Loner: Kwaidan!

Revised Edition!Whispers in the Snow. Shadows in the Lantern Light.Kwaidan is a standalone solo role-playing game of ghostly tales, drawn from Japanese folklore and filtered through the minimalist Loner system. You will wander haunted villages, cross paths with restless spirits, and uncover mysteries where beauty and terror blur.No scripts. No predetermined story. Just you, your imagination, and the Oracle guiding each step into the unknown.Inside you’ll find:• A complete set of rules for emergent storytelling with dice and tags.• Folkloric themes and atmospheric tools to summon eerie, dreamlike tales.• Tables of encounters, spirits, omens, and supernatural events.• Guidance to create protagonists burdened by duty, fear, or forbidden love.All you need is four six-sided dice, paper, and the courage to face what lingers in the dark.The snow falls softly. The shadows move. The story is waiting.Cover and internal illustration generated with Leonardo AIThis work is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Read more