A Land Once Magic
A downloadable game
Infinite Worlds in Your Pocket
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A Land Once Magic is a conversational post-fantasy worldbuilding TTRPG by award-winning game designer Viditya Voleti and published by moreblueberries.
What is a post-fantasy world?
A world of molten metal where society exists only on airships fueled by elemental blood.
A world of wandering titans that leave warring ecosystems in their wake.
A world where a theocratic regime rules a frozen sea with spellcraft stolen from unborn gods.
A world that shakes off the dull colors of traditional fantasy and invites the full spectrum of your imagination.
With a deck of cards and a group of friends, you will have everything you need to build a world unlike any you have seen before.
At a Glance
- Card-powered - All you need is the book and a deck of standard playing cards
- Pick-up-and-play - Play begins as soon as you open the book and start talking
- GM-less - All players collaboratively share narrative control over the world
- Replayability - No two games will be alike. Players begin with establishing a palette and choosing touchstones for the world. From there, a variety of prompts and tables help bring their world to life. What do you get when you combine a world that is “stormy, gold, and jagged” with Legally Blonde and Hellboy as touchstones?
- For Fans of - Games like i’m sorry did you say street magic? and The Quiet Year
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Testimonials
“...Easy to dive into, brilliant and thoughtful, it provides a wonderful space for friends to collaborate and create something truly incredible together. No other game so wonderfully gives me the ‘nerdy sleepover with friends’ creative energy quite like A Land Once Magic. An essential game to own for anyone who enjoys fun.”
- Aaron Catano Saez, All My Fantasy Children
“A Land Once Magic pokes and prods at the oft-unexercised muscles of the massive storytelling beasts that live within you. It leads you forward with probing questions and a firm but gentle hand … Dive in and feel yourself as a conduit for A Land Once Magic- one that is yours. Yours to have and yours to share.”
- Kobold Orion, Queer Trans Sex Freak
"A Land Once Magic is a wholly unique world-building game. The worlds you create will feel ancient and lived-in - full of old stories and ready for new ones."
- Dillin Apelyan, One Shot Podcast
Team
Designer - Viditya Voleti (He/Him) - @viditya.voleti
Editor - Charu Chandni Patel (She/Her) - @cherrydrop
Layout Artist/Graphics - Luna P (She/They) - @satelitesnaturales
Cover Artist - John Gagne (He/Him) - @johngagneart
Project Manager - Elliot Davis (He/Him) - @moreblueberries
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Development log
- Layout and Additional Text!Jul 21, 2023
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Thank you so much for making this available to us, Viditya!
Any chance of community copies?
Any chance of community copies?
How many players does this game support (or recommended)? Can it be played solo? Game time?
This game can technically support as many players as you want, but comfortably 1-4 or 5. You can play it solo, and I know some who have, but it's simple nature of answering questions is intended as seeds to discuss and expand on with others to riff off!
Game time is also variable, since the "goal" is to get discussions going and ideas flowing! I've used individual tables to play a quick 20 minute game at convention lobbies and also had whole 3 hour worldbuilding brainstorms going thru all the tables available!
This is such a good game. Unbelievably exciting
I bought the game and I'm going to read it in a bit but first can I just say that this itch page is BEAUTIFUL
Oh my god thank you!! I always felt like my pages were lacking and wanted to spice them up!!