Goblin Market

Also included in my fae bundle and my everything bundle of all my games!

Every solstice, the veil thins between the worlds, merging mortal world with fae realm. Some time ago, the goblins started a market on the solstices to encourage friendship, trade, and storytelling between the worlds. Play to get to know your characters, meet fae beings, and ultimately decide where you belong.

Goblin Market is a 1-4 player GMless game meant to be played in one 2-4 hour session. To play, you'll need a deck of cards and a way to write.

Goblin Market is character driven and narrative heavy, and you can collaboratively decide if you want to use the narrative to lean fun and whimsical or a little darker and more intense. You should also decide together if your playthrough is set at the summer solstice or winter solstice, as well as a general setting, e.g., modern, historical, a certain style of fantasy.

While this game doesn’t have a game master and everyone has equal say in what happens, it is recommended that one of the players take on the role of Facilitator. The Facilitator would read through the game beforehand, read descriptive sections aloud during gameplay, and could be the one to draw the cards for everyone if the group is playing long distance and can’t all draw from one physical deck.

Content warnings: food, leaving home, feeling other, not belonging. This game deals with themes of feeling like you don’t belong and deciding whether to stay or go.

This game was inspired by the artwork of Arthur Rackham and written for Rackham Jam!