Bart Wynants (Critographer)

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Bart’s first brush with the hobby started with the discovery of HeroQuest, in the early 90s. He was always the kid who played the bad guy, and it seems he’s been stuck behind the GM screen ever since. His three campaigns are currently on a covid-hiatus and he can’t wait to revisit Curse of Strahd which, thirteen sessions in, has already gone completely off the rails! “As any good campaign should” he claims.

As a writer, lecturer, and self-proclaimed “scholar of the strange”, Bart is highly active on Twitter, where he shares daily sparks of RPG inspiration, drawn from history, folklore, art, and science. You can check out some of his most recent published works here:
Raging Swan Press: multiple fantasy adventure publications, as a regular contributor.
Hansor Publishing — The Gaia Complex: high-tech and vampires in an innovative cyberpunk setting!
House of the Exorcist: a unique, self-published, collaboratively written adventure based on a 5,000-year-old Sumerian map, and precursor to the upcoming Spurned of Orcus adventure! Best of all? It’s 100% free!

Speaking of Spurned of Orcus--which at the time of recording was announced for June 2022--the project has "matured to a point where it needs more and better resources to do it justice". Yes, that’s fancy talk for ‘massive scope creep made it longer’ ;-) On the upside, Spurned of Orcus also promises to be much more awesome than originally imagined, featuring expanded locations, gorgeous art, and immersive audio content!
Follow Bart on Twitter for updates on Spurned of Orcus and regular RPG inspiration! https://twitter.com/critographer

July 22, 2022

Writing

I'm once again joined by Bart Wynants (a.k.a. @critographer ), this time to talk about how to write TTRPGs. As with many tasks, mind set and habit formation is of upmost importance for success. Bart suggests embodying differe...
April 2, 2021

Fudging

This episode is (unfortunately?) not about the delicious sugary treat, but instead the DM tool of "fudging dice"; changing the outcome of a roll behind the screen. For this discussion, I'm joined by Bart Wynants, a.k.a @crito...