It’s time to make things worse. On purpose.

It’s Worse Than That! is a little improv dojo for GMs.

It is a printable PDF full of short, high pressure situations. The kind of scene where you have to make a call, set a consequence, and keep the table moving before the moment goes stale.

This is practice. Mischief. A sharpening stone.

Winter 2025 includes:

• Two dozen ready-to-run scenes drawn from Brindlewood Bay, Public Access, Beneath Ahknoor, and Rosewood Abbey

• Multiple response paths for each one, so you can run them again and again without wearing them out

• A quick table-ready format you can use between sessions, before game night, or whenever you want to stretch your Keeper muscles

• A cross-genre toolkit that plays nicely with Carved-from-Brindlewood mysteries, OSR dungeon crawls, and whatever odd thing you are running this month

This volume is meant to help you:

• keep your footing when things get tense

• invent sharper consequences without freezing up

• stay true to tone, theme, and character

• turn player choices into momentum instead of hesitation

Try this tonight

Pick a scene. Read it aloud. Choose a path. Ask yourself:
What gets worse next?

Steal the result for your next session. Simple as that.

If you want a taste first, grab the free sampler. More situations, more trouble, more good instincts.

Want more tools, essays, and behind-the-curtain design scribbles?
I write about improvisation, dungeon pressure, and Carved-from-Brindlewood craft over on my blog.

And if you want to keep up with the next volume, the easiest thing is to follow me right here on itch.