The ability to prioritize working on a thing while also talking about working on a thing is a bit difficult. Any time I think about writing an update I also think “oh but I could do this first which will make the update more exciting!”. So updates are slow but progress has been fast. We are at a spot where if someone wants to play Lithic Rage as intended there are enough pieces to do so. So let’s dig into what I have been up to with Lithic Rage for the past few months.

As you may know: Lithic Rage is a single-player Expandable Card Game which plays like a 1v1 trading card game, that has match to match progression and story like a tabletop role playing game.

Frames:

There has been a lot of iteration on card frames inside the tool Dextrous. While the overall format has stayed fairly static there has been a lot of refinement. A lot of the process has been making minor changes and then sitting with them for a while and seeing how it felt after a bit of time.

Rules:

The Lithic Rage rules have been under iteration and are now in Version 0.04. You can download the rules as well as a playtest of the cards (for free) on itch.io here.

V. 0.04 Changelist:

-Added “cannot Chain any more Attacks on the current turn after a Refresh”
-Changing Bleed to “While a Combatant is bleeding and uses an Attack Action; lose Stamina equal to Combatants level before the Action is resolved.”
-Adding entry for Item Card
-Changing Poison stamina reduction to equal Poison number
-Adding Item to Action description
-Reorganizing and formatting changes
-Changing term “damage” to “Harm”
-Changing Rage to be increased by taking Harm.
-Clarifying “Stamina lost from Conditions does not count as Harm.”

Adventure: Lichenblight

The first Adventure I am working on is “Lichenblight”. An Adventure for Lithic Rage exists as a framework for a player to progress their combatant through a journey where they fight multiple matches against other combatants.

cover for lithic rage lichenblight adventure — WIP Cover Art

The plan for the first “Version 1.0” release of Lithic Rage will include this adventure. This is an introductory adventure for both showing basics of the overall game as well as a bare bones example for more adventures to be made by myself or other creators. The plan is for an ecosystem of people making adventures with their own deck lists and modifiers to matches and mechanics. Imagine making your own deck and combatant that beats Lichenblight and then you make an adventure where that deck is the final boss!

“Lichenblight” is the first test of this adventure structure so it is intentionally very simplistic in its size and mechanics. Through this adventure the player has 4 matches against different opponents that are semi-randomly selected from the pool of ancestries and classes included in the playset.

The Lithic Rage Adventure: Lichenblight can also be downloaded (for free) on itch.io here.

Excerpt of “Lichenblight” Adventure. It included story text of what is happening as well as instructions on how to set up the match between the two Combatants and their decks.

Upcoming Work:

There are still quite a few things to do for Lithic Rage:

Set up the game in Tabletop Simulator so barrier of entry for testing is lowered
More testing in person when possible (If anyone in the Pacific Northwest USA would like to have an in-person demo of Lithic Rage and give feedback please reach out and we will set something up!)
Finalize frame art
Create more art for cards using placeholder
Continue working on Lichenblight Adventure based on feedback
Work on more classes and new adventures

Thank you for taking a look at my project and I hope you enjoy any time spent on Lithic Rage!

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Lithic Rage Updates July 2026

Frames:

Rules:

Adventure: Lichenblight

Upcoming Work: