Project - Appleford Almanac
Appleford Almanac: Six Seasons of Cozy Adventures is a ready-to-run setting for those looking for something a little different in their campaigns.
Appleford sits in a terraced river valley where the Lyva River's moods shape daily life. You'll find floodwalks and stilts in the low districts, orchards striping the hills above, and a stone keep watching from the bluffs. Life here runs on a wheel of six orchard-seasons, each ruled by a dragon-saint and celebrated with a civic festival that asks a simple question: How do we care for each other when the weather, the work, and the world don’t always cooperate?
This book is built for campaigns that want coziness with real stakes, highlighting warmth, community, and everyday magic, plus hard choices about fairness, tradition, and who the city was built to serve.
What You’ll Find Inside:
- A rich, usable overview of Appleford’s districts, surrounding orchards, and the Lyva River’s influence
- Six seasons of play, each with its own tone, tensions, and festival traditions
- Factions and local power structures you can actually put on the table
- Everyday and commonplace magic, grounded in the mythos, that makes the setting feel lived-in
- Cozy-forward mechanics, tables, and hooks for DMs designed for low-prep yet satisfying play
What Kind of Stories is This For?
Appleford Almanac is for groups who love:
- Found family, community bonds, and the small heroism of showing up
- Conflicts that don’t require saving the world to matter
- Seasonal structure that makes the passage of time feel meaningful
Whether you’re running a gentle one-shot, a festival arc, or a longer campaign that grows with the orchard-year, this setting is perfect for you and your group. Even as a starting city for your adventurers, Appleford always feels like a place worth returning to.
Welcome to Appleford.
Appleford Almanac: Six Seasons of Cozy Adventures will be available on DriveThruRPG and itch.io beginning in Fall 2026.