So instead, we’re looking for playtesters interested in solo journaling games set in 1590s Scotland during the North Berwick Witch Trials.

The game uses one six-sided die and a deck of standard playing cards. In our previous game, 1590: A Witching Year, you play as an everyday person trying to survive the witch hunt. In this installment of what will be a trilogy of games, you take on the role of a Witchfinder conducting an investigation in a community. Choose between being a True Believer in witchcraft, or an ambitious Charlatan clawing your way into King James’s favor by exposing “witches.”

If you’d like to give it a try and help us confirm the directions are clear, drop us a line at quatispress@gmail.com by July 31st!

Playtesters will receive a discount code at the game’s release.

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Our first release, 1590: A Witching Year, is inspired by the North Berwick Witch Trials in Scotland in 1590. In a solo journaling game format, players take on the mantle of an everyday person just trying to survive the witch hunt as paranoia and fear grip their community. It’s the first of what will be a trilogy of games, with the next, 1590: The Burning Times, coming out this fall.

We have several other projects we’re currently refining over here in the office space in our apartment that we’re affectionately calling “the workshop,” including a board game about trying to become a ludicrous dictator, and a solo game about becoming a monster at the hands of a pantheon of fickle gods.

We’ll be using this Substack as a way to document our game design journey, share resources, and take a creative break from our day jobs.

Thanks for stopping by!

-AJ, Max, and Roo