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The Wilds is a fun project I write when I need a break and let my mind wander to more casual things, often tag-teaming ideas with my wife. A few folks have asked for some basics about the Wilds, so I thought I'd recap some of those here. Story You start all alone, thrust against your will into a...

My grandparents’ great white house stood in front of me. None of my family were here, though, and I could hear the faint water dripping from where I stood but fifty yards outside. The gravel crunched under my feet, and I almost stumbled as I ran in the basement door. My task was to save what I cou...

It's been a while since I've shared an update on the game still tentatively named "The Wilds," but it's very much in progress. I've had a lot of fun balancing the dark, horror content of Grim Accoutrements with the lighter fantasy and whimsy of what this game is becoming. Below, you can see where so...

I announced Grim Accoutrements on social media a couple of months back, before the launch of Monkeyslunch and its website. I was aiming to launch this supplement before the X-mas holiday, but, since then, I think all of us in the tabletop world have heard the interesting news about Wizards of the C...

Has anyone ever told you you can’t do something? That it’s too hard, you’ll never be able to accomplish it, or to know your place? It could have been a person or a nagging voice in your head. For me, it was a real person. A few of them, actually. Since I stopped letting people tell me I can’t do t...

Welcome to Monkeyslunch (aka Monkey's Lunch, aka ML), a new company focusing on fiction and tabletop escapism through simple & approachable rules, rich lore, and inclusivity! 🎉 If you were aware of Bug & Claw before this, it is now a part of Monkeyslunch. All Bug & Claw activities will continue...

Hey folks, Let me start this by formally thanking all of you who have been following and supporting Bug & Claw thus far. The amount of traffic this website has been getting actually blows my mind. 3.1K users in the last 90 days when I haven't posted a whole lot and all of my ad campaigns hav...

Are you running a Curse of Strahd or other game set in Barovia? Have some curious players or looking for new ways of keeping things interesting yourself? Well here's a little adventure generator to help keep your exploration, adventure, and storytelling going strong! You can roll three d20s on t...

In the last devlog I wrote about exploring potential SRDs to support the game. I found that a bit too restricting for the event and "map" type portion of things that I've been thinking about, so I've decided to concept out a few things. I may still revisit an SRD for the other aspects of a game, how...

I recently wrote about starting the process of creating a game with an AI that I named named Dav. I have since continued with that project, though leaving Dav behind (sorry, robo-pal), having only utilized them during the initial concept phase while my brain was foggy from having covid. Dav and...

Buying through an affiliate link supports Bug & Claw. More information Note: For any of my players in the Smelly Quest campaign (hey that's what they call themselves) be aware that this post has spoilers! The problems At the start of the pandemic, a group of friends approached me wanting me t...

Main kit This is a snapshot of my current main TTRPG kit for solo gaming and for when I DM. I add to and remove from this as needed, but overall, these are the things I grab. So, what are you seeing, and why is it part of my kit? Hand-crafted, magnet-closing dice tray Standard polyhedral...