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Cursed Be The Pen That Cannot Rest

Solo roleplaying game · by Maggie French · in English
Game Pay what you want No AI PDF
On Quisicosas since 7 December 2025
Featured in the newsletter of 7 December 2025 (on Substack)

What it is about

Can this author use the creative process to break the curse on their pen, successfully complete their writing project, and free themselves from the An author stands at the precipice of their next creative endeavor, but for now they rest alone among the scribbles of their last brilliant idea. Nothing can stop them from putting pen to paper - especially because the pen has been cursed to haunt their every waking thought until their next great manuscript has been completed. To play this solo journaling game, you need a tarot deck , two coins , and a way to record the story -  ideally a pen and paper. This is a Princess Sword game, based on Anna Anthropy’s Princess with a Cursed Sword, available at w.itch.io . Game art is “Writing Implements” from Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms, available in the public domain via Wikimedia Commons. The fonts are Source Sans Pro by Paul D. Hunt and Warenhouse Typenhebel by Marius Nitschke.

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