freeform
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[200 Word RPG] Gambling on the River Styx
Written for the 2017 200 Word RPG challenge. This started as an offhand joke, but became a real game. Gambling on the River Styx To cross the river Styx, you owe Charon two pennies. Penniless ghosts play mahjong on the riverbank to win passage. Place a skeleton nearby. That’s Charon, waiting for you. Place six…
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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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Interstellar Diplomacy
Interstellar Diplomacy is a freeform-ish game I wrote as an entrant into the Golden Cobra Challenge. You play alien diplomats, meeting on earth to decide whether or not war will destroy the galaxy.
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Nameless Horror version 0.2
I made an update to my old nameless horror game. In the process, I expanded the rules several times over. But it plays much better now! Nameless Horror 0.2 core rules Nameless Horror Scenarios Yes / No cards and Questioner card I haven’t substantially changed the oracle deck, so that’s still cool to use.
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[Game Chef] Afterlife, Incorporated final draft
I think that my Game Chef entry is about as done as it is going to get. So here is Afterlife, Incorporated.
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[House of Masks] New playtest version
House of Masks 0.3 is the latest revision of my (award winning) 2008 Game Chef game. The idea with this one is that it is a series of cards to be read out loud as you play to explain the entire game. (The last few pages are the backs of the first few pages, and…
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Return to Maniac Mansion
Return to Maniac Mansion is a game I made for Johnathan Walton’s Stage One. It’s a fictional internal memo among some unnamed Lucasarts employees, and also a playable roleplaying game.
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Once I Was a Warrior
For my brother’s 30th birthday, I made him a roleplaying game. It’s a meditation on fate, growing older and how people change over time. Once I Was a Warrior