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  • [Game Chef 2012] Crash! / Lanterns of the Dead

    Crash! / Lanterns of the Dead is a game that I made for the 2012 Game Chef RPG design competition thing. Crash / Lanterns of the Dead is two game in one: a game about a crashed astronaut, and a game about an alien culture. The two culture (and the two games) inevitably collide in…

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  • [Game Chef 2012] Astronauts and Aliens rough draft

    I’ve got a rough draft of my Game Chef game ready at this point: Astronauts and Aliens. It still needs some work, but I think this will be a really fun game with a bit of work.

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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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  • Once I Was a Warrior

    For my brother’s 30th birthday, I made him a roleplaying game. It’s a meditation on fate, growing older and how people change over time. Once I Was a Warrior

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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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  • Shakespeare 2985

    SHAKESPEARE 2985 is a game I wrote for Graham Walmsley’s Alternative Game Chef. It’s a science fiction espionage murder mystery do-it-yourself alternate reality game about interpreting poetry and failing thermal dampeners. Yeah, I guess it’s a bit odd.

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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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  • Cardenio’s Daughter

    Cardenio has a problem. He seems to be slipping between three distinct realities, with a different life in each.

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  • Cardenio’s Daughter, first draft

    Cardenio’s Daughter, or “Follow the Lady” Game Chef 2011 A game by Nick Wedig “Mad let us grant him then. And now remains That we find out the cause of this effect Or rather say, the cause of this defect, For this effect defective comes by cause. Thus it remains, and the remainder thus. Perpend.…

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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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