The Foragers Guild: Gold Edition
Step into the world of The Foragers Guild, where knowledge is treasure and every artifact tells a story. Dive into a story-focused, character-driven roleplaying experience where your decisions shape the path ahead.
The Foragers Guild isn’t just another fantasy setting; it’s a place where the pursuit of knowledge takes center stage. Your characters are members of an esteemed organization dedicated to collecting and preserving artifacts of cultural and historical importance while studying the natural and supernatural creatures that inhabit this detailed world.
But this isn’t a peaceful journey. The Guild faces constant threats from Freebooters, merciless adventurers disparagingly called “murder hobos,” who live for fortune and glory, looting, defiling, and destroying anything in their way. It’s up to you to rescue priceless artifacts, protect rare creatures from extinction, and occasionally save the world along the way.
What sets The Foragers Guild apart is its focus on the Seven Valleys philosophy, a unique perspective that prioritizes knowledge, peace, and discovery over violence, theft, and exploitation. The Guild offers characters extensive training and equipment, freeing you from the burden of resource management so you can focus on what really matters: the story and your character’s journey.
This game is designed to inspire a sense of wonder, drawing you deep into the lives and struggles of your characters. Whether you’re navigating complex intrigues, confronting epic challenges, or forging unforgettable alliances, The Foragers Guild offers an experience that’s both fresh and familiar, splintering away from the hobby’s wargaming roots and the unfortunate baggage of violence, colonialism, and bigotry that sometimes accompanies it.
Dive into nearly 400 pages packed with everything you need to start your adventure! Inside, you’ll find:
13 Ready-to-Play Sample Characters: Plus, comprehensive rules to create your own original characters with no restrictions on your creativity.
39 Unique Creatures: Complete with customizable rules to craft and tailor your own fantastical beasts.
45 Powerful Artifacts: Along with guidelines to design and modify artifacts to suit your campaign.
20 Adventures: Ready to customize and play, offering endless possibilities for thrilling play.
The Simple Approach system, complete and adapted for fantasy roleplaying in the world of The Foragers Guild
This all-in-one resource is designed to fuel your imagination and equip you with everything you need for countless hours of roleplaying fun.
Navigating This Book
This book is your gateway to exploring The Foragers Guild with ease and confidence. We’ve organized everything to guide you through the setting, character creation, system mechanics, and our innovative journaling game. Each section is designed to deepen your understanding and enhance your roleplaying experience, whether you’re diving in for the first time or are a seasoned player seeking deeper customization. Here’s what you’ll find inside:
The Foragers Guild: Dive into a comprehensive exploration of the world you’ll be venturing into, including its history, key locations, and the underlying philosophies that drive its members. This section sets the stage for your adventures and provides the context needed to fully immerse yourself in the setting.
The Setting: Discover background information that can be seamlessly integrated into any published or homebrew fantasy roleplaying setting. This section offers a detailed overview of the world’s geography, cultures, and significant events, allowing you to create a vivid and believable environment for your campaign.
The Freebooters: Meet the setting’s antagonists, a group of ruthless murder hobos driven by greed and chaos. Learn about their motivations, tactics, and the threat they pose to the stability of the world. This section provides everything you need to incorporate them as compelling villains in your stories.
Characters: Get comprehensive guidelines for creating vibrant and memorable characters, with no limits on your creativity. This section also includes 13 ready-to-play sample characters, offering a quick start for players who want to jump straight into the action without sacrificing depth or personality.
Factions: Explore a detailed breakdown of the major players and power dynamics within the world. Understand the alliances, rivalries, and political intricacies that shape the world, giving you the tools to weave complex and engaging narratives that reflect these influences.
System: Learn the mechanics that power the game, explained in a clear and accessible way. This section covers everything from basic actions to advanced tactics, ensuring you have the knowledge to play effectively and creatively, regardless of your experience level.
Journaling: Discover our unique approach to documenting your adventures through journaling. This section introduces tools and techniques for recording your character’s journey, enhancing immersion, and adding a personal touch to your experience. It’s designed to help you create a lasting record of your adventures in the game.
Gamemastery: Equip yourself with tips and tools for running engaging and memorable sessions. This section offers advice on managing game flow, balancing challenge and enjoyment, and keeping your players invested in the story, making it easier to deliver a great experience every time.
Worldbuilding: Access a wealth of resources to help you expand and customize the setting to your liking. From creating new locations to fleshing out cultures and histories, this section empowers you to make the world your own, ensuring your campaign is as unique as your imagination.
Adventures & Campaigns: Kickstart your stories with ideas, frameworks, and 20 plot hooks complete with beat charts. This section provides ready-to-use adventures and campaign structures, helping you shape thrilling narratives and create unforgettable experiences.
Reference: Find a handy glossary and appendices for quick lookup, offering easy access to essential information, conversion guidelines, and additional resources to support your journey into The Foragers Guild.
Index: If you need to look up something specific regarding the system, character creation, or how things work in general, there is a massive alphabetical index at the back of the book you help you out.
The Simple Approach
The Simple Approach puts the focus of your roleplaying experience where it actually belongs: on narrative depth, character complexity, and player agency. While plenty of systems are still obsessed with combat, loot, and grinding, we know roleplaying can be so much more. This system is all about immersive storytelling, meaningful choices, and characters you actually care about. Whether you're uncovering espionage secrets, solving a gripping mystery, or diving into the complexities of romance, The Simple Approach offers a fresh take on traditional genres like fantasy, science fiction, and horror, along with modern and underserved ones like crime, dark academia, and espionage.
Narrative-Based Mechanics
At the heart of The Simple Approach are narrative-based mechanics that are easy to learn and designed to grow with you as you play. They let you tweak what’s here and even add things we haven’t thought of yet. The journaling system replaces those one-size-fits-none character sheets, giving gamemasters a flexible tool for organizing worldbuilding, adventure design, and session notes. Every character, setting, and adventure becomes a unique creation shaped by your choices.
Seamless Integration and Flexibility
The Simple Approach isn’t just a standalone system. You can blend it seamlessly with other Lightspress publications to create one-of-a-kind experiences or bring elements from other systems into your Lightspress game. If you want to use our material with your favorite system or setting, go for it. The free conversion notes in the Lightspress Handbook give you the flexibility to play how you want.
Our Philosophy
We believe the true essence of roleplaying happens around the table, where creativity and collaboration come alive. It’s not about a book, a brand, or a company. It’s about the people playing together, creating something special. Our focus on cooperation, interaction, and investigation ensures that every session is more than just a game; it’s a journey filled with compelling adventures and meaningful connections. We stand by our belief that the heart of roleplaying is found in shared experiences and stories crafted by the players. This philosophy drives everything in The Simple Approach and underpins our commitment to delivering content that champions the true spirit of roleplaying, free from superficial constraints.
Commitment to Creative Freedom
This philosophy also guides our belief that creators should own their work and not be beholden to licensing terms that only benefit fickle corporations. We draw inspiration from historical, mythological, and literary sources, tapping into our shared heritage to fuel creative exploration. We maintain full copyright ownership, ensuring that our work stays independent and true to our vision. Using style guides to keep a cohesive voice and narrative structure, we deliver exceptional content free from external influences, preserving the integrity and creative standards of our work.
Accessible and Affordable Roleplaying
We’re committed to keeping our games affordable so that more people can enjoy them. Our focus isn’t on producing overstuffed, expensive books filled with art to collect dust on a shelf. We’re here to create material meant to be played, not displayed. You won’t find us chasing awards or turning our games into glorified coffee-table books. Our goal is to facilitate roleplaying, pure and simple, keeping the price points low so you can focus on the game, not your wallet.
Stay Connected and Join Us
If you’re tired of the same old grind and ready to try something that actually respects your input, then The Simple Approach is calling your name. We’re not just offering a game. We’re inviting you to join a movement, a way of playing that values your time, creativity, and agency.
For more on The Simple Approach and our unorthodox take on roleplaying, visit lightspress.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, The Lightspress Manifesto, for updates on new releases, roleplaying advice, and a healthy dose of our opinions. If you’re ready to embrace something different, download the free Lightspress Handbook—your guide to what we’re all about.
400 pages. PDF and epub files included.
Step into the world of The Foragers Guild, where knowledge is treasure and every artifact tells a story. Dive into a story-focused, character-driven roleplaying experience where your decisions shape the path ahead.
The Foragers Guild isn’t just another fantasy setting; it’s a place where the pursuit of knowledge takes center stage. Your characters are members of an esteemed organization dedicated to collecting and preserving artifacts of cultural and historical importance while studying the natural and supernatural creatures that inhabit this detailed world.
But this isn’t a peaceful journey. The Guild faces constant threats from Freebooters, merciless adventurers disparagingly called “murder hobos,” who live for fortune and glory, looting, defiling, and destroying anything in their way. It’s up to you to rescue priceless artifacts, protect rare creatures from extinction, and occasionally save the world along the way.
What sets The Foragers Guild apart is its focus on the Seven Valleys philosophy, a unique perspective that prioritizes knowledge, peace, and discovery over violence, theft, and exploitation. The Guild offers characters extensive training and equipment, freeing you from the burden of resource management so you can focus on what really matters: the story and your character’s journey.
This game is designed to inspire a sense of wonder, drawing you deep into the lives and struggles of your characters. Whether you’re navigating complex intrigues, confronting epic challenges, or forging unforgettable alliances, The Foragers Guild offers an experience that’s both fresh and familiar, splintering away from the hobby’s wargaming roots and the unfortunate baggage of violence, colonialism, and bigotry that sometimes accompanies it.
Dive into nearly 400 pages packed with everything you need to start your adventure! Inside, you’ll find:
13 Ready-to-Play Sample Characters: Plus, comprehensive rules to create your own original characters with no restrictions on your creativity.
39 Unique Creatures: Complete with customizable rules to craft and tailor your own fantastical beasts.
45 Powerful Artifacts: Along with guidelines to design and modify artifacts to suit your campaign.
20 Adventures: Ready to customize and play, offering endless possibilities for thrilling play.
The Simple Approach system, complete and adapted for fantasy roleplaying in the world of The Foragers Guild
This all-in-one resource is designed to fuel your imagination and equip you with everything you need for countless hours of roleplaying fun.
Navigating This Book
This book is your gateway to exploring The Foragers Guild with ease and confidence. We’ve organized everything to guide you through the setting, character creation, system mechanics, and our innovative journaling game. Each section is designed to deepen your understanding and enhance your roleplaying experience, whether you’re diving in for the first time or are a seasoned player seeking deeper customization. Here’s what you’ll find inside:
The Foragers Guild: Dive into a comprehensive exploration of the world you’ll be venturing into, including its history, key locations, and the underlying philosophies that drive its members. This section sets the stage for your adventures and provides the context needed to fully immerse yourself in the setting.
The Setting: Discover background information that can be seamlessly integrated into any published or homebrew fantasy roleplaying setting. This section offers a detailed overview of the world’s geography, cultures, and significant events, allowing you to create a vivid and believable environment for your campaign.
The Freebooters: Meet the setting’s antagonists, a group of ruthless murder hobos driven by greed and chaos. Learn about their motivations, tactics, and the threat they pose to the stability of the world. This section provides everything you need to incorporate them as compelling villains in your stories.
Characters: Get comprehensive guidelines for creating vibrant and memorable characters, with no limits on your creativity. This section also includes 13 ready-to-play sample characters, offering a quick start for players who want to jump straight into the action without sacrificing depth or personality.
Factions: Explore a detailed breakdown of the major players and power dynamics within the world. Understand the alliances, rivalries, and political intricacies that shape the world, giving you the tools to weave complex and engaging narratives that reflect these influences.
System: Learn the mechanics that power the game, explained in a clear and accessible way. This section covers everything from basic actions to advanced tactics, ensuring you have the knowledge to play effectively and creatively, regardless of your experience level.
Journaling: Discover our unique approach to documenting your adventures through journaling. This section introduces tools and techniques for recording your character’s journey, enhancing immersion, and adding a personal touch to your experience. It’s designed to help you create a lasting record of your adventures in the game.
Gamemastery: Equip yourself with tips and tools for running engaging and memorable sessions. This section offers advice on managing game flow, balancing challenge and enjoyment, and keeping your players invested in the story, making it easier to deliver a great experience every time.
Worldbuilding: Access a wealth of resources to help you expand and customize the setting to your liking. From creating new locations to fleshing out cultures and histories, this section empowers you to make the world your own, ensuring your campaign is as unique as your imagination.
Adventures & Campaigns: Kickstart your stories with ideas, frameworks, and 20 plot hooks complete with beat charts. This section provides ready-to-use adventures and campaign structures, helping you shape thrilling narratives and create unforgettable experiences.
Reference: Find a handy glossary and appendices for quick lookup, offering easy access to essential information, conversion guidelines, and additional resources to support your journey into The Foragers Guild.
Index: If you need to look up something specific regarding the system, character creation, or how things work in general, there is a massive alphabetical index at the back of the book you help you out.
The Simple Approach
The Simple Approach puts the focus of your roleplaying experience where it actually belongs: on narrative depth, character complexity, and player agency. While plenty of systems are still obsessed with combat, loot, and grinding, we know roleplaying can be so much more. This system is all about immersive storytelling, meaningful choices, and characters you actually care about. Whether you're uncovering espionage secrets, solving a gripping mystery, or diving into the complexities of romance, The Simple Approach offers a fresh take on traditional genres like fantasy, science fiction, and horror, along with modern and underserved ones like crime, dark academia, and espionage.
Narrative-Based Mechanics
At the heart of The Simple Approach are narrative-based mechanics that are easy to learn and designed to grow with you as you play. They let you tweak what’s here and even add things we haven’t thought of yet. The journaling system replaces those one-size-fits-none character sheets, giving gamemasters a flexible tool for organizing worldbuilding, adventure design, and session notes. Every character, setting, and adventure becomes a unique creation shaped by your choices.
Seamless Integration and Flexibility
The Simple Approach isn’t just a standalone system. You can blend it seamlessly with other Lightspress publications to create one-of-a-kind experiences or bring elements from other systems into your Lightspress game. If you want to use our material with your favorite system or setting, go for it. The free conversion notes in the Lightspress Handbook give you the flexibility to play how you want.
Our Philosophy
We believe the true essence of roleplaying happens around the table, where creativity and collaboration come alive. It’s not about a book, a brand, or a company. It’s about the people playing together, creating something special. Our focus on cooperation, interaction, and investigation ensures that every session is more than just a game; it’s a journey filled with compelling adventures and meaningful connections. We stand by our belief that the heart of roleplaying is found in shared experiences and stories crafted by the players. This philosophy drives everything in The Simple Approach and underpins our commitment to delivering content that champions the true spirit of roleplaying, free from superficial constraints.
Commitment to Creative Freedom
This philosophy also guides our belief that creators should own their work and not be beholden to licensing terms that only benefit fickle corporations. We draw inspiration from historical, mythological, and literary sources, tapping into our shared heritage to fuel creative exploration. We maintain full copyright ownership, ensuring that our work stays independent and true to our vision. Using style guides to keep a cohesive voice and narrative structure, we deliver exceptional content free from external influences, preserving the integrity and creative standards of our work.
Accessible and Affordable Roleplaying
We’re committed to keeping our games affordable so that more people can enjoy them. Our focus isn’t on producing overstuffed, expensive books filled with art to collect dust on a shelf. We’re here to create material meant to be played, not displayed. You won’t find us chasing awards or turning our games into glorified coffee-table books. Our goal is to facilitate roleplaying, pure and simple, keeping the price points low so you can focus on the game, not your wallet.
Stay Connected and Join Us
If you’re tired of the same old grind and ready to try something that actually respects your input, then The Simple Approach is calling your name. We’re not just offering a game. We’re inviting you to join a movement, a way of playing that values your time, creativity, and agency.
For more on The Simple Approach and our unorthodox take on roleplaying, visit lightspress.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, The Lightspress Manifesto, for updates on new releases, roleplaying advice, and a healthy dose of our opinions. If you’re ready to embrace something different, download the free Lightspress Handbook—your guide to what we’re all about.
400 pages. PDF and epub files included.
Step into the world of The Foragers Guild, where knowledge is treasure and every artifact tells a story. Dive into a story-focused, character-driven roleplaying experience where your decisions shape the path ahead.
The Foragers Guild isn’t just another fantasy setting; it’s a place where the pursuit of knowledge takes center stage. Your characters are members of an esteemed organization dedicated to collecting and preserving artifacts of cultural and historical importance while studying the natural and supernatural creatures that inhabit this detailed world.
But this isn’t a peaceful journey. The Guild faces constant threats from Freebooters, merciless adventurers disparagingly called “murder hobos,” who live for fortune and glory, looting, defiling, and destroying anything in their way. It’s up to you to rescue priceless artifacts, protect rare creatures from extinction, and occasionally save the world along the way.
What sets The Foragers Guild apart is its focus on the Seven Valleys philosophy, a unique perspective that prioritizes knowledge, peace, and discovery over violence, theft, and exploitation. The Guild offers characters extensive training and equipment, freeing you from the burden of resource management so you can focus on what really matters: the story and your character’s journey.
This game is designed to inspire a sense of wonder, drawing you deep into the lives and struggles of your characters. Whether you’re navigating complex intrigues, confronting epic challenges, or forging unforgettable alliances, The Foragers Guild offers an experience that’s both fresh and familiar, splintering away from the hobby’s wargaming roots and the unfortunate baggage of violence, colonialism, and bigotry that sometimes accompanies it.
Dive into nearly 400 pages packed with everything you need to start your adventure! Inside, you’ll find:
13 Ready-to-Play Sample Characters: Plus, comprehensive rules to create your own original characters with no restrictions on your creativity.
39 Unique Creatures: Complete with customizable rules to craft and tailor your own fantastical beasts.
45 Powerful Artifacts: Along with guidelines to design and modify artifacts to suit your campaign.
20 Adventures: Ready to customize and play, offering endless possibilities for thrilling play.
The Simple Approach system, complete and adapted for fantasy roleplaying in the world of The Foragers Guild
This all-in-one resource is designed to fuel your imagination and equip you with everything you need for countless hours of roleplaying fun.
Navigating This Book
This book is your gateway to exploring The Foragers Guild with ease and confidence. We’ve organized everything to guide you through the setting, character creation, system mechanics, and our innovative journaling game. Each section is designed to deepen your understanding and enhance your roleplaying experience, whether you’re diving in for the first time or are a seasoned player seeking deeper customization. Here’s what you’ll find inside:
The Foragers Guild: Dive into a comprehensive exploration of the world you’ll be venturing into, including its history, key locations, and the underlying philosophies that drive its members. This section sets the stage for your adventures and provides the context needed to fully immerse yourself in the setting.
The Setting: Discover background information that can be seamlessly integrated into any published or homebrew fantasy roleplaying setting. This section offers a detailed overview of the world’s geography, cultures, and significant events, allowing you to create a vivid and believable environment for your campaign.
The Freebooters: Meet the setting’s antagonists, a group of ruthless murder hobos driven by greed and chaos. Learn about their motivations, tactics, and the threat they pose to the stability of the world. This section provides everything you need to incorporate them as compelling villains in your stories.
Characters: Get comprehensive guidelines for creating vibrant and memorable characters, with no limits on your creativity. This section also includes 13 ready-to-play sample characters, offering a quick start for players who want to jump straight into the action without sacrificing depth or personality.
Factions: Explore a detailed breakdown of the major players and power dynamics within the world. Understand the alliances, rivalries, and political intricacies that shape the world, giving you the tools to weave complex and engaging narratives that reflect these influences.
System: Learn the mechanics that power the game, explained in a clear and accessible way. This section covers everything from basic actions to advanced tactics, ensuring you have the knowledge to play effectively and creatively, regardless of your experience level.
Journaling: Discover our unique approach to documenting your adventures through journaling. This section introduces tools and techniques for recording your character’s journey, enhancing immersion, and adding a personal touch to your experience. It’s designed to help you create a lasting record of your adventures in the game.
Gamemastery: Equip yourself with tips and tools for running engaging and memorable sessions. This section offers advice on managing game flow, balancing challenge and enjoyment, and keeping your players invested in the story, making it easier to deliver a great experience every time.
Worldbuilding: Access a wealth of resources to help you expand and customize the setting to your liking. From creating new locations to fleshing out cultures and histories, this section empowers you to make the world your own, ensuring your campaign is as unique as your imagination.
Adventures & Campaigns: Kickstart your stories with ideas, frameworks, and 20 plot hooks complete with beat charts. This section provides ready-to-use adventures and campaign structures, helping you shape thrilling narratives and create unforgettable experiences.
Reference: Find a handy glossary and appendices for quick lookup, offering easy access to essential information, conversion guidelines, and additional resources to support your journey into The Foragers Guild.
Index: If you need to look up something specific regarding the system, character creation, or how things work in general, there is a massive alphabetical index at the back of the book you help you out.
The Simple Approach
The Simple Approach puts the focus of your roleplaying experience where it actually belongs: on narrative depth, character complexity, and player agency. While plenty of systems are still obsessed with combat, loot, and grinding, we know roleplaying can be so much more. This system is all about immersive storytelling, meaningful choices, and characters you actually care about. Whether you're uncovering espionage secrets, solving a gripping mystery, or diving into the complexities of romance, The Simple Approach offers a fresh take on traditional genres like fantasy, science fiction, and horror, along with modern and underserved ones like crime, dark academia, and espionage.
Narrative-Based Mechanics
At the heart of The Simple Approach are narrative-based mechanics that are easy to learn and designed to grow with you as you play. They let you tweak what’s here and even add things we haven’t thought of yet. The journaling system replaces those one-size-fits-none character sheets, giving gamemasters a flexible tool for organizing worldbuilding, adventure design, and session notes. Every character, setting, and adventure becomes a unique creation shaped by your choices.
Seamless Integration and Flexibility
The Simple Approach isn’t just a standalone system. You can blend it seamlessly with other Lightspress publications to create one-of-a-kind experiences or bring elements from other systems into your Lightspress game. If you want to use our material with your favorite system or setting, go for it. The free conversion notes in the Lightspress Handbook give you the flexibility to play how you want.
Our Philosophy
We believe the true essence of roleplaying happens around the table, where creativity and collaboration come alive. It’s not about a book, a brand, or a company. It’s about the people playing together, creating something special. Our focus on cooperation, interaction, and investigation ensures that every session is more than just a game; it’s a journey filled with compelling adventures and meaningful connections. We stand by our belief that the heart of roleplaying is found in shared experiences and stories crafted by the players. This philosophy drives everything in The Simple Approach and underpins our commitment to delivering content that champions the true spirit of roleplaying, free from superficial constraints.
Commitment to Creative Freedom
This philosophy also guides our belief that creators should own their work and not be beholden to licensing terms that only benefit fickle corporations. We draw inspiration from historical, mythological, and literary sources, tapping into our shared heritage to fuel creative exploration. We maintain full copyright ownership, ensuring that our work stays independent and true to our vision. Using style guides to keep a cohesive voice and narrative structure, we deliver exceptional content free from external influences, preserving the integrity and creative standards of our work.
Accessible and Affordable Roleplaying
We’re committed to keeping our games affordable so that more people can enjoy them. Our focus isn’t on producing overstuffed, expensive books filled with art to collect dust on a shelf. We’re here to create material meant to be played, not displayed. You won’t find us chasing awards or turning our games into glorified coffee-table books. Our goal is to facilitate roleplaying, pure and simple, keeping the price points low so you can focus on the game, not your wallet.
Stay Connected and Join Us
If you’re tired of the same old grind and ready to try something that actually respects your input, then The Simple Approach is calling your name. We’re not just offering a game. We’re inviting you to join a movement, a way of playing that values your time, creativity, and agency.
For more on The Simple Approach and our unorthodox take on roleplaying, visit lightspress.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, The Lightspress Manifesto, for updates on new releases, roleplaying advice, and a healthy dose of our opinions. If you’re ready to embrace something different, download the free Lightspress Handbook—your guide to what we’re all about.
400 pages. PDF and epub files included.