#forgotten thicket

[probablybadrpgideas]

this is the first I'm hearing of Forgotten Thicket, other than presumably a ttrpg, what's that?

30 years ago, a meteor hit Earth. The impact wiped out tech infrastructure and caused general chaos. As humankind fought for survival, creatures long thought fictional made their way back into our world, their forests taking back the island of Britain.

You play as a group from one of the human settlements, trying to build some sort of life in this new world full of fairies and monsters.

[invisible-goats]

was it silly to make the sale on my three full-sized ttrpgs end the exact minute i turn 30? yes

am i sad that i've only sold 2 copies of the new one, which took over a year to write and is folk horror based on british folklore including some more obscure creatures like the gwyllion, but all of the community copies are gone, because it makes it feel like people just want free stuff since the game is only a fiver? also yes

[probablybadrpgideas]

Ok, let's try sharing a creature that isn't also a word for boobs, that was my own fault really

[probablybadrpgideas]

At the risk of coming across as HORRIBLY pedantic (but in the hopes of saving you from other people like me), you describe the "water leaper" monster as being amphibious, but also wrote that it can't breathe air. This is contradictory, as amphibians can explicitly breathe air, either through lungs or through their skin. Most amphibians start as being solely aquatic and then develop air-breathing as adults. I think "aquatic" would work better if you intend these monsters to not be able to survive on land/in the air.

no this is helpful. think I must have been on autopilot or something

[probablybadrpgideas]

Forgotten Thicket is now up!

You can get it at pencilpaper.itch.io, and if you don't have any of our three bigger games yet (Forgotten Thicket, Pirates of the Red Spot, Chymus) you can get a bundle of all three for 30% off until 3rd November (aka my 30th)

In the last month we also:

Put out 1 regular episode and one patreon teaser actual play in the podcast feed

Put in the patreon feed our first game prompt (Sinciñera), a bonus episode about isekai ideas, and a game about clownfish landlords

Finally, this month's short game added to our itch store is Of Rabbits and Snails, a game based on mediaeval marginalia

Have a good spooky month - Paper

[probablybadrpgideas]

writing rpgs is all fun and games until you have to describe potential enemies

[probablybadrpgideas]

since we didn't have many weird dice this week, I thought I'd pivot to WIP wednesday for this afternoon and share one of the creatures you may encounter in Forgotten Thicket

[probablybadrpgideas]

Paper here!

For those who like our games, we are still working on Forgotten Thicket! Life has just been A Lot lately (I won't talk about Pencil's life but personally I just moved house like a week ago) but it's coming, and we've even got some ideas we're throwing around for game number 4