An RPG which captures the feel of the Alien/Aliens films beautifully.
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A card-based epistolary game about fading communication and saying goodbye.
(25 minutes read)

A diceless, card-based story game about labour rights and the Battle of Blair Mountain.
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A diceless, card-based story game about a detective and his hat. Perfect noir feel.
(14 minutes read)

A deeply atmospheric game of people with dark secrets hunting monsters in Victorian London.
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Do you remember Happy Days, with Fonzie, Richie Cunningham and all their pals in a nostalgic situation comedy back in the 1970’s? It was fun, exciting and spawned a whole generation of people who knew how to say “Heyyyyy” while showing two thumbs up. But one day it jumped the shark.
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During the last year of COVID I’ve had the great delight of enjoying some regular Sunday night games with friends from America. We’ve played a wide range of one-shot games and playtests. Today I’d like to focus on the one-shot games which we have played which were written by Grant Howitt - well known for Honey Heist, but actually the purveyor of a very wide range of fine one-page games. These are presented in the order in which I played them.
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Why I think Blades in the Dark is an important new design in tabletop RPG’s
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Description and mechanics brought together beautifully through the rules for 'Aspects'
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Time travel as an RPG genre is one with infinite possibilities, but really hard to do right. For my money, Timewatch is the best example out there today, and I’m going to tell you why.
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I had always wanted to try a 'story game', but was afraid to try. I didn't think I'd have the creative wits to be any good at it, let alone enjoy it. So it was my great good fortune that my first exposure was via the amazing Grey Ranks.
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I have come to understand that some of the very best games have mechanics which support the theme of the game in some way. For me the outstanding example of this is Ten Candles by Cavalry Games.
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