Solo Tabletop

Into the Woods is a free journaling RPG written by Nathan Mehlhorn. It's about surviving a full year in an ever-changing forest, and that premise is pretty much all I knew before playing the game. As you can see from my notes, my sessions were very short, and I must admit that I felt very deflated at the time of playing (roughly 2,5 years ago). The story prompts, and random tables felt too simplistic, and it quickly devolved into a creative writing exercise, instead of the survival game I expected. My disappointment came from a lack of research and knowledge about journaling games in general. Don't let my experience with this game keep you from trying Into the Woods for yourself. If you like this style of game and the theme, then you might very well enjoy your time with it. It's free, so there's no barrier to entry. My Notes What follows are all my written notes for the very short game that I played. You can tell by the dates that I used my last session to quickly wrap...