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Solo Journaling RPGs
The Emberforge
A solo journaling RPG about the last smith of a mountain hold, forging a blade before the Ashen Wyrm wakes, played with a deck of cards, one d6 and a journal.
- Players and time
- 1 player; 20-60 min per session; full game 2-5 sessions (or one card a day for a month). Needs a standard 52-card deck (no jokers) + one d6. Age not stated.
- Pages
- 12
- Format
- A4 + US Letter
- Language
- English, Italian
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What's in the download
- Premise: last smith beneath Mount Kareth, the Ashen Wyrm sleeps below
- Core loop 'A Day at the Forge': Draw, Strike, Tend the fire, Watch the deep, Rest
- Five Stages of the Blade: Ore, Smelting, Forging, Quenching, Naming (3 Progress each)
- 6 Embers (will) resource; Spades drain, Hearts restore via gratitude sentence
- 52 prompts in 4 suits: Hearts Kin & Memory, Diamonds Metal & Trade, Clubs The Craft, Spades The Deep
- 4 King 'Portents' of the Wyrm; four endings
- Character/blade sheet, tracker, journal page, quick reference
Inside pages
Lines from the book
You are the last smith of the clan, and you have sworn to forge a blade worthy of the sleeping mountain before it wakes.
♥6: You set an extra place at the table without thinking. For whom?
The blade sings when you strike it. What note, and what does it remind you of?
