Roger C. Jones · Staten Island · Publishing since 2020
Small books.
Bad places to be.
Tabletop roleplaying games about dungeons nobody walks out of, ships nobody should have woken up on, and one sitcom where failing is the whole point.
2020 – 2025 · Print & PDF · Solo · one-shot · campaign
The games
8 in print · one unannounced
Downcast
Survive the dungeon. Then rise above it.
Fantasy / modern horror / sci-fi · Live on Kickstarter · OSR-aligned · Solo, play-by-post & campaign
Space Labyrinth
The power is in your hands. Requires no LR44 batteries.
2025 · OSR · Print & PDF · Solo / co-op
Out in the Black Hack
A sci-fi sitcom where failing is the whole point.
2024 · Comedy · Episodic play · Modified OSR d20
Zoth-Laced Worm Trails
Fever dreams from under a fuchsia sky.
2023 · OSR · Science fantasy · System agnostic
Xenozine #2
Routine mining broke through into something ancient.
2022 · 5E sci-fi conversion · One shot · Sci-fi horror · Zine Quest 4
Vault of Cha’alt No. 1
Android waitresses. Accursed artifacts. Gnome space rebels.
Alpha Blue · Cha'alt · Encounter Critical III · OSR · System agnostic
The Haunting of Blye Street
One night a year, the burned street rises from its ashes.
5E · Horror · Low level · Pay what you want · With Windmill Slam Games
Xenozine #1
The killer could be anyone. Even you.
2020 · 5E sci-fi · Murder mystery · One shot · Zine Quest 2
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The publisher
One man, a pile of zines
Brainstorm Books and Games is Roger C. Jones, publishing out of Staten Island since 2020, when Xenozine Issue One was funded on Kickstarter through Zine Quest 2. Everything since has come out of the same table: OSR games, fifth edition sci-fi, and whatever else survives contact with real players.
He almost never has glowing eyes in real life.
Also worked on
- Broadsword
- Wearing the Cape
- The Book of Cults for 5E
- Dark Encounters
Where to buy
Straight from the shops that carry it