Jacob Marks

My first 5 TTRPGs: 1. FKR that my dad told me was D&D 2. An attempt to run B/X 3. Pathfinder (player) 4. Tales From the Loop (first thing I ran) 5. Star Wars FFG (GM) Immediately after this I ran Knave and Mork Borg and fell deep in the OSR/NSR.

Final painting of rulers for my Mythic Bastionland game. Now I've gotten so into this style I'll have to find other things to draw for the game. #osr #nsr #rpg #ito #painting

Final painting of rulers for my Mythic Bastionland game. Now I've gotten so into this style I'll have to find other things to draw for the game. #osr #nsr #rpg #ito #painting

Another ruler of a realm for a Mythic Bastionland game. I think these might be some of my favorite faces I've ever drawn. #osr #nsr #rpg #art #painting

Another Mythic Bastionland piece. A seer who has become the ruler of a holding. Pretty happy with how this came out. #osr #nsr

Painted the rulers of a holding for a Mythic Bastionland realm I'm working on. #osr #nsr

Finished my Mythic Bastionland realm. #osr #nsr #rpg

Working on more faces

A good demonstration of how absurdly small insects can get. I was looking at a relatively small (2.5 mm) pteromalid wasp and noticed something stuck to its wing. It was an even smaller wasp.

Another ruler of a realm for a Mythic Bastionland game. I think these might be some of my favorite faces I've ever drawn. #osr #nsr #rpg #art #painting

Made a small painting today. I purchased some pretty nice paper and it was really nice to paint on! Holloway Guide Gouache on paper 5x7

Mail Call! Got my contributor copy of Encyclopedia Cthulhiana. The cover(oils), & several digital interiors are mine! Huge thanks to @chaosium.bsky.social and Susan O'Brien (Art Director & Editor) Huge thanks to @fredwj.bsky.social for modeling the intrepid librarian & encouraging me to paint! 💚⚔️🎨

Periodic reminder that I made 30 free pixel fonts just for you and also that they're all CC0 and totally free not-jam.itch.io/not-jam-font...

Another Mythic Bastionland piece. A seer who has become the ruler of a holding. Pretty happy with how this came out. #osr #nsr

Painted the rulers of a holding for a Mythic Bastionland realm I'm working on. #osr #nsr

Despite loving fantasy ive always hated maps in books - theyre often nonsense and hurt the fantasy - but ever since seeing An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (1917) By Bernard Sleigh (in the british library fantasy exhibit in 2023) i fell in love with the idea of my novel having a map like as that

Announcing Caves of Qud: Diaspora. 🌱 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/5249200/...

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

Finished my Mythic Bastionland realm. #osr #nsr #rpg

Working on drawing a Mythic Bastionland realm.

one of my primary influences in this project is Anni Albers, particularly her weavings. i love her combination of minimalism, detail, and and organic textures. it's wonderful the way she draws one into seeing process as motion, and invites people to imagine how processes work internally.

What if you could take a work of art, remix it, study it, share it, or build something new from it? You can. Public-domain works belong to everyone to be: 🛠️ Reused 🔀 Remixed ❤️ Enjoyed 🧠 Reimagined So go find something. Then make something new. Free to (re)use. blog.archive.org/2026/01/01/w...

I just found Super Blood Harvest at a comics store! One of the best rpg finds I've ever had at a store in person.

Four drawings that dropped to my patrons for September. Coupled with some of the other available knight drawings and maybe a monster or two, and a sorcerer, one could illustrate an arthurian-like game zine! For as low as $2.50/mo 🤯 patreon.com/perplexingruins

Spooky Season PSA: Don't sleep on Bloodheist by @infrabeige.bsky.social! It's something like "Blades in the Darks meets World of Darkness", but I've never not had a good time with the game. It's incredibly well written and absolutely nails the theme it's going for. graculusdroog.itch.io/bloodheist

with a little magic from @deeverine.bsky.social, my humble submission to this year's Vaarn jam is now beautiful! i'd love if you checked out the new doc's layout ✨ thursday-garreau.itch.io/blue-mosaic-...

rat-bastard-games.itch.io/wolves-of-th... HEY DO YOU LIKE THE BRONZE AGE AND HEXCRAWLS? DO YOU LIKE THE MINOANS? CHECK OUT CRETE FOR WOLVES OF THE AEGEAN THE RULES ARE FREE

The Vatican this time tomorrow:

Last four rulesets played: - Dungeon Crawl Classics (playing through Dark Tower) - Dolmenwood (I'm a player in this one) - Dungeon Inc. - Beyond the Wall (also a player in this one for a oneshot)

"Trail of the Ten Terrible Trials" I had a typo with Trails and Trials and had to repost. lol.

@infrabeige.bsky.social got me thinking about what a minimalist dot-grid character sheet for Vaults of #Vaarn would look like. Doing some tests.

Redrew the Golden Knight in my sketchbook tonight - markers and posca

@infrabeige.bsky.social got me thinking about what a minimalist dot-grid character sheet for Vaults of #Vaarn would look like. Doing some tests.

We updated our game title! Check out our real time ant colony simulator: store.steampowered.com/app/3016940/... #WishlistWednesday #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #ants #entomology #RTS

Jam hosts now have access to "Submission requirements" to control what pages are eligible for submission, including blocking pages that disclose the use of generative AI, blocking paid games, blocking preexisting games, and more.

refining my severian

any one of these ideas could've carried a jam entry, but instead i sketched out little one-page versions of each and threw em all in a document together :3

there's something very contemporary about this 1908 painting of Judas by Sascha Schneider (or just a testament to the Symbolists' lasting influence to this day)

A new dawn of post-OSR indie TTRPG Thinking Adventure Music publishing

Since Zelda is trending, a friendly reminder how CRAZY good Katsuya Terada is. (1/3)

More Into the Odd character sheet tests. I'm planning a one shot at a gaming store and I really want something to communicate the simplicity, while keeping room for notes and maps. #osr #nsr

1982's Conan the Barbarian is a movie about Arnold Schwarzenegger kicking ass and fighting snakes...but it also presents a far more thoughtful, sympathetic version of Conan than people realize. Let's talk beefy heroes, Thulsa Doom, and...feminism?

I've released an all-in-one tool that lets you extract textures from any perspective, turn them into seamless textures, and use them on your 3D models. #gamedev #indiedev #gamedevtools #itchio #indiegame

⚠️ Accessories are here! RPG Trader just got a big upgrade. Creators can now offer print-on-demand physical accessories for their games - alongside digital downloads & print books. Cards. Dice. Maps. GM screens. Tiles. Character sheets. Game boxes. And it all happens directly through RPG Trader.

Even though promoting stuff on social media is like selling tupperware to your friends, it doesn't change the fact that we pressed the GO button on this now. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...