Games

TTRPGs and computer/console games

  • Sundered Isles, part 2

    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

    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 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

    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…

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