveau style but it is full of mushrooms and maggots. A color cover illustration for the Little Wolves TTRPG with muted purples, blues, greens, yellows, and reds, with black line art. The title logo is done in a yellow stylized blackletter ambigram style that reads the same upside down and right-side up. The logo sits in front of a large red moon. The main focal point of the composition is a young werewolf with glowing eyes, running along with two wolves behind them. The werewolf is tangled in the vines emerging from the silhouetted trees that frame the composition. Along the edges of that frame, in four circular vignettes created by the branches and vines, there are cameos of the four queens of the game: the witch queen, the troll queen, the pumpkin queen, and the mermaid queen. A banner along the bottom of the cover reads “A realm of folk and fae from Dinoberry Press" A color cover illustration of a vast abandoned valley flanked by craggy mountains and crumbling castles. a skeleton with a royal crown and cape lays on a rock in the foreground. The title text spells “Dead Reign” and is written in a black letter typeface with a dagger in the middle for the ‘i’ in ‘reign’. The lettering also implies the shape of a crown and sits on top of a skull in the top center of the cover.
July 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Reposted by Stuart Watkinson
perplexingruins.bsky.social
Feeling surly, fatigued, and in pain, so just gonna say that I think these free supplements are really rad and should probably be recognized as such in the wider indie gaming anointing with blessings crowd.
perplexingruins.itch.io/solo-gaming-...
Solo Gaming Sheets by Perplexing Ruins
perplexingruins.itch.io
July 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM