Asher's Ridge

Lights, Camera, Paranormal Drama

Asher’s Ridge is a tabletop roleplaying game for one to four players, with no preparation or GM required. Inspired by Twin Peaks, The X-Files, Stranger Things and more, Asher's Ridge captures the twists and turns of your favourite paranormal television shows.

Paranormal versus Supernatural

Paranormal: Not scientifically explainable – Merriam-Webster

This game uses the word paranormal to encompass the supernatural as well as the unexplained and extraterrestrial.

Direct – and star in – your own paranormal drama television show set in the remote fictional town of Asher's Ridge. Experience the unexplainable in the breathtaking heart of the Lake District. Gather your cast of characters, scout your filming locations, and make a show that will keep viewers guessing for years to come.

Gameplay

During an episode – AKA  a game – you foreshadow a paranormal threat to Asher's Ridge in short, atmospheric interludes and collaborate on scenes using a web of plot threads created from letter tiles. The threat escalates and becomes personal to your characters and tension builds as they take risks to address it. Eventually problems come to a head, for better or worse, and the episode ends in a dramatic cliffhanger.

What do you need to play?

• A set of 100 letter tiles
• A set of standard (e.g. poker) playing cards

Letter tiles are readily, and cheaply, available. You may already have a set (e.g. in a copy of Scrabble or Bananagrams). Both print and PDF versions of Asher's Ridge come with a free printable set of letter tiles as standard that you can print onto card and cut, or alternatively use as a roll table using 2d10. 

Asher's Ridge is most easily played when the playing cards are customized with location names. There are several ways of doing this:

• Use a set of Asher's Ridge playing cards.
• Use card sleeves and write the location either onto paper (sleeved with the card) or washi/painter's tape (stuck onto the card).
• Write directly on the card. Most cards can be written on with a Sharpie or alcohol marker (e.g. Copic).
• Use index cards and write the card suite and location name on them. (Don't forget  the Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Jokers.)
• Use the playing cards as they are, and consult the table in Asher's Ridge as you play.

Try it today

The free preview game is available at https://montfordtales.itch.io/ashers-ridge. The preview gives you a trimmed-down experience of the game with a choice of four pre-made protagonists, three loglines, and a pre-set location deck.

210+ pages, 9.25 x 6.25 inches, full-color Hardcover RPG Book

Includes extensive digital package with PDFs and ePub versions as well as extra printables and a free soundtrack!