The Silver Road is a minimalist storytelling game for three to five players, including a Game Mediator. Written by Jon Hodgson and illustrated by Jon Hodgson with Paul Bourne.
When playing The Silver Road, you and some friends can get together and tell stories.
This is an unashamedly minimalist story telling roleplaying game. It has a simple core mechanic that is applied any time there’s uncertainty about what happens next.
The current version of The Silver Road, Version 2, exclusively makes use of models and sets and handmade digital artwork for its illustrations. It is a unique and beautiful book.
The Silver Road Important Game Facts
- 24 pages long (plus cover)
- 21cm x 21cm full colour book (portable, loveable)
- Rules-lite, minimalist story telling game (if you like rules this might not be for you)
- Setting agnostic (bring your own)
- Written by Jon Hodgson
- Art by Jon Hodgson and Paul Bourne
- Layout by Paul Bourne
- PDF is available here and is PWYW
- Print book available here on the Handiwork Store
Reviews
Very happy to have bought @JonnyHodgsonArt‘s The Silver Road, a ttRPG with a breathtakingly simple but surprisingly satisfying core mechanic. […] Besides any game that opens with a Susan Cooper quote is speaking my language.
Dylan Horrocks https://twitter.com/dylanhorrocks
”This is a brilliant example of how less is often more (much more) in RPG design.” – Sasha,
Powering other settings
The Silver Road is the rule set that powers Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland – that’s a standalone title, so you won’t need The Silver Road book to play. If you want additional material for The Silver Road, then there’s In Spoons, In Knives and The Burn available right now.
The Burn is a game of childhood memory and the Wee Folk by Malcolm Craig (a|state, Cold City, Hot War)
In this setting you’ll take the role of The Wee Folk as they try to protect their home from litter and pollution and battle evil spirits that arise when the environment of The Burn becomes damaged.
In Spoons, In Knives is a sourcebook of material to help you get inspired to tell tales like those you’ll find in shows like Peaky Blinders, Call the Midwife, or even Downton Abbey.
It also contains some new procedures for determining random scenes in The Silver Road.
