11.14.24 Update v1.1: Fixed a few errors and updated the cover design.
Flik Silverpen's Guide to the Ravenwood (FSG 26) is a sandbox hexcrawl adventure through a gloomy forest filled with haunting ghosts, cursed ravenfolk, cowardly elves, and chaotic witches. Players can choose to ally with the elves and keep magic out of the forest, help the ghost of the evergreen dragon find its missing scale, or maybe join up with the Pine Cone Coven an...
2024-11-01 03:54:50 +0000 UTC
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The Dragon Town and the Darkness Below Kickstarter campaign ends on Wednesday, October 23rd at 8pm Eastern. I'm so happy with how this campaign has gone and cannot wait to get this book and box set onto your tables!
To celebrate I'll be doing a finale live st...
2024-10-22 02:29:24 +0000 UTC
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This month's zine is Flik Silverpen's Guide to the Ravenwood - a weird and dangerous sandbox setting!! Travel north of the Shadespear Mountains (chapter 5 of Dragon Town and the Darkness Below) into a dark and twisted forest filled with strange talking birds, parading ghosts, haughty elven knights, and a coven of pine cone witches.
Flik Silverpen's Guide to the Ravenwood will be available to download at the end of this m...
2024-10-14 07:27:15 +0000 UTC
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A terrible floating castle appears, the moon covers the sun, your village suffers a foul curse. The infamous demon lord, Nikolas Von Shroud, has arrived. You have 13 days until the sun returns and everyone in the village turns to dust… or suffers an even worse fate.
Castle Gloomshroud is a spooky, Castlevania-inspired one-shot adventure. See if your players (the intruders!) can survive 15 areas of this monster-filled floating castle!
You can download a PDF of the Castle ...
2024-09-30 23:04:24 +0000 UTC
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What a crazy day! I launched the Dragon Town and the Darkness Below Kickstarter campaign a few hours ago and it's already funded (in less than 2 hours!) And already on its way to the second stretch goal! If you haven't checked out the page yet (and the intro animation, had a lot of fun making that!) definitely have a look: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpcoov...
2024-09-24 22:42:25 +0000 UTC
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This month we're heading into spooky season with a dungeon crawl through a Vampire Lord's castle! A foul curse has befallen the village and it's up to a group of brave adventurers to defeat the evil vampire before everyone turns to dust.
Castle Gloomshroud will be available for Hero and Legend tier patrons at the end of this month!
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In other news! I'll be doing a live stream on Tuesday, September 24th around noon eastern on my
2024-09-20 02:30:00 +0000 UTC
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The hardcover collection of Dragon Town and the Darkness Below (FSG 1 - 10) is coming to Kickstarter on September 24th!
This crowdfunding campaign is to help pay for a really high-quality book (nice paper, cloth spine, sewn binding, etc.) and a box set filled with goodies that will make bringing the entire adventure to the table feel extra special.
The collec...
2024-09-10 02:58:38 +0000 UTC
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An experiment in a Legionary Secret Facility has gone wrong! The Rebels have a chance to sneak in, steal some valuable intel, and cause some chaos. But they must move quickly because the Legion is on their way!
The Legion's Foil is a starter adventure for Star Borg. Players will uncover the mystery behind the strange appearance of an uncharted moon, run into space pirates and bounty hunters, and try their best to do as much damage to the Legion before they reclaim the research facility....
2024-09-01 00:26:10 +0000 UTC
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[[UPDATE 8.14.24: v1.1 - Rules clarifications and corrections.]]
It only takes one brave hero to save the galaxy! The Star Borg Solo Rules have everything you need to run an exciting session (or entire campaign!) of Star Borg all by yourself. Rule adjustments, oracles, random tables, and prompts make the process easy and feel super creative and fun.
The rules were written by the amazing Perp...
2024-07-28 22:51:52 +0000 UTC
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There's been a change of plans - We've decided to release an additional Star Borg zine!
This month Kyle and I are collaborating with Perplexing Ruins to release a zine full of rules, spark tables, and oracles so you can play Star Borg solo.
The solo rules will simplify some of the base game's rules, add c...
2024-07-15 22:44:48 +0000 UTC
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A galaxy far far away is yours to create! Fill it with hordes of Legionary soldiers, dangerous bounty hunters, greedy space pirates, conniving crime lords, and giant alien monstrosities!
The Star Borg Galaxy Master Guide is filled with GM rules, enemy and ship stat blocks, extra equipment and abilities, obstacles to spice up the game, and an entire adventure generator.
You can download a PDF of the guide from the link at the bottom of this post.
2024-06-30 19:49:56 +0000 UTC
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The Galactic Legion threatens the One Billion Worlds with a destructive fist. It's up to you, a group of scrappy rebels, to stop them - no matter how high the odds are stacked against you!
Star Borg is a Star Wars inspired hack of Mork Borg, a rules-light TTRPG for several players and a GM. The Rebel Handbook includes rules for creating characters, 6 classes with advancement options, equipment, species, and rules for space co...
2024-05-31 01:23:13 +0000 UTC
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I'm teaming up with my pal, Kyle Latino (of Map Crow fame) to work on a Star Wars inspired hack of Mork Borg! Here's the plan:
May - The Star Borg rulebook with 6 character classes, items, and ship combat!
June - A book of Beasts and Bounties. A GM guide with extra rules, lots of adversaries and everything else you need to run the game.
July
2024-05-04 22:13:35 +0000 UTC
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Flik Silverpen's Guide to Little Weirdos (FSG 25) is a collection of 25 strange, absurd, and small NPCs ready to drop right into your fantasy TTRPG adventures. These little weirdos work great for random encounters, adventure hooks, or any time you need to come up with an interesting NPC in a pinch. Some would even make fun player characters!
You can download a PDF of the guidebook and the printable paper miniatures of all 25 little weirdoes from the link at the bottom of this po...
2024-05-01 00:49:18 +0000 UTC
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This month's zine is Flik Silverpen's Guide to Little Weirdos! A collection of 25 unique and strange, small-sized NPCs ready to drop into your fantasy tabletop roleplaying game. There's a halfling vigilante, disembodied foot, froglin squire, mind-swapped homunculus, teleporting imp, giant gnat, and LOTS more crazy characters.
As an extra bonus, the Little Weirdos zine will come with paper miniatures for all 25 characters. Hero Patrons (digital...
2024-04-17 06:15:52 +0000 UTC
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Flik Silverpen's Guide to Bustling Streets and Unsavory Alleyways (FSG 24) is a collection of 12 city-themed encounters for your fantasy roleplaying game! Goblins on strike, rival adventurers, sentient swords, magic shops, gambling, zombies on fire, dragon attacks, all kinds of fun stuff!
You can download a PDF of the guidebook from the link at the bottom of this post.
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As usual, there will be a round of proofreading before the zine goes...
2024-04-01 02:19:46 +0000 UTC
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The Nostalgia Profit is a new one-shot adventure for Goons and Ghosts!
Alganostos, an evil memory-manipulating entity from another dimension has taken over the Northpoint Mall (the mall I used to frequent as a kid). It's up to a group of paranormal exterminators to take her down and save the day. But be...
2024-03-01 03:39:57 +0000 UTC
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The Nostalgia Profit is a new Goons and Ghosts adventure! A mysterious forcefield has descended on the Northpoint Mall and it's up to a group of paranormal exterminators to uncover what evil lurks within.
The adventure asks players to remember their character's fondest childhood memories and then battle against a host of nostalgic manifestations to save bystanders and the worn-down mall. Bust out those particle throwers, it's time to take a trip down memory lane!
The Nostalg...
2024-02-22 05:25:05 +0000 UTC
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BIG NEWS! I've spent the last few months putting together a revised hardcover collection of the first ten Flik Silverpen guide books and it's almost ready to launch on Kickstarter! You can watch the process of illustrating the cover and learn a few more details about the project in this video: https://youtu.be/u-1FymERNa4?si=JQEE_7ZXcFKtpaPG
I'm really proud of the work that's...
2024-02-06 06:48:46 +0000 UTC
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The sequel to Making Maps (FSG 13) is here! Making Maps More Fantastical is filled with step-by-step instructions for adding all kinds of unique icons to your maps. Lakes of lava, crystal shards, portals to distant lands, plus tons of new trees, mountains, towns, and LOTS more!
You can download a PDF of the guidebook from the link at the bottom of this post.
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As usual, there will be a round of proofr...
2024-02-01 04:46:49 +0000 UTC
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This month's zine is the sequel to Flik Silverpen's Guide to Making Maps! This new guide is chock full of step-by-step instructions for drawing even more fantastical locations for your world maps. We're talking tons of unique trees, mountains, bridges, strange buildings, fire and ice fields, crystal mazes, mushroom forests, magical mist, corrupted wastelands, battlefields, portals, and lots more!
Making Maps More Fantastical will be available for download at the end of this month!...
2024-01-19 04:53:33 +0000 UTC
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The Soggy Ruins of Sentinel Keep is a freebie postcard dungeon I made to include with orders from my online shop. I thought it'd be nice to share here on Patreon as well. If you need a unique location or fun quest for a fiery gemstone to drop into your game, check out the PDF attached at the bottom of this post!
I also made a video about the process of drawing the map and doing the layout for this little postcard. Check that out here: 2024-01-09 22:22:27 +0000 UTC
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The Temple of the Waking Thread is a system-neutral one-shot dungeon adventure. If your players need some healing or to bring a friend back to life, this dungeon is a great way to make a full session (or two, or three) out of their quest!
The Velorum Temple is filled with ghosts, giant bugs, ornery acolytes, and a lich, so exploring won't be easy!
You can download a PDF of the guidebook from the link at the bottom of this post.
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2024-01-01 01:22:38 +0000 UTC
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Flik Silverpen's Guide to Drawing Monsters is a step-by-step guide for illustrating unique creatures. You don't need any drawing experience! Just a pencil, a piece of paper, a little patience, and the process inside this guidebook.
I hope you have fun sketching up some weird monsters! And please swing by the Discord server and post your creations!!!
You can download a PDF of the guidebook from the link at the bottom of this post.
As usual, there wil...
2023-12-01 04:38:13 +0000 UTC
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Flik Silverpen is back in charge with a new step-by-step process for illustrating your own monsters! Similar to the other drawing guides, Drawing Monsters has instructions for creating a monster "block figure" (like a stick figure but better!) and adding unique features like claws, teeth, horns, tails, wings, and LOTS more. The best part, you don't have to be a pro illustrator to draw an awesome looking monster. Even with no drawing experience whatsoever, this guide will show you how!
D...
2023-11-13 23:13:09 +0000 UTC
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Mad Morvin's Guide to Making Monsters is a step-by-step guide for creating unique creatures to drop into your tabletop roleplaying game. 13 prompts with random tables will help you define your monsters shape, what makes them dangerous, their weakness, companions, and lair, even what they sound like.
I hope you have fun making some weird monsters!
You can download a PDF of the guidebook from the link at the bottom of this post.
As usual, there will be a r...
2023-10-31 05:09:29 +0000 UTC
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Are you interested in creating some truly unique monsters for your TTRPG adventures? Well Mad Morvin's Guide to Making Monsters (FSG 20) has got you covered!
Mad Morvin's devious questionnaire and wacky random tables will help you dream up an endless supply of weird creatures to fill your dungeons. You'll get inspired to create the monster's lair, their dangerous abilities, dark secrets, hidden weaknesses, and even their strange companions. There's a helpful guide for det...
2023-10-19 02:47:57 +0000 UTC
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Flik Silverpen's Guide to Miraculous Markets (FSG 19) is a collection of four food-themed magic item shops.
- The Perfect Pack provides travelers with lovingly crafted meals that will stay good in their packs for those long, extended adventures.
- Agast's Treats and Sweets is a magic trinket shop turned randomized confectionary.
- Nosher's Monster Grill is a roaming food cart that cooks up dangerous monster parts for exciting benefits and int...
2023-09-30 08:57:06 +0000 UTC
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I'm having too much fun making these food-themed magic items for Flik Silverpen's Guide to Miraculous Markets! And I love giving my players magic item cards (they really are the perfect prop for in-person games!) so I thought I'd turn a few of the items from the zine into cards. Check out the process video:
https://youtu.be/yTSAtsB8U40
If you want to make your own magic item cards, I've attached ...
2023-09-17 13:43:22 +0000 UTC
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Flik Silverpen's Guide to Miraculous Markets is a collection of 4 weird restaurants ready to be dropped into your fantasy game! Each market has an assortment of magic food for sale, 35+ items in total. These single use magic items are a exciting way for adventurers to lighten their heavy coin pouches and have fun with some wacky magical effects.
The Perfect Pack is a one stop shop for enchanted adventuring rations that last longer than they should. <...
2023-09-12 04:38:15 +0000 UTC
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