/skeɪn/

n.

1. a tangle

2. a loose ball of yarn

3. a group of wildfowl in flight

4. a newly formed coven of witches

New witches face old evils

Skein is a collaborative tabletop roleplaying game for four players and one GM. Players take on the role of a newly formed coven of Witches who must defend their community from Banes - supernatural threats that have infiltrated Harper's Reach, a city steeped in late-90s pop culture.

The Witches of a Skein must juggle their everyday ambitions, personal relationships and dramatic questions, using these experiences to empower their nighttime magics. When invoking the Winds, players include the real-life cardinal directions of the space where they are playing when determining the outcomes of dice rolls, keeping the use of magic feeling grounded in ritual, ephemeral and unexpected.

Can the Skein investigate, weaken and confront the Bane before its dark influence takes hold of Harper's Reach?  Can each Witch carve out the life she is seeking from the circumstances she's been given?

Play Skein to find out.

What you need to play

• Four players and one GM, playing together in the same physical space
• Four eight-sided dice, each one belonging to one of the players
• The downloadable PDF rulebook, including:
  • Printable Witch, Bond and Bane Sheets
  • Printable Direction Markers and The Deck
• Pencils and erasers

Join the public playtest

Skein is a complete, fully playable game now entering public playtesting. I'm looking for groups interested in exploring its mechanics, tone, and collaborative approach to storytelling ahead of a final release.

You can share your playtest feedback with a comment below, or reach me directly at nightdangergames@gmail.com 

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