Princess Guard
A downloadable game
Princess Guard is an ENNIE-nominated role-playing game of magical adventure starring magical princesses and their spirit companions.
In Princess Guard, you play a magical princess from one of the royal realms of the Floating Islands of Orthavia. You’ll team up with your fellow princesses to explore new lands, defend your realm, help your people, tend to the spirits, visit other realms, and rescue travelers in distress.
On these missions, you’ll fight ferocious foes, discover amazing treasures, and meet wonderful people. You’ll grow by trying new things and learning from your mistakes. Your friends will always be there to help, so the only way to fail as part of the Princess Guard is not to try.
In this game book, you’ll find a short introduction to the Floating Islands, a quick and easy guide to creating your princess, and 18 detailed missions for your princess to undertake. It is written to be accessible to early readers and also provides tips for grown-ups to help facilitate play.
Princess Guard uses the action-oriented VRBS system that rewards creativity, heroism, and teamwork. It requires a single six-sided die and is easy enough for a six-year old to master.
Written by David Garrett. Illustrated by Mocha.
What you need
To play this game, you’ll need the following in either analogue or digital form:
- An active imagination; a desire to tell stories, be a little silly, and have fun; and a place where you can focus.
- Some scratch paper and copies of the character sheet and mission tracker at the end of this book.
- One six-sided die.
What you get
- The 68-page, A5-formatted game book in PDF form.
- Separate pdfs of the character sheet, realm record sheet, and mission tracker.
Reviews and actual play!
For solo and team play. Suitable for princesses ages 6 to 106.
Text copyright © 2023 by David Garrett. Artwork copyright © 2023 by Mocha. Licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
This work is based on VRBS, designed and authored by David Garrett and licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $15 USD. You will get access to the following files:
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Development log
- Princess Guard is nominated for an ENNIE!Jul 07, 2023
- Princess Guard available in print!Mar 01, 2023
- IT'S DONE!Feb 15, 2023
- Don't worry, it's still in production!Aug 13, 2022
- Announcing Princess Guard!Jul 12, 2022
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Mocha here! I had so much fun illustrating this game!!! It’s such a delight to work on this and work with the studio! So very happy and excited that it’s out now! David did a WONDERFUL job piecing and crafting all this together! Hope people enjoy the game, and looking forward to work on more! Godspeed, princess guards! 🌺💞💕💘🫶 Lots and lotsa love!
Sounds fun-can’t wait!
The game is written, playtested, and just finalizing art and layout. Our hope is to get it out by the end of July!