Jon at Handiwork Games
Scotland-based #ttrpg developer and publisher of #BEOWULF Age of Heroes, #astaterpg second edition, #Maskwitches, Silver Road, Jon Hodgson Backdrop books, #ColdCity, Hot War, #FiveEvil and more
https://handiwork.games
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- Hey in the run up to the crowdfunding campaign for Cold City and Hot War, (Both games are now out in PDF) I sat down with @malcolmcraig.bsky.social to chat about the upcoming new edition. You can watch (or listen) to all of the parts in one go: youtu.be/Hds6fbPzvJE #coldcity
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- Conventions. On one hand: planning, travel, expenditure, low return compared to almost anything else we can do. On the other hand: all our books laid out on a booth so people go “oh shit look at those books”. BEOWULF, a|state, Maskwitches, FiveEvil, Cold City, Hot War. That’s some nice books?
- Diving into some FiveEvil art tomorrow for the new book “Netherworlds”. Really enjoyed working on these - montages and paint overs and assemblages is something I’ve always enjoyed doing, way back to the earliest days of my art foundation course. Nothing is wasted eh? FiveEvil is a handsome book.
- Hot War Second Edition. "Work together for a brighter future." Print pre-order with free PDF: handiwork.games/product/hot-... PDF: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
- Just released! Hot War Second Edition by @malcolmcraig.bsky.social A game of friends, enemies, secrets and consequences in the aftermath. Preorder the print edition at our web store: handiwork.games/product/hot-... Or get the PDF @drivethrurpg.com www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... #coldcity
- Just now I’m collecting material from the Cold City Hot War Kickstarter campaign updates to repost on our blog. There’s a lot of material there explaining in detail how the games work. But I’d forgotten I’d made these 3d mockups of the games and supporting material. I could animate these…
- Haven’t done one of these in ages! Our Maskwitches Mask generator is free to use. You can generate masks for your maskwitches, even print them to make into actual masks. You can also generate characters too. Works on your phone or desktop. Nice. handiwork.games/maskwitches-...
- Having some smoke machine fun with some Knucklebones Miniatures weird stuff and the new Pro Series Backdrop Book in A3 (It's out now on the Handiwork Games web store in A3 and A4) handiwork.games/product-cate...
- Once again it is time to be clear in how much I enjoy Seyed's reviews. I have found them extremely enlightening about our own material. The summaries of systems are really sharp. I've said it before, but I really admire Seyed's ability to engage with creator intentions. Nice.
- Random publishing thoughts 🧵 : it’s interesting to do maths and work out how much a crowdfunding effort has made per equivalent item offered or even per page of content. You can then usually also work out some ratios for the size of the team working on it. It can be surprising stuff.
- Behind the scenes stuff is always fun, eh? Here’s a brace of Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland glow downs of plastic/3d printed skulls. #maskwitches Fond out more about the project here: handiwork.games/home/the-sil...
- More Sunday Backdrop classics - rusty rewilded gunpla. Using the Skies Book and the Deserts and Warmer Climes Book. #jhbackdrops #gunpla
- Sunday Backdrop classics - Electric Lightning and the Skies Backdrop Book. Robot kit and the same Backdrop book. #jhbackdrops
- He really has. You know that thing where you’ve become very familiar with a project, and then you get the final thing and I was quite stunned seeing it all together. It’s very “Paul” (which is a good thing).
- Cold City Hot War Backers - check your kickstarter email - a coupon for the PDF of Hot War Second Edition is with you now. #coldcity
- *I'm* not saying we make one of the most consistently interesting bodies of TTRPG work out in the world today. That's for other people to say oh hi David
