DriveThruRPG has been running the PocketQuest game jam for a few years now, and each year I submit a Tricube Tales one-page RPG for it: Summer Camp Slayers in 2022, Paths Between the Stars in 2023, and Conniving Cat Burglars in 2024. Technically, PocketQuest allows games up to 25 pages, but the DriveThruRPG staff stresses that's the limit, not a goal, so I prefer to aim for something much smaller.
My PocketQuest 2025 submission is Wicked Dreams, and the product went live this month!
The PocketQuest 2025 theme was "dreams & nightmares", so I decided to draw inspiration from horror movies such as "Friday the 13th", "Hellraiser", and "A Nightmare on Elm Street". However, rather than playing as the heroes, in this scenario, the players take on the role of the monstrous villains.
Due to its thematic similarities to Twisted Wishes and Sundered Chains, I decided to give Wicked Dreams the same trade dress and turn them into a trilogy (much like I did with the three "Eldritch" one-pagers). I'd already considered creating some character cards for Twisted Wishes and Sundered Chains in the past, so this allowed me to release them with Wicked Dreams. And there are 13 character cards, of course!
There is also a tie-in with Summer Camp Slayers, which is set in the same fictional summer camp as one of the locations on the second page of Wicked Dreams.
