Studio CatRabbit is a small Belgian independent game studio focused on immersive tabletop roleplaying experiences. We create worlds that emphasize mystery, community, difficult choices, and meaningful storytelling.
Hello there!
My name is Bruno, or CatRabbit, if you will. I’m a Belgian writer, game designer, lifelong roleplayer, and the creator of Driftborn®.
Here you will find some more personal info about me, my thoughts, inspirations and motivations.
TL;DR: There’s zero concrete game information here. It’s literally just me overexplaining the massive stress and joy of realizing a creative dream I genuinely thought I lost along the way.
You’ve been warned!
My journey into roleplaying started about three decades ago. As a kid in the nineties, I received a free Earthdawn flyer alongside a Citadel Paint starter kit. At the time, I couldn’t understand a word of English, but the mystery of that flyer and the promise of adventure it held completely captured my imagination. It sparked a curiosity that eventually helped me learn the language and introduced me to a hobby that would become one of the great constants in my life.
What started as a game quickly became much more. Roleplaying helped me make friends, discover creativity, and develop the skills that would later shape my life as a writer, organizer, and storyteller. In my early twenties I discovered LARP and eventually joined a team as a junior writer, gaining my first experience creating stories and experiences for others beyond my own gaming table.
For years, Driftborn existed only as scattered notes, sketches, ideas, and conversations. It was a world I kept coming back to whenever inspiration struck. A place shaped by mystery, difficult choices, fragile hope, and the resilience of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances.
Then life took an unexpected turn.
In my mid-thirties I was diagnosed with colon cancer. After treatment I temporarily lost the ability to read, something that still affects me today. It was a difficult period that changed how I look at creativity, accessibility, perseverance, and the value of community. It also reminded me that waiting for the perfect moment means some dreams may never happen.
So I stopped waiting.
In 2024, I finally committed to developing Driftborn as a real project. It was a world I wanted to share and I wanted to challenge myself. Having lost so much to illness, I needed to see if I could still write and that desire eventually grew into Studio CatRabbit.
The studio was founded on the belief that games are at their best when they bring people together. Whether around a tabletop, at a LARP venue, a convention, or simply through a shared story around a campfire: roleplaying creates spaces where people can explore imagination, build friendships, and experience something meaningful together.
Everything we create is guided by a few simple values: creativity, inclusivity, respect, accessibility, and a genuine love for the hobby. We believe stories are strongest when they make room for different perspectives, and communities thrive when people feel welcome within them.
Driftborn is the first step on that journey. It’s an industrial-age fantasy setting shaped by mystery, exploration, sacrifice, and survival. A world shattered by magic, rebuilt by people, and still fighting to define its future.
And in many ways, that’s a story I can relate to.
Thank you for taking the time to visit. Whether you’re here to follow the project’s development, explore the setting, or simply share a love of roleplaying games, I’m glad you’re here.
Welcome to Driftborn.