About Cassi Mothwin
Cassi Mothwin (she/any) is a multi-award-winning tabletop RPG designer, writer, and illustrator active since late 2021. Her indie works include The Sticker Game, Tangled Blessings, Carved by the Garden, What Crooked Roots, and Clean Spirit. She and her work have been featured in Dicebreaker, Gizmodo, Polygon, Ars Technica, Forbes, and numerous other indie tabletop RPG blogs, videos, and podcasts.
When she’s not working on her own projects, she’s usually reviewing or exploring other indie tabletop games developed by her incredible peers. You can find some examples of this on her YouTube and TikTok channels. She enjoys video editing, video games, and reading a lot of genre fiction. I guess she enjoys tabletop roleplaying games too.
She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her two cats and spouse. If you’re in the area, you should visit the zoo. But do not ask her for restaurant recommendations.
PO Box 2611, St. Louis, MO 63116
cassi@mothwin.com
Awards
And recognitions
Writing Credits
- The Wassailing of Claus Manor: Bonus Zine Scenario (Forthcoming – I think this is still being published)
- Triangle Agency: Adventure Writer for The Vault (Forthcoming)
- She is the Ancient
The Amber Brick Road: A Guide to Foreshadowing the Amber Temple in Dreams
Links and Interviews
- A 2024 interview I did with a local photographer talking about my origins and current thoughts.
- 2023 coverage from Ars Technica.
- Tangled Blessings featured in Forbes for solo games.
- Goofing with my pal Paul of Table Cat Games in 2023.
- A 2021 interview I did very early in my tabletop roleplaying career with Nathan of Reckless attack.
- An interview that came out right after I released What Crooked Roots in 2021.
There are more, but I am too tired to track them all down.
Cassi’s Creative Timeline
Is this breakout necessary? No. But so many people ask me how I got my start, so here ya go!
Announcing Tangled Blessings: Echoes of Lost Electives
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE After successfully crowdfunding and releasing Tangled Blessings, a magic academy roleplaying game in 2023, Cassi Mothwin offers a…
2023 in Review: Awards, Tabletop RPGs, and Creating
Whoa. 2023 was a big year for me and my place in tabletop RPGs. So many firsts. So many celebrations. It’s…
Post Pax Unplugged 2023 (and my TTRPG haul!)
I’m back from my first PAX Unplugged, and while it’s been a few days, I still feel like I haven’t…
The Forest Hates You: A Review of Trophy Dark
With fewer than 40 pages of rules and about 2/3 of the book dedicated to “incursions” (the system’s version of…
There is No Light: A Review of The Isle by
Designed for The Vanilla Game RPG, a lightweight retroclone OSR-system, The Isle is a body horror dungeon crawl adventure that’s…
The Sticker Game Wins (And Other News)!
The Sticker Game has won an award and been nominated for another!…
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