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  • [Actual Play] Science Comics

    There’s a play-by-forum game of Science Comics, my Fiasco playset, over on RPGgeek.com.

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  • [Actual Play] Keeping on the Borderlands

    There are several play by forum games of my Fiasco playset, Keeping on the Borderlands, though I don’t think any actually finished playing. Play by forum is a slow process, prone to failure.

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  • Silent Film Larp

    For my wife’s birthday this year, I created a silent film larp, where the players are part of a failing movie company during the silent film era. And in the process of playing, you actually create your own silent movie, the “original” lost version of a more recent, more popular movie we’re all familiar with.…

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  • [Actual Play] Bad Habits

    On the Gosh Darn Fiasco podcast, they played Bad Habits, my Fiasco playset based in a convent.

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  • [Actual Play] Death Takes a Holiday

    At the Bearded Quail blog, they discussed their experiences playing the (original version of) Death Takes a Holiday.

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  • [Actual Play] So Now You’re a Time Traveler

    The Party of One podcast played So No You’re a Time Traveler, my two page time travel game.

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  • [Actual Play] Tricks and Treats

    The Weekly Affirmations YouTube channel played Tricks and Treats (my Halloween Lasers and Feelings hack) and it was weird and funny like a comic book by Jhonen Vasquez.

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  • Tricks and Treats!

    Tricks and Treats is a simple little hack I made of John Harper’s Lasers and Feelings. You play Halloween-ish creatures that are horrifying but also somehow cute and/or loveable. The one night a year you can interact with others without problem is on Halloween night. But something is threatening to ruin your one pleasing day…

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  • Al Amarja Today!

    I wanted to GM a short campaign of Over the Edge, the classic rpg of surreal conspiracies. The biggest problem with the game, I figured, was that there was no clear core activity for the PCs to pursue as a group. So I decided to frame the game with the PCs as journalists, working for…

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  • Anomalistic Extrasensory Techniques for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Anomalistic Extrasensory Techniques for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a radical new technique for dealing with mental illnesses and stresses. Or may it is just another 200 word RPG I wrote about psychics in group therapy invading each other’s minds to heal their mental wounds. Yeah, like Psychonauts.

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