An emotional mechanism hidden in all TTRPG combat engines (that you can use to decolonize your game)

Your players’ biggest tools are the ones they will reach for first, so give them problems where that tool will just make it worse.

WIP Wednesday #2 - Designing a lighthouse for your ear (and a .wav gift!)

This week I want to share a fun little sound I made for Episode 13 of The Witches of Wederra Keep! In this episode there's a lighthouse, and I wanted to make a mysterious tone that would capture some of the sound of a rotating lighthouse lamp and

WIP Wednesday #1 - Invisible Parties - DUMAINE

I'm starting a Work-In-Progress Wednesdays and I'll publish both here and on Patreon. I do a lot of cool stuff but my income has been very low, so I'm adding an option for you to pitch in and support my work. You can sign

New illustrations

One of the goals of Games for an Ordinary Life, the micro roleplaying game zine I kickstarted in February as part of Zinequest was to help me create some more linoleum block print work. After the campaign, other parts of life took over for a while – hence the radio silence

Is This A "Dad" Thing?

💡Is This A "Dad" Thing is a documentary about male (AMAB) breastfeeding. You can find more information in our press kit and a donation link here to support the final steps of the film. I breastfed my child. I induced lactation, produced milk and nursed my newborn. I&

Games for an Ordinary Life — Deep Dive

Starting Tuesday February 11, I'm launching a kickstarter for Games for an Ordinary Life is an art zine of minimalist games that I wrote mostly during the 36 Word RPG Jam that ran through January. It'll be around 32 pages, including four brand new linoleum block

In January, it's so nice while slipping on the sliding ice.

This new year hasn't given me much time to breath – like a shock of cold air and the pressure to keep moving against the stinging conditions, and I can imagine that sensation has been going around. There's been really a lot to think about, and this

Wederra Keep Episode 1 and artwork reveal

We just published episode 1 today for The Witches of Wederra Keep! We got our incredible cover art from Hannah Templer, an amazing illustrator and writer (I highly recommend their comic Cosmoknights). I've admired Hannah's work for years, and I'm honestly blown away by

On Kindness

I’ve been feeling pretty rough about the political situation these days, and I know there’s a lot to be done, but one of the things on my mind is the overarching cultural moment we’re facing. I’ve been working on articulating my thoughts, going back and forth

The Witches of Wederra Keep

In two weeks on January 28th, The Witches of Wederra Keep is a story coming to your podcast platforms! I'm so excited :) A coven of three witches lives in Wederra Fortress, an old crumbling keep of two towers and a hall with stone walls around modest grounds high

Stacking stones into 2025

You're getting this update because you signed up for a Substack I started shortly after October 7th last year to share some of my thoughts and processing around the unfolding tragedy in Gaza. Thank you so much for tossing your email address in there. I really appreciate your

Coming soon

This is Wederra Keep, a brand new and at the same time very old geography kept sacred by Jacob Wolf Lefton. Things will start growing here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails when new things