Threadwyke Collection: One-Page Journaling Games (PDF)
You will receive the following one-page games as PDF files:
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Stitchery Faire
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The Legend of Threadwyke
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Bespoke Blends
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The Locked Garden
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Leaves & Spices (Bookmark Game)
A Growing Collection: New games may be added over time! You’ll be notified whenever new or updated files are available to download.
Stitchery Faire
You are a seamstress, eager to prove your talents at the ten-week Stitchery Faire in the quaint town of Threadwyke, where you will meet patrons, design garments, and find your place in the community. At the Faire’s end, will you establish your own shop, find a permanent patron, or forge a lasting relationship?
About the Game
Stitchery Faire is a one-page cozy solo journaling and sketching role-playing game where you design garments and interact with Threadwyke's residents and events, recording it all in your journal or sketchbook.
You Will Need
- This pamphlet: Your guide to the Faire.
- Dice: One six-sided die (1d6).
- Cards: One standard deck (Jokers removed).
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Supplies: For journaling and sketching
(a simple notebook and pencil are sufficient).
How to Play
Each of the 10 weeks consists of four phases:
- Connection: Your charm connects you to a patron who wishes for a garment.
- Creation: Put your artistry to work as you create the design.
- Completion: Complete and deliver the garment, thanks to your diligence.
- Community: The community comments on your creation.
When the ten weeks of the Fair are complete, you'll have crafted an impressive collection of designs for your patrons--and perhaps also established your own shop, discovered a permanent patron, or forged a lasting relationship.
Printable Extras
The one-page collection will always be free, but if you'd like to support my work and help me create more cozy games, you can purchase the "EXTRAS" collection to receive these additional files:
- A weekly design tracker to record your patron's details and sketch your final design (Available with or without a figure guide!)
The Legend of Threadwyke
You’ve just arrived in the quaint town of Threadwyke, and some unusual feature in the square catches your eye. You ask the grandfatherly figure sitting by your inn's hearth if there is a story behind it.
“Story?” He chuckles and stirs the fire. “It is no mere story, it is the Legend of Threadwyke! I can tell you the nature of the hero, but the rest you must discover for yourself. A legend cannot simply be told, you know; it must be allowed space to grow.” The hearth-keeper sends you off to speak with the townsfolk, telling you to return to him once you’ve collected some fragments of the legend.
You suspect he mostly wants to return to his nap, but you pick up your journal and step into the streets of Threadwyke.
About the Game
The Legend of Threadwyke is a one-page cozy solo journaling & sketching game about recording a fragmented legend.
You Will Need
- This pamphlet: Your guide to the legend.
- Dice: One six-sided die (1d6).
- Cards: One standard deck (Jokers removed).
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Supplies: For journaling and sketching
(a simple notebook and pencil are sufficient).
How to Play
- Draw cards and consult the tables to Collect Fragments of the legend from the townsfolk.
- Return to the hearth-keeper to Verify Fragments.
- Record what you’ve learned as notes or sketches.
When you have collected and verified every fragment, your journal holds the complete and accurate Legend of Threadwyke! (At least according to the hearth-keeper.)
Printable Extras
The one-page collection will always be free, but if you'd like to support my work and help me create more cozy games, you can purchase the "EXTRAS" collection to receive these additional files:
- A fragment tracker to record what you've collected and verified.
- An elegant, one-page template for your finished legend and unusual feature.
Bespoke Blends
You are the proprietor of a new and exclusive tea shoppe in the quaint town of Threadwyke, and your first shipment of ingredients has arrived just in time for Threadwyke’s annual Exotic Tea Sampling Week! Can you unpack your ingredients, satisfy your waiting patrons, and advertise your blends in time to be named the Most Celebrated Tea Shoppe in the County?
About the Game
Bespoke Blends is a one-page cozy solo journaling & sketching game where you craft custom tea blends to fulfill your patrons' requests, then create illustrated advertising placards to promote your extraordinary teas and build your shoppe's reputation.
You Will Need
- This pamphlet: Your tea-blending guide.
- Cards: One standard deck (Jokers included).
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Supplies: For journaling and sketching
(a simple notebook and pencil are sufficient).
How to Play
Each of the 10 weeks consists of four phases:
- Draw cards to gain ingredients and patrons.
- When you have the correct ingredients, Create a Blend that fulfills your patron’s request.
- Record the Recipe and create an Advertising Placard.
- Gain Reputation whenever you complete a patron's blend.
At the end of the Tea-Tasting week, your shoppe's window will be filled with placards showcasing your new blends, their claimed benefits, and glowing endorsements from your patrons.
Printable Extras
The one-page collection will always be free, but if you'd like to support my work and help me create more cozy games, you can purchase the "EXTRAS" collection to receive these additional files:
- A shop tracker to record your inventory, reputation, and patron queue.
- A template page for each blend's Recipe, Claims & Endorsements, and Advertising Placard.
The Locked Garden
YYou found the key long ago—you hardly remember where or how—but you’ve kept it ever since, wondering if it was lost, discarded, or meant for you to find. One day, in a quiet back avenue of the quaint town of Threadwyke, you find an old, ivy-covered gate whose lockplate matches your key! You peek through the keyhole and glimpse a garden on the other side. Curious, you peek again. What secret does the garden hold, and what will you do once you have uncovered it?
About the Game
The Locked Garden is a one-page cozy solo journaling & sketching or tunnel book making game where you peek through a keyhole, piecing together clues about the garden on the other side.
You Will Need
- This pamphlet: Your guide to the game.
- Dice: One or two six-sided dice (d6).
- Supplies: For journaling, sketching, or making a tunnel book.
How to Play
Each of the 10 weeks consists of four phases:
- Peek Through the Keyhole and roll on the Glimpse Tables to determine what you see.
- Record the Glimpse. This can be done as a journal entry with or without sketches, or a multi-layered tunnel book.
- When you have 4+ Clue Points, you may attempt to Uncover the Secret.
- Repeat steps 1-3 until you feel certain you have interpreted the clues correctly, then Make Your Choice and decide what you will do with your key to end the game.
At the end of the game, you will have a record of the garden and its secret, either as a series of journal entries, or as a physical view of your glimpses through the keyhole in the form of a small, illustrated tunnel book. (Instructions are included for creating a tunnel book.)
Printable Extras
The one-page collection will always be free, but if you'd like to support my work and help me create more cozy games, you can purchase the "EXTRAS" collection to receive these additional files:
- A glimpse tracker to record your clues and theories about the garden's secret.
- A complete tunnel book template, ready to print on 2 sheets of paper.
Leaves and Spices
Leaves & Spices is a cozy solo bookmark role playing game where you fill your pantry with herbs and spices from the pages of a cookbook.
The game loop consists of two phases:
- Search the active page for herbs and spices. If found, mark units filled.
- Move forward in the cookbook to a new active page.
The game ends when you have filled all units of your herbs and spices (win) or you reach the end of the cookbook (-1 for every unfilled unit).
You Will Need
- This bookmark
- A pencil or pen
- A cookbook of 300-400+ pages
