#a4 booklet

[skylinedrivingschool]

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[bmpmp3]

ive been really obsessed with one sheet 8 page minizines recently. there really is nothing like downloading a pdf and printing it out to get a little cut and fold craft project and Right After u get to read a little booklet........magnificent invention

[weidli]

poll time how should i desecrate this excess copy of the swiss constitution i have (i have like 5 other copies in various languages and this one is from january 2021 and thus hopelessly outdated anyway):

[onlineprintingservicesuk]

A Comprehensive Comparison of A5 and A4 Stapled Booklets

Booklets aren’t new; they have been around since time immemorial. Brands use them for marketing and advertising, disseminating information, outlining event agendas, speaker profiles, and venue maps, for external communication such as employee handbooks and training manuals, or artistic expression. Irrespective of why you are using booklets, selecting the appropriate size and binding method is crucial. Too small booklets aren’t legible for the general audience, whereas the extra big ones are just a waste. Wondering how to select the perfect booklet? We have a breakdown of the nuances of the most popular A4, A5 and stapled booklet printing for you! 

A4 Booklets: Spacious and Professional

According to the printers’ handbook, A4 booklet printing is sized at 210 x 297mm. They offer ample space for detailed content, elaborate graphics or large images. This booklet printing method is typically used for reports, catalogues, or portfolios because their relatively larger dimensions exude a professional aesthetic. Professionals or people in the corporate or marketing sphere use these booklets because they can display comprehensive information, but their bulkier nature affects portability, and they aren’t easy to store. 

A5 Booklets: Compact and Portable

These booklets measure 148 x 210mm, and they strike the perfect balance between portability and readability. You can pick A5 booklets for brochures, event programs or travel guides because their compact size ensures that they can be handled or distributed easily. However, if you want to print something content-heavy or you need more space for images or intricate designs, the limited space availability on these booklets can be a concern.

Besides, A5 booklets can fit snuggly into pockets, bags or folders, so their compact size and lightweight nature can be a fantastic idea for those who want to distribute booklets at events, conferences, or point-of-sale locations. A5 booklets boast a charmingly petite aesthetic, suitable for conveying concise messages or showcasing minimalist designs. Their smaller format encourages creative experimentation while maintaining visual coherence.

Stapled Booklets: Economical and Functional

Otherwise known as saddle-stitched booklets, stapled booklets use a simple binding method, where folded sheets are secured with staples along the spine. This cost-effective approach��makes them suitable for informational pamphlets, event handouts, or instructional guides. While lacking the sophistication of other binding methods, stapled booklets excel in practicality and affordability.

We would say these are the middle ground for those who want to balance space efficiency with functional layout options. 

Winding Up!

Whether you want stapled, A4 or A5 booklet printing,the quality of the print decides if your audience will love or hate it. Are you looking for the perfect printing agency to help you create beautiful and durable prints within a cost-effective price range? Reach out to the seasoned printing professionals at Best at Printing today! Their team can help you customise a design, and once your order is complete, they can dispatch it using their tracked courier service without any added delivery fees between 8 am and 6 pm, Monday to Friday!

Original Source:https://bestatprinting.co.uk/blog/a-comprehensive-comparison-of-a5-and-a4-stapled-booklets

[ranstylezine]

Preorders for Orchid in Bloom are now open!

ORDER HERE!

Preorders are open until the 10th November.

Products will be shipped end of November/Start of December which could make this Zine an excellent Christmas Gift for a Detective Conan fan!

We have 3 options for purchase:

PDF File Only - PDF file of the Zine, sent out the same time as physical production for fairness and containing 23 pieces of art and an accompanying ficlet!

ZINE ONLY - An A4 Zine booklet posted to you and a copy of the PDF File. This tier also receives Stretch Goals!

FULL BUNDLE - The A4 Zine, PDF and all of the amazing merch items! This tier also receives Stretch Goals!

Help us reach our Stretch Goals! We have some amazing bonus merchandise that can be produced if we reach enough sales!

[dragonageannual]

DAA 2025: Legacies Product Previews!

It's almost time! Our 2025 shop opens in just five short days on October 1st. Check out the product previews below for a sneak peek at the amazing creations on offer!

All proceeds from 2025 sales will be donated to War Child UK.

👉 Follow us on itch.io to be the first to know when our shop opens 👉 Subscribe to our newsletter for spoiler-free DAA news! 👉 Give back to the Dragon Age community by donating toward a Community Copy! More information coming soon.

Dragon Age Annual 2025: Legacies

A Dragon Age Annual classic! We're excited to say that this year the calendar comes with a pre-punched hole so that you can easily hang and display the beautiful creative works inside. Our calendar celebrates your favourite characters, stories, and all there is to love about Thedas. With designs that span the entire Dragon Age franchise, there's sure to be something you'll want to see!

Keep reading to see previews for Sagas: A DAA 2025 Zine and our merchandise pack, including art prints, mini tarot cards, stickers & sticker sheets, magnets, and a wooden charm!

Sagas: A DAA 2025 Zine

Featuring 4 full-length fanfics, 2 comics, and 7 art pieces, this booklet celebrates even more of Thedas' myths, legends, and heroes. From Grey Wardens to The Qun to ancient and Dalish elves, you won't want to miss out on this one-of-a-kind anthology!

Prints

Decorate your home and make sure your guests know you'd rather be in Thedas with these art prints featuring our favorite Seeker, Cassandra Pentaghast, and the fabled Emerald Knights! Keep an eye out for our stretch goals to find out how to get these prints upgraded to A4-sized 👀

Mini Tarot Cards

Divine your Dragon Age destiny with our set of four mini tarot cards! Featuring the new DAA logo on the back, flip the cards over to find that your future holds four brand new fanart designs.

Stickers

Water bottle looking a little bare? Or maybe you need to decorate your new laptop? Either way, we have a sticker extravaganza to suit your needs! *Unlock The Broken Arrow for all physical orders with one of our stretch goals. **Unlock Iron Bull Planner Stickers for all physical calendar orders with one of our stretch goals.

Magnets

Satisfy the demands of the Qun by picking up this magnet set! Featuring Qunari legends, Sten and The Iron Bull, these button magnets will make sure no space on your fridge—or wherever you display them—is wasted.

Charm

Purchase of this charm includes a golden bead ball-chain, so it can easily be used as a key chain or zipper pull! If a necklace is more your style, simply pair the conveniently sized and lightweight charm with your own chain or cord and wear to show off your Andrastian pride!

[makapatag]

toying with the idea of having RUN AMOK ACROSS THE HEAVENS' rules manuals and other booklets be in palm leaf manuscript layout (29.7cm x 10.5cm, essentially half an a4, so a single a4 printout would have two pages on it) inspired by seasian palm leaf manuscripts and the layout of the sutras we chant

if i ever start selling printouts of the knight vagrant theyd be in the palm leaf style too. currently learning how to make actual palm leaf manuscript from some bengali speaking indians on yt

[boin-de-bindery]

Borrasca - C.K. Walker

This is a /r/nosleep story published in four parts in 2015, with a subsequent fifth part shared by the author on their blog.

Morbid choice for a first bind—it's not dissimilar to Manacled in terms of dark content—but as a tale I read back in my creepypasta phase and recently rediscovered, I thought it'd be fun to have a physical copy for my shelf.

The case is bound in green bonded leather, courtesy of an amazing local store that has a plethora of bookbinding supplies. Gold adhesive backed vinyl for the cover text, while the corner-guards are from a random Amazon seller.

The text block is bog standard A4 printer paper. Body text is in Noto Serif 12pt with titles/headings/pagecount in Bahnschrift. 59,000 words and 387 pages total.

Reflections on mistakes and lessons learned under the cut with more pictures.

I learned a LOT about typesetting, booklet printing and using a Cricut in making this. I still made a few silly mistakes with my next projects, but not so many as I did with Borrasca.

It's a rookie's first bind and it shows—the text block fits rather badly in the casebinding, because I goofed and made the spine support too wide. This doesn't look too bad from the front or the spine, but in opening the book the textblock shifts rather awkwardly.

I also scuffed the leather in parts, and totally misstuck the title on the spine. This is before I realised what transfer tape was for 🫠 Having the title running from bottom to top is novel, but I didn't want to risk gumming up the cover further by fixing it (not to mention my horror at the thought of repositioning everything by hand).

I'm pretty happy with the handsewn headbands though! I followed chezlin's tutorial and used tissue paper to secure the twine to the spine before sewing on embroidery thread. While the thread used was a little too thick, the headbands add a nice touch.

I had no idea what to put in the copyright page, ahaha. I've put a template together now, which does a better job at identifying the resources used and linking to the source material.

[alki-studio]

Bookbinding Process (1/2): The Wolf Queen, from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

I have a very exciting comission— I’m binding The Wolf Queen, an in-game novel from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. I’ve never played the game, but my client told me they enjoy collecting and reading the books in the game. According to the Elder Scrolls wiki, there are apparently 820 of them! I’m binding the one of the longer stories, which is actually broken up into 8 volumes.

In researching, it seems that the volumes seem to take on completely different binding styles, but we agreed on the style shown here. We also decided to condense these volumes into 1 book— the entire story is only about 12k words, and while the handwritten large text works well for reading the story on a small in-game window on your monitor, it’s not really practical for a physical book. That, and even if I were to print these true to size for the game, each volume would still be about 40 pages, which only equates to 10 sheets of folded paper, so it wouldn’t make for a very robust collection on the shelf.

You can see that these books in this game are actually quite weathered, and it seems like all the paper is unevenly torn. If we were to equate Skyrim’s time period with our own based on technology, it’s likely these pages would have been parchment. The in-game textures definitely support this, even for the bindings that seem to be a few centuries ahead of their time.

We agreed that antiqued cotton paper would be a suitable alternative, as enough parchment for this project would run a couple thousand dollars as-is, and I don’t believe I have the equipment necessary to print on it. I needed something with a quick turnaround for this project, so I went with this paper in the ‘Vintage Deckle’ finish in the A4 size. According to one review, it’s also short-grained, so it’s actually ideal for bookbinding.

Typesetting

I’m using Adobe InDesign to typeset this, but it can also be done with Word and other alternatives.

Here’s a guide by ArmoredSuperHeavy on tumblr.

I think Bethesda owns the font used in the Elder Scrolls games, but there is a dupe of it on dafont.com called Cyrodiil. However, it definitely feels and reads more as a modern font; it was designed with readability after all. I’m definitely going for something that feels like a Celtic manuscript, based both on the decorative Celtic knot tooling, and the Gaelic look of the font. I eventually found Kelmscott, which carries the same Gaelic characteristics as Cyrodiil, and is still relatively easy to read, but feels more calligraphic.

I also downloaded Medieval Victoriana for the decorative first letters of each chapter.

To typeset the text, I followed a tutorial article by Grace Fussell and Adobe’s guide for creating book files.

I wanted the text to look dense and almost glyphic, as many old medieval manuscripts do, while still being easy enough to read. I played around with the paragraph tools and eventually settled on this layout. While certainly not all manuscripts have multiple columns, I want this typesetting to really break the boundaries seen in most modern prints of books, so I decided on this two-column format. Some manuscripts keep the text frame smaller and in the center of the page, much like you see in later centuries when the printing area was restricted by a press, but once again, I want to emphasize the look of ‘handwritten’ manuscript, so I made sure to use wide margins.

Some other fun details I added were glyphs at the beginning of each chapter, and surrounding the page numbers.

I exported the file for print with InDesign’s ‘Print Booklet’ feature, with the 2-up perfect bound with a signature size of 8 (2 pieces of paper/4 spreads/8 text pages).

Text Block

Here’s the printed and folded signatures! I’m really pleased with how these came out— it has the exact weathered look I was trying to emulate from in-game. As an added bonus, since the source material wasn’t particularly long, the thickness of the paper (150gsm) gave the text block a good amount of volume.

Out of lack of good online reference, my client ended up sending me photos of the book in-game. I was excited to realize this book seems to be bound on cords or leather straps— kind of difficult to tell from the model. We decided to go with a slit leather strap.

I couldn’t find a great reference image of the stitch for this, but I used the same technique of punching and sewing my signatures as this double cord instructional from The Thames and Hudson Manual of Book Binding.

Endpaper

I definitely wanted to go for a more traditional endpaper, so I looked at what I had in my stash of marbled paper. I was initially drawn to this Renato Crepaldi peackock marble I got from Hollander’s, which has a beautiful red that screams “medieval” to me, but Skyrim is a cold place, so I was also drawn to go for this blizzard-esque marble. Though, I ultimately decided on this dark blue/indigo paper I got from the Paper Source.

I went for the indigo because the protagonist of this novel I’m binding, Potema Septim, the Wolf Queen herself, is associated with the color purple. Since the goal of this binding was to recreate an in-game item as it would be in-game, a bookbinder in Skyrim would also most likely want to make design choices reflecting the contents of this specific book. Or maybe they’d be illiterate and just go for the red. Either way, my client also liked the dark indigo, so that’s what we went with.

This endpaper is the cover weight of De Milo Design’s line of paper called Sustain & Heal. It’s fair trade, handmade in Bangladesh, from jute fibers.

It also has deckled edges, so I made sure to align my cuts to use that, and I tore the rest by hand to keep the natural edges consistent. This is a bit of an unconventional aesthetic choice, but it stemmed from that it’d be odd if the fly leafs were straight cut with the rest of the text block so extremely deckled.

Headbands

Keeping with the purple/indigo/blue theme, I made two-colored headbands around jute cord with DCM embroidery floss in colors 31 and 796. I basically used the technique outlined here. In retrospect though I’d recommend doing a big double endband or something bulky with this paper, since the deckled edges tend to push the endband back towards the spine and hide it.

Please continue reading here!

Process: Part 1 | Part 2 | Final Result

[valshe-eng]

VALSHE 8th mini ALBUM: 「storyteller III 〜THE SCARY STORIES〜」

Release Date: September 18, 2024

*NOTE: More info will be added as it releases, this post will be updated accordingly. Seven stories sung by VALSHE Details under the cut!

Made-to-order edition  ¥14,800 (tax excluded)

8 songs CD

A4 size special booklet (58 pages in total)

2 Separate bonuses

Pre-order period From Sunday, July 28, 2024 8:00pm to Sunday, August 11, 2024, 23:59pm JPT <Bonus A> Participation ticket for the "Witness Meeting"

Attend a "Witness Meeting" at a undisclosed location in Tokyo. (Online streaming on YouTube available) VALSHE will give in-depth insight on the third volume of the completely new ‘Storyteller’ series, music and artwork! Special Guest: Tokumeikibou, doriko, PUPI Date: 12 October (Saturday), 2024 - Details of the event will be communicated to purchasers separately. - Those unable to attend on site can participate via online streaming. - The event is scheduled to last approximately 90 minutes. - Even if you purchase multiple items, you will only be able to attend one event on site.

<Bonus B> Participation ticket for the "Top Secret Autograph Session"

This bonus allows you to participate in the ‘VALSHE & Hakuseki - Top Secret Autograph Session’ held in October at an undisclosed location in Tokyo. This is a rare face-to-face event where VALSHE will sign autographs in a private space with no other visitors. In addition, Hakuseki will also sign autographs just for you in a 1-on-2 format! Date: 13 October (Sunday), 2024 - No online session is available. This event is onsite only. - Timing will be announced individually. We will contact you with information on the location of the event. - Signatures will be signed individually by VALSHE and Hakuseki in the customer's designated place in the booklet of the special edition. Please make sure to bring the booklet with you on the day of the event. - In addition to VALSHE and Hakuseki, a staff member will also be present at the signing event. - If you purchase more than one item, you will receive benefits for the number of items purchased.

Purchase can be made via VALSHE's website (Do note that this edition only ships within Japan) https://shop.valshe.tokyo/

Regular edition  ¥4,000 (tax excluded)

8 songs CD

Comes as a three-sided sleeve

Store benefits include VCC (VALSHE CARD COLLECTION)

Purchase can be made via various websites below https://lnk.to/VALSHE_storyteller_III_EC

[Track list]

Never Landing just Falling Down Composition / Arrangement : G’n-

True meaning of… Lyrics: VALSHE / Takahiro Minato Composition / Arrangement: doriko

Utopia Lyrics / Composition: UmiKun Arrangement: Toshihiro

全心整形 (Full-Heart Plastic Surgery) Lyrics / Composition: Tokumeikibou Arrangement: doriko

Ctrl+Q Lyrics: VALSHE Arrangement / Composition: okamu.

ライトトラップ (Light Trap) Lyrics: doriko Composition: VALSHE Arrangement: Kishi Akira (Rhythmic Toy World)

Dullahan Lyrics: PUPI Composition / Arrangement: G’n-

ギュゲスの指輪 (Gyges' Ring) Lyrics: VALSHE Composition: Yusuke Kikuchi Arrangement: Kishi Akira (Rhythmic Toy World)

Total of 8 songs Source: (x)

[vazelinacocomix]

Saturday, 17th of June at 17.00, we'll be launching a collection of materials working together under the umbrella name of Atelier, at Indecis Artist Run Space/The Secret Garden. The collection comprises 2 postcards with interviews, an A3 format 8 page comic documenting past and present workshops around the city of Timisoara, a 1/2 A4 leaflet of around 20 pages with research pictures, notes and sequential scribbles, an A3 poster printed on both sides as well as a 7.7/7.7cm Risograph printed booklet by palpabil.ro + assembled by the team of crafty wizards going under the monicker of Fabrik, who also handled the postcard prints.

Here is a link to the tiny 88pg bundle, minus the colorul outburst. The project couldn't have come together without the focus of Ioana Ciolea/Punky, the sound engineering of Waka_x/Felix Petrescu of Makunouchi Bento or the financial support of Centrul de Proiecte, through their nano-grant program funded via Timisoara 2023's Capital of Culture pack. Most of the printed materials & interviews are crammed together on mestering.ro

[chickenmetenders]

💝💕💘 [ FALL(ING)DOWN FOR YOU ] 💖💌💞

Happy White Day! To celebrate, here's a Valentine's/White Day-themed collaborative MAMIYA fanzine!!

Featuring lovey-dovey art & fic from 12 creators!

Read it digitally or print it out yourself!

⚠️ DDD spoilers

Get it here! ➡️ Google Drive (pdf)

Directions for printing/binding + contributor credits below!

PRINTING

This zine was designed for letter paper, but I think it should print fine on A4 (I haven't tested it, sorry). If it helps, each individual page is 5.5 in x 8.5 in (140 mm x 216 mm).

We're going to print using the Booklet setting, which requires Adobe Acrobat or Foxit to use. Both programs can be downloaded for free. (I'm using Acrobat for this tutorial, but Foxit works the same way)

To print:

Download the zine file to your computer and open it in Acrobat/Foxit.

Open up the print menu using ctrl+P or by finding the printer icon near the top of the window. The print menu looks like this:

3. Select your printer from the "Printer" menu, then select the "Booklet" option under Page Sizing and Handling, as shown in the image above. You can also check the box near the top of the window to "Print in grayscale (black and white)" like I'm doing, or leave it unchecked to print in color.

4. Select the "Print" button to print.

BINDING

Honestly, you can bind however you want! I chose something fancy this time (because I'm trying to show off for photos), but normally I go for something simpler. Here are some methods I've used to bind zines/booklets before:

Three-hole ribbon binding (this is the method I used here)

Stapling

Pamphlet binding/saddle stitching

Methods I haven't tried but would probably work fine:

Another three-hole ribbon binding method + ring binding

Perfect binding

Machine sewing

Regardless of which method you use, I always recommend pre-folding all the pages before doing any binding. I usually try to fold like 1-3 sheets at a time--enough pages that it doesn't take forever to fold all of them, but not too many pages because I want to ensure each sheet gets creased really well.

Watch out for page order, by the way, because these pages aren't numbered!!

Depending on how you've bound it, it should come out looking something like this. Isn't it so cute??

Feel free to contact me if you need help!

CONTRIBUTORS

Thank you to everyone who participated in this zine!

Gizzia (twitter @ GizziaAobara) Nana (instagram @ honeyqtea) Nikki Bane (twitter @ Ghosty_Bane) Kiwi (@kiwifie) WovenSnow Easter Cha (me) madhu (@bunycube) Rionne (twitter @ dawnspring45) Mio (twitter @ nifocide) Alle (@tindoiimu)

It was my first time organizing something like this, so I'm really glad it turned out so great!! You guys are all so talented and awesome and I love what we've made!!!!!!

[dxmedstudent]

Quick question about CPD for GPs. When NICE guidelines get updated do you guys get alerts or a yearly list or something to learn about the new guidance? Basically, I'm really wondering if I can now assume that the GPs involved in my care know about and understand the 2021 ME/CFS NICE guidelines? This is after a bad experience with a hospital specialist where they were completely ignorant of it.

That's a very thoughtful question. Sorry my answer is late, tumblr has a habit of eating my replies when I've half typed them, and then I'm too tired to type them all again.

I'm sorry that your hospital specialist wasn't aware of the current guidelines. I think it's great that you're familiar with the guidelines yourself and that you're ready to advocate for your needs.

In GP land, I think that most of us DO try to get some yearly training on updates - I know a lot of practices arrange for courses for their staff to stay updated. I received an inch thick A4 booklet of updated guidelines for the course I'm attending soon.

That said, there are a LOT of guidelines with a LOT of fine print. Things are constantly changing, and you do not always get the memo for a while. I can imagine that even pretty on the ball GPs may be a bit rusty on some things - because there us just...a LOT. And GP covers every specialty in human medicine to some degree. So every GP will probably be up to date on some things and slightly rusty on others. That doesn't mean that patients aren't entitled to good care, it means we have a duty to remind ourselves of the most recent guidance if we're not as familiar with a condition or treatment. And it means we should be open about our limitations and seeking help.

I spend what feels like half my life on the NICE website, the BNF and our local formulary and guidelines. I encourage clinicians to be open to saying "I'm not sure where we go from here, let me take a look or get a second opinion, and I'll get back to you".

The other issue that is often not discussed is that sonetimes there will be local guidance released by your ICB or CCG (basically the local services that fund/commission care from your hospital or GP) about what can be offered- and this may be different to what NICE recommends. A particularly egregious example is the postcode lottery that comes with fertility treatment. Sonetimes we simply cannot deliver care in line with NICE guidelines, and it sucks.

Where I've had to differ from NICE guidance, it's often been because we simply do not locally have access to what NICE recommends. I'm not going to assume that's true in your case, bit I think a lot of people don't know about how many limitations NHS services face, so I'm mentioning it here.

You're absolutely entitled to make sure that you're being treated as per current recommendations, and that if your treatment differs, you and your doc both know why your treatment is a little different.

Your GP may well be familiar with the guidelines, but if it seems that they are not, I would discuss the guidelines with them. Sometimes it's even useful to bring them up on the screen together. You can also bring a friend for support if you feel nervous about advocating for yourself. I like to recommend people write fiwn their queries, too - it's what I do when I see my own clinicians. Because when I don't, sometimes we miss pretty big things that I want answered.

And if one consultation didn't go well, there's absolutely nothing wrong with booking another consultation or seeing someone else.

I hope it goes well and that you get the right care for you.

[chrisairgames]

A Year in Retrospect

The social media diaspora began a year ago, and I've been neglecting Tumblr. Trying to come back, slowly, so here's what I've been up to since November 2022.

Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones

From November to February 1st, 2022, I worked on my Zine Month campaign, a Kickstarter for my first ttrpg zine, a Sleeper Crew Adventure for Mothership RPG called Bio-Drones & Cryo-Clones.

I was blown away by the immense show of support. The crowd-funding allowed me to pay for even more art, better and bigger maps, development and editing, and professional layout. I got to make the zine into the amazing package I'd dreamed up.

The zines were sent off to the fulfillment center last Friday! A ton of my ttrpg work time was spent on what's in these boxes, and it's pretty scary to see it go off into a truck. That does mean the zines will be available at retailers soon, though, which just feels nuts to me.

The Unseen City

I also wrote The Unseen City, the first 3pp setting and adventure for Cloud Empress, the ecological science fantasy RPG, the successful Mothership hack from Worlds by Watt.

I go into depth about how this 20pg zine turned evolved from the "Pamphlet Duet" I originally conceived in my most recent newsletter. A lot of struggles, gained some killer art from HodagRPG, and all for a game I'm really quite happy with. I do plan to return to writing more adventures for The Unseen City as well!

Mitosis, Escape from STAR Station

Last year, RV Games published my Mothership pamphlet series The Cerdo Cycle (that was my last Tumblr post!). Shortly after the campaign, Violet asked me to write a giant 8x16 inch pamphlet adventure for RV Games' upcoming in-universe Mothership board game, Mitosis.

I wrote Escape from STAR Station, a gonzo adventure about a Prison Break amidst two warring factions: Cyberviral Pirate Goons & STARS Staff Brainiacs. Both sides are infected by experiments with the Mitosis board game microorganisms. It's a crazy lil adventure with awesome art by Sigmacastell. You can pick up an abridged print-at-home version for free on my itch page, even.

5 Million Worlds RPG

For the One-Page Game Jam this past summer, I submitted a pocketzine Space Adventure hack of Mothership, called 5MW RPG: Avatar Basics.

In this little A4/US Letter space, I've designed two main pulls away from sci-fi horror to space adventure. The first are Push Tables. Similar to the end of act in a Star Trek episode, these tables push the conflict in new and unexpected directions.

The second is a switch from Stress into Limit. Limit is your PC's XP, used to improve Stats/Saves, build towards projects, etc. Notably, instead of a Panic Table, 5MW has two tables: a Break Down table (similar to Panic), and a Limit Break table (like in FF).

When characters are in the shit, and they have to roll a Limit Check, the players can decide whether to spend their XP and do some cool shit to overcome the circumstances, or accept the Break Down. Good ol' @christiansorrell even did a TikTok video discussing the game, if you wanna check that out.

I'm very excited to continue to pursue creating a player's handbook, 5MW RPG: Avatar Primer. If you download the game on itch, I'll keep y'all apprised of substantial updates. Next up is developing the chargen, and reconfiguring the pocketzine as an A6 booklet: 5MW RPG: Avatar Basics+.

Outer Rim Uprising

I was extremely honored to join 11 other designers to create pieces of the Outer Rim Uprising Megabundle, spearheaded by our intrepid leader, Iko of The Lost Bay Studio.

Several months of brainstorming and collaboration went into this 20+ piece bundle. I contributed two pieces for this bundle. The first is a 12pg adventure module Rusted to the Core. Androids aboard an aerostat station floating in a gas giant's clouds have gone on strike. Can the PCs resolve the issues before the Rust overtakes the station?

The second is the more "experimental" Bones on the Ground. Bones is a bifold adventure into an android museum-prison, paired with three diegetic fliers supporting the ARA, the Android Rights Association (or Android Rebel Alliance, depending on who you ask!). Pieces of the three flyers contain clues for PCs who join the ARA to better succeed when they begin their museum infiltration.

A Buncha Spaceship Deckplans

So I have ADHD, and experience bouts of summer mania. Spaceshiptember rolled around, and I thought, "Hey it'd be no problemo to write 30 deckplans and release them this month, while I'm also trying to print BioCryo, promote ORU, starting a newsletter, and finishing up The Unseen City." Totally sane decision, right?

Well, I got through half the month. And I sketched out a third week's worth of ships on paper too. One of those sketches caught Adam STATION's eye, even, and he asked me to join An Infinity of Ships to turn it into a micro-adventure!

As long as this quick-n-dirty zine remains unfinished, it'll be free on itch.io. Again, if you'd like, follow along and I'll send out dev updates when new pages are added!

the dying tides

Another Jam entry, this time for The Lost Bay Studio's system agnostic fantasy setting + coloring book, SKYREALMS.

I made the dying tides as a short, lightweight fantasy adventure to venture among wavebros and squidillies. The art is based on my 4 yo daughter's paintings. Since she loved coloring the SKYREALMS books so much, I figured it was a poetic homage to the kind and mysterious heart of this game.

An Interactive Terminal Network

Last but not least, I smashed my skull against Twine on and off for six months to create a unified Interactive Terminal Network for my Mothership adventure, Bio-Drones & Cryo Clones.

The terminal is absolutely free to play on itch.io. Though passwords that can be found in the zine lock off a few areas. That said, I'm sure many folk could dig out the passwords without the zine. I don't know how to do that stuff. The fact that I even MADE this thing is a miracle to me, hahaha.

Goal for 2023

Talk about this stuff as it's happening so I don't infodump on people like this, haha.

What I'm working on now:

Twisting Unseen

Untitled Liminal Horror adventure

Provisional sketches, for the artist/layout designer.

Also, if you made it this far, thanks.

-Chris Air

[goblincow]

A6 Journal Collection for Dungeon23

A free printable collection of 54 coloured A6 dot-grid journals for Dungeon23, an alternative design for your Dungeon Year journalling needs.

Includes multiple printable versions in cyan, b&w, and cyan with coloured covers.

432 pages encompassing 54 8-page A6 booklets, each with a different colour cover in a subdued CMY gradient that cycles into darker shades for the final months.

Each booklet is printed one-sided on one A4 page - just cut once & fold to A6 size to make each 8-page booklet: that's 54 pieces of paper, representing 52 weeks and 2 appendices. Instructions here (by Ashley Topacio):

Each booklet features a non-repro cyan dot-grid (even on the cover) with a tidy white border on all sides and a logo on each cover that I pulled from the Dungeon 23 Asset Pack by @lonearchivist and recoloured for each individual booklet, plus two appendices (a calendar booklet & an index table booklet).

If you want to keep up a writing or design exercise I think you should remove as many barriers as possible: you're only confronted with a tiny A6 page, every week you get to look back and mark your progress, you can always stop at the end of each week, no pressure to continue if you're not still having fun, and a fresh start every time you open a new week's booklet.

Easily scan and remove backgrounds to create ready-to-upload printable zines that you can publish each week!

There's nothing but dots on each page so you can scribble or scrawl or add a room description or encounter table or hexmap or anything you feel inspired to create.

Maybe you don't want to do one 52-week mega-dungeon? Why not 52 week-long dungeons instead?

Bind completed booklets into months or seasons (I'm going to try and bind them into a full year, with a sewn cover for the collection and instruction downloads coming in a future update).

Head here to download now and go ahead and check out the Dungeon23 Jam for more!

@thelostbaystudio @pandiongames @lonearchivist

I for one am proud to have published my first work of the new year within the first 4 hours of the coming 8760. At this rate I must at least be scraping the bottom of some metaphysical leaderboard somewhere!

[curlyhairpoodle]

Brian May Another World Tour Booklet

Bought & Scanned & edited by me

It may be a little bit flawed because I only have an A4 scanner, and this is bigger than the A4. Sorry in advance.

Enjoy!!

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