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Million-Colored Sun RPG
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America’s very own rules-light pulp sword & sorcery RPG! Published by Hex Games, created by Steve Johnson, Leighton Connor, and Joshua LH Burnett.
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The Kickstarter for The Prison Pits of Larubia, the new adventure for Million-Colored Sun, has just launched! Get in on the ground floor!
The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
The Prison Pits of Larubia, coming soon to Kickstarter, features luscious illustrations by @perplexingruins.bsky.social!
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Exciting announcement for The Prison Pits of Larubia, the next MCS adventure! Click the link to be notified when the Kickstarter launches in November.
leightonc.bsky.social Leighton Connor @leightonc.bsky.social · 29d
DARE YOU ENTER THE PRISON PITS?
I'm excited to announce that @perplexingruins.bsky.social will be providing interior illustrations for my #ttrpg adventure The Prison Pits of Larubia. Here's his first completed picture--pretty evocative! Click here for more: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lei...
Moody black-and-white drawing of a man, seen from behind, entering into a prison; there is a portcullis above him, and only darkness ahead of him.
October 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Now it can be revealed! The next Million-Colored Sun adventure is The Prison Pits of Larubia. Kickstarter is next month, click the link to be notified when it launches!
leightonc.bsky.social Leighton Connor @leightonc.bsky.social · Oct 16
I'm making an Old School #ttrpg adventure called The Prison Pits of Larubia. The Kickstarter launches in November, check out the pre-launch page! It's going to have a beautiful cover by @bernietheflumph.bsky.social!
Coming soon: The Prison Pits of Larubia
An Old School pulp sword & sorcery adventure for the Million-Colored Sun RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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bernietheflumph.bsky.social
Lo, Beowulf!
This is a fun adventure, and I'm danged happy with the art I did for it.
August 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Gorgeous illustrations for one of our favorite stories!
lizardbrain-art.bsky.social Simon Underwood @lizardbrain-art.bsky.social · Aug 22
Some pieces I did for an adaptation of Clark Ashton Smith's Tale of Satampra Zeiros a few years ago. Not sure if they were ever used but they were super fun to draw.
Illustration from "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" by Clark Ashton Smith. Two thieves stand in a dark room surrounded by the silhouettes of various reptilian creatures. One man holds a lockpick and is looking eagerly into the chest of glowing treasure he just opened, while the other, holding a dagger, glances nervously behind him. Illustration from "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" by Clark Ashton Smith. Two men explore a dense, vine-choked jungle. Illustration from "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" by Clark Ashton Smith. Two men approach a small, simply built temple in the middle of a starlit jungle clearing. One swigs from a wineskin as he walks towards the doors. Illustration from "The Tale of Satampra Zeiros" by Clark Ashton Smith. Two men confront a strange, protoplasmic entity rising from a large basin in the center of a small temple. An idol of the god Tsathoggua perches on a dais behind them, looking like a humanoid cross between a toad and a bat.
August 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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hannahvardit.bsky.social
hi this is my favorite writing advice, it's from former simpsons writer john swartzwelder (i think about the crappy little elf all the time) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
screengrab of a portion of new yorker interview with former simpson's writer john swartzwelder: Mike Sacks: How much time and attention did you spend on these scripts? Another “Simpsons” writer once compared your scripts to finely tuned machines—if the wrong person mucked with them, the whole thing could blow up. Swartzwelder: All of my time and all of my attention. It’s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue—“Homer, I don’t want you to do that.” “Then I won’t do it.” Then the next day, when I get up, the script’s been written. It’s lousy, but it’s a script. The hard part is done. It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I’ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.
August 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A game jam from 2025-09-01 to 2025-10-01 hosted by Goosepoop Games. Ever wanted to make a crazy, wild, or weird game? You’ve come to the right place! Goosepoop Games is the place to find absurd and si...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
NEW ADVENTURE OUT, OMG. Beowulf Vs. Grendel is written by @leightonc.bsky.social with art by @bernietheflumph.bsky.social, for the Million-Colored Sun RPG by those two guys and @kingyak.bsky.social. It's bone-crushing epic adventure!
Beowulf Vs. Grendel - Hex Games | DriveThruRPG.com
Grendel, that unholy wight, wrathful and reckless, has rained ceaseless slaughter onto King Hrothgar’s land. Now Beowu
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August 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
It's here! Previously only available to the Kickstarter backers, our bone-crushing epic sword & sorcery adventure BEOWULF VS. GRENDEL is now on sale to the general public! Get your copy today! #beowulf #ttrpg legacy.drivethrurpg.com/product/5149...
Beowulf Vs. Grendel - Hex Games | DriveThruRPG.com
Grendel, that unholy wight, wrathful and reckless, has rained ceaseless slaughter onto King Hrothgar’s land. Now Beowu
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August 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
We've had some trouble with the file formatting for the interior pages of the Beowulf Vs. Grendel book. Today the third proof copy arrived. Let's take a look inside and see how it turned out . . .
August 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Big thanks to all our MCS players at Gen Con! We appreciate not only the fun we had in the game sessions, but the positive feedback they gave for the game and the mechanics. We appreciate you, players!
August 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Some really good ones in here!
johnthehedge.bsky.social John Hedge @johnthehedge.bsky.social · Aug 2
Ok, it’s the weekend. Let’s play.

One like = one unhinged TTRPG opinion that I may or may not believe (because honestly even I can’t be sure these days)
brianbloodaxe.bsky.social Brian Ashford @brianbloodaxe.bsky.social · Jul 31
Ok, I have been known to have RPG opinions...

One like = one unhinged TTRPG opinion (that I actually and sincerely believe in)
August 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
A successful #GenCon session of our sister game Laser Ponies!
leightonc.bsky.social Leighton Connor @leightonc.bsky.social · Aug 2
I ran Laser Ponies today at #GenCon and it was huge fun! Thanks, players!
August 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Some powerful insights here.
ehronlime.bsky.social Aaron Lim 林家丰 @ehronlime.bsky.social · Jul 31
1 like = 1 unhinged ttrpg opinion. im going to sleep so you get the first one free because i like myself: dice are terrible no one should ever have or use dice ever
August 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
We are at #GenCon, runnin’ games and makin’ claims!
August 2, 2025 at 12:30 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Running games at Gen Con! #GenCon @leightonc.bsky.social @bernietheflumph.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
@leightonc.bsky.social is bringing the Million-Colored FUN with Million-Colored Sun!
August 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
@bernietheflumph.bsky.social is at it again! #GenCon
August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Josh and Leighton (two of the three MCS creators) are at Gen Con, running games! Here’s Josh “Towels” Burnett in action, running “The Sorcerous Secrets of Starwater!”
@bernietheflumph.bsky.social @leightonc.bsky.social
Josh “Towels” Burnett at a table in a ballroom in the Hilton, surrounded by eager players. They’re having so much fun!
August 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
Hey there, sword & sorcery lovers! I tell you what, I started this account intending to post regularly, and for a little while I did, but life happened, man. And now it’s been two months?!? What.
July 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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jimmyshelter.bsky.social
Inspired by the Five Laws of Library Science, I wrote a manifesto of sorts about the Five Laws of Roleplaying Games.

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The Five Laws of Roleplaying Games
A manifesto of sorts. How we can apply the Five Laws of Library Science to roleplaying games
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May 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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My friend Gus was opining about the lack of new, decent sized dungeons of late, so I did a quick retrospective — and at least this year, he’s right! The best classic dungeon this year was idlecartulary.com/2025/03/17/b... 1/🧵
Bathtub Review: The Ruins of Castle Gygar
Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module de…
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April 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
millioncoloredsun.bsky.social
It's Good Friday . . . that is, it's a Good Friday to order yourself a copy of Million-Colored Sun, America's rules-light pulp sword & sorcery RPG! Act now or Pontius Pilate might wash his hands of you!
Million-Colored Sun - Hex Games | DriveThruRPG
Seek Adventure Under the Million-Colored Sun. Heft your axe and battle Lord Gorthanagon’s War-Pigs under a blood-red moon. Climb a mile-high tower in the middle of a desert, only to discover its pulsi...
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April 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM