Enough For Ten Thousand Stories
Welcome to a growing collection of resources for
Ten Thousand Worlds, a game that lets you and
your friends exercise your creativity and imagination as you work together
to experience stories in the great tradition of heroic fiction
—stories that you create yourselves. Here you’ll find characters, gear, and entire worlds of ideas to use in your stories.
If you are unfamiliar with this game, or with the idea of an
RPGRole Playing Game,
begin with Ten Thousand Worlds itself.
Come back from time to time for new and updated titles,
or just subscribe to this site’s feed (RSS / Atom)
to get them automatically. For separate “construction notes”
from different titles, plus other odds and ends, see the
World Building blog or feed.
Questions? Comments? Requests?
Contact the author / illustrator.
Finding Your Way Around
Begin With:
Ten Thousand Worlds
Version 1.5, January 2020
Recent Titles
Chiaroscuro
Version 1.5, July 2020
Excerpt:
Lucian Dark can usually pass as fully Human, even though he’s really a hybrid of Human and one of the native lifeforms from the extra-dimensional realm of Susur. In medieval terms, Chiaroscuro is the progeny of an incubus and a witch.
Hex
Version 1.5, June 2020
Excerpt:
At their first way-station … the Order was waiting. Hex and the broken remains of The Saints fought off their pursuers long enough to let the rest of the refugees escape for parts unknown, leaving Helena and her unit stranded on Earth.
Ten Thousand Worlds
Version 1.5, January 2020
Excerpt:
All players, save one, play the roles of the story’s fictional heroes, the Player Characters (PCs for short), and try to “save the day” as the heroes would. The remaining player, the Game Master (or GM) plays the roles of all the other characters they meet: villains, monsters, everyday people and animals; collectively known as Non Player Characters (NPCs). The GM also acts as referee and sets up every new game session, or chapter in the story. Together, everyone's choices shape a collaborative, interactive tale…
Try a Random Title:
Lyra
Version 1.0, June 2012
Excerpt:
The worst thing an opponent can do when facing Concordia is give her time to prepare for a fight. With even one turn to spare, Lyra will start casting her best spells on herself.
