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Kal Arath Live Play Session 1

A full solo RPG session in Kal Arath — rolling up Garen Vosque, a decommissioned soldier stranded in the desert, and stumbling into a wrecked battle barge and a very profane giant praying mantis.

April 17, 2026 / Vlogs /

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Dungeon and Wilderness Stamps by Castle Grief

Castle Grief's handmade map stamps are live on Kickstarter

Castle Grief and artisan Bone Chapel's Kickstarter for 40 hand-carved dungeon and wilderness map stamps is now live. Back the campaign for the wilderness set, the dungeon set, or both.

Monster Friends: Battle for New Florida hero

All Monster Friends rule cards are live

Orc the Brand has released the complete set of monster rule cards for Monster Friends: Battle for New Florida. Free download, available now.

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May 18, 2026 / #site-update

Hobbinomicon.com

The site is live with every vlog cleaned up and searchable, plus the start of an indie games directory. Also: cracking open a fresh Steamforged Warmachine box to see how the new peg-and-hole sprues actually fit together.

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May 17, 2026 / #basing

Orc bases and flesh

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May 16, 2026 / #monster-friends

Coffee Cup Part 1

Pre-shading the 3D-printed coffee cup energy counter for Monster Friends. Stabbed an old X-Acto blade into the base, hit it with diorama thick mud, and worked a fast zenithal up from the bottom.

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May 15, 2026 / #relicblade

Spicing up some relic blade tokens.

Finishing the Relic Blade cardboard tokens with a black paint marker around the edges and a dome of Mod Podge Dimensional Magic on each face.

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May 14, 2026 / #books

One of my new favorites.

Just finished David Lindsay's A Voyage to Arcturus and it's an instant favorite. Going back through it now with a chapter-by-chapter read-along and literary analysis.

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May 13, 2026 / #painting

Taking a look at Inquisitor Kroyle

Quick unboxing of the Inquisitor Kroyle sprue from a kit-bashing perspective, plus action-figure prop counters for Monster Friends and a stack of Ex Obscuris appliance prints.

From the painting desk

From the Workbench

What I'm painting, what indie wargames are doing something interesting, the Kickstarter you might've missed, and whatever weird thing I'm obsessed with this month. Once a month-ish. Won't waste your time.

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Indie skirmish game by Tanner Simpson, published through 28 Magazine. Current version is the Third Helping rulebook.

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Relicblade

Indie tactics-RPG skirmish for two. 4 to 6 characters per side on a 2'×2' board, around 30 minutes a game, with party building by good/evil alignment rather than fixed factions.

Kal Arath

Sword-and-sandal OSR fantasy adventure RPG by Castle Grief. 2d6 mechanics, exploding damage, classless characters. Plays solo, co-op, or with a GM.

Wanted! Reward: CC 10000

Open-alpha narrative bounty hunter simulator set in the dim-bleakness of the far future. Mini-agnostic skirmish for 1 to 6 players, free PDF rules, designed by Tanner Simpson and Goobinsgitz.

Ømen Tide

Skirmish wargame of zealotry and cosmic maritime horror. Three models per player on a 16×16 inch board, with a deck of poker cards in place of dice and an Omen Zone that rewrites which suit rules each round.

Motley Crews

Grid-based tactical fantasy skirmish for two players, played on a regular 8×8 chessboard with any miniatures you like.

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Painting every monster from the Dolmenwood Monster Book.

Miniature Painting

Painting Illuminated Text and Magical Pipe Smoke

Finishing a Dolmenwood miniature with illuminated text on a book and magical pipe smoke effects using dry brushing techniques.

January 4, 2026

Dolmenwood Pokédex Project Ep 1

Painting a Wodewose for the Dolmenwood Pokédex project using the slap chop method and testing out speed paints.

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