undead
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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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A Seance
A Seance is a small Descended From the Queen game, intended to be used as part of your ongoing roleplaying game. Whenever characters use spiritualism or necromancy to speak with dead spirits, instead of using your game’s normal rules, pull out this game and play it instead, to create a different sort of atmosphere as…
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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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[Monthly Monster] 2 scenarios for Nameless Horror
For October, I decided to make two short horror scenarios. The pair of scenarios were written specifically for my old nameless horror game but I am sure that any competent GM could turn them into a Dread or Cthulhu Dark game without any trouble a all. The scenarios are inspired by two D&D monsters, the…
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Rusałka on Bored Ghost podcast
The Bored Ghost podcast played a game of my still unreleased game Rusałka. You can listen to the first half of their session here. Unfortunately, the audio files for the second half of the game were lost to technological problems. But the first half of the session gives you a good idea how the game…
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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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[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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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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Star Level 10!
Star Level 10 is a simple little freeform larp I wrote in collaboration with my daughter Madeline. It was initially created for the 2016 Golden Cobra Challenge. It’s a heartwarming tale about being dead, and about the pain of stepping on a d4.