Princess with a Cursed Sword

Devlog

• BackerKit campaign now live!
  October 01, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  It is the Witching Month, and the Art & System BackerKit campaign is live! (I previously said "Kickstarter" but I was wrong, or perhaps using "kickstarter" as a generic term, like "coke" for all soda... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 10: Epilogue
  September 30, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  We've reached the end of our Thaumaturge story, and it is time for the Conclude action. Each Princess Sword game has a unique Conclude action, and it typically involves a choice between two possible o... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 9: Master Ramos
  September 29, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Welcome back to Thaumaturge! We're just two days from the launch of the Art & System BackerKit campaign , so I think it's time to begin moving the story toward a conclusion. Here's today's draw: [Imag... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 8: The Tower
  September 28, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Welcome back to Thaumaturge! Today's draw: [Image description: The Tower. Lightning strikes a burning tower as several figures plummet from the parapets to the ground below. Behind the card is an imag... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 7: Shadows
  September 27, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Yesterday, we used a second card draw to decide that Bumble meets a thief in a circle of stones – a charlatan magician who will take advantage of his confidence after escaping the other apprentices... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 6: Stones
  September 26, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Welcome back to Thaumaturge! Yesterday, Bumble managed to achieve a rare moment of mastery over the strange new magic he's found, and a temporary victory over his pursuers. Let's see what happens next... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 5: Like Beads
  September 25, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Welcome back to Thaumaturge! Let's get right into it. Flipping the next card, we Discover: [Image description: The 6 of Wands. A winged figure soars into a pink-orange sunset, seeming to capture the s... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 4: Ashes
  September 24, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Welcome back to Thaumaturge! Last time, we completed a full game loop by Discovering a card, Resolving a coin flip, and Journaling to add to our story. Today, we'll continue the story by repeating the... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 3: Surprises
  September 23, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Yesterday: His way blocked by a fire-tossing Garner, Bumble evoked the first spell available in his spellbook. To find out what happened next, I flipped a coin. [Image description: A Canadian "toonie,... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 2: Garner
  September 22, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Today is our first "Discover," "Resolve," and "Journal" actions. At least, that's how the bound edition of Princess with a Cursed Sword refers to them, but it's the same basic loop that exists in all... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 1: The Grimoire
  September 20, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Welcome back to THAUMATURGE! Yesterday, we introduced our protagonist : the magician's apprentice Bumble, on the run from his former masters with a stolen magical grimoire. Today, we'll talk about tha... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge 0: The Fool
  September 19, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  Welcome to THAUMATURGE, the fifth game in the Princess with a Cursed Sword four-part trilogy! Thaumaturge has never been published before, and is original to the Princess Sword bound edition . If each... Continue reading

  
• Thaumaturge playthrough starts this Friday!
  September 16, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  There are just over two weeks until the launch of the Art & System campaign on BackerKit, which features new print releases of Liam Liwanag Burke's Dog Eat Dog, Tim Kleinert's The Mountain Witch, and... Continue reading

  
• Princess with a Cursed Sword hardcover coming to Kickstarter!
  June 10, 2025 by Anna Anthropy

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  #hardcover, #kickstarter

  News! I'm excited! The Art & System series, edited by Tim Hutchings (creator of Thousand Year Old Vampire) and published by Central Michigan University Press, is getting ready to crowdfund its first b... Continue reading

  
• SRD now available!
  January 16, 2023 by Anna Anthropy

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  #ttrpg, #princess sword, #srd, #tarot, #game design

  Since I created Princess with a Cursed Sword and its sequels, a few people have come up with their own games using the system. I love this, and always want more of it. Hence, an official guide to maki... Continue reading

  
• Now in color!
  August 01, 2022 by Anna Anthropy

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  #color

  The original Princess Sword trilogy is now available in full color, thanks to illustrator Rayne Klar ! The new color pdfs are available to anyone who has purchased one of the games before, whether on... Continue reading