iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by directsun

This adventure I wrote is live now on Kickstarter! It's got 88 pages, 2.5 dungeons, a big point crawl, and a town with some problemsssssss, baby. Look at that art! Look at those maps! Stay frosty!!!

48720

Reposted by directsun

Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is a HUGE contribution to tooling for running games at the table. DirectSun is burying the lede a little. He has made a web template that lets you have clickable maps, preview hyperlinks, and have multiple views of an adventure open at once. This is an incredible resource for GMs!

15712

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've written a couple of guides on how to get started creating your own sites the same way and hosting them for free. There is a bit of a learning curve if you don't have a technical background, but hopefully these eases the path a bit. Let me know what you think and if you need help. 🍻

games.puzzledungeon.com

🔨 Make Your Own

Guides for formatting adventure and rules markdown and making your own Just the Games site.

061

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Using these features is my preferred way to run games when I'm running on the internet. I'm not trying to replace PDFs, just offering a digital-focused alternative for when you're already staring at a computer screen.

110

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This compatibility also means that the first three Cairn adventures CAS-1, CAS-2, and CAS-3 by @yochaigal.bsky.social are playable with these enhancements right out of the box. Go run them! cairn.puzzledungeon.com/adventures/f...

cairn.puzzledungeon.com

First Party

120

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Here's what the plug-ins look like when running on the Cairn SRD cairn.puzzledungeon.com

cairn.puzzledungeon.com

Home

110

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sites like the Cairn SRD and the Designing Dungeons Course are written in a simple styling format called Markdown and then converted to web pages using an automated process. The extra gaming plugins work with the same tools and can be dropped in to existing or new sites just as easily as any others.

120

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What I'm most excited about are the extra features to make running the game easier. Hovering over links will preview them, clicking on dice notation will roll dice, maps have click-able regions that take you to their keys. Just a few features from a suite of plug-ins called Just The Games.

120

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'll also mention that @maximlowe.com has not only graciously made Cairn conversion notes for A Familiar Tower, but also created an alternate Markdown version of A Familiar Tower specifically for Cairn. So you can run as-is, no context switching necessary!

150

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There you'll also find a copy of the original OGL version of the Old School Essentials SRD available for quick reference at the same place where you run your games.

120

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

First, A Familiar Tower and Puzzle Dungeon: The Seers Sanctum are now available in Markdown and are playable in browser, complete with image support! The Markdown versions are free and licensed under CC BY NC 4.0. The artwork presented is property of the original artist and is used with permission.

1100

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've been working on this for some time and with the release of the first three Cairn CAS adventures in Markdown, I thought this was as good a time as any to make a few announcements.

games.puzzledungeon.com

Just The Games

Reference at the speed of play.

36328

Reposted by directsun

Bruno Prosaiko | COMMISSIONS OPEN @prosaiko.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm surprised this paper‑clip method for tracking things isn't more widely known. It's not my invention (I don't even know who to credit), but I've always liked it and used it in a few projects. Here's a generic counter I made almost a decade ago. ^^

Um mockup de um contador genérico. De um lado, um clipe de papel marca as dezenas, do outro as unidades. Há a ilustração de uma criatura estilo lovecraftiana ao centro e o exemplo de preenchimento mostra os pontos de vida de um personagem chamado Muad'Dib.

4333

Reposted by directsun

Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I wrote a post about keying, and how it's weird that we don't have a name for all the various styles! Note: this post is not about the best kind of keying (though my preference does exist). It's more about naming the thing so we can discuss the thing. newschoolrevolution.com/the-keys-to-...

newschoolrevolution.com

The Keys to My Heart

My day job consists largely of reading adventures and providing feedback. And while I've read hundreds of OSR modules by now, I still don't have a good way...

18923

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This looks stunning. Excited for a transformative experience at the table ;)

020

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Glad you had a good time with it! The zeitgeist is strong and it's always best to be leery of cats. They are pretty much how I imagine dragons would act.

010

Reposted by directsun

Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hand-drawn decorative border. 2021 Available only for purchase here as stock art: www.patreon.com/tomeofsalvat... #ttrpg

a decorative border in a4 aspect ratio, comprised of many abstract ribbons. a cupe sits at the middle of a page divider in the center of the border.

1269

Reposted by directsun

Skullboy @betterlegends.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

You gotta be more careful.

010019

Reposted by directsun

Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

60 pages of full-color goodness!

2607

Reposted by directsun

Joseph R. Lewis @josephrlewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Behold my audacity! Or better yet, go behold Tania Herrero's amazing art and books!

1303

Reposted by directsun

Lazy_Litch @lazylitch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I'm building a boxed set It will integrate all my previous works into a single sandbox world Sign up here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/laz... #TTRPG #RPG #TabletopRPG

kickstarter.com

Coming soon: Demidirge: Frontiers of Fear

A Corrosive Campaign Setting

1204

Reposted by directsun

Simon Taylor @spellboundinc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

More commission art from this year - all for 3rd party Mothership RPG books. I really like the sci-fi horror tone of this game. Need art for your sci-fi/rpg project? Commissions are open for September. 2 slots remaining! DM for rates. #mothershiprpg #digitalart #scifihorror #commissions

0111

Reposted by directsun

Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Do you like it gridless? 💀 www.patreon.com/posts/bw-bat... #battlemap #dnd #ttrpg #bwart #fantasyart #ttrpgmaps

black and white battlemap depicting an excavation site in the desert, basically a big pit crossed by scaffolding and rope bridges around the skeleton of a deity, very old and damaged, we can see only its skull and torax.

811615

Reposted by directsun

Zenopus Archives 🧙‍♂️ @zenopus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🔥 Watch this discussion with Shannon Appelcline to learn about TSR's unpublished ED (educational) series of D&D modules. I've known of these for a few years but this is a great overview of a lost piece of TSR history. The part on the ED modules starts at about 32:30 ⤵️

1134

Reposted by directsun

Yochai Gal @yochaigal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Coming soon, from @karlyanddd.bsky.social and Cairn Press!

714323

Reposted by directsun

Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I issue you a challenge: Write your dungeons in 4-5 room elemental building blocks. Try writing a dungeon patch every week for a month. Post your dungeon patches on your blog so your friends can use them. Take dungeon patches from your friend's blogs. Make your megadungeons like a quilt.

riseupcomus.blogspot.com

The Elemental Level of Megadungeon Construction

There was a post on Facebook (cess pit that it is) that I found really inspirational. Here's a screenshot so you don't ritually defile yours...

312535

Reposted by directsun

Skullboy @betterlegends.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Infernus looking fly as hell

1545

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Love that swagger. Great color choice 💯

010

Reposted by directsun

Longbox of Darkness @darklongbox.com · 24/08/2026

Tales from the Tomb cover art by Johnny Bruck #horrorart

0359

Reposted by directsun

Jacob Marks @jacobmarks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Made this graveyard sheet so players can write in their dead characters to memorialize. Just started a DCC campaign so this is very necessary 😂 #rpg #dcc #osr

092

Reposted by directsun

Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

don't make questions, only run. vampire floating thing and its sect of zombie heads, it's coming for your head too. #monstrosilist #ttrpg #b&wart #darkart

black and white illustration of a flying vampire octopus squid thing with a large mouth full of teeth, four pairs of eyes, accompanied by three zombie flying heads, its former victims ghouls.

2368

directsun @directsun.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Haven't seen anything like this before. Cool stuff! I'd be able to say "you've activated my map card!"

110

Reposted by directsun

Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

🗺️ Final and complete tarot card map. 2/2 of the maps I did for @unwrittenearths.bsky.social's Swords Without master with art direction by @portablecity.bsky.social 🧭 #cartography #ttrpg #art #tarot

map in a tarot card proportion depicting the bottom of a ravine with a big set of stone stairs ending on an islet on a lake, fed by a stream that comes from the waterfall at the top of the map. the islet has a standing stone circle around a well. there are stone pillars, a forest of regular trees, and forests of giant mushrooms. there are caves at the cliffs at the top of the map and an inn inside one of the shroom forests.

38229

Reposted by directsun

Amanda/iamatrex @iamatrex.com · 14/08/2026

I combined the One Page Jam and the Canadian Jam into a very silly little game. I'm immensely proud of my layout, which will be recognizable to Canadians. iamatrex.itch.io/sorry

iamatrex.itch.io

Sorry by Amanda/iamatrex

A game about Canadians resolving a minor social conflict without ever directly acknowledging it.

35222

Reposted by directsun

Fernando Salvaterra @salvaterra.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Just got my collaborator's copy of The Game Master's Book of Legendary Locations. Thank you so much Phil Sexton on Media Lab for sending it over. I did 8 black and white hand-drawn battlemaps for it. Tiny, tiny squares of a large legendary places in the book. #ttrpg #dnd #battlemap

photo of a book resting on a rocky terrain map cloth. the book as a white cover with the drawing of a ravine under a black moon. it is titled "the game master's book of legendary locations".

photo of a page of the same book with a black and white battlemap depicting an ice cave.

photo of a page of the same book with a black and white battlemap depicting an atol

photo of a page of the same book with a black and white battlemap depicting a digging site around a giant skeleton in the desert

77615

Reposted by directsun

Lola Jovan @lolajovan.com · 08/08/2026

I Grew Stronger pen and ink on Yupo 8 x 11 inches A piece of original art from the book MONSTROUS, by Lola Jovan. Get the art: www.lolajovan.com/store/p902/f... Get the book: waywordbooks.com/product/mons... #fantasyart #penandink #art #fairytales #monstrous #blackandwhite #illustrationart

An illustration from the new book release, MonstroUS. In this pen and ink drawing, a woman escapes her tormentor.

146218

Reposted by directsun

jay Dragon 🔜 Metatopia @jdragsky.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

"...this game is just too big. It's impractical. It's silly." — Quinns "I have no idea what people will make of this." — Kieron Gillen "Completely unpublishable." — [publisher name redacted] SEVEN PART PACT HAS 24 HOURS REMAINING www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjg...

kickstarter.com

Seven-Part Pact

A fantastical, ornate TTRPG from Possum Creek about the might and folly of powerful wizards bound by a venerable Pact.

3339104