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“The World as Will and Representation.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer

The Personal and Professional Table Roleplay

Experience a minimalistic blend of deep narrative exploration and intuitive rules, offering agile frames—ideal for crafting meaningful connections with friends or serving as a professional tool for practitioners in human-centered fields.

“To play is to create meaning in the face of the absurd."
— Unknown

Why you should play Frame

Minimalist Design

Rooted in minimalism, Frame challenges conventional methods by offering innovative ways to enrich the role-playing experience. It fosters intuitive narrative gameplay without sacrificing the essence of what a role-playing game can be.

Narrative Focus

Frame is about who’s at the table, not what’s on it. It prioritizes narrative and character development over complex mechanics, ensuring that every decision and action contributes to a rich, immersive story. This makes it an ideal choice for players who value storytelling.

Applied Gaming

Frame is designed to be both personal and professional, adapting easily to various playstyles and group dynamics. Whether you're exploring deep personal narratives or conducting professional sessions, Frame's flexibility makes it suitable for any context.

Universal Tag System

There are no character sheets in Frame. Instead, we use online or physical notebooks and the Unified Tag Language (UTL), which transforms game mechanics into storytelling while seamlessly enhancing character development.

Flexible Framework

Frame offers a highly adaptable structure, allowing you to customize rules and settings to fit your specific needs. This flexibility provides endless possibilities for creating unique settings and gameplay experiences tailored to any style.

Follow the Loop

Frame uses a loop system that adapts to your needs, integrating meta, macro, and micro loops. The meta covers what happens outside the game, the macro guides how the leader drives the narrative, and the micro handles dice rolls, tags and actions.

“The world is my idea.”
— Arthur Schopenhauer

How it Works

01 Table

Bring the players to the table and start organizing your game. Ensure everyone is aligned and ready to contribute. Frame works seamlessly online, in person, or as a hybrid.

02 Frame

Choose one or more a frames that fits your table. This is where you set the boundaries of the world you want to explore and create the structures that will support your narrative.

03 Loops

Understand and apply the basic loops that guide the flow of your game. Meta, Macro og Micro Loops ensure that the story progresses smoothly and keeps everyone engaged.

04 Rules

Add extra rules as modifications to tailor the experience to your teams needs. Rules allow you to expand and enrich the role-playing experience, making it perfectly suited to your unique style and preferences.

FRAMES

Call

In His Light, Hope is Found; By His Will, All are Guided
Divine Science, Sci-fi
Existential, Exploration, Investigation

In the shadow of the Great Exodus, millennia after Earth was forgotten, humanity scattered across distant stars, founding colonies on alien worlds fraught with danger and mystery. In the darkness of the cosmos, new civilizations rose—strange, fierce, and indifferent to the gods of old.

In this era of fractured worlds, a few remain devoted to the ancient faith—a remnant of priests, missionaries, and holy emissaries who answer the Call to carry the light of the Lord to the galaxy’s furthest reaches. You are among them. As an ordained emissary from the Holy Temple, you are one of the faithful sent into the depths of the universe to rekindle belief where it has faded and to confront powers that lie beyond human understanding.

Each journey is unique. From desolate moons steeped in shadows to thriving planets ruled by forgotten deities, you and your fellow emissaries venture into the unknown. Armed with faith, tradition, and ancient rites, you seek to guide, to convert, or to face the darkness in its many forms.

Will you bring the light of the Lord to these uncharted worlds, or will the mysteries of the stars reshape you? In this boundless universe, every mission is a test of faith, and every world a revelation.

 

Personal

Xeno

Shadows breathe in light, Fragments of the past remain, Footsteps lost in time.
Horror, Sci-fi
Existential, Exploration, Survival

In the endless expanse of space, humanity has reached beyond the stars, only to discover the horrors that lurk in the void. In Xeno, you and your crew are trapped aboard a derelict space station or isolated spacecraft, drifting through the unknown. What was once a marvel of human achievement is now a crypt filled with danger and dread. Something is out there—or in here—with you. It moves through the shadows, its presence felt but rarely seen, gnawing away at your sanity. Resources are dwindling, trust is failing, and survival is not guaranteed.

Will you unravel the dark mysteries that have brought you to the edge of oblivion, or will you succumb to the cold silence of space? Every decision you make could be your last.

Personal

Kids

When the world changes, only kids notice
Kids, Sci-fi, Social Realism, The 80s
Casual, Existential

Lately, things have felt… different. Not in a way you can easily explain, but in the way the air feels heavy some nights, or how certain places in town seem to change when no one’s looking. The kind of strange that makes you and your friends stop, glance at each other, and wonder if anyone else is noticing.

The adults don’t seem to. They’re busy, caught up in their jobs and routines, telling us it’s all in our heads when we bring it up. But we can feel it, something’s out there—something that wasn’t there before.

We’re just kids, but we know when things don’t feel right. And there’s not much time left before everything changes. Before we grow up. So, for now, it’s just us—our friendship, our curiosity, and the sense that whatever this is, it’s waiting to be discovered.

We don’t know what’s happening yet, but we know we’re the ones who have to find out.

Free

Folk

Every Choice Echoes Through Time
Low-fantasy, Medieval
Exploration, Investigation, Narrative

In a world where the extraordinary hides within the ordinary, where the quiet murmur of the forest conceals ancient secrets, your journey begins. This is a realm shaped by the mundane struggles of daily life, yet tinged with the faint glow of forgotten magic. Here, heroes are not born with crowns or destinies foretold—they are forged in the fires of hardship and choice. As you step into this world, remember: every decision you make, every path you choose, will echo through the ages, shaping the story that is yet to be told.

Free

Ruin

From the ashes of empires, the brave carve their legacy amidst the ruins of the Seven Kings.
Fantasy
Casual, Classic, Sandbox

The golden age of the Seven Kings ended not with a grand battle, but with a whisper—of betrayal, of greed, of ruin. Their empires, once mighty, turned to dust as their hunger for power devoured the lands they ruled. Each king was a symbol, a living embodiment of the sins that consumed them: pride, envy, gluttony, lust, wrath, greed, and sloth. Their great cities, adorned with treasures, art, and magic, now stand as crumbling husks, monuments to ambition unchecked.

As the kingdoms collapsed, the world fell into disarray. The magic that once flowed like rivers became erratic and dangerous. The people who survived the fall of the kings scattered, forming tribes, factions, and gangs, scrabbling for what little remains. Where once there was order, now there is chaos; where once there were laws, now there are only the ruins of a shattered world.

And so begins a new era, where only the strongest, wisest, and luckiest will survive, and where those who dare can carve their names into history. Welcome to the Ruins that the Seven Kings left us.

Personal

Join

Free

Description: Start building your own Characters with the Free Join Plan. Perfect for beginners and players, this plan provides you with the fundamentals 

Personal

5 / month

Description: The Personal Plan is designed for those who want to bring their virtual worlds to life with more advanced tools and resources. Whether you’re building for fun or for a larger project, this plan offers the flexibility and support you need to create something truly unique.

 

Professional

25 / month

Description: For the ambitious creators, the Pro Plan offers everything you need to build expansive, detailed virtual worlds with no limits. With full access to the platform’s best tools, an active community, and exclusive perks, this plan is perfect for those who want to take their creations to the next level.

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