The Game

Drawing of three women dressed as queens, each wearing a crown. The woman on the left has curly hair and is casting a spell with her hand, with magical energy around her fingers. The woman in the center has short hair with a fur collar, holding a sword, with a playful expression. The woman on the right has long hair and is standing confidently with her hand on her hip, wearing a long cloak.

Perils & Princesses is an adventure game played with paper and pencils, a few fancy dice, and your imagination.  


One person, the Game Master (GM), describes a situation and the other people, the players, take on the roles of adventuring Princesses and decide what they would do if they were on this adventure. Playing this game feels kind of like a conversation, as the GM answers the players' questions about the world, the players make choices about what to do, and the GM describes how the situation changes based on their actions.


When players face something risky or uncertain, like crossing a rapid river, or fighting an evil slug, or convincing the queen to give a favor, players roll dice to see if their plans succeed or fail and what consequences they might face. Together, everyone at the table creates a world and watches an adventure unfold.

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Your Gift

The one thing that all Princesses have in common is that they each have a special Gift. Your character’s Gift determines the special abilites they use the face the perils ahead. The power of your Gift isn’t unlimited, however. Spend your Gift Dice wisely!

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    Wild Heart

    Sometimes you wonder if you're deep down more animal than human.

  • A princess with a crown whispering to a large dragon with scales and spikes, wearing a long pink dress.

    Enchanting Voice

    When you really unleash your voice, you feel like it echoes beyond the earthly realm.

  • A swashbuckling princess with long locks swinging from a rope.

    Spritely Agility

    Sometimes when you dance you feel mysterious ancient magic start to flow through you.

  • wearing a crown and a veil, extending her hand to conjure or control swirling, misty tendrils of water in front of her.

    Elemental Connection

    A particular element is a friend of yours and will come to your aid and bend to your imagination.

  • Illustration of a woman in traditional dress stirring a large pot, with steam and herbs rising, and a jar nearby.

    Kitchen Magic

    The treats you bake have a reputation of being more than what they seem.

  • A woman with long hair in a braid, wearing a floral headband and a flowing dress, reaches out to heal a lion.

    Healing Touch

    You can heal others with your touch, your hair and your tears.

  • A hand-drawn illustration of a princess sitting on a rock looking down to a friendly raccoon. She is wearing a crown and holding a walking stick.

    Powerful Friendship

    When it comes to your friends, you feel like you could do ANYTHING to protect them.

  • Illustration of a young woman with curly hair wearing a crown, sitting cross-legged surrounded by books, papers, and writing supplies.

    Sage Intellect

    You feel like something special is in store for you if can keep unlocking life's mysteries.

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Your Virtues

When you first make your Princesses, you get a score for each of three core Virtues. When faced with a risky situation, roll a 20-sided die with the goal of getting your score or less. Yes, rolling lower is better!

Fighting in the face of terror. Channeling your emotions into physical actions. Being brave and enduring pain. Using a sword.

Resolve

Grace

Poise under pressure. Moving deftly through challenges. Carefully navigating social and natural hazards.

Mental toughness, Being resourceful with your knowledge of the world and having the emotional will to tap into your inner magic.

Wits

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If you fail your test, all is not lost... your friends can help!

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Every Princess comes equipped with Heart Dice that they can spend to help their friends at the very last moment. 

If your friend needed to test RESOLVE to climb up a perilous cliff, and missed their roll by just a point or two, you can spend your Heart Dice to lower their roll.

It’s up to you to narrate the daring feat, reassuring words, or clever thinking you used to change certain doom to heroic success!

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