Glowing Roots Press
Exploring the strange and beautiful.Games to evoke wonder, horror and empathy.
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Candlelight
A game of restless spirits seeking hope in a dark forest that wants to trap them there.
A stand-alone game for 2-4 players, perfect for a haunted prologue or melancholy epilogue to any campaign.
Play as the spirits of lost explorers, retracing their steps and revisiting their final moments.
Flexible ruleset designed to run any Trophy Dark scenario, or create your own.
Options for adapting your characters from classic fantasy or sci-fi games.
Inspiration tables by Natalie Ash, Lin Codega, Noora Rose, Rae Nedjadi and Sarah Rowan.
48 pages, perfect bound. Digital includes character sheet.
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Token
A duet game of tragic fates entwined in the dark woods.
"Token perfectly encapsulates what I love to see in fairy tales of a hero facing a monster: the initial mystery and fear of otherness slowly being replaced by understanding, familiarity, and empathy."
- Jesse Ross, creator of Trophy
A stand-alone collaborative game for 2 players, inspired by heroic legends and dark folklore.
Play as the Seeker, a failed hero, or the Dweller, a tragic monster - each seeking each other across a desolate landscape for reasons that change as you uncover clues about the other.
Inspiration tables and generators for creating an emerging world.
Guidance for creating your own scenarios inspired by folklore.
Featuring scenarios by Rae Nedjadi, Pam Punzalan, Lin Codega, Noora Rose, Mags Maenad and Michael Van Vleet.
76 pages, perfect bound. Original illustrations by Ezra Rose, and atmospheric layout by Cathode Youth.
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In Development
BESTOW
(with B. Narr)
A game of family legacy, the ties that bind, and the dark secrets which echo through time.
The Bramble Gate
A game of underground music, slumbering magic, and nostalgia for a world that never was. Playtesting soon!
(art by Evangeline Gallagher)
The Forgotten City
(with Chris Skinner & Amy Skinner)
Featured in the upcoming eco-horror anthology, Rooted in Crisis.
The Piper's Call
(with Jesse Ross)
What if Robin Hood took place in a haunted forest? In this swashbuckling approach to Trophy Gold, play as a band of outlaws in league with the mysterious Piper, outwitting a corrupt duke while aiding your community.
(art by Jesse Ross)
Press
The Silt Verses RPG
A licensed adaptation of the award-winning audio drama by Jon Ware and Muna Hassen. Written with Jason Cordova and published by The Gauntlet.
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