Why Tea, Not Swords
What happens when fantasy roleplaying is not about fighting evil, but about finding peace? Explore the heart-first design of cozy fantasy storytelling.
There is a reason cozy fantasy features teahouses more often than tavern brawls. Because sometimes, the bravest thing your character can do is listen.
Building a World That Hugs Back
Cozy fantasy worlds invite, welcome, and warm. Learn how to build inviting RPG settings full of wonder, charm, and emotional safety.
Now Available: White Omens
Explore worldbuilding prompts, story complications, and adventure hooks centered on white dragons. Use these narrative tools to shape stillness, cold, and presence in any fantasy RPG setting.
Now Available: Green Omens
Explore Green Omens, a system-agnostic sourcebook that redefines green dragons as catalysts of memory, secrecy, and transformation. Discover tools, characters, and story prompts for immersive storytelling.
Conflict Without Combat
You do not need battles to build tension. Learn how cozy fantasy roleplaying uses relationships and emotion to create rich, conflict-driven stories.
Now Available: False Records
A system-agnostic sourcebook for roleplaying in worlds shaped by propaganda, revised documents, and institutional silence. Use false records to disrupt memory, question trust, and change the story.
The Power of Small Stakes
Discover how low-conflict, high-heart adventures bring depth and meaning to your roleplaying experience. Cozy fantasy roleplaying is storytelling with soul.
Still Here. Just Quiet.
This week’s update is a pause. No new releases, no announcements, just a quiet moment to step back, rest, and let the work simmer. The catalog is still here if you need it.
Critical Twists: Heroic Fantasy -Available Now
Every fantasy campaign's got its own version of disaster. A roll so low it echoes through the dungeon. A charm that backfires in the royal court. A leap that ends in blood instead of glory. However your rules name it, Critical Twists kicks in right then, when everything falls apart.
Now Available: Heroic Fantasy Companion
Heroic Fantasy Companion is a narrative-first sourcebook built to bring that kind of story to your tabletop. It works with any system, but it thrives alongside The Simple Approach, using the same modular structure and random roll options to shape characters, worlds, and arcs that matter. This isn’t a manual for tactical advantage. It is a toolbox for human-scale drama, daring choices, and mythic transformation.
Now Available: Cold War Signals
Explore Cold War Signals, a system-agnostic roleplaying sourcebook focused on secrecy, surveillance, and forgotten histories. Includes story prompts, character ideas, and narrative hooks shaped by rediscovered records.
Silence Speaks Louder Than Action
In Guillotine Protocol, silence creates story. Learn how quiet moments, hesitation, and unspoken truths drive tension in modern spy roleplaying.
Now Available: Broken Directives
Broken Directives is a system-agnostic tool for science fiction roleplaying. It treats collapse not as a surprise, but as an outcome written long before anyone noticed. A directive was issued. A utopia was promised. A safeguard was installed. Then it broke.
The Mission Always Changes
In Guillotine Protocol, the mission never goes as planned. Discover how improvisation and shifting goals drive modern espionage storytelling.
Now Available: Ash Sigils
Ash Sigils is a system-agnostic sourcebook for occult roleplaying, focused on the lingering effects of rituals. Explore character archetypes, worldbuilding prompts, story complications, and adventure hooks that begin after the power is gone and the meaning remains.
Burn Bags and Backstories
In Guillotine Protocol, every operative has a past. Learn how layered backstories and personal regrets fuel powerful modern spy storytelling.
Why Release Timing Is Changing
Lightspress titles now launch on our site as soon as they’re ready. Learn why we’re shifting away from synchronized releases with DriveThruRPG and what this means for readers.
Trust Breaks the Game in a Good Way
In Guillotine Protocol, trust isn't teamwork. It's a narrative tool. Learn how doubt and betrayal drive deeper stories in modern espionage roleplaying.
Tradecraft Is Just Storytelling
Discover how spy gear becomes narrative in Guillotine Protocol, a modern espionage roleplaying game built on memory, motive, and meaning.
The Work That Begins in Shadow
Fantasy remains the first shape this work takes. Not because it is the only genre worth exploring, but because it opens the most doors. It is the familiar welcome. For some readers, that is where the journey stays. For others, it is only the beginning.