Stone Gear Studios

Dev Page for one @mattbongers I work on a variety of projects including tabletop games, novels, and miniatures

[entiqua]

turns your wolf link into a spirit tracks wolfos

[psychic-waffles]

We're at the "JK Rowling is personally funding litigation to try and destroy AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL" stage of rabid UK terf brain.

Screenshot via Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net on bluesky

Tldr Amnesty International, global human rights organisation, published a report called 'A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK'. In it is detailed, amongst others, a whole bunch of transphobic groups and organisations, including Beira's Place, JK Rowling's trans exclusionary sexual violence support service. JK Rowling threw a shit fit and got Amnesty to take the report down by threatening libel. This was obviously not enough, because you can't appease a fascist, so now she's going to bankroll a bunch of lawsuits anyway through the JK Rowling Women's Fund.*

You can read an archived version of the report here, please save it and share it.

*Not so friendly reminder there is no way to engage in the wizard books without enabling this shit.

[stonegearstudios]

First time using my new seeing station to do a reinforced spine my sewing's still not the neatest but should hopefully be good and durable

[stonegearstudios]

Second bind of the day was more of a pain in the ass, don't think I'll do Quatros again, to thick and to small

[stonegearstudios]

First time using my new seeing station to do a reinforced spine my sewing's still not the neatest but should hopefully be good and durable

[vintagerpg]

This is Chaos in Kansas (1989), a scenario for GURPS Cliffhanger or GURPS Horror, depending on how you’re feeling. The cover doesn’t even come close to telling you what amazing things lie in wait inside, but it’s a start. In truth, the title alone is gold. Say it with me, Chaos in Kansas, Chaos in Kansas, Chaos in Kansas.

There are two scenarios and some source material on the setting, a town called Liberty. The first involves a kidnapping by a coven of witches who worship the horrible sorcerer monster that’s trapped in a cave outside of town. They’re led by a teen flapper, the girlfriend of the kidnapped victim, who she intends to use as a human sacrifice to free the Dire Dreamer. She has a goat mask with crystal eyes in the trunk of her car. The cave is guarded by a horrible humanoid spider creature. The Dreamer itself is a mummified head on top of a pile of human intestines. I suspect that the phantom on Miro Sinovcic’s cover is meant to be the Dreamer, but good taste prevailed against depicting the pile of intestines. When the players defeat the Dreamer, the head explodes in a splash of goo, which should happen at the end of more RPG boss fights if you ask me.

The second scenario has the players investigating strange goings on at the local cement factory. And by strange goings on, I mean getting hired by the boss to root out the “Bolsheviks” who have been disrupting the work. Except it isn’t Bolsheviks, its the ghost a Wobbly who was murdered on the site. When he came back as a ghost, he just kept on agitating for the workers, adopting the guise of the Demon of Capitalism to terrorize and sabotage the work site. He can’t be exorcized (he was an atheist, lol) and he won’t rest even if his killer is brought to justice. The only way he’ll depart is if the workers organize a union. The scenario includes lyrics to “Solidarity Forever” and other labor movement songs, presumably so you can sing them to the players in the character of Joe the Ghost. Joe’s my hero.

[vintagerpg]

This week, I’m looking at some of the most WTF RPG publications I haven’t already covered, starting with The Future King (1985), which might be the WTF-iest.

The booklet is by Tom Moldvay of B/X D&D fame, and spins out, thematically, from his gonzo Avalon Hill RPG Lords of Creation. Mechanically, though, Moldvay opted for a stripped-down system that focuses on character interaction and uses a pair of D6; the full rules run about a page and are surprisingly light for the period.

The scenario is unhinged, however. Players take the role of six heroes summoned out of time — Nostradamus, the Viking Harald Hardraada, the Welsh freedom fighter Owen Glendower, Doc Holiday, Cyrano de Bergerac and Bruce Lee — who are tasked with finding a number of magical items — the skeleton of Sir Bedivere, Excalibur (naturally) and the magic bell that will wake the sleeping king and his knights. Nostradamus has a bunch of prophecies that can possibly help player through the plot, but honestly, the adventure is a series of scenes that, while jumping through time and space, are pretty linear in practice. Random encounters (with Sinbad, the Red Dragon, Comte St. Germain and a futuristic soldier of fortune, among others) spice things up. As much as Moldvay pretends the scenario is about character interaction and puzzling out riddles, success is mostly determined by successfully kicking the butts of a series of guardians, which include a cyborg and Sir Mordred. It’s all over the place, a fever dream all the way through.

And it has pretty solid art! Dave Billman, who did a lot of work on the Lords of Creation line also does a lot here. Other illustrations are by Mike Gustovich, Rick Magyar and John Totleben (!).

[cyber-husky]

artfight (mass) attack for @stonegearstudios, @stormieislurking and @bluering8

[stonegearstudios]

My orange girl! #mygirl!

[hellomelancholic]

Direct byproduct of being neurodivergent and growing up isolated from your peergroup is having no idea when it's appropriate to define someone as your friend

[hellomelancholic]

Is this person I met yesterday my friend? What about this person I've been talking to every day for three months? What about this person I've known since middle school? Is friend a title I have to earn? What are the limits of friendship? Is it a static state, make-or-break, or is it some endless dance-dance-revolution style cavalcade of prompts and challenges and social cues I have to hit perfectly to keep it up? Does it bend? Does it break? I don't fucking know man I just work here.

[dubiousculturalartifact]

i still remember when the dude doing my autism assessment asked me how many friends I had, and I was like "okay but how are we defining friendship?" and he just like, stared at me for a second and then wrote down some notes

[stonegearstudios]

Trying Quatros for my next bind, kinda small on 8.5x12 but that's the only good paper I've got

Trying to find bookbinding suitable paper in Canada is a journey XD

[stonegearstudios]

Well, my artfart profile. My goal this year is doing at least 3 attacks. They won't be good, but it's something

[ceruleanheaven]

i am always one wrong word away from being shot by all the people who find me tolerable

[kyra45]

“Commission open? Dm me” - commission scam

“I have something important to tell you but can’t message u pls message me ” - accidentally reported you scam

“I love your story and want to illustrate it dm me at discord” - commissioner scam

“I saw your post looking for artists to draw (x) and would love to draw it it sounds like a lovely idea and im an artist” - commissioner scammer who DM’d you when you didn’t ask

“Did you send me this link for free tumblr premium?” - accidentally reported you scam

“ your account is limited please kindly verify at (scam link)” - verification scam

[stonegearstudios]

Haven't posted much work lately cause executive dysfunction is horrific I'm lazy but I did finish something today

Now I'd didn't just bind this book cause I read it as a kid, most of the ones I'm planning on binding are things I haven't read yet.

But a friend I haven't seen in a while was having a baby shower today, and he's the one that originally lent me this book, back when I was like, 13 or so.

Hopefully he enjoys it, hopefully it doesn't fall apart, and maybe his kid will enjoy it in a decade or so

Some thoughts

-kinda choked at the last minute, damaged the bookcloth in a spot by pressing to hard when defining the spine crease. Also forgot to print the label on the good printer so just rubbing it down wore it significantly

-Wish I'd put endbands on, also, the block wasn't exactly centered vertically

-Funny thing was, formating the text took far longer than the binding

Things to think on for my next project

-Want to figure out how to do more interesting covers and endpapers

-Used sewed banding

-perhaps round the back

-figure out how to make large textblocks lie even

[brightlotusmoon]

[ancientson]

I know this is meant to be funny but it actually makes such a good point about how ADHD and executive dysfunction can impact people in really major ways, including financially

[phantastische-illustrationen]

'Born to Exile' by Phyllis Eisenstein, 1978 (Stephen Fabian)

[bowelfly]

I absolutely love love LOVE your little monks, they brought me so much joy!

May i use your manastic sicko meme?

Much adoration for your art!

sure! i even got two versions

[teaboot]

I hate that thing some people do where it's like. "I left my wallet on the table to see if you'd say anything" or "I wanted to see if you'd wash the car if I stopped doing it"

Cause like

I dont know about anyone else

But I am perpetually hovering three inches above the strong subconscious belief that everyone knows what they're doing at all times except me, so if you change your normal patterns and I notice, then I will assume it is an intentional choice with a thought-out plan behind it and I will avoid interfering

And if I don't notice, because I won't, because why would I, because not much bothers me and if you don't say anything to indicate you are bothered then how would I KNOW

[teaboot]

Alternatives to experimenting on me like a lab rat when you suspect me of being inconsiderate:

"I feel like I'm the only one who does this chore. Can we start taking turns?"

"I'd like you to ask me how I'm doing more often."

"It bothers me when this area stays messy so long. Can you do X when Y happens?"

"I feel like the onus is on me to initiate X, and it's wearing me down. Could you try making the first move more? Like 3-4 times a week?"

"I'm feeling upset right now and I'd like to spend some time with you."

"When X happens, I feel like you're taking my work for granted."

"I'm feeling neglected. Could you do X?"

"I'm burnt out and need help."

"I feel like I'm the only one putting effort into X."

"Do you notice this?"

"Are you bothered by this?"

"I am bothered when this happens."

"X habit of yours bothers me."

"When X is like this, I feel bad. Can you [action] when you notice X?"

[hug-your-face]