Good Luck Press

@goodluckpress.co

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A collaboration between Seb Pines and Will Jobst to create and publish experimental, cool, and strange games that explore the medium and push the form.

Text reads: Games at Origins! IPR Booth 1803, June 18-21, Columbus, OH. Art by Seb Pines, We Shall Be Monsters. The image is of two green hands with purple shadows, with different cuffs, rings, and notably, they're both right hands.
A rainbow background with a cat playing video games. The text reads: #torontogamesweek2026 Indie Game Emporium, Allan Gardens Childrens's Conservatory June 13th (SAT) 4:00 to 9:00 pm. Physical editions of indie games, game anthologies, soundtracks on vinyl, cds, cassette, zines, pins, prints, postcards, stickers, tarot cards, and more! Spiral Tower, Ludo Genics, Aaron El Sabrout, Mighty Yell, Kitten Cup Studio, Mui Wang, Ash K, jonnlee_erg, Tallywinkle, Spooky Squid Games, Good Luck Press, Droquen, Luis, Insertdisc5, Void Blob Co-op
If one of the lessons of Frankenstein, and all the derivatives afterward, is that creations are unpredictable to creators, then We Shall Be Monsters is an appropriate inheritor to the legacy. Ironically, the game is fully predictable; players know exactly what qualities they are putting into their creations. How those qualities interact, and how players will use them and the ones they chose beforehand to answer the framing questions of the game, is what makes it feel like the creation is always running away from your control. Perform mad science with creature-building RPG We Shall Be Monsters cmrn knzlmn
Text reads: Indie Game Night, 6:00 - 10:00 pm, The Guild House, 579 St. Clair Ave. West, Every last Saturday. theguildhouse.ca, goodluckpress.co. There's an illustration of two disembodied arms reaching for something out of sight, illustrated by Zach Hazard Vaupen.
An image of the cover of Underneath, on top of an olive background with a map and carabiners. The text reads: Seb Pines, Underneath, Best Rules. The cover shows a black and white illustration of inside a cave, with an arch cutout of white. The image is unnerving, with cross cutting ropes, pitons, and undulating stones. At the bottom reads: "Pines".
An image of the cover of We Shall Be Monsters, on top of a lace kerchief and near a hobby saw. The text reads: Seb Pines, We Shall Be Monsters, Writing. The cover shows luxurious blackletter text with a haunting low contrast image of a body lying on a table, ready for a "Mary Shelley moment", if you catch my meaning. In the bottom left corner, in green, it reads "Pines".
Text reads: Nominations, Indie Groundbreakers. Best Writing: We Shall Be Monsters. Best Rules: Underneath.
The text reads: We're at TRICON! This weekend, May 2-3, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener, Ontario, 10 King Street West. There's an image of a person drinking from a Nalgene, wearing a climbing helmet, repelling into a cave, with a ton of climbing gear.
A picture of a sunny clear day in Kitchener, ON, of THEMUSEUM. There's text that reads: May 2-2, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener, ON, 10 King Street West
The logo for This Should Be A Game, with a VHS exploding with dice, meeples, cards, timers, and more! The text reads: "Gravity (2013) - 01 - with will jobst"
Text reads: Good Luck Press at TRICON, May 2-3, THEMUSEUM, Kitchener, Ontario, 10 King Street West. There is an illustration of a person spelunking, wearing tones of climbing gear, cracking open a Nalgene water bottle. The illustration is by Mary Verhoeven, and it's from the game Underneath.
Text that reads: We are told, that these parts come with a mixture of desires and ideals that are both our own (as we provide the vitality) but also from the part itself as “even dead flesh holds memory.” It won’t be simply a pair of legs, but legs that have a bit of our own personality in them as well as the personality of the former owner.
An image of both Will and Ryan on a call, in which they're wearing the same t-shirt, available on the World Champ Store. The shirt has a guy in a mask surrounded by barbed wire. The design is by Dark Wizard.
A standing banner in a hotel hallway that reads "Breakout Toronto". The illustration has three cyberpunky people with guns. There's a d20 critting and a d10 showing a 10. Text over it reads: March 19-22, Sheraton Centre, Downtown Toronto, 123 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON.
An illustration by Kaylee Rowena of three people linked in hands around a burning candle, a tape recorder, and an oujia board. Their eyes are closed. The text above reads: "Good Luck Press at Breakout Con, March 19-22, Sheraton Centre, Downtown Toronto, 123 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON.
Green text on a taupe background that reads: "Good Luck Press at Pittsburgh Indie Expo, March 15, Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA" There is an illustration of a person drinking a soda while their car is charged up via solar panels. The illustration is by Gabriel Reis, and it appears in TORQ: Rallyraid Roleplaying.
A hand-cut logo that reads: Rock Paper Scissors Book and Print Fair, Art Gallery of Guelph, Sunday, February 22, 11AM - 4PM.
A black and white image with illustrations of skeletons and ghosts sharing coffee. The text reads: Little Ghosts Books presents ... Spooky pop-up market, saturday and sunday, december 6th and 7th, from 12 - 4 pm, 930 dundas St. W, meet local crafters and support small spooky artists.
A map of the PAX Unplugged expo hall with an arrow pointing to booth 4059, including logos for Ryan Khan, J Strautman, Summoning Circle Press and Starlight Grove.
A white background with a pink paper texture with the words "with friends: Summoning Circle Press, J Strautman, Starlight Grove, and Ryan Khan".
A white background with a pink paper texture with the Good Luck Press logo visible, and the words "Booth 4059" and "PAX Unplugged"
an informational image with a background of artistic red leaves. the text reads: solotember sale. 10% off select solo games all September!
The cover of a black and white zine on a green textured paper background. In the background are carabiners, a headlamp, a journal, rope, and a map. The cover of the zine has the title Underneath and a large etching style illustration of a narrow cave chamber. A natural fountain springs up from the rock floor. Statues of dragons and lions and weird dogs all spit water across the chamber into each other's mouths intersecting with the single stream of water erupting from the natural fountain.
An open spread of a black and white zine on a green textured paper background. In the background are carabiners, a headlamp, a journal, rope, and a map. The left page of the spread has a header that says "Landfill" and lists chamber encounters. The right page shows an image of a tall cave shaft with a metal staircase working it's way up the tall cave.
The cover of a black and white zine on a green textured paper background. In the background are carabiners, a headlamp, a journal, and a map. The cover of the zine has the title Underneath and a large etching style illustration of a narrow cave chamber. A natural fountain springs up from the rock floor. Statues of dragons and lions and weird dogs all spit water across the chamber into each other's mouths intersecting with the single stream of water erupting from the natural fountain.
A promotional images of the game zine Underneath. Text at the top reads "Underneath" while text at the bottom reads "Build the cave system, unearth its unknown pockets, map your discoveries, and try to make it out in one piece." The image is of a black and white zine open to a two page spread. On the left page there is a header that says "Situation" with sections labelled: Lost, Cave-In, and Escape. On the right hand page is an image of a cave chamber, stalactites hang from the ceiling over a deep pool of clear water.
A screenshot of the TinyTable feed with the following description: Smallest Salutations and welcome to our special guest, Will Jobst! Listen in as we interview Will, the creator of Black Mass, on this very spooky game! We cover the importance of tarot in the system, the history of the Salem Witch Trials, and everyone's favorite bald streamer. And check out our Patreon for part 2 of the interview! You won't wanna miss it.
A ripped paper background with a map of the Gen Con Exhibitor hall, pointing out the Good Luck Press booth at location 564.
A ripped paper background with the following text: With Friends! Gila RPGS, booth 564.
An isometric illustration of a room with the following text: "By blurring the boundaries between what it means to haunt a place and to live in one, [Dwelling] complicates cultural understandings of persistence and belonging, allowing its players to parse the ways in which one’s unique combination of precarious circumstances coalesces into this thing we call “home.”" "Brandon Blackburn Fluid Dynamics: Precarity and Porousness in Ecological Solo Journaling Games Analog Game Studies"
A ripped paper background with the logos for Gen Con, Good Luck Press, and Booth 564.
A room with a couch and a painting illustrated with heavy aberration and ghosting. The text reads: I am still on the floor when an arm reaches out from the shadows on the couch end and pats the middle cushion: Come sit by me. I go where I am bidden. I gape at her as she forms, legs tucked in at the end of the couch, hair bound in back, working her cuticles. She could vanish into those for an afternoon, so absolute that I wasn’t sure which one of us had disappeared. -TheLordChiefRockaNumberOne Dwelling Session Series: Come Sit By Me Breakup Gaming Society
Image of ripped paper that reads: Good Luck Press, GEN CON, Booth 564
Poster for indie RPG night with big black text over it saying "no event this month"
a collage of various ttrpg game book covers, game discs, game boxes, cassettes, and a tarot deck. the information on this poster reads: come one, come all to the indie game emporium. june 15th 2-7pm. play the games and peruse the wares of local indie devs. at the houndstooth 818 college st toronto. organized as a part of toronto games week.
a collage of various ttrpg game book covers, game discs, game boxes, cassettes, and a tarot deck. the information on this poster reads: come one, come all to the indie game emporium. june 15th 2-7pm. play the games and peruse the wares of local indie devs. at the houndstooth 818 college st toronto. organized as a part of toronto games week.
a collage of various ttrpg game book covers, game discs, game boxes, cassettes, and a tarot deck. the information on this poster reads: come one, come all to the indie game emporium. june 15th 2-7pm. play the games and peruse the wares of local indie devs. at the houndstooth 818 college st toronto. organized as a part of toronto games week.
poster with trippy marbled paper texture that reads: indie RPG night. 6 - 10pm. the Guild House. 579 St. Clair Ave West. every last Saturday
poster with trippy marbled paper texture that reads: indie RPG night. 6 - 10pm. the Guild House. 579 St. Clair Ave West. every last Saturday
A mock up of a zine titled Auspex and is gold on blue background of an etching style illustration of a woman dressed in a peplos, behind her is ancient rome and she opens a curtain revealing planets. The background of the mockup is a renaissance illustration of the gyroscope communicating the movements of the heavens.
A mock up of two zines and a postcard. The zine on the left is titled Venatores and shows a woodcut image of a lone wanderer on a hill with a valley and mountains sprawling out before them. The zine on the right is titled Belluae and shown a woman mummified walking with arms outstretched, a horrifying grimace on ehr face. The postcard show a man and a woman, the man leans over the resting woman, they are both adorned with leaves and flowers.
the covers of two zines. the zine on the left is titled Hidden in the Margins and has an cover outlined with an arch made of ivy. inside the arch is a woodcut illustration of a monk sitting at a desk scribing. the zine on the right is titled between the covers and is outlined in an arch of leaves and thistles. the image on the cover is a woodcut image of a man and a woman standing in a field, a cherub in the sky is shooting the man with an arrow.
a promotional image of layered torn white and pink papers. at the top says 2025 breakout toronto. in the middle is a logo of a face shrouded behind fourleaf clovers. test reads good luck press est. 2021. at the bottom says table c2
an informational image that reads from left to right table c2, breakout 2025 toronto, good luck press. underneath there is a map showing the location of table c2, it is in alcove above the city hall gaming room on the right hand side of the alcove. above the tables there is an arrow pointing to the left saying dominion and an arrow pointing to the right saying registration.
a promotional image of layered torn white and pink papers. at the top says 2025 breakout toronto. in the middle is a logo of a face shrouded behind fourleaf clovers. test reads good luck press est. 2021. at the bottom says table c2
A banner image with text that reads "A game of getting lost and finding out what lurks in the dark... Underneath" the image behind is a black and white long exposure image of a group of people walking through a cave passageway, the cave is blurry and imposing and the people look spectral and haunting
There is a mockup of a zine with a black and white cover that has the title Underneath, the cover image is of a jagged cavern with a natural fountain in the middle shaped out of the rock. Sculpted animals and mythical creatures like dragons are spitting water into the fountain basin from their position on the cave wall. Another mock up is behind it showing a spread with illustrated cavers and some text. The background of the image is a black and white image of a rocky cave floor. There is a green banner with white text that reads Ending soon, Kickstarter.
A mock up of an open spread of a book on top of a mock up of a cover of a book over a background of marbled paper. The spread is opened to pages that show an illustrated caver hanging from a ceiling. She is dark skinned with afro puff pigtails sticking out from the bottom of her helmet. Underneath her is a section about creating your own character with the silhouettes of 6 people in varying poses. The text on the right page describes the procedures for getting out of the cave. The partially visible cover shows a title that reads UNDERNEATH and an image of a fountain in a cavern room with sharp and jagged walls.
flyer for an event. text reads: rock paper scissors book and print fair. sunday february 23 2025, 11-4pm, art gallery of guelph, free. and workshops sat feb 22 visit musagetes.ca for info. the image of the flyer is of an archway leading to a fountain. in front of the archway is a rock, a book, and pair of scissors in an open green field.