The Spring Rider: A Second Guess Game

A 1-Page Solo TTRPG of Self-Reflection and Gothic Horror

The world is thawing, and your time has come. You have made this ride before. Once when your daughters were still children, once when you were barely more yourself. Travel the spring pass into the ruins and feed The Warding Flame. You know your charge well and will brave your last ride as surely as your first. But the ghosts that follow you now wear such familiar faces. They whisper of things done, of things left undone, and make promises of second chances…

The Spring Rider is a 1-page solo/journaling TTRPG and a stand-alone sequel to The Winter Guardthat uses the Second Guess SRD created by William Lentz.

This TTRPG only requires a way to record your entries, a d20, and d6 to play and is perfect for:

• Prompting a short story

• Creating an epilogue for an existing character

• Completing a gothic horror (or gothic romance) journaling experience

Your Ride Begins…

It seems like an eternity since you began your journey down the spring pass, and the fog rolling off the mountain shrouding the sun only adds to the uncanny feeling that you’re trapped in a state of perpetual twilight. You know that you are still bold, still strong enough of mind and body to reach The Warding Flame. But Their insidious murmurs have grown louder since your last ride and it's grown harder to ignore Their cloying presence.