Games like The Serpent and The Spider

You don’t know one another, but somehow, you ended up in this terrifying place. You might have clues, instructions, or each other. You might have nothing at all. You might be in a cabin, a warehouse, or a locked bathroom. You might be bound, chained in, or free to roam. The only commonality is that you cannot shake the feeling that a malevolent, dark presence is watching you. Snare is a tabletop r…

I am about to go on a journey. If I ever come back home—I definitely won’t be the same.But, that’s still a few days away. Today, I’ve got packing to do, family to wish good-bye, friends to have last drinks with, and lovers to give promises...that I probably can’t keep. Wanderlust is a storytelling game for 2-4 Players. You work together to tell the story of a single protagonist—The Wanderer—who i…

Curse of Vengeance by Thogreer Screamsong “What a wonderful night to have a curse…” Introduction Inspired by the gothic video game platform adventures of yesteryear, as well as other horror action themes, Curse of Vengeance takes you on the journey of the ancient monsters of Transylvania fighting back against the hunters who have antagonized their kind for generations.  After the fall of Dracula a…

The Voyage appendix is a  "zine" in the format of a collection of index card gaming aids intended to flesh-out aspects of voyage and exploration in minimalist OSR role-playing games, that lack such a system, or to add to an established system.  System-neutral for the most part, the only crunch makes reference to HP.Each index card can and should be used independently, use some and disregard the re…

Daniel Morris Vastberaden first died on December 22nd, 1862. The following thirty-nine years of his life are the subject of the (pseudo)biographical point-and-click puzzle adventure The Life and Times of Daniel Vastberaden.

"Lay On Hands" is a storytelling game zine for one player, where you play as a post-apocalyptic healer with unusual abilities. You explore the wasteland, aid the needy, and battle corrupted forces using a unique oracle system. With its distinct design and challenging gameplay, "Lay On Hands" offers a captivating solo RPG experience, reminiscent of "Ironsworn," "Troika," and "Fallout."

It’s the year 23XX and our world is now The Wasteland. The legendary, reclusive Shroomp Lord is hosting a new cooking competition and your restaurant has received an invitation! Can you survive through the challenges and cook your way to the top? What is this? Death Cap Sauté is a GM-less TTRPG and dice game for 2 to 5 players and is meant to be played in a single session. Each player takes the ro…

About the game Behind a façade of rigid propriety, they were drawn into scandalous entanglements... Miss Bernburg’s Finishing School for Young Ladies is a game about the relationships between young ladies at a finishing school in the 1950s. In it, you assume the role of a Homemaker, a Rebel, or a Bookworm and try to create messy entanglements with the other characters: Fall in love with your enemi…

This is a 32-page illustrated journal for travels in a fantasy world inspired by the tabletop role-playing game Ryuutama. While it's designed with Ryuutama in mind, I wanted to be able to use it with any game system, so there are no game-specific prompts or mechanics. I've seen a few campaign journals out there, but they often feature bland, spreadsheet-style pages. I wanted to make worksheets tha…

"Firelights" is a 2-player cooperative role-playing game where players become the last of the Firelights, tasked with guiding the dead back to the underworld. Players traverse through a plague-infested land, igniting old beacons to help the dead reach the Veil. Utilizing only basic gaming materials such as 2 six-sided dice and a deck of cards, Firelights draws inspiration from the Metroivania video game genre for an engaging and challenging experience.