Writer's Block on The Purple Sea

You are trying to write a story - The Purple Sea. It might be a short, a novella, you don’t know, but you know it’s good. You know it matters. So you’re settling in to plot it, map the bones of it, and you know it’s got its DNA deep in your own history, but it’s not coming easy, every day you fight a nail spike of writer’s block deep in your brain.

But you are certain to either find the inspiration, or dive deep into the waters of madness trying…

Writer's Block on The Purple Sea is a solo writing RPG where you are a writer who is trying to get their latest story out, but the way this story connects to you has just as much chance of inspiring you as it does driving you to madness.

Use the one page document to start your journal about breaking this story. The prompt table will slowly guide you through weeks of small moments that lead to loads of thinking to get your imagination and creativity cooking.

This game was built for the 'One Page RPG Jam 2022' and the theme of 'Exploration' where my brain instantly thought of the two most important things to explore: stories, and ourselves. So I took to this game being inspired by what helps me break writer's block and find inspiration - and I actually believe that playing this game could help you break writer's block in your own writing for a story - though I hold no responsibility if it sinks you into the depths of madness.

To play this game, you only need a d20, a d6, a single coin, and the way and will to write out an awesome adventure.

This game was created using the Second Guess System by Gamenomicon - which is utterly brilliant in construction - and inspired by their Hard Case game - a brilliant single page of construction and genre.

If you like this, please check out my other single page solo journaling rpgs:

• Welcome To Faraday - a suburban horror story
• The Seven Islands of Qoy -  a mystical kung fu tournament story
• The Lighthouse at Kindred Rocks - an eerie coastal town mystery
• The Heist on Foley Lane - a revenge heist story
• The Cave Outside Heltrap - a fantasy cave clearing adventure
• Escape From Isla del Mundo  - a monster island survival adventure