GameSearch

An AI-Powered Search and Recommendation Engine for Itch.io RPGs

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
If you like Shower Thoughts check out...
Transmission for Them   - a solo journaling game about lovers lost in space
The first Lost Bay Comic Convention   - a Lost Bay Zine
The perpetual broth   - A short adventure Pop-Up zine for DURF
Castle of Memories   - A solo-TTRPG about exploring a castle and finding lost memories
The Escalator   - An Urban Legend for The Lost Bay RPG
Lost Post   - A Lost and Found solo journaling game about the journey of a Lost Letter.
Map Pieces   - maps to get lost by
Dream Quest   - A lost adventure game from 1980
The Teapot: Fully Steeped   - a Lost & Found game about a Magical Teapot and its journey across the eras!
Pherae Estates AIA   - An in-game artefact for The Lost Bay TTRPG.
Babes in the Wood 2e   - a tabletop rpg of kids & critters lost in an endless wood on Halloween night
Fímbria   - Weird investigations in the lost 90's
If you like COSMIC WHEEL check out...
.dungeon   - An alternate reality table top roleplaying game.
Babel   - A journaling game of language and reality
Primal Quest - Essentials   - A Weird Stone & Sorcery Adventure Game
Beginner's guide to Anarchy   - 12-word TTRPG manifesto
Swordquest - Micro Edition   - A One Page Fantasy Adventure Game
Dwarven Common Rule   - A dwarven communist manifesto.
Sharp Swords & Sinister Spells - Core Rules   - Streamlines Neo OSR Rules for Pulp Fantasy Sword & Sorcery Adventures
The Sticker Game: A Solo Journaling Experience   - Unstick another reality
Kosmosaurs   - An RPG about Dinosaurs who protect the Galaxy from Evil Forces
Iron Core   - Iron Core is a rich dice mechanic for you to build your own games.
Session Zero: World Building Edition   - A deck based world building game
Lost in the Deep   - A Solo Horror RPG about surviving in the depths of a ruined dwarven citadel.