The past month has been anything but easy. Since I came back from Cuba, one health issue after another has been piling up. I’m not sure yet if I picked something up during the trip or if it’s just a coincidence — but either way, I’m slowly getting back on my feet. Slowly, but surely.

One sign that I’m on the mend? Inspiration is flowing again!
I woke up about a week ago with an idea. I remembered those early mornings when I’d wake up at 4:00 AM just for the chance to go fishing with my dad. For him, fishing was sacred: absolute silence, eyes fixed on the line, no exceptions. He was strict, but being allowed to join him made me feel special — like I had been given a rare and precious privilege.

And then it hit me...

If I had had the wisdom and writing skills I have now, I would have kept a journal. I would have written down my thoughts, recorded memories, sketched the fish we caught, and measured them. I would’ve created a living testimony of those moments spent with my father.

And that’s how the idea for Shattered Waters was born.

Shattered Waters: A Fantasy Fishing Solo TTRPG

A thousand years ago, the world didn’t burn.

It didn’t fall to swords or sickness.

It drowned.

Historians call it The Great Sundering — when the gods, in sorrow, spite, or silence, shattered the realms. Every current, lake, sea, and river shifted, twisted, and flowed into one another.

Now the land is unmoored.

Weary fishers may always return to Anchorage — to sell their haul, trade for better gear, savor a hot meal, and rest beneath warm blankets — but when they cast off again, the world will not be the same. The land will have shifted. The seas will have turned. And the map you once trusted will lead only to memory.

• In this new world, rain may fall in spirals.
• You may have to fish in lava.
• Lakes may even appear on floating islands.

And the fish?

They have transformed and mutated.
They do not ask why.
They just swim.

The Call

You might chase fame, casting your line hoping to become a legend.

Or perhaps you seek knowledge, driven to uncover every secret, finned and scaled, that swims beneath the waves.

Maybe you're one of the quiet ones, fishing not for glory or answers, but for the peace that comes with the cast.

With little more than your rod, your instincts, and whatever gear you’ve bartered, found, or forged, you set out into the unknown.

The Shattered Waters are calling — with their sunken empires, starlit marshes, and lakes that churn with molten fire.

Only the boldest and best-prepared will catch the fish others only whisper about:

• The rare.
• The impossible.
• The ones that remember the world before it broke.

The Shattered Waters

The world is now in a constant state of transformation. With every new day, a new land unfurls — strange, radiant, and unpredictable.

Each day, you’ll explore a new world, discover new and unique fish, and face strange events:

You’re not meant to control it.
You’re meant to witness it.
To fish it.
To find meaning in the drift.

How To Play

This is a solo journaling and discovery game. You’ll write what you find, draw maps, collect fish, and uncover secrets hidden in this ever-shifting, fractured land.

And someday, perhaps, you’ll learn what happened during The Great Sundering.

Expected Features

• Hack of Carta by Peach Garden Games and Kat McDonald
• Can be played with 2d10s and a standard deck of cards
• Inventory and Resources Management
• Dynamic Weather system
• Prompts can change according to the time of day
• Three playbooks (that also act as three difficulty levels)
• End game triggers events that will carry on to the next game
• Great replayability value
• Over 40 fish to discover and catch

Shattered Waters isn’t just a game — it’s a tribute to memory, to quiet mornings, and to the stories we carry with us.

If casting your line into a strange, shifting world speaks to you…
If you long for discovery, solitude, and the unexpected…
Then this journey is yours to begin.

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And when the time comes… start writing your own story in the Shattered Waters.

Some fish remember the world before it broke.
Maybe you do too.