Video guides
See what the games look like in somebody else’s hands.
Shannon opens five Artful Safari games and explains how they work, then sets up The Crimson Parlour and returns for Night 2. Laura takes Folklore Forest through a real night, making choices and working in her journal as she goes. Tracey films Folklore Forest night by night, from her first look to the night the wood forgot her favourite page.
New to solo journaling games? Start with Shannon’s overview. Setting up The Crimson Parlour? Watch Shannon’s setup video. Want to see a game being played? Choose Shannon’s Night 2 or start Laura at 23:15. Want to follow one player night by night? Start with Tracey’s first look.
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44:10
Start here · five games
Shannon explains what these games are.
Shannon Green opens the books, compares the different ways they play and explains why the making prompt changes the experience for an art or junk journaler. This link begins where she introduces Artful Safari.
Recorded 29 August 2026. The video includes the giveaway and sale available when it was filmed. Current Artful Safari prices and dates are the ones shown in our shop.
44:22
The Crimson Parlour · setup
Shannon prepares the mystery for play.
Shannon Green sets up The Crimson Parlour and shows the materials she is preparing before the first of its thirteen nights.
Published 1 September 2026. The video description includes the offer available when it was published. Current Artful Safari prices and offers are the ones shown in our shop.
48:19
The Crimson Parlour · Night 2 playthrough
Follow Shannon into the second night.
Shannon Green continues The Crimson Parlour, our solo journaling murder mystery at Ashgrove House.
Story spoilers: this episode and its YouTube title reveal details from Night 2.
51:09
Folklore Forest · real play
Laura shows what one night becomes.
Laura from The HalFass Crafter has already chosen the six of clubs when this section begins. From there she reads the entry, makes decisions, writes and lets the journal page become her own.
Recorded 29 August 2026. Laura mentions the prices and checkout offer she saw that day. Current Artful Safari prices and offers are the ones shown in our shop.
Latest from Tracey
4:43
Folklore Forest · night 16, a seven of diamonds
A magpie sets up shop on the shadowed path.
Played by Tracey Young
Around her 16th night, Tracey draws the seven of diamonds, the magpie’s price. A magpie from the shadowed path lays out his wares on a stone like a little shop: a quick thread for a needle, her grandmother’s watch, a rose cutting and a deck of cards. Then he asks what she will pay.
Published 23 October 2026.
6:57
Folklore Forest · the High Green, a four of clubs
A jackdaw brings her a curl of blue wool.
Played by Tracey Young
Tracey has finished the Green, her first 13 nights, and is into the second season, the High Green. She draws the four of clubs, the jackdaw’s account, then shows the character she made from three cards: a woman from outside the forest who is looking for someone and fears no one will believe her.
Published 23 October 2026.
Folklore Forest, night by night
Follow Tracey through the forest.
Tracey Young, a journaler from Tracey Young Creative here in New Zealand, films Folklore Forest as she plays it. Watch in order, from her first look to the night the wood forgot her favourite page. Thank you, Tracey, for letting us share your videos. Please visit her channel and leave her a comment.
5:54
Folklore Forest · first look
Tracey opens the game and explains how it works.
Played by Tracey Young
Tracey Young from Tracey Young Creative explains how a deck of playing cards runs the game, shows the map and the Folk, then makes a page in her journal while the music plays.
Published 14 October 2026. Tracey mentions the price she paid that day. Current Artful Safari prices are the ones shown in our shop.
7:46
Folklore Forest · nights 1 to 7
Tracey turns the pages of her first seven nights.
Played by Tracey Young
She had no printer, so she wrote her notes straight from the download and made her own map. Then she walks through the Standing Water, the peddler’s marks, a Fairy Ring she made movable and the House That Isn’t.
Published 14 October 2026.
2:07
Folklore Forest · one night, no talking
The child who asks the price.
Played by Tracey Young
A quiet two minutes with music and no narration. Tracey writes her answer and builds the page, from the first lines of writing to the finished spread.
Published 15 October 2026.
2:57
Folklore Forest · night 10
Something unusual is growing in a well-tended field.
Played by Tracey Young
Another music-only night. Tracey builds the page layer by layer with watercolour and paper, with a pink flower shape at its centre.
Published 16 October 2026.
4:45
Folklore Forest · night 11, an Ace
The wood forgets one of her favourite pages.
Played by Tracey Young
Tracey draws an Ace, the Forgetting. She chooses the page she loved most, with its movable Fairy Ring, and covers it with tissue taped along one edge, so it is still there but no longer read.
Published 17 October 2026.
Shannon’s game-by-game guide
Go straight to the game you want to see.
These links open Shannon’s video on YouTube at the point where each game begins.
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