Rodger Thorm (he/him)
@rthorm.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy
Map maker, designer, game maker
Antherwyck Games - DragonQuest (SPI) TTRPG
[bridged from https://dice.camp/@rthorm on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Antherwyck Games - DragonQuest (SPI) TTRPG
[bridged from https://dice.camp/@rthorm on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Traveling, so for now this is just a phone photo rather than scanned flat. And no cleanup, either. But it was fun to do this; felt like it's been a long time since I have posted one of these.
#dungeonMap
#dungeonMap
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Traveling, so for now this is just a phone photo rather than scanned flat. And no cleanup, either. But it was fun to do this; felt like it's been a long time since I have posted one of these.
#dungeonMap
#dungeonMap
It's a tiny map fragment! Haven't done anything like this here for a while. Got a couple hours upcoming where I might be able to do something more.
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's a tiny map fragment! Haven't done anything like this here for a while. Got a couple hours upcoming where I might be able to do something more.
Anyone who bought a copy of my DQ adventure, The Sentinel Chapel, should now have gotten an email from DriveThru RPG with a link for a draft regional map for that adventure (and a note about a new adventure I'm working on in the same region and context). It's rough and sketchy, but it's […]
Original post on dice.camp
dice.camp
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Anyone who bought a copy of my DQ adventure, The Sentinel Chapel, should now have gotten an email from DriveThru RPG with a link for a draft regional map for that adventure (and a note about a new adventure I'm working on in the same region and context). It's rough and sketchy, but it's […]
Jennell was too soon, and now Becky has joined her.
https://chitter.xyz/@DotMaetrix/115567471059732673
https://chitter.xyz/@DotMaetrix/115567471059732673
Dot Maetrix (@DotMaetrix@chitter.xyz)
Rebecca Heineman is a goddamn legend among women. She did SO much great stuff, from getting Another World to run on 16-bit consoles not in the least bit designed to handle it, to making sure that the Kinect works when you're wearing a skirt, to tirelessly keeping the mac gaming scene alive, to making the worst version of DOOM kinda glorious in its own way. And she did so much to boost trans visibility. By being so unapolagetically loud and proud as herself there's absolutely no goddamn way of counting how many of us she helped clear a path for. She will be missed so goddamn hard!
chitter.xyz
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Jennell was too soon, and now Becky has joined her.
https://chitter.xyz/@DotMaetrix/115567471059732673
https://chitter.xyz/@DotMaetrix/115567471059732673
My contributor copies of Grenzland arrived today - very timely. (Also, more than a little bit surprising, given everything going on, especially in the US.) But I'm very glad they arrived.
PDF version (free! along with previous back issues) available here […]
[Original post on dice.camp]
PDF version (free! along with previous back issues) available here […]
[Original post on dice.camp]
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My contributor copies of Grenzland arrived today - very timely. (Also, more than a little bit surprising, given everything going on, especially in the US.) But I'm very glad they arrived.
PDF version (free! along with previous back issues) available here […]
[Original post on dice.camp]
PDF version (free! along with previous back issues) available here […]
[Original post on dice.camp]
Working on a couple of maps for Horse Shark Games.
Playing with a Battlezone aesthetic here that's even more Battlezone-y than the final b&w art will be, but really fun, quick sketch nonetheless.
Playing with a Battlezone aesthetic here that's even more Battlezone-y than the final b&w art will be, but really fun, quick sketch nonetheless.
October 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Working on a couple of maps for Horse Shark Games.
Playing with a Battlezone aesthetic here that's even more Battlezone-y than the final b&w art will be, but really fun, quick sketch nonetheless.
Playing with a Battlezone aesthetic here that's even more Battlezone-y than the final b&w art will be, but really fun, quick sketch nonetheless.
Apparently this week is the 100 year anniversary of the BBC broadcasting The Shipping Forecast.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5561083/opinion-the-shipping-forecast-reminds-us-of-the-power-of-the-human-voice
As such, I ought to get an update out for my #ShipCrawl rules under that title […]
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5561083/opinion-the-shipping-forecast-reminds-us-of-the-power-of-the-human-voice
As such, I ought to get an update out for my #ShipCrawl rules under that title […]
Original post on dice.camp
dice.camp
October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Apparently this week is the 100 year anniversary of the BBC broadcasting The Shipping Forecast.
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5561083/opinion-the-shipping-forecast-reminds-us-of-the-power-of-the-human-voice
As such, I ought to get an update out for my #ShipCrawl rules under that title […]
https://www.npr.org/2025/10/11/nx-s1-5561083/opinion-the-shipping-forecast-reminds-us-of-the-power-of-the-human-voice
As such, I ought to get an update out for my #ShipCrawl rules under that title […]
My article about #ShipCrawl gaming, "Notes on a ShipCrawl game," is one of the articles (in English) included in this zine:
https://tabletop.social/@wandererbill/115217968599657499
https://tabletop.social/@wandererbill/115217968599657499
Laurens | Wanderer Bill 🌍 (@wandererbill@tabletop.social)
Grenzland 6 ist jetzt als kostenloses PDF verfügbar: https://lkh.sdf-eu.org/wandererbill/grenzland/ #osr #fanzine #grenzlandzine
tabletop.social
September 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
My article about #ShipCrawl gaming, "Notes on a ShipCrawl game," is one of the articles (in English) included in this zine:
https://tabletop.social/@wandererbill/115217968599657499
https://tabletop.social/@wandererbill/115217968599657499
Getting ready to run the Chrome Messiah adventure (Appendix N Jam) for GOZR at RFT con.
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Getting ready to run the Chrome Messiah adventure (Appendix N Jam) for GOZR at RFT con.
One week until I'm running a session of GOZR for RFTcon 2025. If it stays with just a couple people for the event, I'm thinking about having them each play 2 characters, to have a chance to mess around with more stuff. Presently making pre-gens with crib sheets.
September 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
One week until I'm running a session of GOZR for RFTcon 2025. If it stays with just a couple people for the event, I'm thinking about having them each play 2 characters, to have a chance to mess around with more stuff. Presently making pre-gens with crib sheets.
Wizard's tower
August 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Wizard's tower
An Appendix N wrapup https://www.antherwyck.com/2025/08/16/an-appendix-n-wrapup/
An Appendix N wrapup – Antherwyck Games
www.antherwyck.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
An Appendix N wrapup https://www.antherwyck.com/2025/08/16/an-appendix-n-wrapup/
Appendix N Jam results for the public voting are in.
Not being oriented towards 5e was almost certainly a detriment for it, so I can't complain about the ranking.
I do note that the art was ranked #60, so considerably higher than the overall ranking, and I will definitely take that.
Not being oriented towards 5e was almost certainly a detriment for it, so I can't complain about the ranking.
I do note that the art was ranked #60, so considerably higher than the overall ranking, and I will definitely take that.
August 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Appendix N Jam results for the public voting are in.
Not being oriented towards 5e was almost certainly a detriment for it, so I can't complain about the ranking.
I do note that the art was ranked #60, so considerably higher than the overall ranking, and I will definitely take that.
Not being oriented towards 5e was almost certainly a detriment for it, so I can't complain about the ranking.
I do note that the art was ranked #60, so considerably higher than the overall ranking, and I will definitely take that.
It's done; it's posted. B+W version, color version, text file, review version (reduced resolution & watermark)
Take a look; feedback is always welcome, especially if you're running GOZR and you use this, but also if you adapt and use it some other way instead.
rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
Take a look; feedback is always welcome, especially if you're running GOZR and you use this, but also if you adapt and use it some other way instead.
rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
It's done; it's posted. B+W version, color version, text file, review version (reduced resolution & watermark)
Take a look; feedback is always welcome, especially if you're running GOZR and you use this, but also if you adapt and use it some other way instead.
rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
Take a look; feedback is always welcome, especially if you're running GOZR and you use this, but also if you adapt and use it some other way instead.
rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
Printed out, the colors don't look bad.
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Printed out, the colors don't look bad.
Appendix N Jam entry https://www.antherwyck.com/2025/07/27/appendix-n-jam-entry/
July 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Appendix N Jam entry https://www.antherwyck.com/2025/07/27/appendix-n-jam-entry/
JV West is over on Bluesky, not here, but I am happy to share his response after I posted the Chrome Messiah on itch. Once I got going on this adventure, it felt like I was going in the right direction with it. This makes me feel like I landed it properly.
July 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
JV West is over on Bluesky, not here, but I am happy to share his response after I posted the Chrome Messiah on itch. Once I got going on this adventure, it felt like I was going in the right direction with it. This makes me feel like I landed it properly.
It's not 100% done yet, but the Chrome Messiah (Appendix N Jam) is far enough along that I've posted it on itch:
https://rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
Gives it a chance for folks to see it and give some feedback before it's all wrapped up.
https://rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
Gives it a chance for folks to see it and give some feedback before it's all wrapped up.
the Chrome Messiah by rthorm
Appendix N Jam one-page adventure module for GOZR and other weird worlds
rthorm.itch.io
July 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It's not 100% done yet, but the Chrome Messiah (Appendix N Jam) is far enough along that I've posted it on itch:
https://rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
Gives it a chance for folks to see it and give some feedback before it's all wrapped up.
https://rthorm.itch.io/chrome-messiah
Gives it a chance for folks to see it and give some feedback before it's all wrapped up.
Anyone want to take a look at an in-progress GOZR one-page adventure (for the Appendix N Jam) and give me some feedback?
July 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Anyone want to take a look at an in-progress GOZR one-page adventure (for the Appendix N Jam) and give me some feedback?
shifted to 0% share on itch in response to their response to performative puritan pressure
We know this is not ideal, and we apologize for the abruptness of this change.
We know this is not ideal, and we apologize for the abruptness of this change.
July 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
shifted to 0% share on itch in response to their response to performative puritan pressure
We know this is not ideal, and we apologize for the abruptness of this change.
We know this is not ideal, and we apologize for the abruptness of this change.
Working on a one-page adventure for itch Appendix N Jam. The assigned title, "The Chrome Messiah," didn't connect for me at first, until I went in a GOZR direction, and now it's starting to come together.
#appendixnjam
#appendixnjam
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Working on a one-page adventure for itch Appendix N Jam. The assigned title, "The Chrome Messiah," didn't connect for me at first, until I went in a GOZR direction, and now it's starting to come together.
#appendixnjam
#appendixnjam
Reposted by Rodger Thorm (he/him)
#ttrpg #gamedesign idea:
A community-based #osr / #NSR game where the main means of progress is unlocking the new character options for newly-rolled characters.
New tables?
A table where you start d4 -> d8 -> d12 -> d20?
Your old characters don't need to die, they stay "at the base" […]
A community-based #osr / #NSR game where the main means of progress is unlocking the new character options for newly-rolled characters.
New tables?
A table where you start d4 -> d8 -> d12 -> d20?
Your old characters don't need to die, they stay "at the base" […]
Original post on writing.exchange
writing.exchange
July 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
#ttrpg #gamedesign idea:
A community-based #osr / #NSR game where the main means of progress is unlocking the new character options for newly-rolled characters.
New tables?
A table where you start d4 -> d8 -> d12 -> d20?
Your old characters don't need to die, they stay "at the base" […]
A community-based #osr / #NSR game where the main means of progress is unlocking the new character options for newly-rolled characters.
New tables?
A table where you start d4 -> d8 -> d12 -> d20?
Your old characters don't need to die, they stay "at the base" […]
Made a GOZR font to use for my Appendix N Jam game. JV West liked it, so I'm making it available on itch.io
https://rthorm.itch.io/chromegozr1
https://rthorm.itch.io/chromegozr1
Font for GOZR by rthorm
Font based on James V West lettering for GOZR
rthorm.itch.io
July 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Made a GOZR font to use for my Appendix N Jam game. JV West liked it, so I'm making it available on itch.io
https://rthorm.itch.io/chromegozr1
https://rthorm.itch.io/chromegozr1
Working on ideas for the #appendixnjam
Thinking about using the weird landscape and this Dread Gazebo in the project
https://dice.camp/@rthorm/114710774496907891
Thinking about using the weird landscape and this Dread Gazebo in the project
https://dice.camp/@rthorm/114710774496907891
Rodger Thorm (he/him) (@rthorm@dice.camp)
Attached: 1 image Traveling through strange rocky terrain, You spot a gazebo in the distance...
dice.camp
July 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Working on ideas for the #appendixnjam
Thinking about using the weird landscape and this Dread Gazebo in the project
https://dice.camp/@rthorm/114710774496907891
Thinking about using the weird landscape and this Dread Gazebo in the project
https://dice.camp/@rthorm/114710774496907891
It was halfway through the month when I figured out the assigned title I got for the Appendix N jam (which had completely vapor-locked me as an uninspiring prompt) would actually fit really well if I used GOZR for it.
So, can I pull it off?
We'll see, but it's good to have a direction for it now!
So, can I pull it off?
We'll see, but it's good to have a direction for it now!
July 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It was halfway through the month when I figured out the assigned title I got for the Appendix N jam (which had completely vapor-locked me as an uninspiring prompt) would actually fit really well if I used GOZR for it.
So, can I pull it off?
We'll see, but it's good to have a direction for it now!
So, can I pull it off?
We'll see, but it's good to have a direction for it now!