Stuart Watkinson

@largshire

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Stuart Watkinson@largshire· 18d

I wrote some fantasy short stories. It has sweet cover art by Kirilot. #Fantasy #WritingCommunity #TTRPG You can get it for free here: www.patreon.com/StuartWatkin...

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Mar 10

Post your favourite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Mar 9

Doing a little personal appendix n blogging today. Found a touchstone of my nerdom on internet archives.

PC PowerPlay issue 18 november 1999. Has a stormtroop shooting a blaster on the cover. Advertising Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight

Two page spread advertisement for Dark Forces 2. Some screenshots of game play and liveaction clips from the game.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Jan 20

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Jul 27

I don’t have the capacity to get the writing done, but I had a fun time making this cover for Appendix N Jam.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Jul 14

newsletting open.substack.com/pub/largshir...

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Jul 8

Mrs Peacock dies (feints) and Wadsworth fails to catch her. From the movie Clue.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Jun 23

don't go in the basement #osr

sketched map of cabin. It has two basement levels. The bottom one has a giant worm tied up and suspened in the air.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· May 25

Early morning scrawling. Kids socks on the table. A fire slowly warming the little house. Just a few words down to help set my course.

Notebook on the table. Small fire burning.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· May 20

New newsletter up. Check out that bison. open.substack.com/pub/largshir...

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Mar 25

I've just spent a week at the Adelaide Fringe Festival as a part of a playwriting development program. I was one of six chosen to attend and we spent that time watching theatre, meeting industry people, and writing. I wrote about my time and you can read it here: mypartoffringe.art

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Mar 11

Hey! TTRPG heads, I'm talking about West Marches over here! open.substack.com/pub/largshir...

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Feb 25

What if communities worked together for a common good? This is one of the core questions I am exploring in The Tower Beyond The Forest. #WritingCommunity

Mak grabbed two baskets and passed one to Hap, who slid the sash over his head and hitched the basket to his belt. Hap was not an orchard tender, but he knew how it worked. Everyone shared the load here. Wherever there was work to do, you worked. Each profession moving through their slow periods and busy periods either giving or taking help from others. The system worked. It was why this place worked. It was why the Bibliotecs always came back. And the apples were good.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Jan 14

And here it is.

Play by post prep(ish)
I dive into and then quickly leap out of play by post preparation.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Jan 8

“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” ― Ursula K. Le Guin

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Dec 8

The beginning of a solo Knave campaign. Work has dried up in town so Faustus Reinhold, and Arthur, with Percy the Mule, set off on the road. There's money to be had chasing off goblins. Or so they say.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Dec 5

A system-agnostic zine triple feature: Abbotsmoore, Bitterpeak, and Steelhollow. Crawl through a swamp and explore the otherworldly technology, hoping to meet the Troll Priest. Survive the tundra in search of Demonsbane. Get across the desert to the Steelhollow and the god trapped within. #ttrpg

Shows the three covers of The Abbot Trilogy. Abbotsmoore, Bitterpeak, and Steelhollow.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Dec 3

The Abbott is here! Crawl through a fetid swamp and otherworldly technology of a long-forgotten civilisation, to meet the Troll Priest. Survive the tundra in search of the mysterious Demonsbane. Get across the desert to the Steelhollow and the god trapped within. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 26

3/20

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 25

hey 💿🐴, welcome to bluesky. My rule for bluesky is to not engage with it. So, here's some cool art from The Abbot Trilogy. Art by Kirilot

black and white line art of an excited goblin

black and white line art. POV of a wooden hut. A group on unsavory looking types stare at you.

black and white line art. four shady characters in hoods.

black and white line art. A giant dragonfly and man standing next to it, the dragonfly is the same height as the man.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 24

2/20

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 24

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky 1/20

Book cover of Earth Abides by George R. Stewart

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 18

But then we discover it was on Mega Drive. We both had one and our obsession grew. We would played this game over and over. Trying the three different characters and learning how they all worked. We would catch up on weekends and play multiplayer all night. This was the game we left on all night.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 18

In the summer, my cousins from the other side of the city would come to the seaside caravan park near my house. We'd spend about 2 or 3 weeks there. Me sleeping on the floor of their caravans or jumping into the space in the tents. That caravan park had this machine.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 18

And then came Golden Axe.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 18

Sandworm by Kirilot for Steelhollow.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 14

Roll for hallucination.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 14

Kirilot also absolutely smashed the artwork out of the park on this.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Nov 14

Reasons to hire an editor. The first is the boxed text I wrote after consultation back and forth on this. The second is how it started.

The Stone-faced Men of the Moore
On the north wall, three stone faces are illuminated by the flicker of fire that burns of its own accord, held in stone-carved hands. Each has a wide hole, big enough to crawl through. A hot, dry air billows out from the mouth on the left. It’s tongue lolls out, like a dog panting, right eye shut tight and left eye wide open. Desperate. The face on the right is contorted, as if reacting from dipping a foot into freezing cold water and cold, bitter air floats from the hole its neck. The central face is dead still, expressionless, with both eyes shut. The black hole in its neck draws you, calls to you even. With each step closer, the stench of a thousand rotten corpses is exhaled upon you.

On the north wall there are three small corridors, each one leading to a stone carved face with an enormous gaping mouth. The faces are identical except for their eyes, each one having a distinct combination of eyes open. The mouths are big enough for players to crawl through and doing so has the following effects. These effects will have a serious impact on the party. Ensure they are aware of that the dangers.

Stuart Watkinson@largshire· Oct 31

This was an interesting thing. This store had mostly dnd books. There were four other rpgs. And this was one of them. I don't think I've ever seen it in a store in my town before