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TiGGR

A collection of 62 issues

TiGGR: The Pulse Beneath the Stars

“They said it was just interference. But we heard it—clear and strange and alive.” This story is inspired by the brilliance of Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars in 1967. It’s for anyone who ever listened closely when no one else would. Best played on a quiet night

Valthorne: Playing the Flow

Civic Tools, Emotional Lexicon, and the Future Drift of Valthorne Valthorne isn’t just a setting—it’s a city that listens, its adobe spires and rune-lit canals thrumming with the psychic breath of its people. Here, justice isn’t carved in stone or decreed from a distant throne;

Valthorne: Resonance Over Function, Community Over All

In Valthorne, you don’t wield a WAND. You harmonize with it. It’s not a weapon forged in fire, nor a badge pinned with pride, nor an artifact locked in a vault. It’s a whisper made visible—a trembling, sun-warmed feeling given form in the desert air.

Valthorne: WAND & Warrant in the City of Living Law

Welcome to Valthorne, a desert gigapolis where the Law is a living, psychic force shaped by the people’s dreams, grief, and joy. As Arcane Constables, you wield your WAND* to enforce this fluid justice, solving crimes that ripple through the city’s soul. Inspired by Law & Order’s

Smoke on the Waters: A TiGGR One-Shot

A Mothers’ Folktale Inspired by the 1971 Montreux Casino Fire TiGGR: Tiny Game for Generalized Roleplaying Players: 2-5 (1 GM, 1-4 players) Playtime: 30-45 minutes Components: 2d6, pencil and paper, LLM optional but encouraged The Premise December 4, 1971. The Mothers of Invention are rocking the Montreux

TiGGR: Tour des Alpes

or, Der Klang der Kurbel In honor of their ambient-industrial masterpiece, the members of Autobahn undertake a cycling tour across Europe. They seek resonance, ritual, and maybe a lost demo tape hidden in an Alpine yodel. RULES OF TiGGR (Tiny Game for Generalized Roleplaying) Stats: Body, Mind, Charm. Distribute

No Fun: TiGGR Takes on the Filth & the Fury (And Malcom McLaren)

TiGGR: Sex Pistols – Punk Road to Ruin The Tour That Imploded. The Spark That Lingered. A friend was at the Dallas show. He said there was nothing on the planet like it. Not the noise, not the sneer, not the way it felt like the stage itself might bolt for

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

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

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