playing the villain

  • Devil John Moulton works his way into some other game

    This isn’t exactly Actual Play, but it demonstrates the game is being read, shared and played. A fanmade (?) supplement for some weird west boardgame includes John Moulton as an encounter. I don’t know how that happened, but I find it interesting.

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  • [Actual Play] The Devil John on Roleplaying Public Radio

    Roleplaying Public Radio podcast played my game The Devil John Moulton, and had an interesting story about a resort for decadent warlocks. Listen to the episode here.

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  • [Monthly Monster] The Lands Within the Wind

    The Lands Within the Wind is a game I made about faerie lords, exiled from the fey realm and forcd to wander the desert as confused, violent nightmare creatures. If you can slaughter enough creatures in the sand wastes, you may be able to restore yourselves to your rightful place of power. I made this…

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  • [Monthly Monster] Dungeon Roommates

    For this year’s 200 Word RPG Challenge and for this month’s monster themed game, I made this game about monsters trying to live together.

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  • [Actual Play] Devil John on KSUA

    Critical Hits is a roleplaying podcast and/or radio show on KSUA (which seems to be college radio in Fairbanks, Alaska). In March, they played The Devil, John Moulton (q.v.) and I enjoyed listening to it.

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  • [Monthly Monster] Grell Alchemy

    Grell Alchemy is my game for the month of April, where you play hideous tentacled monsters attempting to use alchemy to understand the world you find yourselves in.

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  • [200 Word RPG] Squamous

    Written for the 2017 200 Word RPG Challenge. Squamous You are each eldritch abominations, taking human form for nefarious purposes. Your human vessels areā€¦ weak. Disgusting. Meat. Always sweating, defecating, desiring. How do humans tolerate this? Each abomination has a secret eldritch Goal. Write down a noun and a verb. Give the noun to your…

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  • The Imposters anthology

    My microgame LOVEINT has been expanded and revised to be included in The Imposters anthology, currently on Kickstarer. If you like any of my games, or any weird little games about conspiracies and paranoia, then you should consider backing it.

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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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