The Forests of Faera

🌲 Welcome Back, Traveller.

You are a proud citizen of Faera—a land of ancient forests, extraordinary creatures, and wondrous magics. Prepare to step into the wild, for your adventure is about to unfold!

The Forests of Faera is a lighthearted, cooperative roleplaying game in which you and a few of your friends embark on short, fantastical adventures as a party of fae creatures. It allows a lot of narrative freedom as you play through your story—adding to the lore of your traveller and the world around you as you go.

The game is best played with three to five players, and one takes the role of the Guide to lead everyone through the adventure together over a few hours.

✨ Wondrous Things Are Here, Friend!

We are proud to say that The Forests of Faera Ashcan is now live! In this HUGE update (and precursor to The Forests of Faera v1.0), you can find...

• Almost one hundred pages of reworked, improved, and polished content that builds the original one-page game into something entirely new, in a neat A5 book format
• A fully redesigned layout and style throughout the book, with beautiful, whimsical art
• A whole new way to play the game that takes you and your companions through your very own story
• A story to play through, created with our story-crafting system
  
• New ways to create your traveller with your faekind and calling
  
• A set of rules that allow you to create the lore of your traveller and the world around them throughout your story
• New ways for you to use your abilities and weave stronger spells
  
• A refined system to help out your companions when they are attempting something risky
• A new boons & banes system to help (or hinder) your exploration of the forests
  
• New ways to balance your companions' composure and enchantment in a safe place
  
• An entirely-revamped way to handle losing yourself to the magics of the forests with distress
  
• A collection of mischievous creatures to encounter during your story
• Tips to help Travellers play the game, and Guides run the game
• A beautiful, new, hand-painted Traveller Sheet
• New, detailed artwork of the creatures of Faera
• Much more...

📗 What is an "Ashcan" Version?

Think of this version as a kind of taste test or demo of the full game! It has all of the parts needed to play the game and experience what it's like to travel through Faera, but with a fraction of the customisation options.

We can see The Forests of Faera v1.0 on the horizon, and it already contains more faekind, callings, creatures, and systems than we ever thought it could have. We'll keep you posted on these updates as we go, so stay tuned!

📜 Where's the One-Page Version?

The Forests of Faera was originally created in a one-page trifold brochure format for the One Hit Point Game Jam that was hosted by Adam Blinkinsop and Sage LaTorra in 2019. That version of the game has been retired for now, perhaps to return some day or in a similar format.

🎨 Concept Art Ruffs Pack 1

We've put together a pack of hi-res concept art ruffs of some of the creatures and faekind you'll encounter and play as in our upcoming revamp of the game. Art designed by @cosmicnimbus. The pack includes concept art for:

• 10 faekind that you can choose to play as, including the Faun, Seafolk, and Wildling.
• 9 creatures you may encounter during your travels, including the Basilisk, Hill Giant, and Shimmer.

🌏 Community

Join our Discord server to chat about the game, and share your feedback with us to help us make The Forests of Faera the best game it can be. We can't wait to hear about your travels through the forests, and we hope that you'll love it as much as we do.

Thanks so much for your support, traveller. Enjoy your time in Faera. 😊

💖 See you in The Grove!