Est. MMXXVI — A tiny story dynasty

A world of ten thousand
gates.

Tiny Dynasty is a small publisher making an expansive world. Manmonkai is a volcanic setting of shattered shard-worlds linked by portals, where every oath leaves a mark on the soul, and an ancient empire quietly unravels as samurai duel under dying stars.

02 Imprints
IX Titles
ONE World
◈   FEATURED BOOKS   ◈

“Silence, is it meditation, or the pause before the story begins?

— The House of Tiny Dynasty
The House

A small press with a detailed world.

We publish tabletop role-playing games and fiction set in the same world. We embrace modern tools to bring you a unique experience. Experience the life of an honorable samurai, a lord ruling over a pocket dimension, or an oathbound struggling to make a decision when there are only bad choices.

Manmonkai launches with two books, the Playges Handbook and the System Book. This is all you need to run games in the world of ten thousand gates. We are working on a game master's handbook full of details, secrets, and wonderful places for a game master to set their stories. In addition to a book to expand the setting, as well as two novellas.

I.
One World
Manmonkai is an infinitely expandable setting, and all of our work takes place in this one consistent world. Gates yet undiscovered could lead to any shard-world of your imagination. Other gates could snap shut under the dying star, making part of it forever inaccessible at your table.
II.
Your story
We expect you to bring the natrative of the world forward. Our job is to give you a canvas, and watch you paint. Not to tell you what world changing events happens and only let you fill in the details.
III.
Their Choice
In a world where oaths bind and the virtues place mutually exclusive demands on the cultivator, it is ripe for impossible choices, memorable sacrifices, and justifications that no one believes.
From the Shelf

The Catalog, in brief.

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Core
Manmonkai — Player Handbook
Core Rulebook · 312 pp
Core
Manmonkai — System Book
Core mechanics · 180 pp
Core
Manmonkai — GM Handbook
For the storyteller · 240 pp
Setting
Expanded Setting, Vol. I
Sourcebook · 220 pp
A Letter from the House

Keep a light at the gate.

Occasionally, we will send a short letter, updated playtest, new titles, and lore fragments. You can leave whenever you like