Who's in Olympia? Check out what The Mystic has on the top of their new zine/thin game rack.
A thing I didn't anticipate was how many people would get their copy of The Balsam Lake Unmurders and post to show the deck of cards they're going to use to play it. Here's some that were posted elsewhere.
#BalsamLake #JournalGaming #ttrpg
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When you play a ♣️ on a suspect it's a chance to learn the necromancer's method of bringing people back from the dead. Then you turn one of your ♠️s, and if it's higher than the value of the ♣️ you journal the interaction that reveals the method to you. If it's lower though, maybe it goes like this 👇
"God damn it Paul, get out of here," she said. "This is FBI business." "Ha ha. You think it is. Wasn't it FBI business the first time?" "I suppose it was." "Get out of here." "You know you're a suspect." "What?" "I'd like to rule you out." "What if I did it?" "Did you?" "No." "How does necromancy work?" "I don't know." "How does it work." "Voodoo. Willpower." "Yeah." "I had a cat when I was twelve. It got mauled to death by a pit bull. I read ... #ttrpg #JournalGaming #BalsamLake
"God damn it Paul, get out of here," she said.
"This is FBI business."
"Ha ha. You think it is. Wasn't it FBI business the first time?"
"I suppose it was."
"Get out of here."
"You know you're a suspect."
"What?"
"I'd like to rule you out."
"What if I did it?"
"Did you?"
"No."
"How does necromancy work?"
"I don't know."
"How does it work."
"Voodoo. Willpower."
"Yeah."
"I had a cat when I was twelve. It got mauled to death by a pit bull. I read ...
I had a super fun conversation with Thomas on this episode of his Yes Indie'd Podcast. We talked about journaling games, how immersion works (which isn't how most RPGs think it does), and about my soon-to-launch solo/journaling game about trying to catch a serial necromancer in a forested midwestern town. Check it out!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2Yetku13I4MQugekdkn9sw?si=OMevRPJKT5eA6fE2TvtAuQ
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Absolutely the coziest review I've ever had for one of my games. Check it out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IShXhmrE-HQ
I hope it gets you interested to follow the soon-to-launch Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders
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You know the FBI is going to send you to Balsam Lake too. The game just doesn't run out of necromancers.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders
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Another agent coming into Balsam Lake, Minnesota to solve a serial necromancy.
#ttrpg #journalGaming #zine #BalsamLake
Launching soon:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders
If it's a dude agent sent to catch a serial necromancer he's always scruffy and bearded. Why is that?
#journalGaming #ttrpg #zine #BalsamLake
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-balsam-lake-unmurders
(Photo by Levi Stute.)