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Games by Z. W. Garth
W. Garth is a writer, podcaster, and game designer based in Eastern Pennsylvania.  He is the co-host and usual-GM of the Heart Points podcast, a duet Actual Play podcast featuring indie games of all sorts and genres.
This Year of Adventure Together
Boar Beasts on a Barbarous Planet
We Never Expected to be Parents to a Chaos Deity, but This Baby is the Key to an Anarchist World!
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Nano Pack   - 12 Word RPG
You are a crab   - 12 word TTRPG
Grave-Grown   - a 12-word solo rpg
We Are But Worms: A One Word RPG   - A One Word RPG
Lemurs on the Loose   - A humorous one-page game about lemurs trying to escape the zoo.
Dragon Cave   - a 12 word solo RPG
Beginner's guide to Anarchy   - 12-word TTRPG manifesto
The future is FUCKED and it is all your fault.   - 12 word Jam entry
D12 & Delve   - 12-word RPG on Fantasy Exploration
Six and Two Threes   - Six 12-word RPGs in postcard size.
LADDER   - A 12-word RPG for 1 player about getting what's up above.
Scandal!   - A 12-word RPG for one player, or a 36-word RPG for three.
If you like Impetus and Omen check out...
UMBRA: A Solo Game of Final Frontiers   - Discover and draw your own space colony in this lightweight zine.
MIRU: An Analog Adventure Game   - A god hunting & hex crawling RPG.
After the Accident   - A solo RPG. After an Accident, you are left alone in an isolated place. Draw cards and write your survivor's diary.
A Year In...   - A draw-and-draw village building game
Beak, Feather, & Bone   - A Map-Labeling RPG
An Altogether Different River   - A GM-less storygame about returning home and grappling with what has changed
Advanced Lovers & Lesbians   - DRAW YOUR SWORD AND BARE YOUR HEART…
Parley   - After years of war, will the things you learn encourage you towards peace or more violence?
Conkerers   - A map-making exploration game
Alone on a Galactic Map   - A sci-fi solo ttrpg map making game
Apotheosis   - A role-playing game about how legends evolve over generations
Viritrian Barrens   - A sci-fi adventure map for TTRPGs
If you like Gathering Storm check out...
Invincible Sword Princess   - A Rules-Lite Game of Postcolonial Revenge
An Altogether Different River   - A GM-less storygame about returning home and grappling with what has changed
Lilancholy   - A guide to a secret world
Voyage   - A mapmaking game about a journey at sea
Far From Home   - A game about immigrants and outsiders
HEARTMELTER   - worldbuild together — journal in secret
Ithaca in the Cards   - A blackjack-driven story game of doomed travelers
Impossible Identity   - A solo game about a spy on a secret mission
Branching Streams   - A supplement of additional game seeds and hacks for An Altogether Different River
Princess with a Cursed Sword   - A solo journaling game
Homebound   - An anthology of games about home and going away
The Land Whispers   - A card game of discovery and improvisational storytelling for 1-4 players