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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

And another full page picture. A deal stroke with an supernatural entity at the heart of the mountain. What could go wrong, eh?

full page picture with no text. A person standing on the a cliff in the heart of the mountain. Striking a deal with a supernatural phenomenon. Lightning and energy. A good idea? Depends on your point of view.

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I came up with a new format for prepping Runs. Personally, I try to avoid using the same complications and harm all over again, but in the heat of the game it's hard (for me) to be original. This format tries to be creative up front, as material to riff from during the session.

Format for prepping runs with a quote, description, starting the action, paint the scene/add detail, questions. On the second page we see suggestions for Threats, Opportunities, Interesting Failures.

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Next a double sided spread about an alternate campaign ending: The 5th Rider. The vanilla game is about change and destroying this world to make room for the next one. But what if change itself is killed? Is played as a Flashpoint Run (see above): The 5th Rider has killed change... what do you do?

The 4 Riders of the apocalpyse in the foreground, the 5th Rider in the back. Text is "With the Fifth Rider the great scheme stopped. No doom, no pain, no hope, no change. Only the cold stare, only the great freeze. Time is dead. Death is dead. What do you do?"

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Next a new Run mode I called Flashpoint Runs. You start with a showdown going bad, do flashback scenes and then come back to the showdown to show the audience that there's still a chance that you can make it out ... alive. Some examples are included in the companion.

2 page spread about Flashpoint Runs, an alternate mode to play runs and the Engagement. It's about playing backwards using flashbacks and hopefully winning the showdown against all odds.

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Writing the A Fistful of Darkness Companion was a good excuse to create some art and new stuff, back in the weird west world of aFoD. Here are some examples to show you what's in the book. #afod #fitd #ttrpg First a new (hellboyish) Playbook which may give campaigns a very different spin.

First page of the Emberborn Playbook with description, stats, contacts, etc. It's about an entitiy crafted or conceived in the Burning Burning beyond.

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Writing something for weird west, wild west, old west? Put on the soundtrack for Hard West 2. You'll be in the mood, instantly. #writing #inspiritation #hardwest #ttrpg

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Working on an alternate optional ending for your A Fistful of Darkness campaign. #fitd #afod #ttrpg #art

Fistful of Darkness - The 4 Riders visible, the 5th Rider in the background, snow and fire. Text: With the Fifth Rider the great scheme stopped. No doom, no pain, no hope, no change. only the cold stare, only the great freeze. Time is dead. Death is dead. What do you do?

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Trying to keep it fun and therefore working on a second new playbook for the A Fistful of Darkness Companion. The Emberborn: Child of the flame, forged in the Beyond. Experimenting a lot with fire, lately. #ttrpg #art #aFoD #fitd

Silhouette of an entity with the Burning Beyond in their back. Carrying a candle. Text: The Emberborn.

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Some Art WIP for the A Fistful of Darkness Companion ... because making art is more fun than writing text.

female gunslinger standing in the darkness with a Rider in the Background. Playing cards flying in the air with the Heart of Heart card cathing fire. plus text: in your true Heart of Hearts ... what do you want?

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

@olddog.games Look what arrived today! Greetings from Germany!

Two books on a table: Deathmatch Island and New Horizons.

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Age yourself with your first computer. Borrowed from a friend including 16 kb memory expansion

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

If you see this, post a Knight! CyberKnight

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5.946.237!

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monkeyEcho (he/him) @monkeyecho.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Just to show you that I'm working on it (very slow, but working), here is some new double page art for the aFoD companion. Using a quote from The Sixth Gun comic by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt. I love my brushes. #aFoD #ttrpg #art

mystical crossroad with blood-red tree and quote "this is how a crossrad is birthed into our world ... through bargaining and betrayal ... cruelty and ... suffering (from the sixth gun)

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