Welcome Home Darling

Introduction Can you face the pain of your family's past, if it means saving your future? Welcome Home Darling is an Australian Gothic horror zine; a game designed for both solo and group play without a Games Master (GM). You will only need at least one six-sided dice (D6) and  a way of recording your gameplay. You play as the last Descendant(s) of a cursed family, exploring your haunted, colonial Australian estate to figure out the origins of the curse and perhaps find salvation. You do this by recounting the deaths of your ancestors to reveal information about the curse, and then collecting Mementos that represent their restless spirits. Collect enough Mementos and you will have the power break the curse without incurring a cost. Fail to collect enough, well... Uncover the twisted roots of your family tree as you build it in play and hopefully you will be able to grow something new. Credits This work is a branch of the RPTree, a product of Crackerjackalope Games ; developed and authored by CJ Tucker and licensed for our use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. The fonts used were Fraunces by Undercase Type, Phaedra Charles, and Flavia Zimbardi; Lexend Deca by Bonnie Shaver-Troup, Thomas Jockin, Santiago Orozco, Héctor Gómez, and Superunion; and Atkinson Hyperlegible Next by Applied Design Works. All of which are licensed for commercial use. The cover art was from Ornamental Book Covers Vol. 1 by MikSKS by MikSKS, purchased for commercial use. The page border and decor in the corners of the cover are from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1908 , which is in the public domain, made into a vector by Dorian Blackwood. The floral sport art was from Line art Australian native flowers by RaDavCrafts, purchased for commercial use. The line graphic was created by Dorian Blackwood. Layout and writing by Dorian Blackwood. Accessibility Both the graphics PDF and the text only versions of this zine are designed to be compatible with screen readers. Human Made! This game is 100% Human Made. No AI was used in any stage of the writing, layout, or broader game design process.