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  • The Divided House and other stories

    The Divided House and other stories is a game I wrote for Giacomo Vicenzi’s Spooky Design Contest 2016. It’s a loose, freeform narrative game, inspired by “Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius”, The Twilight Zone, House of Leaves, Archipelago III and the board game Power Grid.

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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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  • A Shadow Among Shadows

    Here’s a game I made over the summer, inspired by but not entered into Game Chef, but I never got around to posting it here. It’s a mashup or Archipelago and some boardgame mechanics, where you explore an abandoned space ship. A Shadow Among Shadows

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  • Anomalistic Extrasensory Techniques for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Anomalistic Extrasensory Techniques for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a radical new technique for dealing with mental illnesses and stresses. Or may it is just another 200 word RPG I wrote about psychics in group therapy invading each other’s minds to heal their mental wounds. Yeah, like Psychonauts.

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  • LOVEINT

    LOVEINT (noun) 1. The slang term used by the NSA surveillance analysts to refer to the misuse and abuse of intelligence capabilities to observe the activities of romantic rivals, potential or former lovers. 2. The 200 word RPG I wrote about the same.

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  • Mesopotamians revision

    I revised Mesopotamians slightly, so that it is now a complete rpg on 16 cards (printed double sided) or 32 cards (single sided). You know, the game I wrote about ancient undead warlords seeking fame and fortune as an indie band, based on a song by They Might Be Giants and the Indie Mixtape anthology.

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  • Interstellar Diplomacy

    Interstellar Diplomacy is a freeform-ish game I wrote as an entrant into the Golden Cobra Challenge. You play alien diplomats, meeting on earth to decide whether or not war will destroy the galaxy.

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  • Mesopotamians

    Mesopotamians is a game I wrote, inspired by the sone The Mesopotamians by They Might Be Giants. It’s part of a charity project by Jonathan Walton to make a bunch of one or two page games inspired by songs and sell those to raise money for charity. It’s a fun game that was fun to…

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  • Game Chef ingredients are up, and I’ve been thinking about them for a while. ( http://game-chef.com/ ) I had an idea for a game about druids writing a reality-altering book, but I’m not really very enthused by it. I may return to it later, but right now my brain is more interested in this potential…

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  • Nameless Horror version 0.2

    I made an update to my old nameless horror game. In the process, I expanded the rules several times over. But it plays much better now! Nameless Horror 0.2 core rules Nameless Horror Scenarios Yes / No cards and Questioner card I haven’t substantially changed the oracle deck, so that’s still cool to use.

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