Hey friends!

This blog doesn’t get much love these days, but I thought I’d at least post something here to let y’all know about a fantastic development.

And it all started here!

After years of writing and revising Rue From Ruin as a serial fiction work, I realized that the fiction’s ending would never match up with my hopes. That’s the thing about conflicting desires, I guess. They– conflict?

Rue sat on the shelf for a few years. Then, around 2020-2021, I started looking into solo roleplaying games like many other gamers and game designers I know. The thought occurred to me far later than it should have: my “work of serial fiction” was actually meant to be a solo roleplaying game. I made some announcements to that effect on social media somewhere, I’m sure. It felt like a REVELATION.

It took a while to get started because I was buried finishing up stretch goals for Arium for a long, long, long, long time. I hinted about wanting to work on a werewolf game in a few circles and eventually realized I knew the perfect person to co-design the game with me: Katie Young. We’ve been working on this project weekly for over a year, and it’s ready. So follow along on Kickstarter if you’re brave and don’t mind a challenge.

RUE FROM RUIN is quite the paranormal ride that hits all the beats of why it isn’t good to be a lone wolf. I think if you enjoyed any of the story, you’ll probably like the game. I hope you’ll check it out and follow along on Kickstarter.

-Will