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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 10/10/2026

This is really important, so I shared it with alt-text.

A four cell-cartoon created by Sophie Labelle titled "What is Democratic Backsliding?" The first cell depicts a giant banner of Trump hanging from a government building and reads "Authoritarianism in the twenty-first century tends to appear through what is called a process of 'democratic backsliding' (also called 'autocratiziation') rather than through a traditional coup. This allows the new regime to claim some kind of legitimacy. The second cell is black with a white silouette of Trump and reads "Democratic backsliding is when an elected executive uses power to subvert democratic institutions by attacking fair and free elections, suppressing freedom of speech, press, and association, or weakening the rule of law." The third cell depicts several Nazi SA stormtroopers and reads "According to political scientists Mettler and Liberman, there are four key characteristics that provide the conditions for democratic backsliding: political polarization, racism and nativism, economic inequality, and excessive executive power." The last cell depicts the White House and reads "In a report published in September 2025, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance found that 54% of the world's countries experienced economic backsliding in the past year. That includes the United States."

Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 09/08/2026

In my perpetual search for quality and accurate games set in Korea or Japan, I got a hold of Thousands Arrows published by @evilhat.bsky.social. We’ll see if I bounce off the PbtA elements, but at first glance it looks interesting! And you gotta love that cover by @yoshiyoshitani.bsky.social .

The cover for the game Thousand Arrows, a Roleplaying game of samurai drama by James Mendez Hodes. The illustration shows a young woman dressed in Sengoku period black and red armor. She holds a matchlock musket with plum blossom details. She also wears a wide-brimmed back hat with a veil that hides part of her face so only a single eye stares out menacingly. Behind her, the title of the game appears in stylized font over a tenshu, or the keep of a Japanese castle, silhouetted by red flames

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 11/04/2026

My copy of @annablackwell.bsky.social ‘s #ttrpg For Small Creatures Such As We and the three supplements arrived today! One or two dinged corners, but considering the horrific state of the box, that is a blessing that they arrived in the state they did!

The four books, the main manual, the A guide to Fauna expansion, the Love and Lust expansion and the War expansion.

The box that the USPS and Royal mail used to be the books to me. As you can see, it is in very rough shape and someone had to actually tape it back together in transit

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 05/04/2026

“Monster Care Squad” is pretty much what it says in the tin. Your characters play specialist veterinarians who help monsters that have been infected by a strange plague that causes them to lash out at the people they previously lived in harmony with. sandypuggames.itch.io/monster-care...

The cover of monster care squad. It features a white feathery dragon creature with red crystals growing on it flying in a red stone canyon. Below is the title Monster Care Squad: Legends of Ald-Amura.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 05/04/2026

For the next game, let’s go to the physical realm and look Warrenguard from @luckoftheharbor.com. As a fan of Pern, a game with dragonriders, dragon characters and found family definitely had me in mind as the target audience! luckoftheharbor.itch.io/warrenguard

The cover of Warrenguard: A game of Dragonriders and found family by Natalie Pudim. The cover art shows a red dragon in flight with a rider on his shoulders. In the distance, a small island with a castle on it floats in the air and a pair of purple and green dragons fly above the clouds.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 08/03/2026

Today’s #bookbinding project was not a TTRPG for once. This time I was binding a personal copy of an ebook I recently got about the philosophy of Mòzǐ. For context, Mòzǐ was a philosopher from the Spring and Autumn period who developed a rival movement (Mohism) to what we today call Confucianism.

Showing the exposed spine with twin tapes and blue-grey thread

For endpapers, I used two sheets of 22lb cream-colored 25% cotton paper.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 25/02/2026

Decided to try a new #bookbinding experiment this week based on something I saw in a 2009 presentation by Betsy Palmer Eldridge. It seems to have come out well!

The view of a freshly stitched book’s spine. The main feature is the center, where a double width bias tape has been flattened and a slit cut in the middle of it. This allows the binder to stitch through the middle of the tape while still giving the book the flexibility to shift.

Note that, while the threads look like they jump up to the next signature in the book, they actually do not. It is an illusion of the link or lap stitch made on the next pass pulling it up just like a French link stitch seen in the two tapes to either side of the center tape.

A view of the spine from above to clearly show where the tape was cut to facilitate the stitching.

An illustration showing the original stitch I was doing a variation of from the presentation, Stitches and Sewing’s for Bookbinding Structures. Unlike in my example, this version has the thread span over both sides of the support tape on each signature.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 15/02/2026

I also bound a copy of Land of Eem, but it unfortunately didn’t work quite as well. Cover is oversized because I had to trim again after covering them. The front cover’s print is crooked. That said, the game is cute as hell! @landofeem.bsky.social

The cover used for a copy of the TTRPG The Land of Eem., showing stylized mountains and log cabins printed in dark blue on a light blue background.

The spine with twin tapes stitched overtop with stylized threads wrapped in sets of three, a pair of Coptic links and the showing the connection of the cover threads.

The interior of the Land of Eem with its fanciful title in gold and grass green endpapers.

An interior shot, showing two folk options for character creation, the Shryms and Skeletons.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 15/02/2026

The kids fell in love with the shipbuilding system from Traveller so I decided to bind them a copy of the 2022 version of High Guard. I think it’s my best #TTRPG #bookbinding to date. Decided to sew the cover to reduce strain on the end papers a bit and make it easier to glue them on straight.

The cover, showing the black star-spangled bookcloth used for the cover.

The spine, showing the twin tapes with French links overtop them, a pair of Coptic link stitching in the middle, and how the sewing on the cover links to the spine stitching.

An interior shot, showing the blue endpapers and the title sheet. It is the 2022 edition of the Traveler High Guard manual released by Mongoose.

An interior shot, showing ship stat blocks two of the spacecraft that come with the book, a military gig and a ship’s launch.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 18/01/2026

My partner made a cake! 🍋🍰

A lemon layer cake viewed from the top. The cake is covered in a white icing small dark spots from the vanilla bean. The top of the cake also has many small round lemons or citrus fruits with small leaves on top made from yellow and green piped icing.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 11/01/2026

Why did it take me this long to think about doing this to reinforce my endpapers so the stitches won’t risk ripping through? 🤦

a small strip of bias tape sits in the crease of a folded endpaper for a stitched book. It has several stitches of thread running through it to prevent the thread from ripping the paper.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 04/01/2026

With the holiday break almost over, I finally kicked into gear and got a cover onto this copy of Sword Opera! #TTRPG #Bookbinding

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 23/12/2025

Not sure if this fact is true, but you could have easily just used a picture of the original cover. The image could have also been chosen because it seems to depict the playing of a ball game in a stylized manner.

The original cover of J. Huizinga’s “Homo Ludens: Proeve Eener Bepaling van het Spel-element der Cultuur” depicting a white triskelion (three-legged shape around a central hub) interspersed between three white circles within a larger red circle.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 23/12/2025

Between stitching Land of Eem last night, I finally put a cover on @rolistespod.itch.io’s #TTRPG Rosewood Abby. The cover is a nice velvety material that looks like leather in person. Turns out is a *pain* to work. 😮‍💨 Your can get a physical from Kalum here: therolistes.bigcartel.com/product/rose...

The cover of the new book, showing its dark brown leather-looking velvety cover.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 23/12/2025

Working through a stitching backlog, so tonight we are sewing together the core book for the #TTRPG, Land of Eem (@landofeem.bsky.social) with some more homespun thread, this one using grass green, tan, cream, and grey. Looking forward to seeing if my kids like this as much as they liked BREAK!!

The spine stitching with standard kettle stitches on the ends, two tapes stitched across for reinforcement, and two close chains of Coptic stitch in the middle of the two tapes. There is also a slight miscount because the stitching along the tapes is twisted together in sections of three, but there are 10 signatures when including the sewn-in endpages, so one set of endpages stands free.

The title page for the Land of Eem core rule book , showing the gold and intricately stylized title.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 19/12/2025

Decided to experiment since I had a small book to stitch. Seen this stitch in illustrations and really life, but I don’t know what the official name is, though my kid calls it an ant link because it has six legs. 🤣 Also, book is Nefertiti Overdrive 2.0. Think martial arts flick in 700 BCE Egypt.

A photo of the spine of a book, showing the “ant stitch” mentioned in the post.

The cover for Nefertiti Overdrive, showing a low-detail black and white illustration of the famous bust of Nefertiti on one side and text on the other showing the title next to an Ankh and the credits for the book.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 08/12/2025

This page isn't super-critical as it is a quick-reference summary and I understand the handwritten text based on the setting, but the first three pages of this #TTRPG book could have used an accessibility pass because of colors. Going to remove the background and share if there is an improvement.

A small portion of a page from the Salvage Union TTRPG that shows black, blue, and red handwritten-appearing text on a pumpkin orange background. Underneath the text is a blue black and red illustration to show the relative scale differences of Campaigns, Region maps, and Area Maps.

The text reads:
Map Movement
Campaign Map:
Crawler or Pilot = 1 point in a week
Mech = 1 point in a day
Region Map:
Crawler or Pilot = 1 point in a day
Mech = 1 point in an hour
Area Map:
Crawler or Pilot = 1 point in an hour
Mech = One point in 10 minutes

The section of text described on the previous page shown in context. This is the third page of the Salvage Union PDF. The page is organized into a wide column on the left side of the page taking up about 2/3 of the page and a more narrow column on the right. The section described previously takes up about half of the right column. This page is actually better organized than the second page, which makes this page a little easier to read.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 08/12/2025

In the middle of binding a personal copy of the #TTRPG Sword Opera by @ericfarmer.bsky.social et al. Spun some of my own thread from existing strands of burgundy, blue, and grey. It felt like it fit the San Mercurio setting without being stereotypically associated with any Italian city.

The spine of the book in question, showing the thread in a French stitch pattern across some stained fabric tapes.

Several strands of the thread laid across some white paper to try and show the details of the thread’s makeup

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 06/12/2025

I will soon diving deeper into the playtest version of Arcana (@arcana-ttrpg.bsky.social) by fellow DMV creator Level Zero Gaming! It is a #TTRPG that focuses on magical ingenuity, having players build their own spells from components to solve the problems they face. (🧵) arcana-rpg.framer.website

The cover I made for my paperback test copy of Arcana

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 27/11/2025

Quote your art with glasses on. One of the sample characters made for my TTRPG, Sageuk! 이지은 (Yi Ji-eun) is a noblewoman with an academic mind and a spirit from her family’s past demanding the visit a little-known royal burial site in Paju County.

A Joseon era Korean woman in light green and orange hanbok and 18th century Korean reading glasses sits while reading a book on a lectern.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 13/11/2025

Well, it’s janky, but I think it will work for now. It also allows me to put the camera in the middle of my monitor (albeit with the camera upside down) or more easily angle to show the contents of my desk.

A new rig set up to hang a webcam in front of a monitor. It starts with a c-clamp with multiple 1/4 inch posts on it. A pair of ball joint mounts in sequence come off of the bottom of the c-clamp post to rotate the camera around 180 degrees.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 07/11/2025

Been so busy, I forgot to share that I figured out a good way to make a stitched book with board covers that looks stab-bound, but isn’t. 🥹

Two copies of my Roleplaying game Sageuk Roleplay in Joseon. One is open to show the title page while the second is showing off the cover, which is covered with light brown fabric with red stitching on the cover book board resembling stab-binding.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 26/10/2025

Haha, I wish I could share my TTRPG library more widely, but you might be a bit too far for that to be easy. 😢 I read through most of the books I am taking once or twice for review and test plays and they are too mature for my kids still. Also, I need to make space for my hand-bound books.

A selection of TTRPG books going to the November 2nd Goblin Market, including Cartel, Mythic Space, Mythcraft, Goblonia, Brinkwood, and so on.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 26/10/2025

If you are in the DMV on November 2nd, a couple of folks from the Designed in the DMV group and I will be at the Goblin Market hosted by @gamekastlecp.bsky.social I'm bringing a bunch of near-mint #TTRPGs that I got for reviews, in addition to physical copies of my games not carried in stores.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 28/09/2025

Okay, think I have finally gotten a handle on the massive endeavor we are attempting to do at my IRL work. (More news on that later maybe) Now it is time to get back to #TTRPG stuff for the channel, but we restart the classic struggle of what to do first. Ah, to be spoiled with choice.

A picture showing 5 printouts: What Dust Remains by momatos, Pythia by Megan Fuentes (fuentespens), the Leap Engine from Mats Madison, the Boundless SRD from Fari RPG and The Motif Toolkit SRD from Thought Punks.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 22/08/2025

Wanted to let you know @naldodrinan.bsky.social, BREAK!! is so popular in this house, I had to make an extra handbound copy of the book to keep the peace between my kids. 🤣 #TTRPG #DesignedInTheDMV

The original book of BREAK!! showing the cover while my hand bound copy sits open to a random page in the background.

My volume of BREAK!! Is now closed and sitting on top of the original at an angle, showing the dark blue, and light blue printed pattern on white fabric that I used on the covers, giving the book an almost ceramic-like appearance.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 21/08/2025

Well, hello there! This Crab King is so cute!

The three booklets and an adventure for Nimble, an employing game based off of the 5.1 d20 system released by Wizards of the Coast.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 15/08/2025

Well, it did not come together as I intended and explained in this video, but I think it came out pretty decently for a first try! Just need to close up the endpaper to make the inside cover look neater and maybe add a nameplate to the cover. Found a typo in the text, so this one is for me. 😅

The cover of my new attempt at binding Sageuk: Roleplay in Joseon. It shows stitching along the spine in red thread on a light brown fabric covered front cover.

Detail of the spine, showing that the stab-bound appearance of the book does not go below the cover.

Photo of the inside cover, showing the thread stitched around the cover board and glued under the paper that will eventually be covered up.

A spread from around the middle of the book talking about two Professions. Page also features art of a street performer from the 19th century and an officer painted by the author in 2022

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 10/08/2025

Bound a new book! This one is the Fantastic Medieval Campaigns, a new, high-quality presentation of a classic RPG produced by @traversefantasy.itch.io. I bound this one up so I can consult it while exploring OSR concepts. You can find it here: traversefantasy.itch.io/fmc

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 20/07/2025

Spilled some coffee in my bookbinding space, so now I guess I have light brown/aged ribbon. 😅

A roll of coffee-stained binding ribbon next to a roll of the original white cotton ribbon to show the color contrast.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 17/07/2025

Some of the most consistent quality books I have made so far. 🥹 Good text block cuts, Decent sewing Best and tightest cover fit so far. Say hello to the next generation of my father’s Little Black Books.

Three books with open spines stand upright next to one another on a desk. The outside cover of the book on the end is visible, which shows black with marbled blue patterns and splashes of gold to make it look like stars being born in a nebula.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 06/07/2025

The covers will mean that they are not “little black books” anymore, but the material is absolutely gorgeous. The photo is slightly deceptive, as the blue looks richer in person

Fabric dyed with a marbled mix of black and blue with flecks of gold scattered on top to appear as a nebula in the background of a dense cluster of stars.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 06/07/2025

This set is still in process (two are untrimmed and bookcloth for covers are still drying), but I still wanted to show off my WIP of the Traveler5 core books. This is an edition that branches the evolution of Traveler separate from Mongoose Traveler 1 and 2. #TTRPG #Bookbinding #Traveler

The inside cover of the first core book. It is entitled “Traveler5 Core Book 1 Characters and Combat” it also has the mark of the publisher, Far Future Enterprises.

Showing the spines of the three books stacked on top of one another. The first and third books are currently untrimmed, so they are longer than the middle book. Each book has two supporting tapes sewn to the text block in a different fashion. The top book has green thread and has long stitches that are knotted together to add extra tension across the support tapes. The middle book uses grey-black ombré thread in my typical French link stitching across the tapes. The bottom book uses red ombré thread with the stitches across the tapes linked in groups of 3. Instead of the continuous chain of French link.

Six sheets of bookcloth drying on my boards leaned up against the wall

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 05/07/2025

Making up some #TTRPG zines for a future event and maybe to sell online? If you want to get To Lay a Foundation online, you can find it on my Itch page for free! hessan-yongdi.itch.io/to-lay-a-fou...

A stack of zine pamphlets sit spread out on a cutting mat flanked by a metal ruler and a carpenter’s square. The zines are titled “To Lay a Foundation: A Roleplaying of Public Service”

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 26/06/2025

Another #bookbinding project complete! Today we have @dieselshot.bsky.social’s scifi #TTRPG ChangedStars! Sorry I had to remove the lovely purple background that frames each page of the PDF, but I tried to make up for it with the funky cover and colorful binding.

The cover for this new book, featuring tight black and white chaotic swirls.

Showing the spine of this text, featuring three ribbons connected with French link stitches and ombré thread that transitions from cyan to aquamarine, to a light grayish lilac in color.

An inside look at the text, showing the two column pages and a diagram featuring purple highlights in addition to the traditional black and white.

Another page, demonstrating the black and white internal illustrations created by Patrice Danielle Long.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 21/06/2025

Another #freeRPGday is here! To celebrate, I am announcing that, not only does my Public Service RPG have a new layout, but it the digital version is also now free forever! You can find "To Lay A Foundation" on itch set for PWYW here: hessan-yongdi.itch.io/to-lay-a-fou...

The new cover for To Lay a Foundation: A Roleplay of Public Service. It is structured to look like a government report.

The new Personnel File (i.e. character sheet), designed to mimic a formal government form. This one is prefilled with an example character named Jona Byron.

The first page of the "An Arch for All Nations" scenario, newly added to this version of the game. on this page is a quote from Teddy Roosevelt, on conservation, a description of this fictional park, and an photograph of a natural stone arch towering over a small person looking up at it.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 16/06/2025

Bookbinding, but not a TTRPG? 🤯 Yes, this one is for work (a report created by the U.S. Government Accountability Office), so I could read it on the train. Decided to use sewn-on card stock covers. I am loving how that part turned out.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 07/06/2025

This one got bound a while ago and just sat on my bench for a while. Finally got covers on it earlier this week. It is the CC version of the Forthright Open Roleplay #TTRPG system from Room 209 Gaming.

The cover with book cloth made from a looser weave grey linen

The spine binding, showing my typical French link over two tapes with a center line of Coptic chain links, this time using a red ombré thread

The interior of the Forthright Open Roleplay system.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 26/05/2025

It has been covered, so we now have the Character Options supplement to go with the Eclipse Phase 2e I bound earlier! #TTRPG #Bookbinding

The outside cover of the book, showing the light grey material with lozenge patterning.

The inside cover of Eclipse Phase Second Edition Character Options with rich green end sheets

A sample from inside showing “morphs” or character types that you can choose from in Eclipse Phase.

The new book and core manual stacked on top of one another, showing their differences in size. The core manual is shorter, but thicker with two fabric tapes and grey ombré thread. The new book is taller, but about one-third the thickness with three tapes and green ombré thread.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 13/05/2025

Been experimenting with 2 fabric tapes for my #bookbinding, but decided to experiment with how much more stable 3 tapes would be instead.

Showing the spine of a hand bound text block for a book. It has three tapes which are sewn on with French link stitching.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 11/05/2025

This #bookbinding #TTRPG project has been waiting for me to cover it for a LONG time, but now it is done! The Fragged Empire 2E Rules Manual by Wade Dyer (AKA Design Ministries)

Showing off the cover, which has a grey-scale flower and branch print on a textured black background

The title page for Fragged Empire 2 with green endpages.

An example of the interior, showing some editing that has been done to the text to make it more print-friendly.

The spine of the book, using chain and French link stitching in grey ombré thread. This book does not feature tape reinforcement since it is a thinner book. (Less than 200 pages)

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 01/05/2025

Time to get back in the swing of #bookbinding #TTRPGs. Here is the second edition of Eclipse Phase by @posthumanstudios.com, all 400+pages. Turned out decent! It is a little smaller than I intended because I had to double-trim the text block, but I learned something new that should help that.

The front cover of the book. It is covered in a light grey fabric that has a white pattern of layered hexagons that creates the illusion of stars or cats eyes.

The spine of the book, showing its thickness of four point five centimeters or about one and two-thirds inches and my bind stitching combining French link over tape and chain link stitching using black and grey ombré thread

The title page for Eclipse Phase second edition

Pages 44 and 45 to illustrate the appearance of the inside.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 26/04/2025

#TTRPG Mail Call! Fe Borg - Survive on the edge of the decaying Wylds of Magic and otherworldly Fey. From @acoupleofdrakes.bsky.social and powered by Mork Börg!

The cover of Fe Borg. It features an illustration of some skeletal, otherworldly, unicorn-headed humanoid creature in a dark forest. Along the side is the title of Fe Borg surrounded by the game’s tagline “The Otherworldly is dying.”

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 17/04/2025

A movie that takes place where you're from. It officially takes place in small-town Ohio on the other side of the state, but it was filmed in the northern West Virginia Panhandle, just across the river from my childhood home.

One of the promotional posters for the movie Super 8. It shows two children holding hands in silhouette as several lights illuminate them from the night sky. The poster also mentions that the movie was directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 15/04/2025

Quote with your favorite villain.

Morden from the show Babylon 5 tempts you with the question, “What do you want?”

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 02/04/2025

I am in the middle of giving my #itchfunding To Lay a Foundation about public servants a glow-up! Full editing pass for better clarity, adding illustrations for the examples, and incorporating extra scenarios in light of recent US events Sorry for the poor quality of a photo of a screen. 😅

Photo of a new cover for the game To Lay a Foundation: A Roleplay of Public Service.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 01/04/2025

My favorite is a tie between Yoshi Yoshitano’s based on The Little Mermaid and one created by the Korean artist Bana. Both take a different approach than the typical in their own way.

A tarot card called the fool with art by Yoshi Yoshitano. The image depicts a mermaid resting on a rock poking up out of the sea. She looks up longingly at a distant castle on a cliff edge. Below the mermaid, many fish jump from the water, splashing back into the sea.

Picture of another Fool tarot card illustration. This one shows a youth in fine Korean Joseon-era clothing. His outfit and the wooden mask show he is a member of a traveling dance troope. He is surrounded by red and white poppy flowers and black butterflies. A white sun shines behind him in a yellow sky. Stylized blue waves line the bottom edge of the illustration, giving the impression of being far below the Fool. Together, they represent fantasy, freedom, and joyful enthusiasm.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 24/02/2025

Okay, National Park it is. I was leaning that way, but glad my thoughts were going the same way. Let the writing begin! (Yes, I am being lazy and laying out the doc as I write it in Pages. 😅)

The cover for “An Arch for All Nations” a guided setting for To Lay a Foundation. The cover features a photograph of a natural stone arch. Blurry flowers dot the foreground over which the title and subtitle are. A person, dwarfed by the stone arch, is silhouetted by the Sun that is just barely obscured by the upper left limb of the arch.

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Hessan Yongdi @hessan-yongdi.itch.io · 15/02/2025

Partly. I wanted to make a realistic bound copy of my game “Sageuk” and Covid allowed me the time. Can’t find any pictures of my finished copy on my phone right now though. 🫤

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