Songbirds

Songbirds is an adventure game inspired by OSR and Storygame traditions that focuses on body horror and haunted shit. You are the canary (adventurer) in the coal mine (dungeon). You go where others won't trying to help spirits find rest, since the god of death is slacking. To play, all you'll need is a d20 and d10, the book has the rest.

Above is a preview of the opening of the book, with screenshots from the rest of the book on the right. 

These are the systems that have inspired Songbirds understanding of adventure games:

• Into the Odd
• Apocalypse World
• Public Access
• Disco Elysium
• CY_BORG
• Fear & Hunger
• Shin Megami Tensei
• Blades in the Dark
• Red Giant

The setting of Songbirds is a mix of the fantasy in Dune and the science fiction in Tower Dungeon. It has guns, airships, trains, and all different varieties of magics. These are the sci-fi and fantasy worlds that inspired Songbirds.

• Dune
• Tower Dungeon
• Dragon Ball
• Breath of the Wild
• Hyper Light Drifter
• Chainsaw Man
• X-Files
• Metal Gear Solid
• Silent Hill

Click here for my pinterest board of setting inspiration

And here's a playlist of dungeon crawling music to listen to while you play~

Death, Life, and Transition in Songbirds - Blerdy Disposition

"My current Songbirds campaign as been my longest running game in recent times." - Markus Personable

"I really like how much of this is just cool shit." - Emma Levin

"This game lives and breathes in a weird, dangerous, uncomfortable world seething with sex, drugs, and violence." - Shouting Crow

"God, does this game beg to be played: there are so many deftly-woven hooks, tantalizing loose ends, and sly little implications of the world beyond the page. Fresher and more exciting than anything I've read in recent memory." - gwencie, creator of Infinite Revolution

"I certainly did not expect to open this book and feel confident calling it my Game of the Year." - Thursday, creator of HARDCASE

"The best way to put it is Lesbian Science Fantasy with a *chef's kiss*." - WilderWhi

"Genuinely one of my favorite tabletop rpgs ever." - Draculaugust

Hi, I'm Snow. I'm a trans game designer here in Chicago. I've written stuff like .dungeon, My Body is a Cage, and Lilancholy. Songbirds 3e is the end result of my dungeon crawler obsession. 

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