Tony Dowler
@tonydowler.bsky.social
An artist and writer living in Seattle. I make games and maps.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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New up on Substack (free): The Great Adventuring Party Generator. substack.com/home/post/p-...
The great adventuring party generator
Eventually, the adventurers arrive.
substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
New up on Substack (free): The Great Adventuring Party Generator. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Looking for ideas in your solo rpg session? Give your character a tarot reading.
January 25, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Looking for ideas in your solo rpg session? Give your character a tarot reading.
Wow, but the new Copilot-driven grammar check in Word really hates any writing that's not dull.
January 24, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Wow, but the new Copilot-driven grammar check in Word really hates any writing that's not dull.
“The middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.”
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Davos 2026: Special address by Mark Carney, PM of Canada
Canadian PM Mark Carney stressed the end of the rules-based international order and urged middle powers to act together to counter the great power rivalry.
www.weforum.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:39 PM
“The middle powers must act together, because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.”
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
www.weforum.org/stories/2026...
Anyone recommend a Substack that’s about surviving and thriving the apocalypse? I’ve got plenty telling me it’s here, but they’re a little thin on what to do.
January 18, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Anyone recommend a Substack that’s about surviving and thriving the apocalypse? I’ve got plenty telling me it’s here, but they’re a little thin on what to do.
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Hello Wanderer!
I've a new #ZineMonth project coming up!
💙📚The Wanderer's Bookshop📚💙
is a cosy solo* bookshop simulator #ttrpg where you collect stories, read books and find your “white whale”.
Launching February 2nd on 💥Zinetopia 2026 (Backerkit)
tinyurl.com/BookshopRPG
🌈📚 🏳️🌈📚🎧 🧣📚
I've a new #ZineMonth project coming up!
💙📚The Wanderer's Bookshop📚💙
is a cosy solo* bookshop simulator #ttrpg where you collect stories, read books and find your “white whale”.
Launching February 2nd on 💥Zinetopia 2026 (Backerkit)
tinyurl.com/BookshopRPG
🌈📚 🏳️🌈📚🎧 🧣📚
Get lost and find The Wanderer's Bookshop
From Johnson OFair - Get lost and find The Wanderer's Bookshop
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January 3, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Hello Wanderer!
I've a new #ZineMonth project coming up!
💙📚The Wanderer's Bookshop📚💙
is a cosy solo* bookshop simulator #ttrpg where you collect stories, read books and find your “white whale”.
Launching February 2nd on 💥Zinetopia 2026 (Backerkit)
tinyurl.com/BookshopRPG
🌈📚 🏳️🌈📚🎧 🧣📚
I've a new #ZineMonth project coming up!
💙📚The Wanderer's Bookshop📚💙
is a cosy solo* bookshop simulator #ttrpg where you collect stories, read books and find your “white whale”.
Launching February 2nd on 💥Zinetopia 2026 (Backerkit)
tinyurl.com/BookshopRPG
🌈📚 🏳️🌈📚🎧 🧣📚
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#CommissionsOpen - In need of some stuff for a project or whatever? Want a crazy person who has too many thoughts to help you out? Want to pay me up front rather than way down the line like some people?
Take a good look. $300 bucks get you 1k Words + 3 character spot pieces + 1 map; no AI or shit.
Take a good look. $300 bucks get you 1k Words + 3 character spot pieces + 1 map; no AI or shit.
June 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
#CommissionsOpen - In need of some stuff for a project or whatever? Want a crazy person who has too many thoughts to help you out? Want to pay me up front rather than way down the line like some people?
Take a good look. $300 bucks get you 1k Words + 3 character spot pieces + 1 map; no AI or shit.
Take a good look. $300 bucks get you 1k Words + 3 character spot pieces + 1 map; no AI or shit.
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Hello new folks, My Name is Richard
I am manifold, like warped stained glass in an abandoned grey stone church
Other than being cryptic I am a writer, coordinator, and art director at Adventure Noises
I am making my own anti-colonial ttrpg, The Banishing! my-name-is-richard.itch.io/thebanishing
I am manifold, like warped stained glass in an abandoned grey stone church
Other than being cryptic I am a writer, coordinator, and art director at Adventure Noises
I am making my own anti-colonial ttrpg, The Banishing! my-name-is-richard.itch.io/thebanishing
The Banishing by My Name is Richard
A ttrpg about reclaiming a culture denied to you by a society of monsters, while walking a path of your own choosing.
my-name-is-richard.itch.io
October 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Hello new folks, My Name is Richard
I am manifold, like warped stained glass in an abandoned grey stone church
Other than being cryptic I am a writer, coordinator, and art director at Adventure Noises
I am making my own anti-colonial ttrpg, The Banishing! my-name-is-richard.itch.io/thebanishing
I am manifold, like warped stained glass in an abandoned grey stone church
Other than being cryptic I am a writer, coordinator, and art director at Adventure Noises
I am making my own anti-colonial ttrpg, The Banishing! my-name-is-richard.itch.io/thebanishing
So what is this #Tavernsworn thing I keep talking about?
Tavernsworn is an experimental way of using Ironsworn to play the story of a character who founds a tavern in a fantasy world: Legends and Lattes, The Wandering Inn, The Bear, but also Dwarf Fortress and a touch of Blades in the Dark. 🧵1
Tavernsworn is an experimental way of using Ironsworn to play the story of a character who founds a tavern in a fantasy world: Legends and Lattes, The Wandering Inn, The Bear, but also Dwarf Fortress and a touch of Blades in the Dark. 🧵1
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
So what is this #Tavernsworn thing I keep talking about?
Tavernsworn is an experimental way of using Ironsworn to play the story of a character who founds a tavern in a fantasy world: Legends and Lattes, The Wandering Inn, The Bear, but also Dwarf Fortress and a touch of Blades in the Dark. 🧵1
Tavernsworn is an experimental way of using Ironsworn to play the story of a character who founds a tavern in a fantasy world: Legends and Lattes, The Wandering Inn, The Bear, but also Dwarf Fortress and a touch of Blades in the Dark. 🧵1
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Hey Josh, what's THE CASTLE AUTOMATIC like?
It's like this, friend. It's like this.
It's like this, friend. It's like this.
January 11, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Hey Josh, what's THE CASTLE AUTOMATIC like?
It's like this, friend. It's like this.
It's like this, friend. It's like this.
In my Ironsworn game about a struggling inn on the borderlands, the innkeeper is trying to attract adventurers to make ends meet…
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
In my Ironsworn game about a struggling inn on the borderlands, the innkeeper is trying to attract adventurers to make ends meet…
Why is the Home Depot app asking for permission to connect to my daughter‘s iPad? Just send me the effing toilet that I ordered!
January 5, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Why is the Home Depot app asking for permission to connect to my daughter‘s iPad? Just send me the effing toilet that I ordered!
I am writing so much this week! I guess I needed a week and a half off just to reactivite my writing muscles.
January 3, 2026 at 3:42 AM
I am writing so much this week! I guess I needed a week and a half off just to reactivite my writing muscles.
Idea of the day--a faction game for tracking adventuring parties in the environs of a local adventuring guild; something the vein of the faction game for Stars without Number, a bit of gameplay, some worldbuilding, interesting seeds, all that.
December 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Idea of the day--a faction game for tracking adventuring parties in the environs of a local adventuring guild; something the vein of the faction game for Stars without Number, a bit of gameplay, some worldbuilding, interesting seeds, all that.
Prediction. Nothing changes; it all happens again.
NEWS: The DNC is killing off its 2024 autopsy.
DNC Chairman Ken Martin has decided not to publish a public report, believing that a backward-looking document would be counterproductive as the party has started winning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
DNC Chairman Ken Martin has decided not to publish a public report, believing that a backward-looking document would be counterproductive as the party has started winning.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/u...
The D.N.C. Is Killing Its Autopsy of What Went Wrong in 2024
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Prediction. Nothing changes; it all happens again.
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Forged in the Dark innovators thread! Who's doing cool new stuff with the FitD model? (promote your own or someone else's).
I'll start: Slugblaster, by @wilkiescandylab.com is a smart hack of the core systems, tweaked in just the right way to fit the more light-hearted adventure style of the game.
I'll start: Slugblaster, by @wilkiescandylab.com is a smart hack of the core systems, tweaked in just the right way to fit the more light-hearted adventure style of the game.
December 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Forged in the Dark innovators thread! Who's doing cool new stuff with the FitD model? (promote your own or someone else's).
I'll start: Slugblaster, by @wilkiescandylab.com is a smart hack of the core systems, tweaked in just the right way to fit the more light-hearted adventure style of the game.
I'll start: Slugblaster, by @wilkiescandylab.com is a smart hack of the core systems, tweaked in just the right way to fit the more light-hearted adventure style of the game.
I have been so fortunate to have regular gaming friends. Nevertheless, I see this happening all around me. Loneliness slowly kills you, and escaping it can be a long project.
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open.substack.com/pub/thinking...
The Empty Garage
Middle-aged men are lonelier than ever while their wives thrive socially. The gap isn't a character flaw, it's what men were never taught. Here's how to rebuild.
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I have been so fortunate to have regular gaming friends. Nevertheless, I see this happening all around me. Loneliness slowly kills you, and escaping it can be a long project.
open.substack.com/pub/thinking...
open.substack.com/pub/thinking...
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What are the practical steps of getting an RPG book printed? I pull back the curtain on the process and share my current progress in this blog post.
The Lifecycle of RPG Publishing
As I've mentioned before on this blog, I'm currently doing a preorder campaign instead of a "traditional" crowdfunding campaign for my first...
riseupcomus.blogspot.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What are the practical steps of getting an RPG book printed? I pull back the curtain on the process and share my current progress in this blog post.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Something I love on the GM-facing map from Guy Pradel (@pradaldi.bsky.social) are the hand icons that show how rooms connect.
Secret doors are marked with an S.
Trap doors are marked with a T.
Learn more about this sprawling dungeon here: www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/his...
Secret doors are marked with an S.
Trap doors are marked with a T.
Learn more about this sprawling dungeon here: www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/his...
December 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Something I love on the GM-facing map from Guy Pradel (@pradaldi.bsky.social) are the hand icons that show how rooms connect.
Secret doors are marked with an S.
Trap doors are marked with a T.
Learn more about this sprawling dungeon here: www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/his...
Secret doors are marked with an S.
Trap doors are marked with a T.
Learn more about this sprawling dungeon here: www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/his...
I love drawing skeletons #taverncore
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I love drawing skeletons #taverncore
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DAY 10, GAME 2: I’ve been playing How to Host a Dungeon by @tonydowler.bsky.social for years, and I still love crafting new side views of dungeons and seeing what creatures and stories populate them. A great game of simple scribbling. tonydowler.itch.io/how-to-host-...
December 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
DAY 10, GAME 2: I’ve been playing How to Host a Dungeon by @tonydowler.bsky.social for years, and I still love crafting new side views of dungeons and seeing what creatures and stories populate them. A great game of simple scribbling. tonydowler.itch.io/how-to-host-...