#alleyway's oracle

[orphancookie69]

BACKERKIT: Oracle Dice

I recently received, after a long time of waiting, my Alleyman’s Tarot! The maker who was making that mentioned he was making an Oracle Dice. I have some Oracle Dice from Etsy, but I was excited for this one as I think with the card side options, it will play well with the Alleyman Tarot, which somehow became my favorite go to deck? (Don’t tell my other decks)....

https://www.backerkit.com/c/publishing-goblin-llc/oracle-dice#top

One thing I think is interesting is that last time the Publishing Goblin used both Kickstarter and BACKERKIT. One to start it and one to finish it. Apparently BACKERKIT wanted to start playing Kickstarter’s game. I don’t know who I have my money on for being better. I am also not expecting this for at least a year, I ordered this on June 2022. 

It funded in July 2022, and before it funded I added enough money to get two journals for reading notes but the campaign said it would be available if it made it to a certain amount, and I guess it did but no one could see it? It made it with preorder sales. I am happy for the maker, but I wish I was better told this, because I otherwise allocated those funds as tip. I don’t mind tipping but I wanted a journal more. But Backerkit is still working out how it does add ons and hopefully in the future its a more straight forward process so opportunities, like the journal. 

Preorders are finalizing in August, and I should be charged for shipping in August/September. Timing wise, if they can ship in September 2022 (even though I would prefer to have shipping included, I get it) I would be thrilled. Of course more delays happened. And I know I am being kind of harsh, it happens, but it would of been cool if it did not happen this time. Shipping is now going to be in February 2023. What reads odd is other projects come out, and they mention on there they have THOSE shipping times solid but not others. 

Got an update in December of 2022, and it looks more like March 2023 for shipping. At least there is more of an end in sight? I would love to get an update that says we are on track not more and more behind but that is ok. I would not be shocked if this took a year to materialize again. Got an update in March, ya know when shipping was supposed to happen. Dice are being finished, and shipping is now supposed to be April 2023. 

In April, shipping was charged. While it would be less than a year since the original order was placed, I still kind of can’t believe how long these take. 

(Almost) 1 Year Later...

It has arrived. Well part of it, the first part of the order came in May. I had my dice, oracle cards, wooden holders in this shipment. The second shipment should of had my clothes, oracle books, and tarot book. I ended up getting two oracle dice/card sets and an alley man tarot deck for my sister. Who doesn’t want matching nontraditional divination tools? The second shipment arrived the next day with books, cloths, and booster packs. So everything arrived! 

So I know the question on everyone’s mind, have I played with them yet? Almost. They function like tarot cards, and there kind of needs to be some understanding. Playing with them is one thing, but reading makes it that much more deep. So the “getting to know one another” process has been slow but food. I made a couple of posts about it so far, and I love the content coming out of this playtime. 

Realistically, I am not shocked just a little disappointed in the year long timeline. But, after this came in-me and my sister will have a matching set of oracle dice and tarot cards and I can’t imagine what more we would need. So I don’t mind the wait, it is worth it but makes me less inclined to be open to future projects. There is an Alleyway’s Oracle and while that would be a fun addition for the collection, do I feel like waiting another year for project? We shall see...

[publishinggoblin]

The Alleyway Oracles by Publishing Goblin — Kickstarter

It's time. The Alleyway Oracles are live.

Three new decks. The 100-card, mismatched Alleyway Tarot. The 60-card, bright and joyous Oracle of Play. The 60-card, dark and brooding Oracle of Secrets.

Which oracle are you listening to...?

The Alleyway Oracles by Publishing Goblin — Kickstarter

[comparativeoracle]

The Ring. Art by ​Rozenn Grosjean, from ​The Magpie Lenormand.

(Also used in The Oracle of Secrets (The Alleyway Oracles).)

[toothsalad]

Front and back of the Ace of Wands from a hypothetical Sailor’s Tarot deck with scrimshaw inspired designs. It was created for the @publishinggoblin’s upcoming project the Alleyway Oracles.

EDIT: A full Sailor’s Tarot deck will be available for preorder on kickstarter in March, 2026! Check the Sailor’s Tarot tag on my blog for updates!

[seniorinternaut]

Justice from The Alleyway Oracles (sequel to the Alleyman’s Tarot) by Aitor Sebastián

[jackiefour]

Okay, I may have a slight problem of too many tarot cards. Lol!

@publishinggoblin, I blame you 😂

These are all so gorgeous! How am I supposed to pick which ones to use???

[worm-dark]

The Alleyway Oracles pre-order store on Backerkit is now open—if you want to order additional items, or if you missed out on the Kickstarter, this is the link for you!

There are cards, booster packs, a box, a figurine, and lots more goodies available.

[vagueconfusion]

the funniest shit is the oracle decks I pre-ordered just came today too imagine if I had opened them and done a reading

[satyrmagos]

My newest toy came in the mail today!

I'm very excited.

This is my second time backing an Publishing Goblin Alleyway deck. My partener and I picked up the OG Alleyway Tarot back in ... whatever the fuck year that was.

I just got it this morning, and so I haven't had a chance to investigate it very thouroughly. As you can see, I got all three decks: the new Alleyway deck, the Oracle of Secrets, and the Oracle of Play, plus the three expansion packs. I got the bank bag, with tarot cloth, coins, and (ugh) fake broken teeth. I got the plastic arcade bag with what looks like some sort of minigame. I got the dice bag with the bronze-colored charms and cool four-way key. And I even got the art prints. I super lucked out, and the day I finally had the cash to back the kickstarter, I was just in time to catch the last-day special.

I'm so excited. There's been a handful of complaints about incomplete packages, so I'll need to do an inventory check against my pledge, just in case, but so far my only complaint is that there's so much fucking shrinkwrap it's not even funny. But that's a super small complaint.

If you want to watch me unbox these, check out the clock app link below. (I tried to upload the video, but it was too big.)

[soloplaywithkimber]

The pre-order store for the Alleyway Oracle is live!

[solarplanet2]

The Little Eldritch Creature

DCxDP Drabbles/Scribbles

Part 1(? Still undecided)

Danny had a lot to say.

Especially to Clockwork.

How dare he send him to another dimension without him knowing?! Especially when all Clockwork had said to him before being thrown into a portal is;

"Good Luck, Daniel."

Good luck? GOOD LUCK TO WHAT!?

Oh, once Danny comes home he will give that old man a saying to. And bit him. Yes! he'll bite his clocks! Let's see how he likes it!!

It's bad enough that he was thrown into a natural portal, but being reduced to a small thing at the size of a squirrel!?!?

He can't even do anything in this form!

Sure, he can use his powers but only to an extent. The only thing Danny could do was being intangible, invisibility and flying/floating.

Disgrace! He was supposed to be a king! A powerful being! He can't be reduced to small adorable thing!

Danny punched the ground in distress, already feeling the tears coming up in his eyes in distress.

Another thing he had noticed. Not only he was in a form of little creature, it seemed his mind and body is of a baby, a child!

He is FOURTEEN! almost fifteen! He can't act this way!

Danny let out a wail, punching the concrete floor in pure distress and helplessness. He wants to bite Clockwork! He wants to be mad at him and get him home! Everything is so big! He doesn't want to be small! He feels helpless! And weak! No! He wants to go home!

He wants to go home and see Jazz!

He misses Jazz...

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"WWAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!"

Red Hood pauses in his step once he hears a...very squeaky wail?

But it also made his pit rage react.

What the?

"Hood. Come in."

"Yeah. What is it, Oracle?" Red Hood signed in as he jumped over a rooftop, heading towards the wail.

"The satalites detected something in your area. Just about a few blocks ahead of you. It causes a static in the frequency."

Welp. There goes his answers.

"I'm already on it. There was some kind of Wail in my direction. Already checking it out."

"Hood, Wait for back up." Oh great.

"I'm already here." Hood scoffed at B as he landed down in front of the alley way.

"Hoo...?" Static came in the comms, making Hood furrowed his eyebrows. Whatever this is, it's effecting his comms.

Hood knew something was wrong once he stepped in the alleyway. The pits suddenly felt weird. Not the bad weird but weird notheless.

Worried. Go. Now!

Hood groaned. Alright. He had an urge to shoot someone.

The more Hood stepped in the alley way, the more he could hear something. A small sound, like a whine? A squeaky whine in the edge of this block.

Hood froze once he saw a familiar green by the end of the dumpster. Oh fuck.

So that's why the pit rage is reacting.

Fuck.

Grabbing his gun from the holster, he slowly walked towards the dumpster. He looked over and....

What is that?

It's small, smaller than Alfred the cat. White hair and ..is that a green tail?

Okay, whatever it was, it's glowing.

And shaking.

And crying.

Why is it crying?

The pits instantly reacted. Bubbling in his stomach like boiling. But Hood knew he wasn't angry.

It felt like it was concern?

But for what?

What is this thing-?

And it's looking at him.

Hood felt himself freeze at the Lazarus green eyes. Big and wide Lazarus green eyes. And fuck are those tears??

Hood doesn't know what to do.

Chirp!

It chirp.

Fuck that was adorable.

Focus, Hood! This is not the time to think such thoughts. He needs to comm the others. Comm B and--

Wait why is moving!?

HOLY SHIT--

CHIRP!!

•°•°•°•°•°

This guy reaks of ectoplasm.

No. This ecto is not good. This ecto is dangerous.

He needs help.

(I am thinking whether or not this needs a part 2 so don't be disappointed if there isn't that means no tagging)

(Edit: it has part 2)

[publishinggoblin]

Imagine my surprise to see a reblog that asked if I'll actually pay artists this time! I paid every single artist on the Alleyman's more than we agreed to by the contracts, so it's a bit funny to me that anyone is asking if I paid them at all.

I paid out $209,000 in bonus pay alone to the Alleyman's Tarot artists.

I can confirm that the money actually goes to the artists as it says it will. If there was talk about me not paying people, it involved neither me nor any of the artists. The artists are all fully credited for both the Alleymans and Alleyway Oracles with links to their sites and stores, so you are free to reach out to the artists on the original project to follow up on this.

I would be quite a fool to give full credit and include links to the artists if I wanted to hide the fact that I wasn't actually licensing or paying them. I have a contract with each and every artist here on my computer.

That contract on the new project stipulates:

Meaning if I chose not to pay the artists that bonus pay that's shared in the stretch goals, the artist could sue me with the contract I wrote as the reason. I go out of my way to protect the artists I work with through contracts I write up, so they have absolute certainty they will make the money I promise.

If you DO want to followup for clarity, I'm happy to give you a full email list of all the artists from the original project, or this new project if you want to confirm the contracts exist I guess. Or if you don't trust me to give you the real emails, you can go to the artist's sites, all fully linked and credited on my website. Just DM me!

If you don't want to followup on this claim though, please stop spreading misinformation that could harm my small business. Thanks!

You asked if the Publishing goblin was going to pay their artists this time, what did you mean by that? Far as I can tell half their stretch goals are unlocking more pay for the artists.

I could be mistaken but I recall some talk of the Alleyman's Tarot not paying some artists last run. (Though it was ages back and I don't have specific names to tie to that) Also a bit of a debate on the licensing rights - if the publisher HAD in fact licensed 100+ cards. I sadly don't have receipts but just feel a general - wariness might be needed. Also - from my past experience - even if a kickstarter SAYS the money is going to pay artists - it doesn't mean it DOES actually get to them.

[publishinggoblin]

In just 5 days...

The Alleyway Oracles launches on Kickstarter! This campaign features 3 new, mixed card decks, the 100-card Alleyway Tarot...

The 60-card, imaginative Oracle of Play...

and the 60-card, dark and brooding Oracle of Secrets.

There are new add-on bags, a fantastic new wooden box to store your three decks in, more episodes of the podcast, and more!

So get ready, and sign up to be notified! We're about to break 3,000 campaign followers before our launch on May 16th!

[comparativeoracle]

Wanderhome. Art by ​Juho Choi, from The Oracle of Play (The Alleyway Oracles).

[toothsalad]

~We are approaching a grungy, city-witch vibe. Stick to the fates, the cards, the alley, the liminal spaces between where we live, work, thrive, every day. The idea that if you just turn down the right alley in the right city, you’ll find the Alleyman waiting. It’s what sold a ton of people the first time, it’s what we’re leaning into this time again.~

From the alleyway, the Alleyman comes bearing three new decks, collected from the decks of this world and gathered to hand for you to claim.

Click here for the Kickstarter

[ew-selfish-art]

Dpx Dc AU: Ectoplasm is required for Ghosts to be visible to the human eye- And Danny creates his own ectoplasm.

Danny is visiting Jazz in Gotham and its weird how friendly everyone is. Like, the city gets a really bad rapport, everywhere he goes there is someone trying to strike up a conversation or answer his questions about getting around to the tourist spots. A few people even pointed out restaurants and ways to find off the beaten path gems! Jazz seems to role her eyes at him, but when he brings up her 'roommate' being kind of cute she flat out laughs.

Danny then comes to understand the Jazz doesn't have a roommate and that Ghosts in Gotham don't move far from their haunts- He's just been inadvertently turning these undead folks visible by accident of generating abnormal amounts of ectoplasm.

Which, is comforting in a way, he's never walking this dangerous city alone and really, most of the ghosts have been really friendly! They disappear once he's a few blocks away from them anyway.

---

Tim Drake is having a horrible day.

He'd been given intel that one of Black Mask's guys was going to snitch but that he'd died before given the opportunity to reach out to the GCPD. He tracks down the guy's last know whereabouts and yikes. Its next to the Theater. Tim was often grateful for his childhood obsessions, this time it backfired.

Tim and Bruce get into an argument about trust and respect and, worst of all, mental health. And even though Tim was vehemently against Batman accompanying Red Robin to the alleyway - that's exactly what happens.

They arrive and Bruce is closing up faster than a clam in the contaminated Gotham Bay- Clearly being in the Alley bothers him. No fucking shit. RR gets started on collecting evidence, there are a few extra blood splatters and a single left shoe... When a kid walks into the Alley.

"Uh, sorry to intrude-" The kid looks scared shitless, and runs away. And then, all of a sudden, Batman and Robin aren't alone in the Alley.

Tim can hardly believe his eyes as the dead man appears and quickly blabs Black Mask's bank passwords and what the plan had been- and While he's over joyed to have that closure, he turns around to Batman weeping in the arms of his parents.

The ghosts fade, and the emotions are certainly charged as this was never something Bruce or Tim would have ever dreamed of happening. Ghosts in Gotham. Talking, floating, granting closure.

"RR, Bats, come in." Oracle calls into their ears.

"Reporting in, but, uh, we need a minute."

"A minute? We have a case on 4th and-"

"O, we just saw the ghosts of the Waynes. It's going to be a minute."

"...Lots of Ghost reports lately then. Any chance you saw a kid looking like he could be adopted?"

"Yeah, actually, black hair and blue eyes. He was super polite before he ran away."

"We have work to do. Oracle, lets prioritize finding our person of interest and divert Nightwing and Robin to the case on 4th." Batman cut between them on the comms and he sounded... calmer than either of them anticipated.

---

Jazz is no longer laughing when Batman appears at her door explaining that he's looking for Danny (Who already flew away from town to get a good night's sleep before class on Monday). Turns out Danny reunited the man with his dead parents just briefly- and then the second guy appears and mentions how Danny had also given a guy who'd been murdered by a Mob enough time to explain the ongoing threats the city faced.

Jazz just rolls her eyes and says that it's not like the ghosts are going anywhere anytime soon and Danny will visit in another month. When pressed, she just explains that her brother is a weirdo. No of course he doesn't have powers. Gaslight and Girlbosses her way out.

And Jazz thinks that the game is up for at least another month, obviously when Danny visits more shit will stir up, but then this new guy appears.

Unlike the other Bats who are keen on watching her from a distance, the Red Hood knocks on her door. Are her eyebrows all the way into her hairline when Red Hood asks her to send his thanks along to Danny because somehow this whole situation led to his Dad expressing remorse for his actions and apologizing? Yes, yes they are.

But Jazz can smell Dissertation Data off of these vigilantes- Who is she to send them away? Jazz welcomes Red Hood into her place for a cup of tea and a small chat.

The story then devolves into Jazz getting shit done, Danny being cute by proximity and also bringing ghosts to the party, and the Bats having trauma resolve between them.