The books I ordered arrived yesterday, the entire Vermis series. The first two books were out of print so I had to wait until a new printing (eleventh printing!) was available a couple weeks ago.

The first book is basically a strategy guide to a dark fantasy game that doesn't exist. Think like Dark Souls but without the gameplay, it's just lore, pure worldbuilding, and some delightfully *grimy* pixel art.

Books 2 and 3 expand on that.

#books #reading #Vermis

Just finished #TheBizarreWorldOfFakeVideoGames by J. Walsh... Fun read, but there were a few glaring typos and grammatical errors (although it was meant to emulate the style of a 90s-era gaming magazine, so maybe that was intentional!) #Vermis

That's distressing. I was hoping to buy the Vermis books for my birthday next month, but when I looked at the publisher's website only I and III were available. II was out of stock, and it seems to be out at every retailer I can find. Even used bookstores are out.

The only thing I've found is a listing on eBay for hardcover editions of the first two books, but it's US $850, which as you can imagine is a tidge out of my price range.

#books #Vermis

V2 of my Vermis/Dark Souls-inspired zine is complete! Need to come up with a cover and get some better trimming and stapling tools and then make a couple more of these.
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#tacomaartist #darksouls #zine #videogames #badart #gritcityartist #vermis
Test print/build of my #vermis -inspired zine. Focusing on one character’s story at a time and how they may cross each other’s path, similar to how in Dark Souls when you find other armor sets it sometimes implies that’s as are as they made it in their quest. Still need to add some more images, adjust the layout, and massage the language until I’m happy with it. Hoping to print a few of these and spread them around Emerald City Comic Con next Friday!
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#zine #darkfantasyart #darksouls #emeraldcitycomiccon
One of my favorite mediums/ideas are fake video games. @plastiboo pioneered this with Vermis, and l enjoy toying around with this concept. So I’ve been playing with black canvas and imagining what a 2-bit dungeon crawler might look like.
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#vermis #fakevideogame #vaporware #dungeoncrawler #blackandwhite

ciao a tutti! i miei libri vermis sono arrivati oggi dall'italia! 😁

if my italian kung-fu hasn't failed me hard, the above means that my vermis books arrived from italy today ... or i accidentally ordered a washing machine. if you don't know what vermis is, please take this link and put it to good use ... https://youtu.be/UPWP93ceBf0?si=JsMdoE0wl25dOSpc

#vermis #hollowpress #books

""Sounds of the World Vermis - Melodies of the Unknown" is a collaboration between Radagast(Josua Karlson) and Plastiboo. It's the soundtrack to the dark and mysterious world Vermis"

""Vermis I" is the first of an artbook series by the artist Plastiboo. A pure act of world-building inspired by old dungeon crawler games. It could be considered an official guide of a game that doesn't exist, since it's not a game at all!"

https://radagasttenderofbeasts.bandcamp.com/album/sounds-of-the-world-vermis-vol-1-melodies-of-the-unknown

#Vermis #dungeonsynt

#skirmishgame #art #coverillustration #tabletop #ttrpg inspired by #inq28 and the kit bashing scene in general

this is a cover for a expanded version of Esper troopers.I am working meant to be more like #vermis than a traditional game ... I will include the rules but it a narative combat game with rpg elements more than competitive play.

if it's not annoying or if there is interest will share updates as I work on it.

Well, went through the first set of mini canvases I bought doing some dark fantasy pictures. Will have to place them around some spots in Tacoma, lime maybe Church Cantina or the Haunted Farmers Market.
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#freeart #darkfantasyart #minicanvas #tacoma #tacomaartist #gritcity #vermis #darksoulsart