In no particular order, here are some of my favorite pieces of media/biggest inspirations in my own work.
RPG Systems
- FMC Basic, Marcia B
- Wolves Upon the Coast, Luke Gearing
- Into the Odd, Chris McDowall
- The Vanilla Game, Jared Sinclair
- Cthulhu Dark, Graham Walmsley
RPG Settings
- Wolves Upon the Coast Grand Campaign, Luke Gearing
- Vaults of Vaarn, Leo Hunt
- A Thousand Thousand Islands, Mun Kao & Zedeck Siew
- The Ultraviolet Grasslands, Luka Rejec
RPG Modules
- The Caverns of Thracia, Jennell Jaquays
- The Iron Coral, Chris McDowall
Blogposts
Books
- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, Susanna Clarke
- House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin
- Elric of Melniboné, Michael Moorcock
- Watchmen, Alan Moore
- Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut
- The Sirens of Titan, Kurt Vonnegut
Video Games
- The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
- Disco Elysium
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Immortality
- The Legend of Zelda series
- The Soulsborne series
- Who's Lila?
Films
- Bacurau (2019), dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles
- The films of David Cronenberg
- Interview with the Vampire (1994), dir. Neil Jordan
- Labyrinth (1984), dir. Jim Henson
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), dir. George Miller
- The films of Hayao Miyazaki
Music
- Ants from Up There, Black Country, New Road
- Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery, The Comet is Coming
- All the Pretty Little Horses, Current 93
- Eye Contact, Gang Gang Dance
- Dracula, Philip Glass