BOOK-WORLD ADVENTURES & ORIGINAL GAMES

Read the worlds.
Play the adventures.

Start with The Storybook Shelf and choose your own adventure. Then discover Trifecta, build a hidden sanctuary, or explore more games from my books. Free browser adventures and printable games await below.

The Storybook Shelf ↓   Trifecta ↓   Original Games ↓   Games from my books ↓   Printable games & puzzles →

FLAGSHIP ACTIVITY · FREE ILLUSTRATED ADVENTURES

The Storybook Shelf

Five fantasy worlds. Twenty-two adventures. The next choice is yours.

A Wonderful Week for a Quest cover
Paladin: Pawn cover
The Canticle Kingdom cover
The Last Archangel cover
The Hunger cover

Step into the worlds of A Wonderful Week for a Quest, Chess Quest, The Canticle Chronicles, The Last Archangel, and The Penultimate Dawn. Every story screen is illustrated, and your decisions lead to alternate endings: hard-won victories, unexpected turns, and memorable dooms.

Play a short episode, try another path, and collect the endings you discover. Autosave, bookmarks, adjustable reading controls, and expandable illustrations make it easy to return for one more adventure.

Spoiler notice: These adventures reveal events from the novels. Each begins with a warning, so you can decide when to enter.

Devices & controls: Click or tap your choices on a computer, phone, or tablet. Keyboard readers can use number-key choices.

Explore the Storybook Shelf ↗

Free to play in your browser. Opens in a new tab.

FEATURED STRATEGY GAME · FREE TO PLAY

Trifecta

Chamber of Three Keeps

Trifecta gameplay showing a triangular ivory-and-obsidian board, three faction armies, and the central Mage Gigas.
Actual gameplay · Classic board. Tap the screenshot to view it full size.

Three competing powers turn every battle into a shifting contest for control.

Command Ember, Azure, or Dorian on a triangular battlefield. Surround rival creatures, claim the towering Mage Gigas, and reach an enemy keep to win. Learn with a guided tutorial, challenge two computer opponents, or share one device with three players.

Choose from three board sizes and computer difficulty levels. Make the chamber your own with board and background colors, three piece sets, and easy zoom controls. Your match and appearance preferences save on this browser.

How to play: Click or tap a creature, then a highlighted destination. Use +/− or the zoom slider for a closer look, and Fit Board to see the whole battlefield.

Play Trifecta ↗

Free browser game. Opens in a new tab.

Original Games

Explore original worlds, meet unlikely friends, and make an adventure of your own.

FLAGSHIP ORIGINAL GAME · FREE TO PLAY

Hidden Legends

Nessie’s Secret Sanctuary

Some legends need a hero. These need a home.

Begin with baby Nessie, then welcome Bigfoot, Jackalope, Mothman, Yeti, Phoenix, and Griffin. Feed and play with your creatures, build habitats they love, and help them grow while keeping nosy visitors and their cameras away.

  • Shape a sanctuary with ponds, woodland, caves, paths, and secret escape routes.
  • Explore regional rescue maps, solve creature-specific obstacles, and choose different ways to help.
  • Follow a fifteen-chapter story that brings all seven legends together.

How to play: Click or tap to care, build, and explore. Progress saves in your browser; download a backup from Save & settings to take it to another device.

Play Hidden Legends ↗

Free browser game. Opens in a new tab.

Baby Nessie, a turquoise Loch Ness monster with golden eyes and small flippers.
Meet Nessie, your first little legend.

Ready when you are.

These adventures open in a new tab. Play on a computer, phone, or tablet; see each activity for its controls.

ILLUSTRATED STRATEGY CARD GAME

Cantifold Cards

Jackdaw, a wizard in blue robes, with an open book and golden magic.
Jackdaw · One of 229 individually illustrated cards.

Bring characters, creatures, relics, and songs from the Cantifold together in a contest across worlds. Build your deck, explore a collection of 229 cards and 38 illustrated places, and discover combinations that turn a match in your favor.

Begin with First Measure, the guided tutorial, then choose your Folds or enter the campaign.

Controls: Click or tap cards and highlighted targets. On smaller screens, scroll across the tabletop and your hand.

Open Cantifold Cards

Private preview · Access is currently restricted. Opens in a new tab.

PLAYABLE NOW · FREE HAND-SIGN GAME

Shah-Sheh-Rih-Lah

Shah-Sheh-Rih-Lah tabletop gameplay with four hand-sign choices, hidden-merit controls, and opponent Deckhand Corin.
Actual gameplay · Tabletop view. Tap to view full size.

Book: The Seven Scourges

Five spoken beats. One silent throw. Learn a fantasy hand-sign game, read your opponent’s bluff, and collect golden merits. Start with a guided lesson, face eight computer opponents, or challenge a friend on the same device.

Practice the signs or try the expanded six-sign game. Golden merits are fictional game tokens.

Controls: Click or tap a sign, then ready your throw. Keyboard: number keys choose signs; Space readies the throw. Sound is optional, with visible cues throughout.

Progress: Earned belts and sound settings save in this browser. Unfinished matches restart after reloading.

Spoiler notice: Command of the Ship and the lore codex reveal story details.

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PLAYABLE NOW · FREE

Escape from Azura

Escape from Azura actual gameplay in the Throne Room

Book: The Hunger · The Penultimate Dawn Cycle

Explore Azuran Keep with Azil and his companions, manage your party, and battle your way toward escape.

Devices & controls: Desktop: arrow keys or WASD to move; Enter or Space to interact. Phone/tablet: on-screen direction and action buttons.

Play free ↗

Read the book behind the game →

PLAYABLE NOW · FREE CARD BATTLER

The Longing: War of Aspects

Book: The Longing · The Penultimate Dawn Cycle

Choose a faction, spend Essence, and defend your commander. Play against the computer or share one device for a two-player match.

Devices & controls: Desktop: click cards, units, and targets with a mouse or trackpad. Touch devices: tap the same controls; smaller screens use scrolling card rows.

Play free ↗

Read the book behind the game →

Take an adventure to the table.

Browse printable board games, puzzles, and book-inspired activities. Each download is labeled by format.

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