HOUSE OF SMALL WOES uses magical realism to turn ordinary places into something sacred, strange, and emotionally true. The house doesn’t haunt you, it remembers you.

Discover how HOUSE OF SMALL WOES uses the Simple Approach system to support story-first roleplaying in a magical realism setting where emotion leads and mechanics follow.

Explore how HOUSE OF SMALL WOES uses magical realism to tell personal, emotionally resonant stories through quiet, unexplained moments that feel deeply true.

HOUSE OF SMALL WOES uses magical realism to create story-first roleplaying where the strange doesn’t need to be explained. The magic isn’t a puzzle, it’s part of the world.

Discover House of Small Woes, a magical realism roleplaying game inspired by the quiet strength of Practical Magic. A new release shaped by grief, memory, and meaning.

Explore how HOUSE OF SMALL WOES uses magical realism to create intimate, story-driven roleplaying. The world doesn’t wait for your characters, it already knows them.

Explore Black Omens, a system-agnostic roleplaying tool that redefines black dragons as narrative forces of rot, silence, and decay. Includes prompts, character ideas, complications, and adventure hooks for storytelling shaped by aftermath.

Ground your science fiction in people, not tech. Build characters who feel real in any future with Lightspress roleplaying tools.

Treat the sea as more than setting. Sea Omens offers system-agnostic tools for fantasy roleplaying, turning oceans into living forces of memory, presence, and consequence. Use it to shape stories through tide, pressure, and return.

Build occult characters grounded in belief, mystery, and memory. Lightspress stories focus on meaning, not clichés.

Treat rivers as more than features on a map. River Omens is a system-agnostic tool for fantasy roleplaying that turns rivers into story-shaping forces of memory, movement, and consequence. Use it to create narrative depth, cultural detail, and adventure rooted in presence and change.

Create modern roleplaying characters shaped by systems, memory, and pressure. Lightspress stories start where the real world leaves off.

Mountain Omens is a system-agnostic sourcebook that helps you treat mountains as narrative events in your fantasy roleplaying. Use this book to shape stories around presence, memory, and quiet transformation.

Start with an archetype, then let it change. Lightspress fantasy helps you build characters who belong in the story and evolve with it.

Epistulae Daemonicae takes Sir Walter Scott’s Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft and transforms them into a sourcebook for fantasy and modern roleplaying that’s as haunting as it is inspired. Whether you’re crafting tales of dark fantasy, unraveling historical mysteries, or exploring the supernatural in a grounded modern setting, this book delivers the tools to tell character-driven, story-focused tales where every decision matters. Forget cookie-cutter plots, this is where imagination, collaboration, and player agency shape the narrative.

This issue of The Manifesto sets clear boundaries, shares new releases, and outlines what’s next for Lightspress. Some changes were made quietly, but they matter.

Treat winter as a presence, not a backdrop. Winter Omens is a system-agnostic roleplaying sourcebook that shows how the season shapes memory, stillness, and story. Use it to create characters, events, and settings where winter carries narrative weight and emotional truth.

Autumn Omens is a system-agnostic storytelling tool for fantasy roleplaying. Use it to bring depth, memory, and seasonal change into your characters, scenes, and worldbuilding.

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