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Purveyors of the fantastical. Bring more fun and inspiration to your games with Horizons, our quarterly TTRPG magazine! wildmagepress.com
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Time is a weird soup—somehow we've now published three issues of Horizons with dozens of magic items, encounters, adventure hooks, spells, traps, and stat blocks spanning CR 5 to CR 27! 🐉

Find all three issues at wildmagepress.com!
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June 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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We're here and we're queer all year long, but this month we're extra fabulous about it. 🌈✨
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June 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Take a tour of the wizard's study featured on our latest Horizons cover, illustrated by the incredible @ailustrar.bsky.social! 📖 🍊🐈

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June 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Restore a legendary weapon, unravel a mystery, and seek justice against an evil knight-commander in The Avenging Heart, a Paladin-focused storyline from veteran designer Brandes Stoddard.

If you're a GM with a Paladin in your party, this module is a must-have. Subscribe to Horizons to get it now.
A human male, the knight Versaren, strides forward in full armor, smiling casually. He is followed by a large fiend, made of fire and brimstone, who rests a claw upon the knight's shoulder.
May 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Horizons 3 presents the Crowd Patron, a new #dnd Warlock subclass by Leon Barillaro!

Draw on the power of your crowd to influence hearts & minds, support your allies, & pull off explosive combos. Also includes GM tips for roleplaying the Crowd & new Eldritch Invocations, with art by Nikki Dawes!
A brown-skinned, femme orc warlock with long black hair descends a staircase towards a crowd of clamoring fans. From their excitement, a pool of swirling energy emerges, coalescing into a glowing source of power in the orc's outstretched arm.
May 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Horizons 3 features an interview with legendary DM, improviser, & philosophy major Brennan Lee Mulligan! We sat down with Brennan to talk about creating memorable antagonists, villains, and systems of power.

Subscribers can read the interview on our website or on Patreon.
The Desk of Many Thoughts Villains, Accomplices, and Bystanders: Portraying antagonists and power systems an interview with Brennan Lee Mulligan. The article begins: Hannah Rose for Wildmage Press: Brennan, you're the Dungeon Master for Dimension 20, Worlds Beyond Number, and multiple Exandria Unlimited miniseries. One thing we see a lot in these stories is that they're about fighting evil and defeating bad guys but also about confronting systems of power and exploitation. So—at the risk of getting a little too real right out of the gate—can you tell us a little about why you're drawn to these stories and where some of that inspiration comes from? Brennan Lee Mulligan: Hell yeah. I've been telling stories since I was a little, little kid—it’s a primary impulse. When I was a very little kid, I wrote the words “be good” on the wall next to my bed. And so that kind of ethic—knights and heroes and good guys—that's always been there. And then when I was fourteen, I started going to school at SUNY Ulster and I studied with this philosophy professor named Tom Davis and learned about this whole world of formal philosophy and the study of ethics. And every work of art that I've been a part of has tended to, in one form or another, be a meditation on some kind of ethical conundrum—which isn't to say that I'm interested in just creating allegory or propaganda. When I say it's an ethical thing, it's something I’m [personally] wrestling with.
May 2, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Play to Win™ in Deathmatch Atlantis, designed by Tim Denee and illustrated by Anna Grinenko (tshortik)!

This new location for the dystopian-mystery-battle-royale #ttrpg Deathmatch Island was created in collaboration with Evil Hat and Old Dog Games

🏛️🏝️💀 Get Deathmatch Atlantis
Two figures row a small wooden boat across a large expanse of water towards a dark cave. In the distance, the menacing relief of a rocky island with a royal palace and ancient lighthouse carved from white marble.
May 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This incredible cover is illustrated by Adrián Ibarra Lugo. Horizons 3 also features interior illustrations by Nikki Dawes, Anna Grinenko (tshortik), Katerina Ladon, Jessica Nguyen and cartography from Clara Daly and Tim Denee.

Get Horizons 3 here or subscribe now! #dnd #ttrpg #deathmatchisland ✨
An ornately carved arching doorway opens out on a desert landscape. Within the doorway potted palms, lush flowers, and orange trees grow in the partial light filtering through the doorway. Further inside the room, two cats rest below an ornate desk with a spellbook and potion. The desk faces a colorful stained glass window above a wall tiled with bright mosaics.
May 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Horizons 3 is NOW AVAILABLE, featuring these amazing articles!

💬 Villains, Accomplices, & Bystanders: an interview w/ Brennan Lee Mulligan
🪭 Deals & Appeals: The Crowd Patron | Leon Barillaro
🎰 The Gilded Quill | Sam Mannell
⚔️ The Avenging Heart | Brandes Stoddard
🏝️💀 Deathmatch Atlantis | Tim Denee
An ornately carved arching doorway opens out on a desert landscape. Within the doorway potted palms, lush flowers, and orange trees grow in the partial light filtering through the doorway.
May 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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We've been gearing up for issue 3 release, and we're thrilled to share the table of contents! Horizons 3 will be released on Wednesday, April 30, with these amazing articles. ✨

Read the notes from our editor-in-chief here: wildmagepress.com/2025/04/horizons-3-table-of-contents/
table of contents of horizons 3, showing the articles described in the linked post: the desk of many thoughts interview with Brennan lee mulligan, deals and appeals: the crowd patron, the gilded quill, and deathmatch Atlantis
April 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Ever wondered how to run a playtest? What it takes to be a good playtester, and what feedback is useful? Lead Tester @romanpenna.bsky.social explains the playtest process for Horizons and shares his insights from years of testing.

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March 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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It’s International Women’s Day! Check out your friendly local(-to-the-internet) women-owned #ttrpg publisher and support the fantastic femmes who design, edit, illustrate, and test for Horizons.

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A woman in armor lifts a thick pillar, attempting to wedge it between two walls moving inward to crush her. Art by Clara Daly / Eldritch Blep.
March 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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"Terrific Trappendix" is the perfect GM's toolbox—from the Crushing Room to the Haunting Organ, each scalable trap comes with encounter suggestions and recommended stat blocks to combine for an additional challenge!

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Art by @eldritchblep.bsky.social.
A woman in armor lifts a thick pillar, attempting to wedge it between two walls moving inward to crush her.
February 6, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Darrington Press interviewed designer @carloscisco.bsky.social and editor-in-chief @wildrosemage.bsky.social about our new #CandelaObscura specialties in Horizons 2! Read about the design, art, and playtest process, advice for aspiring designers, and more:

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Three art nouveau style portraits. A lavishly clothed black woman stands smiling, one hand on hip, leaning slightly on a parasol. A street-clothed non-binary person who could blend into a crowd coolly leans against a wall. A serious and gaunt older woman holds and inspects a glowing chemical flask—from it, smoke rises, forming a shadowy figure in the background.
February 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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With Isolde's Tome of Esoteric Spells, steal magic from the gods to cast Divine Eyes and scry on as many locations or creatures as you like at once ... if you dare risk the wrath of the heavens.

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Art by @ninovecia.bsky.social.
A sky-blue tiefling with eyes of two distinct colors sits cross-legged, floating. Fractured images around them from across time and space occur in the background, all within the tiefling's vision.
January 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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The Tycoon ability Idle Rich is *extremely* beloved by our testers!
Idle Rich: You’ve had a lot of free time to pursue whatever your whimsy directs you to that day. Once per investigation when rolling with no action points, you may instead make the roll with 1d, and tell the group about the time you dabbled in that pursuit, and why you ultimately dropped it. You may roll with 1d on that skill for the rest of the investigation.
January 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Last but not least, we have "Adversarial Archetypes" by Carlos Cisco @carloscisco.bsky.social, illustrated by Brandi York @brandiyorkart.bsky.social! The Tycoon, Street Tough, & Unfettered specialties reimagine oft-villaneous archetypes for new heroic—or antiheroic—investigators of Candela Obscura.
Three art nouveau style portraits. A lavishly clothed black woman stands smiling, one hand on hip, leaning slightly on a parasol. A street-clothed non-binary person who could blend into a crowd coolly leans against a wall. A serious and gaunt older woman holds and inspects a glowing chemical flask—from it, smoke rises, forming a shadowy figure in the background.
January 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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"Terrific Trappendix" contains five tremendous and potentially terrifying new traps by James Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social, illustrated by Clara Daly @eldritchblep.bsky.social. Perfect to challenge your players, add excitement to your dungeons, and build unique encounters!
An elven woman with dark skin and braids drops a book in a library, shocked by two small imps summoned by a trap in the book. One imp is trying to yank a necklace off the elf's neck.
January 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Next up is "Crimson Strings and Stolen Prayers" by Sadie Lowry @incandescaent.bsky.social, illustrated by Veronica O'Neill @zookie.bsky.social.

Emrys and Irene Hawthorne are a powerful, ambitious couple who can be your party’s next epic villains … or especially attractive benefactors.
Left: A portrait of Irene, a pale elf with long waves of black hair, looking down on the viewer. She's wearing a crisp white blouse, a gilded corset, and luxurious purple pants with a red sheer cape. Blood-like drops of magic emanate from both of her hands. Right: A portrait of Emrys, a dark-haired human man with bronze skin, who gazes out with a seductive half smile. He's dressed in sinister nobleman's finery including an embroidered coat with ruffled sleeves and a bejeweled necktie, and casts a glowing swirl of golden magic with his right hand. Magical golden chains break behind him.
January 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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The first article in Horizons 2 is "Isolde's Tome of Esoteric Spells" by Amber Litke, illustrated by Nino Vecia
@ninovecia.bsky.social. Empower hemomantic spells with your own blood, steal magic from the heavens with latrotheurgy, and study nethermancy to wield knowledge beyond mortal comprehension!
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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More about what's inside Horizons 2!



First up, the Desk of Many Thoughts presents a nerdy op-ed by Quintin Smith @itsquinns.bsky.social. Quinns dives into how earthy details and practical considerations are surprisingly effective ways to immerse players in the *fantasy* of adventuring.
Screenshot of the first portion of the op-ed by Quintin Smith. The title of the column is The Desk of Many Thoughts, and the title of the article is "Embolden your fantasy by drawing on reality." In the middle of the page there's a pull quote that says "Never mind magic spells—suddenly everything feels magic."
January 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"Adversarial Archetypes" by Carlos Cisco (‪@carloscisco.bsky.social‬), illustrated by Brandi York (@brandiyorkart.bsky.social): These character specialties—the Tycoon, Street Tough, and Unfettered—reimagine oft-villaneous archetypes for new heroic (or antiheroic) investigators of Candela Obscura.
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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"Terrific Trappendix" by James Introcaso (@jamesintrocaso.bsky.social), illustrated by Clara Daly (@eldritchblep.bsky.social): These five tremendous and potentially terrifying new traps will challenge your players, add excitement to your dungeons, and inspire unique encounters.
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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"Crimson Strings and Stolen Prayers" by Sadie Lowry (@incandescaent.bsky.social), illustrated by Veronica O'Neill (@zookie.bsky.social): Emrys and Irene Hawthorne are a powerful, ambitious couple who can be your party’s next epic villains … or especially attractive benefactors.
Left: A portrait of Irene, a pale elf with long waves of black hair, looking down on the viewer. She's wearing a crisp white blouse, a gilded corset, and luxurious purple pants with a red sheer cape. Blood-like drops of magic emanate from both of her hands. Right: A portrait of Emrys, a dark-haired human man with bronze skin, who gazes out with a seductive half smile. He's dressed in sinister nobleman's finery including an embroidered coat with ruffled sleeves and a bejeweled necktie, and casts a glowing swirl of golden magic with his right hand. Magical golden chains break behind him.
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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"Isolde's Tome of Esoteric Spells" by Amber Litke, illustrated by Nino Vecia (@ninovecia.bsky.social): Empower hemomantic spells with your own blood, steal magic from the heavens with latrotheurgy, and study nethermancy to wield knowledge beyond mortal comprehension.
An elven woman with pale skin, white hair, and extra long ears spreads her arms wide, hovering in midair as shadowy, insubstantial tentacles curl lovingly around her limbs.
January 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM