Knave of Cups

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Online shop dedicated to supporting inclusion and creativity in the tabletop roleplaying community Visit our TTRPG vending machine at TPK Brewing Co PDX, OR 💫Just 2 people trying to sell bits of paper that help you imagine💫 Find us at knaveofcups.com

The cover of Shrines, sites of reverence & power. A red square book with a gold foil frame, a gold foil stripe down its right side, and the title in all caps in gold
Two pamphlets and a sheet of stickers. The top pamphlet is labeled Unworthy, with medieval font and three weapons (flail, sword, mace) with menacing faces. The second pamphlet is pink and titled The Djinni's Lair, with a creepy looking creature looming over a sentient armored glove. Open behind all three things is another copy of Unworthy, where you can see some of the instructions and a blank character sheet
The cover of Stoneburner by Rene-Pier Deshaies and Galen Pejeau. The image is a fragmented planetoid floating in the dark of space - the mines on it make it look like a menacing skull
The game Midnight Muscadines displayed in the center, surrounded by loose Midnight Muscadine Narrative Playing Cards. The game is horizontally-oriented and shows a group of Marmateers (jam-making magician-adventurers) reaching for enchanted grapes in a forest. The playing cards are face up and face down. Their backs show golden grapes. Their fronts show a variety of tables and storytelling imagination aids
The game A Perfect Rock displayed with loose Rock Oracle Deck cards behind it. The game says "A Perfect Rock, Nick Gralewicz, a planet-building exploration game" and the image is a space scene with a sun and a little planet next to it. The rock cards are full-color and include Jade, Pearl, Septarian, Gold, Schorl, and Tiger's Eye
A variety of items coming soon. TTRPGs like Unworthy, Midnight Muscadines, A Perfect Rock, Cryptobiosis, and The Conservatory. Board games like Defrag and Soda Jerk. Oracles like The Rock Oracle Deck (single cards are mixed into the image - Silver and Azurite)
The cover of Choose Your Own Adventure - Dungeon Crawl at the Haunted Mall by Jendia Gammon. The title font is a mix of slick 80's vibes (Dungeon Crawl) and slasher movie (at the Haunted Mall). The image is three teens staring down the faux Grecian columns of a mall entrance. The columns are wrapped in "do not enter" tape
The cover of Corpslayers by Binary Star Games. Minimalist. Plain white background with the title printed in a san serif, computer-like font on the upper 2/3 of the page. The letters are large and are divided into three lines: Corp (black ink), slay (red ink), ers. (red ink)
A display showing three different lock and key puzzles. Each is a different style and shape (round, rectangular, and shield) and comes with its own antique-style key
The box front of Vivo, designed by LEO with art by Sai Beppu. The title is in cursive. The main image is a little brown cartoon dog in a tuxedo. They're under a spotlight and singing and roses adorn the stage
The cover of Rigged. A plain black background with the title in pink all caps fuzzy CRT-tv font. The Wretched&Alone logo appears in pink at the bottom. Loose pixels and a fuzzy purple and blue diamond surround the title
The cover of A Dragon Walks Into A Village, a pick your own path game by Lost Ways Club. The illustration is storybook-style lineart of a horselike dragon sauntering into a medieval-looking village. A small seal proclaims "10 endings!"
Row in a vending machine. Confusing Lands by Zak Eidsvoog: Puzzle-y, 1-2 player drafting & island building game, 10 min. A small, colorful, blue box depicting floating islands in the sky.
The cover of APOCALYPSE FRAME by BINARY STAR GAMES. Image is a graphic novel-style black and white mech wielding a giant-ass gun
An example spread from The Crimson Eye Tarot by Evangeline Gallagher. Visible: the two-piece box with a crying eye in its center, card backs in red with a black eye pattern, and three cards. The Queen of Pentacles features a eye-crowned Queen upon her eye-topped throne cradling a coin (pentacle) with an eye at its center. The four of wands features a red sky with a black castle and four wands in the foreground wreathed in roses. The Lovers features two black and white figures holding hands beneath a winged eye and the sun
An example spread from the With Your Shield or On It oracle deck. Visible: a meaning guide, a black elastic band to hold it all together, card backs in gold with black repeating icon print, and three cards with shields, each depicting a different arrangement of images. Card 30's shield is a semi-symmetrical arrangement of wildflowers and hands whose fingers are connected by loops of string. Card 23's shield depicts a gazebo beneath a tree with a starry background. Card 29's shield depicts a hare and wildflowers
The cover of Death Has Come to This town by Binary Star Games. Super minimalist. Off-white paper cover, black serif font title printed on the top half
The cover of REAP by Spencer Campbell. The title appears in all white caps in a medieval-style font with a scythe incorporated into the word slashing between the E and the A. The illustration is a glowing hooded figure carrying a scythe standing on a hillside surround by wild ground and white spirits
The Caesar's Calendar Puzzle, a square wooden frame filled with Tetris-like geometric shapes. The shapes all fit into the frame perfectly but leave three gaps showing the current month, date, and day of the week
The cover of WYRD, a solo tactical combat RPG carved by RUNE. The title appears in all caps in a medieval-style bubble font. The main illustration is a plant-covered skeleton holding a sword, standing in the center of an intricately-drawn frame of flowers and waving grasses
The cover of Valiant Horizon by Binary Star Games. Minimalist. The title appears underlined in all caps through the center of the plain white page. A gleaming stylized golden sun shines behind the "o" in "horizon"
A row of lime green boxes in a vending machine. "Belkir's Battler's: 9 Minis for Tabletop games. Draenor the Eternal & His Nectrotic Shamblers."
The box front to Slambo! designed by Ryan Richford with art by Sai Beppu. A yellow background with two sumo wrestlers in the center
Six small Risograph-printed zines fanned out. The one on top is called The Garden by Quinn Gall and Ian Zotter-Barlow. Beneath The Garden, you can just see hints of a spaceship flying, a large creature, and some constructed (alien) language text
The cover of Choose Your Own Adventure: The Stowaway, from NY Times bestselling author Griffin McElroy. The image is a kid hiding in the shadows as a crew of gun-toting robots hunker down in front of a small spaceship to shoot at something in the background
The cover of GOBZ by Campbell. A green background with a hand-drawn title in yellow, all caps, with goblin ears extending from either side of the word "GOBZ"
The cover of A Song for a Serpent King by Ella Lim, a solo songwriting game. The image is a photorealistic coiled snake against a tan background
The cover of NULL_SPACE, freelancing in the solar system of the 24th century, basic rules, by Binary Star Games. The cover imagery is simple parallel white lines on a black background. The title appears in all caps in the midst of the lines
An example card spread of VOID_SHIFT. Visible: the cassette tape storage box showing off five included black and white d6 dice, instructions, and a variety of cards with black and white DIY cut-and-paste copy machine-style imagery and text
Poster for the TABLETOP GAMING CONVENTION BETWEEN TWO CONS which is written between two tall stone faces with red eyes and moss or slime growing on them. Below that, in descending order, it says NORSE HALL PORTLAND, OR JUNE 26-27 2026. Below it says BETWEENTWOCONS.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION Below that it says A CASUAL AND INCLUSIVE CONVENTION DEDICATED TO INDEPENDENT AND OLD-SCHOOL ROLE-PLAYING GAMES IN PORTLAND, OREGON. Below that it says PLAY ROLE-PLAYING GAMES BROWSE THE VENDOR HALL WITH 25+ VENDORS ATTEND LIVE PODCASTS, PANELS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS GAMES, ZINES, INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING, AND DIY. Lastly at the bottom it lists the event sponsors. I’m sorry but this was a really long alt text so I won’t list them all.
Interior of our vending machine, displaying rows of games and game-adjacent goodies
The Caesar's Calendar Puzzle, a square wooden frame filled with Tetris-like geometric shapes. The shapes all fit into the frame perfectly but leave three gaps showing the current month, date, and day of the week
The box front of Vivo, designed by LEO with art by Sai Beppu. The title is in cursive. The main image is a little brown cartoon dog in a tuxedo. They're under a spotlight and singing and roses adorn the stage
The cover of Death Has Come to This town by Binary Star Games. Super minimalist. Off-white paper cover, black serif font title printed on the top half
The cover of Valiant Horizon by Binary Star Games. Minimalist. The title appears underlined in all caps through the center of the plain white page. A gleaming stylized golden sun shines behind the "o" in "horizon"
The cover of NULL_SPACE, freelancing in the solar system of the 24th century, basic rules, by Binary Star Games. The cover imagery is simple parallel white lines on a black background. The title appears in all caps in the midst of the lines
An example card spread of VOID_SHIFT. Visible: the cassette tape storage box showing off five included black and white d6 dice, instructions, and a variety of cards with black and white DIY cut-and-paste copy machine-style imagery and text
The cover of Rigged. A plain black background with the title in pink all caps fuzzy CRT-tv font. The Wretched&Alone logo appears in pink at the bottom. Loose pixels and a fuzzy purple and blue diamond surround the title
The cover of Choose Your Own Adventure: The Stowaway, from NY Times bestselling author Griffin McElroy. The image is a kid hiding in the shadows as a crew of gun-toting robots hunker down in front of a small spaceship to shoot at something in the background
The cover of A Dragon Walks Into A Village, a pick your own path game by Lost Ways Club. The illustration is storybook-style lineart of a horselike dragon sauntering into a medieval-looking village. A small seal proclaims "10 endings!"
The cover of WYRD, a solo tactical combat RPG carved by RUNE. The title appears in all caps in a medieval-style bubble font. The main illustration is a plant-covered skeleton holding a sword, standing in the center of an intricately-drawn frame of flowers and waving grasses
With Your Shield Or On It, an oracle card deck, 42 card divination deck set by Pam Wishbow. The deck is assembled as cards and a meaning guide held together by a black elastic band, then wrapped by a label with the information on it
The box lid for The Crimson Eye Tarot by Evangeline Gallagher. A red background, a white scalloped tooth-like frame with black flames, and, in the center, a large eye with a red iris and star-shaped pupil
A smorgasbord of games and divination cards. Games like WYRD, REAP, A Dragon Walks Into a Village, VOID_SHIFT, NULL_SPACE, A Song For A Serpent King, Rigged, and APOCALYPSE FRAME. Cards like The Tower, the Page of Cups, The Hierophant, and the Ten of Cups are from the Crimson Eye Tarot. Gold and black shield cards are from the With Your Shield or On It oracle deck. There are also small board games like Slambo and a variety of interplanetary Riso zines
The cover of REAP by Spencer Campbell. The title appears in all white caps in a medieval-style font with a scythe incorporated into the word slashing between the E and the A. The illustration is a glowing hooded figure carrying a scythe standing on a hillside surround by wild ground and white spirits
The cover of WYRD, a solo tactical combat RPG carved by RUNE. The title appears in all caps in a medieval-style bubble font. The main illustration is a plant-covered skeleton holding a sword, standing in the center of an intricately-drawn frame of flowers and waving grasses
An example spread from the With Your Shield or On It oracle deck. Visible: a meaning guide, a black elastic band to hold it all together, card backs in gold with black repeating icon print, and three cards with shields, each depicting a different arrangement of images. Card 30's shield is a semi-symmetrical arrangement of wildflowers and hands whose fingers are connected by loops of string. Card 23's shield depicts a gazebo beneath a tree with a starry background. Card 29's shield depicts a hare and wildflowers
An example spread from The Crimson Eye Tarot by Evangeline Gallagher. Visible: the two-piece box with a crying eye in its center, card backs in red with a black eye pattern, and three cards. The Queen of Pentacles features a eye-crowned Queen upon her eye-topped throne cradling a coin (pentacle) with an eye at its center. The four of wands features a red sky with a black castle and four wands in the foreground wreathed in roses. The Lovers features two black and white figures holding hands beneath a winged eye and the sun
The cover of APOCALYPSE FRAME by BINARY STAR GAMES. Image is a graphic novel-style black and white mech wielding a giant-ass gun
An example card spread of VOID_SHIFT. Visible: the cassette tape storage box showing off five included black and white d6 dice, instructions, and a variety of cards with black and white DIY cut-and-paste copy machine-style imagery and text
The cover of A Dragon Walks Into A Village, a pick your own path game by Lost Ways Club. The illustration is storybook-style lineart of a horselike dragon sauntering into a medieval-looking village. A small seal proclaims "10 endings!"
Photo of a vending machine row. A color mini zine featuring an illustration reminiscent of a spherical embryo on the cover. Mycoplanetia: Series of risoprint mini-comics exploring a strange, fungal planet.
A smorgasbord of items arriving in the online shop next week. Games like WYRD, NULL_SPACE, Rigged, A Song for a Serpent King, and Apocalypse Frame. Divination like The Crimson Eye Tarot and the With Your Shield Or On It oracle deck. And mini board games like Slambo. The Crimson Eye tarot card displayed is the Page of Cups, the card Knave of Cups is named after. A figure in a heart-print red tunic holds a chalice with a red eye on the side. A sly-looking fish is popping out of the cup to talk to the Page
The cover (notebook front) of Paper Apps LABYRINTH by Gladden. The notebook cover is blue with lavender font. A small black pencil with its sides numbered 1-6 is shown beside the notebook (it writes but it's also a d6 die)
The box front to For the Emperor, designed by Whitney Loraine with art by Sai Beppu. The image is two feudal-era Japanese fighters wearing armor and wielding swords
The cover of Ghost Roads & Moon Dust. The top half of the cover is a blue and grey silhouette of a city with a broken moon above it. Below, a block of text tells the story behind the game and outlines your character's goals
A wooden rectangular box with blue nordic-inspired decorations on its sides. The lid consists of several different interlocking pieces and a wooden knob
The box front to Prey, designed by Toru Il with art by Sai Beppu. In the center of the box, a rainbow of woodcut-style animals travel in a circular shape - predators around the outside (bear, snake, hawk, fox) and prey inside (rabbit, frog, fish, mouse)
The interior view of our vending machine. An array of zines and other products available for purchase.
The cover of 1-900-Phantazy, a technicolor retro-themed image of a kid dialing an animal-shaped touch tone phone, enabling a ninja to battle a demon, a goblin, and a creepy spider thing, all in the kid's living room