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Nilhemoth Games
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Creators of the TTRPG "5 Acts: The King in Yellow." Successfully backed on Kickstarter in 2024, coming in 2025!
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200 copies of "5 Acts: The King in Yellow" have arrived. Fulfillment pending!
phdnd.bsky.social Jason Bowers @phdnd.bsky.social · 21d
THE DAY HAS COME!
October 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Update 44: Digital Fulfillment begins THIS MONTH · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!As we approach the shipment of our bulk order from Carcosa to our Lethal Chamber here in North Carolina, we're finally ready to start digital fulfillment!O...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Update 42: The Print Proof! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!Our first print proof arrived via Mixam, and we are quite pleased! Here's a video showing it off and explaining what our next steps are!As stated in the vi...
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August 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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My very first print proof, ever! It's so exciting!

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PRINT PROOF of 5 ACTS: THE KING IN YELLOW!
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August 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Update 39: The book is nearly complete! Behold the table of contents! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, fellow seekers of the Yellow Sign!Exciting progress continues to be forged, as surely and forcefully as Hawberk's mallet strikes the Prince's Emblazoned! We're nearly complete with the book...
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July 11, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Update 38: The Book's Layout is Nearly 100% Complete! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!This week's update is particularly exciting. That's because we're nearly finished with the layout design for the entire book, 5 Acts: The King in Yellow! C...
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June 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Update 37: Chapter 4 is Complete! We're in the home stretch! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign! We here at Nilhemoth Games have another weekly update for you. Behold!Chapter 4 is Complete!After just a couple weeks of work, the layout for our book's f...
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June 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Update 36: Chapter 4 is Coming Along! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign! Progress continues on the layout of our book's fourth chapter! This is the chapter featuring all of Sam Fontaine's maps, all the sample scenarios that are...
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June 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Update 35: Invitation to a Short Story Reading · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, fellow seekers of the Yellow Sign!We don't have much of an update this week; more work is getting done, but there aren't more previews to share right now, and no changes have occurred on an...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Update 34: We're Back at it with a Completed Bestiary! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!Our apologies for missing a weekly update; our otherworldly ambitions continue to new heights, however, and we're back at it with more good news of our pro...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Update 33: More Nightmare Previews! Shirts! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!We're now well into Chapter 3, having finalized most of it and proceeding ever-quickly to the last chapters. (Remember, this is layout we're talking about,...
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May 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Update 32: More Layout Work! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!Things are, as always, moving forward for our project. Here are a few shots of the progress we've made in finalizing Chapter 3!Very soon, our most beautifu...
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May 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Update 31: Dreamscapes, Open Licensing, and Lore! Oh My! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!Progress on the book continues, full steam ahead! Here are some updates for your enjoyment and edification. Our Nightmares Guide and Bestiary are Being Fin...
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May 2, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Update 30: No News This Week, Just More Work! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!This is just a quick weekly check-in, as usual. While we're continuing to work on layout, there isn't much in the way of news this week! Still, here's a re...
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April 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Update 29: Finalizing the Maestro's guide, updating credits, adding options, and more! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign! Forgive the day-late update amid the Easter holiday and the start of spring! Here are a few updates.Layout Proceeds Through the Maestro's Guide!Our book's...
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April 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Update 28: Full Steam Ahead! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!This week's update is a littler briefer than its predecessors, since we had to take a few days off in our layout progress. Nonetheless, we have updates for...
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April 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Update 27: Weekly update: More Progress, More Art Previews! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!My apologies for the later-than-usual weekly update, but we have been very busy over here at Nilhemoth Games. Here are some updates!Further Progress on the...
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April 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Our original TTRPG, based on the work of Robert W. Chambers, is being readied for print!
March 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Update 26: Previews of the Maestro's Guide, plus the Unctuous Art! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!Our work on layout continues, bit by bit! Here are some exciting previews for you, along with more updates. Layout Design Continues!This week we spent a lo...
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March 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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My game published through @nilhemothgames.bsky.social is all about The King in Yellow, in all three senses of the phrase. It's quite simple. In addition to having a character sheet (which differs depending on their PC's class), each player shares this agenda.
March 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Update 25: Previews of our Progress, More Art, and the Goethe-Chambers Connection! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!We're continuing to assemble the core book for 5 Acts: The King in Yellow. Exciting things are falling together, and so we're finally ready to share some p...
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March 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Update 24: Layout Continues! More Progress Revealed! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!Happy Friday to you all! Here are some updates as we continue bringing this dream to life.Layout Continues!The process of layout design is a difficult and ...
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March 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Update 23: New Character Sheets, More Art, and More! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign! Happy Friday to you all! As promised, here's our weekly update! New, Fancy Character SheetsIn addition to adding six more character classes to the origina...
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March 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Update 22: March Update: Nearing Completion! · 5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG
Greetings, Fellow Seekers of the Yellow Sign!First of all, thank you so much for your patience while we complete this project. Here are a few exciting updates!
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March 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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LAST CALL for late backers on "5 Acts: The King in Yellow RPG!"

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January 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM