Quality Independent games powered by your imagination.
Fox and Boar Games is the culmination of over 30 years of experience in game mastering, writing, and design. It was founded in 2023 to promote and publish John’s dark fantasy/sword and sorcery RPG Tales of the Harrowed Land. Since it has grown to include a broad range of games and supplements that span multiple genres and styles.
Fox and Boar Games is dedicated to bringing you engaging, unique and most of all fun experiences to your table!
But Fox and Boar Games isn’t just the creativity of one person. John - diverse, talented, and driven creative contributors and freelancers work to bring these visions to your game table.
What We Are About
Accomplishment
With a focus on quality, originality, and innovation, we strive to push the boundaries of what tabletop gaming. We want players to walk away from any of our games feeling they’ve been challenged (in a fun way) and see new ways and opportunities to experience roleplaying.
Collaboration
Storytelling is the heart of any RPG game. We strive to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where players can come together to share their passion for gaming and let the story unfold. Our goal to foster a strong community around table-top gaming is reflected in everything we do, from our game design to our live playtesting at conventions. Join us and become a part of the story!
Creativity
We lead with creativity to create immersive and exciting worlds for players to explore. Our collaborators are made up of several talented writers, artists, and designers bringing their unique style, voice, and experience to every game world.
Meet the Collaborators
Meet the founder
John Harford
Fox and Boar Games is a game and media production company from John R Harford – writer, artist and game content developer of over 30 years.
Above all of his other pursuits – creating worlds for players has been John’s lifelong passion.

He’s been running games from an early age in 1983. He immediately began drawing on the existing worlds for emerging games like DragonQuest, Dungeons and Dragons, Call of Cthulhu, MERP and Gamma World to create his own scenarios and settings. Even when working in high fantasy or adjacent settings, John draws deeply on real world research to make his settings come alive.
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John is also a tenured professor who teaches (among other things) game narrative and tabletop system design at Raritan Valley Community College.
His GMing style is narrative, fluid and employs immersive audio, visuals and narrative prose. You can see what online games he is currently running or book him for a private GM session at:
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https://startplaying.games/gm/foxandboargames
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