About

About the Lodge

Two brothers and others, making old-school games since 2014.

Our History

Rekindling the fire

Wood Planet Gaming Lodge began in 2014 as a place for brothers Jason and Mark Hess to share their love of tabletop gaming. The vision soon grew into something much bigger: a site dedicated to all things tabletop. Somewhere along the way the original idea got lost, and eventually the fire that warmed the Lodge went out.

In 2022 we relit it. The relaunched Lodge is intentionally small and focused on what we love most: writing and publishing roleplaying games of our own, and sometimes working with friends. Since then the Lodge has released adventures and sourcebooks for Lamentations of the Flame Princess, a growing shelf of White Star: Galaxy Edition material, and new editions of classic Beyond Belief Games titles.

Why “Wood Planet”? Read the story behind the name →

The Lodge Masters

Jason A. Hess

Jason A. Hess

Lodge Master · Founder

Co-author of Defenders of Altron, Brutes & Mystics Expanded and Brewhaha for East Texas University, and designer of the Lodge’s character sheets.

Mark Hess

Mark Hess

Lodge Master · Co-Founder

Writer of the Lodge’s Lamentations of the Flame Princess adventures and sourcebooks, Invasion of the Vespoids, and co-author of the Lodge’s White Star releases.