d.b. waters
Welcome to the workshop.
d.b. waters writes solo RPGs for daydreamers, postal workers, and people who read the footnotes. Her dog, Mr. Darcy, insists on editing every draft.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/dbwaters_writer
Short stories / indie game reviews by me, d.b. waters
- Outliers
- Tales from the Dungeon Workers Union
- The Museum of Lost Things
- VOID 1680 AM
- Definitely Wizards
- Epistolary
drawing game about a raccoon desperately trying to become famous
solo journaling, world-building
d.b. waters
Supported by d.b. waters
a short game of destruction
Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.
A Doug fancomic that envisions a thoughtful future for our favorite childhood characters.
What if you were the one inside the ball?
Restore calm at this out of control chicken convention! Creative problem solving in a one-shot fantasy adventure.
A thrilling time-loop scenario for Mothership 1E.
A game of haunted home improvement
What is your mech protecting you from? What will you do when you finally see the sunlight?
A map-making game about hunting for secret relics.
A TTRPG about not being a wizard
we breathe life into this city together
Interpret five stones and experience the story of your samurai
Your character designs one-page solo TTRPGs and changes the lives of lonely patrons
I found this game in a basement. Really want to know what it says.
People-Watching + Imagination. A deeply human field journal RPG.
A micro-game about cleaning your kitchen
The first ecological account of the magnificent and mysterious beast known as the Fortle.
Solo RPGs
A growing shelf of games I want to explore. Purchased & favorites move to the back. Includes my own solo journaling rpg projects alongside other indie creators whose work inspires me.
Use the items in your house to make a ridiculous museum!
A print & play, bookmark-sized, solo RPG.
Sketch, embellish, and collectively fabricate your own folkloric creature. One-page TTRPG.
A one-page Solo RPG about a special reunion in nature
A cute TTRPG where characters are magical pets at a magic school (Lasers & Feelings hack, in English & German).
You are the character that was written out of the story.
A solo RPG journaling game of Anomalous Documentation
A one-player storygame about an American Prophet
A solo roleplaying journey
A one-page RPG reaping books to harvest their words and find new stories grow from them. Play solo or Play social.
A solo RPG of hardscrabble bounty hunting at the edge of the galaxy.
A solo / GM-less ttrpg of map making and discovery
Solo journaling game of weird creature discovery in the wilderness and wastes of the future
Solo ecological exploration in the world of GLIDE
A solo journaling TTRPG about human cadaveric dissection
A one-page sci-fi solo journaling RPG about making alien friends and learning to face what you're escaping
a mixed-media religion-building journalling ttrpg
A solo journaling game about visiting an ever changing city
Solo journaling in a Solarpunk world
A Solo Journaling RPG about running a bookshop
You were made to be perfect. A solo journaling game about bearing the weight of unrealistic expectations.
epistolary games
an oceanic worldbuilding game for 2 or more players
Defy your author in this 1-2 player tarot game
An epistolary game for two players.
A collaborative narrative play-by-post game, designed for use on discord.
A play-by-post game of review-based storytelling
A Letter-Writing Game
Chronicle creative creatures through the mail
a tragic letter writing mech romance
a two-player letter-writing game about fraught wizards.
a letterwriting collage game
digital escape RPG
An interplanetary epistolary game for two
A 1-2 player epistolary and journaling ttrpg for werewolves who don't bite the messenger.
Death doesn't mean you can't write back. Softcover available.
A post-apocalyptic epistolary game for two
reading room
Temples are built for gods. Knowing this a farmer builds a small temple to see what kind of god turns up.
A Doug fancomic that envisions a thoughtful future for our favorite childhood characters.
The first ecological account of the magnificent and mysterious beast known as the Fortle.
A zine about the PC games that made me a girl
A fantasy pick-your-path adventure story taking you into the depths of a magic store's basement dungeon.
A Science Fantasy RPG Zine
How to use elevators
I found this game in a basement. Really want to know what it says.
Some songs I sung to my late cat