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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Hey, this might be my first Bluesky post to break 100 Likes! Neato!

Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Who doesn't have fond memories of when grandpa took 'em out to the ol' fishing hole? It wasn't til years later that you learned fishing holes were supposed to have water in 'em, or that you weren't supposed to toss a burning effigy into the fishing hole while reciting the ancient verses.

A closeup view of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a ring of standing stones surrounding a hole in the ground. Perhaps a bottomless pit? The surrounding hexes are mostly open plains, save for the river and road in the northwest corner.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Behold, my single favorite point-of-interest on the whole map.

A closeup view of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a giant blue-grey walrus resting on a rock a little ways off from the coastline. The surrounding hexes are mostly water, with a small peninsula stretching out towards the walrus from the east.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

The faction I'll be playing are certified swampfolk, living in ramshackle settlements built on the more sturdy bones of ancient ruins. They pay us in woims!

A closeup view of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a city of wooden buildings raised up on sticks, or built atop ancient stone ruins. The rooftops are covered in green moss. In the surrounding hexes, we have a coastline to the north, and swamplands to the south. A couple of rune-etched standing stones rise out of the swamp.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

When I think about this chained up mountain, I get that same sick feeling I got at the part of Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, when the titular Nemo opens the big scary door he's not supposed to. I had to leave the room at that part. Don't do it!

Closeup view of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a towering mountain wrapped in giant chains, sealed with a padlock. THe surrounding hexes are mostly mountains, but to the southeast a road runs through the lowland valley.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

I'm super jealous of the players who get to be the faction whose towns are all carried on the backs of giant elephants.

Closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a town carried on the back of an elephant. A handful of yurts surround the elephant. A river flows from the west to the south of it.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Big volcano on an island in the middle of the bay! Everything I know about games tells me there's something useful inside.

Closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a volcanic mountain. Brightly-colored lava flows from the volcano's mouth, smoke rising out overhead. The surrounding hexes are made up of a variety of smaller islands, some with smaller mountains on them.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Collect the giant pearl from the mouth of the giant clam to socket it into your armor for +3 Water Resistance. What do you mean that's not how this game works? Oh, and don't forget to check behind the waterfall.

Closeup view of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a lake, with a giant clam on an island in the middle, its mouth open to display a pearl. A waterfall feeds into the lake from the northwest, while a river flows away from the lake to the southeast. A city sits on the cliff to the north. Forests flank the lake on the east and west.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Oh look, it's another colossal fertility statue!

A closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a colossal fertility statue. It's on an island, connected by bridge to more islands to the north and south, surrounded by emerald seas.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

I'm sure we needn't worry about this colossal demon skull – whatever it was is long dead, and probably can't hurt us anymore, right?

A closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a swampy pool in which a half-submerged demonic skull can be seen. The hexes to the north are mountainous, while the hexes to the south are a swampy mess.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 30/09/2026

Some people live in subterranean mountain cities, surrounded by mushroom forests! It was a lot of fun figuring out how to represent a subterranean city on the map.

A closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a pair o mountains with a cutout view into their interior, where buildings can be seen. The surrounding hexes are mountainous on the east, and a river running north to south on the west side.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Real long dragon wrapped around a mountaintop! A very spiky mountain. Is it guarding some treasure? Or just chilling?

Closeup of seven hexes on the map, mostly mountains, at the center of which is a tall, spiky mountain, with a long serpentine red dragon wrapped around the tallest of its spiky peaks.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/09/2026

A castle upon a mountaintop? You have to ride the lift to get up there? Neat! But probably lonely up there, right?

A closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a tall mountain atop which sits a castle! There is a little lift system hanging off the left side of the castle, with a basket to lower down to a platform below.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/09/2026

This big purple vulture may hold great wisdom. Might also be hungry. But if you're not carrion yet, you're probably safe. Maybe it can teach you some bird magic. Or bird lore. Or bird music.

A closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a giant purple vulture surrounded by three tall stones, in the midst of a large forest that fills the rest of the hexes.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/09/2026

A snake? A worm? A wurm? It's very large. It's dead, probably.

A close-up view of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is a large orange/red snakelike creature. Its eyes are X'd out, clearly indicating that it's probably dead, right? It's nestled among some hill country. The hills continue to the southwest. To the southeast are mountains.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/09/2026

Colossal fertility statue, just one of many. Is she carrying a colossal dish of grapes? Weary travelers should try to scale the towering statue to find out!

A closeup of seven hexes, at the center of which is a towering fertility statue – a voluptuous woman holding aloft a dish full of something purple. Could be grapes. The rest of the terrain is mostly flat plains, but there is some bits of forest in the corners of the screenshot. A river runs from northeast to southwest, with a road alongside its south bank.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/09/2026

And check out these hippos in the swamp! I'm sure they're friendly. Also don't worry about the smoldering ruins of nearby towns. The hippos are innocent.

A closeup of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which are two hippos. To the northwest and southeast are ruined towns, still smoldering. Much of the terrain is murky swampland, with a series of broken walkways through one swampy hex.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/09/2026

How about a closeup look of some of the points of interest on this map? Let's start with this mountaintop observatory.

A closeup view of seven hexes on the map, at the center of which is tall mountain with a small hut at the bottom, a winding staircase going up it, and an observatory telescope at the top.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 26/09/2026

A fullly-illustrated hex-map for a #Cataphract game. I was given free rein to add all sorts of weird points-of-interest throughout the map, so we've got all sorts of weird ruins, caves, giant birds, monster habitats, colossal fertility statues, and oversized vegetables.

An illustrated map of a fantasy land, designed as a "hex-crawl" map. It features a wide variety of detailed locations. The only label on the map is in the bottom right corner, reading "Zwijger."

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 26/09/2026

I've spent the last 2.5 months working on a map for a #cataphract game – here's a rough gif of the process. This is 70 hours of mapping in just 14 frames. I'll share the full map soon.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 03/09/2026

Human artists, use only one piece to convince people to follow you!

An illustrated map of a walled medieval city - detailed down to every rooftop and road. It features a river running mostly north to south through the middle of the city with a system of river locks. A banner in the bottom right names the city "La Sede Del Sole"

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 15/08/2026

I see you've given us a new iteration of this meme

Common meme format depicting a smaller figure presenting a sword before a grand and ominous larger figure

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 02/08/2026

Exploring some subterranean strongholds on a map I'm drawing for a Cataphract game. These were so fun to draw!

Image of a work-in-progress hex map - zoomed in on three subterranean cities, visible through cutouts in the mountainsides.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/07/2026

Some exploratory sketches of building styles for a faction of Bog-Dwellers in an upcoming Cataphract game.

A sketch of a castle in a swamp. Atop the crumbling stone foundations, structures of wood and thatch are built

A sketch of a small building on stilts, with a sloped thatch roof with mossy overhang

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 05/07/2026

New map I've made for another Dark Devices campaign I'm planning. Had fun with a different approach for me on the mountain and forest styles. Also felt like making a whole new in-world alphabet for this setting.

An illustrated map. Locations are labeled with vertical banners inscribed with an unknown script.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 06/06/2026

Working again on the book layout for Dark Devices. Had a two-page spread to fill with something, so I had a little fun putting together a series of portraits! I intend for most of the interior art in this game to be made from old public-domain images.

A screenshot of a two-page spread in the rulebook for a tabletop roleplaying game. The top left corner features text explaining the role of "The Pawns" in the game, while the rest of the space is filled with artwork of old portraits over a grungy red and white background. The portraits are all old-timey nineteenth century photographs, edited with red coloration, and placed within a variety of vintage picture frames.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 21/04/2026

Exploring the possibility of revising a lot of the Strange Gifts in Dark Devices. Here's the updated list for Arhaag, the Hungry Machine. Combined a couple, and overall tried to give the rest more flavor, and more clear focus.

An image of a card outlining several strange gifts for the game: "Dark Devices".

The text reads:

Artificer Visions
Make an offering of fuel into a fire, furnace, or engine, and receive visions of a schematic to any machine – even one not yet invented – and learn the sacred rituals through which the machine may be constructed and operated.

Cogspeaker
Speak words in Arhaag’s polluted language, and machines are compelled to listen. Words to cause even the most stubborn of machines perform smoothly. Words to repair any breakdown. Words to dismantle or cause malfunction in even the most reliable of machines.

Laborer’s Fugue
Order a person to labor and toil, and they will enter a trancelike state in which they work tirelessly until the task is complete – sustatined by Arhaag’s power. Extensive use will take a severe toll on the subject’s body and mind.

Magnetic Field
Create and manipulate a magnetic field – pulling metal objects towards you, pushing them away, twisting and turning them as you see fit.

Nature Reforged
Water and feed a natural plant with sacred fuel to transform it into an artificed mechanical construct. The larger the plant, the more time or fuel it takes to transform into a machine.

Transmute Fuel
Transform any mundane material into sacred fuel for machines. The more sentimental value the material holds, the more powerful the fuel it creates.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 29/03/2026

Wrapped up a great campaign of #Tactiquest today! Once again, it is the only ttrpg where I actually look forward to every combat encounter. @level2janitor.bsky.social knocked it out of the park with the design of the monsters and dungeons A peek at the madness that was our final combat encounter:

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 22/02/2026

Totinos Frozen Party Pizza, cooked in the microwave, following my ridiculous method.

An arrangement of five photos displaying the process of taking a Totinos Frozen Party Pizza, cutting it into strips, arranging them around the edges of a square plate, setting a small bowl of water in the middle, and microwaving it. The final product is a gooey abomination.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 03/02/2026

A map of one of the major cities in #Vanitera450, a massive play-by-post wargame (based on the #Cataphract system) I'm participating in with 100+ other players. My first time drawing a city map of this scale and level of detail. I had a lot of help from another player who did most of the coloring.

An illustrated map of a medieval city, labeled as La Sede Del Sole. A river runs through the middle of the city, with a series of locks to bypass waterfalls.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 13/01/2026

This is so fun to see in games! In my game Behemoth, it's literally ghosts from an ancient civilization that uploaded their souls to the magical nano-cloud Internet, haunting every piece of tech they can. Kind of a "what if WH40k machine spirits were T'lan Imass from the Malazan books?"

An excerpt from the TTRPG "Behemoth" describing the Wraith ghosts that haunt technology.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 08/01/2026

A map of one of the faction capitals in the #vanitera450, the #cataphract game I'm participating in. By far the most time-consuming a detailed map I've ever done – but it was so much fun to draw. Huge thanks to @htp.bsky.social for doing the coloring!

A detailed map of a medieval city, titled "La Sede Del Sole."

The map details every single building in the city, as well as some of the forest and farmland surrounding. The city is split across multiple elevation tiers. A river runs through the middle of the city, with a series of river locks to move boats upriver.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 21/12/2025

I've been working for a long time now on Shatterkin, a FitD game of kids with evolving monster pets (kind of a Digimon meets Stranger Things). You play 2 different characters (kid and monster), and your monsters playbook evolves and expands throughout play.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 17/12/2025

More character art! When not smashing her foes with her hammers, or sharing the holy light of Sol Invictus, Lelia is an accomplished pastry chef! #cataphracts #vanitera450

Illustration of a woman in a sort of nun's habit, holding a tray of fancy pastries. For as much as she tries to compose herself to fit in with polite company, one twitchy eye gives away her unhinged demeanor.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 15/12/2025

Spending way too much time on my character art for this game that wasn't supposed to be as time-consuming as O/U. Meet Cappellana Lelia Galgano of the Hierocracy of Sol. Angry templar lady go smash. #cataphracts #vanitera450

Illustration of a robust woman in heavy plate mail with golden trim, wielding two oversized hammers. Her expression is a little unhinged, with strands of greasy hair hanging over her face. She is set over a yellow-orange background.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 04/11/2025

Dark Devices is a slow-burn series, with drama and horror that builds to a crescendo by the end of the season, as the cast spirals out of control in the service of their eldritch patrons. Each season brings in a new cast, as new pawns to the same patrons in the same city, decades later. 7/7

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 11/10/2025

Okay, here's my attempt at reining myself in as I build this Campaign frame. While I'll be making several new Classes for it, I'll be re-using or slightly re-imagining a few of the originals. But, most importantly, this plan does not involve the creation of any new Domains.

Screenshot of a document with the following text in a list:
Chained Skies x Daggerheart: Class/Domain Combos
Mage-Scribe: Codex & Sage
Geomancer: Arcana & Bone
Shaman: Arcana & Sage
Cleric: Arcana & Codex
Templar: Codex & Valor
Witch: Dread & Midnight
Confessor: Grace & Splendor
Inquisitor: Dread & Splendor
Warrior: Blade & Bone
Guardian: Blade & Valor
Ranger: Bone & Sage
Assassin: Blade & Midnight
Beguiler: Dread & Grace

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 15/09/2025

6. Picking a favorite is hard, but a recent one I liked: Rime Saltwyrd, Naga Runeblade, in a game of #TactiQuest by @level2janitor.bsky.social A monster-hunter-in-training, whose big half-ogre mentor had gone off and joined the baddies – which resulted in one of my funnest boss fights I've played.

An illustration of naga creature, with a blue-green serpentine body, wielding a halberd wreathed in ice magic.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 14/09/2025

I love when a Kickstarter reward shows up well after I've forgotten about it. My copies of Scion: Demigod and Scion: God arrived today - rounding out my collection of the 2nd edition of this TTRPG series Now to find time to play them....

Six books, all part of the 2nd Edition of the Scion TTRPG.

Also, a cat.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 03/09/2025

5. It's tough to pin down what ttrpg I've played most, because I jump around to a lot of different systems, even mid-campaign, sometimes. But it's probably The Riddle of Steel simply because, as my first, it was the only TTRPG I played for a solid four years.

An image of the "Hit Location Zones" from the TTRPG the Riddle of Steel - a vague male figure with areas of the body marked with roman numerals to indicate location of attack, and whether it's a swing or a thrust.

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 03/09/2025

4. I think a Kickstarter should count as buying directly from a creator, right? In that case it's Spark, from @genesisoflegend.bsky.social. A neat system, but what I've used more is the collaborative worldbuilding process included in the book.

Cover art for the Spark TTRPG, but Jason Pitre

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 02/09/2025

3. Ninaran – a minor NPC from the D&D 4e module: The Keep on the Shadowfell. There was nothing particularly special about her, but we somehow made her our nemesis, with her role escalating over several campaigns until she was at the center of a pantheon-breaking cataclysm five years later.

An image of the book cover for the Keep on the Shadowfell, a module for D&D 4e

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 01/09/2025

2. It's a tough choice, as I often prefer homebrew settings, but I'd probably put the Warhammer 40k universe as my favorite setting for TTRPGs — but only the rogue trader and inquisition parts of it.

A copy of the Warhammer 40k "Rogue Trader" TTRPG by Fantasy Flight Games

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 01/09/2025

1. My first TTRPG was purchased, I believe, from Dragon's Keep in Provo, UT. My friend's dad drove an hour down there to pick up our copies of The Riddle of Steel, the day the store got them, then drove back up to deliver them to us at our Junior High School.

A well-worn copy of the TTRPG, The Riddle of Steel

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Scott | Scribbles & Dice Games @scribbles-and-dice.itch.io · 20/08/2025

Been a while since I've done much work on BEHEMOTH #ttrpg – but I got back into it today with some more star system maps, for the next Subsector guide I plan to release.

A simplified map of a star system within a hexagonal frame. The system is labeled as Miretskov System in Subsector Denoch. The system's star shines with a white light. There is a planet named Erntzin that has a two moons and a planetary ring. There is another planet named Zolevedt, with an orbital station, Rhuneforge, and a strange wireframe construct surrounding the planet. There is also a station named Rosar Garrision.

A simplified map of a star system within a hexagonal frame. The system is labeled as Vladsminsk System in Subsector Denoch. The system's star shines with an orange light. There is a planet named Karan Kor that has a three moons. There is another planet named Orstikov, with two moons and a planetary ring. There is a third planet named Old Scymmerastas, with one moon. An asteroid belt named Kallys Merr spans the width of the map, and at its center is a station named Bastion Avostra.

A simplified map of a star system within a hexagonal frame. The system is labeled as Ald Amas System in Subsector Denoch. The system's star shines with a blend of white, pink, and blue light. There is a planet named Ald-An-Andar that has one moon. There is another planet named Ald-An-Gostas, with no moons. There are three strange artifacts, labeled Judge, Artisan, and Beggar. Swirling lights dance through the starry backdrop.

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