Follow the Bones
On Quisicosas since 2 July 2025
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2 July 2025 (on Substack)
What it is about
Somewhere near the heart of the Wood is a cairn.
Why have you set out to find it?
Follow the Bones is a set of procedures for playing solo adventures using the role-playing game Cairn. At its heart is a system for generating and exploring weird quests in the style of medieval chivalric romances.
Blaze a path through a strange and treacherous forest.
Survive encounters with the uncanny sylvan folk and the restless undead.
Answer riddles to uncover a fate as yet unwritten.
This updated version includes:
revised and expanded text
new procedures, built on Riddle and Tilt, for developing scenes and finding the Cairn
stat blocks for the creatures named in the text;
advice for keeping notes while you play.
