Hello! I was wondering if this game is kid-friendly? I’m looking for take-home writing activities for my struggling students for this year and don’t have the $ to purchase all the options to review. Thanks.
Hey there! Journey SHOULD be completely kid friendly, as to my knowledge there is nothing in the realm of mature content included anywhere. There are a couple of classrooms that have begun using it as a creative writing tool, and I've not yet heard any issues around content. If you pick up a copy, and it doesn't meet your needs for content, just let me know and I'll be sure to get you a refund.
Thank you! I’d like to start using these things for take home reading and writing with my struggling readers and some are definitely not age appropriate. I’m going to hold out for a community copy appearing for now but it’s on my list!
This might be one of the few things I've been looking for as research for a budding game designer! Finances are tight, but I've signed up to be notified of Community Copies! This should be delightful!
Hey there! Thank you for the heads up, it looks like there was an intermittent issue with our signup tools that I just got resolved. The form should be working again (and keep an eye out for a new Community Copies drop coming soon)!
Sorry if I'm being rude, but will there be any communities copies available soon? I've heard many good things about this but I really can't afford it right now.
I think there’s been a few between now and this comment, but after the big DriveThruRPG sale (sold hundreds of copies) we have a big chunk coming up soon. I send an email blast to the Community Copies list every time I add more to the itch page 😁
I've now done two three-waypoint journeys and am definitely down to do many more. What I love about Journey is that it provides the framework for an extremely intense exploration of an imaginary setting. The journeys I've done are actually for meditation purposes: to build up and make real a peaceful place in my mind that I can retreat to during meditation. And each journey enhanced that setting strongly because the prompts encourage you to explore specific sensory, psychological, historical, etc details. And details are what really flesh a place out.
For me, this game is a workout! I can only do it every once in a while because of its intensity, which makes it a nice break between lighter journaling games I enjoy.
I look forwards to using the expansion prompts as well (for cards, on black suits pick the original, on red suits pick the expansion).
I REALLY love this application of Journey! I'm a staunch believer in meditation (though not as solid with my practice as I'd like to be), and using this as a way to explore this place you can go when meditating is fascinating!
Every stage of a journey makes everything hang together. No fluff here!
Ideal for a bullet journal approach to index places visited and re-visited.
Journeys are excellent exercises to improve your visualization and/or textualization.
The postcard stages of a journey are useful summaries you can scan through before choosing a deep dive on specific location aspects.
I treat the journey archives like a textbook and use sparse highlighting for anything I want to easily access later.
I also recommend using an additional inspiration tool, like a tarot deck, the decks from Larcenous Designs, or story cubes.
And this applies to any journaling game, but it’s a great way to practice a foreign language, and journey especially covers so many facets of life that you'll get awesome vocabulary coverage.
Apologies, there is a very small revision being made to the paperback version that is currently in the proofing process. The hardcopy version of the book should be back up for sale in the next few days!
If you're a worldbuilder, writer, dungeon master, or just like exploring imaginary places, Journey is a wonderful game about to expanding and expounding on the fascinating details you didn't know you knew about the places you create. I've surprised myself with what I've found and really enjoyed the discovery process.
Pro: Nice worldbuilding game that pushes you to write as a traveler. Following its instructions and spirit will lead you to fill out some interesting details of your world. Perhaps even exploring it in another creative endeavor.
Pro: Attractive visual design with the manual
Pro: Instructions are short and sweet and to the point
Pro: Nice for a bit of worldbuilding and its prompts lead to fun explorations of the setting.
Pro: Gives you enough guidance without being constrictive.
Con: If you don't like journaling games then avoid this. Otherwise, it is a delightful exploration of your imagination.
This game truly seems awesome, but I'm afraid it would be too tedious for people who are not fluent in English. That would be nice if translations would exist :-)
Yes, actually! After I get through this round of release for the physical copy, I’m planning to identify the top language targets and do a couple translations. Any specific language requests?
Hi! Can I suggest Spanish? It's one of the most spoken language in the world (the 4th, I think) and there's a large role-playing community in Spain and South America.
Btw... What a game! The physical copy looks amazing!
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Hello will you be adding more community copies anytime soon
Hello! I was wondering if this game is kid-friendly? I’m looking for take-home writing activities for my struggling students for this year and don’t have the $ to purchase all the options to review. Thanks.
Hey there! Journey SHOULD be completely kid friendly, as to my knowledge there is nothing in the realm of mature content included anywhere. There are a couple of classrooms that have begun using it as a creative writing tool, and I've not yet heard any issues around content. If you pick up a copy, and it doesn't meet your needs for content, just let me know and I'll be sure to get you a refund.
Thank you! I’d like to start using these things for take home reading and writing with my struggling readers and some are definitely not age appropriate. I’m going to hold out for a community copy appearing for now but it’s on my list!
This might be one of the few things I've been looking for as research for a budding game designer! Finances are tight, but I've signed up to be notified of Community Copies! This should be delightful!
Great to hear! We just did a run of community copies recently, but hoping to be able to do another one soon.
I watch with baited breath!
Hey there! Thank you for the heads up, it looks like there was an intermittent issue with our signup tools that I just got resolved. The form should be working again (and keep an eye out for a new Community Copies drop coming soon)!
Hi, there is a chance of getting any community copy please? This looks awesome
Yes! There’s a community copy release coming up this weekend actually. If you’ve joined the list, you’ll hear about it for sure.
Sorry if I'm being rude, but will there be any communities copies available soon? I've heard many good things about this but I really can't afford it right now.
There should be a release soon! Sorry for the delay, things have slowed down but we’re definitely still supporting the community copies program
Thank you for your reply. I will wait patiently and hopefully I'll be able to grab one when it's released!
Community copies are updated on the page! Just a heads up
I was just gonna ask the same question myself! Cool, I'm looking forward to it!
Community copies are updated on the page! Just a heads up
YAAAAY! Thank you!
Has the release already happened? Or am I still in luck?
I think there’s been a few between now and this comment, but after the big DriveThruRPG sale (sold hundreds of copies) we have a big chunk coming up soon. I send an email blast to the Community Copies list every time I add more to the itch page 😁
Congratz on the sale! And thank you for the reply, I'll wait and thanks before hand!!
Community copies are updated on the page! Just a heads up
Thanks a LOT! Thank you!
I've now done two three-waypoint journeys and am definitely down to do many more. What I love about Journey is that it provides the framework for an extremely intense exploration of an imaginary setting. The journeys I've done are actually for meditation purposes: to build up and make real a peaceful place in my mind that I can retreat to during meditation. And each journey enhanced that setting strongly because the prompts encourage you to explore specific sensory, psychological, historical, etc details. And details are what really flesh a place out.
For me, this game is a workout! I can only do it every once in a while because of its intensity, which makes it a nice break between lighter journaling games I enjoy.
I look forwards to using the expansion prompts as well (for cards, on black suits pick the original, on red suits pick the expansion).
I REALLY love this application of Journey! I'm a staunch believer in meditation (though not as solid with my practice as I'd like to be), and using this as a way to explore this place you can go when meditating is fascinating!
More thoughts.
I treat the journey archives like a textbook and use sparse highlighting for anything I want to easily access later.
I also recommend using an additional inspiration tool, like a tarot deck, the decks from Larcenous Designs, or story cubes.
And this applies to any journaling game, but it’s a great way to practice a foreign language, and journey especially covers so many facets of life that you'll get awesome vocabulary coverage.
Love it.
The DTRGP link only shows a PDF available.
Apologies, there is a very small revision being made to the paperback version that is currently in the proofing process. The hardcopy version of the book should be back up for sale in the next few days!
Thanks for the reply. Enough said. You know about it, that's the main thing. Now I know about it. All good. I'll just add it to my wishlist.
Just a heads up that the paperback version is back in stock on DriveThruRPG, in case you missed it!
Thanks! I'll check it out!
If you're a worldbuilder, writer, dungeon master, or just like exploring imaginary places, Journey is a wonderful game about to expanding and expounding on the fascinating details you didn't know you knew about the places you create. I've surprised myself with what I've found and really enjoyed the discovery process.
This is wonderful to hear! Really happy that you've had such a nice and creative experience with Journey so far
Pro: Nice worldbuilding game that pushes you to write as a traveler. Following its instructions and spirit will lead you to fill out some interesting details of your world. Perhaps even exploring it in another creative endeavor.
Pro: Attractive visual design with the manual
Pro: Instructions are short and sweet and to the point
Pro: Nice for a bit of worldbuilding and its prompts lead to fun explorations of the setting.
Pro: Gives you enough guidance without being constrictive.
Con: If you don't like journaling games then avoid this. Otherwise, it is a delightful exploration of your imagination.
Glad you enjoyed it! It's definitely a writing-centric game, so that's a good callout for folks.
Are there any plan to do translations?
This game truly seems awesome, but I'm afraid it would be too tedious for people who are not fluent in English. That would be nice if translations would exist :-)
Yes, actually! After I get through this round of release for the physical copy, I’m planning to identify the top language targets and do a couple translations. Any specific language requests?
As for myself, I would be interested in a French translation but I may not be representative of the audience.
I’ll keep that in mind! Thanks for the suggestion!
Hi! Can I suggest Spanish? It's one of the most spoken language in the world (the 4th, I think) and there's a large role-playing community in Spain and South America.
Btw... What a game! The physical copy looks amazing!
Spanish is definitely high on the list! It will likely be the first translation I focus in on.
And thank you! The book looks great, and it’s been really awesome to see how people have responded to it
What platform is this for?
This is a downloadable tabletop role playing game book, fully agnostic of any TTRPG systems.