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It didn't take long for James to want to customize his tabletop experiences. James Vail is an independent game designer and artist known for his first book, Xas Irkalla and Strain, an original hardcore rule system. He has always had an appreciation for gothic and scifi themes in artwork, books, movies, games, and even music. After being introduced to tabletop RPG's, James soon began writing and GM'ing his own campaigns. Though game design is James's passion, he also enjoys video games, hiking, extreme metal, and playing guitar. James has always had an interest in game design; remembering creating custom maps for StarCraft, Warcraft, Neverwinter Nights, and more as a child.
Alone Against the Forlorn Wild
Xas Irkalla
Strain Basic
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Into the Depths   - An Into the Odd Hack
Salthaven   - An adventure for Cairn
Barrow Delver   - Solo rules for Cairn.
Into The Grasslands   - An Into the Odd hack of the Ultraviolet Grasslands
Celestial Bodies   - Mecha TTRPG - Terrestrial Edition
Yokai Hunters Society   - A rules-light pen & paper RPG about monster hunters in Meiji Japan.
The Positronic Library   - A library dungeon for Into The Odd.
DAISY CHAINSAW   - Fight monsters through the power of friendship and extreme violence.
Alone in the Odd   - Solo-roleplaying Procedures for Into the Odd
MiniBX   - A mini hack
Caers & Crannogs #1   - a zine for Cairn
Rosethorn Keep   - Defeat the Demon Lord in this castle-building, auto-battler solo TTRPG!
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Village Witch   - A solo journaling game about a witch finding a home.
Shepherds   - A JRPG-inspired tabletop RPG about doing the right thing
SLEDGEHAMMER   - Rules Light Grim Dark Fantasy RPG
24XX   - A lo-fi sci-fi RPG SRD
Swordquest - Micro Edition   - A One Page Fantasy Adventure Game
Adventure template for ECO MOFOS!!   - Make your own adventures with this handy template for Affinity and InDesign
Classic Explorer Template   - A time-slaying and grid-taming layout template for classic fantasy roleplaying games.
BRIGHTHAMMER   - Rules Light High Fantasy Roleplaying
Creature Compendium: BUGS   - A illustrated collection of creepers and creatures to use in tabletop rpg's.
Breathless - System Reference Document   - An SRD for creating Breathless games.
Diedream   - A one-page solo RPG you play while you fall asleep
Reaching in the Dark   - A misty, fantasy PbtA Game