Helping you make lives better through tabletop roleplaying games
Founded in 2000 as a hobby site, Wyrmworks Publishing went full time in July 2021, dedicated to providing resources to the tabletop gaming community to enable mentoring and transmission of prosocial values using these same games as a means of modeling and exploring these values in a fantasy setting.
Wyrmworks Publishing produces resources to help tabletop gaming groups make their groups and games more inclusive along with an ongoing monthly podcast, Gaining Advantage.
Wyrmworks Publishing, a division of Making It Better LLC, based in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a family-run business that allows owners Dale and Teresa Critchley to work together to make the world a better place and still be available to meet their children’s unique needs.
As much as possible, Wyrmworks Publishing seeks to employ freelance creators from marginalized communities, especially disabled, neurodiverse, and mentally and chronically ill, to improve not only the lives of their customers, but also those they hire and work with. Representation means actively giving a platform to the marginalized.
Contact Us
- Website: wyrmworkspublishing.com
- Email: [email protected]
- Mastodon: https://dice.camp/@wyrmworksdale
- Facebook: WyrmworksPublishing
About Dale Critchley
Dale Critchley is the owner, lead writer, and chief tea drinker at Wyrmworks Publishing. He’s been playing tabletop role-playing games since 1982 and launched Wyrmworks Publishing as a hobby in 2000 to share his homebrew resources with the world. In 2021, after seeing the power that a TTRPG group can have to change the lives of the participants for the better, he rededicated Wyrmworks Publishing to focus on using TTRPGs to intentionally improve lives and turned a hobby into a full-time pursuit.
Braille 5.1 SRD & Tutorials
We’re committed to creating a more inclusive gaming experience for everyone. We’re proud to announce the release of the first-ever braille conversion of the 5th Edition System Reference Document (SRD), making the rules of 5th edition accessible to a wider audience of players and creators.
Features:
- Free and downloadable: Available in BRF and BBZ formats for various braille needs.
- Comprehensive: Includes Player’s Guide, Game Master Guide, Monster Manual, and Spellcasting Guide content.
- Open access: Released under a CC-BY license for anyone to freely use and adapt.
- Tutorial included: Equips publishers and homebrew creators with the tools to convert their own content into braille using free software.
This initiative marks a significant step towards a more inclusive TTRPG space. We’re actively working on further accessibility resources and tools, including upcoming tutorials and future plans for truly inclusive core rulebooks.
Braille 5.1 SRD Illustrations & Assets
Braille 5.1 SRD Press Release: pdf / docx / brf
Limitless Champions
Wyrmworks Publishing is proud to announce the launch of Limitless Champions, a groundbreaking new line of disabled fantasy miniatures, set to make history as the largest and most diverse collection of its kind. With a focus on representation and inclusivity, Limitless Champions offers players the chance to bring their games to life with visually stunning and detailed miniatures, each with a unique background and personality.
Visible Representation for All
Limitless Champions features a range of disabilities, including Alopecia Areata, Amputation, Anxiety & Panic Disorder, Arthritis, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Dwarfism, Ectrodactyly, Face Differences, Service Animals, and Wheelchair Users. Each character is designed to reflect the experiences of real-world people and includes a digital book and tarot-size cards with 5e Stat Block, background and personality, plot hooks, full-color character art, and miniature (available as STL or pre-printed mini). Additionally, miniatures include condition markers designed to help visually impaired gamers keep track of different character conditions. The campaign also offers a padded wooden chest with a choice of cover art.
Wyrmworks Publishing is committed to promoting diversity and inclusivity in all of its projects. That’s why we prioritize hiring disabled, neurodiverse, and mentally ill creators and consultants, ensuring that the project is informed by real-world experiences and perspectives. Our goal is to provide a platform for marginalized voices and to promote active representation in the gaming community.
Find the latest at mini.inclusiverpg.com
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Limitless Champions Illustrations & Assets
Limitless Champions Press Release: pdf / docx
Limitless Champions page on our website
Inclusive Artwork: Fantasy Stock Art with Disability Representation for TTRPGs
Wyrmworks Publishing is proud to announce a new crowdfunding campaign, Inclusive Artwork, a collection of high-quality fantasy stock art featuring disability representation for tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). The aim of this campaign is to bring diversity and inclusivity to the TTRPG community and make it more affordable for publishers to include disability representation in their products.
The collection is created by a talented team of disabled, neurodivergent, and/or mentally ill artists and offers a range of art styles to suit different needs and budgets. The reward tiers include options for personal use and commercial license, with the possibility to add custom pieces as add-ons.
This campaign is a unique opportunity for TTRPG publishers to access a valuable and diverse collection of fantasy stock art featuring disability representation at an affordable price.
The inclusion of disability representation in TTRPGs is long overdue, and with your support, we can help make it the norm.
Inclusive Artwork Illustrations and Assets
Inclusive Artwork Press Release (pdf / docx)
Limitless Heroics
Including Characters with Disabilities, Mental Illness, and Neurodivergence in Fifth Edition
Limitless Heroics is the most comprehensive disability compendium ever created for a Tabletop Role-Playing Game. For Fifth Edition, it provides:
- 450+ Traits: Game mechanics for nearly every trait in existence (plus some fantasy traits, because that’s what you should expect in a world with magic)
- 78 Random tables to choose or generate the traits, their degree of severity, and their frequency
- 93+ New Magic Items and an online random generator for thousands more! Nearly every trait includes mundane and magic assistive options.
- Thousands of real world examples so players can learn more and better represent the traits
- Tutorials: Opening articles discuss how and why to implement these options, how to discuss it with your players, and common tropes to avoid. You have all the tools here to run an inclusive campaign.
Our website will have a free random generator to simplify determining character traits, but you’ll need the book for the descriptions and mechanics, or you can use the included tables to choose or roll manually. We talked to dozens of people with diverse traits to make sure our game mechanics represented their experiences. All writers, editors, and artists for this book are disabled, neurodivergent, and/or have mental or chronic illness.
Limitless Heroics launches on Kickstarter January 4 through February 3, 2022. Sign up to get notified when it goes live for a free first day backer tutorial adventure to help you implement these mechanics into your game!
Wyrmworks Publishing believes that representation of disabilities, neurodiversity, and mental illness in tabletop role-playing games helps players normalize interactions in real life by practicing in an imaginary setting. Disabled players who have consulted on the book have expressed joy in being recognized and given an easy way to demonstrate their experiences through game mechanics to help others understand their experiences, how they adapt, and how others can help.
Find the latest at InclusiveRPG.com.
Limitless Heroics Illustrations & Assets
Limitless Heroics Press Release: pdf / docx
Limitless Heroics page on our website
