5 new Stars episodes this week
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Just another day of living in a dungeon
I got a bit stuck trying to make a goo...
2025-11-02 00:31:44 +0000 UTC View PostI really thought about writing this list, but on some quiet reflection, most of the people don't deserve the attention or the fresh ammunition against me. But now it's a funny clickbait title behind a paywall, so that's a fun experiment to run.
As an apology for the deceit, here's a clip I probably shouldn't share of a mobile game company stealing my work. This was a...
2025-10-28 04:09:50 +0000 UTC View Post
[2 new Swords episodes, 3 new Stars episodes, some extras]
Last night I attended the 48 Hour Film Festival Finals! There was a lot of really strong competition!
You can watch the winners here - Spoiler Alert, Party Puffers and Once Upon A TIme There Was You are all very
Recently I asked What Does A Swords TTRPG Need To Be, To You? and a lot of the ideas that got thrown around were already what I was thinking about for Swords: Pens & Papercuts, so I did what anyone would do and made the tiniest version of the game I could think of 2025-10-25 00:35:04 +0000 UTC View Post
At the time of writing, this is a community of 1,133 supporters of the webcomic SWORDS! Thank you!
We love having goals to work towards though, it helps keep morale up! I don't actually get a lot of support for what I do in my personal life... so small achievable milestones really helps push back against negativity from people who still don't get that this is the real de...
2025-10-24 01:31:32 +0000 UTC View Post
[1 new Swords episode and a DnD collab with Laurel Shelley-Reuss]
Blow the Sworn Of Swords to summon some blade-slinging backup into battle! Currently the horn will summon the Cheese Hero, but I'm going to collab with more creators to expand it into a full D20 roster of randomized...
2025-10-18 22:36:41 +0000 UTC View PostI already listed out a ton of things that are important to me and I want to get done, but I just want to do a quick temperature check from the community because it helps me get some focus.
Results are non-binding. Some things secretly block others.
I've pulled in some extra help for Cut The Deck's modules so that is happening anyway, but it's nice to know where it sits for you.
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I tried to start a TTRPG Swords: Pens & Papercuts a while ago, but a lot of things happened in between. People still seem to want something in this space though so I figure "Why not start from 0 and ask what problem people want solved in a fantasy TTRPG, before deciding if I want to start it up again?"
And so:
What problems can a Swords TTRPG solve, that Dunge...
2025-10-12 05:35:07 +0000 UTC View Post
[1 new Swords episode followed by chaos and then some Swordfishing game assets]
I have been packing and sending Sticker Club! Don't look too hard if you don't want to be spoiled by some of the stuff in it, but everyone is getting slight variations based on their answers in the form.
I have had 88 responses out of a potential 180 and have posted the first 50
2025-10-11 23:24:46 +0000 UTC
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[2 new episodes of Axes this week]
Sorry to say the only new episodes I made this week were the final two episodes of AXES, which are available at the link below:
An Epic Collection Of Collections
I spent the weekend at GREAT GAMES WITH PALS, which ...
2025-10-05 10:32:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is a pinned post of where to find all my recently curated bundles. Axes Episodes 9 and 10 have recently been added, concluding the series (finally, I know).
Each link contains an eBook, the comics as high-res PNGs, the comics with their text and speech bubbles removed, and sometimes some bonus material
[1 new Swords episode]
I fell off Swordtember a bit - I don't think I can get 11 episodes finished in 3 days! The blood of Númenor is all but spent, it's pride and dignity forgotten.
The latest episode is about arguing in bad faith on the internet, so naturally people turned the comments section into a hellscape over on Facebook. I spent way too much of this week moderating that...
A little something TheImmortalThinkTank cooked up using the comic and audio we had already - are you keen for more like this?
2025-09-25 03:03:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Swords
Winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Professional Publication 2020
Referred to as ‘<...
[5 new Swords episodes]
I am looking to collab with TTRPG/webcomic creators for the Patreon Quips Program - I've reached out to a few people already, but if you're a Patreon creator and keen to make stuff together let's have a chat! It can be as simple as helping write one of my upcoming Swordtember episodes.
Caffeinated Dragon, the game store in Wellington NZ who...
2025-09-20 22:03:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a recap of my current plans - it's a lot to cram into the rest of the year, but I'll just keep working down the list
Sticker Club
I've put in a huge order of stickers for Christmas. I'll be asking for your addresses again, because it's been quite a while since the last one got sent out - sorry about that. I'll be sending Christmasy stuff early this year too beca...
[6 new Swords episodes]
Sadly my staycation is at an end and I didn't get nearly as much done as I wanted. One big problem came up that demanded a lot of focus (because I can't have anything nice!!). But it's my fault too, I really needed some kind of main metric to keep building on throughout the week other than getting Swordtember pages done. I don't feel particularly well re...
2025-09-13 20:37:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello,
I'm just letting you know about some small changes to your membership:
Going forward:
Sprout Scouts ($1 tier) will only have access to content related to Swords
Paladins of Patreon ($2.50 tier) will have access to content related to Swords, Swords: Cut the Deck, Stars and anything to do with some <...
2025-09-09 20:48:39 +0000 UTC View Post
[7 new Swords episodes]
The short animated film TheImmortalThinkTank made (and I helped a little bit on) is livestreaming here in a few hours, please tune in!
I am now on staycation, which means that for the next week, I'll be crunching and grinding my way to victory with few restraints. Naturally, ...
2025-09-06 21:47:43 +0000 UTC View Post
The last one might get a little more polish before it goes up. Enjoy!
2025-09-05 10:14:33 +0000 UTC View Post
