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AND ART BY
Brian Sago

Collected by Amanda Mullins in partnership with Jesse Ross and Pe Metawe Games. Copy Editing by Rebecca Hall. Additional Editing by Rob Fletcher and Media by Jesse Ross, Arthur Wells, and Ryan Yokley.


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Trophy Gold - Sarah Bolling

If It Bleeds
Theme: Prey
Stalk a legendary beast into the depths of the Kalduhr forest. Survive that which hunts you in turn. Discover which you possess: the keen teeth of a predator or the soft meat of prey.

Sarah Bolling is a writer and editor based in New York City. She wrote “The Shoreditch Slugger” for The Between and “Blood & Black Gloves” for Brindlewood Bay, in addition to further contributions to Public Access and The Silt Verses. Her work is fueled by her quadruplicate love of the uncanny, the campy, the sumptuous, and the sordid.


Trophy Gold - Darren Brockes

Mallock's Maze
Theme: Excess.
A governess of Naganeh has invited your patron to an elaborate garden party at her summer estate for a topiarian celebration. Your patron sends you instead.

Darren Brockes is a writing instructor in Chicago, but you'll be forgiven for mistaking him as the shadow lingering in the corner. If he's writing, it's likely under duress or the influence of something otherworldly. He also famously owns a print copy of Trophy Dark.


Trophy Gold - J Carter

See the Stagnant Waters
Theme: Infection.
Plague came to Brechtstilie, and the town is all but abandoned. The town’s treasure: yours for the taking. All you have to do is avoid the plague.

Jordan Carter is an educator, writer, editor, and professional Game Master. He lives in Edmonton, and really does still believe in Santa Claus.


Editor - Rob Fletcher

Rob Fletcher is a cryptid that lurks half way up a mountain looking down on the techno-hellscape of Silicon Valley, eagerly awaiting its destruction. In the meantime he plays bass guitar badly, and enjoys playing doomed heroes and horrible little gremlins in various RPGs.


Copy Editor - Rebecca Hall

Rebecca Hall is a queer, disabled Jew who loves The Selkie playbook and exclamation points! In a previous life she was a public historian but now delivers mail and copy edits Sprigs & Kindling. She’s also an avid reader and an aerial artist.


Trophy Gold - Kevin Macku

The Soirée at Machadio Manor
Theme: Birds of a Feather
A shunned socialite secures invitations for the treasure-hunters to attend the monthly gala at the Machadio Manor, to investigate a disappearance. Even here, where the rich and powerful take great pains to ignore the encroaching of the Forest, can the song of Ruin be heard.

Kevin Macku is a freelance writer currently living in New Orleans. He wrote “Of Masks and Murder” for Brindlewood Bay’s Deep Reaver Con, “Pale Horse” for Public Access, and “The House of Green Delights” for The Silt Verses RPG. He is a contributing writer for The Between, and more of his works can be found in Sprigs & Kindling.


Trophy Dark - Ben Mansky

Forestsong
Theme: Connection
A warm wind sweeps through Fort Duhrin carrying an ancient Kalduhri song on its current. The tune worms its way into your ear, beckoning you toward its source with the promise of immense power. All you have to do is join the chorus.

Ben Mansky is a science consultant, layout artist, and occasional fortune-teller who writes tabletop roleplaying games as Foresight Studio. His work has appeared in Public Access, The Silt Verses RPG, The Between, Triangle Agency, and scientific journals he can no longer access.


Trophy Dark/ Layout & Scope Consultant - Mike Martens

Monument to a False Flame
Theme: Reconstruction.
A city in revolt, consumed in fire opens opportunity to steal the bronze-encased arm of a beloved – even if apocryphal – saint. As they initiate their plot, the treasure hunters discover the innards of this entire metropolis are a cruel rot.

Mike Martens designs digital experiences and analog games – occasionally winning awards for them. One of the first writers for Trophy, he has since twisted his roots in the system into games like Sunken and The Wassailing of Claus Manor.


Trophy Dark - Blaine C. Martin

Trophy Dark Incursion
Details to come

Blaine C. Martin is a poet, podcaster, and game designer living in the Philadelphia area. His work can be found in Trophy Loom, Gauntlet Codex, and Sprigs & Kindling. Greetings from Stability and You Are Not Alone can be found wherever you listen to podcasts.


Trophy Gold/Organizer - Amanda Mullins

A Sadist in Oils
Theme: Gilt.
A wealthy fixer hires you to steal a cursed Ajino masterpiece from a sentient, trap-laden gallery that has already consumed two prior crews. To escape with the painting, you must outwit the gallery’s servants and survive the painting’s growing desire to destroy you.

Amanda Mullins is the editor-in-chief of Sprigs & Kindling, an anthology zine of creative works from the Carved from Brindlewood Community. She does data analysis and statistics in Edmonton, Canada, and would like to personally say hi to your pets.


Organizer - Pe Metawe Games

Pe Metawe Games is an Indigenous-owned tabletop board game and roleplaying game store located on Treaty 6 territory in the city of Edmonton, dedicated to creating an inclusive space for anyone to enjoy the hobby.


Trophy Gold - Gabriel Robinson

Trophy Gold Incursion
Details to come

Gabriel Robinson discovered game design during a ritual in the Kalduhr forest and never turned back. He has contributed to the core Trophy books, published two Rooted in Trophy games (Candlelight and Token) and co-wrote the upcoming The Piper’s Call with Jesse Ross. He is also the co-writer of The Silt Verses RPG and a frequent contributor to games published by The Gauntlet.


Organizer - Jesse Ross

Jesse Ross is a tabletop game designer, graphic designer, and illustrator from Minneapolis. He is the creator of Trophy and Sunset Kills, co-creator of Girl Underground and R’lyehwatch, and has contributed to many other games and and gaming supplements. He likes to draw monsters and is still waiting for his superpowers to manifest. Jesse can be found on Bluesky as jesseross.com, and his games can be found at hedgemazepress.com and trophyrpg.com.


Trophy Dark/Art - Brian Sago

Trophy Dark Incursion
Details to comeIncursion Artist

Brian Sago has written and illustrated a number of Rooted in Trophy games, including Butter Princess and Pick Me, as well as illustrating the ritual cards for Trophy. As an artist, writer, and teacher, some days he does all three and forgets to go for a walk.


Trophy Dark - Sean Tibbitts

The Exigent Ossuary
Theme: Fervor.
A group of treasure hunters travel deep into the desert to loot the resting place of a heretical saint.

Sean Tibbitts is a data analyst and writer who lives in Northern California with his husband and their neurotic pit bull, Mordenkainen. He is a frequent contributor to the Sprigs & Kindling TTRPG anthology zine, which recently published his Trophy Dark incursion "Into the Wildwood.


Trophy Dark - Mads C. Turley

The Sanguine Mantle's Progress
Theme: Appearances.
A desperate noble has paid half hire for a retinue to escort her and her valuable supplies back to the safety of her grandmother’s castle - the remaining amount to be paid in riches, relics, and knowledge when they reach their destination. Yet something stalks the group’s steps, making the journey more treacherous than originally thought…

Mads C. Turley coordinates by day, and then spends time playing/running TTRPGs, game writing, or editing video for their YouTube actual-play channel Madelancholy. They have written "Have Yourself a Merry Little Murder" for Brindlewood Bay, The Lovely Somnolent, Designed for Trophy Dark, and contributed to the Sprigs and Kindling community zine. Welcoming folks into the haunted forest with different voices is a favorite hobby.


Trophy Gold - Michael Van Vleet

Pentah's Rest
Theme: Wellness.
The moneyed elite used to travel to Pentah's Rest, a hot springs resort managed by a wellness cult, leaving their treasures in the healing waters in exchange for good health. That treasure's still there, hidden in the steam, with only a handful of cultists to circumvent... and all those frogs.

Michael Van Vleet contributed to Trophy Dark, Trophy Gold and Trophy Loom, notably with "A Warm and Pleasant Hum." He's also the creator of Devil, Aim For Me and Die, Grave Robber, Die!, both Rooted in Trophy. Keen-eyed readers will find his name in various Gauntlet projects as well as on the Ennie Award-winning The Wassailing of Claus Manor.


Trophy Dark - Arthur Wells

Beneath the Scriptorium
Theme: Ink.
The rumors were true, a member of the Jewelled Vault was more than happy to provide you with the access to the Archives, at the price of retrieving the Quill of Derawan from a long abandoned scriptorium. In exploring the hunters will find its lower levels far from abandoned.

Arthur Wells is an actual play performer with a number of different studios, game designer under Versipellis Games, and layout artist for Sprigs & Kindling. Their work focuses in on community, melancholy, and the things left in our wakes.


Media Creator - Ryan Yokley

Ryan Yokley works during the day as a producer in the video game industry. He holds degrees in graphic design and animation and is passionate about both. As a founding partner of Eight-legged Entertainment, he served as the art director and layout artist for their flagship product, The Widow’s Web: Trials of the Drow. In addition to his professional work, he is an enthusiastic tabletop roleplaying game player and an occasional designer.

Background image courtesy of Martin Martz, Unsplash