Har·bowoputra

@diceless.club

Narrative designer harbowoputra.itch.io diceless.substack.com

One way to make your fantasy pantheon feel weirder and more resonant with mythology is to make them more LOCAL. Gods cannot hear you if you're not at their specific shrine. Not all gods are known to you. Their blessings must be discovered. Not all gods are for you. Their worship is proscribed.

when i'm ragebaiting my dog i always say nonsense words to him, and this morning it's "holodomor, holodomor" imagine my surprise when i googled the word

ICYMI: My latest dungeon is available for free on itch! Gunslinging vampires from Mars, riding dinosaurs. A bloodline of vampire hunters infiltrating their spaceship castle. And an alchemist made of clockwork at the heart of it. Made for Appx. N Jam 2026. Link in reply!

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To follow up my local community's Mythic Bastionland book club from last month, we held a Mythic Bastionland one-shot special event yesterday. Four Mythic Bastionland tables, all with different vibes: - Noir - Soulsborne - Fable - Weird Fiction (1/4)

22 participants (Referees and players) of our local Indonesian Mythic Bastionland eventMy table and my players. The table has my customized GM screen, showing an illustration made by my wife Citaaticat, showing a shoggoth, a spinosaurus, a knight, a little green alien, and a kuyang chasing me (IsaacIsAfraid) and Nyarlalulu the Cosmic Horror cat as we run towards a door with a trap at the other side.

The people from left to right:
- Laks as The Tome Knight
- Kevin as The Dust Knight
- Me, Isaac, the Referee (holding Mythic Bastionland rulebook)
- Reza as The Riddle Knight
- Shella as The Dove Knight
- Thalia as The Coin Knight
Afraid of Encounters (He/Him)@isaacisafraid.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our local community just finished a 2-week TTRPG book club for Mythic Bastionland. The closing was a voice call to discuss the book/the game. @bastionland.bsky.social was really cool to make a Q&A video for us! Thanks, Chris! 20+ people joined the call! Didn't expect that many! I'm grateful ☺️

The view of the Discord call when we played Chris McDowall's Q&A video

Just subbed in (again) in LFGcon Mythic Bastionland special! I played Lipton the Horn Knight, his steed is Pepsi. Guess which one’s my drawing 😂 Our last combat roll was legendary. Five strong gambits!

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Last nihht i subbed in to play Stellar Knights! One player called in sick so the group asked me to play his characters, otherwise the session would be canceled… And it was a blast! Our Director prepped VN scenes for us, and even created an anime style opening just for this oneshot!

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