Independent game studio
Sabnock Works is an independent game studio creating dark fantasy dungeon crawlers, historical strategy games, free tabletop RPG material, and fiction for people who still keep a map folded in their pocket.
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The works
Each begins with a different kind of map.
Dark fantasy dungeon crawler
A living underworld of bargains, old wounds, and cities built over things that never truly died. Lathmar is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by classic 1990s roleplaying games: enter with a lantern, a party, and no certainty of return.
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Tactical fantasy strategy in 8-bit spirit
A turn-based wizard duel inspired by Julian Gollop's Chaos. Summon creatures, cast from 73 spells and bluff with illusions. Battle the AI or share one screen with friends: the last wizard standing wins.
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From the workshop archive
Historical expedition strategy
Plan a scientific expedition through nineteenth-century North and Central Africa. Follow routes, negotiate, listen, document, and return with records that can be tested. The world is not unknown; it is only missing from one map.
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In development / Teaser available
Arcade detours and more from the workshop.
More Projects
The open drawer
Rules fragments, encounter tools, odd creatures, and gameable places for the tables that keep going long after midnight. Built to be lifted, marked up, and made your own.
Latest release: The Tomb of the First Emperor
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From the loose pages
Brief descents into other rooms: ruined courts, uncertain roads, people who have found the wrong door, and the price they pay for opening it.
Now in the archive: The Tithe of Small Despairs, The Rat King, and The Price of a Crown
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From the workshop papers
Long-form pieces on myth, games, and the old ideas that still shape a good story. Kept separately from the fiction archive, with complete reading editions for those who want to go further.
Now in the archive: Mythic Spears and Ancient Mega Dungeons
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