Games like Together in the Ancient City

A tabletop roleplaying game about exploring the many districts of a vast and ancient city. Uses a standard 52 card deck and a six-sided die. For 1+ players. This game is a hack of Alone Among the Stars.  You can play the 2-player version of this game at Together in the Ancient City.  If the price of this game is a hardship for you, even at the minimum price, please email me at okada.takuma2@gmail.…

The Heroine is bound and broken. Uncover her past and rebuild her sense of self, trust, and hope by working together as a team and weaving narratives through prompts generated by card and dice. JIGSAW HEROINE is recommended for 2 to 3 players. To play this game, all you need are slips of paper, writing implements, a standard deck of playing cards, and a six-sided die (or digital equivalents for t…

“Before I leave America I must see you again—there is no one in this wide great world of America whom I love and honor so much.”  -- Oscar Wilde to Walt Whitman, March 1st 1882  Together We Write Private Cathedrals is a letter (and other things) writing game for two players. In it you take on the roles of two lovers at some point in history. You are asked to tell the story of your love through bit…

UPDATE 7/13/2021: A limited number of physical copies (signed upon request) are now available. Simply claim the corresponding "reward" below and make sure to fill in your shipping info and signed/unsigned preference.In time, you will come to ask yourself, "What is The Grizzle? What does it mean for me and my life, my sense of self, my understanding of the Cosmos?" Those, friend, are the correct qu…

Earth is at war w/ The Colonies....Mech pilots must keep their identities secret or risk assassination....You just realized your lover has been secretly piloting your rival mech....It all comes down to this battle....Do you want to keep fighting? Humanity reaches ever toward the stars, though there are some who demand we keep our feet solidly on Earth’s crust. In this future we reach into Heaven a…

A tabletop roleplaying game about exploring space, experiencing wondrous sights, and recording your findings. Uses a standard 52 card deck and a six-sided die. For 2 players. This game is a duet revision of the single player game Alone Among the Stars.  You can play Alone Among the Stars on Twitter at @among_stars_. Thanks to Matthew R.F. Balousek for creating it, who can be found on Twitter @mrfb…

You are Not Alone in this Life is a solo horror game based on Takuma Okada’s Alone Among the Stars. It uses a standard deck of 52 cards and a six-sided dice to help you play out a found footage horror story. Once, you were alone in your life. Now you are not. Something has crept in at the seams, the shadows, the dusty corners. It is here with you now, and you are sure that it is hungry. Each day t…

In alleyways across the outskirts of a bustling techno-cityscape, a scattered collective of outcasts discuss their plans by striking matches and whispering into the resulting flames. On a warm island facing the threat of war, a young woman sits on the coastline, observing the husks of warships that the coral reefs have dashed apart. Deep within an abandoned lunar mineshaft, a single seed falls fro…

IT WAS A FORTNIGHT AGO that the creature descended upon you in the dark. The searing pain in your neck, a slumber deeper than you've ever known, and then the violent hunger. You've become a creature you once thought only existed in fables and nightmares: a vampire. You soon discover you are not alone in your damnation. You manage to acquire the location of a fellow vampire and begin to write to th…

A Storytelling Card Game About Beautiful Heroes with Tragic Backstories You are an adventurer. You journey through dangerous lands in search of… well, that’s up to you. It’s a hard and dangerous life, and everyone has a different reason for taking it up. But you are also royalty. From a distant land, or a nearby kingdom, you were born into wealth, power, and prestige. But you left it all behind. W…