Games
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Sophie’s Pokemon Game!
This is a card based Pokemon RPG I made for my daughter’s birthday several years ago. At the time, I never got around to writing the actual rules down. Recently my kids remembered this game’s existence and became really excited by it, which was enough to convince me to rite up some extremely sketchy rules…
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Mystery Town
Mystery Town is a simple little freeform game I made for my daughter’s 9th birthday, inspired by Gravity Falls, Thimbleweed Park, Maniac Mansion and other funny, weird, mysterious fiction that she and I enjoy together. (Mechanically, it’s a straightforward hack of A Town With Pep! by Epistolary Richard, which is itself derived from Swords without…
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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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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.
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The chronicle of the downfall of the evil emperor Terenghast at the hands of his many wives, as related in an obscure 12th century Alsatian herbalism text recently translated into English for the first time
The chronicle of the downfall of the evil emperor Terenghast at the hands of his many wives, as related in an obscure 12th century Alsatian herbalism text recently translated into English for the first time (A game for the 2016 200 Word RPG challenge.) Emperor Terenghast conquers many kingdoms, forcing noblewomen to marry him against…