Carved by the Garden: a solo folk horror tabletop RPG

$20.00

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

Hello, I recently bought Carved by the Garden. I have never played a ttrpg so this was my first dive into that arena and I am SO glad that this was my first. It is absolutely brilliant! I just wanted to thank you for the experience. I’ll be coming back to this one for a long time to come! -Kevin

Quality Guarantee & Returns

  • No refunds or returns.
  • All sales are finals.