Jon Boyle 🔜 Gen Con Booth #449

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ENNIE award-winning TTRPG Writer/Editor @ brightbard.bsky.social 🎲 Design streams 🎮 Beanie Goblin ✨ 🌸 Disabled, Bi, He/They 🌆 Saint Paul, MN Games at: https://brightbardgames.com/

a fat orange dragon pin on the shoulder strap of a canvas bag, with a tactfully blurred houseplant in the background.
Mushie Missions, nominated for best family game in the 2026 Ennies
Sledding game Go sledding with friends Flashbacks? Memories? Reminisce? On the ski lift up? Epistolary duet game with diegetic instructions where you're two satellites/robots/AI messaging each other across a great distance long after the death of those who made you
Bright Bard Games' location at Gen Con, booth 449 off capitol avenue.
The judges spotlight winners for the ennies, including Trash to Treasure by Bri de danan and Jon Boyle. Also on the list are Girl Frame, RPG zine club year 2, tackle ox, and draconis: the call of adventure
Longsword Glock Bat Taser, Moonlight on Roseville Beach, Rom Com Drama Bomb, and Starlee Davidson sitting on a shelf at a game store
a comment from tonyplusone in twitch chat that reads 1x pay for the copy 2x pay for the replacement 3x pay myself 4x have a wholesale rate 5x pay other contributors well 6x pay for infrastructure need to have a project 7x put money in the bank 8x pay to start working on the next project 9x put more money in the bank 10x offer sales and discounts
6 extremely ice-themed space wizards with ice lasers at the end screen for the vow of the disciple raid
another screenshot of my layer palette in Clip Studio Paint, painstakingly named
a list of my layers, all tucked into folders and labelled (except for the transparent background layer. shhh don't look at it
a mockup of axolotl with a gun armed and dangerous. the zine lays open, showing the gun options in character creation.
the cover for an issue of kill six billion demons. The faces have been replaced with PNGs of Bri and I, and other faces on the cover have our book LGBT, the backerkit Logo, and the Bright Bard Games logo. the title now reads "make 6 billion graphics"
the cover for an issue of kill six billion demons. The faces have been replaced with PNGs of Bri and I, and other faces on the cover have our book LGBT, the backerkit Logo, and the Bright Bard Games logo. the title now reads "make 6 billion graphics"
a screenshot of the awards criteria, listing the eligible publishing dates between June 1, 2024, and May 31st 2025.
Dappled sunlight dancing on a freshly filled journal page and a pea gravel courtyard in the foreground. Further, a wide river separates the viewer from the soaring steel and concrete skyline of Minneapolis
a giant cartoon croissant in front of a confused looking axolotl. How big is the croissant? this big
A portly tabby cat in a bow tie sits with his paws resting around a book
A pile of our games (Trash to Treasure, Tipsy Whispers, Beloved, and Axolotl with a Gun) sporting the human made logo.
a screenshot of roll20 with a 3x3 Braviary dwarfing a 1x1 size Miltank.
A list of guns from axolotl with a gun
A screenshot of my Marathon player profile with Triage, a cybernetic humanoid in the foreground. My Bungie ID is next to him on a card, ResidentBard#9444
A bouldering wall that creates an artificial cave inside. Numerous chalk-covered handholds adorn a dusty teal wall.
Me flipping through the pages of an old game design notebook, showing the rough final draft of my first zine, Terminus.
screenshot of a google doc that reads: The Experimental Railgun stores energy to accelerate projectiles to frankly ridiculous speeds. Your gun stores energy as it fires to unleash an unpredictable, but powerful shot. Add your first unsuccessful die each round to the charge tower by stacking your dice on top of each other (one on top of the other). If the tower falls on your turn, it counts as a GUN roll. If the tower falls on another player's turn, the top two dice count as a GUN roll. If the tower falls when the horrors act at the beginning or end of the round, the railgun misfires and the horrors gain the benefits of the dice pool. The GM may not shake the table or otherwise intentionally cause the tower to fall.
A page of Trash to Treasure displaying the map of encounters in Mahou city, divided into colorful sectors. It is, unsurprisingly, kind of a point crawl. It all is, really.
Axolotl with a Gun's Kickstarter page, showing it about $150 away from funding.
Trash to Treasure, held in my hand at our con booth.
A pixelated slime wearing a knight's helmet and wielding a sword sits atop a pixelated pink piano next to a pixelated grandfather clock. He has little blushes on his dumb little slime face. I love him.
Axolotl with a Gun's ZiMo Kickstarter is at 69 backers. Nice.
Axolotl with a Gun's Kickstarter page, sitting at 67 backers and about 60% funded.
A sticker mockup of the bust of a pink axolotl with a bandolier waving and gleefully shouting "Thanks-a-lotl!"
the cover for Axolotl with a Gun. A pink axolotl wearing kneepads, holding an AK-47 stands in a river, dodging laser beams fired from mechanical birds in the backgrorund.
A mockup of various axolotl with a gun stickers including a robot crow, an axolotl on a coin, an axolotl in a pool float-y innertube, an axolotl with kneepads and an ak-47, and an axolotl soaking in a tin cup like it's a spa.
A pink axolotl in a yellow shirt, overalls, and a straw hat, holding a potted plant labeled "Steve"
A pink axolotl waving and saying "thanks a lotl”
A video of a bouldering problem. I make a small jump onto a volume and climb the rest of the way with some pretty generous purple holds bolted onto the wall.
A bouldering gym wall with a spread of beginner to advanced routes.
the bust of a pink axolotl saying "thanks a lotl!"
Axolotl with a Gun's pre launch Kickstarter page at 96 follows
My legs wrapped in a blanket, resting on a coffee table. In the background is a TV airing the end of a Jet Lag episode. On my lap is a portly white and orange cat.
Two loaves of slightly cracked pumpkin bread in pans on a stove
Two bread pans full of batter for pumpkin bread
Axolotl with a gun is at 69 followers on Kickstarter
A closeup of a sleeping tabby cat, one paw curled over his face and nose
an error message from Da Vinci Resolve
A poster for Axolotl with a Gun, an arcade style TTRPG coming to Kickstarter for Zinequest.
A picture of my badge. The "I know Adam Seats" button has been poorly photoshopped to read "I knew Adam Seats"
My MAGFest badge, including a few badge ribbons, an axolotl charm, and a button that says "I know Adam Seats!"
A low to the ground shot of rain falling on the pavement. In the background, the legs of a few con attendees can be seen hurrying down the sidewalk to lunch
My laptop screen, counting down the minutes to Magfest's official start as other MITS creators set up in the background.
A table of tipsy whispers endings
A screenshot of our website, showing Trash to Treasure on sale alongside a free winter holiday adventure for it.
an enamel pin of an axolotl with a gun pinned to the lapel my cardigan.
A shot of my camera pointed at two pins fastened to a shoulder bag
The cover for trash to Treasure panic at the phantom a bunch of goblins in Christmas outfits are decorating a tree and singing carols
An xkcd comic detailing the danger of drinking from a bubbler outside the bathroom:getting stuck in a rehydration/dehydration loop
A lancer ttrpg rulebook sitting on a folding tray next a mug of tea. In the background is a Yule log playlist on a TV
Five goblins in red santa outfits making wreaths and singing holiday carols. Text reads "Trash to Treasure: A Yuletide Adventure"