Nicky Drayden
@nickydrayden.bsky.social
Writer of sci-fantasy, taker of naps.
Prosper with Dragons, coming soon to a game night near you: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1154636392/prosper-with-dragons
Prosper with Dragons, coming soon to a game night near you: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1154636392/prosper-with-dragons
Things are brewing over at Prosper with Dragons HQ! We ran a game at Black Pearl Books last week! This cooperative game repaired some of the hurt feelings after our UNO trash talkin, as it should be. 💥🐉
Follow @prosperwithdragons.bsky.social for the latest updates!
Follow @prosperwithdragons.bsky.social for the latest updates!
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Things are brewing over at Prosper with Dragons HQ! We ran a game at Black Pearl Books last week! This cooperative game repaired some of the hurt feelings after our UNO trash talkin, as it should be. 💥🐉
Follow @prosperwithdragons.bsky.social for the latest updates!
Follow @prosperwithdragons.bsky.social for the latest updates!
I can't remember the last time I had such an adventure reading a book, and my margins are doodled with proof. Saltcrop is a rollercoaster...a wet, weird, wild ride!
If you're in Austin, come hear @yumewrites.bsky.social and I chat about her latest novel Tuesday Oct 7th at First Light Books @6pm.
If you're in Austin, come hear @yumewrites.bsky.social and I chat about her latest novel Tuesday Oct 7th at First Light Books @6pm.
October 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I can't remember the last time I had such an adventure reading a book, and my margins are doodled with proof. Saltcrop is a rollercoaster...a wet, weird, wild ride!
If you're in Austin, come hear @yumewrites.bsky.social and I chat about her latest novel Tuesday Oct 7th at First Light Books @6pm.
If you're in Austin, come hear @yumewrites.bsky.social and I chat about her latest novel Tuesday Oct 7th at First Light Books @6pm.
If you'll be at ArmadilloCon this weekend, I'll have a limited number of Prosper with Dragons decks available for purchase!
Claim yours now on Kickstarter, or come by the game room Saturday Sept 13th at 6pm during the live game demo.
($20 venmo or cash!)
🐉🐉🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Claim yours now on Kickstarter, or come by the game room Saturday Sept 13th at 6pm during the live game demo.
($20 venmo or cash!)
🐉🐉🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
September 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If you'll be at ArmadilloCon this weekend, I'll have a limited number of Prosper with Dragons decks available for purchase!
Claim yours now on Kickstarter, or come by the game room Saturday Sept 13th at 6pm during the live game demo.
($20 venmo or cash!)
🐉🐉🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Claim yours now on Kickstarter, or come by the game room Saturday Sept 13th at 6pm during the live game demo.
($20 venmo or cash!)
🐉🐉🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Minecraft Books spotted at the B&N. I love how sometimes my books pop up on me when I'm looking for something else.
🐲 The Dragon was super fun to write! Follow one of the games most iconic mobs after it's accidentally hatched from an egg.
🐲 The Dragon was super fun to write! Follow one of the games most iconic mobs after it's accidentally hatched from an egg.
September 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Minecraft Books spotted at the B&N. I love how sometimes my books pop up on me when I'm looking for something else.
🐲 The Dragon was super fun to write! Follow one of the games most iconic mobs after it's accidentally hatched from an egg.
🐲 The Dragon was super fun to write! Follow one of the games most iconic mobs after it's accidentally hatched from an egg.
Eight years, one month, and some change, and The Prey of Gods is still on the shelves! That's good, right?
I remember imagining where my books would sit. Still a little surreal.❤️
A great summer read if you're looking for sentient robots, disgruntled demigoddesses, and hallucinogenic hijinks!
I remember imagining where my books would sit. Still a little surreal.❤️
A great summer read if you're looking for sentient robots, disgruntled demigoddesses, and hallucinogenic hijinks!
July 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Eight years, one month, and some change, and The Prey of Gods is still on the shelves! That's good, right?
I remember imagining where my books would sit. Still a little surreal.❤️
A great summer read if you're looking for sentient robots, disgruntled demigoddesses, and hallucinogenic hijinks!
I remember imagining where my books would sit. Still a little surreal.❤️
A great summer read if you're looking for sentient robots, disgruntled demigoddesses, and hallucinogenic hijinks!
They're here, they're here! Prosper with Dragons proofs are here! They look GORGEOUS!! 😍
Look how far we've come...compare to the earliest idea sketches for the game. (Those squiggly things are supposed to be dragons, I'm a much better art director than artist!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Look how far we've come...compare to the earliest idea sketches for the game. (Those squiggly things are supposed to be dragons, I'm a much better art director than artist!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
May 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
They're here, they're here! Prosper with Dragons proofs are here! They look GORGEOUS!! 😍
Look how far we've come...compare to the earliest idea sketches for the game. (Those squiggly things are supposed to be dragons, I'm a much better art director than artist!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Look how far we've come...compare to the earliest idea sketches for the game. (Those squiggly things are supposed to be dragons, I'm a much better art director than artist!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Prosper with Dragons the cooperative Afrofuturistic card game is going to print!
We've got the last two art pieces in:
Feathered Dragon by @cosmicamazon.bsky.social
Guardian Dragon by @simplynovology.bsky.social
If you missed out, you can still get yours today:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
We've got the last two art pieces in:
Feathered Dragon by @cosmicamazon.bsky.social
Guardian Dragon by @simplynovology.bsky.social
If you missed out, you can still get yours today:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
May 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Prosper with Dragons the cooperative Afrofuturistic card game is going to print!
We've got the last two art pieces in:
Feathered Dragon by @cosmicamazon.bsky.social
Guardian Dragon by @simplynovology.bsky.social
If you missed out, you can still get yours today:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
We've got the last two art pieces in:
Feathered Dragon by @cosmicamazon.bsky.social
Guardian Dragon by @simplynovology.bsky.social
If you missed out, you can still get yours today:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Prosper with Dragons had its final playtest event last night!
I love this game more every time I play. It got a lil HEATED but in a way that develops skills of being in community, bc it's not always roses!
We're going to print soon, so get in while ya can:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
I love this game more every time I play. It got a lil HEATED but in a way that develops skills of being in community, bc it's not always roses!
We're going to print soon, so get in while ya can:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
April 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Prosper with Dragons had its final playtest event last night!
I love this game more every time I play. It got a lil HEATED but in a way that develops skills of being in community, bc it's not always roses!
We're going to print soon, so get in while ya can:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
I love this game more every time I play. It got a lil HEATED but in a way that develops skills of being in community, bc it's not always roses!
We're going to print soon, so get in while ya can:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
!!! This is a great piece of Black History, and I'm not even that into hockey. TLDR, Black Canadians pretty much invented hockey as we know it. Also includes lots of incidents of racism in the sport and community and a cargo ship blowing up.
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
March 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
!!! This is a great piece of Black History, and I'm not even that into hockey. TLDR, Black Canadians pretty much invented hockey as we know it. Also includes lots of incidents of racism in the sport and community and a cargo ship blowing up.
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
bookshop.org/p/books/blac...
I woke up this morning with a desire for a weighted blanket/pillow and started browsing for them online, then in the spirit of NO SPEND, I was like, can't I just make one?
30 min later, there's this! Shoved it in a pillowcase, and it's so nice for deep pressure.
(Doubles as an emergency food kit!)
30 min later, there's this! Shoved it in a pillowcase, and it's so nice for deep pressure.
(Doubles as an emergency food kit!)
March 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I woke up this morning with a desire for a weighted blanket/pillow and started browsing for them online, then in the spirit of NO SPEND, I was like, can't I just make one?
30 min later, there's this! Shoved it in a pillowcase, and it's so nice for deep pressure.
(Doubles as an emergency food kit!)
30 min later, there's this! Shoved it in a pillowcase, and it's so nice for deep pressure.
(Doubles as an emergency food kit!)
Prosper with Dragons is FUNDED!!!
We couldn't have done it without you! ❤️🐉 Deepest, deepest thanks.
To us, it's so much more than a card game, it's supporting the arts & community and it's showing Black kids they belong in our fantasy worlds and in our future.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
We couldn't have done it without you! ❤️🐉 Deepest, deepest thanks.
To us, it's so much more than a card game, it's supporting the arts & community and it's showing Black kids they belong in our fantasy worlds and in our future.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
February 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Prosper with Dragons is FUNDED!!!
We couldn't have done it without you! ❤️🐉 Deepest, deepest thanks.
To us, it's so much more than a card game, it's supporting the arts & community and it's showing Black kids they belong in our fantasy worlds and in our future.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
We couldn't have done it without you! ❤️🐉 Deepest, deepest thanks.
To us, it's so much more than a card game, it's supporting the arts & community and it's showing Black kids they belong in our fantasy worlds and in our future.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
yall did this!!! 💥
February 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
yall did this!!! 💥
Just a lil graph showing how close we are to bringing y'all an incredible card game! We just need a few strong days!
If you want:
- An intense co-op game
- Great Afrofuturistic art
- A chance to befriend dragons
Keep spreading the word!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#cardgame #kickstarter
If you want:
- An intense co-op game
- Great Afrofuturistic art
- A chance to befriend dragons
Keep spreading the word!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#cardgame #kickstarter
February 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Just a lil graph showing how close we are to bringing y'all an incredible card game! We just need a few strong days!
If you want:
- An intense co-op game
- Great Afrofuturistic art
- A chance to befriend dragons
Keep spreading the word!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#cardgame #kickstarter
If you want:
- An intense co-op game
- Great Afrofuturistic art
- A chance to befriend dragons
Keep spreading the word!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#cardgame #kickstarter
I haven't talked Prosper with Dragons strategies much since I want people to explore them, but this game has soooo much room for morally gray and even exploitive choices. Having to discuss those choices with others is the real teeth of this game.
It's fun, but also gritty. It holds up a mirror.
It's fun, but also gritty. It holds up a mirror.
February 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I haven't talked Prosper with Dragons strategies much since I want people to explore them, but this game has soooo much room for morally gray and even exploitive choices. Having to discuss those choices with others is the real teeth of this game.
It's fun, but also gritty. It holds up a mirror.
It's fun, but also gritty. It holds up a mirror.
Prosper with Dragons is 76% funded y'all!
Kickstarter is all-or-nothing, meaning if we don't hit our goal by Friday, we get zero dollars, but we're not letting that happen.
Check out our Patron of Dragon Art reward tier and support the game AND our artists! 🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Kickstarter is all-or-nothing, meaning if we don't hit our goal by Friday, we get zero dollars, but we're not letting that happen.
Check out our Patron of Dragon Art reward tier and support the game AND our artists! 🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
February 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Prosper with Dragons is 76% funded y'all!
Kickstarter is all-or-nothing, meaning if we don't hit our goal by Friday, we get zero dollars, but we're not letting that happen.
Check out our Patron of Dragon Art reward tier and support the game AND our artists! 🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Kickstarter is all-or-nothing, meaning if we don't hit our goal by Friday, we get zero dollars, but we're not letting that happen.
Check out our Patron of Dragon Art reward tier and support the game AND our artists! 🐉
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Sundays are usually slow, but if we get 10 backers today, we'll go into our final week right on pace!
Did you know there's a Buy One/Give One reward? For $49, you get a copy of Prosper with Dragons, plus we'll give a copy to youth from marginalized communities!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Did you know there's a Buy One/Give One reward? For $49, you get a copy of Prosper with Dragons, plus we'll give a copy to youth from marginalized communities!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
February 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Sundays are usually slow, but if we get 10 backers today, we'll go into our final week right on pace!
Did you know there's a Buy One/Give One reward? For $49, you get a copy of Prosper with Dragons, plus we'll give a copy to youth from marginalized communities!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Did you know there's a Buy One/Give One reward? For $49, you get a copy of Prosper with Dragons, plus we'll give a copy to youth from marginalized communities!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Last big weekend push, let's make Black History!
Prosper with Dragons is more than a thrilling card game. We're making space for Black kids to see themselves flying on dragons and for others to see them thriving!
Please share widely and loudly, let's hit $10k!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Prosper with Dragons is more than a thrilling card game. We're making space for Black kids to see themselves flying on dragons and for others to see them thriving!
Please share widely and loudly, let's hit $10k!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
February 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Last big weekend push, let's make Black History!
Prosper with Dragons is more than a thrilling card game. We're making space for Black kids to see themselves flying on dragons and for others to see them thriving!
Please share widely and loudly, let's hit $10k!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Prosper with Dragons is more than a thrilling card game. We're making space for Black kids to see themselves flying on dragons and for others to see them thriving!
Please share widely and loudly, let's hit $10k!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Tired of Spades ruining your family functions? Fed up with losing friends over stacking draw twos?
Then what you need is the cooperative card game, Prosper with Dragons!
We're 62% funded! Just 9 days to go! Final stretch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#gamenight #cardgame #blacksky
Then what you need is the cooperative card game, Prosper with Dragons!
We're 62% funded! Just 9 days to go! Final stretch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#gamenight #cardgame #blacksky
February 20, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Tired of Spades ruining your family functions? Fed up with losing friends over stacking draw twos?
Then what you need is the cooperative card game, Prosper with Dragons!
We're 62% funded! Just 9 days to go! Final stretch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#gamenight #cardgame #blacksky
Then what you need is the cooperative card game, Prosper with Dragons!
We're 62% funded! Just 9 days to go! Final stretch!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
#gamenight #cardgame #blacksky
So this is the final draw, the original 3 red leaves on the bottom, and the two resource cards and disaster card drawn up top.
Now @auntyseahorse.bsky.social could use two of their red leaves and one blue gear to remove the disaster. The cost to remove the disaster is at the bottom of the card.
Now @auntyseahorse.bsky.social could use two of their red leaves and one blue gear to remove the disaster. The cost to remove the disaster is at the bottom of the card.
February 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
So this is the final draw, the original 3 red leaves on the bottom, and the two resource cards and disaster card drawn up top.
Now @auntyseahorse.bsky.social could use two of their red leaves and one blue gear to remove the disaster. The cost to remove the disaster is at the bottom of the card.
Now @auntyseahorse.bsky.social could use two of their red leaves and one blue gear to remove the disaster. The cost to remove the disaster is at the bottom of the card.
Here's the first draw by @auntyseahorse.bsky.social
One red, two blue!
One red, two blue!
February 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Here's the first draw by @auntyseahorse.bsky.social
One red, two blue!
One red, two blue!
Don't be shy! I'll help you along.
Here's the Quick Reference Guide...for reference.
If you're the kind of person who likes to read the full rulebook first, head over here: drive.google.com/file/d/12zoo...
Here's the Quick Reference Guide...for reference.
If you're the kind of person who likes to read the full rulebook first, head over here: drive.google.com/file/d/12zoo...
February 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Don't be shy! I'll help you along.
Here's the Quick Reference Guide...for reference.
If you're the kind of person who likes to read the full rulebook first, head over here: drive.google.com/file/d/12zoo...
Here's the Quick Reference Guide...for reference.
If you're the kind of person who likes to read the full rulebook first, head over here: drive.google.com/file/d/12zoo...
Can I interest yall in a virtual mini-playtest?
Watch the video below, tell me which decks you'd draw your first three cards from, and I'll reveal what you pull!
The goal of Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons by using resources to attract them while surviving disasters.
Who's first?
Watch the video below, tell me which decks you'd draw your first three cards from, and I'll reveal what you pull!
The goal of Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons by using resources to attract them while surviving disasters.
Who's first?
February 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Can I interest yall in a virtual mini-playtest?
Watch the video below, tell me which decks you'd draw your first three cards from, and I'll reveal what you pull!
The goal of Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons by using resources to attract them while surviving disasters.
Who's first?
Watch the video below, tell me which decks you'd draw your first three cards from, and I'll reveal what you pull!
The goal of Prosper with Dragons is to befriend 12 dragons by using resources to attract them while surviving disasters.
Who's first?
I had the pleasure of doing an interview with PatZi on Joy on Paper yesterday! I talk about Prosper with Dragons halfway through, and also about making a creative pivot when burnout strikes.
Check it out and subscribe if you're into great author interviews!
www.youtube.com/live/lFRv-Or...
Check it out and subscribe if you're into great author interviews!
www.youtube.com/live/lFRv-Or...
February 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I had the pleasure of doing an interview with PatZi on Joy on Paper yesterday! I talk about Prosper with Dragons halfway through, and also about making a creative pivot when burnout strikes.
Check it out and subscribe if you're into great author interviews!
www.youtube.com/live/lFRv-Or...
Check it out and subscribe if you're into great author interviews!
www.youtube.com/live/lFRv-Or...
Wow, yall really came through today! I feel the love! 🥰
Thanks to everyone who reposted and to our new backers! We're just $107 from the halfway mark now! And as a little treat, here's our first fan art by Inkshark!
Have I mentioned how much I love fan art?
Thanks to everyone who reposted and to our new backers! We're just $107 from the halfway mark now! And as a little treat, here's our first fan art by Inkshark!
Have I mentioned how much I love fan art?
February 15, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Wow, yall really came through today! I feel the love! 🥰
Thanks to everyone who reposted and to our new backers! We're just $107 from the halfway mark now! And as a little treat, here's our first fan art by Inkshark!
Have I mentioned how much I love fan art?
Thanks to everyone who reposted and to our new backers! We're just $107 from the halfway mark now! And as a little treat, here's our first fan art by Inkshark!
Have I mentioned how much I love fan art?
Hey y'all, let's show some love to Black creatives on Valentine's Day! We're closing in on being halfway funded, halfway through our campaign. I know we can do this!
Spread the word! Spread the love! ❤️🐉❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Spread the word! Spread the love! ❤️🐉❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
February 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hey y'all, let's show some love to Black creatives on Valentine's Day! We're closing in on being halfway funded, halfway through our campaign. I know we can do this!
Spread the word! Spread the love! ❤️🐉❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...
Spread the word! Spread the love! ❤️🐉❤️
www.kickstarter.com/projects/115...