Princess with a Cursed SRD

THIS IS A GUIDE to making solo role-playing games that use tarot cards, based on Princess with a Cursed Sword. Princess Sword games are mindful, compact games with simple mechanics that change based on what tarot deck they're played with.

Princess with a Cursed SRD (System Resource Document) is a one-page (double-sided) explanation of the design behind each element of a Princess Sword game - why it's there, what it's for, what it does.

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LICENSING INFORMATION

You are free to create, distribute, and charge money for your Princess Sword games. Just include the following text:

This is a Princess Sword game, based on Anna Anthropy’s Princess with a Cursed Sword, available at w.itch.io.

LIMITATIONS

You are not allowed to reproduce story prompts or flavor text from any of Anna Anthropy’s Princess Sword games verbatim. Write your own original game – that’s the point of this document!

Nazis, terfs, and fascists are expressly forbidden from making games using this system, lest their words turn to ash in their mouths and choke them. This is a Curse, and it is Binding. You’ve been warned.

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🖋️ Designed & written by Anna Anthropy and illustrated by Rayne Klar. 

🗡️ Find games created with the Princess Sword system in this itch collection.