Palace Run
Palace Run was my entry in the 2019 200-word RPG contest. Palace Run Remastered was my entry in the 2024 Disc 2 TTRPG Jam. Resources and notes about both games are collected here.
- The first post (rules, sparks, images)
- The discord server (it’s pretty dead, but I sometimes use it for other playtests)
- The final entry
- Revision history and process notes
- Setting overview of the Palace Semi-Infinite
- Ritual Entrances to the Palace (to be recovered)
- Palace Run Remastered (itch page)
- Palace Run Remastered (blog post)
There are many other games that have influenced this one in both aesthetic and rules. I cannot list them all here, but I can try:
- Into the Odd
- Electric Bastionland
- DIE TRYING
- Witch Woods Microdungeon
- The Gardens of Ynn
- Moonhop
- The Infinity Hotel
- Goblin Manor
- The Panic Page
- Lots of other blogs and blog posts
Finally, the thing I am most proud of I have no claim over: Linden at Lapidary Ossuary has hacked Palace Run into Sword Ferns & Salmon Flesh. I really like the places they took the system.
I plan to keep this page updated as I play and iterate on the game, at whatever pace that happens.
,_by_Giovanni_Battista_Quadrone.jpg "The Ambush, Giovanni Battista Quadrone, 1969, via Wikimedia Commons")
The Ambush, Giovanni Battista Quadrone, 1969, via Wikimedia Commons
The Craftsman's Wages, Benjamin Eugène Fichel, 1878, via Wikimedia Commons
Mirror Hall, Kamal-ol-molk, via Wikimedia Commons
Estanque en los jardines del Real Alcazar de Sevilla, Raimundo Madrazo, 1868, via Wikimedia Commons
Interieur Ciragan-Palast Istanbul, Amedeo Preziosi, 1872, via Wikimedia Commons