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The Van Witch

A journaling solo-rpg about witches, magic, slice-of-life situations, and misadventures. 路 By sunflower_wizard

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A topic by sunflower_wizard created Jan 07, 2021 Views: 511 Replies: 9
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Developer

Is there something you think could be added or adjusted RE: the game? Post it here. At the very least, it'll be read and considered. 
Thank you for any input!

I'm confused about the example on the Game Page. It defines the themes with a tarot deck, but I don't see anything about that in the rules. Are there rules for this?

Developer

Hello Ash,


So although the card prompts are themed after the tarot, an actual playing card deck is used as opposed to a tarot deck. Mainly to make creating stuff easier, and also the 52 cards -> 52 weeks (1 year) connection is important and useful for these games, so I chose to go w/ using regular playing cards. Hope that clears things up!

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Hi! This is a super fun idea! Would you be able to create a low-ink / printer-friendly version of the documents? I'm old school, and like to print my games and keep them in a gaming binder. (^_^)

Developer

Hello Lofty! Of course I can release a black/white version :) I鈥檒l reply here once it is updated.

Developer

Hi Lofty! I updated the default PDF for this game. It should be black/white now. I realize that I should probably just keep it simple for the rules PDF, so will be updating the rest as well (Coven Dinner Party is next).

Wow, that was so fast!! You're amazing to work on this at such a busy time of year for most people. Thank you for your diligence!! 馃檶


I'll check it out from my computer later!

Hello! I realise that this is a bit of an attempt at necromancy, and i apologise for that. First Id like to thank you for creating this game and world, its a delightful creation that fills me with hope!
Im new to journaling RPGs and Im trying to play this game, but Ive run into a bit of a conundrum reading the rules. In the Game Cycle from the journaling system for this game it calls for rules module check list (prerequisite prompts) that are meant to be provided by the game, however the game itself calls for you to refer to the journaling system... This sends you for a loop and leaves you in a bit of a circular situation. Could you perhaps clear this up a bit? 
I realise that this is perhaps perfectly skippable, and Ill attempt to do so, but i also feel like it would make first playthrough much smoother to have something like this as a spingboard of sorts, to take first couple of steps.

Thank you for your time creating this world and for any further guidance in navigating it!

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hey howdy anyone still out there! I got this game in the big bundle everyone鈥檚 talking about(f*ck ice) and this was my first entry into solo ttrpgs. They feel like everything I loved about choose your own adventure books as a kid so I went on a huge side quest and now I鈥檓 making physical, stylized versions of everything for this game. Thank you for being the cozy entry to solo journaling ttrpgs I needed! I, no joke, am spending hours each day obsessing over this game because of how satisfying the gameplay loop feels. I have added some of my own mechanics on the side to add flavor and that鈥檚 really fun. 

Developer(+1)

thank you so much! life has been insane and I never have been able to give this the reboot/update it deserves but I鈥檓 glad you鈥檝e been enjoying it in its current state 馃槶