Frank // Mottokrosh
@mottokrosh.bsky.social
He/him. TTRPG writer, graphic designer, publisher (Mottokrosh Machinations). Maker of science fantasy game Hypertellurians. Also web designer/developer caring about HTML and accessibility.
@josephrlewis.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social I’m coming up to probably the final session of Raiding the Obsidian Keep, but one thing confuses me: The chanting priests in Avito’s room - why don’t they enter the private sanctum and complete the ritual themselves?
November 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
@josephrlewis.bsky.social @themerrymushmen.bsky.social I’m coming up to probably the final session of Raiding the Obsidian Keep, but one thing confuses me: The chanting priests in Avito’s room - why don’t they enter the private sanctum and complete the ritual themselves?
The constant struggle between finishing the ongoing project and starting one or four new ones.
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The constant struggle between finishing the ongoing project and starting one or four new ones.
@josephrlewis.bsky.social Hey Joseph. So I’m currently running your excellent Raiding the Obsidian Keep to play test my Wolden RPG with “classic” OSR adventures, and the party rescued and nursed back to health Patnuvia, the ancient vampire from the “orbital vampire city of Araveshti”. 1/2
October 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@josephrlewis.bsky.social Hey Joseph. So I’m currently running your excellent Raiding the Obsidian Keep to play test my Wolden RPG with “classic” OSR adventures, and the party rescued and nursed back to health Patnuvia, the ancient vampire from the “orbital vampire city of Araveshti”. 1/2
New blog post: BIRCON 2025 Report https://mottokrosh.com/posts/2025/10/bircon-2025-report/ #ttrpg #rpg #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg #dnd
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
New blog post: BIRCON 2025 Report https://mottokrosh.com/posts/2025/10/bircon-2025-report/ #ttrpg #rpg #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg #dnd
@zedecksiew.bsky.social Hey Zedeck. I’d love a copy if there’s still one available!
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
@zedecksiew.bsky.social Hey Zedeck. I’d love a copy if there’s still one available!
October 11th is the 2nd Berlin International Roleplaying-game Convention (BIRCON)! I'm one of the organizers, and In the run-up to the con we're doing a series of (hopefully) useful livestreams on our YouTube channel. The next one is on Friday 19th at 18:00 CEST.
September 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
October 11th is the 2nd Berlin International Roleplaying-game Convention (BIRCON)! I'm one of the organizers, and In the run-up to the con we're doing a series of (hopefully) useful livestreams on our YouTube channel. The next one is on Friday 19th at 18:00 CEST.
Doing a live stream with Anna and Kara this Friday about GMing at cons, for #BIRCON. Watch it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bil... and ask questions in the chat!
Tips for GMing at Cons
YouTube video by Mottokrosh Machinations
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September 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Doing a live stream with Anna and Kara this Friday about GMing at cons, for #BIRCON. Watch it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bil... and ask questions in the chat!
Wolden Issue 1 was successfully kickstarted earlier in the year. Work on issues 2 & 3 has been continuing steadily. Here are the covers for all 3 (subject to change).
Art for 1 and 2 by Henriette Bold, and 3 by Alyssa Avery.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #humanmade #indierpg #osr #rpg #MottokroshMachinations
Art for 1 and 2 by Henriette Bold, and 3 by Alyssa Avery.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #humanmade #indierpg #osr #rpg #MottokroshMachinations
August 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Wolden Issue 1 was successfully kickstarted earlier in the year. Work on issues 2 & 3 has been continuing steadily. Here are the covers for all 3 (subject to change).
Art for 1 and 2 by Henriette Bold, and 3 by Alyssa Avery.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #humanmade #indierpg #osr #rpg #MottokroshMachinations
Art for 1 and 2 by Henriette Bold, and 3 by Alyssa Avery.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #humanmade #indierpg #osr #rpg #MottokroshMachinations
Reposted by Frank // Mottokrosh
If you're in Berlin in October and you like TTRPGs maybe check out Bircon!
bircon.berlin
(if while there you want to repeatedly wonder out loud and in a yearning tone why Ken Hite isn't a guest there no one can stop you)
bircon.berlin
(if while there you want to repeatedly wonder out loud and in a yearning tone why Ken Hite isn't a guest there no one can stop you)
Berlin International RPG Convention
The Berlin International Roleplaying Games Convention, for tabletop pen and paper enthusiasts, in the heart of Berlin. For fans of Call of Cthulhu, Mörk Borg, Hypertellurians, Mothership, Troika!, Int...
bircon.berlin
August 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
If you're in Berlin in October and you like TTRPGs maybe check out Bircon!
bircon.berlin
(if while there you want to repeatedly wonder out loud and in a yearning tone why Ken Hite isn't a guest there no one can stop you)
bircon.berlin
(if while there you want to repeatedly wonder out loud and in a yearning tone why Ken Hite isn't a guest there no one can stop you)
With more games and exhibitors than ever before! Which, since it’s the second year, is more of a default expectation than a glorious highlight. But still.
Berlin's tabletop roleplaying game convention is back for its second year this October:
bircon.berlin
bircon.berlin
Berlin International RPG Convention
The Berlin International Roleplaying Games Convention, for tabletop pen and paper enthusiasts, in the heart of Berlin. For fans of Call of Cthulhu, Mörk Borg, Hypertellurians, Mothership, Troika!, Int...
bircon.berlin
August 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
With more games and exhibitors than ever before! Which, since it’s the second year, is more of a default expectation than a glorious highlight. But still.
For our Germans and neighbors close to Germany. We're organizing the second international RPG con in Berlin in October. All the info at bircon.berlin
August 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
For our Germans and neighbors close to Germany. We're organizing the second international RPG con in Berlin in October. All the info at bircon.berlin
July 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I've just published a massive update to the free, digital adventure for Wolden, which is part of the Kickstarter rewards. Check it out at mottokrosh.com/posts/2025/0... and subscribe to our RSS (or Discord at mottokrosh.com/discord). #ttrpg #woldenrpg #indierpg #creativecommons
Violent Nemorous Passage - A Wolden Adventure
Violent Nemorous Passage - A Wolden Adventure
This Wolden RPG adventure has just completed its playtest, and is currently being properly written up and illustrated. Check back here for updates!
Cha...
mottokrosh.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I've just published a massive update to the free, digital adventure for Wolden, which is part of the Kickstarter rewards. Check it out at mottokrosh.com/posts/2025/0... and subscribe to our RSS (or Discord at mottokrosh.com/discord). #ttrpg #woldenrpg #indierpg #creativecommons
Who's writing up the next cults for Wolden? This guy! The Lion Sodality is a group of "Regency" gourmands and adventurers. A bit like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but also for taboo foodies. With an awesome art piece by Alysa Avery.
May 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Who's writing up the next cults for Wolden? This guy! The Lion Sodality is a group of "Regency" gourmands and adventurers. A bit like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but also for taboo foodies. With an awesome art piece by Alysa Avery.
Read all about it! And check out the incredible special offer! www.rascal.news/wolden-a-for...
Wolden - A Forest RPG of Wayward Cults
Play as the witches, warlocks, and wizards of The Purgis Pact, or the fey, faun, and creatures of the forest of The Cenacle of Woodwose and Inflorescants.
www.rascal.news
May 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Read all about it! And check out the incredible special offer! www.rascal.news/wolden-a-for...
Reposted by Frank // Mottokrosh
🦖 116/150 in my #Indie #TTRPG starter pack! 🦖
How about for this #TTRPGThursday, we try to hit capacity in this bad boi?
Check the pack, if you're already in here, share, tag & recommend some creators who should be!
If you're not already in here, let me know why you should be!
(No AI!)
How about for this #TTRPGThursday, we try to hit capacity in this bad boi?
Check the pack, if you're already in here, share, tag & recommend some creators who should be!
If you're not already in here, let me know why you should be!
(No AI!)
May 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
🦖 116/150 in my #Indie #TTRPG starter pack! 🦖
How about for this #TTRPGThursday, we try to hit capacity in this bad boi?
Check the pack, if you're already in here, share, tag & recommend some creators who should be!
If you're not already in here, let me know why you should be!
(No AI!)
How about for this #TTRPGThursday, we try to hit capacity in this bad boi?
Check the pack, if you're already in here, share, tag & recommend some creators who should be!
If you're not already in here, let me know why you should be!
(No AI!)
Hey folks. Money's tight but I've got artists to commission and pay, so I'm running a special offer on our zines. Buy any 3 (or more) and get them half price! Only €8 shipping worldwide for up to 3 zines too. Please help me spread the word!
shop.mottokrosh.com/collections/...
#ttrpg #indierpg #osr
shop.mottokrosh.com/collections/...
#ttrpg #indierpg #osr
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Hey folks. Money's tight but I've got artists to commission and pay, so I'm running a special offer on our zines. Buy any 3 (or more) and get them half price! Only €8 shipping worldwide for up to 3 zines too. Please help me spread the word!
shop.mottokrosh.com/collections/...
#ttrpg #indierpg #osr
shop.mottokrosh.com/collections/...
#ttrpg #indierpg #osr
New map for Violent Nemorous Passage completed. Preview soon. #woldenrpg #ttrpg
May 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
New map for Violent Nemorous Passage completed. Preview soon. #woldenrpg #ttrpg
Just finished writing up a brand new grimoire for the adventure that will be published as Wolden Issue 2 (the digital and online version will be free for backers of Wolden Issue 1), all to do with truenames, and I'm quite happy with how varied and weird the spells came out. #ttrpg #woldenrpg #osr
May 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just finished writing up a brand new grimoire for the adventure that will be published as Wolden Issue 2 (the digital and online version will be free for backers of Wolden Issue 1), all to do with truenames, and I'm quite happy with how varied and weird the spells came out. #ttrpg #woldenrpg #osr
I never have less fun in a game than when I have to make a perception check.
May 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I never have less fun in a game than when I have to make a perception check.
Now that backers have their copies, Wolden, the rules-light, flavor-heavy RPG of witches, and things of the forest, is available as physical zine and PDF.
mottokrosh.com/machinations...
48 hand illustrated, beautiful pages, shipping worldwide.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #osr #nsr #humanmade #indierpg
mottokrosh.com/machinations...
48 hand illustrated, beautiful pages, shipping worldwide.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #osr #nsr #humanmade #indierpg
Wolden
Wolden
Wolden is an RPG that is rules-light and flavor-heavy. A single, unified mechanic does all the heavy lifting, paving the way for thrilling forest and powerful folk-magic stories.
🇪🇺 Buy Softc...
mottokrosh.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Now that backers have their copies, Wolden, the rules-light, flavor-heavy RPG of witches, and things of the forest, is available as physical zine and PDF.
mottokrosh.com/machinations...
48 hand illustrated, beautiful pages, shipping worldwide.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #osr #nsr #humanmade #indierpg
mottokrosh.com/machinations...
48 hand illustrated, beautiful pages, shipping worldwide.
#woldenrpg #ttrpg #osr #nsr #humanmade #indierpg
I'm sure by now you've heard that KNOCK! #5 is live on Kickstarter. And like the 4 volumes before it, it's jampacked with #osr goodness. And somehow they've squeezed another of my articles in too: a most unusual merchant, in a most unusual conveyance. www.kickstarter.com/projects/896... #ttrpg #nsr
Knock! Issue #5
An Adventure Gaming Bric-a-Brac. Being A Compendium of Miscellanea for Old-School RPGs. For us OSR weirdos and curious D&D heads alike.
www.kickstarter.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I'm sure by now you've heard that KNOCK! #5 is live on Kickstarter. And like the 4 volumes before it, it's jampacked with #osr goodness. And somehow they've squeezed another of my articles in too: a most unusual merchant, in a most unusual conveyance. www.kickstarter.com/projects/896... #ttrpg #nsr
Fulfilment for Wolden Issue 1—A Forest RPG of Wayward Cults is fully underway! #ttrpg #woldenrpg #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg #zinequest
April 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Fulfilment for Wolden Issue 1—A Forest RPG of Wayward Cults is fully underway! #ttrpg #woldenrpg #mottokroshmachinations #indierpg #zinequest
Reposted by Frank // Mottokrosh
Sometimes you adapt your text to your layout, and sometimes you insert an upside down piece of another illustration and dot a sprinkling of occult symbols to honor the text and make the layout your bitch. #woldenrpg #ttrpg #zinequest #layout #graphicdesign #rpg (Art by Henriette Boldt.)
April 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Sometimes you adapt your text to your layout, and sometimes you insert an upside down piece of another illustration and dot a sprinkling of occult symbols to honor the text and make the layout your bitch. #woldenrpg #ttrpg #zinequest #layout #graphicdesign #rpg (Art by Henriette Boldt.)