The Kindlings

You are a young naturalist walking out of the Last Village with a notebook, a pencil, and a bag of small offerings. Across five wildlands — a sunlit meadow, a green grove, a misted marsh, a high stony ridge, and an ancient overgrown ruin — you will meet thirteen small kin. The kindlings.  You will not catch them. You will meet them, sketch them, and let three of them walk beside you. THE KINDLINGS is a solo journaling roleplaying game about small companions and the road you share with them. It plays like the coming-of-age quest Pokemon fans wish they could hold on paper — with a warmer, slower pulse. WHAT'S INSIDE • 53 pages, illustrated storybook layout • 13 kindlings, each with a portrait, habitat notes, offering rules, and three writing prompts • 5 wildlands, each with its own mood, weather, and roster of small kin • Bond track (Curious → Trusting → Kindred) so companions grow with you • A hidden Whisper Well ending for wanderers who reach the Old Grove with three Kindred companions • Field guide templates for extra journeys • Original card-based system — no dice required WHO IT'S FOR Solo journalers. Cozy game players. Anyone who ever loved their first Pokemon starter, or Wanderhome, or the feeling of a paper map on a long summer afternoon. No RPG experience needed. WHAT YOU'LL NEED • A standard deck of playing cards • A notebook and a soft pencil • Three small tokens for Offerings (an acorn, a pebble, a scrap of ribbon are traditional) • About 3 to 5 hours (one wildland per evening is the honest pace) FOR FANS OF Pokemon Snap · Wanderhome · Ryuutama · Augury · Studio Ghibli · Ori and the Blind Forest · every first Pokemon starter you loved From Hearth & Quill Press — cozy games for slow evenings.