Orchard House Games

Here's to many more years of writing weird games for freaks who love unanswered questions, sad songs, and silliness for its own sake.

Cowboy Take Me Away by Nora Katz a role-playing game about growing something wild and unruly

In case anyone is curious, my most-downloaded games are Nude on a Yellow Sofa, You Want It Darker (a game about music and death, a session of which is one of my favorite TTRPG experiences ever), and Cowboy Take Me Away (a space opera inspired by The Chicks). orchardhouse.itch.io/cowboy-take-...

Nude on A Yellow Sofa by Nora Katz a role-playing game about the space between image and reality

The first game I published on my own was Nude on a Yellow Sofa, which remains my favorite game I've ever written—and the first in a series I've created for @randylubin.com, @leighb.bsky.social, and @mmasnick.bsky.social's annual public domain game jams. orchardhouse.itch.io/nude-on-a-ye...

Doikayt: A Jewish TTRPG Anthology by riley rethal, a. fell, Adira Slattery, Evan Saft, Randy Lubin, Marn S., Eli Seitz, JR Goldberg, 🌈🎃 Lucian Kahn A collection of tabletop RPGs written and illustrated by Jews about the ways we see our Judaism.

The first game I wrote was Lunch Rush, a silly game about delis published in Doikayt, an anthology of Jewish TTRPGs edited by @rileyrethal.bsky.social and @methlabbattlarts.bsky.social. metagame.itch.io/doikayt

I've published 12 TTRPGs over the past 4 years, and as of this morning, over 2,000 people have downloaded them. I'm honored that this many people have read the words I've written and seen the graphics I've spent so many hours creating, hunched over my laptop. Thank you. #orchardhousegames #ttrpgs

Early Sunday Morning by Nora Katz a game of hide and seek on the streets of the city

EARLY SUNDAY MORNING is a game of urban hide and seek where you collect ephemera to earn clues, then use what you collected to make a map of the city #1930gamejam orchardhouse.itch.io/early-sunday...

Hold Everything by Nora Katz a role-playing game about making movies

HOLD EVERYTHING is a game about a group of idiots trying to get it together long enough to make a movie, inspired by the wild and wonderful films of pre-Code Hollywood #1930gamejam orchardhouse.itch.io/hold-everyth...