Welcome to Curio Obscura
A Cabinet of the Magical, the Forgotten, and the Unreasonably Specific
Curio Obscura is a curated archive of magical oddities, obscure texts, useful nonsense, and curious contraptions for the magically inclined, the creatively unhinged, and the quietly brilliant. Here you’ll find field notes, spellcraft samplers, book reviews, affiliate findings, and entirely too much information about things no one was meant to catalog. We specialize in everything esoteric, beautiful, folkloric, or just slightly unhinged.
Whether you’re worldbuilding, witchcrafting, lesson-planning, or doomscrolling with style, there’s a drawer here with your name on it.
The Archive Includes:
- Reviews of strange books worth reading and stranger ones worth collecting
- Magical tools and decks that fit in your pocket or disrupt your furniture layout
- Worldbuilding curios for fantasy writers, GMs, and enthusiasts of structured nonsense
- Interviews, discoveries, and peculiar features from contributors you haven’t heard of yet but probably should
We partner with creators, publishers, and magical thinkers across disciplines to deliver resources and amusements tailored for the obscurely curious.
🕮 From the World of Fable
Where myth walks masked and the Archive writes back.
“Fable is not a story. It is the condition in which stories survive.”
— Whisper-of-Wool, Archivist, Dream-Scribe, Occasional Goat
Step through the veil into the world of Fable, where forgotten magics, masked knights, and fractured myths weave together across archives, battlefields, and banished forests. These portals lead directly into the canon and chaos of our unfolding legendarium:
- Sable Society & Dust & Dawn Collection – field notes, archive exclusives, and strange ephemera
- Footnotes from Mr. Faust — irregular dispatches from our resident fox: part gossip, part grimoire
Each is a portal to deeper study, stranger finds, and occasionally — mischief. You’ve been warned. - Curio Obscura Patreon – become a patron of the Archive: gain early relic access, downloadable grimoire pages, and marginalia not meant for mortal eyes
- Mr. Faust on Gumroad – shop the Society’s printable prompts, artifacts, and lore-enhanced curios
- The Civic Report – Bureaucratic mysticism, metaphysical memos, and systematic investigations of governance both fictional and suspiciously familiar
🕯️ The Archive Extends Beyond These Walls
Curio Obscura is just one chamber in a larger constellation of curious places. If your appetite for wonder remains unsatisfied, we invite you to visit our sister sites:
- SkillScout — guides and blueprints for learning, teaching, and crafting from scratch
- RPG Inquisitor — lore-forged articles for GMs, worldbuilders, and narrative tacticians
- CleverGadgetry — tools, devices, and marvels for the magically minded tinkerer
- Beds for Floofs – creature comforts and sleep science for familiars, pets, and floofy beasts
- Gaming Graduate – deep dives into tactical game design, indie titles, and strategy through systems
- The Fortnite Society – no-build philosophy, emergent mechanics, and academic chaos
- Financial Insights – real-world coincraft: passive income, digital ventures, and economic literacy
- The Gentleman Doctor – grooming, wellness, and philosophical hygiene for the modern mystic
Begin the Descent
There are no clear paths forward here—only shelves, drawers, trapdoors, and the occasional glowing orb. You won’t find everything you want, but you’ll find plenty you didn’t know you needed.
Unlock something strange.