
Tangled Blessings: Echoes of Lost Electives
A downloadable magic expansion

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School is back in session and more dangerous than ever. Grab your tarot deck and return to the halls of Brackroot Academy where every magical lesson comes at a price.

This 140-page tome adds several ways to further your mage’s studies and their relationship with their Rival, including:
- 22 winter-themed prompts that involve your Rival.
- 16 additional atmospheric and vivid endings.
- 70 new prompts inspired by each each of the existing houses.
- 2 new houses of dark origins and 28 total prompts to go with them.
- Alternate masquerade events.
- A selection of cults to join or flee from.
- New prompt tables by Kat ‘The Lore Mistress.’
- And more!

Each house comes with 14 new prompts each.
Expanded Houses
In the core book, your mage character is sorted into one of 5 houses. This doesn't add much mechanically or content wise, but the houses do add atmosphere and a roleplay element. Expanded Houses adds 14 prompts to each house, delivering a total of 70 new prompts to vary gameplay. Each set of prompts is split in two. One set is for your character's early years at Brackroot Academy, and the second set is for your character's later years, when things always seem to get worse. Scroll down to the team section to see the list of fantastic writers that contributed to this section!
Dahlias
Years 1-2 by Candace McAfee
Years 3-4 by Kyle Tam
Panthers
Years 1-2 by Rori Montford
Years 3-4 by J Strautman
Celestials
Years 1-2 by Samantha Leigh
Years 3-4 by gothHoblin
Elementals
Years 1-2 by Sebastian Yūe
Years 3-4 Kendrick/Kendo
Spires
Years 1-2 by Seb Pines
Years 3-4 by S. Kaiya J.
The Lost Houses
Formerly banned from campus, House of None and House of Divines are being reinstated. They'll bring an additional 28 prompts themed in their images.
- House of None is an alchemy and science-based house banned from campus for breaking the space-time continuum and corrupting the timeline. Only students who live there know how to find it.
- House of Divines, a demonic and vampiric house, is under the campus cemetery and chapel. They've been known to perform blood magic and if rumors are to be believed, even worse acts on campus. None of the faculty understand how the house was reinstated.
None
Years 1-2 by Kendrick/Kendo
Years 3-4 Cassi Mothwin
Divines
Years 1-2 by Candace McAfee
Years 3-4 by Cassi Mothwin
Cunning Cults
There are many sects gunning for power on campus. Those who hold the knowledge, shape the future. This small expansion includes 5 extremist groups your character may be asked or forced to join.
New third-year events
During the third year of every Tangled Blessings game, there is an alumni ball where something terrible happens. Echoes of Lost Electives includes new horrifying events to interrupt the dance and influence the organizations throughout campus and beyond.
Twisted Endings
To end Tangled Blessings, you and your Rival face off in a final exam. The exam has 16 possible outcomes that until now would lead to only 3 possible endings. Twisted Endings adds 16 dark and delicious outcomes that lean heavily into the magic and horror of the academy, featuring robust and potentially deadly scenarios for your mages to weather. All of the new endings support both solo and two-player Tangled Blessings games.
Tangled Blessings the core rule book is required to make use of this expansion.
| Status | Released |
| Category | Physical game |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (15 total ratings) |
| Author | Cassi Mothwin |
| Tags | Co-op, Fantasy, GM-Less, Horror, journaling, Romance, Solo RPG, tabletop-role-playing-game, Tarot, Two Player |
| Average session | A few hours |
Purchase
In order to download this magic expansion you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $18 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- Physical Copies available nowApr 23, 2025




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While I don't have this expansion due to expenses,I would like to at least give a review on the rival relationship tracker and the game as a whole!.This is probably one of my favorite games i have played.the open-ended prompts given each year really makes you use your creative juices to fit what kind of narrative you would want and i love that!.not to mention how each major arcana helped me make a complicated relationship that really had me hooked,it's like im legit writing a book!.(ive also used the table for some NPC’s too.thats been a treat to explore how their reputation is around campus over the years)My story has been a complete rivals to lovers one that's full of twists and near deaths!.i didnt know what i was getting into with them,they were only intended to stay either annoyed or hateful at each other during the whole thing!.I have been using the free supplements in the jam and some of my own RPG emulator tables to actually make this mixed style of a journaling game an enjoyable basic RPG.its been a blast so far!. I don't think I will ever be done with the story of the characters I have made,they may just come with me into other games for further SOLOing!.(i think i love them so much because my tarot set actually KNOWS what kind of story i wanna tell before i do,ive been using my set for five years now lol) I just need to convert them into Basic fantasy or D&D and will get started on their after adventures away from the academy!.tho,i dont know if you take suggestions,but if you were to make a tangled blessings 2,a gamewhere you and your rival become professors,trying to train the best student(s) would be an amazing idea!.btw,my character from house spires, Natalia and house panthers, Dorian say hi!
Hey, thank you so much for the kind words!! Feel free to send me an email at cassi@mothwin.com and I'll get you a key for the digital version. :)
I absolutely love EoLE — I've used it multiple times since it came out. That said, I just ran into a problem that I haven't had before: unless I'm missing something, there's no guidance for using the Twisted Endings flowchart if you and your rival tied on any part of the exam (which we managed to do because of the winter break extra study, haha). We just checked both endings to see which we liked better, but wanted to drop a note about it!
I love the expansion! So many new goodies.
Please let me know when the print version is available -- unfortunately mine got pretty wrecked by the weather and I want to make sure I have a nice one for such a cool game.
Nooooo!!!! Send me an email with your Backerkit email and I'll get you a replacement copy. :)
Hey Cassi!
Any chance for the print edition to come do amazon?
It's the only way I can buy it (I live in Brazil and amazon nowadays is our only "savior" (the fees are still high, but managable)).
Unfortunately I don't have the capabilities to setup an Amazon store front. I do offer my pals in Brazil a discount on my digital goods on my website though: https://mothwin.com/pages/deals
Wow, Cassi, thank you so much!
I understand that setting up a storefront can be challenging, but I really appreciate your help!
Started in on a game with a friend using the new stuff and we're having a lot of fun! A Divine and Dahlia make such an interesting pair!
Good luck with your studies!
Really cool supplement, Cassi. I love Tangled Blessings.
Glad you enjoy it!! Thank you for the kind words!