{"title":"PDFs","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"dungeon-preorder","title":".dungeon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWelcome to the ruins of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eAnnwn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The once populated hills of this massively multiplayer online game are now void. They call it a Dead MMO. A polygonal mess of PS1-era graphics, empty plains, and dungeons that grow and grow and grow from the inside of the planet's wounds. Up above, the eye of the sad god glares its chromatic light down upon the remaining players, while its tormented hand contorts into magical shapes, rarely crossing paths in their messy orbit. When they do, the shadow magic that powers the game explodes with its ancient might.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a traditional TTRPG about playing in a Massively Multiplayer Online Video Game. It can be considered “meta.” But on its surface, where the system lives, you're still exploring a fantasy world, only it's filled and flavored with the fun quirks of a video game's world, like glitches, NPCs, and so on. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe goal is to highlight and explore our relations with virtual and fictional worlds. When you sit to play .dungeon, you're logging on. When you wrap up a session, you've logged off, letting the world continue on in the background while you're busy with real life. In this way, you're not only playing as yourself but you are always playing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e.dungeon is a tabletop system that allows you to explore tabletop in a new way. It was funded on Kickstarter in October 2020. The remaster was funded on Kickstarter in March 2023. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis physical product is156 pages, A5 hardcover, black \u0026amp; white.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"project Nerves","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":46748616130747,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical","offer_id":44779088281787,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signed","offer_id":47935050023099,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0516\/7828\/1915\/files\/dungeonexperiments_2.png?v=1780930956"},{"product_id":"the-wizards-and-the-wastes","title":"The Wizards and the Wastes (2nd Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSUCCESSFULLY FUNDED!! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou can now preorder until the books are printed. For updates, please check the blog.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Wizards and the Wastes is a game of arcane bargaining. Nominated \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.igdnonline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Most Innovative\"\u003c\/a\u003e for its unique spellcasting system, wherein you create spells from your personal spell source; a painting, a book, a collection of poems, a graphic novel, or an album. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou circle passages, lyrics, words, images, panels, and turn them into spells. Then you bargain for those spells using the various currencies the game chokeholds you with. 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You can add dice from your Pool to any of your rolls to make them more likely to succeed, but at the end of the session you can trade in dice leftover in your pool for abilities, stats, and money, so be careful how you spend them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea d100 table to get an assortment of 6 stats\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea d100 table of genres to choose from\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eskills, ideals, bonds, and flaws\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea new bingo-chart-based progression\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eword-search equipment chart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epaper fortune teller treasure generator\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eand guides to create monsters \u0026amp; npcs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe book is hardback, 60 pages, 8.5x11\" landscape, and full color. 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Follow the trail to its end and enter...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0516\/7828\/1915\/files\/palace_480x480.png?v=1650978039\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA dungeon crawl unlike any other. Explore an ancient, elven palace that has fallen into the Abyss, talk to the weirdos that inhabit it, and uncover its many secrets. It's fully statted for OSR\/adjacent games and each statblock has page numbers for the 5e Monster Manual. If you're looking for a dungeon with a focus on roleplaying, conversation, and exploration, the Sun King's Palace will scratch those itches. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInside you'll find art by \u003cem\u003eThomas Novosel (\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"r-18u37iz\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thomasanovosel\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e@thomasanovosel\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEvlyn Moreau (\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"r-18u37iz\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvlynMoreau\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e@EvlynMoreau\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnanda Lee (\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"r-18u37iz\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/annabelle_lee\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e@annabelle_lee\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and many more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book is 5.5x8.5, b\u0026amp;w, 192 pages, softcover.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"project Nerves","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":46748615180475,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical","offer_id":42905901400251,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0516\/7828\/1915\/products\/SunKing_sPalaceCoverFinal2.png?v=1652712979"},{"product_id":"songbirds-3e-preorder","title":"Songbirds - An Adventure Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe book is A5, hardcover, 180 pages, sewn binding. This is a pre-order. Updates will be made on \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/batts.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003emy blog~\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/johnbattle.itch.io\/songbirds-3e\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSongbirds is an adventure game inspired by OSR and Storygame traditions that focuses on body horror and haunted shit. You are the canary (adventurer) in the coal mine (dungeon). You go where others won't trying to help spirits find rest, since the god of death is slacking. To play, all you'll need is a d20 and d10, the book has the rest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbove is a preview of the opening of the book, with screenshots from the rest of the book on the right. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are the systems that have inspired Songbirds understanding of adventure games:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInto the Odd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApocalypse World\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublic Access\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisco Elysium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCY_BORG\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFear \u0026amp; Hunger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShin Megami Tensei\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlades in the Dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Giant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe setting of Songbirds is a mix of the fantasy in Dune and the science fiction in Tower Dungeon. It has guns, airships, trains, and all different varieties of magics. These are the sci-fi and fantasy worlds that inspired Songbirds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTower Dungeon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDragon Ball\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBreath of the Wild\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHyper Light Drifter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChainsaw Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eX-Files\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetal Gear Solid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSilent Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca data-redactor-span=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/pin.it\/5Feecei\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eClick here for my pinterest board of setting inspiration\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eReviews\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeath, Life, and Transition in Songbirds - Blerdy Disposition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"My current Songbirds campaign as been my longest running game in recent times.\" - Markus Personable\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I really like how much of this is just cool shit.\" - Emma Levin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This game lives and breathes in a weird, dangerous, uncomfortable world seething with sex, drugs, and violence.\" - Shouting Crow\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"God, does this game beg to be played: there are so many deftly-woven hooks, tantalizing loose ends, and sly little implications of the world beyond the page. 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I wrote \".dungeon\" and a few other things, but I'm not here as a writer today, merely a presenter. Melancholy Island was written by my friend Wall Parker (Endsville) over an undetermined amount of time and left to me when she took her own life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm publishing this in the hopes of making enough money to print it (hence the itchfunding goal at the top of the screen). It's what she would have wanted, I hope. It's at least what she deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI'm not sure how to sell this project to you. It's a semi-autobiographical-fictional anthology. Whatever that means. Inside are her words, her poems, her stories, and her games. I figure the only way I know to sell it to you is to post the little diary I kept while working on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 1 \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003e10\/3\/23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLayout is going well. The documents are all over the place and disjointed. There's a lot here. Not sure what the goal of any of it is, but I'm doing my best. Should be done within the week.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 2\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e10\/10\/23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelp, still not done. The order of these things is hard to pin down. I can't find a through line. I don't know what she was thinking. Well, maybe that's the problem. I can read exactly what she was feeling. And it's hard to focus. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI swear some of the text keeps changing. I think maybe I'm just not reading close enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 3\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e10-14-23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll the layout was corrupted. I had to erase it all but it won't let me delete the file. I'm just building off of it but I'm falling asleep most night working on it. I think I'm doing stuff in my sleep, or, like, in a half-asleep state. I don't remember using that photo there or placing that text there, or linking things in it. Can PDFs even have links? I know you can link between pages for, like, a table of contents, but idk. Whatever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 4\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e11-17-23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI put the project down for a while. Came back and Idr doing any of this. Time is weird. It's been a long year. Miss you, Wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 5\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e11-25-23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA lot of pages I did were deleted. I think I was just annoyed and tired last night. I'm even more annoyed cause I think those pages were actually good. But I gotta trust the gut ig. I'm not much of a layout person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 6\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e11-30-23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's done. Must've finished it late last night. Some of the text seems different again. Idk how many times I've read these stories. Idk how many times I've scanned the same pages. I'm kinda sick of this. It feels like a burden. But when I think those thoughts I feel guilty. Why else would she have left me this?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 7\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e12\/2\/23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI had a dream about her. She hated the book. I woke up and the file was open and there was something different again. I think maybe the original stuff she sent me was corrupted. Or maybe the flashdrive? I honestly don't know how these things work but I have heard of things being passed through flashdrives. Was she just trying to fuck with me?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEntry 8\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003e12\/10\/23\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI found something in the pdf while checking it for proofing today. Something I didn't put in. A link. I'm not sure what it means. This is going live soon though so I apologize if things are weird or broken. Uh, if you find something weird? Please let me know here on the itch page. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-----------------------------------------------------\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Note on the Itch-Funding\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI have no idea if anyone is going to care about this project in the way that I do. 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