j strautman

@yesnogoodbye.ca

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Touring bass player. Audio editing, music, and co-GM for Planet Arcana. Sound design and stuff at Many Sided Media. Tabletop game designer. Supernatural horror fan. Non binary TTRPG nerd (they/them) https://yesnogoodbye.ca/

J walking through the foggy forest, shots of trees and paths lightly foggy
YES NO GOODBYE LOGO
J profile pic - they're leaning back and looking up and to the left.
multiple instances of A Fool's Errand & A Walk Through The Fog
Photo of a yellow manila envelope with a page peeking out of it - the sheet has the Deathmatch Island logo at the top left and some body text is visible welcoming the contestant to the island
Photo of a white and brown cat, Harvey
Photo of Harvey in a shoebox
Favourite modes of play: pub games. You know - games you stick in your bag and can whip out in a flash. A Perfect Rock: This game isn’t even out yet, but I can’t wait to bring it to a casual gaming night after texting my friends, “bring some rocks to the bar” Better Strangers: Played this once on a beautiful sunny day in Toronto, sat at a cafe patio on College St., and haven’t stopped thinking about it since. For The Queen: Needs no explanation. This game has been in my bag since I bought it.
Games I played this year (complete list): A Fool’s Errand Alice is Missing Alien RPG A Perfect Rock Better Strangers Blood on the Clocktower Contact Daggerheart Dungeon World For The Queen Last Train To Bremen Mausritter Orbital Blues The Time We Have This Discord Has Ghosts In It Triangle Agency Urban Shadows 2 Void 1060 AM Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast The Zone (+ two games i am currently playtesting!!!!)
Photo of J outside, in hiking garb, holding a massive walking stick. Text at the top reads, "J's #TTRPGWRAPPED 2025". Featuring: My complete 2025 play list, favourite recurring theme, favourite modes of play, 2026 play wishlist." Text below reads, "i swear i go outside sometimes. this photo is proof. i don't just sit inside and play games all the time. sometimes i bring games outside with me but that's beside the point"
An image of the album cover for "Whispers for the Wildsea" in front of a drone video flying over a foggy forest. Text over it says, "pre-order now"
A photo of a dark room and a gaming table illuminated only by a few green glow sticks
White text at the top reading "Tragic Zombie Storyteling for Any Apocalypse". Below, an illustration of a door that seems to be containing fire in the next room, with a sign that reads, "MEETING IN PROGRESS, DO NOT DISTURB." Next to it is a slightly concealed card with mostly text that begins with, "Urgent! Employees of the Underworld. Management is aware of circulating rumours around a virus that 'resurrects' those infected. This is not true. This virus does something much worse! and must be contained." The rest of the text is covered by the door illustration. Beneath, "The Time We Have" logo floats above text that reads, "Available Now."
The Fool's Errand by Cliff Johnson computer game cover
two interior spreads of A Fool's Errand, the one in the background a big teal title page reading, "THE CHARACTERS". On the right hand side an illustration of a myspace-esque profile titled PIPSPACE with a profile for Beefs Impartial. The foreground spread contains an illustration of Lux Booker, a Paragonian Steam Android, and a title page for "TROPONEO VEGA", one of the cities you can play in the 5th Collide. An illustration of a slot machine floats above.
Interior spread of A Fool's Errand detailing the "Influencer" archetype. Your brand is everything.
Mockup cover of A Fool's Errand on a pink background, with "DIGITAL VERSION available now" floating below
J's hand holding the physical version of A Fool's Errand, with the front cover square in view.
A screenshot of the Urban Shadows 2 character sheet, showing 2 harm marked and the reason being "a bear threw me through a wall"
Zorn and Thorn from Final Fantasy 9 dancing in rhythm with each other
Screenshot of an episode of Dice Exploder. "Afterimage: City of Winter"
Screenshot of word count reading, "32886 words"
Holding up a copy of Tangled Blessings - Echoes of Lost Electives by Cassi Mothwin
Photo of a snow castle from the exterior. Pastel sunset in the background.
Photo of Skye Wallace on the New Colossus Festival website. Show times are listed as March 6th at 9:15pm at Nublu Classic, and March 7th at 3:00 at Pianos (Upstairs).
a screenshot of Google Doc's word counter, sitting at 28804 words.
Photo of the book "Klara and The Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro. Cat behind the book rubbing her face on the corner.
A photo of the Triangle Agency hardcover book, with the specialty dice on top.
Me holding up a framed photo of The Fool
Books and games laid out on a table. Featuring: The Fire Flickers Between You, Scene Thieves, Mausritter, a framed Fool tarot card, Mad as Hell, When The Walls Fall, Fill In The World, The Vault, Eat The Reich, Fuego, A Fake Artist Goes to New York, Sprawlopolis, and Mythic Mischief
Green background, in the centre a mockup of the softcover A Fool's Errand book. At the top is text that reads, "a tarot-fueled, science fantasy RPG."
Rider-Waite tarot card of Death
A Fool's Errand banner. Text at the bottom reads, "A Fool's Errand. Tarot fueled science fantasy roleplaying | will you deny these jealous gods?" A mockup to the right of the softcover book with two floating tarot cards behind - the Fool & the World. A banner across the top reading, "FINAL DAY!"
A screenshot of the A Fool's Errand kickstarter page showing $16,456 raised with 313 backers and 28 hours to go.
Mockup of the softcover book, A Fool's Errand, over a pink background. Text below reads, "A tarot-fueled, science fantasy RPG."
Screenshot of the A Fool's Errand campaign having reached it's target funding goal!
Cover for the movie "The Fly"
Green background, in the centre a mockup of the softcover A Fool's Errand book. At the top is text that reads, "a tarot-fueled, science fantasy RPG."
Screenshot of the A Fool's Errand Kickstarter page showing $12,872 raised with 246 backers and 7 days to go.
A photo of my hand holding physical copies of The World We Left Behind & Death of the Author by Samantha Leigh.
Screenshot of the A Fool's Errand Kickstarter page showing $10,492 raised
Green background with text at the top reading, "a tarot-fueled, science fantasy RPG". Below floats two mockups of the A Fool's Errand softcover book.
Image background depicts a stylized night sky with a pink, purple, and dark blue ombre. Pink text at the top of image reads: “PLAYING THE CAMPAIGN”. White and yellow text below it reads: “CONSTRUCT the previous Big Oops (collaborative worldbuilding!). CRAFT your Fools (character creation!). JOURNEY THROUGH the waking world, the Dream Network, the Digital Network (traverse new realms!). DISCOVER your obligations to the gods (cozy up to the Major Arcana!). DECIDE: indulge or deny these jealous gods (hey, that’s the tagline!)? INCITE calamities (get stronger as the world burns!). AMASS infinite potential (flirt with godhood!). SEE the world (become change!).
Cover of a Fool's Errand, featuring an android with a bindle and a rose on the edge of a waterfall. Behind them, a small dog and a city skyline in the distance.
My collection of curios, including old photos of people I don't know, a couple trading cards, a matchbook, a key, a number to what looks like a hotel room, a stamp, a grocery store ad, a tooth, and a book. All curios laid out on a velvety red blanket.
Mockup of Insatiable Cravings cover: old school gothic cover with an anatomical heart and a badge reading "a ttrph for monsters & their admirers by j strautman"
Photo of a walking trail through tall yellow flowers against a blue sky
Pretty bad photo of a bunch of cards laid out, a bluetooth keyboard, and a hotel cup of coffee
J in front of an SVT bass amp
j's headshot