Help & FAQ

Yes. Start with The Autumn Café: evening one is played with you, step by step. If you can write a diary, you can play.

Every prompt is specific, so you never stare at a blank page. Three lines is a whole evening, and messy handwriting is perfect.

A real game: you roll, earn, unlock and reach one of three endings. The writing is how you play it.

A pen, one ordinary six-sided die (or the dice roller in the companion) and a notebook, or the journal pages in each game. No cards, no group, no game master.

Ten to thirty minutes. Twelve evenings and a finale make one game, about two to four weeks at your pace.

The game waits. Your ledger keeps your place, and the companion remembers it on your phone.

No. It's an instant digital download: PDFs you print at home or open on a tablet. Nothing ships.

Six games, each in five versions (Color and Ink-saving in A4 and US Letter, plus an interactive edition), a digital companion for each game and the Start Here guide.

Not if you don't want it to. Every game has an ink-saving version with white pages and light illustrations, or play on a tablet and print nothing.

Yes. The interactive edition works in GoodNotes, Notability, Acrobat or Xodo, with tabs, linked pages and fields to type in.

No. You pay once and print as often as you like for yourself and your household.

Play your first three evenings. If it isn't your kind of quiet, email help@diceanddiary.com within 30 days for a full refund.

No. Both winter games play on their own, with the same simple rules: a pen, one die and the first evening played with you.