Forest cards art in progress and scary tentacle dice trays

Art for Forest / Arcadian Ruins Map & Dice Playing Cards (working title)



Fine line pen art on 5mm graph paper, in progress, for a new Map & Dice Playing Cards set, with a forest "Arcadian Ruins" theme.  I have no date for when the final pack will be ready but a veritable library of square forest areas is being created.  These will be within a similar dimension to the original dungeon themed pack. I'm hoping to also include a broader selection of dice type results in the new deck - possibly denoted by text (i.e. "d8") and not symbols (polyhedral icon blob things).  Some of these images have already been shared to my instagram account @billiambabble) and Inked Adventures' Tumblr, (tumblr.com/inkedadventures) feel free to follow (original art ownership rights asserted).
 - Billiam Babble / Will M.  :)  9 August 2018

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Stars Are Right All Rolled Up Dice Trays in colour and black and white in the Etsy store



We may have already mentioned these rare artefacts somewhere and somewhen here or in social media.  There is a freshly hatched batch of the "Stars Are Right" tentacles-horror themed All Rolled Up dice trays in the Etsy store. The art has been created digitally by Billiam Babble / Will M. (sedated, supervised for safety) and abstracted through protective filters. We hope that whilst rolling dice for Sanity Loss, that those that those who are unlucky enough to understand the true dark meanings of the arcane imagery, will keep their ultimate significance secret, in order to protect innocent folk from hideous cosmic truth.

We do not accept returns in cases of extreme disturbance of nerves or an aggravated palsy of the mind.


(Dice not included.  Sanity not essential.)


Dice Trays - Inked Adventures Etsy Store

See also All Rolled Up for a wide selection of trays and accessories.

Conventions and Collaborations

Wands and cards - an Etsy collaboration

Over on Etsy, the Just Another Level store is running a collaboration product with us. For the ultimate gift for that magical (possibly slightly off-beat, non-muggle, hand-finished-wand-appreciating) friend, life partner or familiar, it'll be worth your while to cast wizardy eyes over the Game Master Set - DM Adventure Dungeon Floor Plan and Wand Gift Set.

(Related: the Inked Adventures store on Etsy)



Inked Adventures dungeons in neoprene?

It's still so early in the century and yet so late in the year ...  We're hoping to be selling special neoprene fabric and dry-erase dungeon sections in our online stores very soon.  These luxurious dungeon building floor plan packs have been sneakily previewed on the Inked Adventures and Patriot Games UK stalls at the UKGE18.   In essence, they are a development of the printable Dungeon Cut-Up Sections, with corridors, rooms, doors, features, but this time in colourful neoprene-mat form (tactile soft, or "+1 magical" shiny wipeable-dry-erase),  sorcerously produced by Custom Patriot / Patriot Games UK.  We're still super excited about those, but it still might be just a little while longer before we can show you photos of these packs in action.   We tease and spoil, spoil and tease.



Conventions 2018 (cont.)

When Billiam can be levered out of his cave and home town, there's a possibility that he might be running the Inked Adventures stall in the following game conventions in the UK.  This list may be added to or reduced, depending upon how organised or fickle slacker Billiam is.  ;)

ChillCon Derby - Saturday 10th September
Dragondaze -Newport, Wales - Saturday 6th October
Dragonmeet, London - 1st Dec (tbc)

(We're on the fence about the Tabletop Gaming Live, 29-30th September, Alexander Palace, since they're new and two large London events in the same quarter can be pricey for a small set-up like us.  Loughborough Comic-Con, on the other hand ... ;)  Okay, the joke here is that Billiam lives in Loughborough ...)



Thanks for reading, browsing, scrolling, clicking.  :)

Counterfeit Playing Cards Notice

Update: Amazon have upheld my infringement complaint and removed the listings we had seen on the Amazon sites. In the short term this is the best result. :) I'm still waiting on a response from eBay regarding the counterfeit listings on their sites. Thank you for ongoing support, especially to those who may helped in reporting the counterfeit Map & Dice Playing Cards.
Will M. 17th June 2018

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Previous entry: 14th June 2018

It has been brought to my attention that a counterfeit version of my Inked Adventures Map & Dice Playing Cards is being sold on Amazon and Ebay and possibly through other sites.  If you, or anyone you know, has bought these fake cards, we'd love to hear from you.  We also might to be to exchange a counterfeit pack for a real one if you can post one to us, whilst also providing information as to where you bought them and maybe I make it worth your while with a freebie (this also depends upon how many packs I get sent, if any).  I can even sign the pack if you like that sort of thing. :)  My email is inkedadventures@gmail.com .   I am Will M. / "Billiam Babble", owner of Inked Adventures.


Fake cards by "Lacesi" on the Left. 
My Inked Adventures Map & Dice Playing Cards on the Right.  
Note: the scroll banners.


The counterfeit Map & Dice Playing Cards are made by a company claiming to be called "Lacesi".  They have scroll  logo which adorns the packets - in place of the Inked Adventures scroll banner.  The packet slightly resembles the early packets sold through the print-on-demand site The Game Crafter, and a box I made for customers to print themselves, to house the DriveThruCards (OBS) print-on-demand edition.  The contents of the Lacesi packs directly and wholesale copy the art and layout of ones I sell through my Etsy store, or those sold by my permitted stockists (see below).

The Lacesi company, who have an office address in Vietnam, appear to be counterfeiting cards-based games and games expansions sold by Etsy sellers, probably because they consider them to be too small or naive in a business sense to a challenge IP or copyright.  I am the sole owner of the original hand drawn dungeon map art, I commission the printing and am currently the main distributor.  It is my intellectual property and, at the moment, my main trade.  I intend to report every listing I find on every site I find them and urge others to do the same (or at least drop me a line if you see something) - and maybe hold back if you are unsure of a listing.  I may also have to shut down selling my own print-on-demand packs (DTCards and GameCrafter), whilst I consolidate stock.  I know it's cliché, but if it doesn't say "Inked Adventures" on the box, it's certainly not Inked Adventures in the box.

At the time of posting this I'm not selling playing cards through Amazon or the Ebay store, but I know that at least one of my stockists is with permission (Noble Knight Games) -see below.  In the meantime, I may assert my product's presence by setting up shop on Amazon and Ebay, but it will be pretty clear that it will be me Billiam Babble or Inked Adventures who will be selling them (so don't report me by accident!). ;)

Apparently, counterfeiting affects both the large and small in this industry, so we must stand up to it whenever we can.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.



Official / permitted stockists of the Inked Adventures Map & Dice Playing Cards are as follows (at time of posting):

All Rolled Up (UK)

The Dice Shop Online (UK)

Lake Geneva Games (US)
(product page)

Last Realm Games (Melton Mowbray, UK)

Leisure Games (London, UK)

Lost Ark Games (Stevenage, UK)

Noble Knight Games (US)

Patriot Games (Sheffield, Leeds, UK)

The Shop on the Borderlands (UK)

Sphaerenmeisters Spiele / Sphere Master Games (Germany)

Square Hex (UK)

Tesoros de la Marca (Spain)

^^ These guys are okay!  They buy stock from me directly.

You can also buy directly from the artist (me) from my store on Etsy: Inked Adventures on Etsy

If you are a store owner or customer with any concerns, please feel free to email me at inkedadventures@gmail.com

Thank you again for your attention. - Will M. / Billiam Babble, Inked Adventures. 14th June 2018

UKGE18 and Neoprene Scenery Pieces

We'd like to thank all the people at the UK Games Expo 2018, who took the time to chat to Will M / Billiam Babble, network with, provide feedback, or buy from the stall. Will had such a positive experience that we fear he is in danger of gaining in self-confidence, so he has been returned to his cage and pens, to work off his debts and reflect seriously upon what he has been doing at the expense of Inked Adventures. We have confiscated the flyers, business cards and all of the takings, because, frankly, he cannot be trusted with these things. To keep him distracted, we've asked him, amongst other projects, to start illustrating a new pack of Map & Dice Playing Cards, but with his lack of focus, who knows what will happen?

Debuting at the Expo, in-conjunction with tabletop mat makers, Patriot Games Ltd, were the new Neoprene Scenery Pieces and Neoprene Scenery Pieces "Magical +1" packs. Basically, these work very much like the printable dungeon sections (see our range on DriveThruRPG), but the material used is printed neoprene (fabric-rubber, like the dice trays), pre-trimmed into corridors and rooms. The "Magical +1" packs are even dry-erase wipeable! We are currently still organising the stock for these, but hopefully Patriot Games and Inked Adventures will be regularly selling packs on our stalls at conventions and perhaps also through our online stores soon. Watch this space. Photos and products news to follow. :)