3 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – City of Seven Seraphs, Quests of Doom 4, and Gauntlets & Goblins
This week, I look at three amazing RPG Kickstarters. One for kids, one for 5e, and one with vibrant art… Read more
A day in the life of an artist, author, and dad
Part 1 of 2 – The ideal schedule 6:30 AM – Wake up, enjoy a light breakfast, read a few… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Interview with the Creator of The Legend of Everett Forge
Cowboys and Robots. I’m a sucker for the Western genre. Anytime they cross my tv, I end up stopping on… Read more
Thursday Art Fart – Two Dark Towers
We’ve recently ended our long-standing Thought for Every Thursday series. It may one day make its return. But for now,… Read more
Gen Con 2017 Recap – Part One
You can read Part Two Here. Before For as long as I can remember, for as soon as we learned of… Read more
8 Independent RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Redshirts (Starfinder), Lion’s Vault, Mysterious Happenings at Furlong Down, Wicked Pacts, and more
A lot of good RPG Kickstarters get overshadowed by better known publishers or titles. Others, like third-party 5e or Pathfinder products, have… Read more
Watercolor Warfare
My co-painting collaborator has been down and out lately. While she’s under the weather, I’ve been busy with my new… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Interview with the Creator of Hinges
There are moments when you start reading a comic and you just know there is something about it which… Read more
PRESS RELEASE – Modern Adventures for Pathfinder Kickstarter is Live
Higher Grounds Publishing, LLC Ray Machuga, Owner Frisco, TX 75033 (214) 592-5753 Highergroundgamingllc@gmail.com August 19, 2017 – Higher Grounds released… Read more
The Return of Rosie
My own love of animals was imparted to me by both my mother and father… but my love of cats… Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – Deep Space Drama Part 2
Each of this week’s questions center on space and humanity’s relation to the deep dark cosmos. The questions are straightforward.… Read more
Five More Writing Hacks
We’re all looking for the shortcuts in life. Can we maybe only do 30 minutes on the treadmill vs. 40… Read more
3 Kickstarters You Should Back – Stars Without Number, Manastorm, and After the Crash
Gen Con 50 was an incredible experience! I’m looking forward to sharing the stories from it in the coming weeks.… Read more
Two Big Reasons I Don’t Ever Discuss Politics
At the time of writing this, the United States is in the sixth month of a new presidency. Donald… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Imaginary Voyages of Edgar Allan Poe #1 KS Exclusive Edition
Is Edgar Allan Poe Steampunk? We mostly know him from his horror side of things. Whether it is burying people alive… Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – Deep Space Drama Part 1
Each of this week’s questions center on space and humanity’s relation to the deep dark cosmos. The questions are straightforward.… Read more
Interview with a 9 Year Old
Every generation prior to the current one is always held with such esteem. And they always lament the next generation.… Read more
3 Kickstarters You Should Back – Legacy: Life Among the Ruins 2e, Luminous Echo, and Heroines of the First Age
It’s Gen Con 50 this week. I’ll be in Indianapolis gaming, meeting folks, and continuing my quest to jump from… Read more
How gratuitous violence in video games became a cliché
Guest post by Tessera contributor – Katie Green * * * In the modern gaming world, it appears that over-the-top… Read more
Top 10 Artists who inspire the hell out of me
The tricky part about creating a best-of artist list? …you can’t usually post an artist’s creations without ticking them off and destroying copyright… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Kickstart the Game- 1879 London Adventure and Sourcebook
As a roleplayer, I’m always on the look out for games that I might get to play. Sometimes it’s because… Read more
Coming Soon – Life & Dark Liquor
“Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have… Read more
Why You Should Review Everything
Where are stars born? Far beyond Earth? Deep in the heart of the Milky Way? Amongst the countless nebulae… Read more
Kickstart the Comic – The Owl Tribe
I love it when creators find a spot of history that very few people have decided to set up in… Read more
5 RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Spire, HC SVNT DRACONES, Dark Obelisk, Sixty Mile Sky, and Befouled Maze of the Demi-Lich
The maze of a demi-lich, good dark elves, dark obelisk, mechs in space, and furries in space. Kickstarter is offering… Read more
9 soundtracks to boost your creative mood
Ever sat down to write, draw, or paint and struggled to restart the movie in your mind? Ever curled up to… Read more
Steampunk Fridays – Interview with the Creators of Arcane Sally & Mr Steam
Independent comic creators’ biggest problem may be getting the word out about their work. If you aren’t attached to… Read more
A Thought for Every Thursday – Do you agree with these 5 famous quotes?
Regarding quotes… Most quotes you find on the internet are probably mis-quoted, fake, or attributed to the wrong person. It… Read more
Push Through The Noise
Head beating itself against the desk. The words fail to make the leap from fingers to screen. Blank screen mocks… Read more
4 Dark RPG Kickstarters You Should Back – Traveller, Chronicles of Darkness, Gaslight Victorian Fantasy, and Battle for the Purple Islands
This week’s RPG Kickstarters focus on games ripped from the darkness of space, the worst of human history, and the color… Read more