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[Actual Play] Longshot
The Liberation Industries podcast did a series of Actual Play recordings of Longshot, my 2010 Game Chef entry. The game seems to still hold up pretty well, and I enjoyed hearing how their game went. You can hear the recordings here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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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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[Actual Play] Bad Habits
On the Gosh Darn Fiasco podcast, they played Bad Habits, my Fiasco playset based in a convent.
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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.