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Stack of Goats

@stackofgoats.studio
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Nascent one person 'studio' working on boardgames, TTRPGs, video games, writing, zines, and other digital media. Find everything at stackofgoats.studio Posts usually about #ttrpg #worldbuilding #indiedev #gamedev #origami #drawing #illustration #art

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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 15/09/2026
RI 26: Immortal naval officer Artur Motera abducts and trains up naval recruits while sending them into battles wherever they happen in the world! stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... #rpg #ttrpg #worldbuilding #art #drawing #illustration #krita
Illustration of a ship of the line with two gun decks and three masts with all the sails out
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 08/09/2026
After all of the rpgaday posts: stackofgoats.studio/tags/rpgaday/ back to random inspiration! A scenario about delivering ice to a desert temple lest a dragon awakes! stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... #rpg #ttrpg #osr #drawing #sketch
Quick digital sketch in ink of a dragon trapped in ice
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 31/08/2026
Final RPG a Day post! Bryn has built a machine to compress spells and add them as runes: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #art #drawing #illustration
Illustration of a man operating a giant industrial engraving machine on two pivot arms as it presses a tip onto a sword. The machine is connected to a tank where runes float
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 31/08/2026
RPG a Day 30: Housekeeper Lenn would not stoop to cleaning themselves, instead using ghosts to handle all of the dirty work: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #art #illustration #drawing
Illustration of a man resting against a bookcase while three ghosts handle cleaning. One is dusting the bookcase, another squeezes water from a rag into a bucket, and the third sweeps.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 30/08/2026
RPG a Day 29: animal trainer Nerva helps rescue animals and trains them to complete difficult and unusual tasks for the Deft Delvers! See more about Nerva and D6 working animals in stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #sketch #drawing #illustration
Quick ink sketch of someone crouched and head turned with long tassled hair as they hold a bird cage with a small bird in it
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 28/08/2026
RPG a Day 27: the Cook is a fire spirit who can appear in any fire and cook you an amazing meal, just remember to pay him at the end... stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #drawing #sketch
Quick ink sketch of a fire with a face holding onto a pot of soup sloshing out and a frying pan with eggs being flipped in front of a table.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 27/08/2026
RPG a Day 26: Wicburg is a former member of the Deft Delvers who cannot stand their ouster, taking drastic measures: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #drawing #illustration #art
Illustration of person entirely in shadow hiding in a ceiling hole with a dagger looking down at an armored guard holding a pike.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 26/08/2026
RPG a Day 25: Hocine is too good of an appraiser, causing everything to fall into neat well known categories - struggling to find the spice of the unknown! stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #art #illustration #drawing
Illustration of person in ponytail and flip down lenses inspecting a sword engraved with runes.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 24/08/2026
RPG a Day 24: Milagros is the Deft Delver's carriage driver and purveyor of bad self help ideas! See the blog post for d6 of them: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #art #drawing #illustration #digitalArt #krita
Illustration of two horses pulling an open topped cargo carriage while a man sits in the drivers seat.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 23/08/2026
RPG a Day 22: An armorer who only knows how to sharpen and is faking the rest! stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... Quick sketch for today #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg
Illustration of person sitting at a grinding wheel sharpening a sword.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 20/08/2026
RPG a Day 20: Dungeon crews need a constant influx of expendable fodder... I mean recruits... in order to do various dangerous tasks. Filling those ranks is recruitment officer Ahmad's job: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #worldbuilding #drawing #illustration
Illustration of person sitting at recruitment booth with banner saying 'Deft Delvers' and 'Join now'. Next to them a suit of spiky armor holds a sign with an arrow pointing to the booth.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 20/08/2026
RPG a Day 19: Aspirant Stirling does odds and ends in hopes of one day joining the Deft Delver's rank and file members! stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #worldbuilding #art #illustration #drawing
Illustration of young person on their knees polishing a suit of armor.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 18/08/2026
RPG a Day 18: Puja the cartographer is on a mission to create the one true map of the world in infinite detail and currently working with the Deft Delvers to do so! stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #worldbuilding #art #illustration #drawing
Illustration of a person using a pantograph to draw on a multi story tall topographic map.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 18/08/2026
Manta ray folded from www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnsN...
Green origami manta ray on blank background
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 18/08/2026
RPG a Day 17: The TIG (Trap Inspector General) needs to find and disarm or reprogram traps. A slow, tedious, and intensely dangerous activity that Atieno finds pleasingly studious: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #rpg #ttrpg #worldbuilding #art #illustration #drawing
Illustration of a cutaway of a dungeon hallway where each side has a trap. Left side has an axe ready to chop in, top has boiling hot liquid, bottom has spears to push up through the floor and the right has a crossbow. A man with toolbelt and hat stares at the crossbow firing hole.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 16/08/2026
RPG a Day 15: Any sane dungeoneering crew needs a message runner to relay messages and critical supplies - the Deft Delvers' is Methuselah: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #art #illustration #drawing #rpg #ttrpg #worldbuilding
Illustration of woman running through a dungeon hallway carrying a message bag while a shadow of a sword holding monster looms behind
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 10/08/2026
#rpgaday2026 10: in HQ the Deft Delvers there's a room full of books... and ferrets! If you write a question on a piece of paper they'll go and fetch books or scrolls to answer it :) stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpgaday #ttrpg #rpg #worldbuilding #art #illustration #drawing #ferret
Illustration of bookshelves and a desk. On the desk is a stack of books, a piece of paper with spilled ink on it, a bell, a set of ferret paw prints in ink. A ferret is climbing the stack of books. Another ferret is peaking its head over onto the desk. A third ferret is holding a scroll in its mouth. A fourth ferret is high on the top shelf next to a locked box
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 09/08/2026
RPG a Day 9: the Deft Delver's patron has a son who desperately wants to join stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #art #drawing #illustration #rpg #ttrpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026
Illustration of wealthy dressed boy sitting in a field holding a wooden sword and helmet.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 08/08/2026
RPG a Day 8: Dungeons are full of falling down walls and crumbling ceilings. The Deft Delvers send in Slate, an earth spirit and member of the Foundation and Shoring Team! stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #rpg #ttrpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026 #art #drawing #illustration #worldbuilding
Illustration of earth spirit in a dungeon hallway lifting a wooden beam to fix a caved in roof.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 07/08/2026
RPG a Day 7: Mercy The Deft Delver's doctor is a necromancer, happy to reattach limbs and patch up people! Oh you wanted *your* limb reattached and not someone else's... stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #art #illustration #drawing #worldbuilding #ttrpg #rpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026
Illustration top down of a table with body where one leg has been cut off. A doctor with a skeleton hand is using a magical circle to cause tentacles to grow out of a replacement leg and join up with the body's severed limb.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 06/08/2026
For #rpgaday2026 day 6 I created Tessa 'Thumbs Up' Tao who is the Deft Delver's demolition and firearms expert! She has a prosthetic hand which doubles as flint and steel to light a fuse and a pegleg full of grenades. #art #drawing #illustration #worldbuilding #ttrpg #rpg #rpgaday
Illustration of a woman sitting atop a gunpowder barrel lighting up a cigarette. They are wearing goggles, have one artificial hand which contains an inbuilt flint and steel, and a peg leg. On the floor and wall next to them is a musket, cannon balls, and dynamite.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 05/08/2026
Who manages your baggage train when dungeon delving - a Mule of course. A title for the person and also for the animal used in the process: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #art #illustration #drawing #worldbuilding #ttrpg #rpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026
Illustration of a person climbing up a stack of boxes on the back of a mule as it eats from a bucket
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 04/08/2026
RPGaDay 4: RPGs sometimes have patrons, but no one wants to manage that relationship all day, so instead get a patron liaison, perhaps a jester, to handle it for you! stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #art #illustration #drawing #worldbuilding #ttrpg #rpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026
Illustration of a jester doing a one handed hand stand, playing a flute and balancing a knife on one foot.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 04/08/2026
Pink dino loves you <3 Folded from Muneji Fuchimoto pattern: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOqx... #origami #dinosaur
Pink origami brontosaurus
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 03/08/2026
Every dungeon crew needs a sword trainer. The Deft Delver's is either a runaway officer of the crown or pretending to be one, regardless though they're damn good with a sword: stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #art #illustration #drawing #worldbuilding #ttrpg #rpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026
Illustration of shirtless man resting with a sword after cutting in half a straw dummy
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 03/08/2026
The Owner is the Deft Delver's first member and elective leader due to their problem solving capabilities (sometimes ruthlessly so) and the backing of their patron. stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #art #illustration #drawing #worldbuilding #rpg #ttrpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026
Illustration of person missing a leg letting a canary rest on their hand while they sit in a legged wheelchair. Behind them is a spear
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 02/08/2026
The Crown's Observer follows the dungeon crew, the Deft Delvers, to ensure that the king gets their cut of the loot! Bit of a lazy jerk. stackofgoats.studio/blog/rpgaday... #art #illustration #drawing #worldbuilding #ttrpg #rpg #rpgaday #rpgaday2026
Illustration of armored officer of the crown using a magical hand to move coins from a chest to another smaller chest
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 27/07/2026
"Vigilance Commissioner" is a pretty cool title for anti corruption investigator, so when it came up for random inspiration I created an NPC to go with it: stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... #art #drawing #worldbuilding #ttrpg #rpg #npc
Drawing of an investigator handing a piece of paper over, they have one blinded eye and a revolver on a suspender holster
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 22/07/2026
Did quick #doodles for #art #practice last night. Try to start with a random squiggle and then free associate complete it. #drawing #sketchbook
Quick doodle sketches of faces and monsters
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 20/07/2026
Supernova to a pre-modern or fantasy society must be terrifying! Even more terrifying when it causes bears to run amok and evolve: stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... #rpg #ttrpg #randominspiration #art #illustration #drawing #worldbuilding
Illustration of two bears cresting a ridge amongst the trees. They look down on a cottage roof while a strange star casts everything in purple light.
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 15/07/2026
Drawing practice from a photo I took at the Harvard Natural History Museum. Proportions are hard... multiple times compared to the reference photo and realized I was waayyy off >.< #drawing #illustration #practice #art
Black and white illustration of a woodpecker on a perch
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 15/07/2026
Carp carp carp. And for good measure, carp carp carp! #origami #carp #fish
Pink origami carp on top of the folding instructions
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 14/07/2026
Progress update on the past two months of work on my #playdate game, Last Train: stackofgoats.studio/blog/project... Of particular note is that I finished up a level selection screen which I think looks pretty cool with the grafitti #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #towerdefense
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 10/07/2026
Used my folded origami fox as a reference for some #drawing #practice! #illustration #art
Drawing of a lue origami fox
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 08/07/2026
Seahorse from a book of sea animal origami that I folded last night! #origami #seahorse
Yellow origami seahorse standing upright
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 07/07/2026
Updated the road sprite to something that looks less like intestines! Think it looks a lot better now. Also the turrets will now shoot to where an enemy will be on the track rather than at their current location which was resulting in so many missed shots! #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #towerdefense
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 07/07/2026
What is the fantasy #rpg equivalent for oil? I'm going with titan bones from ancient battlegrounds with prospectors using finger magic to draw up their old blood. stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... #ttrpg #worldbuilding #drawing #illustration #art
Black and white illustration of a man in a hat crouching at the ground near backpack and sigil staff, their fingers extend down into the ground and are drawing up red blood
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 02/07/2026
Velociraptor! Roar! But so cute and flimsy too Folded from youtu.be/HJFU-Rh6IZU?... #origami #velociraptor
Origami velociraptor in gray paper
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 29/06/2026
An abbey that's not an abbey and a man who duels another to then marry his widow to take it over. All of that from a wikipedia article which I've readied into a #ttrpg location: stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... #drawing #art #illustration #noai
Black and white illustration of a manor looking through its front gates to a dark entrance
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 29/06/2026
Folded up a fox from a Muneji Fuchimoto video (youtu.be/1BFP8Id1lKY?...). I love the way the two color tones get used in their designs! Also I will call them Sanic because it is blue and fast and a little wonky. #origami #fox
Blue origami fox
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 27/06/2026
Sunbear origami using youtu.be/yMVsB_kfIrg?... for instructions. Turned out really nice despite being smaller paper. The eyes got pretty squished but overall enjoyed the folding and end result!
Origami sun bear standing upright in red paper
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 26/06/2026
Took a walk weeks ago, saw broken leaf on the path and decided it'd make a nice lil drawing - proceed to procrastinate - but finally did the drawing today! #art #drawing #illustration
Black and white drawing of a leaf broken into many pieces and decaying
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 24/06/2026
Added motorbikes to the game, the sprites are so tiny and cute. My train turret system does not appreciate tiny, fast things though. Every shot is missing by a mile since they don't yet know how to lead targets :P #playdate #gamedev #indiedev #towerdefense
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 23/06/2026
Holy cow, the number of random trigonometry bugs I introduced and had to fix to get the train cars to follow an actual arc through the corners... and I'm not even sure how noticeable it is :P #playdate #gamedev #indiedev
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 22/06/2026
Scorpion monster to enthrall players and creatures into worshipping it as a diety? Yes :) Read more in my short #ttrpg blog post: stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... Also I think my best drawing yet! #ttrpg #drawing #noai #worldbuilding #illustration #scorpion
Illustration of a scorpion
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 19/06/2026
Derailment has become a tornado! Progress on root causing the issue continues :P
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 18/06/2026
Working on improving how the train animation works on corners to better follow the actual track path. Instead I created a derailment... #playdate #gamedev #indiedev
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 16/06/2026
Working on a title screen for my play date game! Working title is Last Train (open to suggestions!). In the game you place turrets on train cars to defend against oncoming traffic. #gamedev #indiedev #playdate #towerdefense
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 15/06/2026
Union merit badges I designed just arrived in the mail! Intend to give these stickers out for people doing actions like a one on one conversation, flyering, petition signature, etc #union #stickers #organizing #awu
Round stickers showing: hands taking a flyer, two coffee cups, a web of interconnected lines, a t-shirt with G4JS on it, a sign saying 'join the union!', and a clipboard with signature
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Stack of Goats @stackofgoats.studio · 15/06/2026
A camera which extracts subject's knowledge about locations is the ultimate robbery tool! Read more in stackofgoats.studio/blog/random-... #ttrpg #drawing #worldbuilding #noai #randominspiration
Drawing of person taking a photo using old timey camera
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