Matthijs Holter

My name is Matthijs Holter. I'm a Norwegian tabletop RPG designer who's been creating games for three decades, and publishing them for two. My most well-known games are Draug (Norwegian only) and Archipelago. 

I'm a big fan of indie RPGs; some of my favorite games are Apocalypse World, Prime Time Adventures, Over the Edge, Itras By, Dog eat Dog, Nicotine Girls, The Clay that Woke, Shock and Vandrerne. If I were to play D&D, it would be 4th ed. 

I've been away from game design for a while, but was pulled back in in December 2024, when I designed a new Norwegian-language game, Oguleh, using a setting made by my friend Ole Peder (Itras By). The cards in the banner are from Oguleh! 

While Oguleh may not ever see print, I have used the GM-less, dramatic, character-focused, card-driven system I developed for several other games - one of which, Roots of Soledad, might be published in 2026. It's a magical-realistic setting, inspired by 100 Years of Solitude, The House of Spirits, Pan's Labyrinth and the Palomar graphic novels.

You can find some more games by me and other Norwegian designers at https://norwegianstyle.wordpress.com/. 

For a full ludography of my published games (in Norwegian), visit https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthijs_Holter

For my thoughts on game design (in Norwegian), visit https://matthijsdesigner.wordpress.com/