Be Like a Crow Solo RPG

Spread your wings, sharpen your wits, and take flight into a world where survival is a daily battle and every shiny object holds a story.

Be Like a Crow is an acclaimed 128-page standalone solo roleplaying game that puts you in the feathers of a corvid navigating a human-dominated world. Released in 2022 by Blackwell Games, this unique journaling RPG is designed for a single player, requiring only a deck of standard playing cards, a pen, and a notebook to begin. Using the original "Be Like a..." system, the game guides you through the harsh, beautiful reality of a crow's life, challenging you to maintain your health, expand your territory, build a flock, and collect a prized hoard of trinkets.

The book is an imaginative playground that offers incredible replayability through its distinct settings and mechanics. Rather than standard stats, your crow is defined by core avian traits like Flight, Stealth, and Scavenge. The book features six highly detailed, thematic settings that completely alter the tone of your game—from navigating a modern-day urban sprawl or surviving a gritty cyberpunk cityscape, to soaring through a magical high-fantasy realm or scouting the trenches of an alternate World War I. Packed with rollable prompt tables, environmental hazards, and rules for interaction with other animals and humans, Be Like a Crow is the definitive solo experience for anyone looking to experience the world from a bird's-eye view.

Avian Options & Content:

• 6 Corvid Species: Choose your specific bird. Including the Crow, Raven, Magpie, Rook, Jackdaw, or Jay; each with unique mechanical traits and starting bonuses.
• 6 Diverse Settings: Completely change your narrative by flying through Gothic, Cyberpunk, Steampunk, Fantasy, Modern, or Alternate History worlds.
• The Hoard Mechanic: Unique rules for collecting, tracking, and utilizing shiny objects and human trinkets to aid in your survival.
• Journaling Prompts: Dozens of thematic, card-drawn prompts that generate dynamic weather events, human encounters, and territorial disputes.

Book Contents:

• Core Solo Rules Engine
• 6 Complete World Settings
• Random Encounter and Event Tables
• Animal Interaction and Combat Rules
• Character Creation and Crow Sheets
• Design Prompts for Custom Map Mapping

Book Information:

• Publisher: Blackwell Games
• Release Year 2022
• Game Type: Standalone Solo Journaling RPG
• Age Range: 10+
• Primary Genre: Animal Adventure / Creative Journaling