As I was researching creature cards for my own “Creature and Encounter Cards” Kickstarter, I remembered a long time ago I picked up a boxed set of then-TSR’s “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition Trading Cards.”  To be blunt, they …

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I saw this on Google Plus and had to share: Use baseball card pages in a 3 ring binder to store your paper/cardstock minis!  Put similar creatures (or multiple copies of a creature) in each pocket.  If you’ve got some …

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In case you missed the announcement elsewhere, the Creature and Encounter Card Decks project has expanded to 4 creature card decks (from 3 decks) and 2 encounter card decks (from 1 deck). Each deck has 54 cards plus a cover …

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It seems that doing a “State of the Company” address is getting popular.  Mongoose Publishing has done it for a while, Evil Hat has also (along with quarterly updates), and I saw Adamant Entertainment and Rite Publishing did one within …

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At the moment I’m involved in a few Kickstarters: First is my own Creature and Encounter Cards Project.  It is several decks of cards: 4 creature decks (each deck has a different theme) and 2 encounter generation decks.  Each of …

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As part of our Creature and Encounter Card Kickstarter project I’ve posted a sample goblin using stats for Dungeon World; Adventurer Conqueror King System; and a System Neutral version version (with facts and legends which is useful for knowledge checks.) …

Dungeon World; Labyrinth Lord; Adv Conq King System & System Neutral Monster Cards Read more »

Inkwell Ideas has just launched its latest Kickstarter project: Creature & Encounter Cards! There are monster cards, encounter cards (Mad Libs meets the Book of Lairs), maps, a Paper Minis PDF & stock art. The creature cards are: Great stat …

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This Kickstarter project ends Monday evening! We are only a little over half way to our goal, but hopefully we can get there especially if we make an addition. I’ve added some rewards for more art: Some folks have asked …

Monster Stock Art & Minis II Ends Monday Night! Extra Stock Art Added Read more »

A recent message board thread reminded me of a project I started a while back… (but I then shelved it for other things like the DungeonMorph Dice.) The core concept is to break down each Pathfinder class’s abilities and assign …

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I’ve posted a free version of the “Overview of Tabletop RPGs” Poster, suitable for printing at 8.5″x11″.  (Scroll down the linked page and click on the zoomed out view for the larger version.) The text may be small at that …

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