WHAT IS GRIMOIRE?

GRIMOIRE is an award-winning story game designed for one player in which they will create spells and explore what it means to be a wizard.

In other classic dungeon crawling games, the wizard seeks out and finds grimoires - powerful books of mystical energies that contain the spells of an ancient wizard.

Who was that wizard?

What spells did they discover?

What happened to the wizard?

GRIMOIRE will provide you these answers and help you create those mystical tomes for other wizards to uncover.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

GRIMOIRE begins with you writing down some details about your wizard such as their name, what they value, what drives them, and whom they know.

Next, you will begin your story of spell crafting via responding to a series of prompts that are generated using a deck of playing cards.

You may conduct research for low risk progress on a spell or spend some coin to obtain the exact component you need for that spell. If you run out of coin or take too many wounds, then you may need to seek aid from friends at the risk of running into enemies. A selection of actions are described in the book to help you navigate through your story (See the rules reference image).

As you play, you will create a journal that describes your wizard's story, and the spells created and how they have been twisted by your wizard's changing values. This will continue until your wizard either completes their goal or perishes.

Will your wizard succumb to the years?

Will the lust for power drive your wizard mad?

GRIMOIRE will help you tell their story.

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