Secondhand Legends

Every legend starts at the table.

Record your tabletop RPG session. Get it back as a fantasy novella.

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Your best nights at the table deserve to be remembered.

Come in. Sit down. Tell me what happened.

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The best nights at your table fade faster than they should.

You played it — the heroic save, the terrible plan, the NPC voice everyone still quotes. Secondhand Legends knows your game, remembers every name and every moment, and writes the whole night back to you as a fantasy novella. Your story, kept.

Free to start — no card, no catch.

The Keeper's desk
The Main Hall

How the Keeper works

I

Record the session

Hit record when your session starts. It keeps going when your phone locks, when you switch apps, when the WiFi drops. Four hours in a basement with no signal? It'll all be waiting when you get home.

II

The Keeper knows

He knows your world — every character, every location, every magic item. "Strahd" stays "Strahd," never "shroud." And if he ever gets a detail wrong, you can set it right with a tap.

III

Read your legend

Your session, written like a chapter of a novel. Not a summary — a real story, with your characters, your choices, and all the weight the night actually carried.

See the work
The Keeper's Desk

From table talk to legend

The same five minutes of your game — what was said, and what I made of it.

What was said

DM: The dragon rises from the pile of gold, its eyes glowing red.

Sarah: I cast Shield of Faith on myself.

Marcus: I charge in with my greatsword. Nat 20!

DM: Oh wow, roll damage.

What was written

The great wyrm stirred atop its mountain of stolen gold, and Kaelith felt the heat before she saw the eyes — twin furnaces that opened in the dark and found her immediately. She whispered the words of warding, felt the shield settle across her skin like warm chainmail. Beside her, Dorn was already moving, greatsword singing, and when the blade connected it rang like a cathedral bell.

🎙Hands-free recording that works offline — no Wi-Fi, no problem.
📖Your world's vocabulary baked in — names and lore spelled right, every time.
🗣Tells your players apart and keeps each voice in the story.

"Couldn't I just paste it into ChatGPT?"

But what about ChatGPT?
The Display Case

"Why not just use ChatGPT?"

A fair question. A chatbot can summarize a transcript — but a summary isn't a story, and one night isn't a campaign.

It wasn't at your table

We record the whole session hands-free — through screen locks, app-switches, and four-hour dungeons with no signal. ChatGPT starts with an empty box and waits for you to do the hard part.

It mangles your world

"Strahd" becomes "shroud." We learn your campaign's names, places, and lore, so your legend reads true.

It doesn't know who spoke

We tell your players apart and keep each voice in the story instead of one flat wall of text.

It forgets

We remember every session — arcs, NPCs, the running jokes — so chapter twelve still knows what happened in chapter one.

It writes in fragments

We write one continuous chronicle that stays coherent across the whole campaign, not a pile of isolated recaps.

It's built for meetings

Generic tools are made for standups and sales calls. We're built for the table.

ChatGPT can summarize a session.
Secondhand Legends preserves a campaign.

Browse the shelves
The Comparison

Built for the table

Your world stays consistent

Organize campaigns with cover art, lore, and custom vocabulary. The AI learns your world so every name and place reads true.

Every voice sounds right

Add portraits, backstories, and voice samples. The AI tells your players apart and writes each one in character.

Works wherever you play

Records locally, survives screen lock and app switches, syncs when you're back online.

Find any moment instantly

Bookmark moments live, mark key sections, search your transcript. The best parts are never more than a tap away.

Fix it once, keep it forever

Edit anything the AI missed. Your corrections carry forward into the novella and every chapter after.

Built for every table

D&D, Pathfinder, Call of Cthulhu, Vampire — any game where stories are told at a table.

Word from the table
The Shelves

Word from the table

"[Placeholder — real beta tester quote about the novella quality and what it meant to their group.]"

— First Last D&D 5e, 12-session campaign

"[Placeholder — real beta tester quote about the recording experience and how easy it was to use.]"

— First Last Pathfinder 2e, weekly group

"[Placeholder — real beta tester quote about sharing the novella with their party and the reaction.]"

— First Last Call of Cthulhu, one-shot
Is this for you?
Word from the Table

This is for you if…

🎲

You play tabletop RPGs and wish you could remember every session.

📖

You want your campaign to read like a novel, not a bullet-point recap.

🎙

You're the one who always says "someone should write this down."

🗺

You run a long campaign and want new players to catch up on the full story.

Check the board
The Right Table

The app is free. Pay for the magic.

No subscriptions. No monthly fees. You only pay when you process a session.

AI Processing — per session
Transcriptionfrom $1.99
Novella generationfrom $2.99
Cloud Storage
Recordings kept free for 30 daysincluded
Extended audio retentioncoming soon

Transcripts and novellas are yours forever — they never expire.

What does a session actually cost?

A typical 3-hour session with 4 players: transcript + novella ≈ $13. Split with your party, that's about $3.25 per player for a chapter of your campaign's story.

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The Notice Board

Pull up a chair.

Record tonight's session and read it back as a story by morning. Free to start — no card, no catch.

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