silkandstone

Silk & Stone is the nickname and twitter handle of Ben Klug, a graduate student in literature who's been into tabletop RPGs for a while now, and has started designing some himself. He's surprised by how often his ttrpg ideas are inspired by video games, because he doesn't actually play that many, but it's been working out well. Also, one half of the podcasts Higgledy Piggledy Whale Statements and Starboard Vineyard Tours (see below).

I hope you enjoy my work!

You can contact me at: [email protected] for review copies or feedback.

Conceptually, I try to capture not just the specifics of my inspirations in mechanics and suggestions, but the themes and broader possibilities - I would rather create a game that helps players create something with deep structural isomorphism to the inspiration than just repeat it. This desire for what I think of as a kind of thematic or artistic hypostasis animates all my work. I also like when there's a bunch of dice to roll or a cool sword.

Podcasts:
About Moby Dick in its entirety:
Higgledy-Piggledy Whale Statements
About Science Fiction Studies:
Starboard Vineyard Tours

I've written some things about Bloodborne and the idea of the alien, which might appeal to itch users (Note, the link is broken right now, due to the journal site evaporating; I'll try to make it available via Itch soon):
Kin of the Cosmos, in Alienocene