StoryLab
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The complete solo Ironsworn play experience

Come back to the scene before the story fades.

StoryLab helps a solo player keep an Ironsworn campaign alive — return to the active scene, trust the rules, record what changed, and remember the story without turning play into long-form writing.

No AI narration. No account. Your fiction stays yours — the app just holds the numbers and the record.

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Where it sits

Sits between a paper journal and a full digital rules tool — more structured than a notebook, more playable than Obsidian (a general-purpose notes app some solo players adapt for RPG journals), less heavy than a virtual tabletop (VTT), less generative than AI RPG tools, more scene-focused than a character sheet, more complete than a tracker, more memory-aware than a dice roller.

Paper journal StoryLab Full digital rules tool / VTT
StoryLab's resumption screen, showing a campaign's recap and pinned vow so a player can pick up exactly where they left off
Pick up exactly where you left off — a recap and a pinned vow, not a blank screen.
StoryLab's active scene screen, showing stats, an inline progress track, and a strong hit move outcome
Exact Ironsworn mechanics, resolved in the scene — never a spreadsheet detour.

How it works

StoryLab's active scene screen, showing the objective, threat, and scene feed with the action bar ready for the player's next beat

Set the scene

The player describes what's happening, with no forced structure to fill in.

StoryLab's Move Selector open over the active scene, showing the list of available Ironsworn moves

Make a move

When the fiction calls for it, a move is resolved using exact Ironsworn mechanics.

StoryLab's Roll Result sheet showing a strong hit on Gather Information, with the raw dice and momentum change

See what changed

The player interprets the outcome — the app never generates or states narrative meaning on their behalf.

StoryLab's Close Scene sheet showing a vow's progress marked, with Close Scene ready to confirm before the player walks away

Log it, walk away

The app remembers where the player was, so returning later starts from a recap, not a blank page.

Ready to pick up where you left off?

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StoryLab is built on the Ironsworn tabletop roleplaying game by Shawn Tomkin, licensed under CC BY 4.0.