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Darlene is a narrative and game designer based in the technological forests of Seattle.   Formally educated in cultural anthropology, Darlene believes that humans are fundamentally storytellers. She is dedicated to strong narrative design and telling the richest story possible, regardless of the medium.
Strange Nights
If you like Remembrance check out...
The Wizard's Tower   - A Descended From the Queen game about apprentices learning their tower's secrets following the wizard's disappearance.
They Took Our War   - A Descended From the Queen game about War, and Hate.
HERE, at the end of all things   - A Descended from the Queen game about immortal beings at the end of the world.
You Know Me Still   - enemies who once loved each other
All Hands on Deck   - A storytelling game about a ship, its crew, and the sea they sail on
Doing The Job (Dark Match Edition)   - A Descended From The Queen Game About People Who Lose (But NOT About Losers)
Where the Sky's as Red as Honey   - The Queen is dead; what's next?
Chasing the Ace   - A card-prompt storytelling game about mecha pilots caught in the shadow of their legendary squadron leader.
Anamnesis   - A solo tarot game about discovering yourself after memory loss
Pull Over, I Need to Pee   - A world-building game about roadtrips and bathroom breaks
The Anomaly   - GMless ttrpg for 3-6 players
Love You Til You Love Yourself   - a 2-player For The Queen hack about love and addiction
If you like Rollpunk check out...
LUMEN   - Build action packed, illuminated RPGs
One Page Lore: Fantasy Folk   - Making folk in fantasy TTRPGs unique & fun to play without racist undertones condensed into one page each
Cybermetal 2012   - lowtech heavy metal cyberpunk ttrpg
Scarred by Quietus SRD   - Make your own games using Quietus
APOCALYPSE FRAME   - An Illuminated Mecha RPG.
Blazing Hymn   - We Will Damn This World Together
MONSTER GUTS   - A monster hunting ttrpg illuminated by LUMEN
NOVA   - Pilot mechs in a sunless world, and bring a new dawn.
Wretched & Alone SRD   - An SRD for creating journaling games.
NOVA: BURNOUT   - A tense campaign framework for NOVA!
Harmony Drive   - An SRD for building TTRPGs full of self-expression, teamwork, and difficult choices.
Haunting   - A two-player, haunted house, roleplaying game
If you like Block: A Letter-Writing RPG check out...
Village Witch Post   - A postcard game for a witch writing letters about her new home.
GUN COWBOY   - A journaling game of dead outlaws.
Greetings From ______   - How will you leave your mark on the map?
Tarot Telling For Two   - A Tarot-based RPG for Two Players
Princess with a Cursed SRD   - A guide to making solo tarot RPGs
The Game Designer's Tarot   - How to use Tarot Cards for brainstorming to design roleplaying game adventures, worlds, and stories.
Ghostboy   - a 2-4 player RPG about the beauty of moving on
A Note In Time   - A solo letter writing ttrpg about reflection using tarot cards
Spindlewheel   - a tarot-like storytelling game.
The Wanderhome Key to the Tarot   - A simple how to guide for using Tarot in Wanderhome solo play
LESBIANS BUILT THIS FARM   - & they keep building it
Hesitation at the Gate   - A Tarot based ttrpg