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Designer of 'Polished and Brooding' Space and Sci-Fi TTRPGs | Freelance Graphic Design and Layout | Commissions: Open (Jan 2026) lonearchivist.com

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Transmission 031026hz Jupiter in Eb Minor

Check out the incredible @lonearchivist.bsky.social's newsletter post about Jupiter in Eb Minor.

Excited for see more layout majesty from the OG OB graphic designer. An exploraiton of the solars system for the first time in OB? news.lonearchivist.com/p/transmissi...

10.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Transmission 031026hz Jupiter in Eb Minor

New newsletter post announcing my next release.

Please give it a read and consider following along!

news.lonearchivist.com/p/transmissi...

10.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Make sure that you're subscribed to Transmissions from the Archive.

Big announcement tomorrow!

news.lonearchivist.com

09.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Coming soon: NOVA 2e The second edition of the action packed mech TTRPG. Time to go nova!

Oh what the heck, let me just leave this here real quick

www.kickstarter.com/projects/the...

09.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a great watch.

Should be required viewing for anyone interested in getting into graphic design and layout or even if you're hiring a designer so you know what we're doing behind the scenes.

09.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Make sure that you're subscribed to Transmissions from the Archive.

Big announcement tomorrow!

news.lonearchivist.com

09.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Grand Armor by Lone Archivist A microlite mecha roleplaying game

Play as the pilots of giant mechas known as GRAND ARMOR in this d12 roll-under microlite TTRPG.

Pick it up for FREE today!

lonearchivist.itch.io/grand-armor

08.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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You can also get it's first expansion, 'Jovian Opera', featuring art by @gorangligovic.bsky.social!

08.03.2026 23:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Grand Armor by Lone Archivist A microlite mecha roleplaying game

Play as the pilots of giant mechas known as GRAND ARMOR in this d12 roll-under microlite TTRPG.

Pick it up for FREE today!

lonearchivist.itch.io/grand-armor

08.03.2026 23:00 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for the visual identity for your brand or design for your next book or board game?

Reach out! I want to hear about what you're working on.

Contact and Portfolio at: lonearchivist.com

06.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Owlbear Rodeo.

It's lightweight to run and extremely versatile. Will often use it for in person games for maps and tokens because it's so handy.

07.03.2026 16:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@willjobst.bsky.social I think this would be of interest to you.

06.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy full release day of this Drum & Bass-a Nova album!

06.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Logo vs.Β Branding - Lone Archivist I talk a lot about offering logos and branding/visual identity design as a service but I haven’t really gone into what those are. So what is the

Also, what's a "Visual Identity" and how is that different that a Logo?

Read more about that here: lonearchivist.com/logo-vs-bran...

06.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking for the visual identity for your brand or design for your next book or board game?

Reach out! I want to hear about what you're working on.

Contact and Portfolio at: lonearchivist.com

06.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! More FAR support!

06.03.2026 05:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to raise money to cover travel expenses to BreakoutCon, please share around!

05.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 4

I'll of course still be sharing news via BlueSky and have the blog for "game thoughts" but Transmissions from the Archive is the best place for notifications on new projects, current project progress, and the status of my games in print.

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04.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm collecting thoughts on Metroidvanias in Tabletop and curious on your thoughts.

How can you replicate that experience? Is it just a Megadungeon? Can it work?

Posted about it here: papercult.club/thread/663/m...

Likely to be a long form blog article at some point.

04.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‘Ύ A Metroidvania tabletop RPG Also is your art CRUD? | last games of Zine Month | art resources and more

This is a great resource! I just stumbled on this article that highlighted this game too so I was adding to my TBR list.

soloist.substack.com/p/a-metroidv...

04.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As well as the dynamics of a full party vs. solo play. Because that changes movement through the environment.

04.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This definitely seems to be one of the major defining features of the genre. That and how upgrades can affect movement.

I think the challenge here is narratively describing the environment at a table when so much of that is done visually in the video game format.

04.03.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Same! I'm still in the research phase at the moment but will definitely share here once I've collated some ideas.

04.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm collecting thoughts on Metroidvanias in Tabletop and curious on your thoughts.

How can you replicate that experience? Is it just a Megadungeon? Can it work?

Posted about it here: papercult.club/thread/663/m...

Likely to be a long form blog article at some point.

04.03.2026 15:19 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll of course still be sharing news via BlueSky and have the blog for "game thoughts" but Transmissions from the Archive is the best place for notifications on new projects, current project progress, and the status of my games in print.

Subscribe today!

04.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

From this I was digging into my Bandcamp downloads and discovered they have an app now?!

This feels new and is excellent news. I want to say around this time last year they didn't have one.

04.03.2026 04:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Any chance of a VOD of this? I didn't see it in the list of highlight videos.

04.03.2026 03:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You had me at Mushishi.

04.03.2026 03:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Lone Archivist

As I am planning out print runs for 2026, curious to know what, that is currently digital only, would you like to see in print?

Let me know!

lonearchivist.itch.io

03.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For sure! πŸ’½

03.03.2026 20:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0