About the Everflame Collective
The Everflame Collective represents my approach to adventure gaming.
Over years of experience sharing RPGs with young people (using a certain well-known dragon game), I began to design my own RPG system that was more welcoming to newcomers, especially young people. My two main design goals were to provide a low barrier to entry, and to make space for a broad definition of "adventure". In particular, I wanted to avoid the focus on combat. Violence against sentient creatures, in my opinion, plays too central a role in RPG storylines.
So, I created the Everflame Collective to embody a different ethos. The Everflame Collective is an adventurers' guild whose motto is "Friendship, Service, Exploration, Discovery". Everflame adventurers are drawn together by their bonds of friendship, their shared love of exploration and discovery, and their willingness to help those in need.
This website has become a place for me to share game resources that reflect this gaming philosophy.
Over years of experience sharing RPGs with young people (using a certain well-known dragon game), I began to design my own RPG system that was more welcoming to newcomers, especially young people. My two main design goals were to provide a low barrier to entry, and to make space for a broad definition of "adventure". In particular, I wanted to avoid the focus on combat. Violence against sentient creatures, in my opinion, plays too central a role in RPG storylines.
So, I created the Everflame Collective to embody a different ethos. The Everflame Collective is an adventurers' guild whose motto is "Friendship, Service, Exploration, Discovery". Everflame adventurers are drawn together by their bonds of friendship, their shared love of exploration and discovery, and their willingness to help those in need.
This website has become a place for me to share game resources that reflect this gaming philosophy.
About Jason Ermer (he/him)
My work is about celebrating the joy of exploration and discovery. I delight in crafting interactive problem-solving experiences to challenge, entertain, and delight an audience.
An unapologetic nerd, my writing and storytelling projects include The Arithmetiquities, an original fantasy adventure story told through a series of mathematical puzzles; the quirky cartoon short, Meat-A-Morphosis; and three prize-winning works of interactive fiction. In addition to that, I have more than two decades of experience as a professional educator.
For more information and links to my other projects, please visit jasonermer.com.
An unapologetic nerd, my writing and storytelling projects include The Arithmetiquities, an original fantasy adventure story told through a series of mathematical puzzles; the quirky cartoon short, Meat-A-Morphosis; and three prize-winning works of interactive fiction. In addition to that, I have more than two decades of experience as a professional educator.
For more information and links to my other projects, please visit jasonermer.com.