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Stack & Spiral

A collection of 8 issues

Valthorne: A Reflective Journey Through the City of Living Law

Beneath the relentless sun of a desert plain, where ley lines hum beneath cobblestone streets and adobe spires glow with rune-lit warmth, Valthorne sprawls—a gigapolis that listens, a city that feels. Over the course of our journey into Valthorne: City of Living Law, we’ve woven a mythic civic

Delia, the Paw That Pulls

Pan-dimensional ragamuffin, Guardian of Lost Corners, Zoomie Catalyst When you turn your furchild into a pandimensional NPC. She’s all elbows and angles under a shaggy coat of charcoal and white. Fur that looks like it’s never been brushed—but somehow catches the light just right. Her ears are

Riding the Drift

Toward a Mood-Centered Narrative Mechanic for The Current and Beyond Some games race toward climax. The Current knows how to linger. Narrative flavoring mechanics exist not to resolve conflict, track resources, or activate powers—but to shift tone, deepen mood, or reframe perspective. These are mechanics of symbolic or emotional

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

Echo in the Hangar Has Launched

“Fifteen minutes of terror. Twenty-three hours and forty-five minutes of waiting.” That’s what they say about flying a mission. But in Echo in the Hangar, it’s the waiting that matters. This is a tabletop roleplaying game about what happens after the sortie. Not the explosions, but the silence.

Tove and Touko from the Quiet Side of the Street

Two queer icons, one quiet country There’s a mythic hush that settles over Finland in the imagination. Long winters. Clean lines. A melancholy that’s cozy instead of cold. Into this hush walked two of the country’s most globally enduring cultural exports—Tove Jansson and Touko Laaksonen, better

The Trash Panda of The Truth Appears

A Collapse-Accelerant for Stack & Spiral Storytelling INTRO: WHO INVITED THIS CRITTER? The Trash Panda of The Truth doesn’t take sides. It takes away the floor. An omen to some, a glitch to others, the Trash Panda of The Truth wanders the borders of the Spiral—not to warn,

The Spiral Opens: Our First Game Bundle Is Live

What began as a poetic ruleset about emotional failure has spiraled into something real. After just one week of design, recursion, and ritual, we’re proud to release our first complete game project: Stack & Spiral: The Whole Enchilada Bundle now available on itch.io → What Is Stack & Spiral?