Graftbound Press

a close up of an illustration with half tone texturing in red, yellow, purple and black. we can see the white eye of a figure looking over it's shoulder.

A close up screenshot of an illustration using a lot of half tone texture to define the right side of a face. We can see an eye and an ear.

want a sneak peak of some art we commissioned from @stregawolf.art for a cool project with @plusoneexp.bsky.social

Here' ya go 🍬

Glatisant spotted. I wrote about how it uses limited communication (in a good way) at Skeleton Code Machine: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/glatisant

Lots of magic in these books!

Cloud Empress hardcovers spilling from its boxed set in the top left corner, surrounded by Graftbound Press zine games: Glatisant, The Peddler's Prize, Precious Things, and Bonds Between.

New games are in! Cozy Dragons, Arthurian legends, and more from @graftbound.bsky.social + @worldsbywatt.bsky.social's Cloud Empress (now in hardcover!) available at your favorite gaming rat store! 📚 🐀 📚

DEATH CUT IN STONE by Midnight Oil Publishing House A brutal old west skirmish game that hacks Luke Gearing's Violence System

The full release of DEATH CUT IN STONE it out!

Death Cut In Stone is a brutal old west skirmish game that hacks the Violence System by @lukegearing.bsky.social. Editing and layout from @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social and art by the incredible VIL.

Grab it here 👇

Check all these out, I loved reading Tyranny of the Form which I only found because of Clayton!

He also shares our blog about product photography from last month!

Thanks!

The Explorateur: Issue #17 Monthly design jams, critique, theory, and inspiration for tabletop rpg designers by rpg designers. Vetted. Looted. Curated.

A short and very busy month on the road means this month's Explorateur is light. I mean, it's still a mace to face with design links, but it's not the usual two-hander.

I'm doing this new thing with the intro where I share three design/creative/craft ideas.

www.explorersdesign.com/explorateur-...

A photo of a table full of Graftbound games. The table has a checked tablecloth with a green banner over the center with the G logo. There’s a vintage trunk on the left side with notebooks and stickers on a display. On the right is a tall zine stand with games and in the middle there’s a lamp and some pins

A day at the coffee shop… excited to get more practice with setting up a booth table.

really really cool to see Glatisant up there

Coming soon: Soot and Charms: Boston Fight for justice in this alternate history, urban fantasy TTRPG for fans of Mistborn Era 2, Shanghai Noon, & the Dresden Files

We're working on finishing Soot and Charms to launch this spring!

This alternate history and urban magical setting is coming to Kickstarter and will be a fully playable game using the Hopes and Dreams system by @farirpgs.com

For fans of Mistborn, Shanghai Noon, & the Dresden Files

@mint-rabbit.bsky.social

Check out this TTRPG of cowboy fey, mob bosses, and abundant teleportation!

Emily here, I've been getting excited about Abide again and want it to have physical form other than the one page version.

I'd love if we could make it a mint-tin game. Probably needs some playtesting tho

it is in the Solo but not alone bundle right now btw!

the scope creeper drawn by @shoutingcrow.bsky.social

scope creeper gotchu

Coming soon: Soot and Charms: Boston Fight for justice in this alternate history, urban fantasy TTRPG for fans of Mistborn Era 2, Shanghai Noon, & the Dresden Files

We're working on finishing Soot and Charms to launch this spring!

This alternate history and urban magical setting is coming to Kickstarter and will be a fully playable game using the Hopes and Dreams system by @farirpgs.com

For fans of Mistborn, Shanghai Noon, & the Dresden Files

get crafty young dragons!

Bonds Between - Knave of Cups Bonds Between is a card-altering tabletop roleplaying game about everyday dragons in the modern world and the quiet, broken places they call home. Bonds Between is a duet for two renewal-focused…

Whimsical, magical, and kind PLUS you'll get to keep a handmade artifact (a deck of very small art)

The cover of Bonds Between by Jon Boyle, Bri di Dannan, Emily Entner, and Lucas Zeller. A square book with a pink background. The title is in a cute cursive font. The image is a book cracked open with multicolored flowers blooming out of the pages. A rust-colored leafy dragon tail pokes out of the book

An example from the interior of Bonds Between. On the lefthand page, information about Ending the Season (rules for finishing a magical cycle along with an example of play). The righthand page is titled Prepare a Spell and includes subheadings Explore Your Hoard and Select a Gift for Your Bonded. An illustration of a patio with green vines on a trellis spans both pages

FRESH IN THE SHOP THIS MONTH: Bonds Between from @graftbound.bsky.social
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A charming duet for 2 renewal-minded dragons. What drives you? Community, creativity, collaboration. Collaged, altered playing cards mend your surroundings so dive into your junk drawer (er, hoard) and find your art supplies

these are sooo sick

I love my product photography! I've ventured into quarries, sewers, forests and abandoned buildings to get them.

anyone can pile stuff in a corner! (this is meant to be encouraging to creators who want to take photos of their work)

this is what im talking about

graftbound.com/2026/02/13/p...

All Mockups Bundle by Odds & Ents A bundle by Odds & Ents, $35.00 for 4 games

Its my birthday!

I've created a bundle of all my mockups (which will update over time) so if you're looking to grab them all you can for a discount. This bundle is here to stay!

itch.io/s/180958/all...

An example of a lore block using Smaug from JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit. It has two versions side-by-side with a color-coded breakdown of its individual parts.

Here's what I like about lore blocks vs stat blocks. They use natural language to describe characters. What GMs see on the page is what characters see in the world.

I've been obsessed with closing this distance. The result is kind of genre-heresy. A storygame meets FKR meets OSR. A game for me.

Holy chips! After reading the 2 page comic I’m HOOKED. This world is so very cool.

push adam over the edge (positive)

Rumored Blades: www.kickstarter.com/projects/109...

and January:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/shi...

both are funded but look so amazing

If you read the comic that Soot and Charms is based on you won't regret it!

tapas.io/episode/3222...

Read it yourself: tapas.io/episode/3222...
then go follow the Kickstarter tinyurl.com/sootandcharms

a tall vertical screenshot of a figma board showing four planned spreads of the Soot and Charms book. The pages have sketched layouts imposed over some of them to plan where illustrations will go

Got to hang out in person with Mo and Nathan the driving half of the creative team behind Soot and Charms, and there's some amazing stuff they're cooking with much love and sincerity for their setting.

I've also learned that Thomas Edison will be in the book
Follow the KS tinyurl.com/sootandcharms