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     Dark  waters  lap  a  stony  shore.  Dense  forests  cover  overgrown  ruins  and  castles  whose  steeples  stand  etched  against  the  slate-gray  sky.  And  upon  the  ancient  earth  sprawls  a  mist  thick  with  unknown  beauty,  horrors,  and  death.

     IPHALIA  awaits  you.

Genre:  solo/micro  RPG;  tabletop  RPG

Play  time:  20-60  minutes  per  session

For  fans  of:  OSR,  OD&D,  Dark  Fort/Mork  Borg,  solo  games,  dungeon  crawls

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Honestly one of the best micro-rpg manuals I have ever read. Straight to the point but contains enough subtle details to still retain personality and a cool grim-dark mood. Awesome work man, bravo 👏 👏 

Wow, thank you so much! I really appreciate that and I'm so happy you enjoyed it. This was actually my very first TTRPG idea, so I ended up reworking it probably way too many times. I was worried it had lost its spark, so I'm really glad it still shone through. I'm currently developing a full RPG system/game world called Sorceria which takes a lot of Shortsword's ideas and greatly expands on them, so please look forward to it! :)