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T.W.Wombat (aka Jim White)
@twwombat.bsky.social
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Editor of #TTRPGs (Comms Open). #Lore24 Loreling. Dime-store philosopher. Childish father. Impromptu planner. Teetotaler. We contain multitudes. #Fellport. Will GM for food. He/they.
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The northern lights are out tonight here in Central MA.
The northern lights in green near the horizon, fading to red in the higher sky, with tree shadows in the foreground.
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Spectacular. I'm reminded of the Hello Kitty 40K image from years back.
A Photoshopped version of the Warhammer 40,000 box cover art featuring Hello Kitty's head superimposed on Space Marine troops and Keroppi heads on Ork troops. The logo across the top reads "HELLO KITTY 40,000" and the tag line across the bottom reads "In the grim future of Hello Kitty there is only war".
October 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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I stayed up way too late last night, but I finished the first draft text and layout for Bolthaven Folio #2. It's all about Bard Bands performing, taking more time to make bigger magic.

I've got some art to make and some editing to do.
A draft copy of Bolthaven Folio #2: Bard Bands. Hoo boy, it needs an edit.
September 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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I made a pole.

#TTRPG #DND5E
A picture of a D&D game aid modeling a Gostra Pole. Contestants progress through 7 stages, with Athletics or Acrobatics rolls at each stage with DCs ranging from 18 to 35.
September 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Sage record sheets for Historia Obscura are now available for download with over 4.5 hours to spare in the Jam. Woo!

Here's a picture of a 3-player game ready to run. You'll also need a d8 and d12 if you're using the random tables.

twwombat.itch.io/historia-obs...

#1pRPGJam #TTRPG
A dark wood-grained tabletop containing a tri-folded copy of Historia Obscura printed on parchment card stock, a pile of index cards with a pen, and three Sage record sheets with 2 dice each and matching colored tokens. We're ready to go for a 3-player session.
August 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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OK, that's better. I've got 2 panels to fill over the next 2 days.

Anyone have a source for B&W book & quill pen filler art?

#TTRPG
The cover for an upcoming one-page trifold TTRPG called Historia Obscura. Now without text disappearing into non-printable margin spaces.
August 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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First test print. Needs slightly larger margins.
Cover panel for a forthcoming one-page trifold TTRPG called Historia Obscura.
August 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
twwombat.bsky.social
Without downloading new pics where are you mentally?
Sidewalk at night with a half-dozen people dressed up as Beaker and another as dressed as Goth Beaker. One Beaker points at the camera as a serving Beaker rushes the camera. The caption reads: -Pack of Beakers -Goth Beaker -The Beaker snitching and pointing out the photographer -The Beaker that's about to unload on the photographer -The terminator strut before the ass whooping and you know he's moving at speed because of the blur -The ominous feeling that you know this is 3 in the morning
August 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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In cheerier news, I've gotten great feedback from my early readers. Bolthaven Folio #1 will be available later this month. Take a look if you want some randomness injected into your magic items (or high-tech tinkering). It also includes a table-driven name generator for components.

#TTRPG #Zines
A close-up image of a print copy of Bolthaven Folio #1: Forge & Fate.
June 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I got 2 art pieces done tonight, including "KRAA-THOOM!" Hat tip to Adam West's Batman for the inspiration.

I've got 3 more to go, and one of those should be quick.

#AmDrawing
An ink drawing of an explosion with the cartoonish words "KRAA-THOOM!" across the middle.
June 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Felix sleeps off his tuna water induced coma.

#Caturday
A substantial tuxedo cat sprawls unconscious on a white-and-gold pillow laying on a faux-leather couch.
May 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Spent some time moving my little zine project into Affinity. Had a few headaches, but the text is done, and the tables just about fit inside the margins. Otherwise we're looking good. Now I get to hack together more art and get some early readers to look at it.

#TTRPG #Zine #AmMaking
A plain paper draft of a forthcoming TTRPG zine called Bolthaven Folio #1 Forge & Fate lies on a marbled black countertop.
May 31, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I wonder where Minerva is? #CatsOfBlueSky #Caturday #TimelineCleanse
An off-white curtain drapes over a tattered brown towel covering a bench cushion in a tight shot. Between the two, a grey and orange cat paw pushes through, claws partially extended as if grabbing the towel in case gravity stops working for some reason.
May 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Shirt of the day. Let's go, Saturday. (Thanks to @d20monkey.bsky.social for nailing the vibe.)
#PAXEast #PAxEast2025
A masked Wombat wearing a grey "Everything is terrible, Let's play games" shirt against a background of the PAX East expo hall.
May 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I'm heading out to #PAXEast tomorrow morning for the weekend.

All you #TTRPG siblings, sound off if I'll see you there!
A disembodied hand holding a PAXEast 4-Day pass hanging from a Master Crafted Lanyard of Charisma +3.
May 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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New 'do. Who dis?
Self-portrait of a smiling middle-aged white guy with newly-short hair and beard, wearing a red T-shirt with white letters reading "Keep calm and cast fireball".
April 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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I just spent a therapeutic hour at my FLGS and walked out with a tarot-powered solo RPG treasure.
A picture of To Honor And Obey, with its black cover contrasted by the birch veneer tabletop it lies on.
April 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The boys are enthralled by the back hoe outside. Minerva has already moved on.
A living room scene with a picture window behind the brown leather sectional couch. An orange cat stretches from the back of the couch to look out the window at a back hoe across the street. In the foreground a tuxedo cat stares or the window from a yellow chair. On the ottoman in the midground, a grey cat licks her tail, bored with the hullabaloo outside.
February 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I was going to take a selfish in the bathroom, but one of the cats just gassed the place out. I guess this will do. Heading out to run my #DnD5e game.

Game the heck on.
#TTRPG
A white guy with a white beard wearing a "Dungeon Meowster" t-shirt.
February 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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And the big one is done. It's @dysonlogos.bsky.social's Temple Cave of the Ruinous Ministers. Roughly 3x4 feet. I'm not sure I have a table that can take the whole thing at once, so I'll keep it quartered for flexibility during play. #TTRPG
A brown table holds a Dyson Logos map in quarters, each made of 4 sheets of letter paper. To the left lies a rotary cutter and the trimmed margin strips in a ragged pile
February 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Sometimes you just need to print and tape a battle map. #TTRPG
A map of the Watery Grave, an underwater cavern containing corpses and other detritus.
February 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Now prepping my arts & crafts project to support Sunday's game, with thanks to @dysonlogos.bsky.social for 16 pages of map goodness. #TTRPG
A pile of papers, each one with 1/16 of a Dyson Logos map printed on it.
January 31, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Look at the shiny thing that arrived mere moments ago!

Thanks to @gallantknightgames.com!
A still-shrinkwrapped copy of Siege Perilous and its custom tarot deck.
January 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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I finally remembered to roll up the Traveller character of the year FOR 2025. Meet Lise Campbell, whose meteoric rise through the ranks on a Free Trader was cut short by a rival. She's young, full of potential, and looking for work.

79C989 Electronics 2, JoT 1, Steward 1, 20kCr

#TTRPG #Traveller
A hand-written Traveller merchant character named Lise Campbell. UPP 79C989 Electronics 2, JoT 1, Steward 1.
January 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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It's been 5 years since I had a storefront open, apparently.

Here's a smattering of what I have kicking around. They're all 32 pages staple bound; smaller are 3x5 inch, larger are roughly 8x5 (21x13cm). I make them with 110lb covers now, with 32lb pages. Xmas covers, stamps, and embossing, too.
A collection of handmade notebooks, large and small. The front three have foil-on-black covers. The middle row are half glitter covers and half Calavera stamps. The back row is larger with Calavera stamps on white, black, red, and yellow covers. A collection of handmade notebooks, all 3x5 inch. The covers are Christmas and winter holiday patterns in red, black, white, silver, and various other foil colors.
December 16, 2024 at 9:42 PM