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You are an adventurer in the world of The Hobbit. Specifically the world as it appeared in the 1937 edition of that book. Anyone can be a wizard with the right knowledge, trolls turn to stone in the sunlight, animals or magical objects can speak, elves aren't always nice, and the wild is full of terrible creatures like goblins, giant spiders, and even dragons!
I offer that the central themes of The Hobbit are:
1. Treasure hunting
2. Journeys
3. Singing |
Roleplaying Game |
Yes |
Yes |
2+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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This is a house, where ghosts live.
It houses the living, who are sad.
Their sadness feeds sadness. Their fear breeds fear.
This house has ghosts, who are not sad.
Their successes cause joy. Their failures cause sadness.
Their triumphs instil courage. Their blunders instil fear.
This is a sad place, where ghosts live.
This Is A Sad Place, Where Ghosts Live is a mini RPG where you play a group of ghosts, haunting a house where sadness resides.
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Roleplaying Game |
Yes |
Yes |
2+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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A simple roleplaying game about the multi-xeno-racial support staff on a crowded interstellar space station, and the constant troubles of running the place.
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Roleplaying Game |
Yes |
Yes |
2+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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A game of delving into a text (which could be any novel, whether or not the players have even read it) and constructing a mystical system of truth from that text. Inspired by readings in hermeneutics, semiotics, and Christian and Jewish mysticism.
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Roleplaying Game |
Yes |
No |
2+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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Sorcery and violent passion in a world of desire. Inspired in equal parts by Conan and Samson; Cugel and Thetis; the Epic of Gilgamesh and the pulp fiction of Weird Tales,The Bloody-Handed Name of Bronze is a roleplaying game of sexy, bloody tales of cunning, glory, and a universe with a sense of humor. |
Roleplaying Game, Collaborative Story |
No |
No |
2-4 |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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A storygame in which absolutely everything is made up by the players, there is no GM, dominos are involved, there's scoring, and for some reason everyone is related to this troubled woman called Rose.
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Collaborative Story |
Yes |
No |
3-9 |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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A tiny, folded storytelling game. You portray a martial artist come to compete in the greatest tournament ever held. But what are your real goals? Not everyone is simply here to win! Pull up a seat at the breakfast table and find out what your fellow martial artists are really competing for. Honor? Respect? Revenge? You'll find out soon enough, grasshopper. |
Roleplaying Game, Collaborative Story |
Yes |
No |
2+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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A two-page simplification of character rules for a stripped-down fantasy adventure game based on the Apocalypse World engine, intended to get kids into the hobby. NOTE: This is a work in progress.
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Roleplaying Game, Powered by the Apocalypse |
Yes |
Yes |
2+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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FUGUE is an RPG engine that lets you construct and tell the story of a group of people who begin with complete amnesia, and who regain their memories of themselves, their pasts, their connections, their abilities and their secrets as the story goes on. |
Roleplaying Game |
Yes |
Yes |
4-6 |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
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A game of competitive boasting, based on the exploits of the titular C18th adventurer and raconteur. Players portray nobles and challenge each other to recount an extraordinary story from their past. Dice and pencils are replaced by money and fine wine, a simple bidding system allows for interruptions and rebuttals, and it all wraps up in under an hour. The rulebook was ostensibly written by the Baron himself, with his unique and charming style. |
Roleplaying Game, Collaborative Story |
No |
No |
4+ |
2 - Focus/Imagination |
