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Frog and Rabbit live in Poppy Valley, and they're the best friends in the world! Sometimes, outstanding stories happen to them; would you like to tell a few together? A week with Frog and Rabbit is a cozy TTRPG for 2 or 3 players which features seven stories about two anthropomorphic animals, inspired by works such as Arnold Lobel's Frog and Toad, Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit, and countless others. Each story requires no other material than this little book and can be told in 30-45 minutes. If played with 3 people, the stories are told by a storyteller who guides the two friends throughout their adventures.

Illustrated throughout by François Maumont, the final book will be a hardcover, A6, 84-pages book, with advice on how to play beyond the 7 stories featured within!

If you're in need of some heartwarming stories, help me make this small dream a reality :)

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Grenouille et Lapin vivent dans la Vallée des Coquelicots, et ce sont les meilleurs amis du monde ! Parfois, il leur arrive de fameuses histoires ; ça vous dirait d'en raconter quelques-unes ensemble ? Une semaine avec Grenouille et Lapin est un JdR douillet pour 2 ou 3 personnes, incluant sept histoires de deux animaux anthropomorphes, inspiré par des livres comme la série Ranelot et Buffolet d'Arnold Lobel, Pierre Lapin de Beatrix Potter, et d'innombrables autres. Pour chaque histoire, vous n'aurez besoin que de ce petit livre et de 30 à 45 minutes de temps libre. Si vous jouez à 3, les histoires seront racontées par un narrateur qui guidera les deux amis à travers leurs aventures.

Illustré de bout en bout par François Maumont, l'objet final sera un livre de format A6, long de 84 pages et contenu entre deux couvertures rigides mais confortables, avec des conseils pour jouer au-delà des 7 histoires qu'il contiendra !

How to write a TTRPG scenario ?

As a TTRPG campaign author, I’ve struggled for years to write scenarios that were coherent, that would not be derailed by players nor would force them onto rails, and that would allow escapism while keeping them hooked. I fumbled a lot until I found a method that I found quite efficient. So I thought I’d share. Of course, what works for one might not for another, but if you’re a beginner in TTRPG scenario writing and you don’t know where to start, well, you never know, this might help you.

The first phase is of course to make a rough draft. Just pour in a text document every single idea you have, without any filter : characters, cool scenes, story twists, gameplay elements… take your time, let your mind work in the background. Then organize every item, see what works with what, what would make sense in a chronological way… and fill the holes between the elements. This would give you a first draft of your scenario, something that should fill about two pages (regardless of whether your scenario is a one-shot or a full campaign).

At this point, the most adventurous GM would have enough material to start an improvised game. This requires a very specific skillset and a lot of memory. You do you, but at this point, I’ve only just started my preparations.

If you want to keep enriching your scenario, you’ll find yourself facing two issues : first, the more structure you have, the less freedom you’ll leave your players, because you have your “canon” on what should happen in your story ; and second you might miss holes in your scenario that your player will certainly have a lot of joy (or confusion) pointing out in the middle of a game. So here’s the trick. Find who is the main antagonist in your story (whether it’s a Dark Lord or your rival in the Most Beautiful Garden Contest, if your RPG is not a sandbox you will have an antagonistic force, else your players won’t have much to do…). Now re-write your scenario, from A to Z, but FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE ANTAGONIST, as if the players were not here, or were naive enough to fall into every single trap. Why ? To deal with both your issues at the same time of course ! On the one hand you can’t control your players’ decisions, but you can do it for your NPCs, so you CAN place your antagonist on rails and compensate every time they go astray without impeding on your players’ freedom. On the other hand, by writing out the details of your antagonist’s dastardly plan, you increase your chances to see a blatant error or omission and correct it.

Once this is done, you’ll want to identify the key elements of this plan, those that your villain absolutely need, else their objectives crumble. Those will be your “fixed points”. Your mission as a GM is to ensure that these fixed points happen no matter what your players do, in order to guide them along your main scenario. The remainder of the plan will be your “mobile points”, which your players will have way more control over. This will create a structure for your story, and you can complete the scenario with the mobile points, leaving as much freedom to your PCs as you want in them.

There’s one last task before you finish your story. Now that you have every step of your scenario, maybe even a division into chapters using the fixed points, you can do three lists : 

the places your players will visit

the NPCs they will meet

the lore elements they’ll have to learn

Using these three lists, you’ll be able to re-write one last time your whole scenario. Now you’ll have a rich story, with a way more formidable antagonistic force, and more freedom for your players.

You can totally start your campaign using these documents, using the three lists as reminders

On ne va pas se mentir : il était grand temps que Cendres ait son propre Tumblr. Depuis le temps qu’on écrit, crée, improvise et vit ensemble toutes ces aventures, il fallait bien un petit coin à nous pour partager un peu plus nos folles histoires ! :D

Ici on parlera de ce qui se passe en coulisses, des moments forts du forum, de nos événements, de l’évolution du Sekai et aussi de nos coups de cœur, de nos anecdotes, et peut-être même de quelques confidences de MJ 👀

Lien du forum : https://www.rp-cendres.com/

Rp-Cendres en bref, pour ceux qui débarquent...

Cendres est un forum rp dark-fantasy à avatars illustrés, lancé en juillet 2022 par quatre passionnés : Ayshara , Louise, Koraki et Seagan. Notre objectif a été de créer un monde original, vivant, qui mêle narration collaborative, choix qui comptent et grande liberté d'écriture, tout en essayant de ne pas sacrifier le plaisir du jeu (facile à dire, mais parfois difficile à faire, haha).

Depuis ce temps, nos joueurs écrivent ensemble des histoires profondes, tordues, drôles ou tragiques, dans un monde sombre rongé par la corruption et tiraillé entre guerre, foi, pouvoir et survie.

En 2025, Cendres fête ses 3 ans d’existence. Et comme tout bon forum rp, il a connu ses montagnes russes : des pics d’activité fulgurants, des creux, des réorganisations, des nuits blanches à corriger des annexes, à gérer des discussions, des dramas, des projets entre joueurs, valider des fiches, organiser des events... Des maladresses, des erreurs, mais surtout du gros travail et de très bons coups qui ont tenu nos joueurs accrochés à notre projet en fort nombre pendant des années.

Et surtout, il est porté par une communauté incroyable de plus de 240 personnages inscrits, dont beaucoup participent activement à construire un monde riche, cohérent et en constante évolution.

Ce blog, c’est pour quoi ?

Ce sera notre endroit pour :

Présenter nos nouveaux événements et intrigues.

Mettre en lumière nos joueurs, leurs persos, leurs créations.

Partager des anecdotes, bêtisiers, stats ou secrets bien gardés.

Merci à tous ceux qui ont embarqué dans cette aventure, et bienvenue à ceux qui la rejoignent encore aujourd'hui 🔥

À très bientôt pour un prochain billet !

Purple fairy🪻🪄

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