Christopher Helton
@dorkland.itch.io
Nonbinary tabletop RPG designer, publisher, editor and fan of comics and music. Hire me for your projects! ENnie nominated blogger, one time ENnie winner. I used to write about gaming/pop culture at the Bleeding Cool & EN World websites. (they/them)
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Christopher Helton
@dorkland.itch.io
· Jun 5
Welcome followers, new and old, to my new pinned post! My name is Chris, and I design and publish artisan tabletop role-playing games. I am nonbinary, and I am a big fan of comics and music. In 2003 I started my Dorkland! blog, which is where the name for this account and many others comes from.
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After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
December 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
After a pause, we are once again accepting pitches for games.
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
If you've designed a TTRPG (especially one built on PbtA, Forged in the Dark, or Fate) that's near-complete, you can find details about how to pitch us (and the services we provide) here:
evilhat.com/game-submiss...
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they should build this and make ai ceos live in it as a punishment
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
they should build this and make ai ceos live in it as a punishment
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Sent in my notes to the editor on the first round of concept sketches for the magical super-heroes game. Working with artists is one of my favorite parts of getting a game put together. It makes me wish that I had the money to work with more artists directly on the stuff I publish myself.
December 1, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Sent in my notes to the editor on the first round of concept sketches for the magical super-heroes game. Working with artists is one of my favorite parts of getting a game put together. It makes me wish that I had the money to work with more artists directly on the stuff I publish myself.
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In honor of Keith Giffen's birthday, I'd like to share this classic story by Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, Wally Wood, Carl Gafford, and Ben Oda.
Forty-nine years ago, the Golden Age Superman returned, "When Fall the Mighty!"
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Forty-nine years ago, the Golden Age Superman returned, "When Fall the Mighty!"
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December 1, 2025 at 12:27 AM
In honor of Keith Giffen's birthday, I'd like to share this classic story by Gerry Conway, Paul Levitz, Keith Giffen, Wally Wood, Carl Gafford, and Ben Oda.
Forty-nine years ago, the Golden Age Superman returned, "When Fall the Mighty!"
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Forty-nine years ago, the Golden Age Superman returned, "When Fall the Mighty!"
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If you need to get presents for teenagers this holiday season can I recommend these graphic novels that I am buying for my teen: BROOMS, HELLO SUNSHINE, and S.I.R.
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If you need to get presents for teenagers this holiday season can I recommend these graphic novels that I am buying for my teen: BROOMS, HELLO SUNSHINE, and S.I.R.
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If you like your #TRRPG stuff in PRINT then mosey over to DriveThruRPG and check out the sales going on over there. Order before Dec. 6th to get softcover print copies before Christmas! Get Action and Adventure in your role-playing sessions with my games. Action-Heroes #RPG! (affiliate link)
Action-Heroes: Cinematic Role-Playing - Dorkland Press | DriveThruRPG
Action-Heroes is a collaborative tabletop role-playing game where you play super-heroes, action heroes and other larger than life characters who have powers and abilities beyond mortal ken, that allow...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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And my Adventures in the Unknown #RPG! Nothing says "MERRY CHRISTMAS" quite like a game where you can punch Nazis and fight fascists! Get in on the fun and avoid the holiday rush!
Adventures In The Unknown - Dorkland Press | DriveThruRPG
Adventures In The Unknown: A Cheerfully Adventurous Role-Playing Game
Fight Fascists And Punch Nazis And Make The World A Better Place
"Reading this game's book now...and it screams Antifascist Rolepl...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And my Adventures in the Unknown #RPG! Nothing says "MERRY CHRISTMAS" quite like a game where you can punch Nazis and fight fascists! Get in on the fun and avoid the holiday rush!
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It's Black Friday, which is also Creator's Day at @itch.io and creators get 100% of the amount spent on purchases today! My Adventures in the Unknown #TTRPG is inspired by the heroic pulps of the 30s and 40s, influenced by the first dice pool #RPG and lets you punch Nazis in the contemporary world.
Adventures In The Unknown by Christopher Helton
A game where players play characters who are larger than life, and fight Nazis and fascists to make a better world.
dorkland.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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My Action-Heroes #TRRPG lets you play big damn heroes who want to make the world a better place for those without the power to do it themselves. Also set in the modern world, play heroes of all stripes, from action heroes to super-heroes and fight for a better world. Easy to learn, and easy to play!
Action-Heroes: Adventure Role-Playing by Christopher Helton
Be a Hero and change the world for the better!
dorkland.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My Action-Heroes #TRRPG lets you play big damn heroes who want to make the world a better place for those without the power to do it themselves. Also set in the modern world, play heroes of all stripes, from action heroes to super-heroes and fight for a better world. Easy to learn, and easy to play!
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This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This is in the running for my favorite lecture slide ever
If you like your #TRRPG stuff in PRINT then mosey over to DriveThruRPG and check out the sales going on over there. Order before Dec. 6th to get softcover print copies before Christmas! Get Action and Adventure in your role-playing sessions with my games. Action-Heroes #RPG! (affiliate link)
Action-Heroes: Cinematic Role-Playing - Dorkland Press | DriveThruRPG
Action-Heroes is a collaborative tabletop role-playing game where you play super-heroes, action heroes and other larger than life characters who have powers and abilities beyond mortal ken, that allow...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It's Black Friday, which is also Creator's Day at @itch.io and creators get 100% of the amount spent on purchases today! My Adventures in the Unknown #TTRPG is inspired by the heroic pulps of the 30s and 40s, influenced by the first dice pool #RPG and lets you punch Nazis in the contemporary world.
Adventures In The Unknown by Christopher Helton
A game where players play characters who are larger than life, and fight Nazis and fascists to make a better world.
dorkland.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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274/845: UNKNOWN SOLDIER #1 (2008)
Dysart opens this acclaimed war comic of the immediate Post-9/11 era criticizing a white celebrity
framing the Ugandan people as victims above any level of personal identity. It feels like an apology upfront for the shortcomings of what we’re about to read.
Dysart opens this acclaimed war comic of the immediate Post-9/11 era criticizing a white celebrity
framing the Ugandan people as victims above any level of personal identity. It feels like an apology upfront for the shortcomings of what we’re about to read.
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
274/845: UNKNOWN SOLDIER #1 (2008)
Dysart opens this acclaimed war comic of the immediate Post-9/11 era criticizing a white celebrity
framing the Ugandan people as victims above any level of personal identity. It feels like an apology upfront for the shortcomings of what we’re about to read.
Dysart opens this acclaimed war comic of the immediate Post-9/11 era criticizing a white celebrity
framing the Ugandan people as victims above any level of personal identity. It feels like an apology upfront for the shortcomings of what we’re about to read.
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I've been kicking around the idea of putting together something about the process of writing comics... and today I have pulled the trigger and put out the first part, or prologue, to HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writers Guide.
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HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writer’s Guide/Prologue | David Avallone
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November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I've been kicking around the idea of putting together something about the process of writing comics... and today I have pulled the trigger and put out the first part, or prologue, to HOW I MAKE COMICS: A Writers Guide.
www.patreon.com/posts/how-i-...?
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I mean, do I need a 5E port of Traveller? No. But I think that a lot of people have already forgotten about the d20 versions of Traveller and 2300 that happened.
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I mean, do I need a 5E port of Traveller? No. But I think that a lot of people have already forgotten about the d20 versions of Traveller and 2300 that happened.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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URGENT. My rent’s due Monday, and I’m $925 short. What new projects I’ve gotten won’t even start paying out by then.
Please share widely, and thanks for helping me and Astra stay housed. 💜
paypal.me/aislinndelyon
Please share widely, and thanks for helping me and Astra stay housed. 💜
paypal.me/aislinndelyon
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
URGENT. My rent’s due Monday, and I’m $925 short. What new projects I’ve gotten won’t even start paying out by then.
Please share widely, and thanks for helping me and Astra stay housed. 💜
paypal.me/aislinndelyon
Please share widely, and thanks for helping me and Astra stay housed. 💜
paypal.me/aislinndelyon
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More #AW3rd things to think about! Warriors of the World Ablaze is our in-progress fantasy apocalypse game, and you can find out more in the kickstarter for Apocalypse World Burned Over! #ttrpg #pbta
I'm thinking about SRDs, but meanwhile...
I want to preview another Warriors of the World Ablaze playbook on the kickstarter!
We've already previewed the Harrow Queen and the Hunting Kite. Which one would you like to see next?
Most likes wins! How about...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
I want to preview another Warriors of the World Ablaze playbook on the kickstarter!
We've already previewed the Harrow Queen and the Hunting Kite. Which one would you like to see next?
Most likes wins! How about...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...
Apocalypse World: Burned Over
The 3rd edition of the groundbreaking original.
www.kickstarter.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
And if you want a hardcover of my Action-Heroes #TTRPG (regardless it arriving before or after the holidays) now is the time to buy one. In January I'm going to update the POD files to get rid of all the Outland Entertainment branding and I will discontinue the hardcover then. (affiliate link)
Action-Heroes: Cinematic Role-Playing - Dorkland Press | DriveThruRPG
Action-Heroes is a collaborative tabletop role-playing game where you play super-heroes, action heroes and other larger than life characters who have powers and abilities beyond mortal ken, that allow...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:29 PM
And if you want a hardcover of my Action-Heroes #TTRPG (regardless it arriving before or after the holidays) now is the time to buy one. In January I'm going to update the POD files to get rid of all the Outland Entertainment branding and I will discontinue the hardcover then. (affiliate link)
My games are currently on sale at DriveThru (probably because of Black Friday stuff), so if you wanted them now is the time to buy! Both of these are affiliate links. Play big damn heroes who want to make the world a better place in my Action-Heroes #TTRPG!
Action-Heroes: Cinematic Role-Playing - Dorkland Press | DriveThruRPG
Action-Heroes is a collaborative tabletop role-playing game where you play super-heroes, action heroes and other larger than life characters who have powers and abilities beyond mortal ken, that allow...
www.drivethrurpg.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My games are currently on sale at DriveThru (probably because of Black Friday stuff), so if you wanted them now is the time to buy! Both of these are affiliate links. Play big damn heroes who want to make the world a better place in my Action-Heroes #TTRPG!
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The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.
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Free Fiction, Round Eleven — The Chain Story
This week the Chain Story Project is happy to introduce Pip Strongpaw, hero, wanderer and mouse. Please enjoy his debut tale from the pen of Bryan Young, Ice Hawk’s Aerie .
www.chainstorycore.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Chain Story Project has just released a brand new story: Bryan Young's Ice Hawk's Aerie. This is the first of many stories about Pip Strongpaw, the last of the Great Catriders.
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fi...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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A must read from one of my favorite Hollywood people, @juliebenson.bsky.social!
🚨New post is up on my (free to read) website writingandwhatnot.com - check it out!
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A must read from one of my favorite Hollywood people, @juliebenson.bsky.social!