Zak Barouh | ANIMON STORY 🔜 Dragonmeet!
@zakbfree.bsky.social
Award-winning TTRPG Creator & Writer (he/they) 🏳️🌈
animonstory.com | http://ko-fi.com/zakbfree | http://zak-barouh.itch.io | https://twitch.tv/zakbfree |
animonstory.com | http://ko-fi.com/zakbfree | http://zak-barouh.itch.io | https://twitch.tv/zakbfree |
Illustrated map for our Dragonmeet location courtesy of @jogbrogzin.bsky.social!
Stand G27 this Saturday at the London Excel 💚
Stand G27 this Saturday at the London Excel 💚
November 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Illustrated map for our Dragonmeet location courtesy of @jogbrogzin.bsky.social!
Stand G27 this Saturday at the London Excel 💚
Stand G27 this Saturday at the London Excel 💚
Animon Story is coming to Dragonmeet this year! It's our first time running our own convention stall, and we're super excited!
We'll have rulebooks, slipcases, card decks, as well as stickers and pins - we'd love to see you there!
Stand G27, right next to our good friends @caesar-ink.bsky.social
We'll have rulebooks, slipcases, card decks, as well as stickers and pins - we'd love to see you there!
Stand G27, right next to our good friends @caesar-ink.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Animon Story is coming to Dragonmeet this year! It's our first time running our own convention stall, and we're super excited!
We'll have rulebooks, slipcases, card decks, as well as stickers and pins - we'd love to see you there!
Stand G27, right next to our good friends @caesar-ink.bsky.social
We'll have rulebooks, slipcases, card decks, as well as stickers and pins - we'd love to see you there!
Stand G27, right next to our good friends @caesar-ink.bsky.social
A new animon companion has joined our party!
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A new animon companion has joined our party!
💀🐉Dragonbone Tower is now available to all Ko-fi Members!
There is a haunted hill into which few animon will step. Once a home to dragons, it's now a desolate place worn down by constant biting winds. Dark powers dwell within, and perhaps still the smallest glimmer of hope...
Check out my Ko-fi! ⬇️
There is a haunted hill into which few animon will step. Once a home to dragons, it's now a desolate place worn down by constant biting winds. Dark powers dwell within, and perhaps still the smallest glimmer of hope...
Check out my Ko-fi! ⬇️
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
💀🐉Dragonbone Tower is now available to all Ko-fi Members!
There is a haunted hill into which few animon will step. Once a home to dragons, it's now a desolate place worn down by constant biting winds. Dark powers dwell within, and perhaps still the smallest glimmer of hope...
Check out my Ko-fi! ⬇️
There is a haunted hill into which few animon will step. Once a home to dragons, it's now a desolate place worn down by constant biting winds. Dark powers dwell within, and perhaps still the smallest glimmer of hope...
Check out my Ko-fi! ⬇️
💚Hogs of the Hedge is now available to all Ko-fi Members!
This supplement focuses on the adorable mascot of Animon Story, Leafpig, and its Evolved forms. That includes a brand new GIGA Stage: Enterradon! You'll find variant forms, adventure hooks, statblocks, and more inside!
Check out my Ko-fi ⬇️
This supplement focuses on the adorable mascot of Animon Story, Leafpig, and its Evolved forms. That includes a brand new GIGA Stage: Enterradon! You'll find variant forms, adventure hooks, statblocks, and more inside!
Check out my Ko-fi ⬇️
October 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
💚Hogs of the Hedge is now available to all Ko-fi Members!
This supplement focuses on the adorable mascot of Animon Story, Leafpig, and its Evolved forms. That includes a brand new GIGA Stage: Enterradon! You'll find variant forms, adventure hooks, statblocks, and more inside!
Check out my Ko-fi ⬇️
This supplement focuses on the adorable mascot of Animon Story, Leafpig, and its Evolved forms. That includes a brand new GIGA Stage: Enterradon! You'll find variant forms, adventure hooks, statblocks, and more inside!
Check out my Ko-fi ⬇️
The Outer Bounds Vol. 1 is now available to all Members!
Explore a new setting for Animon Story inspired by Digimon World and Nintendo DS era games. Kids lost in the animon world must work to overcome a sinister force called the Turmoil, and rebuild an abandoned animon village!
shorturl.at/zajjy
Explore a new setting for Animon Story inspired by Digimon World and Nintendo DS era games. Kids lost in the animon world must work to overcome a sinister force called the Turmoil, and rebuild an abandoned animon village!
shorturl.at/zajjy
July 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Outer Bounds Vol. 1 is now available to all Members!
Explore a new setting for Animon Story inspired by Digimon World and Nintendo DS era games. Kids lost in the animon world must work to overcome a sinister force called the Turmoil, and rebuild an abandoned animon village!
shorturl.at/zajjy
Explore a new setting for Animon Story inspired by Digimon World and Nintendo DS era games. Kids lost in the animon world must work to overcome a sinister force called the Turmoil, and rebuild an abandoned animon village!
shorturl.at/zajjy
Animon Story's first major expansion, Legend's Wake, is now available as a digital download for Kickstarter backers! It will be coming to itch in the near future.
This is a book of legendary proportions, with a full campaign and expansive setting, alongside new player options, GM tools, and more!
This is a book of legendary proportions, with a full campaign and expansive setting, alongside new player options, GM tools, and more!
July 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Animon Story's first major expansion, Legend's Wake, is now available as a digital download for Kickstarter backers! It will be coming to itch in the near future.
This is a book of legendary proportions, with a full campaign and expansive setting, alongside new player options, GM tools, and more!
This is a book of legendary proportions, with a full campaign and expansive setting, alongside new player options, GM tools, and more!
We left UKGE with a lot of awesome stuff but this little booklet Leo got from @molomoot.bsky.social has got to be one of the coolest!
A short, satisfying setting generator using stacking dice, bursting with flavour and prompts that make you want to delve deeper. Loads of fun, and such great design.
A short, satisfying setting generator using stacking dice, bursting with flavour and prompts that make you want to delve deeper. Loads of fun, and such great design.
June 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We left UKGE with a lot of awesome stuff but this little booklet Leo got from @molomoot.bsky.social has got to be one of the coolest!
A short, satisfying setting generator using stacking dice, bursting with flavour and prompts that make you want to delve deeper. Loads of fun, and such great design.
A short, satisfying setting generator using stacking dice, bursting with flavour and prompts that make you want to delve deeper. Loads of fun, and such great design.
Here I am! At SoulMuppet in Hall 2 for the next hour or so
May 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Here I am! At SoulMuppet in Hall 2 for the next hour or so
I am in Leafpig green for UKGE day 2! I’ll be at SoulMuppet in Hall 2 between 2pm-3pm, but feel free to say hi if you spot me helplessly tumbling through the crowds
May 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I am in Leafpig green for UKGE day 2! I’ll be at SoulMuppet in Hall 2 between 2pm-3pm, but feel free to say hi if you spot me helplessly tumbling through the crowds
Rusty Ruins Vol 1. is now available for Ko-fi Members!
🤖⚙️Beneath an overgrown industrial zone lies a sprawling labyrinth of metal. Delve into this mechanical dungeon, discover the rusting affliction spreading there, and find out how deep the factory descends.
Dungeon crawling, Animon-style!
🤖⚙️Beneath an overgrown industrial zone lies a sprawling labyrinth of metal. Delve into this mechanical dungeon, discover the rusting affliction spreading there, and find out how deep the factory descends.
Dungeon crawling, Animon-style!
May 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Rusty Ruins Vol 1. is now available for Ko-fi Members!
🤖⚙️Beneath an overgrown industrial zone lies a sprawling labyrinth of metal. Delve into this mechanical dungeon, discover the rusting affliction spreading there, and find out how deep the factory descends.
Dungeon crawling, Animon-style!
🤖⚙️Beneath an overgrown industrial zone lies a sprawling labyrinth of metal. Delve into this mechanical dungeon, discover the rusting affliction spreading there, and find out how deep the factory descends.
Dungeon crawling, Animon-style!
Another crowdfunding delivery, this time Mythic Bastionland by @bastionland.bsky.social, may just be the most gorgeous rulebook in my collection now! Can’t wait to dive in.
May 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Another crowdfunding delivery, this time Mythic Bastionland by @bastionland.bsky.social, may just be the most gorgeous rulebook in my collection now! Can’t wait to dive in.
Always a good day when I get deliveries from @soulmuppet.co.uk through the door!
This book is bursting with creativity and inspiration, can’t wait to use it!
This book is bursting with creativity and inspiration, can’t wait to use it!
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Always a good day when I get deliveries from @soulmuppet.co.uk through the door!
This book is bursting with creativity and inspiration, can’t wait to use it!
This book is bursting with creativity and inspiration, can’t wait to use it!
The Tempting Freight module for Animon Story is now available as a free download. This module was previously one of the monthly exclusive releases for Ko-fi Members.
Investigate an intriguing overgrown industrial complex and crack open shipping containers like capsule toys!
ko-fi.com/s/4d410cedaa
Investigate an intriguing overgrown industrial complex and crack open shipping containers like capsule toys!
ko-fi.com/s/4d410cedaa
April 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The Tempting Freight module for Animon Story is now available as a free download. This module was previously one of the monthly exclusive releases for Ko-fi Members.
Investigate an intriguing overgrown industrial complex and crack open shipping containers like capsule toys!
ko-fi.com/s/4d410cedaa
Investigate an intriguing overgrown industrial complex and crack open shipping containers like capsule toys!
ko-fi.com/s/4d410cedaa
Oh snap! Forest-theme works so well for Fyreslayers, I've been loving putting mine together, although I haven't attempted any kitbashing like yours - it looks amazing!
April 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Oh snap! Forest-theme works so well for Fyreslayers, I've been loving putting mine together, although I haven't attempted any kitbashing like yours - it looks amazing!
🏞️Monster Frontier is now available to Ko-fi members!
From the Frontier Facility, humans take their first steps towards exploring and understanding animon and the world they live in. As ever when power and profit is on the line, the worst parts of humanity creep to the surface, threatening disaster!
From the Frontier Facility, humans take their first steps towards exploring and understanding animon and the world they live in. As ever when power and profit is on the line, the worst parts of humanity creep to the surface, threatening disaster!
March 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🏞️Monster Frontier is now available to Ko-fi members!
From the Frontier Facility, humans take their first steps towards exploring and understanding animon and the world they live in. As ever when power and profit is on the line, the worst parts of humanity creep to the surface, threatening disaster!
From the Frontier Facility, humans take their first steps towards exploring and understanding animon and the world they live in. As ever when power and profit is on the line, the worst parts of humanity creep to the surface, threatening disaster!
Two years after its original conception, I have finished writing Animon Story: Legend's Wake!
On to layout next week 🫡
On to layout next week 🫡
February 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Two years after its original conception, I have finished writing Animon Story: Legend's Wake!
On to layout next week 🫡
On to layout next week 🫡
💥Engaging Encounters is now available to all Members!
Find alternative ways to approach combat, and handle NPCs, including quick and easy behaviour and reaction (or 'morale') tables.
Plus, guidelines for building and gauging encounter difficulty, a much requested feature!
ko-fi.com/zakbfree/tiers
Find alternative ways to approach combat, and handle NPCs, including quick and easy behaviour and reaction (or 'morale') tables.
Plus, guidelines for building and gauging encounter difficulty, a much requested feature!
ko-fi.com/zakbfree/tiers
January 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
💥Engaging Encounters is now available to all Members!
Find alternative ways to approach combat, and handle NPCs, including quick and easy behaviour and reaction (or 'morale') tables.
Plus, guidelines for building and gauging encounter difficulty, a much requested feature!
ko-fi.com/zakbfree/tiers
Find alternative ways to approach combat, and handle NPCs, including quick and easy behaviour and reaction (or 'morale') tables.
Plus, guidelines for building and gauging encounter difficulty, a much requested feature!
ko-fi.com/zakbfree/tiers
Hello new followers! Did I get added to a list or something?
Stick around for Animon Story, the TTRPG about Kids & their Monster friends, and more!
#AnimonStory
Stick around for Animon Story, the TTRPG about Kids & their Monster friends, and more!
#AnimonStory
January 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Hello new followers! Did I get added to a list or something?
Stick around for Animon Story, the TTRPG about Kids & their Monster friends, and more!
#AnimonStory
Stick around for Animon Story, the TTRPG about Kids & their Monster friends, and more!
#AnimonStory
⛈️Bonds Unbroken is now available for all Members!
Find new guidance for planning and playing Bond Break Episodes, finding key components of these dramatic story beats and offering new ways to track and handle them - plus new advice for creating and using Dark Evolutions!
ko-fi.com/post/Bonds-U...
Find new guidance for planning and playing Bond Break Episodes, finding key components of these dramatic story beats and offering new ways to track and handle them - plus new advice for creating and using Dark Evolutions!
ko-fi.com/post/Bonds-U...
December 17, 2024 at 8:06 PM
⛈️Bonds Unbroken is now available for all Members!
Find new guidance for planning and playing Bond Break Episodes, finding key components of these dramatic story beats and offering new ways to track and handle them - plus new advice for creating and using Dark Evolutions!
ko-fi.com/post/Bonds-U...
Find new guidance for planning and playing Bond Break Episodes, finding key components of these dramatic story beats and offering new ways to track and handle them - plus new advice for creating and using Dark Evolutions!
ko-fi.com/post/Bonds-U...
Having a rough day, so my partner set up the emotional support patamon squad to help me write 💚
December 9, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Having a rough day, so my partner set up the emotional support patamon squad to help me write 💚
🔩 With bribery, coercion, and collusion, Richard Steele has made himself powerful in the Dunia Region
Tampering with primordial forces beyond their understanding, Team Steele has unleashed ancient unknown dangers. They also privatised public transport.
Can anyone stop these monsters?
#AnimonStory
Tampering with primordial forces beyond their understanding, Team Steele has unleashed ancient unknown dangers. They also privatised public transport.
Can anyone stop these monsters?
#AnimonStory
December 2, 2024 at 6:08 PM
🔩 With bribery, coercion, and collusion, Richard Steele has made himself powerful in the Dunia Region
Tampering with primordial forces beyond their understanding, Team Steele has unleashed ancient unknown dangers. They also privatised public transport.
Can anyone stop these monsters?
#AnimonStory
Tampering with primordial forces beyond their understanding, Team Steele has unleashed ancient unknown dangers. They also privatised public transport.
Can anyone stop these monsters?
#AnimonStory
Iscalon City is the largest urban centre in the Dunia Region, bringing people from far and wide. Sitting right on the coast, and with canals criss-crossing the city streets, Iscalon is no stranger to Aquatic and Avian animon, living alongside humans in this evolving modern environment.
November 29, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Iscalon City is the largest urban centre in the Dunia Region, bringing people from far and wide. Sitting right on the coast, and with canals criss-crossing the city streets, Iscalon is no stranger to Aquatic and Avian animon, living alongside humans in this evolving modern environment.
The special thank-you stickers for Giga Members in November and December feature these adorable forms of Terramu and Empyros, the legendary animon from the upcoming Legend's Wake expansion!
November 25, 2024 at 10:33 AM
The special thank-you stickers for Giga Members in November and December feature these adorable forms of Terramu and Empyros, the legendary animon from the upcoming Legend's Wake expansion!
One of the things about Animon Story's system that I'm most fond of is the 'Critical Gauge' and Critical Moves.
Instead of crits being random bonus damage, the Critical Gauge builds up throughout the fight, then Players activate it to do an awesome team action!
It often ends fights with a bang. 💥
Instead of crits being random bonus damage, the Critical Gauge builds up throughout the fight, then Players activate it to do an awesome team action!
It often ends fights with a bang. 💥
November 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
One of the things about Animon Story's system that I'm most fond of is the 'Critical Gauge' and Critical Moves.
Instead of crits being random bonus damage, the Critical Gauge builds up throughout the fight, then Players activate it to do an awesome team action!
It often ends fights with a bang. 💥
Instead of crits being random bonus damage, the Critical Gauge builds up throughout the fight, then Players activate it to do an awesome team action!
It often ends fights with a bang. 💥