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Games by Jason Ermer
My work is about celebrating the joy of exploration and discovery. I delight in crafting interactive problem-solving experiences to challenge, entertain, and delight an audience. These themes run through both my professional life as an educator, and my recreational life as a facilitator and designer of storytelling games.
Curse of Count Vincula
Chronicle of the Homesick Hammer
Enter the Octagon
Chronicle of the Lost Loot
Chronicle of the Withering Woodlands
Robot Reboot
Chronicle of the Calcified Customers
Courting Alliances
Chronicle of the Broken Beacon
Phytotoxin
Chronicle of the Floating Fortress
Outlaws of Crooked Gulch
Chronicle of the Runaway Ruminant
Tintinnabulism
Cube of Doom
Chronicle of the Ghastly Gangsters
Eyes of the Slime Lord
Sharing Adventures
Chronicle of the Problematic Pastries
Invaders From Planet X
Gold Dragon
Chronicles of the Everflame Collective
Sharkbite's Sunken Stash
Dinopark
If you like ForeverDex check out...
When I lived here...   - A play-by-mail story game about ghosts
Expansive Skies   - A one page game about discovering constellations.
Monster Manifest   - 300+ Creatures from the SRD5 adapted for Quest RPG
ArchiveOS Computer Edition   - Computer game archival by mail
The Spectacular Spectacles: an Everyday Enchanter experience   - An IRL/journaling experience about seeing your day-to-day life through someone else's eyes
ArchiveOS Console Edition   - Video game archival by mail
An Altogether Different River   - A GM-less storygame about returning home and grappling with what has changed
Princess with a Cursed Sword   - A solo journaling game
Ink Transference   - A play by mail game where you learn about humans and emotions
The Witch is Dead   - A game of magic, woodland creatures, and brutal murder.
Strange Places   - A Mystery Adventure RPG Played Over Mail
Palimpsest   - A GMless worldbuilding game about the remnants passed from one civilization to the next
If you like Behind the Mist check out...
Gemonology Bussiness Card Version   - Minimalist RPG
Swordquest - Micro Edition   - A One Page Fantasy Adventure Game
HEARTH - HEDGE Expansion   - A (free) roleplay and campaign expansion for the post-apocalyptic heroes vs fey combat game HEDGE.
Dungeon Gig   - A minimalist sword and witchcraft RPG
In Darkest Warrens Ultimate Edition   - Minimalist fantasy RPG + setting
Searchers of Lost Souls   - A minimalist soulslike RPG
Baremetal: Advanced Edition   - Minimalist tabletop RPG
The Legend of the Forgotten Ballad   - An ultra-minimalist Sword & Songs RPG
Free Traders   - A minimalist business card sci-fi RPG
Cosmogony   - A Minimalist Worldbuilding Wargame
Screams Amongst The Stars   - Minimalist Weird Space Horror RPG
Petrified Sorcerer   - A minimalist dungeon tool for a any system of TTRPG