comedy

  • Scrabblenauts

    Scrabblenauts is a game that appeared, fully formed, in my mind the first time I played Scribblenauts two years ago. Now, as part of Jonathan Walton’s Stage One game design event, I actually had a reason to write it out.

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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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  • Manna Hotel LARP PCs

    Characters from the Manna Hotel LARP.

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  • [Playtest report] The Big Fiasco at the Manna Hotel LARP

    I made a LARP using Fiasco playsets. It worked pretty well, but not perfectly.

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  • The Alchemists of Pwang

    Background The alchemists of Pwang commit soul staining sins in an effort to cleanse their souls. Unfortunately, no one in Pwang can be sure what the gods approve of and what they do not, at least while they live. Miracles Take a tarot deck, separate the minor arcana from the major arcana. Shuffle both decks.…

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  • [Reviews of Games that Don’t Exist] The Dukes of Hazzard RPG

    A review of a game that doesn’t exist, based on the Dukes of Hazzard television show.

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  • [Reviews of Games that Don’t Exist] Allegory Mystery

    A review of a game that doesn’t exist, a recursive literary analysis game, where your PCs critique the symbolism inherent in their own lives to influence where the story is headed. Based on the comic.

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  • [InSpectres] The Second Chance

    Soon hopefully, we’ll be playing Inspectres , specifically the InSpace mod that makes the game into a space opera science fiction mystery game. Anyway, check out the character sheet I made for the ship the PCs will be on: The Second Chance

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  • Death Takes a Holiday

    UPDATE: I made a major revision to the game, which replaces the core system with something else. You may want to check out that version in addition to/instead of this one. Raw text hosted here, for your convenience. The pretty version is over here because I can’t get it to upload to WordPress.

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  • Wide Stance

    Wide Stance A game I wrote in five minutes as part of a challenge. I kind of like it, though I’ve yet to actually play it.

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