Finn (Swan and Raven Studio)
@swanandravenstudio.com
Creative and environmentalist. Founder of Swan and Raven Studio. Founder of the GM Supergroups in Vienna and Charlotte. Founder of Murals at Mason. I make games and art. https://linktr.ee/swanandravenstudio
With 5 hours to spare, I published a manifesto for Manifesto Jam 2026. This is a manifesto about tabletop roleplaying games, but it's really a manifesto about living as a creative in community with others. swanandravenstudio.itch.io/make-a-manif...
Make A Manifesto, Damn You by swanandravenstudio
A set of instructions for TTRPGs, community building, and life
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what is the best place to find out about upcoming itch charity bundles I can join? anyone got suggestions?
A cool RPG marketplace created by a fellow @kiwirpg.bsky.social member, @hlashbrooke.bsky.social! Looking forward to getting Fight or Fright up on there :)
RPG Trader@rpgtrader.bsky.social · 2mo agoRPG Trader is now in public beta as we prepare for a full launch! Creators can register and add/import their products now 🎉 🎲 Checkout is disabled until launch. rpg-trader.com
I interviewed Patrick Stuart of False Machine about his latest Kickstarter project! tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2026/05/patr...
Patrick Stuart (False Machine) Interview - The Doom of the Dark
Patrick Stuart of False Machine infamy has a Kickstarter out! The Doom of the Dark, a real-time, high-concept adventure for Tunnels & Troll...
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tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2026/05/lore... More rules from my game inspired by the early life of Genghis Khan!
Lore and Factions of the Endless Plains (For a Game About the Mongolian Empire)
View from the Plane (2024). Collage by me. You are the weakest and least loved of your clan. You have been betrayed and driven out of your a...
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Someone posted about my game on a platform called Plurk? And people are commenting in Chinese. So cool omg
tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2026/04/make... Random tables for making spirits inspired by traditional mongolian shamanism!
Make Your Own God-Spirits (for a Game About the Mongolian Empire)
Starlight (2024). Collage by me. You are the weakest and least loved of your clan. You have been betrayed and driven out of your ancestral h...
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I wrote a blog post with 20 classes for an upcoming ttrpg I'm working on about Genghis Khan's early life! tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2026/03/20-c... #ttrpg #ttrpgs #blogosphere #osr
20 Classes for a TTRPG about the Mongolian Empire
I am working on a TTRPG. Here are its classes!
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I printed a TTRPG zine last summer and raised $3,600 for legal aid with it! Looking back, here are some of my takeaways about running such a project, with an emphasis on fundraising and project management:
I made a lil design for my online shop and its..... actually so cute
tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2025/12/weat... I reviewed one of the two Usurper Worm God Causing Flooding adventures I've read as part of the Vienna GM Supergroup's year-end review round robin. @munkao.bsky.social has produced a gorgeous adventure!
Weather Worm Adventure I: A review of Deluge at Drizzle Distillery
Happy New Year, everyone! As a yearly wrap-up, the Vienna Supergroup put together a Review Round Robin, where we each reviewed a game or adv...
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tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2025/12/some... it's glogmas 25! there are new gods! #ttrpg #osr #dnd #diyrpg #glog
Some More Small Gods of the Old Forest
This post is for Glogmas ‘25 and is in response to Loch Eil’s post from October 2022 called Small Gods of the Old Forest . Merry Christmas!...
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tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2025/12/suns... @xaosseed.bsky.social very kindly nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award! I have answered his interview questions, and in reply I have nominated @jubalbarca.bsky.social, @mixuppixels.bsky.social, @eeldip.bsky.social, and @sonofsuntzu.bsky.social
Sunshine Blogger Award
I have been very kindly granted the Sunshine Blogger Award by my good pal xaosseed of the excellent Seed of Worlds blog. This is an award ...
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new blog post about a fantasy desert city with dream magic, pilgrimages, and golems! tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2025/11/kaza...
Kazar, City of Dreams
Collage by me. Kazar (2025) City of Dreams Welcome to Kazar, the westernmost city of the Rumpizh Desert. It's known as the City of Dreams ...
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This is a really great write-up of the Seven Part Pact game I was in earlier this year! @jdragsky.bsky.social's game is complex but so evocative. "Seven Part Pact: An Extremely Complicated Game about Extremely Complicated Men" by @swanandravenstudio.com tricks-tales.blogspot.com/2025/11/seve...
Seven Part Pact: An Extremely Complicated Game about Extremely Complicated Men
This is a session write up and review of the work-in-progress GM-full game Seven Part Pact by Jay Dragon . Jay describes it thusly, " The s...
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Late post because I needed to rest after the fundraiser but I wanted to stop and take a moment to thank everyone for their help on this project. Back in April, I didn't expect just how much of a lift this would be and how much impact it would have. But I'm so grateful for everyone's support.
To close things out on our final day of the bundle, here are some personal picks of my favorite games from the entire bundle. Thank you all so much to all for contributing and supporting these two wonderful nonprofits!
When we put together a fun little zine of art and ttrpgs, I don't know that I ever expected that we would be able to turn it into such a tool for good! This brings the total to $23,700 raised for Legal Aid in Richmond, Virginia, all because of TTRPGs. Thank you everyone!
Finn (Swan and Raven Studio)@swanandravenstudio.com · 9mo agoI'm so thankful for everyone's support in helping us meet this milestone. Absolutely brilliant.
< 12 hours left to get this $12 charity bundle. Just to pick one of the 203 included games: Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast retails for $25. If you don't have this genre-defining game, now's your best chance. Your purchase will help provide civil legal aid to our neighbors in VA. Please pitch in!
Finn (Swan and Raven Studio)@swanandravenstudio.com · 9mo agoThe bundle is still live for 24 hours!!!! If you haven’t yet, this is your last chance to purchase it on itch. For just $12, you get 203 games and your money will go directly to US legal aid!💛 itch.io/b/3276/hello...
THEY'RE PLAYING NOT LIKE US AT THE MAMDANI CAMPAIGN RALLY
Remember, we learned in 2021 that a win by the out party in a Virginia gubernatorial election fully nullifies any presidential mandate. I don’t make the rules
A seeming bit of history tonight as Ghazala Hashmi becomes the first Asian American to win statewide office in Virginia - and the first Muslim woman to win statewide office *anywhere* in the United States.
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
I'm so thankful for everyone's support in helping us meet this milestone. Absolutely brilliant.
The bundle is still live for 24 hours!!!! If you haven’t yet, this is your last chance to purchase it on itch. For just $12, you get 203 games and your money will go directly to US legal aid!💛 itch.io/b/3276/hello...