Johnny O’Neal
Brotherwise Games Co-Founder. Geeky dad. Game designer, art director, and chief Cosmere officer. Trying to make the world a more positive & joyful place through games.
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- If anyone here knows how to get in touch with the lovely artist behind Snowy's Maps (snowysmaps.bsky.social) I would like to offer them some commission work! And I know this sort of an awkward way to get in touch with someone, but it can be surprisingly difficult to find artists' contact info. 😅
- Reposted by Johnny O’NealWe've updated the Plotweaver website with some lovely new art from Cristian Benavides. Check it out, and if you haven't already, take the survey about what you'd like to see from this new genre-spanning open source RPG system! www.plotweaverrpg.com
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- Please allow this proud dad a moment to brag about my kids: My 18 year-old earned straight A's during his first quarter of pre-med classes at Northwestern. My 16 year-old got accepted to a summer program at Yale to study law and politics. And my 10 year-old won a writing award today at school! 🎉
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- After-hours fun at Dragonsteel Nexus with @brotherwisegames.bsky.social (and friends from Kickstarter and Demiplane)!
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- On Saturday at Dragonsteel Nexus, the Cosmere RPG team is running our first-ever actual play for the Mistborn campaign setting! I'll be playing Jacques Ardot, an overconfident dilettante with Gold-powered super-healing. The team is running some hilarious characters... this is gonna be fun!
- My office is unusually clean today, so here's a look at my workspace! Like everyone at @brotherwisegames.bsky.social, I work from home. I surround myself with various geeky items, a complete library of Brotherwise games, and mementos from my days at Mattel, Spin Master, and Moose Toys.
- Happy Thanksgiving! We had an amazing feast (including the best-ever hoisin bacon butter roasted turkey) with my beloved sister-in-law June and her friends from Taiwan. After dinner, we went for a nighttime stroll at the local botanical garden's "Astra Lumina" exhibit. Lots of reasons for gratitude!
- Reposted by Johnny O’Neal📘 Learn the lore behind how a small board game publisher became the maker of the Cosmere RPG, the most funded TTRPG Kickstarter of all time! youtube.com/shorts/ks0UEcPkmIY?… #brotherwisegames #cosmererpg #brandonsanderson
- When recording videos for Brotherwise, I tend to skip writing a script because A) it's easier and B) improvising sounds a little more natural. The ad lib approach usually works, but I don't always stick the landing.
- It's been a while since the last time I attended a Magic pre-release, but I couldn't resist stopping by the Game Hub to play the new Avatar set! Put together a pretty decent green/white Allies deck with Aang, Momo, Sokka, and Kyoshi. Lots of exiling and earthbending. Good times!
- Earlier this year, my wife and I went to see a 90's cover band and had a total blast. So we found a similar band and did it the next weekend. Then we found a dive bar with live music, and another local venue with a great DJ. Then we realized that nothing stops us from doing this every weekend! 1/2
- We've always tried to do weekly date nights at restaurants, but this is cheaper and a lot more fun! At first we wondered, "Are we too old for this?" (We're 45.) But there's always a big age range at these places, and we're roughly in the middle. This feels like such a life hack. I recommend it! 2/2
- Let's play the Cosmere RPG! This awesome new TTRPG is now in stores, so @suenshine.bsky.social and I worked with the Dragonsteel team to create this fun series of videos about what makes this system so fun to play. The playlist *just* launched, so check it out! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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- Reposted by Johnny O’NealDragonsteel Nexus is officially one month away, and we couldn't be more excited! Make sure to check out our Cosmere Gaming panel on Saturday morning, and the live playthrough of the RPG on Saturday evening! We'll also have various demos happening throughout the convention. You won't want to miss it!
- Reposted by Johnny O’NealThe Stormlight and Cosmere RPG Miniatures STLs are now available for purchase on MyMiniFactory! myminifactory.com/users/BrotherwiseGames Get individual STLs of the miniatures from the Cosmere RPG and Stormlight Premium Miniatures Kickstarter campaigns, or bundle up on each pack!
- One of my professional dreams is working on an Avatar board game. Brotherwise pitched for the rights twice. The second time, we got so close that we started art! We planned original pieces, but we were also working with @dmacalvert.bsky.social to paint over stills from the show. Here's an example!
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- Today I was invited to give a career talk at my son's high school, which was supposed to include a section on your career path. I presented mine like a board game, and I think the result is pretty cute. My message for the kids: don't expect your path to a creative industry job to be a straight one!
- Here's the same career journey in another format, chronicling my "eras." It starts with my years as a film major (and meeting Beverly!) at Northwestern. After some boring years as an HR consultant, I went to grad school, which led to my years in the toy industry before (and during) Brotherwise.
- Reposted by Johnny O’NealWe FINALLY Got Our #StormlightArchives TTRPG Set!!! The teams at @brotherwisegames.bsky.social & @dragonsteelbooks.com have put together an absolutely top tier Kickstarter here. There is a NEW BAR. youtu.be/_ccbS5wEAt4?...
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- Reposted by Johnny O’NealI had a blast tonight playing Super Boss Monster 2 with @brotherwisegames.bsky.social! We even got a fun promo for Boss Monster Junior 😋 #boardgames
- I've lived in the LA area for almost 20 years and somehow never made it to Frank & Son until yesterday. It's like the merch stalls at a con, but always there! My son and I had fun checking it out. I got a few Magic cards (including some lucky pulls) and he got Pokemon cards and Demon Slayer merch.
- About to jump online to play Super Boss Monster 2 with @banzainator.bsky.social and @meanpomelo.bsky.social! Come join us! twitch.tv/banzainator
- Today's the day! I'll be streaming Super Boss Monster 2 with @brotherwisegames.bsky.social. We start at 5:30 pm PT/8:30 pm ET on my twitch channel. See you there! twitch.tv/Banzainator
- Took the day off to celebrate Beverly's birthday! We spent the morning biking up and down the Strand, ate steamed crab and Korean noodles for lunch, then enjoyed a lazy afternoon. We've been celebrating birthdays together since we were teenagers and life just keeps getting better. 💕
- This week's hike: going off-trail in Lunada Bay. The little guy did a great job traversing some pretty vertical areas, and we were rewarded with awesome tide pools full of baby crabs.
- My 16-year-old is interested in getting into politics, so my parents gifted him their collection of political buttons dating back to the 60s. Here are a few of them.
- Reposted by Johnny O’Neal✨Role Announcement!✨ You can hear me as The Dice Queen in the trailer for the new card game; Super Boss Monster 2! 🎲 She was such a fun character to voice and the team at Brotherwise Games have just launched the Kickstarter for it! 😍 youtu.be/BV6M0IYgBIM 🔗👇 #voiceacting #voiceactor #trailers
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- Enjoyed a great afternoon of gaming today, including my first time playing Captain Sonar. Thanks for inviting me, Christina and @danshoehsu.bsky.social!
- Very jealous of this game room. 👀
- Reposted by Johnny O’NealGuess who visited Dragonsteel HQ this week? Johnny, Chris, and Lydia met with Brandon and the team to discuss the future of Cosmere board games and RPGs. So much cool stuff coming... stay tuned for announcements at Dragonsteel Nexus!
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- Saw Grandaddy in concert last night at the Fonda. They played all of the Sophtware Slump (which came out 25 years ago! 😭) and a selection of great songs from other albums. Pedro the Lion opened and Conor Oberst was in the audience. It was a very indie rock night with @dzevans.bsky.social!
- Everyone at Brotherwise Games is so proud of Jillian Schumacher, Finalist for Marketing Visionary at the 2025 Women in Toys Awards! It was great fun rubbing elbows with industry luminaries and celebrating Jillian at this glitzy event in Beverly Hills. Go Jillian! 👑 @brotherwisegames.bsky.social
- This week we're dropping off our 18-year-old at college, so there have been a lot of goodbyes. But the toughest was with Jack's 16-year-old brother, D. Here's what they said, through tears, as they hugged each other. D: I don't know how to be without you. J: You're better than me. You'll be great.
- They didn't say much more than that, but those simple words said a lot. I've seen them laugh and cry, bicker and collaborate, sometimes fight but always love each other fiercely. I hope they remember that love and stay connected. My relationship with my big brother gives me some hope of that. 💙
- Today my 9-year-old wanted to play Twilight Princess on our Wii U, which hasn't worked in years. I looked up instructions online, warned him that we maybe had a 10% chance of success, and opened the controller. But it worked! Honestly shocked that we fixed it.
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