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Folktales

A collection of 111 issues

Two Playable Folktales

Nice Words Cost Extra A Playable Folktale of Civility, Latency, and Mirth Under Surveillance Ritual Opening Read aloud before beginning: When the Lords of the Cities quantified emotion and metered grace, they declared that civility added overhead. Kindness slowed systems. Mirth destabilized consensus. Thus, they taxed it all. We speak

The Dungeon Is a Detonator

Cascading Consequences in Adventure Design I. Introduction In the classic era of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D), modules—pre-written adventures designed for dungeon masters (DMs) to run with minimal preparation—presented dungeons as self-contained challenges: pockets of monsters, traps, and treasure to be cleared and checked off

Off to the Banner Peaks: Haute & Dangerous

A system-agnostic adventure for 3-5 players PREMISE A starship carrying the latest collection from the interplanar fashion conglomerate VOID™ has crashed in the mountains, creating a reality-warping site where fashion literally kills. The ship's quantum design engine—the "Wish Engine"—will fully activate

The Last Lantern

A diceless narrative game for solo or group play. Tone: Melancholic, reflective, mythic-realism. Materials: Just this page, a journal (optional), and time to drift. Roles * The Unintended Pilot: The player-character. No classes, just fragments. You arrive carrying nothing but memory and the ache of work. * The Dive (GM

White Plume Mountain: Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Relics

Based on the classic D&D module by E. Gary Gygax, reimagined through Guy Ritchie's cinematic eye FADE IN: INT. MAGICAL CLONE VAT - NIGHT A bubbling, neon-green vat hisses under flickering arcane runes. NOX (30s, tiefling, sharp suit, sharper tongue) thrashes inside, half-submerged. BLACKRAZOR, a

The Mirror Protocol

A Playable Folktale of Questions & Resistance A game for 2–6 players. 30–60 minutes. You’re rebels fighting a creepy app called the Mirror. It watches, predicts, and nudges. One of you is in trouble. Ask questions. Fight back. “Who’s really behind your screen?” Grab a pen,

The Node That Refused to Vanish

A Playable Folktale from the Ledger of Refusal Premise (Invitation) In a memory-layered world of networks and ruins, there are figures—nodes—who refuse the flow. Their signals persist not because they’re loud, but because they are true. You are seekers, ghosts, archivists, or anti-influencers, following the

Obojima: The Long Grass Route

An Obojima Delivery Tale of Soup, Spirits, and Sentimental Machinery Morning arrives with the hush of a tea kettle just before its song. Mist coils lazily through the tall grass, and dew freckles the delivery ledger left on your doorstep—folded three times, tied with red string, and smelling faintly

Obojima: Songs from the Tall Grass

A Field-Recording Folktale of Memory, Melody, and Meanings Nearly Forgotten Welcome to the Archive This is not a game of conquest. This is not a game of mastery. The spirits of Obojima do not obey. Their songs may linger or fade. You are not here to fix the world.

Songs from the Tall Grass: Ultraviolet Grasslands Edition

Overview Songs From The Tall Grass is a UVG module for 3–6 players, where a caravan chases a mythic melody—the Tall Grass Shanty—across the Ultraviolet Grasslands. The song, a fragmented archive of lost stars and bone dust, promises revelation but risks biomagical corruption. The journey spans three