Old Skull Publishing

22/05/2024

Another post on the blog with more previews for Petty Gods & Playthings! I share the rest of the Divine Domains and make some more design commentary!

Geesh! Part III already and we are only finishing the Divine Domains? How long can I fool you all into following this? Let's find out! Anyway, I continue sharing previews of the draft text of a future game of mine called Petty Gods & Playthings. It's a game about small gods with great ambitions, and

17/05/2024

Second part of a series for the creation of yourself as a Petty God.

Oh. And some game design commentary to go with it! For Petty Gods & Playthings, the RPG about small gods with great ambitions, and the mortals entangled in their machinations.

https://oldskull-publishing.com/petty-gods-playthings-you-are-a-petty-god-part-ii-wip/

Hello! This is another post on a series I am sharing about the development of Petty Gods & Playthings, The Game about Small Gods, Their Great Ambitions, and The Mortals Entangled in Them! Wow, that’s a mouthful, but it does explain all there’s to it. Well, quite. If you want to understand it a l...

15/05/2024

Feral for and Other Weirdness
Newest newsletter is out NOW! Exclusive pre-release of the latest weird stone & sorcery goodness, previews of upcoming games, podcast review, and more!!!

https://diogonogueira.substack.com/p/feral-for-primal-quest-and-other

14/05/2024

New blog post with commentary while I share the development of Petty Gods & Playthings, the about small gods with great ambition, and the mortals entangled in their machinations!

This time I star to talk about how You Are a Petty God!

Hello! This is another post on a series I am sharing about the development of Petty Gods & Playthings, The Game about Small Gods, Their Great Ambitions, and The Mortals Entangled in Them! Wow, that's a mouthful, but it does explain all there's to it. Well, quite. If you want to understand it a littl...

04/05/2024

Hey! I also have a game in the spirit of !

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells is like start wars, but on acid and with a stoner metal soundtrack!

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/260378/solar-blades-cosmic-spells

04/05/2024

I am working on something between working on other things, and I am really, really enjoying it.

A game that scratches my itches of game design, comedy, and acts of rebellion. 🙂

Petty Gods & Playthings!
A game about small gods with great ambitions, and the mortals entangled in their machinations.

I've been working on a thing between the various work I do on various other things, and guess what? It's another TTRPG! Yeah, I just can't help it. But to be fair, I've actually start working on this game around September of 2022, and I even playtested it couple of times. It worked all good

12/04/2024

Kosmosaurs are gonna taste the best pizza in the universe! Italian version coming soon!!!

Dinosauri che proteggono la galassia con fucili laser e vanno in giro a combattere i super cattivi con le loro astronavi? Dove dobbiamo firmare??

KOSMOSAURS è il gioco di ruolo di Diogo Nogueira Old Skull Publishing che vi ricatapulterà nei cartoni animati del sabato mattina anni '80 e '90, con meccaniche semplicissime e un design acido irresistibile!

Scoprite tutto nel link nei commenti!

Pensato come gioco completo, KOSMOSAURS vedrà la luce nella seconda metà del 2024.

12/03/2024

FIRE & FANGS PDF is out now!

Fire & Fangs is a supplement for Old-School Essentials that introduces new rules, character options, setting information, and an introductory adventure taking you and your friends on epic adventures in a mythical stone age that never was.

Contains optional rules, a hex-crawl setting and an introductory adventure!

https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/470358/Fire--Fangs

Fire & Fangs - FIRE & FANGS Weird Stone & Sorcery Adventures for Old-School Essentials The elders have spoken… The world is changing. Are you ready? Fire & Fangs is a supplement for Old-School Essentials that introduces new rules, character options, setting information, and an introduc...

21/02/2024

New post from the newsletter with special offer, news about Primal Quest, new game in development, Weird Games & Weirder People stuff, recommendations, announcements and a lot more!
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Dreams and RPGs, Primal Quest, Weird Games & Weirder People, recommendations, and last days of Fire & Fangs offer.

09/02/2024

My new newsletter is coming out very soon, with news about my projects, words about the podcast, some recommendation on weird and wonderful things, and also a one-page hand-made hexcrawl for Primal Quest!

Oh, and you will have a chance to get Fire & Fangs (PDF), my weird stone and sorcery 3rd party supplement for OSE before it's officially released with 50% off!

https://open.substack.com/pub/diogonogueira/p/welcome-to-weird-tales-of-the-old

Quick introduction, special offer, a few reminders, and some weirdly wonderful stuff!

24/11/2023

This award-winning of rangers protecting the galaxy from evil threats is 40% OFF until monday!

With a streamlined system inspired by Laser and Feelings and , the game is ideal for casual play and family gaming!

You are a dinosaur. You are a Kosmo Ranger. You are a Kosmosaur—a protector of the galaxy. You and your companions travel through the stars to help all sorts of people, planets, and organizations by preventing disasters, battling assassin robots, banishing chaos mutants from the Void Dimension, an...

10/10/2023

8th Episode! Today with the creative and resourceful creator Marco Serrano, from Spicy Tuna RPG.

Marco Serrano may be best known by his various and excellent contributions to the Mothership Space Horror RPG with his 3rd Party publications, but he also worked on many other things (and is working on even more), including A Butterfly Dies for Primal Quest (a great 3rd Party Module inspired by Latin American culture)! He is currently working on his first full game system called Greenhorns: Creators of Worlds, in which you create and see the development of worlds in the universe.

Marco is also a dad of 4, a graphic, designer, and illustrator and a lot more things (aren't we all?). We talked about his passion for short stories, how they work, some of his favorite ones, and how can they influence our game design. We talked about comics, art, stuff you make but you don't share. We discussed how he operates doing search and learning new things all the time, and how that inspires and informs his work and life. We also talked religion, catholicism, growing up in a church and delved into the weird as usual.

Marco cites a lot of interesting material I don't have all the links to yet but I will try to find it (if any of you can help me with that, that would be great).

Here's links to Marco's work!
Subscribe to his newsletter: https://theguac.substack.com/
Follow Marco on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/spicytunarpg
Spicy Tuna Website: https://spicytunarpg.com/

Thank you for listening!

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If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It would really help!
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You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: ⁠⁠bit.ly/kosmosaurs

https://anchor.fm/wgnwp/episodes/08-Marco-Serrano-e2a3qqc

8th Episode! Today with the creative and resourceful creator Marco Serrano, from Spicy Tuna. Marco Serrano may be best known by his various and excellent contributions to the Mothership Space Horror RPG with his 3rd Party publications, but he also worked on many other things (and is working on even....

04/10/2023

Seventh Episode! This time we welcome the incredible artist and game designer Alan Bahr, of Gallant Knight Games and many other things!

Disclaimer here. Alan and I are good friends, we worked together as partners while I published my games under his company. I learned a lot from Alan, not only in terms of making games, but on how to be a good person this world. I owe a lot to him.

Alan Bahr is probably best known for his work on the amazing line of games using the TinyD6 system. His award-winning and best-selling works include Tiny Dungeon, Tiny Supers (one of my favorite Supers RPG), Tiny Cthulhu, Tomb-Punk, Shadows of a Dying Sun, Crescendo of Violence, and so many more I could keep going for quite a few paragraph. If that was not impressive by itself, all this work that Alan does is singular and explores so many areas, genres, mechanics, and themes that makes you wonder how the heck does he come up with all of this!

Well, I think we might have had a glimpse of the answer in this episode. In our chat, Alan shared how he has his curious mind and how he enjoys learning and discovery. I am always seen Alan exploring many different fields of interest such as philosophy, music, podcast, archeology, and the list could go on as well. And he talks a little bit how this passion made him build his own world in a way.

During the episode we got weird and deep, talking about spirituality, religion, creativity, and the journey Alan has made from where he began and where he is now. And how it all turns out might surprise you, and might teach you something too.

I really don't know what else to say besides, I love Alan. We had a great chat. It was very inspirational. And oh, yeah, we talked about game design and he made me think about stuff I never considered.

Here's links to Alan's work!
Check out RINGBREAKER, his comic series that is in crowdfunding right now (YOU ONLY HAVE A FEW DAYS LEFT): http://kck.st/3rszd69
GKG Site: ⁠https://www.gallantknightgames.com/
GKG Store: ⁠https://gallant-knight-games.myshopify.com/

Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes!
If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going!
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp⁠

You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!
Get your copy right here: ⁠bit.ly/kosmosaurs

https://anchor.fm/wgnwp/episodes/07-Alan-Bahr-e29ru19

Seventh Episode! This time we welcome the incredible artist and game designer Alan Bahr, of Gallant Knight Games and many other things! Disclaimer here. Alan and I are good friends, we worked together as partners while I published my games under his company. I learned a lot from Alan, not only in te...

22/09/2023

Finally got a page for Weird Games and Weirder People on my website. I have to slowly update that place!

New episode tomorrow morning BTW folks! 😉

With the insightful Evlyn Moreau!

Hello, weirdos! Welcome to Weird Games and Weirder People, my name is Diogo Nogueira and I will be your host in a series of interviews or chats I am having with creators and artists from the tabletop RPG scene, especially the weird “Indie” people, who creates more personal and, why not, weirder ...

16/09/2023

New episode, this time with the always incredible Joey Royale!

I had the pleasure to chat with Joey about how we cam find the weird in the mundane, how we were so scared and fascinated with the strange as kids, we talked about how RPGs in theirselves are completely bonkers, and much more!

Check it out and come get weird with us! ;)

Third episode! This time we welcome the amazing Joey Royale! Joey is a passionate creator and, above all else, entertainer! He publishes his work through Get Haunter Industries and has a super fun show on Goodman Games twitch channel called "Joey Royale's Pizza Party"! You gotta watch that! We talke...

15/09/2023

New post on the blog with guidance, tips, and examples on how to describe the weird and "magical" technology the prehistoric characters of Primal Quest can find!

How would you describe a place to them? A glass wall? A music player?

Let's find out!

The way the characters in the game see and recognize people, objects, structure, and other things is not like we do. We see a small oval vertical smooth placid lake hanging on a cave wall that casts your reflection back at you and we immediately recognize a mirror, they will not. When we look at

29/08/2023

Something I am gonna try out and I am excited about! Having players in two different levels of the game, and incorporating metagame in a diegetic way.

You, as a player, are your players Ancestors!

Check it out!

In the mythical primal world of Thaia, the ancestral spirits of the world can sometimes influence the fate of their descendants by interfering with the world and by lending these individuals their talents. Almost like how players do with their characters.

27/07/2023

In 2021 I had a panic attack. I think it was the first I ever had, or the first I am aware of. Life was kinda messy and a blur. I discovered I suffer from anxiety disorder and depression. So I sought help.

One of the things that made a huge difference to me was stoicism, and meditation. Things I continue practicing to this day. I incorporated them in my daily life, and things started getting a little more manageable.

After months without being able to write anything, or create anything, I started making stuff again. And to kick things off I started making Business Card Games. They are a great way to exercise creativity in a tight and focused way.

So I of course made “games” out of my experience. What I was living. That’s what I do with all my games anyway. They were always about me. About my experiences, about the stuff I love and is swirling in my mind.

Thus were born these first Areté Cards. They are games/exercises inspired by philosophy and meditation. They are a fun way to remind myself of these things that helped me manage myself.

IDK how relevant this is to any of you, but I thought I would share this story anyway. I am really proud of these small little games. They are a part of my story. They were really fun to make. And who knows, it might help someone see things in a different way.

Thanks Exalted Funeral for making these into real physical cards. It means a lot! 🥲

A Collection of Business Card Games Inspired by Stoicism Areté is a Greek word that is commonly translated as “excellence”, but its meaning goes beyond that, and could actually be translated as “living as your best self.” And in Stoicism, this would mean living well, according to the famous...

16/06/2023

I come bearing news! Some good, some not so much.

A lot of folks ask me about thr state of my projects and such. So I thought I would write more or less comprehensive account of what’s going on with Old Skull Publishing.

Please read, if you’re interested to know.

Short answers: A lot and not so much. But let’s dig into this and be more clear. My life has been pretty hectic lately. I suffer from anxiety/depression, and even though I am much better at dealing with this than I was a couple of years ago, things can get complicated from time to time,

04/05/2023

It’s and I am putting my “ ” on sale both in PRINT and PDF!

It is a science fantasy game with complete rules, introductory adventure and lots of tools and resources!

Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells - Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells The universe is in collapse, as planets and systems struggle for freedom under the rule

10/01/2023

BTW! also has a free compatibility license and cool logo for you to use on your stuff!

The game already has a few 3rd Party products and is getting more soon (as well as official stuff that’s in the works)!

A royalty-free nonexclusive license to publish material for the Primal Quest - Weird Stone & Sorcery Adventure Game

01/12/2022

Can you hear SCREAMS AMONGST THE STARS?

Screams Amongst the Stars is a streamlined RPG about the weird and horrific things you will find and experience in the frontiers of space!

Inspired by Space Horror fiction, this game brings a agile ruleset that lets you focus on the game and not the rules, while providing a plethora of tools to help you keep playing for years. If you survive that long!

With a few dice rolls you can create new colonies, alien ruins, strange phenomena and much more!

Space horror can be more than flesh eating aliens, and this game has everything you need to explore this phenomenon genre of gaming!

All in 64 digest sized pages!

Get your copy at: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/screams-amongst-the-stars

06/11/2022

In development next year!

A new game that explore game play in different levels, shared world building, and urban sword and sorcery adventures in a world where ambitious gods vie for influence and manipulate mortals with promises of destiny and threats of doom!

And the cover is pretty awesome too!

What kind of god would you be?

Petty Gods & Playthings is a fantasy role playing game about ambitious gods, their machinations, and the mortals entangled in them.

29/10/2022

🔥NEW RELEASE! 🔥

These are the , a collection of 4 inspired by , and made as a way to cope with my anxiety.

I hope you enjoy it. I hope it’s useful for someone as it is to me!

A Collection of Business Card Games Inspired by Stoicism