Follow the Bones

Somewhere near the heart of the Wood is a cairn. Why have you set out to find it?

Follow the Bones is a set of procedures for playing solo adventures using the role-playing game Cairn. At its heart is a system for generating and exploring weird quests in the style of medieval chivalric romances.

Blaze a path through a strange and treacherous forest.

Survive encounters with the uncanny sylvan folk and the restless undead.

Answer riddles to uncover a fate as yet unwritten.

This updated version includes:

• revised and expanded text

• new procedures, built on Riddle and Tilt, for developing scenes and finding the Cairn

• stat blocks for the creatures named in the text;

• advice for keeping notes while you play.