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Moon Rings

Solo roleplaying game · by Junk Food Games · in English
On Quisicosas since 22 April 2025
Featured in the newsletter of 22 April 2025 (on Substack)

What it is about

The cursed Blood Moon hangs over this land always. You are a witch and cannot abide its reign any longer. You have used your magicks to find a hidden labyrinth, said to hide rings which contain power to control the moon. A last resort to change your home. As you step foot into the labyrinth, the Blood Moon speaks, “Turn back, witch! Everything will be taken from you!” What is this? Moon Rings is a solo journaling game based on the Carta and Aspire SRDs. You are a witch who wishes to end the reign of the cursed Blood Moon. Venture into the labyrinth, find the Moon Rings, and cast the ritual to change the moon! The labyrinth is deadly and the Blood Moon is watching, so you’ll need your strength of will, magick, and good fortune to make it to the end! Note that this game has references to violence, blood, anxiety, grief, drowning, cults, and needles. What do I need to play? In addition to the game rules, you need: a standard deck of cards with jokers removed 3 12-sided dice the character sheet a small token to represent your character paper something to write with The game length depends on how much time is spent journaling, but can take 1+ hours. A virtual tabletop can be used in lieu of physical components. https://playingcards.io/ is a great site that handles all components needed to play Moon Rings. What's included? The game is a 58-page pdf with amazing illustrations and layout by Tyson Whiting. Inside are 53 unique encounters to help inspire journal entries for telling your story in the labyrinth. It is formatted as a landscape 8.5'' x 5.5'' booklet. Download includes: 58-page game pdf (single page and spreads version) Character sheet pdf (regular and low ink version) Printer Friendly pdf The printer friendly version can be printed on 15 sheets of paper, front and back. Set to print as a booklet, left binding, and to print on both sides. You may need to rotate the pdf 90 degrees so 2 pages will print on each side of paper. Or your printer may have an "Auto-rotate pages within each sheet" option. Reviews  and Playthroughs of Moon Rings To learn more, check out this video review by Cozy RPG Reviews : and this video review by The Dungeon Dive : Actual play by Himeutsugi : (Part 1) (Part 2) Physical copies? Physical copies are available now at the following sites: Knave of Cups Ratti Incantati Tabletop Bookshelf Indie Press Revolution Moon Rings playing card decks are available now! Get them below in the rewards section, with options to get just the deck or get the deck with a physical copy of the game! This game was created for the Below a Bad Moon Jam by Shouting Crow . This game is Human Made. This means that no AI-generated art was used in the creation of this game. Check out the Human Made icon pack by HINOKODO: https://hinokodo.itch.io/human-made Come hang out at the Junk Food Games discord to discuss this game and other ttrpg stuff.

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