TTRPG
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Games Update – June ‘25
Solo TTRPGs have continued to be a source of excitement, exploration, and expression during our travels. Despite my enthusiasm, I don’t move very quickly with them. This doesn’t bother me especially. I know it is because I’m stopping to create art about the worlds, or sometimes diverting entirely to go on hikes, explore new recipes
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Sundered Isles Game Kit
For better or worse, I’ve always been very interested in putting together little self-contained capsules of materials or supplies for the various activities in my life. Not to say that the setups were particularly extravagant or expensive, just that they were focused and dedicated. Gaming is no different. I have a small but not-often-used box
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Sundered Isles, part 2
Ironsworn campaigns get started with fairly straightforward character creation that includes a background vow. My character (Amarelle) is a young orphan who sells herbalism reagents and potions to scrape by an existence. She eventually wants to avenge the death of her parents, but prior to the campaign timeline she hasn’t been in a position to
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Ironsworn: Sundered Isles
The creator of Ironsworn has published an addition to Starforged, their space-faring game, which sets the action in an age of sail. The new expansion is called Sundered Isles and I’m getting ready to start a campaign that’s based in a world of floating islands. I thoroughly enjoyed my prior game of Ironsworn, set in
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Apothecaria Journaling Game
Apothecaria is the game that first introduced me to solo tabletop roleplaying games. I saw it recommended in a Reddit post and from there I went down a rabbit hole that resulted in my starting an Ironsworn game. Before too long though, I came back to Apothecaria and purchased it out of curiosity. The game
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Ironsworn
Ironsworn is a tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) designed for a solo player or small group. This post describes the game in general, why/how I came to start playing it and my play evolution since initially encountering the game. [This post is based on Ironsworn , created by Shawn Tomkin, and licensed for our use under the Creative