LichLight Imprints

SoloRPGs of cozy horror, academic dread, and strange roads.

We’re an indie TTRPG developer based in South Africa, crafting games that thrive on atmosphere, narrative, and choice. Designed for those who love deep worldbuilding, horror with heart, and speculative settings you can explore on your own.

Our games blend horror, fantasy, and cozy elements with streamlined mechanics using cards, dice, and prompts. Whether you want to journal your way through haunted libraries, sing the ocean’s fury, or patrol your neighbourhood as a very smug cat, we’ve got a story waiting for you.

Our Flagship:

The Archivium - An action journaling Dark Academia / Cozy Horror soloRPG set in a prestigious university. Play a first year student who has been drawn into a secret society who maintains a dangerously haunted library right under everyone's noses on campus. Create books and relics, meet otherworldy NPCs, work your way up the ranks of the Society to find out what's at the heart of the Archive. 

• Base Game (226 pages)
  
• Each Codex adds optional content:
  • Codex 01: Love & Loathing (57 pages) - Expanded NPC creation, relationship-building systems, and downtime activities. Perfect for fleshing out roommates, rivals, and friends.
  • Codex 02: Love Beyond the Veil (13 pages - bundled with Codex 01) - A standalone haunted post office mystery that can be triggered during any Cataloguing task. Compact, atmospheric, and perfect for a one-shot diversion.
  • Codex 03: The Academic Register (249 pages) - A massive expansion adding degree programs, electives, and extracurriculars for every type of campus. The definitive “academic life” add-on.
  • Codex 04: Idle Hands & Interludes (23 pages) - Extra downtime prompts, seasonal campus traditions, cafeteria specials, and weekend events. Makes your university feel lived-in.
  • Codex 05: The Hidden Curriculum (55 pages) - Introduces Fields of Study and magical mentors. Deepens Society play with Influence milestones, new rituals, and consequences for pushing too far.

In Development: The Coldest Shoulder

Horror Roadtrip RPG | Ironsworn-based | Playtest coming Sept/Oct 2025

You’re on forgotten roads: long-haul highways, ghost towns, drowned forests, and endless horizons. The deeper you drive, the stranger it gets. Locals don’t blink. Gas stations smell wrong. Radio stations whisper things you thought you’d buried.

• Six twisted regions based on real places: Forests, Plains, Deserts, Wetlands, Mountains, and the liminal Ghost Road.

• Two playmodes:

  • Undertake a Journey: Start with a real map and watch it warp into something uncanny.

  • Forge Your Way: Begin with a blank map and let the roads and towns appear as you travel.

• First public playtest arrives Sept/Oct 2025.

Coming Soon

• This Drowning Fury (2026) – Embody a vengeful siren in an oceanic horror RPG about rage and retribution.

• Feylands Travel Inc (2026) – A cozy fantasy journaling game where you plan strange fae vacations (or rescues).

Connect With Us

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