The Canticle of the Sun and Other Worthy and Petty Siblings

A GM-less comedy TTRPG about saints and squabbles  for ~3-7 players by Inez Tan.

Support and sabotage your siblings - Sun, Moon, Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, and Death - in a race to take credit for helping St. Francis get to heaven!

You are God’s most awesome Creatures, powerful and peerless within your domain. But you’re also bickering siblings who’ve had a long, long time to get on one another’s nerves. Among you are Brother Sun, who brings the day, Sister Water, useful and precious and pure, and Sister Bodily Death, from whose embrace no living person can escape.

In this game, you’re all watching and aiding one Francis of Assisi, who seems like a pretty promising guy. This is a co-op game, because you're all rooting for Francis to accomplish glorious deeds and reach heaven. But this is also a competitive game, because you’ve heard that Francis is going to write a glorious Canticle to the Creature who’s there to assist and inspire him at the very end of his life. That should be you! Besides, your siblings have really made you mad lately, so it definitely shouldn't be one of them.

This flavor-first, fiction-first, rules-lite TTRPG board game hybrid is a love letter to petty family squabbles and “The Canticle of the Sun.” Designed for in-person or online play. No prep or prior knowledge required. 

  (“The Canticle of the Sun,” sometimes known as “The Canticle of the Creatures,” is a short, delightful song of praise by St. Francis of Assisi. It’s believed to be one of the first works of literature composed in Italian.)