Hi, I'm Dai. I make books.

I also design posters and advertisements, make digital games accessible to the visually impaired, manage crowdfunding projects, create brand identities and marketing plans, and very occassionally write things.

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Services

Layout / Design
Art Direction
Project Management
Crowdfunding
Brand Identity
PDF Remediation
Marketing / Social Media
+ consultation for all above
  
Selected Works

Date

2019
2019
2020
2020
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
2023
2023
2023
2023
2024
2024
2024
Project

The Demon Collective, Vol. 1
Magical Industrial Revolution
Libreté + Fleur Du Mall
Lorn Song of the Bachelor
ALIEN The Roleplaying Game
ARCventure Series
BX: A Cipher Universe
Gangs of Titan City
The Monster Overhaul
Old School Essentials
Eat the Reich
Moonlight on Roseville Beach
Social Media Management
Throne of Avarice
Cairn 2E Boxed Set
INEVITABLE
MOTHERSHIP 1E Deluxe Set

Client

GMDK
Skerples
GMDK
Exalted Funeral
Free League Publishing
Exalted Funeral
Dreamyard NYC
SoulMuppet Publishing
Skerples
Necrotic Gnome
Rowan, Rook, & Deckard
R. Rook Studio
Space Penguin Ink
SoulMuppet Publishing
Space Penguin Ink
SoulMuppet Publishing
Tuesday Knight Games

Work

Project Management
Crowdfunding
Project Management
Layout / Design
PDF Remediation
Layout / Design
Layout / Design
Layout / Design
Crowdfunding
PDF Remediation
PDF Remediation
Layout / Design
Marketing / Social Media
Layout / Design
Marketing / Social Media
Layout / Design
PDF Remediation

The Monster Overhaul
Old School Essentials

A5 hardcover, 296pp
Published by Necrotic Gnome
2022
Accessibility in RPGs has always been a pet passion of mine ever since I discovered that a) it’s very doable for most books and b) it’s almost never done. All three books I published under GMDK were made PDF/UA compliant, and I’ve taken it upon myself to cold-call the biggest names in the industry to see if they’re interested in bringing their game to the widest possible audience. Generally, they are, which speaks volumes to the sort of people this hobby attracts, and makes it all the easier to love.

Old School Essentials is one of the most popular systems for OSR play, and getting Gavin’s go-ahead to remediate it was a huge victory for the community of blind and visually-impaired gamers who can now enjoy a much wider collection of games. This was also the first time I remediated a game from within InDesign, which greatly streamlined the process and removed a lot of the hassle of working with Acrobat. 

PDF Remediation by Dai Shugars.



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