Wanderhome
{{Short description|Tabletop role-playing game}}
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{{Infobox game
| name = Wanderhome
| image = Wanderhome_RPG_cover.png
| designer = Jay Dragon
| illustrator = Cam Adjodha, Sabii Borno, Geneva Bowers, Lauren Henderson, Kimberli Johnson, Jo Thierolf, Dominique Ramsey, Nadhir Nor, Jennie Lindberg, Danny Kyobe, Conner Fawcett, Juho Choi
| publisher = Possum Creek Games
| date = 2021
| genre = tabletop role-playing game, fantasy
| system = Belonging Outside Belonging
| players =
| skills = role-playing, improvisation
| website = {{URL|possumcreekgames.com/pages/wanderhome}}
}}
Wanderhome is an indie role-playing game by game designer Jay Dragon about animal people in a pastoral setting, based upon the Belonging Outside Belonging game system by Avery Alder and Benjamin Rosenbaum.{{Cite web |title=Wanderhome |website=Possum Creek Games |url=https://possumcreekgames.com/pages/wanderhome |access-date=2024-06-06 |language=en-US }} It was published by Possum Creek Games soon after Dragon's Sleepaway. Unlike typical tabletop role-playing games, Wanderhome does not use dice, turns, or a gamemaster, focusing instead on the characters' emotional journey. Dialogue takes the place of battles, and gameplay revolves around question prompts.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2021-04-16 |title=Wanderhome is a Redwall-inspired RPG that arms players with dialogue, not daggers |url=https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22387450/wanderhome-rpg-tabletop-game-review |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}
The mood of Wanderhome, according to Chase Carter for Polygon, is cozy and wholesome, with an undercurrent of trauma from the land's past wars.{{Cite web |last=Carter |first=Chase |date=2021-12-06 |title=The best indie tabletop RPGs of 2021 |url=https://www.polygon.com/22812103/best-indie-ttrpg-2021 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} It was influenced by the Redwall books{{Cite web |last=Zambrano |first=J. R. |date=2023-02-01 |title=Five RPGs For Getting Cozy and Staying Warm |url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2023/02/five-rpgs-for-getting-cozy-and-staying-warm.html |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Bell of Lost Souls |language=en}} and Studio Ghibli animated films. It was funded and fulfilled through Kickstarter.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-05 |title=Wanderhome is a relaxing animal RPG inspired by Redwall, Studio Ghibli and the Moomins |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/games/wanderhome/news/wanderhome-rpg-kickstarter-campaign |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}
Wanderhome won 2022 ENNIE Awards for Best Family-Friendly Game (Gold), Best Cover Art (Gold), and Best Interior Art (Silver).{{Cite web |title=2022 Results – ENNIE Awards |url=https://ennie-awards.com/2022-results/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |language=en-US}} Wanderhome was nominated for the 2021 Nebula Award for Best Game Writing.{{Cite web |title=sfadb: Nebula Awards 2022 |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Nebula_Awards_2022 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=www.sfadb.com}} Wanderhome was featured in Itch.io's charity bundle for abortion funds.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-04 |title=Wanderhome and Visigoths & Mall Goths featured in bundle for abortion funds |url=https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/deal/indie-bundle-abortion-funds |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=Dicebreaker |language=en}}