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J.N. Butler is a graphic artist who loves illustrating the fantastic and the macabre. They are inspired by the expressive power of ink — be it traditional or digital. They are also an experienced GM and TTRPG game writer and designer. And their most popular publication is a collection of NPCs and illustrations for Quest RPG called, Monster Manifest. They have a BFA in Drawing from University Of Cincinnati DAAP and an MA in Transpersonal Psychology from Naropa University.
The Waiting
Quest NPC Stat Generator
Monster Manifest
If you like My heart is a trifle, what's yours? check out...
How to Say Goodbye   - a game about saying goodbye
MIND WALK  issue III   - A Lyrical RPG Zine
Meet The Untrue   - a microgame anthology about meeting fantasy halfway
Esoteric   - All I can tell you is within the text.
Games of the Decade   - A Game to determine my Games of the Decade
the kind of Song the Sea makes   - Two rituals of shared vulnerability and music
you are now ooze   - a small game for oozes, or anyone expecting to be ooze in the future
Did People Come Up With Names Immediately? Does the Limitations of the Jam also Cover The Title?   - It's a game, trust me
You Are Ill, a lyric game   - A lyric game about being chronically ill
I AM THE HORIZON   - the river sprawls and flows beneath me
What It Takes: A Game of Sacrifice and Healing   - Play to learn how to heal a follower, and see whether you can.
a small collection of short games   - some lines i wrote a while ago.
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Statuesque   - A Solo/Dual TTRPG in Two Acts
Mobile Frame Zero: Firebrands   - The messy lives of Mobile Frame pilots
APOCALYPSE FRAME   - An Illuminated Mecha RPG.
Lancer Core Book: First Edition PDF   - The core rulebook and setting guide for Lancer, a game centered on pilots and their mechs.
Life in the Machine   - An exploration of the relationship between a pilot and a mech, and how they have changed each other.
Lancer Core Book: First Edition PDF (Free)   - The free version of the core rulebook and setting guide for Lancer, a game centered on pilots and their mechs.
Maharlika RPG   - A technomythical tactical mecha RPG inspired by Filipino Mythology
Rearguard   - Five revolutionary playbooks for Beam Saber
dusk to midnight   - a gmless rpg about doomed soldiers in a losing war.
to the moon and back   - a romantic journaling game
The Lovers   - a romantic tarot game for two
Last Sentinels   - Tell the tragic story of a doomed mech pilot protecting their remaining people. 3-4 players.
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Mothership: Player's Survival Guide   - A Sci-Fi Horror RPG
Alone on a Galactic Map   - A sci-fi solo ttrpg map making game
Dredge   - A solo journaling game about sailing eldritch waters and pulling up odd items.
Gravity RIP   - A sci-fi racing TTRPG
Meteor   - Corporate Sci-Fi Tabletop RPG
Moonbase Blues   - A harrowing sci-fi horror TTRPG scenario
Fire & Stone - Players' Guide   - Equip your old-school characters for perilous adventures in the Stone Age that never was...
PLANETAR Vol. I - Lazurith B2   - A planet for sci-fi TTRPG games.
Save the Universe   - A sci-fi adventure RPG.
Tendencies: Spirits and Glamour   - Tend To The World, Tend To Your Hearts
Sci-Fi Random Tables   - Sci-Fi TTRPG random tables
Anomalous Carbon Sludge   - A system agnostic sci-fi horror adventure