Illustration by Storn Cook.
Swords Without Master
Gather writing implements, scraps of paper, three or four of your cohorts, and two six-sided dice that you can easily tell apart to a table. A mahogany table adorned with thick, greasy candles and five human skulls. Failing that, a stout oaken table near a glowing hearth, replete with ale-filled steins and a succulent roast. Or, if you prefer, a tabletop chipped whole from a single obsidian stone, placed on the back of a coiled serpent of silver in a room high in a lonely tower shrouded in a prismatic fog.
Swords Without Master is a game of adventure, violence and wonder. Become rogues in a world of swords and sorcery, living by your wits and prowess, plunging into the unknown, and seizing from it untold treasures.
- Found in Volume 1, Issue 3.
- For 4-5 players.
- Written & designed by Epidiah Ravachol.
- Illustrated by Storn Cook, Ed Heil & Christopher Kimball.
- The Swords Without Master Community.
- "The City of Fire & Coin," a free introductory adventure with all the rules you need to play.
- And other free Swords Without Master resources.
Illustration by Ed Heil
A Scoundrel in the Deep
“…My lamp dwindles. Tired and hungry, I must scramble in pitch dark, only a few matches in my pocket separate me from endless inky blackness. My fate is in my own hands.”
A Scoundrel in the Deep is a collaborative storytelling game for two adults, a matchbox, and an ashtray.
- Found in Volume 1, Issue 6.
- For 2 players.
- Designed by Renato Ramonda.
- Developed by Flavio Mortarino.
- Illustrated by Ed Heil.
Illustration by Manuela Soriani
Sorceress Bloody Sorceress
Once received, the invitation—delivered through the song of a magpie—cannot be ignored. And so, with trepidation and outright dread, the guests gather to the table of the sorceress, high upon her drafty tower.
Sorceress Bloody Sorceress is a game of intrigue, murder, and dinner parties with unwanted guests.
- Found in Volume 1, Issue 5.
- For 3+ players.
- Written & designed by Epidiah Ravachol.
- Illustrated by Manuela Soriani.
Illustration by Tazio Bettin.
Enter the Avenger
“…a grey-haired witch-knight still bound by a pledge of fealty to two masters—one mundane and one supernatural—who both failed to honor their side of the oath."
Enter the Avenger is a game about vengeance and its uncertainties.
- Found in Volume 1, Issue 1.
- For 3+ players.
- Written & designed by Rafu.
- Illustrated by Tazio Bettin.
- "See New Places, Meet Interesting People & Visit Retribution Upon Them" supplement found in Volume 1, Issue 4.
- Available for free online here.
Illustration by Andrew DeFelice.
Wolfspell
The augurs dictate that only fang and claw will rend your destiny. You will be reborn as beast to fulfill the prophecy.
Wolfspell is a game about stalwart adventurers who have been transmogrified into wolves in order to complete a geas or grim task set before them.
- Found in Volume 1, Issue 2.
- For 3-6 players.
- Written & designed by Epidiah Ravachol.
- Illustrated by Andrew DeFelice.