LarkSpurGames specialises in story-based tabletop games with easy rules, fast-to-play setups and exciting game dynamics. Best-sellers include "Labyrinthians", a Celtic dungeon crawl set below the highlands of Scotland. Labyriinthians can be played many times with differing outcomes and has a respawn mechanism that turns heroes into villains. It can encompass a whole session of solid adventuring for a solo dungeoneer or with one or more mates.
"Escape from the Isle of Morrow" is another best-seller and aother dungeon dive, but more rogue-like and tiny - It all fits in its mint tin. It is designed as a solo, narrative-driven one-shot. But it can also be played with up to four players in collaboration to enable more combat and less strategic retreating, with different coloured cards shuffled to create different game experiences.
"666" is a large-scale narrative-driven game. It starts as a whodunnit-style "Jubensha". Then it turns into a stealth city-crawl, a choose-your-own-adventure game, and culminates in a wargame across your entire tabletop. Your group - the Guild of the Hound - plays as gamemaster making creative and vital decisions. 666 uses three six-sided dice (666) for combat, magic and more. It promises a day of creepy fun or can be played as one-shots over a series of get-togethers.
"Dungeon Domiños" are 73 hexagonal, isometric dungeon tiles that look beautiful together. The deck includes additional monsters, weapons, keys and other cards to spice up your games. It is designed as a dungeon-building aid, but one game - "All Is Fate" - is included.
"Aon" is a take-anywhere game where two to six players set good against evil to free themselves of all their cards first. It is fast and ruthless - a combo of classic card games like Crazy 8s and War.
"Tower of Blood" is a solo, competitive or collaborative dungeon crawler for up to four players. It features dungeon tile cards, monsters to slay, weapons, armour, potions and other loot to find, a host of prisoners to rescue and a unique "Tower of Blood" level-building mechanism.
"Pillage the Weak" is an adventure strategy game for up to four players designed by my son and I. It retains a fantasy battle theme, with a powerful dragon hidden in his volcano lair. It is fun for older kids and adults, easy to learn and provides hours of ruthless strategic fun.
Each LarkSpur game is currently only available to order from The Game Crafter in the US. For non-US residents, games can take four to six weeks to arrive, and shipping can be costly. A $25 USD game on TGC will end up costing you around $40 Australian, for example. Still, this is comparative with Aussie game shop prices for some more rare games.
All Larkspurgames are sold as not-for-profit at this stage. Game design is my hobby. However, publishers interested in distributing the games in physical stores or in other POD facilities in other continents, please get in touch - ross@larkspurgames.com
Dr RDJ McLennan (Game Designer)