Marti's Nook

Welcome to Marti's Nook, I am a tabletop game deisgner.

Projects

Ongoing games and works in progress.

These are my current game projects that are in various stages of development.
Below is my designers diary for anyone wanting to see more details.

  • Times of Nightmares A push-your-luck drafting card game with a shared escalation mechanic.
  • Brethren of the Coast Core Rulebook You have the quick start for your Pirate's career, but soon you can have the full rules of character creation, ship creation, voyage creation and more.
  • Resurrectionists A game set in the dark underbelly of the city, where ressurection men gather bodies (no matter how they are acquired), to sell...but things can only get worse...
  • No Vacancy A game of chaotic Hotel Management.
  • The Secrets of Kingsport A pocket sized Lovecraftian card game of secrets.

Most of these projects are in flux; details and mechanics may change as they are developed and playtested.

No Vacancy Prototype 0.1

  • 2026-03-16: Getting the very early basic design elements in play, lots of things still to sort. Early playtesting over and over for now.

Secrets of Kingstport V1.0 Playtesting

  • 2026-03-05: Six more play tests and the scoring weirdness might be locked down, set it aside for deeper play testing in the coming weeks, that's a win!
  • 2026-03-03: Six play tests have been done today, 4 players, found an imbalance in the 4th player to go and some issues with the Echo and Festival mechanic. A few things to look at over the next few days!
  • 2026-02-22: Currently play testing.

Time of Nightmares Ready to Publish

  • 2026-02-23: Putting together a pitch package for publishers to consider.

Brethren of the coast Laying out

  • 2026-02-22: Core rulebook currently being laid out.

Resurrectionists Prototype V0.1

  • 2026-02-22: Currently putting the prototype together.
2026 © Marti S with a big thanks to neocities!

Here are some of my completed or publicly available tabletop games. Click the title to learn more or find them online.

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