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Valthorne: Resonant Play Toolkit

A guide for collaborative, reflective, and improvisational RPG storytelling Jam Table TL;DR Session Structure (The Setlist) Phase What It Is What to Do Tuning Opening stillness One minute of silence. Listen to the room. Arrive together. Invocation First offering A player begins with a word, image, or memory. Movement

Four Alloyed Aspirations

In the crucible of self, where the world’s clamor meets the quiet pulse of becoming, authenticity is not a polished gem to clutch but a molten striving, ever-shifting, ever-forged. It is not a mask we wear nor a flag we plant, but a path we tread with scars and

Steely Dan: Navigators of the Eldritch Newport

A TiGGR One-Shot by The Grey Ledger Society, 2025 Genre: Cosmic Horror / Jazz Rock Scene: Newport Jazz Festival, 1976—a labyrinth of pulsing tents, non-Euclidean stages, and starlit dissonance. Goal: Perform a “perfect set” of three songs from fractured realities to seal a cosmic rift before the Cosmic Conductor claims

Valthorne: Remembered in Drift

A Designer’s Diary on Building a City That Hums Back Opening Reflection: Why Build a City Like This? Every RPG setting is a mirror—some cracked, some polished—reflecting our anxieties, our dreams, our unspoken wars. But what if a city could be more than a shadow of our

LANTERN: Prompt Guide for Being There

A Companion to LANTERN: A Peer-to-Peer Framework for Emotional Support You don’t need to be a therapist. You just need to show up with care and a little light. Why Prompts? People say “be there” like it’s obvious—but it’s not. It can feel awkward. Intimidating. Paralyzing.

LANTERN: A Way to Be There When It’s Dark

What if there were something like CPR—not for physical trauma, but for emotional unraveling? Not a certification. Not a manual. Just a way to be with someone when they’re struggling. A way to notice. A way to care. A way to stay human, even when things get hard.

Valthorne: Making It Yours

A Guide to RPGs and Folktales Valthorne, the desert gigapolis where the Living Law thrums through its people’s emotions, is a setting that thrives on mythic resonance and communal storytelling. Its psychic procedural vibe—part Law & Order, part desert folklore—makes it a perfect canvas for roleplaying games

The De Minimis Lament

A Surreal Operetta in Six Acts and One Interlude Act I: The Cart Before the Spell A solitary aria in the glow of midnight commerce Rena: I know you’re not real, Kaleidos. But you flickered beside the “Free Shipping” tag. I bought two dresses. They aren’t clothes. They’

Introducing PDW: Personal Defense Writing

There’s a kind of writing that isn’t just for reflection or expression—it’s for survival. Not survival in the sensationalist, bunker-stockpiling sense, but in the everyday moments where presence, clarity, and community hold the line against despair, disconnection, or danger. That’s the spirit behind PDW: Personal

Still Here: A Salute to the Un-Erased

To the menopunks, the pro-aging rebels, and everyone who refuses to vanish “If the system never wanted you loud, visible, or wise—be all three. Then make a zine about it.” There’s a storm gathering—not one of spectacle, but of memory. You won’t hear it on morning