Prototypes

I have a bunch of things I'm working on or have worked on.  Will I "finish" any of them?  Probably not, but they're playable now.  I'd love feedback!  (Unless it's negative.  Then I'll just appreciate it.)

Analog: Storyleaves

Winner of "Overall Favorite" for the 2011 RPG Solitaire Challenge.  It's a solitaire story game - make a little story in an hour or two, and have fun doing it.

Digital:  Total Party Kill

A multi-character roguelike.  Somewhere between a roguelike and a Fire Emblem-type tactical RPG, inspired by board games like Warhammer Quest and Ravenloft, set in a post-apocalypse but really that's just color.  It's fun for an hour or so, if you can figure out how to play it.

Analog: That's Drama

A storytelling card game. Can be used for a one-scene-play that takes twenty minutes or a three-hour epic.

Analog:  Blackbird Pie

Because of my frustrations with The Pool and RISUS I hacked Lady Blackbird to make this.  I ran it a few times and it's solid.  These days, though, if I want to run a generic-setting GM'd RPG I'd probably run In a Wicked Age without the oracles...In a Wicked Age creates more intense, deeper fiction with lots of player-vs-player intrigue, whereas this is better for party-oriented action-adventure.

Analog: My Supernatural Romance

A tabletop RPG / story game for couples that I made to play with my wife.  We played it a few times.  It needs ... something ... but I don't know what.  And I've burned my wife out on story games, so I'll likely never figure it out.

Analog: Nowhere Road

My entry for GameChef 2010 - a "Make Your Own Road Movie" RPG.  It's GM-less, and all about epiphanies - the characters think they know what they want but the other players know what the characters really need.  It's quite fun, but, jeez, could I have picked a more narrow genre to make a game about?

Analog: Once Upon A Time, Archipelago Style

This uses Once Upon A Time cards with (mostly) the rules for Archipelago II to make a great game for roleplaying with children.  Once Upon A Time, played as written, usually generates an incoherent story with lots of random crap happening all the way up to the end;  played this way it results in a solid story but plays slower than Once Upon A Time (it can take an hour, hour-and-a-half to play) (but it's faster than Archipelago, which usually takes me multiple sessions.)

Analog: Brik: Tactiks

A super-simple tactical wargame with lots of critical hits that one could play with, oh, just for example, Lego.

 

Comments

[Jay K.]

Link to Total Party Kil doesn't seem to be working.

[Jamie]

Thanks! Fixed.