“Bossmaster” was intended as a board game concept, combining the role-playing and imagination of D&D with the accessibility and casual-friendly vibe of Mario Party. I had come up with a pretty robust ruleset for the thing, but ultimately found myself more interested in other projects. I still think about this one from time to time though, and it’d be fun to revisit eventually.

Under the colored portraits:
Each character was meant to be a sort of “pre-rolled” class + race combo to expedite the early stages of your average D&D campaign. I had ideas for other fun combos, maybe to add later as expansion packs or something, but these 6 were the heart of it.

Under the face sketches:
Expression charts for characters I’ve made always feel weirdly like a kind of private conversation that allows me to get to know each of them.