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The Newsblade ~ Down To Business

[3 new Swords episodes, 1 new Stars episode]

• I will be tabling at Wellycon June 20-22 - see you there!

• The Quest Sprout Hoodie was successfully funded! Yay! Thank you to everyone who grabbed one, it was a bit precarious even on the final day.

• My Patreon earnings dropped by 24%! 2025-06-01 01:46:12 +0000 UTC View Post

The Newsblade ~ Choplet Chopped

[4 new Swords episodes]

Well, it's certainly been a colourful week! Switchhog stonks are way up!
The community have cycled through the 5 stages of grief for Choplet multiple times in the last 3 days with a lot of people landing on bargaining and offering to up their Patreon pledge for his safe return.

That obviously works out great for me, as I've recently laid out 2025-05-25 00:55:47 +0000 UTC View Post

Choplet Theatre

A work-in-progress dub with narration kindly provided by ‪@cupisacat.com‬ on BlueSky

If anyone would be interested in helping mix the audio and add (legal) sound effects, I'd be happy to add you to the closing credits.

Swords: Cut the Deck Guest Artist Showcase

Recently, someone told me that it's hard to find webcomics to read! So here are the Patreon pages of every guest artist involved in Swords: Cut the Deck - please check them out!

Admiral Wonderboat

2025-05-22 05:03:59 +0000 UTC View Post

4K Lore Wallpapers

A couple of 4k wallpapers that will help you to remember the Gods, the Demons and the Realms of the Sword Universe.

The Newsblade ~ The Notebook

[2 new Swords episodes]

Thank you for all the birthday wishes this week!
And thank you to Praedyth for buying me a game on Steam! :O

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I recently became an Uncle - now I'm going to be... an Uncle again! My other brother is starting a family too.

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The Quest Sprout drawing contest didn't get a ton of entries, and we have lots of prizes (including a Mom...

[Poll] Should my Patreon archive be actively tidy, or should I be posting more of whatever?

Listen, I'm a messy guy. It's very hard to curate a dozen social media accounts, three different webcomic platforms and Patreon, when they are all always changing their rules, reach and rewards.

But you shouldn't miss out or have a mid experience just because of my internal chaos, so I have a simple choice I would like you to weigh in on:

Do you want:

[My Patreon 2025-05-17 02:45:28 +0000 UTC View Post

A Dungeon Pals Poll

Which member of Choplet's New Tribe is your favourite?

Short/Mid/Longterm Goals

Here are some things I am committed to doing in the short term, by myself, no matter what; on top of continuing Swords and Stars:

Swords in Chronological Order
The first year of Swords is now in Chronological Order on the Website and 2025-05-13 23:50:55 +0000 UTC View Post

Devlog #1 for RPG Maker Mini-Project : Choplet's Dungeon

Hello,

I'm just letting you know that I'm going to start working on a sort of reskin of my old project Merciless Dungeon, which never saw the light of day, into an actual Swords-branded product.

I'm going to try to use the Move system from Cut the Deck in a new way, where your team of three have access to Attack, Block and Buff and then one Special Move e...

The Newsblade ~ Birthday Week

[4 new Swords episodes]

It's my birthday this Friday, just in case you like me or something, b-baka...

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Don't forget that you have a little under a week to enter the Quest Sprout Drawing Contest - there are some Makeship plushies up for grabs as spot prizes, so make sure to give i...

Recorded Live Video: Casual AMA

People asked me some stuff

Feedback Plz

Hi gang,

I normally save this for the Annual Survey in September, but:

1) What do you want more of?

2) What do you want less of?

3) What Next Big Project would you love to see?

Let's keep it as simple as that. Thanks!

Tariff Clearance Bundle (New Zealand only)

Dear kiwis,
I wanna clear out 8 of these bundles, please buy two!
https://ko-fi.com/s/e073d79292

Tariffs are making things unpredictable, so some of these things are below cost for my cool kiwi pals.

If you are based in Wellington NZ, I can put these behind the counter at Caffeinated Drag...

The Newsblade ~ Episode 900

[2 new Swords episodes]

Swords reached episode CM!

Sadly, we didn't win at the Pav Awards. Being a finalist is still a great effort though!
Congratulations to Storm Raiders for their well-earned trophy!

I'll use this as motivation to get back to working hard and making cool t...

I Want To Buy An Art Gallery In Wellington And I Need A Plan

Hi team,

This art shop recently closed its doors and is now sitting empty.

Last time I checked, to buy the space outright and own it forever, I would need $180,000 USD which is... 6+ years of my Patreon? So not very viable, when Patreon is also covering my food and rent right now and it's unlikely to stay empty for that long.

And so, simply put, I want your most practical ga...

Quest Sprouts Vth Birthday

The Birthday Blade has reached beyond the confines of time and space to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Quest Sprout joining the series! and Swords 900th Episode!

To celebrate this doubly epic occasion, here's everything that is happening:

Quest Sprout's Vth Birthday Contest!
Draw a picture of Quest Sprout with ...

The Newsblade ~ Award Week

[2 new Swords episodes]

I'm a finalist in the New Zealand Games Festival Pav Awards! See you at the event on Friday!

I'm working on my Portfolio this week. Feedback is very welcome!

Watch me 2025-04-27 03:28:20 +0000 UTC View Post

"My Card Declined" Sale

I tried to buy coffee today and had to use cash(!) so it is time to get off my butt and turn some stock back into money.

Buy a Quest Sprout comic book this week and I'll throw in some extra stickers and a signed postcard

2025-04-23 22:58:34 +0000 UTC View Post

The Newsblade ~ Armageddon Edition

Vol XXXVI
[4 new Swords episodes]

Yesterday I was demoing Swords: Cut the Deck at Wellington Armageddon! Thanks to everyone who stopped by! Sorry I beat you a couple of times, John!

I know there's a lot of talk about tariffs destroying the board game industry right now - I can assure you we have all our stock and we di...

50 free pieces of Terrible Old Fanart

These are not behind a paywall. I do not own the rights to these characters. You are free to use these assets any way you want. If you put them all in a book and sell them to a Tattoo Parlour, at least tell me how much they paid you.

Thanks! Enjoy!

Newsblade Update ~ Late Edition

Vol XXXV

[3 new Swords episodes]

I'm a day late with this newsletter, but I was doing comics so I demand you forgive me.

What's going on:
Getting back to Quest Sprout's story became a barrier to getting pages done, so I'm just focusing on one-offs for a bit to get back into the workflow. It deserves my full attention. There will be another new episo...

Print and Play ~ Cut the Deck

If you head to swords.game,  you can now download:

The Core Rulebook
The Sickle vs. Silvertongue 2-player Tutorial Adventure
The Sickle vs. Silvertongue Print & Play set
The Digital Move tool set

Which is a good way to familiarize yourself with the core game! Horde Buff tokens as Silvertongue to fire of...

Patron Swor'nament Textless Comics

If someone was theoretically interested in homebrewing Cut the Deck rules for the Patreon Swor'nament cast, they would probably want these images to work with.

Newsblade Update ~ Fool's Week

Vol XXXIV

[A few episodes of my new series BOWS - and a beautiful Kargob cake made by Usoka!]

I've just finished recording a podcast with TheImmortalThinkTank, ColmsComic and HolleringElk - look forward to it!

I'll be doing a different podcast appearance on Thursday!

With a few small exceptions, I've completed all the sh...

Swords: Ride the Deck

I hope the people who have received their copies of Swords: Cut the Deck already are having fun with it!

Please enjoy this Patreon-exclusive Adventure Module - RIDE THE DECK!

Ride the Deck introduces the concept of Jousting - grab your sword and grab a horse (and a d6) and prepare for a strange new way to play, where you'll have to decide if you want to save y...

(Still) Looking for Work

Hi gang,

My share of shipping CUT THE DECK stock to NZ/AU customers is 95% done, so I am free once again and it's time I got a real job!

Please let me know if you see anything I might be good at. I have 7 years of experience as a Senior Quality Assurance Tester, and I, y'know, did all the art for Swords and Stars and Clusterduck and stuff. But I'm very open to new adventures and I...

Newsblade Update ~ Slow Week

Vol XXXIII

Shipping Cut the Deck to New Zealand and Australian customers is 60% complete! Please reply to the email I sent out in the last few days so I can lock down your order!!
There are 3 spare God Editions of the game left for NZ/AU customers

The bank froze my credit card because I've been spending so much on shipping... All sorted now! It...

Newsblade Update ~ Returning April 1st

Vol XXXII

EXTRA! EXTRA! Swords Season 8 will begin April 1st!

I need a little bit of time to get on top of other stuff.

New Zealand orders of Cut the Deck are all sent! Australian orders are next!
If you are in New Zealand and you order Cut the Deck, you will 2025-03-23 02:23:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Sunday Digest ~ Vol XXXI

[Photos of Cut the Deck and a new Stars episode]

Cut The Deck has arrived in Welington NZ and I am busy uniting people in New Zealand and Australia with their copies!

• If you are in Wellington NZ, you can pick up a Hero Edition of the game from me whenever you like. I've started distributing early copies while I figure out some lo...

  2025-03-15 22:33:15 +0000 UTC View Post