Cosmere RPG, Brotherwise Games
Heroes of the Lost Desolation
Dragonsteel Nexus Epic Event
Writer, Designer, Game Lead – 27,000 words
A convention event at Dragonsteel Nexus, Heroes of the Lost Desolation takes place during one of the many forgotten Voidbringer assaults on Roshar in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series. The last defenders of a world at war retreat to a mountaintop fortress to brace for an oncoming assault, braving recon, rescue missions, and traitors within the walls.
Heroes of the Lost Desolation is an epic event which took place at Dragonsteel Nexus in 2025. 400 players, three possible adventure pathways, 60+ GMs, 10 communications runners, and one global GM all playing one simultaneous and completely interlocked game. Michael designed and wrote the adventure, ensuring that each adventure pathway interacted and affected the others, created the communications and coordination systems, and wrote briefs for the GMs, runners, and global GM.
Mistborn Scenarios
Book Lead – 6 writers
An e-supplement of short adventures set within both eras on Scadrial from Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series.
Mistborn Scenarios is still in development, and further story information cannot be provided. Michael is leading a team of incredible creatives to bring a varied breadth of adventures to life.
Mistborn Legacy
Writer – 18,500 words
Mistborn Legacy features an innovative story that introduces characters to both eras of Mistborn: chapters weave between the Final Empire, an age of cataclysmic darkness, and Harmony’s Scadrial, an era of prosperity and technological innovation. Along the way, characters will solve a mystery with implications for the future of Scadrial…
Mistborn Legacy is still in development, and further story information cannot be provided. Michael has written chapters for Legacy, lore and tactics for Adversaries, and designed new endeavor types within the system.
Stormlight Scenarios
Writer – 1,000 words
Seven short adventures set in the storm-torn world of Roshar, from Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive series.
Michael wrote the final adventure, The Cost of Redemption.
Artifacts Arcana, FoxWing Games
Lunar Lament
Lead Writer and Narrative Director -8,000 words
A festival of the moon, a benighted forest, and an ascent through a ruined tower observatory. Players will discover secrets long buried, make brand new friends and allies, and uncover a deep betrayal which changed the course of the world forever.
Lunar Lament is a 5-10 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in contained in a coin. 8k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. Paired with the Solari Betrayer module, Lunar Lament helps tell a compelling two-party story, while remaining playable on its own. This module also includes VO recorded and performed by Michael. All content has been written by Michael.
Solari Betrayer
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 8,000 words
A Sunpeak Celebration, a heat-baked desert, and a trial of champions. Players will participate in a festival of light, fight their way through a blasted and dangerous landscape, and ascend a tower of challenges, emerging victorious as the new Solari Exemplar.
Solari Betrayer is a 5-10 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in contained in a two piece coin. 8k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. Paired with the Lunar Lament module, Solari Betrayer helps tell a compelling two-party story, while remaining playable on its own. This module also includes VO recorded and performed by Michael. All content has been written by Michael.
Starfall
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 5,000 words
An ancient and mysterious coin piece leads players on a journey of adventure as they decode puzzles, rub elbows with unsavoury characters, and discover secrets hidden in the stars. Will they emerge victorious with a horde of long forgotten treasure or themselves fall?
Starfall is a 5-10 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in contained in a three piece coin. 5k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. This module also includes a song, the lyrics of which were written by Michael. All content has been written by Michael.
Ashen
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 5,000 words
A mysterious patron, an ancient coin, and an object of ruinous power vanished for an age. The Ashen Coin contains secret languages to decode, hidden riddles to solve, and a reward at the end that may be more than players are ready for.
Ashen is a 5-10 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in contained in a detailed metal coin. 5k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. This module also includes a custom dice game co-created by Michael. All content has been written by Michael.
Alethia
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 8,000 words
An archeological expedition through a recently discovered pyramid yields secrets, traps, and treasure. The only question is, why was it hidden away for so long, and what could possibly be so well protected at the centre?
Alethia is a 5-10 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in contained in a coin with mechanical moving pieces. 8k words including design for dozens of puzzles, riddles, and encounter building. All content has been written by Michael.
Quest Chest, FoxWing Games
Stone Oaths and Golden Lies
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 22,000 words
A dark and drafty castle, haunted woods, and cursed town; the land of Stormhaunt invites players to discover the history of a once proud and noble family, and uncover their fall from grace. Will the party free the town from the clutches of an undead king, or will they take the power for themselves and cast a bleak shadow forevermore?
Stone Oaths and Golden Lies is a 12-20 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in a box with physical props. Narrative design includes several wax sealed letters with UV elements, a map, glow in the dark props, a metal coin, and a scented candle. 22k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building.
Assassin’s Crown
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 22,000 words
A dinner party gone wrong, a king dead at their feet, and a week to solve this mystery before a city dissolves into chaos. The viper’s nest that is Ioatha seethes beneath the surface as the party races to solve a murder without becoming entangled in noble’s intrigues, and sacrificing themselves to keep the peace.
Assassin’s Crown is a 12-20 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in a box with physical props. Narrative design includes several wax sealed letters, a map with UV elements, 2 different types of tea used a different moments, and 2 metal coins. 22k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building.
Without the Walls
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 22,000 words
A mysterious clue at the site of a murder leads the party outside of Empyreal walls into a land of spirits and secrets. The Wylde past the walls is unforgiving but the riches can be great. **As this project is under NDA pre-publication, the only information that can be released is public facing already**
Without the Walls is a 12-20 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in a box with physical props. 22k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. This module must act as a stand-alone, but also be able to narratively and functionally tie into 4 other modules. All content has been written by Michael.
Bazaar of Brilliance
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 19,000 words
A hunt for a ship ends in a perilous journey to a dangerous land. Do not let down your guard, as you are not the only ones seeking passage. **As this project is under NDA pre-publication, the only information that can be released is public facing already**
Bazaar of Brilliance is a 12-20 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in a box with physical props. 19k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. This module must act as a stand-alone, but also be able to narratively and functionally tie into 4 other modules. All content has been written by Michael.
Masques and Murders
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 17,000 words
Strange forces are at work in the shadows of an ancient city. Deep beneath the strata of stone lie secrets better left buried, and horrors older than the known world. **As this project is under NDA pre-publication, the only information that can be released is public facing already**
Masques and Murders is a 12-20 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in a box with physical props. 17k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. This module must act as a stand-alone, but also be able to narratively and functionally tie into 4 other modules. All content has been written by Michael.
The Broken Bar
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 20,000 words
A peaceful tavern is turned on its head as denizens from another plane, locked away for eons, break through and wreak terror upon trapped patrons. **As this project is under NDA pre-publication, the only information that can be released is public facing already**
The Broken Bar is a 12-20 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in a box with physical props. 20k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. This module must act as a stand-alone, but also be able to narratively and functionally tie into 4 other modules. All content has been written by Michael.
The One Beyond the Walls
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 21,000 words
A time-blasted land, a desolate city, and a red ringed tower clawing its way into the sky. An ancient evil waits at the apex, ready to be unleashed on the world once more. **As this project is under NDA pre-publication, the only information that can be released is public facing already**
The One Beyond the Walls is a 12-20 hour system agnostic TTRPG module in a box with physical props. 21k words including puzzle design, riddles, and encounter building. This module must act as a stand-alone, but also be able to narratively and functionally tie into 4 other modules. All content has been written by Michael.
The World of Willowmere, Bookwyrm Games
Willowmere
Lead Writer and Narrative Director – 80,000 words
Willowmere is a cozy, story driven TTRPG where players take on the roles of animal characters driven by bravery, cleverness, and heart. Designed for quick setup, rich storytelling, and minimal prep, Willowmere provides everything needed to embark upon a big adventure with little heroes.
Willowmere is a core rulebook and adventure module created with the Quill RPG Toolset. Michael is the writer and designer of the core rules and primary adventure. He co-created the story, along with Morgan Tyrrell.
Seasons Of Willowmere
Project Lead and Narrative Director – 4 writers
Willowmere is home to many creatures across eight different regions, each with their own stories to tell. Seasons of Willowmere takes players through a full year of adventure, from a mysterious theft at a regatta in Brackwater Hollow to a clash of the Highland Bison clans in the Luminous Highlands.
Seasons of Willowmere is a four-chapter expansion to the Willowmere setting exploring spring, summer, fall, and winter in four new regions. Michael is leading a team of 4 amazing writers on this project.
The Wilds of Willowmere
Project Lead and Narrative Director – 4 writers
Beyond the map lies the mysterious Wilds of Willowmere, where it’s rumored the magic of Glow resides. Home to beetle-riding hares, spiders who enweb memories, and the dreaded Gloom Shepherd himself, the Wilds hold many secrets for those brave enough to explore them.
The Wilds of Willowmere is full adventure module in the Willowmere setting exploring the mysterious and dangerous expanse beyond the map. Michael is leading a team of 4 incredible writers on this project.
Pathwalkers Guides, Bookwyrm Games
The Pirates of Demesne
Project Lead and Narrative Director – 5 writers
At the south delta of the land of Altaris lies the feared pirate haven, Demesne. The isle sits, broken from the mainland, between two forked rivers which feed out into the vast ocean expanse. Tavel is hazardous, fraught with sea monsters, a treacherous whirlpool of mysterious origin, and, of course, your fellow pirates.
Pirates of the Caribbean meets One Piece meets Muppet Treasure Island, the Pirates of Demesne is an upcoming TTRPG module book of collected adventures set in the Pathwalker’s world of Behraht. In addition to leading a team of incredible writers, Michael is writing thematic and world content.
Playwright
The True Adventures of Robin Hood
Playwright – Noisy Mime Theatre Company
The True Adventures of Robin Hood is a Brickenden Award Best Comedy winning stage play first performed in London in 2007 at the Spriet Theatre and 2008 at the Wolfe Theatre before being performed at Kings College. Michael took this play from paper to stage, co-writing and directing the first production.
Michael Paylor - Writer, Publisher, Editor, Game Designer 