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A Woman in the Woods is a solo role-playing game. It is a narrative based game that is primarily played through journaling. The game uses dice to create story events for the player to react to. The player then imagines and resolves how their character deals with the day’s events.

Set in a magical realism world, this game chronicles the daily life of one or more herb women, sometimes known as witches. These people were outcasts of their nearby villages. Often forced to live outside of the village borders, they were treated as oddities or strange at best. All while they plied their trade in exchange for the things they needed to survive. While they provided necessary medical assistance to those who could not afford to travel into towns for apothecaries, and sometimes provided more local, and often “pagan”, spiritual advice, they were also unfortunately easy scapegoats in times of strife.

You are a healer. You are a source of knowledge. You are a key part of your village’s life. Yet you are paradoxically ostracized from it. This is the life your character leads.

A Woman in the Woods can be played with multiple in game days in a single session. Or, optionally, it can be very interesting and fun to play an in game day every session day. This way it functions as an excellent distraction from the stresses of modern life. 

Intended as an LGBTI allegory, this game hopes to teach concepts of Otherness, mental health, and environmentalism to a wider audience.

Don’t use this as a foraging/wilderness living guide. This is a fantasy role-playing game and nothing more. 

Now updated in a second edition with more town events and a printer friendly version!

If you'd like to get a print-on-demand version in small travel-friendly paperback form they are now available here: https://www.lulu.com/shop/brynn-derwen-and-hazel-derwen/a-woman-in-the-woods/pap...

StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorBrynn Derwen
GenreSurvival
TagsDice, Female Protagonist, GM-Less, LGBT, Slice Of Life, Story Rich

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awomaninthewoods-printerfriendly.pdf 151 kB
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i love this game so so much!! ive been playing for a few months and it never gets boring. im just curious, do you think you'll ever have plans to make an expansion? if you do i would be VERY interested :) if not, no worries!

Oh my goodness thank you so much! It makes me so happy to hear that someone is really enjoying this. :)

I hadn't considered making an expansion, but I think that could be a really neat idea. I'm not sure what direction I'd take it in. Is there anything you feel is really missing or could be added from your time playing?

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hello, thanks for your reply, and sorry i didn't see till now! :) the one thing that comes to mind is maybe expanding on the village reactions. compared to the seasonal events and the visitors, the village reactions are a bit limited. after playing for a few months I've rarely gotten repeats on seasonal events and visitors, but i get frequent repeats on the village reactions. a few new villager reactions would be AMAZING, especially since the ones you have are already so fun! :)
thanks so much for hearing me out, i hope you have a wonderful day and holiday season!

I just wanted to let you know that more town events are now added! Sorry for it taking so long, finishing my book was a priority. I hope you enjoy the update! :)

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I loved this :)

Awww, thank you! That makes me so happy to hear :)