Studio Mothmen

Studio Mothmen is a design project founded by several friends from Brighton, UK. We make roleplaying games inspired by folklore, fantasy and weird fiction. 

We are excited to present our biggest project so far: UNRAVEL. This mystery-horror tabletop roleplaying system foregrounds psychological drama with innovative sanity mechanics; succumb to fatal personality flaws as the stress you undergo weakens your relationships to the things that keep you human. In our setting for this system, The Work Is In Good Hands, you play as the victims of a shadowy conspiracy, coerced into becoming its pawns in a deadly occult game. 

UNRAVEL: The Work Is In Good Hands is now available as a free Ashcan Edition, including a short introductory scenario. We plan to release additional mysteries over the coming months as we gather feedback. 

Previously, we worked with composer and sound designer Curtis Falkingham to make Yellow Sails, a tribute to Yume Nikki by Kikiyama. It's been in an unfinished beta state since 2020, but it is dear to our hearts and we plan to resume work on it some day. Here is a playthrough of the existing content by lol_rust, creator of .flow.

We also participated in Zine Quest 3 on Kickstarter with Fever Dreams, a surreal tabletop roleplaying game about exorcising bizarre paranormal entities as reality slowly collapses. You can read a review by DiceCourse here. Thank you to all 126 backers who helped us create it!