Imogen Gingell
@ilgingell.bsky.social
Space plasma physicist by day, writer/game designer by night - you'll find both on my feed! Adamantine bestseller on DMsGuild, designer/writer on Cosmere RPG, She/Her
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JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
To celebrate hitting the £7,000 funding milestone for JourneyMon, I have released another preview! Turn your misteps into a moment of unrivaled power with Apex Powers!
Check out the full preview here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Check out the full preview here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To celebrate hitting the £7,000 funding milestone for JourneyMon, I have released another preview! Turn your misteps into a moment of unrivaled power with Apex Powers!
Check out the full preview here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Check out the full preview here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
With just 3 days left of the JourneyMon Kickstarter campaign, I sat down for a Q&A with the Hardboiled GMShoe to talk about the design and assumed setting of the game.
Check out the transcript here:
gmshoe.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/q...
Check out the transcript here:
gmshoe.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/q...
[Q&A] Imogen Gingell (JourneyMon)
[8:05 AM]Imogen Gingell: Thanks for the welcome Rephath! I’m Imogen Gingell, an indepedent and freelancer TTRPG designer from the UK. I’m currently a member of the core design team…
gmshoe.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
With just 3 days left of the JourneyMon Kickstarter campaign, I sat down for a Q&A with the Hardboiled GMShoe to talk about the design and assumed setting of the game.
Check out the transcript here:
gmshoe.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/q...
Check out the transcript here:
gmshoe.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/q...
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It's #SelfPromotionSaturday!
I create new #homebrew and videos weekly, as well as a bit of digital art here and there!
my latest vid: www.youtube.com/shorts/TGJXp...
What are you excited about? Show it off! Let's see it!
#dnd #ttrpg #art #dndart #vtuber #DungeonsAndDragons
I create new #homebrew and videos weekly, as well as a bit of digital art here and there!
my latest vid: www.youtube.com/shorts/TGJXp...
What are you excited about? Show it off! Let's see it!
#dnd #ttrpg #art #dndart #vtuber #DungeonsAndDragons
Passing of the seasons in your ttrpg/dnd game!
YouTube video by Quartermaster's Cache
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November 22, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's #SelfPromotionSaturday!
I create new #homebrew and videos weekly, as well as a bit of digital art here and there!
my latest vid: www.youtube.com/shorts/TGJXp...
What are you excited about? Show it off! Let's see it!
#dnd #ttrpg #art #dndart #vtuber #DungeonsAndDragons
I create new #homebrew and videos weekly, as well as a bit of digital art here and there!
my latest vid: www.youtube.com/shorts/TGJXp...
What are you excited about? Show it off! Let's see it!
#dnd #ttrpg #art #dndart #vtuber #DungeonsAndDragons
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#CosmereRPG spotted at Red Claw Gaming!
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
#CosmereRPG spotted at Red Claw Gaming!
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November 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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#SelfPromoSaturday time once again!
Show off your artwork, TTRPG projects, sale, rpg kickstarter or anything you're proud of!
- No GenAI/Tech bro stuff (blocked if you do)
- Like and share
- NSFW = OK but hide/spoiler/etc it!
- Alt-text as much as possible please!
Show off your artwork, TTRPG projects, sale, rpg kickstarter or anything you're proud of!
- No GenAI/Tech bro stuff (blocked if you do)
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- NSFW = OK but hide/spoiler/etc it!
- Alt-text as much as possible please!
a man says do it in white letters on a black background
Alt: a man says do it in white letters on a black background
Senator Palpatine from Star Wars
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November 22, 2025 at 7:53 AM
#SelfPromoSaturday time once again!
Show off your artwork, TTRPG projects, sale, rpg kickstarter or anything you're proud of!
- No GenAI/Tech bro stuff (blocked if you do)
- Like and share
- NSFW = OK but hide/spoiler/etc it!
- Alt-text as much as possible please!
Show off your artwork, TTRPG projects, sale, rpg kickstarter or anything you're proud of!
- No GenAI/Tech bro stuff (blocked if you do)
- Like and share
- NSFW = OK but hide/spoiler/etc it!
- Alt-text as much as possible please!
Just less than 6 days to go, and a brand new JourneyMon preview has hit kickstarter!
Read on to find out how the game's collaborative world building tools work during the Prologue phase of the game!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Read on to find out how the game's collaborative world building tools work during the Prologue phase of the game!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Update 6: Preview: Episode Generation · JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
With just less than six full days to go, it's time for another preview! This time, let's take a look at the Prologue, the collaborative world-building phase that begins every Episode of JourneyMon.Kid...
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Just less than 6 days to go, and a brand new JourneyMon preview has hit kickstarter!
Read on to find out how the game's collaborative world building tools work during the Prologue phase of the game!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Read on to find out how the game's collaborative world building tools work during the Prologue phase of the game!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
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Don't miss out on this one, y'all! If you have any love for Pokemon, Digimon, and other monster-training games, you'll adore this book.
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Don't miss out on this one, y'all! If you have any love for Pokemon, Digimon, and other monster-training games, you'll adore this book.
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Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy International Day of LGBTQIA+ People In STEM!
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
How are you celebrating it?
#LGBTQSTEMDay #PrideInSTEM
I sat down with the System Shop podcast to talk about monster taming TTRPGs! I had a lot of fun, and it's a very cool podcast. Check it out!
@ilgingell.bsky.social joins me and Violet to talk about bringing monster training to the tabletop, discussing existing games in the space and how JourneyMon tackles the design puzzles of the genre!
We even dig up a monster catching TTRPG that predates Pokémon...
open.spotify.com/episode/2VLl...
We even dig up a monster catching TTRPG that predates Pokémon...
open.spotify.com/episode/2VLl...
Episode 10: Monster Taming feat. Imogen Gingell
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November 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I sat down with the System Shop podcast to talk about monster taming TTRPGs! I had a lot of fun, and it's a very cool podcast. Check it out!
Reposted by Imogen Gingell
It’s #SelfPromoSaturday – What have you unleashed?
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November 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
It’s #SelfPromoSaturday – What have you unleashed?
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Since it's #selfpromosaturday, it seemed like a good moment to release another free preview of JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying!
In "Making Mayhem", I reveal five new "major powers" to add a touch of chaos to your monster battles!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
In "Making Mayhem", I reveal five new "major powers" to add a touch of chaos to your monster battles!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Update 5: Preview: Making Mayhem! · JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
The Journey continues, and so it's time for another preview! After a poll over on the JourneyMon Discord, our community of trainers decided they'd most like to see our next preview focus on the Mayhem...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Since it's #selfpromosaturday, it seemed like a good moment to release another free preview of JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying!
In "Making Mayhem", I reveal five new "major powers" to add a touch of chaos to your monster battles!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
In "Making Mayhem", I reveal five new "major powers" to add a touch of chaos to your monster battles!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
We have hit £6,000!!!! 🤩
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We have hit £6,000!!!! 🤩
A new preview for JourneyMon is out now as a Kickstarter update! Click through to see 4 full pages of the book focusing on the Criminal villain playbook. Dare you face CEO Cordelia DeVour of Maelstrom Capital, and her ferocious companion monster Crocorrupt?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Update 4: Know Your Enemy: Villain Playbook Previews! · JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
The next part of our Journey takes us onwards toward our next stretch goal: the Empowered villains. With that in mind, it seemed like a good time to reveal a bit more about what villain playbooks are ...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A new preview for JourneyMon is out now as a Kickstarter update! Click through to see 4 full pages of the book focusing on the Criminal villain playbook. Dare you face CEO Cordelia DeVour of Maelstrom Capital, and her ferocious companion monster Crocorrupt?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon has now hit 200% funding, breezing past our first stretch goal! Thanks to backers' support, the game will now included a "Monster" trainer class playbook, allowing you to be the team lil' guy and/or Blue Mage!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Update 3: 200% Funded and First Stretch Goal: the Monster trainer class! · JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
We have official reached an amazing 200% funded, which means we have reached our first stretch goal!
Thanks to your support, we will now include one more Trainer Class in the JourneyMon handbook: the...
www.kickstarter.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
JourneyMon has now hit 200% funding, breezing past our first stretch goal! Thanks to backers' support, the game will now included a "Monster" trainer class playbook, allowing you to be the team lil' guy and/or Blue Mage!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Since JourneyMon is now fully funded (!) and approaching our first stretch goal, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the folks who have put a ton of effort into making the game as great as it can be! I swear I didn't plan it, but everyone showcases here is queer too 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, so that's fun!
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Since JourneyMon is now fully funded (!) and approaching our first stretch goal, I wanted to take a moment to celebrate the folks who have put a ton of effort into making the game as great as it can be! I swear I didn't plan it, but everyone showcases here is queer too 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️, so that's fun!
Mythic Bastionland bone ranking update: We have determined that the most virtuous bone is a pristine whale scapula, which we found on a windswept beach. Equivalently, the *least* virtuous bones in my Bone Knight's collection are now some shark ribs, on account of sharks not really having ribs.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mythic Bastionland bone ranking update: We have determined that the most virtuous bone is a pristine whale scapula, which we found on a windswept beach. Equivalently, the *least* virtuous bones in my Bone Knight's collection are now some shark ribs, on account of sharks not really having ribs.
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OMG only 7 hours?!?! That's awesome!
Anyways I helped out with the art for Journeymon so you all should totally go check it out! Let's make those stretch goals happen!!
Anyways I helped out with the art for Journeymon so you all should totally go check it out! Let's make those stretch goals happen!!
We did it!!! Wow! JourneyMon reached its funding goal in only 7 hours! Thank you so much to everyone who has backed and signal boosted so far! Onwards now towards those stretch goals...
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
OMG only 7 hours?!?! That's awesome!
Anyways I helped out with the art for Journeymon so you all should totally go check it out! Let's make those stretch goals happen!!
Anyways I helped out with the art for Journeymon so you all should totally go check it out! Let's make those stretch goals happen!!
We did it!!! Wow! JourneyMon reached its funding goal in only 7 hours! Thank you so much to everyone who has backed and signal boosted so far! Onwards now towards those stretch goals...
October 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We did it!!! Wow! JourneyMon reached its funding goal in only 7 hours! Thank you so much to everyone who has backed and signal boosted so far! Onwards now towards those stretch goals...
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I loved working with Imogen on Frontiers of Eberron and Chronicles of Eberron, and I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with this -- Backed!
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I loved working with Imogen on Frontiers of Eberron and Chronicles of Eberron, and I'm looking forward to seeing what she does with this -- Backed!
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Love to see new monster-taming ttrpgs!! It's always interesting to see different takes on the framework, and I know this has been made with tons of care and love for the genre!
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Love to see new monster-taming ttrpgs!! It's always interesting to see different takes on the framework, and I know this has been made with tons of care and love for the genre!
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Imogen was one of my first DMs waayyyyyyyyyg back in the boards1.wizards days. She’s one of the most creative people I’ve met and was integral in keep Eberron alive.
Back. This. Game.
Back. This. Game.
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Imogen was one of my first DMs waayyyyyyyyyg back in the boards1.wizards days. She’s one of the most creative people I’ve met and was integral in keep Eberron alive.
Back. This. Game.
Back. This. Game.
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JourneyMon is LIVE on Kickstarter! I am SO excited! If you're on the hunt for a fresh RPG with zero prep, clever mechanics, hands-on worldbuilding made easy, and a zesty vibe, this is the one! 😍
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
JourneyMon is LIVE on Kickstarter! I am SO excited! If you're on the hunt for a fresh RPG with zero prep, clever mechanics, hands-on worldbuilding made easy, and a zesty vibe, this is the one! 😍
Reposted by Imogen Gingell
My actual favourite RPG to run is now up on kickstarter. If you like any sort of monster training games, then fill your boots - I've been lucky enough to have been intermittently testing this for a year or two, and I've never seen it done better.
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My actual favourite RPG to run is now up on kickstarter. If you like any sort of monster training games, then fill your boots - I've been lucky enough to have been intermittently testing this for a year or two, and I've never seen it done better.
Reposted by Imogen Gingell
I just backed JourneyMon 👾 it's an episodic Monster Training RPG made by the talented @ilgingell.bsky.social. Imogen is one of the #CosmereRPG core designers. She's been refining this game for years, released a full Quick Start, and is devlogging -- it's an obvious labor of love, I'm so excited!!!
After years in development, playtesting and refinement, and months of pre-launch campaigning, I'm proud and excited to say that my brand new #TTRPG JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying is now LIVE on Kickstarter!
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Back the game in PDF and print right here:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I just backed JourneyMon 👾 it's an episodic Monster Training RPG made by the talented @ilgingell.bsky.social. Imogen is one of the #CosmereRPG core designers. She's been refining this game for years, released a full Quick Start, and is devlogging -- it's an obvious labor of love, I'm so excited!!!