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Gou Tanabe x H.P. Lovecraft

Anybody else collecting these? I find these books really convenient for reading during a plane ride or train ride. I like that they're small enough to carry anywhere.

Currently, I’m reading The Shadow Over Innsmouth and plan to purchase The Call of Cthulhu once it's released. The art is mind-blowing. Gou Tanabe’s ability to capture Lovecraft’s cosmic horror through his illustrations is unmatched. His use of shading and contrast brings an eerie and atmospheric quality to the stories that really draws you in. That said, I do think the size of the books doesn’t always do the art justice - some details are so fine and intricate that they get lost in the smaller format. But like I mentioned, the compact size makes them perfect for reading on the go.

It's well known that Lovecraft was a big influence on Junji Ito, and I've been fascinated with his works for a while. I even bought a full omnibus of all his stories. However, with English being my second language and since I’m also more of a visual person, I prefer seeing horror in graphic form.

I still read horror novels - I own tons of Stephen King and other great horror finds, but when it comes to cosmic and body horror, I prefer seeing it illustrated. Tanabe’s adaptations are perfect for this because they blend the unsettling and strange atmosphere of Lovecraft’s writing with detailed, haunting visuals.

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Inspiration Goat is digesting Sinners, daydreaming about monsters.

As heard on the Daydreaming about Dragons podcast, the Inspiration Goat helps me process media and take parts that are useful for the gaming table. This isn’t about the hottest new thing or the crowdfunding with the biggest payday; it is just a few geeky things that are inspiring me. It might be weekly; it might be monthly. It all depends on how fast the inspiration goat chews on media and who…

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Reddit GM Advice: Owning Ravenloft, 3d6 in the Lost City, and See Where it Goes

I made a list of 3 GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing To late for prep byu/Glad-Cup-6747 inDMAcademy Comment byu/Glad-Cup-6747 from discussion inDMAcademy https://www.patreon.com/emielboven/posts Random Encounter Ideas for a Campaign Set in a Lost City byu/Reincarsonati0n inDnD Comment byu/Reincarsonati0n from discussion…

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Weird Horror Investigation: a Liminal Horror hack

WHI is coming together from the Liminal Horror SRD. I think I’ve got a rough draft pdf that I will get to the table soonish. Looking at Convergence, the first Delta Green adventure, or perhaps Last Things Last from the free starter PDF. 2025_0608 WHIRPG TEXT SINGLESDownload 2025_0608 WHIRPG TEXT SPREADSDownload This text was made because my friends and I decided to play Delta Green but we’ve…

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Reddit GM Advice: Punk Eberron, Dragon Riders and Campaign Points

I made a list of 3 GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing It had occurred to me fairly recently that there is plenty of fantasy and science fiction adventure potential in AWOL soldiers. Making it Punk byu/TxKRIXUSxT inEberron Comment byu/TxKRIXUSxT from discussion inEberron https://www.patreon.com/emielboven/posts I reckoned that the poster didn’t want to hear…

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Weird Horror Investigation Journey: From Delta Green to Liminal Horror

I’m reading Impossible Landscapes and as mentioned in a previous post, the Thursday night group is jumping into horror for the autumn. While I’m doing this, I’m also looking at the system options. Obviously, there are the choices made for this: the Delta Green RPG, Call of Cthulhu – maybe The Yellow King RPG if we want to get outside of those big two or Trail of Cthulhu as long as we’re on the…

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3 Sessions of Mythic Bastionland with Thomas and MadJay, Sunday Mornings in July

When I found myself in a thread in an online conversation with Thomas Manuel in which he said that he was interested in playing Mythic Bastionland, I sent a quick email to Jay and jumped at the opportunity. Below is the starting map the players will see as we begin the game. There’s more out there but for now, that is what is known. They know the High Lord’s castle is at the foot of The Mountain…

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Carcosa when the leaves fall

I was talking to my friends in the Thursday night gaming group about changing it up from September to November and playing a horror RPG. I have noticed that when the air turns cool and leaves begin change color we get a hankering for something spooky. Keeping in mind that in our previous fantasy RPG session there was a ghost that left blood on a character’s hand when she tried to touch it to…

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Look, it’s a whole book of Tony DiTerlizzi’s black and white fantasy sketches. Do I need to say more? Of course not! But I want to!

The Pen & Ink Drawings of Tony DiTerlizzi (2023) draws from three decades of doodles (I’m going for alliteration there, really — there is no way to seriously call these doodles). The vast majority are related to Dungeons & Dragons (or generic fantasy that may as well be D&D), though I think I did spot a sketch for a single illustration from Contiuum. There are maybe some prelims for Changeling, too, though I’d be hard-pressed to recognize them.

By arranging stuff in chronological order, we get to see the artist in motion (similar to the Bernie Wrightson trading card book back in April). I can’t think of another artist who hangs on to the same essential enthusiasms even as their skills sharpen. You can tell when TD hits a critical mass of life drawing practice, but something hard to explain remains unchanged from his earliest drawings to the last. There are so many charming little fellas. It’s alarming when real violence turns up — there are a couple severed heads — because I fundamentally want all these adventurers and kobolds and whatsits to make it out of the scenario alive somehow. Also, just have to point it out, another Bernie parallel: a surprising number of lady adventurers menaced by carnivorous goo. That githyanki kinda looks like Jerry Only? I’m flipping through, trying to find a favorite, but it’s impossible. Whichever one I’m looking at is my favorite. I close the book and I feel sad.

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Reddit GM Advice: Setting Boundaries, Most Comment Rookie Mistake, Next Steps and Gaming While Neurospicy

I made a list of 3 GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing My party TPK’ed themselves in the ToA in the dumbest way possible byu/Capable-Surprise-523 inDnD Comment byu/Capable-Surprise-523 from discussion inDnD https://www.patreon.com/emielboven/posts The rookie DM mistake I see most often is keeping the game concept a secret. I see this as the sibling of the…

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Perspective Shift: From Lore Dump to Lore Confetti

“I’ve got all of this lore for this world I’ve created and I’m not sure how to share it.” Let’s talk about covering the entire setting with this lore. Think of it like how when you throw confetti you find it all over the place – that is lore. When there are arts and crafts with glitter (confetti’s shiny cousin) and you can’t touch anything in that room without getting glitter on you after that.…

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d6 Tables in Mage War Era Skyship

I put Mage War Era Skyship up on itch.io. Below are the latest pages, thinking about how I like to use d6 tables to generate ideas. Mage Era Skyship 21 and 22 d6 tablesDownload If you would like to get an email notification when blog posts are published, please subscribe below: Email…

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Inspiration Goat is listening, watching and creating during this lovely 3-day weekend.

As heard on the Daydreaming about Dragons podcast, the Inspiration Goat helps me process media and take parts that are useful for the gaming table. This isn’t about the hottest new thing or the crowdfunding with the biggest payday; it is just a few geeky things that are inspiring me. It might be weekly; it might be monthly. It all depends on how fast the inspiration goat chews on media and who…

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Yes.

Have you played THE BURNING WHEEL ?

By Luke Crane

It is a medieval fantasy game with heavy focus on the beliefs of the characters and a unique character creation system that determines their life from birth

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The Ballad of Bone and Blade and The Ballad of Sam Smorkle

Sam Smorkle has context in the tavern. We’ve all seen little-goblin-like folks at a bar. A creature with a crown of bone and blade surrounded by a trio of sentient rings of fire and a steel arm needs to be built up to. Unless you are playing a very particular brand of weird fantasy, that character doesn’t make sense. The bone, the blade, the fire and the steel arm don’t have any meaning. If the…

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Reddit GM Advice: Chargen Party, Fitting In From the Start and Overwhelmed at World-Building

I made a list of 3 GM advice subreddits called RefAdvice. r/OSR HELP and r/DnD DMing What to start with *other* than DnD? byu/OstrichConscious4917 inrpg Comment byu/OstrichConscious4917 from discussion inrpg https://www.patreon.com/emielboven/posts Need help fitting two players into my world by inDMAcademy Comment by from discussion…

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Inspiration Goat is thinking about TTRPG's again.

As heard on the Daydreaming about Dragons podcast, the Inspiration Goat helps me process media and take parts that are useful for the gaming table. This isn’t about the hottest new thing or the crowdfunding with the biggest payday; it is just a few geeky things that are inspiring me. It might be weekly; it might be monthly. It all depends on how fast the inspiration goat chews on media and who…