I recently played the amazing Mothership RPG with a group of friends, and boy was it fun! It inspired me to make a one shot adventure so I could introduce another friend group to this great RPG system, and for shits and giggles I though to put it on itch as well for anyone that might be interested :^)

Here is a short description of the one shot adventure I made:

Bio scientist Aisha, Graduand Marine Miguel, Translator Tim and spaceship pilot Aiko have been hastily assembled for a classified mission issued by their employee, the Ministry of Intergalactic Relations. Tasked to retrieve a mysterious offering—a "gift"—from an unknown alien species to humanity's Empress, the crew descend on a strange, jungle infested planet . What seems like a simple drop in, drop out mission soon spirals into a harrowing nightmare as they discover the dark secret behind the ancient artifact that is The Gift.

The Gift is a Mothership RPG one shot adventure designed for 4 players and one game master. It blends elements of exploration, investigation, and survival horror.

Check it out here if you like: https://coen-balkestein.itch.io/the-gift-mothership-one-shot

Whilst working on my free RPG system Tellan I've been illustrating 20 additional simple black and white battle maps to use with the system, or any other RPG adventures, if you like you can check them out here: https://coen-balkestein.itch.io/map-pack

The maps included:

• Castle wall and tower
• Tavern
• Village road and houses
• Throne room
• Small alley
• Graveyard
• Tomb
• Old ruin
• Cliff rope bridge
• Mine
• Ship on sea
• Swamp
• Jungle
• Forest pathway
• Maze
• Hallway with rooms
• Dungeon floor
• Circle room
• Hexagon room
• Square room

Curious to hear your thoughts and if anything essential is missing! :^)

(For anyone interested, recently I also released a matching token pack that matches the style of Tellan and the battle maps).

As a little side project I've illustrated 120 tokens for VTT and print and play use in RPG adventures, you can check them out here: https://coen-balkestein.itch.io/rpg-token-pack

I really enjoy illustrating these in my free time, so if you have any suggestions of tokens to add I'm curious to hear!

Currently the pack includes:

• Aristocrat female
• Bard female
• Beholder
• Big dragon
• Bird
• Black knight
• Bear
• Bom
• Book
• Carpet
• Cobra
• Cat
• Cleric female
• Cleric male
• Chicken
• Construct
• Chest
• Crab
• Cube of jelly
• Clouds
• Cyborg
• Cultist
• Dog
• Demon
• Diplomat male
• Dragonborn male 1
• Dragonborn female 2
• Druid
• Dwarf male 1
• Dwarf male 2
• Dwarf male 3
• Elf male 1
• Elf female 1
• Elf female 2
• Emperor
• Ent
• Fairy
• Fighter female
• Fire elemental
• Fish
• Flaming skull
• Goblin male
• Goblin female
• Goblin witch
• Golem
• Griffin
• Grey face alien
• Giant fly
• Ghost
• Hobbit female
• Hooded figure
• Horse
• Human male
• Human female
• Jester male
• Jester female
• King
• Knight male
• Knight female
• Key
• Lich king
• Lion
• Little dragon
• Liquid
• Lizard cultist
• Masked female
• Mermaid female
• Merchant male
• Minotaur
• Mimic
• Monk male
• Mummy
• Mushroom
• Ninja
• Ogre (two heads)
• Orc male 1
• Orc male 2
• Orc male 3
• Orc female
• Orb
• Pirate captain
• Pirate male
• Pirate female
• Plant creature
• Queen
• Rat
• Robot
• Satyr male
• Scientist male
• Scientist female
• Seaweed
• Skeleton
• Snake
• Spider
• Sword
• Tall neck female human
• Tentacle
• Observer
• Tiefling female
• Tiefling male
• Torch
• Tree
• Unicorn
• Vampire lord
• Water elemental
• White knight
• Witch
• Wizard male 1
• Wizard male 2
• Wizard male 3
• Wizard female 1
• Wizard female 2
• Wolf
• Worm
• Yeti
• Zombie

I’ve spent the past few weeks working on an introductory one-shot adventure for my free RPG system, Tellan! You can check out the one-shot, A Simple Delivery, here: https://coen-balkestein.itch.io/a-simple-delivery

The adventure is written for Tellan, but it can easily be adapted for other RPG systems. Tellan is available for free here: https://coen-balkestein.itch.io/tellan

All feedback is warmly welcome, as I’d love to keep improving it! :^)

I've always dreamed of having my own soundboard as a GM to use during our sessions, so I decided to make one myself! It’s currently a work in progress, but feel free to check it out here (works best on desktop in the Chrome browser): https://oraora.nl/GoblinGrooves/index.html

I'm looking for more inspiration for sounds to add. Are there any sounds you think would be great additions, or are essential to add?

Here are the sounds included so far:

Sound FX:

• Forest ambiance
• Cave ambiance
• Water waves
• Howling wind
• Thunder and rain
• Crackling fire
• Town ambiance
• Tavern ambiance
• Knocking
• Creaking door
• Boiling potion
• Wolf howl
• Monster growl
• Explosion
• Sword unsheathing
• Laser gun shot
• Gun shot
• Rapit fire gun
• Lighting strike
• Wilhelmscream
• Horse running
• Trumpet announcement
• Phone ringing
• Energy charge
• Sinister cackle
• Heartbeat
• Magic sparkles
• Siren

Music (3 different sets for each type):

• Calm music
• Festival music
• Battle music
• Scary music

I make sure only to use music and sounds labeled as Creative Commons 0 or free to use for non-commercial purposes.

Any suggestions for additional sounds or feedback on the website would be very welcome!

It's free to download on itch io! https://coen-balkestein.itch.io/tellan

Tellan is a rules-light, funky, free-form RPG system focused on narrative. It strives to capture the heart of epic storytelling and thrilling battles with simple, fast-paced combat rules and built-in roleplaying hooks. The system is still in development, and I'm very interested in feedback and playtesting. If you have any thoughts to share, I’d love to hear them! :^)

Oh, and Tellan is licensed under Creative Commons, so you’re free to hack it or adapt it into your own system!