Games like The Astronaut - a playbook for Wanderhome

After many long years drifting in space, you were found. Where you came from or how you were made has never been explained. Everything around you is so small, and yet some things, you will never outgrow. Are you alive? You need care that is patient, understanding, and longer lasting than anyone can give. The Iron Giant is a set piece from the World of Wanderhome, inspired by The Iron Man by Ted Hu…

You are a worm. You are alive. Your hat is long, special, and wrigglesome.  This playbook was made as a bit of a joke as part of a playbook jam on the Wanderhome Fan Server. But oh no - it has wriggled its way out! It's been played in sessions, and is pretty nice, if unconventional! The list of jam topics is here,  and you can join the Wanderhome fan server here! This playbook would not exist wit…

This 7 page document is intended to help people run Wanderhome, and shows one way the game and play sessions could be run. It’s not showing the “right” way to play, as what works best for you will depend on your group, but it's an approach I've found works well for the group I have played with for the last year.  Although Jay Dragon is happy for the Wanderhome content in this document to be shared…

The Dump and The Trove - Two Lonely Natures for Wanderhome.  A Dump is a lonely nature full of abandoned things, that looks like it has never been given a tidy-up. This nature was inspired by Stig of The Dump by Clive King.  In parallel, A Trove is a lonely nature full of treasures, trinkets and other fascinating things that could never be found elsewhere.  These two natures might even exist in …

Pocket Wanderhome is a business card-size version of Wanderhome, for when you are travelling on the road. The preview shows a selection of card front and backs. The full set currently includes: Introduction cardThe Journey cardYour Character cardMaking Locations cardSeason and Month (x10 cards) Location Details cardNature cardKith cardBefore You Embark cardJourney Tools cardGuide Tools card The zi…

The Collector is a playbook for the fantastic Wanderhome tabletop role-playing game. Wanderhome is a game about how we heal our traumas.  This playbook explores the burdens of carrying a trauma, your own and others', while working toward healing. When the war was over, some things did change. For example, recently, you discovered that you have inherited your late uncle’s Antiques Shoppe.  You also…

The Postilion is a playbook for the fantastic Wanderhome tabletop role-playing game.Wanderhome is a story about travel.  The roads of the Haeth guide those who walk or ride from place to place to place.  For some, their calling is the carrying of kith and kind from coaching inn to coaching inn, village to village, town to town.  Their bugs act as both steed and family, and they greet familiar face…

In Dino-World, the Altrons are a peaceful group at threat from the violent and oppressive Reptoids. After being forced into a firefight by the Reptoids, the Altron spaceship was flung back through time by its malfunctioning Jump Drive. The Reptoids were also accidentally dragged back through time. Led by an evil frog lord, they want to destroy the Altrons and use the Jump Drive to get back home.  …

Above the Hæth, the night sky shimmers with unimaginable wonders, calling you impossibly far from home. You will fly to places cold and dark and distant, but you need not fly alone. Above the Floating Mountain is an independently written and illustrated addon for Possum Creek Games' Wanderhome, focused on journeys out among the stars. It's inspired by worlds like The Little Prince and Super Mario…

The Prognosticator is a playbook for the fantastic Wanderhome tabletop role-playing game. Wanderhome is a game about stories of the past meeting the search for the future.  The Prognosticator playbook explores our wanting certainty about predicting our futures, and the writing of the astrological Almanacks which can guide our plantings. You bring the future into reach, gathering the paths of the s…