Getting ready to do a "Convo on the Couch" with Owen KC Stephens starting in about 10 min. You can catch us on YT or FB.
Stan!
@stannex.bsky.social
Cartoonist, Game Designer, Gentleman Sumolier, and Raconteur Par Excellence
We had a fun Gen Con themed night of improv cartooning last night. The Random Encounter charts, dice, and audience participation gave me these drawing prompts: Beholder + Cosplay, Hobbit + TSR Castle, and Umber Hulk + TPK.
Just heard a great unintentional portmanteau that I think we need to put into common use: STEADFUSAL—Steadfast refusal; hanging on to ideas or behaviors despite being shown proof that you are wrong or doing something unwise.
Can't make it Gen Con this year? You can still join @owenkcstephens.bsky.social and me for a Gen Con tradition ...our Convo on the Couch (streaming live Friday and Sunday).
If you aren't already at Gen Con ... maybe you want to join my Gen Con themed episode of Random Encounters tonight? Think about it! youtube.com/live/SZzo1S5...
Subscribers to the 50YitD substack get a little bonus today. That's ALL subscribers (free and paid). 50YearsInTheDungeon.substack.com
Here's a little 10-minute doodle of Jimothy I drew tonight while doing some troubleshooting on my livestreaming tech issues. It came out about as successfully as the troubleshooting ... that is, serviceable but not spectacular.
Improv cartoons from last night's Random Encounters livestream. The randomly-generated drawing prompts were: Zombie + Playing Scrabble, Chimera + Mowing the Lawn, and Dwarf + World Cup Ref.
Game Night Quote: P1: "The statue is holding an offering tray that detects as magical and anything we put on the tray disappears. I bet this is how we can travel to different planes!" P1 & P2: "Ummm ..." P3: "I'm gonna climb onto the tray!" P3 climbs onto tray and all his clothes and gear disappear.
For your weekend entertainment, here are the improv cartoons from last night's Random Encounters livestream. Audience input, electronic die rolls, and of course the encounter tables gave me the following prompts: Mind Flayer + Beach Vacation, Owlbear + Shaving, and Medusa + Playing Banjo.
For some reason, this week I've had a real hankering to rewatch "The Big Short" and "Margin Call." I HOPE this is not some kind of omen.
We had some summer fun in this week's episode of Random Encounters! The dice, encounter tables, and audience input created these randomly-generated drawing prompts: Adventurers + Wiffleball, Drider + Hot & Humid, and Purple Worm + Graduation Day.
This is going to seem like a weird request ... but I'm trying to get my hand on a specific card from the Shadowrun CCG (published in the mid-90s). It was an uncommon card called "Bullet Barrier." If you happen to have a line one, drop me a line. Thanks!
Improv cartoons from this week's July 4th Special episode of Random Encounters. The prompts were: Goblin + Minuteman, Dragon + Fireworks, and Myconid + Lady Liberty.
It's a complicated time in the U.S. ... our frailty is showing. But that's our history. We stumble, we fall ... then we get up and try to do better. On our 250th anniversary, I celebrate the best of what we've done, and vow to fight to help us reach for those heights again. Happy Independence Day.
I’m gonna kick off a summer of showing off art of Everybody Games’s iconic characters for the Eversaga RPG. Each is going to include some developer / designer / author notes on the BASICs of the character! Link to the blog in the first comment.
We had another great evening of improv cartooning last night. Here are the drawings I did for the randomly-generated prompts: Brontosaurus + Jogging, Devil/Demon + Playing Darts, and Merfolk + Pie in the Face.
Last night was the 150th episode of Random Encounters. We had lots of fun doing improv cartooning. The encounter tables, dice, and audience input provided these randomly-generated drawing prompts: Paper Clip Golem + Hopscotch, Adventurers + Tightrope Walking, and Vegepygmie + Vacuuming.
Improv cartoons from last night's Random Encounters livestream. The dice, encounter tables, and audience participation gave me these drawing prompts: Harpy + Loose Tooth, Owlbear + Bedtime Story, and Rhinofolk + Hangover.
Thinking of my friend, Jim Ward, on what would have been his 75th birthday. I was lucky enough to have a 90-minute conversation with him about a month before he passed. Neither of us had a clue that it would be our last ... so I'm doubly lucky that I recorded it for my show. youtu.be/LEKN5JWEqzs
50 Years in the Dungeon — Episode 6 — James M. Ward
YouTube video by Stan!
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Improv cartoons from last night's Random Encounters livestream. The randomly-generated drawing prompts were: Dragon + Pottery Wheel, Imp + Zero Bars, and Animated Objects + Bathroom Scale
Drawings from last night's Random Encounters livestream. The randomly-generated prompts were: Flail Snail + Giant Lollipop, Samurai + Chess Master, and Halfling + In the Military
From this week's Star Wars themed episode of Random Encounters, the randomly-generated drawing prompts were: An Etting as Luke Skywalker, a Myconid as Princess Leia, and a Mind Flayer as Chewbacca. May the farce be with you!
I always forget that on top of being Cinco de Mayo and Revenge of the Fifth ... today is also National Cartoonists Day! Remember to pay proper respects!
Heya, folks! Here's the latest completed cartoon homage from my 50 Years in the Dungeon series. This is my cartoony tip of the cap to Jeff Easley's cover painting for "The Dawning of a New Age," the first novel in the Dragonlance: Fifth Age series penned by the late, great Jean Rabe.
We had another fun night of improv cartooning on Thursday's Random Encounters livestream. The dice, encounter tables, and audience participation gave these randomly-generated drawing prompts: Grick + Playing the Flute, Wraith + Laundry Day, and Bigfoot + Stomping in Puddles.
For Indie Bookstore Day Harper Collins is publishing a book based on the TTRPG I designed (about 15 years ago) for the Warrior Cats series. Don't know if it's my original game or a revision but it's called "Warriors: Enter the Adventure." Available today at participating independent bookstores.
