Category: Artwork

Fleets of Ossia (2016)

some sought to understand the cause of the Flood, but none could. the water must have come from somewhere, they reasoned, but where could you store enough water to drown the world? and so as time went by they lost interest in that quest, and in time most records of the Flood were lost. all that remained was the Sea.

razorborne, Ossia dossier

In 2016, my friend razorborne from the Magic: the Gathering fan site No Goblins Allowed created a fantasy setting called Fleets of Ossia. In this setting, various isles of fantasy creatures wage war for control of the Infinite Sea. I was fascinated by his setting and so helped him create some supplemental materials for it.

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Harmony (2011)

This educational board game about China-Japan relations was created for a Social Studies school project.

The basic idea was that you had three pieces — a handshake representing diplomacy, a cannon representing military power, and a crown representing sovereignty. Each turn you drew a card from the event deck, then chose one of the outcomes to move your pieces across the game board. You would immediately draw another card if you landed on the Turning Point space. The first player to have two pieces at the finish line would win the game.

I created this game when I was 15 and didn’t have a great grasp of East Asian geopolitics. Looking back, I realize that the country of China is represented by the flag of only one of the modern states claiming the territory (not ideal) and the country of Japan is represented by the Imperial Japanese war flag (also not ideal). If I were to make it again, I would represent China and Japan with less controversial symbols, like a dragon for China and a chrysanthemum for Japan.