One of my friends, the great Jenna Abts (who we just played Betrayal at House on the Hill with the other week), recently designed this set of King of RPGs pendants made from cut-out manga pages (and covers) and a combination of other materials. It’s like a wonderful form of craftsy recycling!

The four square pendants are resin-cast with sterling all-over bail, while the other pendants are glass with a felt backing and sterling silver bail. We’ll be displaying these pendants at Project A-kon on June 4-6. I’d estimate them at about 10-20 gold pieces each. Thanks for the amazing work, Jenna! Let’s game together again sometime soon!

Already people are starting to wear the precious 20-sided die (produced exclusively by Paw & Claw Designs) which shows your qualifications to become the GREATEST GAMEMASTER IN THE WORLD. Behold Shaenon Garrity, creator of Skin Horse and Narbonic, wearing the red and gold!

In addition, Paw & Claw currently has a special offer: with every d20 necklace purchase of $30 or more (that’s basically two necklaces), you will get a FREE Copy of the King of RPGs minicomic. Who can resist!

NAME: SHAENON GARRITY
INTELLIGENCE: 18
CHARISMA: 18
PETTIFOGGERY: 16
STAMINA: 16
PRESTIDIGITATION: 15
# of Games DMed: ???
# of Systems Mastered: ???
Longest Role-Playing Session Record: ???
Longest Campaign Record: ???
Player Satisfaction Percentage: ???
Greatest Number of Players Serviced Simultaneously: ???
TOTAL RPG POOL: 2,525

Shaenon’s statistics are sketchy but, like an umbral wraith, no less intimidating due to their shadowiness.

In association with the awesome craftsfolk at Paw and Claw Designs, King of RPGs now has its first merchandise! Those who have read the original King of RPGs minicomics may recognize these beautiful d20 necklaces, an idea which, like gunpowder, was too big… AND DEADLY… to be kept in the mind of just one person. Our friends at Paw and Claw (kittenspawn on twitter) are selling these necklaces online in a zillion colors, and I’ll also be selling them at King of RPGs convention events (for starters, the San Francisco Zine Fest on 8/22-8/23 and the Alternative Press Expo on 10/18-10/19. (As well as many more events which are too far off to be announced, as King of RPGs volume 1 approaches its release date of January 19, 2010.)

Now YOU TOO can show your status as one of the world’s greatest gamemasters! Keep a 20-sided die close to your fast-beating, burning, dokidoki heart! On a related note, we’ll be uploading more sketches shortly.