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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.
Xas Irkalla
Alone Against the Forlorn Wild
Strain Basic
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Foam & Fiction   - An RPG Character Journaling Exercise
RENOVATION   - A solo journaling game about a house and its renovation.
Cryptid Apothecary   - Mix potions to remedy your preternatural patients' mystic ailments.
Solstice Grounds   - Explore our beautiful, bizarre national park.
Headless Guide   - A Treasure Hunt to be undertaken in strictest Silence and Solitude, for a Single Player
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Alone on a Map   - A solo ttrpg map making game
Messages At Sunset   - A one page journaling game about collecting messages.
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The Lay Of Our Land   - A solo journaling game about the ephemeral things in life and in the world, based on Lost and Found SRD
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Tavern at the End of the World   - A solo journaling game
The Empress and her Seer   - A solo journaling game
Into the Woods...   - A solo role-playing game
GROK?!   - An adventure role-playing game
Nomadic - Explore, Document, Survive   - A Solo Tabletop Role-Playing Game of Exploration and Survival
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SIN EATER   - A Solo Role-Playing & Journaling Experience
VERY BIG PUPPY   - a role-playing game
Looking after an orbiting rock   - a solo journaling game
A Tale Before You Go   - A solo journaling game
Death Mask   - A Dark Fantasy Role Playing Game