His Majesty the Worm is a tabletop roleplaying game designed for dungeon crawling written by Josh McCrowell and published by Exalted Funeral. The Game Master is given tools to create a megadungeon called the Underworld. The players create adventurers to explore the Underworld in pursuit of their personal quests. Tarot cards are used as a randomizing element.

• Food, hunger, light, and inventory management are central to play and actually fun.
• Tarot cards are used to create an action-packed combat system that ensures that all players have interesting choices every minute of combat: no downtime!
• The game has robust procedures. Adventure in the Underworld, rest in roleplaying-driven camping scenes, and plot long-term schemes in the City at the center of the Wide World.
• The relationships between companions, called Bonds, powers the rest and recovery mechanic of the game. The game centers the human element.

Everything You Need to Play

(Just Add a Tarot Deck!)

The game is intended for a traditional setup between a single GM and 3-6 players. It emphasizes long-term, Metroidvania-like play.

The book is 404 pages long, split up over 10 chapters and 5 appendices. The print edition is silver foil stamped and has a ribbon bookmark. The digital edition is thoroughly cross-linked, with a robust index. It is a complete game with everything you need in one tome (just add a tarot deck).

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“Very cool and creative stuff here” - John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats

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Read four sample chapters (over 100 pages of content), learn more about the game's eight-year development, and dig into game design devlogs at our Itch page!