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Damwain Games is the place to find the structured freeforms, narrative RPGs, story games and game poems written and designed by queer game designer Ash Griffiths. Ash has been involved in the promoting and running of structured freeforms since the late 2000s and published their first game, "What You Wish For", in 2011. They tend to focus on highly emotional, but also highly realistic games, that allow players to just get lost in their character for a couple of hours.
What You Wish For
A Family Affair
If you like Dream's End check out...
The Story of a Story   - A Lost and Found solo journaling game, where you play a story as you journey from inception to transformation.
The Wasteland Covenant, a post-apocalypse ttrpg Told by Travelers   - A post-apocalyptic game Told by Travelers
Sports are Just Numerology   - A 2 athlete story told through numbers.
Reunification   - A Letter-Writing Game about Reconciliation
When I lived here...   - A play-by-mail story game about ghosts
Rules & Roberts   - A democratic roleplaying game
The Corruption of Pelursk   - A system-agnostic ttrpg adventure that seeks out the dark secret at the heart of a small community.
The Colors of Magic   - The Colors of Magic is a light, collaborative, story-focused, fantasy tabletop RPG about a group of wizard friends.
Back Again from the Broken Land—Full Edition   - a short Powered by the Apocalypse tabletop RPG of small adventurers sharing stories on a long walk home
The Adventurer   - A solo story writing game
All Hands on Deck   - A storytelling game about a ship, its crew, and the sea they sail on
What Dust Remains   - Build your legacy - but at what cost?
If you like Lair of the Maneaters check out...
These Old Bones   - A map-making game about digging up the past and building a history.
The Manifest of Candle & Driftwood   - An Island Exploration Crypt for Best Left Buried
[Zini Edition] Gravekeepers / Movement in the Waters   - A location and adventure for Best Left Buried
cryptkeeper   - the crypt broke again; better go reboot it
Medusa in the Sleeping Garden   - A short dungeon crawl compatible with MÖRK BORG.
Tampalasan ALPHA   - a spear-and-sorcery hack of Best Left Buried, SotDL, and UVG
Best Left Buried: The Zini Edition   - A zini version of Best Left Buried
Forget-Me-Not: Myosotis   - Create characters from the memories they left behind.
Mixology!   - Mixology is a one page RPG made for sharing music with your friends in a fast and fun way!
Parselings: Infer Memorial Station (PDF)   - An introduction story module for the tabletop RPG Parselings.
Sigils in the Dark   - Solo journaling game and GM supplement.
Spitfire & Straightlace   - A GMless tabletop game about buddy cops.
If you like Abdec check out...
Lair of the Gobbler   - A dungeon for low Hit Die adventurers (1-2 HD)
The Rot King's Sanctum   - An OSR-style  dungeon module  for levels 1-3
SPROUTS ~ RPG   - Hand-drawn creatures travel across real-life terrain in this lighthearted adventure ttrpg.
Alone on a Map   - A solo ttrpg map making game
The Adventurer   - A solo story writing game
Monster Manifest   - 300+ Creatures from the SRD5 adapted for Quest RPG
VISIGOTHS vs MALL GOTHS   - There are a lot of bisexuals. (ENnie Nominated for Best Writing in 2020!)
Grandpa's Farm   - A Letter-Writing RPG
Red Snow - the first encounter   - Solo, survival horror,  writing game
Liminal Horror   - A Modern Horror TTRPG
5 Act Play   - A solo play writing game
Together We Write Private Cathedrals   - A game for writing queer history.