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Folktales

A collection of 84 issues

Four Against Bullshit: Core Rules

Solo epistemic survival protocol. Part dungeon crawl, part psychic armor, part zine ritual. Setup * You are one human, wearing four archetypal masks to navigate the Scrollstorm—the chaotic churn of information overload. * Track Clarity (grounding), Cognitive Load (chaos processed), and Fatigue (mental depletion) with tokens or tallies. Your Party 1.

A Lexicon of Resonance

A Glossary for Playable Folktales and Drift-Oriented Storytelling These terms shape the tone, not the rules. They are not definitions. They are invocations—words you may carry from folktale to folktale, from game to game. Use them as orientation, reflection, or ritual prompt. They are designed for the Playable Folktale

The Twice-Imagined Bookshop

A Bookstore, Brussels He hangs a handwritten sign in the window: “Closed Wednesdays. Open late for readings.” The shop smells of yellowed paper and Gauloises smoke. She curates a shelf called A Room Within a Room. He files poetry under Tremors, history under Wounds, and music biographies under Ghosts Who

The Bells of Marienburg

A Playable Folktale in Five Candles For those who came seeking salvation, and stayed to see what else arrived. The Tale as It Is Told They say Greta Marienburg was taken by the forest in the days before Lent. She returned barefoot, eyes pale as ash, speaking Latin she’d