One-page RPGs go brick and mortar
Rowan, Rook and Decard collects more than a decade of tiny games in hardcover volumes.
If you followed any part of the tabletop industry in the mid-2010s, you were almost certainly aware of Grant Howitt’s one-page RPGs. Scratched on paper in pencil or ink, captured by a phone screen, and squeezed through Twitter’s compression codec, these games ran the gamut from experiments in constraint to shitposts.
The most famous of these is undoubtedly Honey Heist, which has become the bear that haunts both itch.io and Howitt’s design career. But he’s been churning out one game per month for more than a decade, gradually amassing a trove of bite-sized roleplay rules that often appear on social media timelines like a $5 note you forgot was in your pocket.
Rowan, Rook and Decard recently decided it was time to export the whole mess from internet .jpegs into physical hardbound collections and sold in brick and mortar stores. Rascal snagged an early look at One Page RPGs (And Their Back Pages) at GAMA 2025, and spoke with RRD about translating intentionally unserious games into surefire retail gold.
