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The game is called Watchmaker's Apprentice which was inspired by The Watchmaker on Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley. Though this game has no direct ties to the book, it would be silly to say I wasn't immediately drawing on ideas that came from spending hours immersed in an 1840s England with an eclectic cast of characters and marvelous clockwork creations.

This game is a micro-rpg, meaning that it's very basic in design and usually can be played in one sitting (3-4 hours max). It's also a solo journaling game with optional rules for playing with a group of people. Those of you who are familiar with games outside of D&D, you probably already know and I hope you enjoy my game. Those of you who have only played D&D or maybe you only know of D&D from watching things like Stranger Things; I want you to know that this is very different experience from D&D. If what you want is D&D, play D&D. If you want to try something totally different, this is a good game to try.

Purchase

Buy Now$5.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Watchmaker's Apprentice_v1-01.pdf 43 MB
WatchermakersApprentice [TEXTONLY].pdf 55 kB
WatchermakersApprentice [TEXTONLY].txt 3.7 kB

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A short journaling game of contemplation with evocative prompts and a small mechanic I did like—gradually adding up the 2d6 results rolled to pick a question from each phase to create a final score, giving a brief epitaph that I found created a nice capstone for the experience. There are no bad ends unless you want to make them yourself.