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Rodger Thorm (he/him)
@rthorm.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy
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Map maker, designer, game maker
Antherwyck Games - DragonQuest (SPI) TTRPG

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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
Black and white dungeon map on dotted grid paper. Some sections are implied stonework construction, and other areas are more cavern like.
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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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.
A little bit of dungeon map on a dotted grid page.
December 12, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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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 […]

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Cover of the zine Grenzland no. 6, showing a hex map with a couple water areas in blue, green areas for land, symbols for different terrain types in the hexes, and several individual named locations.
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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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.
CAD sketch of a stark landscape with very simple mountains in the distance.
October 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Getting ready to run the Chrome Messiah adventure (Appendix N Jam) for GOZR at RFT con.
Colorful poster map (upside down) with character sheets and an open GOZR rulebook lying on top all spread out on a table.
September 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Wizard's tower
White dome roof (observatory) on brick tower sticking up from dark, shadowy woods with twilight blue sky and wispy clouds above
August 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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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.
Results table from itch.io. A thumbnail image of the cover spread in the top left corner, and then results listed: the Chrome Messiah by RThorm Ranked 150th with 17 ratings Followed by table with criteria categories, rank and score
August 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Printed out, the colors don't look bad.
Colorized map printed on a letter-size page. Creases from quarter folding the sheet are visible.
July 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Appendix N Jam entry https://www.antherwyck.com/2025/07/27/appendix-n-jam-entry/
July 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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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.
JV West Wow! I think this is the first thing I've seen in the wild using the "Plays Ugly with GOZR" image. Neato! This is rad. You got new monsters, a map, NPCs... this will make a chonky adventure to run. As a sort pointcrawl or something it could last many sessions! Nice work. Bravo!
July 26, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Anyone want to take a look at an in-progress GOZR one-page adventure (for the Appendix N Jam) and give me some feedback?
Photo of printed draft dummies of part of map (black and white pen and ink drawing) and cover for "The Chrome Messiah"
July 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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This might be even better
Stylized word "Chrome"
July 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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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
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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June 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Traveling through strange rocky terrain,

You spot a gazebo in the distance...
A gazebo in the distance Bare conglomerate rock in the foreground. Crevasses in the ground. Vegetation covering ground on the right. Trees beyond with nearer tree upright near the white gazebo at the middle
June 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Updates for Shipping Forecast https://www.antherwyck.com/2025/04/18/updates-for-shipping-forecast/
April 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Posted update for The Shipping Forecast #ShipCrawl rules covering navigation and travel logging. In theory, it's workable as a solo game.

https://rthorm.itch.io/shipping-forecast/devlog/927796/april-2025-updates-for-shipping-forecast

Looking for playtesters and […]

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Blank form to use in the game for logging the ship travel. Hex grid (9 x 11) on the left side (with gray bands to aid in identifying horizontal lines). Right side has 3 sets of fields to record information from each turn.
April 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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For the handful of people who would get it: imagine this as inspiration for Water Works 2.0

https://mementomori.social/@juergen_hubert/114347350911193239
April 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Some new inspiration for the #ShipCrawl rules while sitting through a meeting today. Worked it through a couple times, and then made a basic diagram for it when I got home.

Basically, the system has ships move 1 hex (=100 miles) per day. But, over a journey, it […]

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Hex map diagrams for two courses for a ship (straight course and turning course), with surrounding hexes identified for the resulting location based on 2d6.
March 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Dungeon geomorph sections
Pen and ink on grid paper; line work with pencil hatching for a couple of geomorph dungeon sections
March 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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On the Cusp of Kickstarter https://www.antherwyck.com/2025/02/17/on-the-cusp-of-kickstarter/
February 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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In process to have a Kickstarter with the complete #dungeon23 tables, maps, and articles in a single zine for ZineMonth or ZineQuest or Zine-a-rine-a-bing-bong (whatever you want to call it; I'm non-denominational)

This is a pre-announcement; we'll let you know when it kicks off, so stay tuned.
Black and white line drawing of a section through a bridge with numerous chambers inside it and extending into the layers of rock below. Different strata are identified with different colors and hatching patterns.
February 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM