



Missing Month
At a Glance
Players 1
Play time Long (3-4 hours)
Ages 16+
Genre Drama and Mystery
Complexity Beginner
System Custom
Mechanics Playing cards and Journaling
Format Zine · Digital Downloads
Remember the Forgotten Things
When I was a child, my grandmother would tell me of another world—a world that steals away time. She'd speak in whispers—while candles flicker in the night—about a world of magic so different from ours.
"Have you ever noticed the days when mornings would turn quickly into late afternoons seemingly in the blink of an eye? Or a much longed for summer vacation ending suddenly when you're so sure it had just begun?"
I nod, pretending to understand, and she would smile—knowing the truth.
"That's when you disappear into this world of magic,” she continues, “spend some unknown time and then you come back here without any memory of it."
“No memory at all?” I asked.
“None,” she replied, with a faraway look. “Not until you come back and do it all over again.”
She shakes her head, as if getting rid of cobwebs, and finally she turns her focus back on me.
“All that time adds up—to become a missing month.”
Missing Month is a game of memory—a game where you remember the forgotten things.
Needed to Play:
- Missing Month Instructions (this book)
- Timer/Stopwatch - the one on your smartphone should be enough!
- Anything you can use to write your words - pen and paper are recommended, but as long as it can contain words from you, that works!
- A normal deck of playing cards - Jokers not required.
Missing Month is a game with a time limit - you will spend exactly two (2) hours and thirty (30) minutes creating any magical world - not including breaks or character creation. When the time runs out, you will have to say goodbye to a world - the world that you know or the world you just discovered.
Will you be ready to say goodbye?
Created by Glaiza Champion, winner of the 2026 Diana Jones Emerging Designer Award
Illustration art by Saint Lilim
Border art by Alderdoodle
CW/TW: Memory Loss
30 pages, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, full-color RPG Zine
Includes access to PDF version via Digital Download
Credits
Author/Designer Glaiza Champion
Illustrator Saint Lilim and Alderdoodle
Editor
Layout Glaiza Champion

