Nick Hendriks
@nickdrawthing.bsky.social
Game Designer @ The Kobold Collective
Protect trans kids, resist fascists 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Currently into: OSR/NSR style #ttrpg play (but in a cool queer-friendly way)
Currently playing: Grounded
Portrait by Mauricio Gamboa
Protect trans kids, resist fascists 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Currently into: OSR/NSR style #ttrpg play (but in a cool queer-friendly way)
Currently playing: Grounded
Portrait by Mauricio Gamboa
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Nick Hendriks
@nickdrawthing.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Blog
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I have a blog. I'm a terrible writer but I enjoy sharing tabletop thoughts anyway.
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The Witch-King of Angmar.
My son's tatt is complete. I didn't do the needlework but I drew it.
He loves Tolkien!
My son's tatt is complete. I didn't do the needlework but I drew it.
He loves Tolkien!
September 18, 2026 at 7:40 AM
The Witch-King of Angmar.
My son's tatt is complete. I didn't do the needlework but I drew it.
He loves Tolkien!
My son's tatt is complete. I didn't do the needlework but I drew it.
He loves Tolkien!
AW HELL YEAH!!!
Fucked up stop motion movie night incoming!
Fucked up stop motion movie night incoming!
September 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
AW HELL YEAH!!!
Fucked up stop motion movie night incoming!
Fucked up stop motion movie night incoming!
Our little dog is apparently still fully functional, reproductively speaking, so we are gonna have an interesting couple weeks, followed by an expensive one.
You see this? This is the face of a woman who ASSURED me she was spayed.
September 18, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Our little dog is apparently still fully functional, reproductively speaking, so we are gonna have an interesting couple weeks, followed by an expensive one.
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The most exhausting part of making a game is definitely the part where you have to make the game
September 17, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The most exhausting part of making a game is definitely the part where you have to make the game
I've decided to deliberately practise more tolerance in my life. I'll admit I've been surprised at the negative reactions from my family and coworkers just because I've started with lactose.
September 16, 2026 at 1:02 AM
I've decided to deliberately practise more tolerance in my life. I'll admit I've been surprised at the negative reactions from my family and coworkers just because I've started with lactose.
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I've been working hard for some time now prepping for this arts fair next weekend - if you're in toronto, I would love it if you stop by and say hi, I have never had a whole tent to exhibit in before and I am going to have an awful lot of fun with it!
September 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I've been working hard for some time now prepping for this arts fair next weekend - if you're in toronto, I would love it if you stop by and say hi, I have never had a whole tent to exhibit in before and I am going to have an awful lot of fun with it!
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A guy I roll dice with has just started a new Patreon, Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater, with his partner: mostlyboring.network/collection/2....
This is a great service the hobby really needs, focusing on the scenes nearly everyone can use: the path through the forest, the mine entrance, etc.
This is a great service the hobby really needs, focusing on the scenes nearly everyone can use: the path through the forest, the mine entrance, etc.
Free Launch Release Series | Collection from Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater | 7 posts
To celebrate the launch of our Patreon, we are providing 6 full content releases for free to all followers. Enjoy this example content and be sure to check…
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September 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
A guy I roll dice with has just started a new Patreon, Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater, with his partner: mostlyboring.network/collection/2....
This is a great service the hobby really needs, focusing on the scenes nearly everyone can use: the path through the forest, the mine entrance, etc.
This is a great service the hobby really needs, focusing on the scenes nearly everyone can use: the path through the forest, the mine entrance, etc.
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I now have a blog post up about Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater, for which this Bluesky thread is here to act as the comments: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/roadside-enc...
If you use a VTT to roll dice, I highly encourage you to take a look.
#ttrpg
If you use a VTT to roll dice, I highly encourage you to take a look.
#ttrpg
September 14, 2026 at 6:32 PM
I now have a blog post up about Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater, for which this Bluesky thread is here to act as the comments: advantageonarcana.bearblog.dev/roadside-enc...
If you use a VTT to roll dice, I highly encourage you to take a look.
#ttrpg
If you use a VTT to roll dice, I highly encourage you to take a look.
#ttrpg
Worked on my post-apocalypse animal character classes this evening.
I've decided Opossums – who faint when scared – are innately connected to The Dreaming and can use it to astral project when fully attuned. There's a burgeoning opossum cult which claims to be able to use it to see the future.
I've decided Opossums – who faint when scared – are innately connected to The Dreaming and can use it to astral project when fully attuned. There's a burgeoning opossum cult which claims to be able to use it to see the future.
September 12, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Worked on my post-apocalypse animal character classes this evening.
I've decided Opossums – who faint when scared – are innately connected to The Dreaming and can use it to astral project when fully attuned. There's a burgeoning opossum cult which claims to be able to use it to see the future.
I've decided Opossums – who faint when scared – are innately connected to The Dreaming and can use it to astral project when fully attuned. There's a burgeoning opossum cult which claims to be able to use it to see the future.
My coworker - surrounded by dice nerds all day - has never played a TTRPG before. He told me he isn't interested in fantasy as a genre but mused that he'd be very interested in a game set in a post apocalypse.
I tried to stay chill.
He told me he'd prefer the rules be light.
I failed to stay chill.
I tried to stay chill.
He told me he'd prefer the rules be light.
I failed to stay chill.
September 12, 2026 at 2:09 AM
My coworker - surrounded by dice nerds all day - has never played a TTRPG before. He told me he isn't interested in fantasy as a genre but mused that he'd be very interested in a game set in a post apocalypse.
I tried to stay chill.
He told me he'd prefer the rules be light.
I failed to stay chill.
I tried to stay chill.
He told me he'd prefer the rules be light.
I failed to stay chill.
After making lunch for my kid's first day back at school I got carried away and also roasted up six sweet potatoes (now mashed and freezing in silicone muffin cups), and a dozen muffin-sized apple crumbles for snack tonight and breakfast tomorrow.
Successfully using up our produce!!
Successfully using up our produce!!
September 8, 2026 at 1:02 AM
After making lunch for my kid's first day back at school I got carried away and also roasted up six sweet potatoes (now mashed and freezing in silicone muffin cups), and a dozen muffin-sized apple crumbles for snack tonight and breakfast tomorrow.
Successfully using up our produce!!
Successfully using up our produce!!
A friend of mine is starting a Patreon called "Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater." Battlemaps with matching totm-style scenery backdrops for those mundane locations between the setpiece battles.
#dnd #ttrpg #maps #battlemaps
mostlyboring.network?utm_campaign...
#dnd #ttrpg #maps #battlemaps
mostlyboring.network?utm_campaign...
Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater — Battlemaps paired with Theater of the Mind scenes
Get more from Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater on Patreon. Battlemaps paired with Theater of the Mind scenes . Support Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater and get exclusive access to their work.
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September 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
A friend of mine is starting a Patreon called "Mostly Boring Battlemap Theater." Battlemaps with matching totm-style scenery backdrops for those mundane locations between the setpiece battles.
#dnd #ttrpg #maps #battlemaps
mostlyboring.network?utm_campaign...
#dnd #ttrpg #maps #battlemaps
mostlyboring.network?utm_campaign...
I have been invited to join a game of Pendragon! I am very excited to give it a try. I'm not overly familiar but everything I've read seems really cool, and different from the stuff I've tried before. I've never played a game with a structured timeline of that sort.
September 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
I have been invited to join a game of Pendragon! I am very excited to give it a try. I'm not overly familiar but everything I've read seems really cool, and different from the stuff I've tried before. I've never played a game with a structured timeline of that sort.
Ooh hoo hoo I'm excited for this double feature evening.
September 3, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Ooh hoo hoo I'm excited for this double feature evening.
Toronto skyline is looking epic
September 2, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Toronto skyline is looking epic
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My brother @cerhendriks.bsky.social showed us the Tolkien exhibit at the Stratford museum. It was great, but the chrome mannequin wearing the Gandalf outfit immediately conjured to mind this excellent meme.
August 31, 2026 at 11:37 PM
My brother @cerhendriks.bsky.social showed us the Tolkien exhibit at the Stratford museum. It was great, but the chrome mannequin wearing the Gandalf outfit immediately conjured to mind this excellent meme.
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Just in time for the end of summer, look what arrived in the mail!!
August 27, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Just in time for the end of summer, look what arrived in the mail!!
I'm reminded of a game I picked up many years ago called Warbirds. The setting was sky pirates on sky islands. Some of these sky islands are on elliptical orbits that bring them withing fuel range for short windows, making them temporarily accessible before they arc away again. It seemed really cool
TTRPG where PCs are a team of geomancers in a world where flying islands rise and then slowly wear down to nothing, and the combat is "rush to new islands and do magical area control against rival teams of claimants, with only incidental real violence."
Anyone want to make it?
Anyone want to make it?
August 31, 2026 at 4:33 AM
I'm reminded of a game I picked up many years ago called Warbirds. The setting was sky pirates on sky islands. Some of these sky islands are on elliptical orbits that bring them withing fuel range for short windows, making them temporarily accessible before they arc away again. It seemed really cool
Five years ago we were fortunate enough to be able to buy a home with a friend. This spring he let us know that he was ready to go his own way (amicably), so we had to quickly figure out if we could afford to buy out his half.
It's been a heckin' stressful summer, but today we closed the sale!
It's been a heckin' stressful summer, but today we closed the sale!
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Frodo in front of mount doom saying "it's done"
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August 21, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Five years ago we were fortunate enough to be able to buy a home with a friend. This spring he let us know that he was ready to go his own way (amicably), so we had to quickly figure out if we could afford to buy out his half.
It's been a heckin' stressful summer, but today we closed the sale!
It's been a heckin' stressful summer, but today we closed the sale!
Ah, so this rules.
In 2013 people sent me death threats because I made a pitch for a Zelda game where Zelda is the protagonist.
August 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Ah, so this rules.
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I love adding highlights to my paintings! always seems to give them more life :) Painting is "Brassica oculus", watercolor on paper. animated digitally with Photoshop and after effects
August 18, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I love adding highlights to my paintings! always seems to give them more life :) Painting is "Brassica oculus", watercolor on paper. animated digitally with Photoshop and after effects
Researching for #fluxgate, tonight I watched Forbidden Planet! What a wild movie for the time.
I'm not sure why the poster features Robby carrying Altaira. As far as I recall that never happened in the film. Just an homage to other classic pulp planetary romance I guess.
I'm not sure why the poster features Robby carrying Altaira. As far as I recall that never happened in the film. Just an homage to other classic pulp planetary romance I guess.
August 18, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Researching for #fluxgate, tonight I watched Forbidden Planet! What a wild movie for the time.
I'm not sure why the poster features Robby carrying Altaira. As far as I recall that never happened in the film. Just an homage to other classic pulp planetary romance I guess.
I'm not sure why the poster features Robby carrying Altaira. As far as I recall that never happened in the film. Just an homage to other classic pulp planetary romance I guess.
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Artist! Drop something creepy!
June 19, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Artist! Drop something creepy!
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Here is isopods
August 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Here is isopods