Howdy! My name's Rory, and I'm a writer and artist living in Salt Lake City. I'm a hobbyist at heart, and passionate about all things tabletop. www.minotaurhobbies.com

Thomas Romer is the founder and creative force behind Chop Shop Studio, where design meets purpose. With over 25 years of experience in graphic and web design, Thomas has created smart, beautifully crafted products that reflect a passion for science, creativity, and culture. His work isn’t just about visuals—it’s about making things that matter. From viral product designs to impactful collaborations with The Planetary Society, SETI Institute, and other science-forward organizations, his goal has always been to elevate ideas that inform, inspire, and connect. Why just buy stuff when you can buy stuff that means something? Every Chop Shop product is designed to resonate with passionate communities—and a portion of each purchase helps support partners who bring knowledge and innovation to the world. Whether you’re wearing a tee or hanging a print, you’re part of a story that goes beyond the design.

We love thinking outside the box. We build diverse fantasy worlds and games by assembling diverse creative teams. We follow ethical business practices, like paying folks fairly and on time and commissioning quality art made only by actual humans. Not only is it fairer for our teams, it makes better tabletop RPGs. Gnome Made Games was formed in 2021 when our inaugural game Those Who Wander went live for crowdfunding. Since then, we've created the expanding Demiverse campaign setting and the dice-hoarding game Luncheons and Dragonflies. The founder of Gnome Made Games is Adam Hancock, an Adamantine-bestselling tabletop TPG creator who's co-authored the "An Elf and an Orc Had a Little Baby" series. He's also a Hard Of Hearing demiboy with ADHD who's probably a gnome.

I'm an artist with a passion for all things that stick, pin, or sit wondrously for the world to see. As a cancer patient, I'm always looking for the next thing to bring more joy to my life, and the lives of others. I love all things nerd from Pokemon to Starwars, Dungeons and Dragons, Science and beyond! If you see a campaign of mine, I hope it's one you'll consider backing. Feedback always welcome! Come Join me: https://www.instagram.com/waywardenigmadesigns/

La Panthere Studio is a mystical indie publishing house specializing in oracle, tarot and playing cards. Based in Memphis, Tennessee, we create beautiful and magical products while ensuring that all our artists and authors get paid fairly. We strive to create inclusive, thoughtful, and well-written products that readers can enjoy for a lifetime and beyond. Currently our publishing focus centers around Southern magic, ancestor work, tarot, oracle and shadow work. Backers may remember us best from our earlier BackerKit campaigns... The Southern Botanic Oracle, Erika's Lenormand of Hope, and of course, Roses Dust & Ashes! https://www.lapantherestudio.com

Maker of games such as Pigsmoke, Bleak Spirit, See Issue X, and Strike Force Omega.

FairSquare Graphics is the only family, immigrant and minority owned comics and graphic novel publisher. Founded in 2019, it not only provides a home for under-represented creators and stories, but also presents fair contracts to them. Our motto is: "Stories from the Rest of Us."

Windy & Wallflower is a small micropress based out of Montreal comprised of Tas (Windy) & Winter Jay (Wallflower) who create queer stories and fabricate weird objects.  They are best known for their work on their comics: Augustine, Paint the Town Red & the Sanity Circus. And their prose: Myth Retold & Prism Knights. But you can find everything they make & create on their shop for yourself: shop.windywallflower.com And learn even more about it on their website: windywallflower.com

Sam Sorensen is a game designer, writer, editor, and graphic designer; he specializes in tabletop RPGs, wargames, and simulation games. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and can usually be found at the Met.

Witch Pleas Publishing educates through shared stories. From tabletop roleplaying games over Discord, to storytimes and seminars in libraries or tales traded around the Campfire, we believe the best stories are the ones that give us all a voice.  Collective creation is our passion and our purpose. We’re a team of dice rolling, online chatting, virtual reality designing storytellers who’ve brought our talents together so that others can develop their talents for tales.  We realize this mission by publishing experiential gaming products that teach through doing, not just viewing. Our tabletop roleplaying games are inspired by authentic folklore and classic fiction, shaped through scrupulous scholarly research, and designed by award-winning creators. Our introductory games offer learning through gaming to beginners of all ages, fostering empathy, critical thinking, and social problem solving. Our journals and zines give marginalized voices a forum to be heard, collecting articles, essays, and fiction from scholars focused on alternative experiences and communities. Witch Pleas Publishing was dreamed up on a veranda in Kailua-Kona Hawaii by Gina Funk, a survivor and mother to neurodivergent children, in order to amplify unheard stories. Her life story gave her a relentless desire to empower others whose experiences might be lost or isolated. Coupled with her husband’s knowledge of literature, history, and game design, that dream became a reality and a movement that’s been embraced by a world that needs diversity in a time of division. 

If you can't find it, make it yourself, and make it right: NerdyKeppie's philosophy and business model grew out of one family's need for representation. When Spider Perry's daughter Cat wanted a sturdy, cute transgender Pride yarmulke, the mother/daughter pair scoured the internet and came up dry. Spider took matters into their own hands - literally - and developed the first of NerdyKeppie's products. In the seven years since they sold their first yarmulke, NerdyKeppie has expanded. Now co-owned by Spider & one of his partners, Emet, their shop now centers around two embroidery machines and an industrial sewing machine, and their offerings have grown to over a thousand items: patches, t-shirts, footwear and activewear. Many of those items are made in their home-based studio in Portland, Oregon - and what they can't physically produce is outsourced to a network of manufacturers. 

Hi I'm Alyssa (aka Tokyo Girl). I run a small business where I design and make kawaii style things and stuff!  I love all things kawaii! Especially foxes and dragons!

We are a small publisher of bespoke, gonzo, and overall MEANT TO BE PLAYED TTRPGs, supplements, and tabletop games. Located in The Hammer - Hamilton, Ontario - we get our weirdness on tap, with more culture here than in the rest of the GTA!

Independent publisher of illustrated fiction and TTRPGs. We build worlds people actually want to live in. Joseph here - founder, creative and occasional airship captain, but only on Saturdays.

I'm an independent TTRPG author. I freelance for Goodman Games on Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG and Mutant Crawl Classics RPG. Under the banner of Horse Shark Games I self-publish. DCC RPG/MCC RPG compatible works include: The House of the Red Doors, Cats of Rahtlü, Unveiled Elisions #1, Enchiridion of the Computarchs, and the limited series, Scions of the Computarchs. My current passion project is Netcrawl, an RPG about adventuring inside a computer system. Everyone goes in, seconds pass in the meatspace as players spend hours conquering a cyber-dungeon - together. Check it out at https://patreon.com/lectrotext. Launching on Backerkit on September 3rd, 2024

Manual creates home goods for slow living.  Manual was founded by Craighton Berman—a designer with work in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and the first person to use Kickstarter to launch a product. Manual embodies this spirit of D.I.Y. and creativity through slow design.

Im a Cartoon Enthusiast and Owner/Creator of Studio Bad Egg!

small press tabletop rpgs from Adam Vass (they/he) made in Michigan. worldchamp.io.

At Plus One our hope is to help amazing designers get their games into publication and on to the tables of great GMs in players. We focus on the experience of play and creating more sustainable and humane processes for publication like our RPG Zine Club

At Attic Door Media, we love creating magical worlds and telling immersive stories for comics, prose, and all kinds of formats. We're 4 creators from Florida, working to build a community of storytellers who love to learn, grow, and create together no matter the medium.

Author. Illustrator. Dog mom.

My name is Catherine. I am the creator of Walnut And Clam, an online shop that sells enamel pins, stickers, and other cute products. After working many years as a toy designer, I yearn to start my own brand with products featuring my original designs. It was no easy path, and there are days that I still wonder if I made the right decision. But each time I got a sale, a kind feedback from my customers, I just feel that everything is worth it. Your support will not only help me fund my project, it will also help me to continue working on building my dream! 

He/him. Canadian graphic designer/TTRPG publisher.

An independent table-top game publisher focused on OSR and OSR-adjacent systems and adventures. 

POROFUL grew from a passion for all things food, and started from sculpting food & animal miniatures from polymer clay, and now into designing food & dessert inspired merchandise to share love and drools around the world. As a creator who lives in Hong Kong, where there is still a lot of sigma about mental health, I decided to expand our collection from not only cute ad drool worthy merchandise, but delve into a journey creating more relatable content and to bring more awareness into mental health. You will see us integrate more mental health and affirmation illustrations into our art in the future.  Poroful has run numerous successful Kickstarter campaigns with over 4000 backers to bring cute merchandise and products into this world, and we are so grateful for every single one of you for being part of this journey! 

 Mike Lafferty is a tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) writer, designer, and publisher. He is the founder of Fainting Goat Games, a small press RPG publishing company. Fainting Goat Games is known for producing third-party supplements for systems like Mutants & Masterminds, Icons Superpowered Roleplaying, and various other superhero and genre RPGs.  His games often blend humor, pop culture homages, and genre-savvy design. 

Astraea Creative is a publisher of tarot, oracle decks and art books with a focus on reflecting the beauty of the natural world as well as all things ancient, magical and mystical. All products are created with the highest possible production values and planet friendly publishing and distribution methods. The brand was founded by writer and illustrator Nicola Allan in 2022, co-creator of Faunabelle Tarot, and creator of The Wild Way Oracle Deck.

Todd has been gaming since the 80s and writing material for OSR-style games since the middle 2010s. 

I make 3D minis!!!