The Compleat Wayfarer

The Compleat Wayfarer is a simple narrative game about going on swords & sorcery adventures in a fantasy world, inspired by and adapted from John Harper's World of Dungeons.

This is a game about dungeoneering and exploration with a few modern touches strongly influenced by Blades in the Dark - like position and effect for your rolls, abstract equipment mechanics, and harm levels instead of HP.

The end result is a game that's easy to play, easy to run, and doesn't get in the way of your heroes and their adventures. The whole game takes up just 8 pages, including the character sheet.

Speaking of character sheets, there's a digital one available on Google Sheets to make playing this game online easier! To make a copy for your own use, just click File->Make a copy.

If you love World of Dungeons but want something focused more on heroic fantasy adventures over the gritty OSR "torchbearers and hit dice" vibe of the original, then you will enjoy The Compleat Wayfarer!

Like Dungeon World and World of Dungeons, the text of this game is under the CC BY 3.0 license. The PBTA logo is used with permission.

Cover image: "Stage Design, Crypt" by Romolo Achille Liverani. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Licensed under CC0.