Portal fantasy
An ordinary adult dropped into a world he understands just well enough to be dangerously confident.
Book One of The Far Road Campaign · September 29, 2026
A Game Master wakes inside the fantasy campaign he created.
The heroes never arrived.
An adult portal fantasy about an ordinary man forced to survive a world he once controlled from behind a screen.
—days until the road begins
The premise
He knows the towns. He knows the monsters. He knows where the story is supposed to go.
Joshua Pilbert built this world for his friends to explore around a tabletop. Now he is trapped inside it, the people he once called characters are very real, and the heroes meant to save everyone are nowhere to be found.
Knowing the plot might keep him alive. Believing he can control it may get everyone killed.
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Tabletop DNA without a wall of statistics
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A party that begins as strategy and becomes the first place Joshua has truly belonged.
Tabletop humor
Game Master logic, player chaos, bad plans, and the emotional weight beneath the jokes.
Consequences
A living world that refuses to remain inside Joshua's notes or protect the people he cares about.
The complete trilogy
The Far Road Campaign
Three novels, five companion novellas, and one long road from survival to heroism.
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