Create a tabletop roleplaying game in one evening.
Join Thorn & Key and Lore Obscure for a fast-paced analogue game jam where you'll design, prototype, playtest, and share a brand-new tabletop roleplaying game inspired by toys and childhood games.
This session challenges participants to rethink how stories, conflict, and play can work beyond traditional dice mechanics. Using a surprise design constraint centred on toys as conflict resolution, you'll collaborate in small teams to create a playable TTRPG prototype in just 3.5 hours.
Whether you're a seasoned game designer, a curious roleplayer, or completely new to tabletop games, this jam welcomes all experience levels.
Event Details
Date: Friday, 10 July 2026
Time: 7.00pm–10.30pm
Duration: 3.5 hours
Tickets: $35
Capacity: 18 participants
Design and playtest an original tabletop roleplaying game in one evening. Join Thorn & Key and Lore Obscure for a Toy & Childhood Games TTRPG Game Jam in Singapore. All experience levels are welcome.
Who Is This For?
Tabletop roleplaying game enthusiasts
Game designers and aspiring designers
Board game creators
Writers and storytellers
Creative hobbyists
Anyone curious about game design
No prior game design experience is required!
What to Expect
Introduction to analogue game jams and TTRPG design
Inspiration from innovative tabletop games that use unconventional mechanics
Guided brainstorming and team formation
Collaborative game design and rapid prototyping
Structured playtesting with feedback from other participants
Iteration and refinement based on playtest results
Final showcase of new game concepts and mechanics
Theme: Toys & Childhood Games
Draw inspiration from familiar objects and play experiences such as:
Tangrams
Jenga
Guess Who?
Five Stones
Connect 4
Toy Cars
Magnetic Fishing Games
Barrel of Monkeys
Wind-up Toys
How might a toy become a storytelling mechanic? How could childhood games shape character actions, risk, cooperation, or conflict?
Thorn & Key and Lore Obscure are independent creators and facilitators exploring tabletop roleplaying games, storytelling, and experimental play. Together, they create spaces for participants to discover new ways of designing, imagining, and playing.
Playable over perfect. Ideas over polish. Come build something strange, fun, and surprising in a single evening.
About the Facilitators
Alanna Yeo
Alanna is a narrative designer, puzzle maker, and curious archivist of secrets both real and imagined. Under the name Thorn & Key, she crafts immersive puzzle game experiences that blend storytelling with clever mechanics.
Check out her works here:
People's Park Centre
101 Upper Cross Street, #04-01,
Singapore 058357
How to get to Lore Obscure
Location details:
Nearest MRTChinatown Mrt Exit D (Outside of People’s Park Centre)
Take Lifts no.4 or 5 from inside People’s Park Centre