Wolden is…

• …the heart of all forests, the Ur-Forest, the nexus of the woods, the place you'll end up when you head into a forest and keep walking, if you know how to read the signs and follow the old ways.
• …where a council of 8 esoteric cults sits and reigns. They discovered this locus some time ago and formed an alliance to protect it and uncover its secrets.
• …a tabletop roleplaying game that is light on rules and strong on flavor. Players step into the role of members of idiosyncratic cults, each with its own distinct character.
• …a game with easy character generation, where tables—including for names and titles—do a lot of the heavy lifting and replace lengthy setting lore. This also makes it compatible with any fantasy setting with forests of some kind.
• …characterized by a unified d12 mechanic for dice resolution, whether it's a simple test, a fast and deadly combat, an extended challenge, a travel montage that everyone contributes to, or downtime—including carousing.
• …a game in the OSR/NSR (Old-School Renaissance/New-School Renaissance) vein, wherein player agency and decision making is writ large, the answer may not be on the character sheet, and the words—not numbers—are the springboard to what is possible.