LitRPG is one of the hottest and fastest growing genres in fiction, combining tropes of fantasy and sci-fi with the progressive leveling and gamebreaking meta strategy of an RPG. It’s also one of the youngest genres, with plenty of new territory to explore. How will you introduce your hero, explain the old world they’ve left, and the new one they must face? How will you introduce the mechanics of the game they must win in new and immersive ways? The cards in this bundle help you track the background details, and use them to advance the narrative of your story.

On top of following your instincts as a writer, you need to think like a game designer and speak to a gamer audience with LitRPG. Your world can change environments as quickly as a game changes levels. You need to set up situations that seem unfair or confusing and force your characters to face them. And unless your game includes extra lives, you need to constantly find clever ways to outwit yourself.

With this flexible tool for telling and tracking stories, you’ll be able to:

• Customize different decks for your protagonist and setting to emphasize how one doesn’t belong in the other.
• Use Objects for loot, Aspects for achievements, and Engines and Conflicts for goals.
• Set up subplots and sidequests with simple prompts, and grow them into main quests when you’re ready to give them your full attention.