Autumn
The Autumn Café
Inherit a little café on Quill Lane, win over six regulars and find the three pieces of Mabel's Autumn Recipe.
12 evenings + finale6 regulars3 endings
The Cozy Evenings Collection
€31,50
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The Cozy Evenings Collection
€31,50
Six complete games. One payment, about $6 a game.
Six complete solo journaling games for quiet evenings. Roll a die, read a prompt, write a few lines, and watch a little world of your own grow page by page.
- Six full games: The Autumn Café, The Midnight Bookshop, The Apothecary Garden, Moonhall Academy: First Year, A Witch's Ordinary Days and The Fairy Garden
- 54 pages each: a real game with a place to build, unlocks, recurring characters and a true ending
- Your first evening, played with you: evening one is fully guided, nothing to decide
- Five versions of every game: Color and Ink-saving, A4 and US Letter, plus an interactive edition for tablet and computer
- Digital companion: rolls the die and the tables with one tap and keeps your tallies, right from your phone
- Junk journal kit, illustrated deck, coloring pages and a keepsake page in every game
- Start Here guide: your first evening in 10 minutes
One-time payment. No subscription. Instant access by email right after payment.
What you need: a pen, one six-sided die (or the dice roller in the digital companion), and a quiet evening. Print at home on A4 or US Letter, or play on a tablet with the interactive edition.
- Instant access: your download page arrives by email right after payment
- Print-friendly: an ink-saving version of every page, A4 and US Letter
- Play your first three evenings. Not for you? Full refund within 30 days
One-time payment, no subscription. Personal-use license: print as often as you like for yourself and your household.
Try it right now
Play one evening. Right now.
This is The Autumn Café, the first of the six games. You've just inherited a little café on Quill Lane. Roll the die to see who walks in tonight.
Roll 1 · Someone comes in
Tap the die to see who walks in tonight.
Odile Pepper
Retired schoolteacher
Does the crossword at 8:05 sharp. Corrects the spelling on your chalkboard. Kindly.
She asks for “the usual,” which you don’t know yet. What do you make, and what does her face do?
Theo Marsh
Carpenter
Fixing your creaky floor one board at a time. Apologizes to furniture when he bumps into it.
Theo measures something in the café and won’t say what it’s for. What do you think he’s building?
Wren Halloway
Traveling bookseller
Lives in a green van full of books. Has a book for everyone, and one she will never sell.
Wren picks a book from her bag for you without asking. What’s the title, and why does it fit?
Mr. Abernathy
Mail carrier for forty-one years
Knows every mailbox in town. Whistles the same three notes; nobody knows the rest of the song.
He hands you a postcard addressed simply to “The Café.” What’s the picture, and what does it say?
Priya Lark
Knits for the whole town
Hears everything. Has never once said “I shouldn’t tell you this” and then not told you.
Priya tells you the latest Hazelbrook gossip. What is it, and is it true?
The Quiet Stranger
Sits by the window
Sketches all afternoon and leaves exact change. Has been coming here longer than you have.
You glimpse her sketchbook: it’s full of this café. What is she drawing today?
Roll 2 · Take the order
What are they in the mood for?
Make them a drink: one Base, one Heart, one Spark. Give it a name.
Roll 3 · Something happens
One small moment before closing.
Write three lines in any notebook. That's a whole evening. 1 of 6 regulars and 18 heart prompts, in this game alone.
How it works
Roll. Read. Write.
1
Roll the die
It picks who comes in, what they want and what happens tonight.
2
Read the prompt
One small, specific question. Never a blank page.
3
Write a few lines
Three lines or three pages. Messy handwriting is perfect.
Made for tired evenings
No group, no game master, no experience. Never played? Evening one is played with you.
You never face a blank page
Every evening the die hands you a moment and a question. You answer in your own words.
The die decides, you write
Who you are, who walks in, what the weather does. Nothing to agonize over.
It actually ends
Twelve evenings, one finale, three possible endings. You finish a journal, for once.
The collection
Six worlds. One for every season.
Each game is its own story, with its own place to build, six regulars who come back and a true ending.
Winter
The Midnight Bookshop
Keep a bookshop on Candle Row that opens at midnight, and find every night visitor the right book, until the Longest Night.
12 evenings + finale6 regulars3 endings
Spring
The Apothecary Garden
Open the gate of a walled garden, grow seeds into gentle remedies and tend it from the thaw to Midsummer Eve.
12 evenings + finale6 regulars3 endings
The school year
Moonhall Academy: First Year
Start late, as a grown-up first-year, at a small school of gentle magic, from Autumn Term to the Lantern Night.
12 evenings + finale6 regulars3 endings
Late summer to October
A Witch's Ordinary Days
A crooked cottage, a crow with opinions, village errands and small charms, until All Hallows' Eve.
12 evenings + finale6 regulars3 endings
Summer
The Fairy Garden
Befriend the very small tenants at the bottom of the garden before the last night of summer.
12 evenings + finale6 regulars3 endings
Why Dice & Diary
More than a stack of prompts.
| Feature | Dice & Diary | Most printable journaling games |
|---|---|---|
| Your first evening played with you | Yes, step by step | Rarely |
| A real ending | 3 endings in every game | Often just “keep going” |
| Ink-saving version of every page | Included | Rarely |
| Tablet edition | Included | Sometimes, sold separately |
| Dice roller and tallies on your phone | Included | No |
| Money back after you've played | Yes, first three evenings | Usually only before download |
Play your first three evenings.
If it isn't your kind of quiet, email help@diceanddiary.com within 30 days and we'll refund you in full. No forms, no questions.
A file that won't open or a page that prints badly? We fix it within 24 hours.
More evenings
Made to play together
Each game stands on its own. Together they cover a whole year of quiet evenings.
For the long nights
Winter Evenings Pack
€12,00The Christmas Market and The Snowed-In Cabin: two winter games, 54 pages each.
Questions
Before you light the candle
I've never played anything like this. Can I?
Yes. Start with The Autumn Café: evening one is played with you, step by step. If you can write a diary, you can play.
I'm not a writer. Can I still play?
Every prompt is specific, so you never stare at a blank page. Three lines is a whole evening, and messy handwriting is perfect.
Is it a real game or just writing prompts?
A real game: you roll, earn, unlock and reach one of three endings. The writing is how you play it.
What do I need?
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.
How long does an evening take?
Ten to thirty minutes. Twelve evenings and a finale make one game, about two to four weeks at your pace.
What if I stop for a while?
The game waits. Your ledger keeps your place, and the companion remembers it on your phone.
Is this a physical product?
No. It's an instant digital download: PDFs you print at home or open on a tablet. Nothing ships.
What exactly do I get?
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.
Will printing use a lot of ink?
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.
Can I play on an iPad?
Yes. The interactive edition works in GoodNotes, Notability, Acrobat or Xodo, with tabs, linked pages and fields to type in.
Is this a subscription?
No. You pay once and print as often as you like for yourself and your household.
What if it isn't for me?
Play your first three evenings. If it isn't your kind of quiet, email help@diceanddiary.com within 30 days for a full refund.