Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures

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Award winning RPG Game Designer: Wreck This Deck, Bite Marks, Lovecraftesque and many more. Works in climate crisis prevention and knits all the things. (she/her) Games website:

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Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· 27d

I love solo journaling #rpgs ! Here are my top 10 tips for getting the most out of them. 1. 1. Set aside time – I have a busy schedule. If I don’t make time for solo journaling then it is always the thing that slips. try to pick a time of day and do it and protect that time.

Picture of my solo gaming journal, a fountain pen, the backs of 2 tarot cards and a copy of The Almanac of Sanguine Paths by Rori Montford, a solo journaling #ttrpg

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Jul 1

Advent Elf reporting for duty! Let's get this pre-launch cooking :) www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Jul 1

Video recording for the campaign achieved! Lets hope something in there is useable :) pre-launch page for the curious is here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...

Photo of Becky in an elf hat and tinsel scarf looking at the camera preparing to record some promo videos for our solo journaling game in an advent calendar crowdfunder coming soon!

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Jun 29

Guess where @armadajosh.bsky.social and I are going to be in a couple of weeks... #Rollfest2026 here we come!

Promo for Rollfest. Pictures of me and Josh with the Black Armada banner and the details for going to Rollfest 2026 including the website www.rollfest.it and the dates 10th, 11th, 12th July in Bracciano, Italy!

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Jun 3

This was tucked into our UKGE stall during breakdown and I am absolutely here for weird little zine games left behind for me to puzzle over! Will be playing this soon. #rpg #ttrpg

A tiny zine called 'What happened to Nicholas? a collaborative horror storytelling game' with a yellow post it on it saying 'found me?' #ttrpg #rpg

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Jun 2

Carnival Tenebris enters the ring! Sign up for a playtest copy here: tinyurl.com/47vy2k7c Your circus is the only thing stopping Belphagor the demon from devouring the world. Set in the same universe as Ex Tenebris, on a fantasy steampunk world. The Show Must Go On! #ttrpg #rpg #indiegame

Red and white striped posted with a hand in the middle. In the center of the hand is an eye. There is a thin dark frame around the image and a title reading 'Carnival Tenebris' in vintage circus script.

This is the front image for my new role playing game Carnival Tenebris, now in playtesting.

Art by Alderdoodle

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· May 31

Lovecraftesque demos were a strong addition to the stall this year. Including this amazing game that @weirdplace.bsky.social joined in with! Thank you for coming along. 1 hour and 9 mins left to run to the stall and say Hi before UKGE2026 is all over and we collapse. #rpg #ttrpg #UKGE2026

4 players and black armada Josh around a gaming table playing a demo of Lovecraftesque at #UKGE2026. #ttrpg

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· May 31

Last day of UKGE in Hall 3A, Stall 407!! @armadajosh.bsky.social and @ickbat.bsky.social are on the stall all day running 1 hour demos and selling games. Assisted by Seeds also running demo games. Lets clean @ickbat.bsky.social out of stock for Against Time and Death. #UKGE2026 #ttrpg

Picture of the Black Armada UKGE stall with Lovecraftesque display and banner and Against Time and Death display and banner. Hall 3A Stall 407

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· May 28

Finished the most important UKGE prep for the weekend before the temperature in the galley got too high! Making sure we are full up of snacks, lunches, fruit and water all weekend. #UKGE2026 #BlackArmadaDoesUKGE2026

Trays of homemade choc chip cookies, sausage rolls, a large pot of pasta salad and a small puff pastry pizza.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· May 27

A moment of calm before the chaos of UKGE26... laminating player handouts for the Carnival Tenebris demo games. Happy days! #UKGE26 #demogames #ttprg #rpgs

Piece of paper running through a laminator with 'Carnival Tenebris - Lore Sheet' written on it.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· May 18

How to find Black Armada (and special guest ickbat games) at UKGE this year... #UKGE2026 #rpg #ttrpgs Hall 3A stall 407

Map of the route to find black armada games at UKGE this year in the style of a fancy map with little medieval houses>

Go in through the main entrance to Hall 3A, turn right immediately, take the 2nd left, look out for the purple tentacles.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· May 18

Black Armada Games is running free 1 hour demo games on our stall at UKGE this year! You can come along on the day or sign up if there something you want to book ahead. Stand 3A-407 - look for the purple tentacles sign ups: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #UKGE2026 #rpg #ttpgs

Poster reads:

Wanna Play ?

1 hour role-playing game demos

Ex Tenebris - A dark SF game of occult investigation
Carnival Tenebris - A magical circus fighting teams
Speed Daemons - illegal mech racing in the far future
Lovecraftesque - Eldritch horror mystery game

Bookings available but not required

2-hour slots available on request

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· May 8

Black Armada games is hosting @ickbat.bsky.social on our stall again for UKGE and Nick is debuting copies of the amazing Against Time and Death at the convention. Come and pick up a copy of this acclaimed duet #ttrpg. #UKGE2026

A red and turquoise abstract design with a two figures in a white circle. one with a red tie, one with a turquoise tie both carrying guns. Text in the circle reads 'Against Time and Death'. This is the cover of the 'Against Time and Death' duet ttrpg game coming to UKGE this year.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Apr 30

Remember this pic from last UKGE? Black Armada and special guest @ickbat.bsky.social are back at UKGE for 2026 bringing our purple tentacles and this year (for the first time) running demo games on our stall. Free sign ups coming soon so pass the word on! #UKGE2026 #ttrpgs #rpgsky #rpg

Picture of Josh in front of the Black Armada UKGE stall in 2025 holding a copy of Lovecraftesque.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Apr 23

Speaking of Lovecraftesque... Two full games of Lovecraftesque are running at UKGE this year. One Friday night from 8pm and one Saturday night from 8pm. Slots are still available for both if you want to sign up. www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/events/3263-...

Black and green book cover with a sigil on the front.

Text on the book cover reads: 'lovecraftesque a storytelling game of creeping eldritch horror' Joshua Fox and Becky Annison

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Apr 23

Don't forget that Lovecraftesque isn't just a cracking hit in Italy (thanks to Narrativa) but an awesome game in English to :) #ttrpg #rpg #lovecraft #horror blackarmada.com/product-cate...

Woman in front of a car in the woods looking at a strange collection of egg sacs as a giant skull creeps up behind her. Front cover image of ttrpg Lovecraftesque by Becky Annison and Josh Fox.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Apr 21

The playtest pack for Carnival Tenebris is done and player handouts are off to some light layout. It took a couple of days longer than expected and I am exhausted. But I am so close to opening this. and that playtest pack is about 120 pages so you are basically getting a game! #ttrpg #rpg

A hand with an eye in the palm on a red and yellow striped background underneath a sign that says 'Carnival Tenebris. Art by Alderdoodle.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Apr 8

Today's deep but rough cut. I can't get this image out of my head so I had to make something the sums up how people react to AI flattery. #hitchikersguide #vogonpoetry

Picture of a Vogon (not the Vogon Commander but those images didn't work so well so there) with two characters in a headlock under each arm. The characters are Ford Prefect and Arthur Dent. The two non-Vogon's are labelled ChatGPT and CLaude. Text in green reads 'tell me how good you think my poetry was'.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Mar 23

Trying to replace my doomscrolling with 'how well is my bread rising'. Seeing if I can get the same dopamine hit. #breadtok

Freshly baked rye bread on top of an oven.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 15

Day 15 Advent of Adventure They finally escape the Dragon by the skin of their teeth, only to walk straight into another mystery. For the full entry, see alt text. #ttrpg #rpg #advent #adventgame #solojournaling

Handwritten diary entry reads as follows:

Day 15

The last elf, Robin,squeezed down the toilet chute with seconds to spare before the fire ripped through the outhouse, incinerating everything. It even singed Robin’s hat as the toilet seat closed overhead. But everyone was safe for now.

They all trudged back along the tunnel in a gloomy silence. The threat of the Dragon, the terrible power it had was all too real now. They all wondered how many of their friends had not been as lucky as they just were.

Coming back to the recycling facility felt good though. It felt like a little oasis of warmth and hope in the wilderness. Funny how all the other elves hated this place. Holly thought that perhaps, when all this was over, she might ask for a transfer here. She was just getting out some of the advent gingerbread to share around when someone came over and said,

‘Erm, do you know that a parcel arrived for you. Come this way.’

They looked about as confused as Holly felt. A parcel delivery? In the middle of all this!

Holly was too exhausted at this point to make a comment and just followed along. And there it was a huge parcel - not a parcel through, not really… a present. Now Holly was really confused, who was sending her a gift, right now? Right here? She looked at the label and at least some of the confusion started to clear.

‘Holly, I think you might need this. Give my regards to Mr Treacle.

Yours sincerely
Father Christmas’

Intrigued and a little apprehensive, she tore open the wrapping paper.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 14

Day 14 Advent of Adventure Before they can escape with Mr Treacle, the Dragon shows up! Oh no! For the full entry see the alt text. #advent #adventgame #ttrpg #rpg #solojournaling

Handwritten journal entry reads:

Day 14

This whole mission turned out to be a huge near miss. Mr Treacle was not taken randomly, the Dragon needed him for something - just like the Recycling Elves and the Dragon was on his way to outhouse number 5 and he arrived at about the same time as Holly, Peppermint and Robin. Not good!

The door banged open and the hot breath of the Dragon blasted through the door. The gaping hole was immediately filled with a giant, malevolent eye searching for the team.

Could they get to the escape tunnel in time?

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 13

Day 13 Advent of Adventure Holly makes it to the recycling facility where Mr Treacle's crack team have not be idle! For full entry see alt text #advent #adventgame #ttrpg #rpg #solojournaling

Handwritten journal entry for Advent of Adventure that reads as follows:

Day 13

A short reprieve in the recycling facility where Holly could see some friendly faces, get a cup of coffee that could strip paint and make a plan for her next steps. The Recycling Elves had not been idle though! They were building what could only be described as the Festive Tank Mark 1, built of toy cast-offs and broken bits of sleigh. There was nothing stealthy about it, although it was sturdy and covered in top grade flame suppressant paint. The elves had even started constructing a sort of ballista mounted on top. But they’d hit a problem, their top engineer, Mr Treacle, had been swept up in a raid and was being kept nearby before being transferred to the stables. They needed him back to complete it. Holly didn’t hesitate, she knew exactly where he was from the security cameras and she knew there was a secret tunnel connecting that particular outhouse with the recycling yard.

Two Recycling Elves went with Holly, Robin and Peppermint. Equipped with torches they crept down the ice tunnel until they were underneath outhouse number 5, then they burst up through the long abandoned toilet chute straight into the room where Mr Treacle was being held.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 12

Advent of Adventure Day 12 Holly makes it out of the tunnels and meets up with some friends. #advent #adventgame #ttrpg #rpg #solojournaling

Hand written diary entry. Entry reads:

Day 12

Holly runs through the access tunnels until she can see the recycling facility and a clear route in. Luckily she is wearing her usual all-black outfit. To think that earlier in the day she was worried about getting a reprimand for not wearing the compulsory ‘outfit of spontaneous cheer’ that the day’s Advent Elf was ‘encouraged’ to wear. Black against the dark Polar Night sky was perfect.

The two unfortunate elves ‘guarding’ the recycling facility were clearly visible; but the Recycling Elves had not been idle. They were bunkered down with plenty of supplies and were not coming out. The Dragon’s two elves were too afraid to go in. A perfect stalemate.

Holly jumped into an automatic recycling truck - they were still running. It carried her right to the facility entrance, unfortunately it was at this moment that one of the elves got shouted at over the radio for not doing their job properly and so they both came over to inspect the cart. Holly panicked, frantically looking for a solution. Just when all hope seemed lost a ghostly and terrifying bellow screamed towards the Dragon’s elves. The shrieked and ran away in fright, dropping the radio in the process. Holly scooped it up and made a run for it into the yard. Only to be greeted by a small know of Recycling Elves, falling about laughing, clustered next to a make-shift loud speaker.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 11

Advent of Adventure Day 11 Holly suddenly realises she knows where to go to start taking back control of North Pole HQ! See alt text for the full diary entry #Advent #Adventgame #ttrpg #rpg #solojournaling

Advent of Adventure handwritten diary page that reads:

Day 11

Sitting looking at all the cameras was fine but Holly was itching to do more. Realising that these weren’t all super-powered creatures like the Dragon - but instead elves, just like her; that is what changed everything. Knowing that gave her a new found confidence and she started looking for opportunities, chances, weak spots. And suddenly there it was!

Very few elves like the recycling facility. That is true of the current employees and it is true of most of the elves who have ever worked here. And because of that Holly thought to check back over the old recordings from the moment the Dragon arrived. Two elves were sent to keep an eye on the recycling facility, they were far away from the area itself and doing a terrible job.

Now Holly had a plan and a place to head for.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 10

Day 10 of Advent of Adventure! Someone from the past with a big grudge has turned up with the Dragon's invading forces. Full entry in the alt text. #advent #adventgame #ttrpg #rpg #solojournaling

Hand written journal entry - reads as follows:

Day 10

And there, on the screen, Holly sees someone she’s been half expecting. Firbolger! Former shift leader and all round shitheel. An elf who was fired by Santa personally, shortly after Holly arrived. He was caught running a black market scam in reindeer scat. Running it right out of North Pole HQ. Reindeer scat… well scat from Santa’s magical reindeer is a highly addictive, psychedelic drug for humans and elves. Firbolger was cutting it with so much sawdust from the shop floor that it was almost useless, but not before he’d got his customers hooked. And the delivery mechanism? He hid it amongst the toys so that Santa did all his deliveries for him by sleigh.

He might have gotten away with it, except a rival gang of humans found out and decided to cut out Firbolger. They made the reckless decision to kidnap a reindeer from themselves, from Santa on Christmas Eve. Peak delivery time! The whole scam came out. Father Christmas fought off the gang, single handed and then Firbolger was sacked and escorted off the premises.

And now Holly sees him. Bold, strolling into the staff room to open the presents under the tree. Presents from the elves to each other. Not some corporate mandated ‘Secret Santa’, the real thing.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 9

Day 9 of Advent of Adventure and Santa is locked up with the rest of the elves and reindeer in the stables! For the full entry - read the alt text #advent #adventgame #rpg #ttrpg #solojournaling

A handwritten journal page. Entry reads:

Day 9

The intruder elves got to work quickly, resounding up the employees and even Santa. It was a blow to morale when he was brought out in chains to sit with the rest. They herded everyone into the stables with the reindeer and locked the doors leaving the Dragon sitting outside, the only place it could comfortably perch.

This also kept Santa and his elves well away from the main North Pole HQ. Leaving the building totally unoccupied for the Dragon’s forces to do whatever they liked. Well, almost unoccupied! But what is it they want from Santa’s Toy Shop?

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 8

Day 8 of Advent of Adventure Holly has escaped the arrival of the Dragon and it's minions at North Pole HQ. But who are these minions and why do they look so familiar? Full entry in the alt text. #solojournaling #advent #adventgame #ttrpg #rpg

Handwritten journal page from advent of adventure: Day 8 entry reads:

Day 8

Holly snuck through the access tunnels finding her way to the security room. Until this point Holly just wanted to run and hide. This was terrifying, an invasion. She didn’t know what to do. But in the quiet and dark of the basement, she calmed down, just enough to decide to at least get more information. Maybe she could find others who had escaped the initial attack. The security room had camera feeds from all over North Pole HQ and Holly could see it all.

The first thing she noticed was, of course, the Dragon. Just squatting there, large and menacing. But she knew it was not alone, it had come with back-up and now she could see that back-up more clearly. What at first looked like indistinct black shapes, now became clear - these were more elves, Holly even knew some of them. Former workers at HQ who left under ‘difficult circumstances’, even a few current employees from different shifts! Why are they doing this!? How did the Dragon persuade them to attack the HQ?

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 7

Day 7 of Advent of Adventure Full entry is in the alt text. #solojournaling #ttrpg #rpg #adventgame #advent2025

Hand written journal entry surrounded by tinsel. the Day 6 part of the entry was in yesterday's image alt text.

Day 7 reads as follows (including over the page)

Day 7

Of course, Holly didn’t see any of the Dragon’s attack. She hears it though. The crashing, screeching of metal, Fidget’s swearing, the alarm and the abrupt ending of track 2 of the Festive Mega Mix No. 237. She hears all of this from inside the day’s door of the Advent Calendar. Her hands sticky from the gingerbread she was about to throw at her colleagues, ensuring that shift starts with ‘max high morale!’

Holly peeks through the crack around the heavy cardboard door and watches the Dragon’s minions start to swarm down through the hole in the roof. She realises this is her best chance for escape and wriggles back down a hidden tunnel and into the basement via an air duct. Got to preserve the magic, so each day’s Advent Surprise elf has to sneak in and out of the calendar. Holly has never been so grateful for the ridiculous Christmas traditions management insist on. For now she is safe, undetected and free. Quite forgotten. But what next?

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 6

Day 6 of Advent of Adventure! See the alt text for my full journal entry - wonder if this will get flagged for swearing in the alt text. #advent #ttrpg #rpg #adventgame #solojournaling

Image of a handwritten diary entry that reads:

Day 6

It was first thing in the morning at shift change on the toy shop floor. A terrible screeching sound started up, coming from the roof. It was so loud it drowned out the music of the Festive MegaMix No.237 which was on repeat (guaranteed to boost productivity by 5%). The screeching was soon followed by several huge rents appearing in the ceiling. The claws of a giant dragon peeled back the roof like it was the top of a tin can. Cold air rushed in along with snowfall and the creature’s own foul breath as it peered down at the elves. Greedy eyes taking in the scene of chaos and confusion below until something caught its eye.

Fidget, quick thinking as ever, had pressed the shop floor alarm and started trying to evacuate employees out through a fire door. She had even managed to grab her fire warden’s high vis jacket from somewhere. This was not according to the creature’s plan. It picked up a piece of heavy machinery, the 3d Candy Cane Printer 9000, and hurled it towards the fire exit. It landed, blocking the escape route and trapping Fidget, breaking her leg, in one smooth movement. Everyone was shocked (except Holly) when sweet Fidget screamed out in a voice full of pain and anger ‘I will gut you like a fish you mother fucker!’ If anyone gets out of this alive then Fidget just blew her Conviviality Bonus and promotion prospects.

Becky Annison🔜 Kickstarting Black Armada's Advent Adventures@beckyannison· Dec 5

Days 4 and 5 of Advent of Adventure (I was too ill to post yesterday) Full text in the alt text in case you can't read my handwriting. #solojournaling #ttrpg #rpg #adventgame #advent2025