A Solo Journaling RPG
In a village on the edge of a vast wilderness is a shoppe. The last shoppe. Your shoppe. You'll develop your character and your community together as you acquire goods and then do your best to get them to the right customers. Journal your interactions, tribulations, ponderings, and triumphs.
Simple Mechanics
All actions are resolved by drawing from a stack of cards made of two standard decks of playing cards (jokers included). The rules also include tables to help expand the setting and community, inspire details, and even an oracle that can produce a result as simple as a binary yes/no, or as complex as a 16-step scale of intensity and intent.
Player Driven Story
In this game, you drive the story. The cards will give choices on what to discuss and who to interact with, but how those play out are up to you. If you are stuck and need some additional inspiration, draw another card! For example, losing some goods during the gathering phase can be seen as a hardship the character must endure or as a choice made to ensure only the highest quality goods are brought to sell. You get to interpret cards and results to tell the story you want to tell, or let the cards lead and you can follow to see where the story takes you.
Build the World
You build the wilderness. You build your village. You build your community. You build your character. You build everything through interaction, self-reflection, and imagination. With the cards to help add random elements and prompts The Last Shoppe has tremendous replayability. By replacing (in part or completely) the goods or community tables, entirely new games can be created!
Special Bindings!
In addition to the standard edition, there will be a limited number of specialty bindings available.
In a village on the edge of a vast wilderness is a shoppe. The last shoppe. Your shoppe. You'll develop your character and your community together as you acquire goods and then do your best to get them to the right customers. Journal your interactions, tribulations, ponderings, and triumphs.
Simple Mechanics
All actions are resolved by drawing from a stack of cards made of two standard decks of playing cards (jokers included). The rules also include tables to help expand the setting and community, inspire details, and even an oracle that can produce a result as simple as a binary yes/no, or as complex as a 16-step scale of intensity and intent.
Player Driven Story
In this game, you drive the story. The cards will give choices on what to discuss and who to interact with, but how those play out are up to you. If you are stuck and need some additional inspiration, draw another card! For example, losing some goods during the gathering phase can be seen as a hardship the character must endure or as a choice made to ensure only the highest quality goods are brought to sell. You get to interpret cards and results to tell the story you want to tell, or let the cards lead and you can follow to see where the story takes you.
Build the World
You build the wilderness. You build your village. You build your community. You build your character. You build everything through interaction, self-reflection, and imagination. With the cards to help add random elements and prompts The Last Shoppe has tremendous replayability. By replacing (in part or completely) the goods or community tables, entirely new games can be created!
Special Bindings!
In addition to the standard edition, there will be a limited number of specialty bindings available.
- Full Journal Edition - includes the game and plenty of pages waiting to be filled in a hardcover binding.
- Fancy Edition - the full journal bound in hand-made paper or beautiful book cloth (specific TBD).
- Velum Edition - the full journal edition bound in supple parchment (specific TBD).