Wanderlust

I am about to go on a journey. If I ever come back home—I definitely won’t be the same.

But, that’s still a few days away. Today, I’ve got packing to do, family to wish good-bye, friends to have last drinks with, and lovers to give promises...
that I probably can’t keep.

Wanderlust is a storytelling game for 2-4 Players. You work together to tell the story of a single protagonist—The Wanderer—who is preparing to leave on an important journey.

The Players take turns framing a scene using a series of prompts and taking notes and sketching in The Wanderer's journal as the Wanderer says good-bye to the people and places that are important to them.

What's Included

• Core Rules - A 32 page rule book explaining how to play the game.
• Event Cards - A set of Event Cards to be printed onto card stock and cut along the crop marks.
• The Wanderer's Journal - An 8-page booklet that serves as your character sheet. It is intended to be printed onto 2 double-sided sheets of letter-sized paper (flip on short edge) and folded into a booklet.
• Roll20 Assets - A .zip file containing .jpg versions of the Event Cards and The Wanderer's Journal along with instructions for configuring and playing Wanderlust on Roll20.

Early Release

This is an early release version of the game. The main thing currently missing is the art, which is in progress. Updated files will be added here and available to anyone who has already purchased the game.

The final version of the game will include:

• The complete Core Rules with B&W art in 3 formats: screen-ready, printable booklet, and spreads. It will be formatted for both letter-sized and A4 paper.
• The Wanderer's journal in 3 formats: screen-ready, printable booklet, and spreads. It will be formatted for both letter-sided and A4 paper.
• Double-sided Event Cards with Wanderlust's built-in safety rules included in the design of the back of the Event Cards.
• An Appendix that will include facilitator advice, design notes, quick start settings, and alternate versions of the game, including a variation meant for creating backstories for Characters intended to be used in other TTRPGs.

Watch a Play Through!

Special thanks to Lorai and Chaotic Lawful, Inc for hosting Pro-Bono Week, an 8-day streaming charity event, which raised 5000€ for the Equal Justice Initiative, Mind UK, and the Covid-19 Response UK.

Click here if you are unable to watch via the embeded video below.

Games for Causes Program

Want a copy of Wanderlust and to support a good cause as well? Make a $10 donation to one of the following organizations and send your receipt to thecaffeinatedhedgehog@gmail.com to receive an Itch download key, which will add Wanderlust to your Itch account (you may use this key for yourself or gift it to a friend or family member.) You'll also add a Community Copy to the pool!

• The Trevor Project
• Trans Lifeline
• The Equal Justice Initiative
• Campaign Zero
• Native American Heritage Association
• First Nations Development Institute
• 500 Women Scientists
• Center for Reproductive Rights
• Your Local Bail Fund
• Polynesaian Voyaging Society
• ʻAha Pūnana Leo
  
• Kahea The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance
  
• Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative

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Written and Illustrated by Star West Morgan