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Florilegium
I also made a second game for the Dice Exploder podcast’s Game Exploder game jam, which is a mashup of Ars Magica with the mechanics from Grasping Nettles. The game is called Florilegium. You’ll also need this wheel to play the game.
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Under the Snowflakes and Stars
For the Dice Exploder podcast’s Game Exploder game jam, I created a mashup game, combining the achingly beautiful setting from the indie game classic Polaris with the rules from the much more recent cult hit Under the Autumn Strangely. Combining the two gives us Under the Snowflakes and Stars.
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Explorations of the Haunted Island
I made a weird little game, called Explorations of the Haunted Island for the Terraforming Dragons game jam. It’s an attempt to use the mechanics from the board game Splendor to tell a story of investigating a mysterious island like in the TV show LOST or the videogame Myst. You’ll need the cards for the…
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When Prophecy Fails
We are all believers of a fringe religious movement, centered around a prophetic figure. Our prophet has foretold that the world is going to end on this very night. They have gathered us, and only us, together to meet the apocalypse. They have chosen us because they know that we truly believe their prophecies. Our…
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Légende Urbaine
Thanks to the generous effort of DeReel, my ghostly Descended from the Queen game Urban Legend is now available translated into French as well. I’m surprised and pleased by this, and maybe you will be as well if you have some Francophone players that want a spooky sort of time.
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The Mystery Creature of Claytonsville, PA
The Mystery Creature of Claytonsville, PA is a GMless game I made about a series of bizarre encounters in a small town, where no one is ever really sure what is going on. It’s heavily inspired by the real world Mothman scare in West Virginia in the 1960s. The key issue is that no one…
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Rusałka is now Pay-What-You-Want
Rusałka is the best game I’ve ever made. It’s been out for a year now. To mark that anniversary, I’m making the game Pay-What-You-Want. If you’d be interested in a cool GMless game about sad, dark fairy tales and drowned women, you should check it out. You can dowload it above for free, or get…
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[200 Word RPG] Melanie’s Very Bad Day
3-8 players Everyone will take turns playing Melanie as she has the worst day of her life. Answer collectively: What is Melanie’s daily routine? What does she want? What does she fear? What must she get done today? Each player chooses one color, then adds 10 stones of that color to an opaque bag. Each…
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[Actual Play] Rusalka on the Bored Ghost podcast, again
The Bored Ghost podcast played my (still unfinished) game Rusalka again and just released the first part of their Actual Play recording. I continue to be pleased with the perfect little sad fairy tales the game reliably generates, and by the quality work done by the players and podcast producers. EDIT: And here is part…