Grinning Rat Publications was founded by Nate Whittington (me!) in 2018. Since then, I've been writing about and playing games, including Mothership, Cairn, D&D, and Dungeoneering—my own dungeon-crawling heartbreaker. Want more? Follow my newsletter! Join 1,300+ game masters every week for practical GM advice, creative mechanics, adventure design tips, and RPG insights delivered right to your inbox. Subscribers also get early access to free resources, exclusive tables, and sneak peeks at upcoming releases. 👉 Subscribe now

Hello there! :) I'm Jess also known as JBlake Design at anime conventions / @jbzydraws online! I'm a Chicana artist born in Oakland, California and now living in the Midwest area where I do most of my conventions at! I run my Etsy Shop here and I create lots of unique fanart and dark original art! I’m also best known at the cons for my ita bags 💖  Follow me on Etsy, Instagram and Tiktok here!: https://linktr.ee/jbzydraws

Kimchi Kawaii was founded in 2008 by Korean American artist Holly Guenther. She creates artwork inspired by the Japanese ‘kawaii’ (cute) style of pop art and often adds a humorous twist with a pun. Recent themes have also started to explore her own Korean culture. Kimchi Kawaii sells through her own website and around the country, selling at any where from 10-15 anime conventions a year. Holly has had multiple successful Kickstarters for plush and pins, mostly featuring the popular coffee cats of Purrista Pawfee and the bread bunnies of Punny Buns.

I'm a jack of all trades artisan specializing in handmade squishies, jewelry, terrariums, plushies, and more! You can find me on twitter @Sucscrib!

And Tomorrow Games is an Inverness, Scotland based independent game maker making content for Mothership RPG.

Made up of 2AM ideas, loving "peer pressure", and lots of snack breaks, I creates kitcshy enamel pins for those who are looking for something truly unhinged. No animal or mythical creature is every truly free from the grasp of a Toku Arts pin. Most of my designs aren't complete without a booty or a reference to a very niche meme. Some may call it cursed content, but for others it's exactly what they need.

Hi, I'm Elliot Norwood, creator of Octopus Ink Games. I've written several adventures for the Mothership RPG, such as the Void Leviathan's Field Guide, The Black Dog, and The View at the End of Time. I've also created the Anomalous Investigations modern horror panic engine game.  Death Pays All Debts will be my first foray into creating a printed zine, and I'm excited for the opportunity to bring this heist adventure to everyone's table!

Animator, character designer, and enjoyer of cute critters!  Weekly animated Frog Facts every Friday on youtube, tiktok, instagram, and twitter!! Check out more of my stuff on my shop!!

A renegade collective of scoundrel artists carving a new path to create and support small, artistic game makers.

Hello I'm Dani! Part time illustrator and cute merch enthusiast! I enjoy daydreaming about cute things to make ❤ You can find me at: X | IG | Labutori.com 

Natasja is an indie D&D creator, a danmei illustrator and reader, a merch maker, and several things in-between. Follow her newest art and endeavors on https://www.instagram.com/natasjavangestel.

Hiya! I'm Tom / Norgad. I'm an illustrator, designer, and game designer based down in New Zealand. Check out my TTRPG stuff over on my itch.io

Im Maybels a Uk Based Illustrator and Pin Maker! CURRENT CAMPAIGN STATUS: Sanguine Eminence: Shipping Fourth Impact: Shipping  Fish guts: Production  Mythology: Interest Check  -- For all order issues please contact [email protected] 

Cabal's mission is to spread joy through storytelling and unique experiences, and by doing so, making the world a tiny bit better place.

Hi, I'm Jemma, the creator and artist of the fantasy webcomic Children of Eldair, which has been continuously updating since 2012 as well as Zelda's Lullaby and Temerity. I've launched and fulfilled over 15 successful Kickstarter campaigns. I've also done freelance illustration for book covers and interior cartography. You can find more of my work on jemmayoung.com.

Hi there! I am a full time digital illustrator that has dabbled in video content creation back in the day, and love to make merch with my art! Previously known as WalkingMelonsAAA💙✨

Underglow Comics is the publisher of over 60 comics over the last 3 years, including Jungle Captive, Vampocalypse, Model Behavior, Jungle Jade, The Unreality, Killing Cthulhu and The Bad Girl Comics Anthology Volume 1, all by writer/artist Gary Parkin. We began publishing comics with Vampocalypse #1 in September 2020. Our aim is to provide incredible-looking comic books with interesting themes, and we have so much more planned over the next few years that will blow you away!

Hi, I'm Kassie, and I run Craft Quest!  Craft Quest was originally created in late 2019 but was put on hold due to Covid hitting at exactly the same time. We started creating fan art and selling at conventions in late 2021 but have been moving to more original art since early 2024 with the primary focus being kitsune and quacken!

https://moonsagaws.com

pocket is an artist and desginer best known for their enamel pins but they also do illustration, have their own webcomic, and have recently got into fashion design as well !

Reforged Role-Playing Games, established in 2000, playtested for over 10,000 hours by over 135 playtesters. Our unique role-playing game system supports any genre or home-brew and focuses on long term balanced character growth. Our Character Generation App is currently in development for the Android and PC platforms (iOS is one of our stretch goals). Subscribe to our Youtube for Mechanics and Lore videos, and updates on our crowdfunding campaign. "Reforged Role-Playing Games is a fully adaptable tabletop role-playing system that supports any game setting or campaign a storyteller can envision from Medieval High Fantasy to Modern Action-Adventure, even to Futuristic Scifi home-brews. Players using the Core system can build their characters to personify any archetype they can imagine. The system allows the flexibility to let your characters grow and adapt based on the situations and encounters they experience over long term play. The Core system for Reforged Role-playing Games presents you with a Codex containing over 400 playable species of creatures, a Lexicon with over 600 balanced character skills, a Divine Canon hosting a Pantheon of 38 deities granting nearly 400 unique Divine Blessings and finally, a Grimoire containing over 400 Spells of Sorcery and Ritual magic. The unique Apotheosis path system presents characters with the option to undergo Divine Transformations or Genetically Manipulated Metamorphosis allowing characters to evolve from one species to another throughout their career. Most exciting of all the entire Core system is yours at the push of a button. Our Cross-platform app will support Windows and Android devices (iOS is one of our stretch goals). It allows players to create characters and track their growth from game to game All of the game rules will be right at your fingertips. Gone will be the days of players and storytellers wasting precious time searching through a library of tomes to find an obscure rule. The Reforged app quickly presents all relevant game mechanics to given skills simply by hovering over them. So you can waste less time worrying about rules and more time playing with friends." 

Derrick Belanger, BSI ("The Board Schools"), PSI ("Albert, the Dove") is an award-winning author, publisher, and educator most noted for his books and lectures on Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Derrick is co-owner of the publishing company Belanger Books, which published the first eBook editions of the original Solar Pons books by August Derleth.  Derrick's work has been published in The Baker Street Journal, The Sherlock Holmes Journal, The Strand Magazine, and in The Mysterious Bookshop Presents the Best Mystery Stories of the Year (2023). Derrick is a board member of Dr. Watson’s Neglected Patients, the Denver-based Scion Society.  In January 2020, Mr. Belanger was awarded the Susan Z. Diamond Award in recognition of outstanding efforts to introduce young people to Sherlock Holmes, and in 2024, he won the Arthur Conan Doyle Society Doylean award in fiction for his short story, "The Joyce-Armstrong Confession".  Derrick currently resides in Broomfield, Colorado.  Find him at <www.belangerbooks.com>.

Ganza Gaming has been making imaginative ttrpg books for years, specializing in the Cypher system. Our biggest claim to fame is the best selling ttrpg, the official Mystery Flesh Pit National Park: The RPG. 

Author. Illustrator. Dog mom.

Hello and happy gaming! I'm David and Honest Dice (formerly Flying Horseduck) is my one-person dice company based in San Jose, California. I'm obsessed with designing mathematically optimized and beautiful dice of the highest quality. Since my first launch in 2018 I have been delighted by the overwhelmingly positive response from the players in over 40 countries who use my dice creations. I am so grateful to all the supporters who make it possible for me to bring my ideas to life - thank you!

Video games industry veteran who enjoys tabletop roleplaying games, making things, and causing problems.

Industry veterans Rick Hershey and Lucus Palosaari founded Kids in the Attic, a prominent TTRPG (Tabletop Role-Playing Game) company known for its innovative and imaginative game designs. With a shared passion for storytelling and game mechanics, Rick and Lucus bring decades of combined experience to their creations. Kids in the Attic specializes in crafting diverse tabletop experiences that range from whimsical adventures to chilling horror scenarios, catering to a wide audience of players who seek memorable and immersive gaming experiences. 

I am a game designer and avid crafter, with a strong love of coffee. I have been working on various projects in the gaming/entertainment field for 12 years and as the industry has grown and changed, I want to help bring about new and unique ideas and concepts of my own as well and keep the magic of adventures growing. They/Them.

We believe that games can improve the world. Games have a tremendous capacity to educate through an interactive medium and shared experience that is inclusive, conscientious, and immersive. These three core criteria guide our games and our approach to making them.

Top Notch International LTD is an indie publishing house specializing in board games and narrative experiences. We blend striking visuals, bold mechanics, and immersive storytelling to craft unforgettable adventures. If you crave the epic, you’re in the right place.