Hobby Dungeon

As expected, the project has spun off the rails. What started as an already ambitious plan to create a custom board, a drop-in narrative Mordheim hack with handouts and cards, and a set of miniatures to play on the table, has devolved into a much more elaborate table design with modular elements, and supplementary tables for when players go through doors, etc., as well as a dungeon synth soundtrack and artwork. I have a year to finish this. Scratch that. 11 months now. I am trying to enjoy the detours in the project without panicking. I think that the fun here is going to be in experiencing each element of creation, and really being present in it. I have a grand vision of hosting this game on my table at Dungeon Fest while the soundtrack plays - it is a glorious vision, but it's also one gaming event that I'm spending a year preparing for. The nice thing is that I can run the event repeatedly - it could be a regular event for conventions and hobby days. But if I don't enjoy...

I'm embarking on a new project - one that I think will last me the better part of a year. I recently returned from Dungeon Fest 2026, which has rekindled my passion for the hobby in the way it always does. In the Alberta Mordheim Open, I had my set of psychedelic boards in the mix, and they stood out very starkly. Every time I bring out those boards I get a lot of compliments, which is lovely, but what I really love about those boards is how they are drastically different from most Mordheim boards. We have all settled into the grimdark vision of Mordheim as a brown and grey waste, with gothic architecture and winding canals and sewers - which is all very much canon. But as artists and makers, we have license to stretch that vision. I want to create another full size 4x4 board to bring to Dungeon Fest 2027, and I want it to be visually distinct. I also have another ambition - that this board be used for an all day drop-in game, where people who have not registered for events can sti...

Finally, we return to Nightside – this setting has been a fun playground for me, and it’s been fun to share it with other community members. This blog post will capture all of the submissions I got for the Nightside collaborative project – and I will update this post with new art, pictures, submissions as they come in. Feel free to jump into this setting and contribute! Let’s set the stage with the original prompt:   Miller's World // Nightside Miller's World, more commonly known as Nightside, is a tidally locked planet on the fringes of the galactic cluster. One side bakes under the relentless bombardment of solar radiation, and the other side stares endlessly into the void. The powerful heat creates air currents that force all moisture over the dark side of the planet where it falls as heavy rain, creating a massive bioluminescent rainforest. The warm air currents also keep the dark side of the planet from freezing - as the majority of the dark side is quite temperate....