Ashen Vale

Ashen Vale is a rules-light survival horror RPG about fragile people trapped in a world that broke… and somehow kept going. The sky is wrong, the streets are empty, and beyond the static of dead frequencies you can still hear them: the missing, the lost, the ones who vanished when the Rift opened.

Players take the roles of survivors marked by that event – scarred in body, mind, and memory. Every choice leaves a trace. Every risk has a cost. The game focuses on tension, atmosphere, and difficult decisions rather than power fantasy: you’re not here to win, you’re here to see how far you’ll go before something finally breaks.

In Ashen Vale you’ll find:

• A minimal, intuitive rule set focused on story, consequences, and dread

• Characters shaped by their trauma, their bonds, and what the Rift took from them

• Tools for the GM to create eerie locations, broken communities, and voices from the static

• One-shot or short-campaign play, perfect for intimate, emotionally heavy sessions

Welcome to Ashen Vale.
The world ended. You didn’t. Now you have to live with what’s left.