Carved by the Garden: a solo folk horror tabletop RPG
You love the woods.
You fear the woods.
You can't stay away from the woods.
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Document your character’s last days in the nearby haunted woods in Carved by the Garden, a single-player structured journaling game. Using a standard deck of playing cards, you’ll follow prompts that reveal the horrors waiting for you among the trees.
You’ll roll dice, pull blocks from a tumbling tower, and write about your experiences in character.
With 52 prompts, 6 major and 4 minor endings, and 7 thought-starting character archetypes, each playthrough is unique!
Carved by the Garden is a solo journaling game inspired by folk horror stories like The Witch, The Ritual, Midsommar, and those found in Damnable Tales: A Folk Horror Anthology. Featuring a sprawling forest as a backdrop, Carved by the Garden blends self-reflecting questions with unsettling and often bloody discoveries.
What you need to play
- A standard deck of cards with the jokers
- A 6-sided die
- 8 small pieces of nature to act as tokens (leaves, pebbles, seeds, thorns, petals, etc.)
- A tumbling block tower (or one of the listed alternatives)
- Something to write in, such as a notebook or word processor
Quality Guarantee & Returns
- No refunds or returns.
- All sales are finals.
