Heya, solo games inspired me to think about an alternative way to communicate narrative ideas, in a storygame/ttrpg.

I wrote about it on my blog:
https://carlmakesgames.bearblog.dev/the-1-wordexchange/

#ttrpg #storygame #gamedesign

The 1-word exchange

I dig how new games are shaking up the traditional narrative structure of GM vs PCs. For instance the spitballing of consequences found in Trophy, or in The ...

carl makes games

Today #DiceyStories finishes a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. I've ported our Chronicles of Chiron characters to my #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This eighth and final episode is the second half of monsoon season, the last season of the year.

Friends old and new gather for Fritz and Mariah’s wedding.

https://diceystories.com/ds446-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-8-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

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Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This seventh episode is the first half of monsoon season, the final season of the year.

Fritz and Mariah start work on a new greenhouse, but Redd takes issue with the crops they intend to grow.

https://diceystories.com/ds445-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-7-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This sixth episode is the second half of build up season.

Connections continue to form in the valley: the network node gets installed, and Fritz finally proposes to Mariah.

https://diceystories.com/ds444-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-6-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This fifth episode is the first half of build up season.

Fritz and Mariah improve their relationships with the non-humans in the neighborhood.

https://diceystories.com/ds443-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-5-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

DS443 | Cozy Farming/Alpha Centauri | A Year in Monsoon Jungle | Part 5 of 8 : Dicey Stories

Fritz and Mariah improve their relationships with the non-humans in the neighborhood.

Dicey Stories

Das sieht sooo gut aus! Ich hab den ersten Teil schon geliebt. Den hier muss ich unbedingt auch zocken. 😍

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12EQpTwn4lY

#Gaming #Streamerlife #Storygame

Kena: Scars of Kosmora - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games

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Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This fourth episode is big wind season.

The stresses of country life begin to mount for Fritz and Mariah.

https://diceystories.com/ds442-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-4-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

Namestorming by @benrobbins

https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/4981/namestorming/

A really simple and good way of getting things named in TTRPGs - especially, but not exclusively, the kind of collaborative story game Ben is known for. Speaking of which: Kingdom, Microscope and Follow are now available as POD from Lulu for this first(?) time! https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/4978/overseas-print-on-demand/

#ttrpg #storygame #kingdom #microscope #blogosphere

Namestorming

"Naming things is hard" -some gaming guru on a mountain top, hundreds of years ago, probably Coming up with names for things is hard, particularly when (like us) you play collaborative creative games where you make the setting together. A GM just has to pick a name they like, but if you're a GMle

ars ludi

Today #DiceyStories continues a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. Our Chronicles of Chiron characters have been ported to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.

This third episode is heavy dew season.

Mariah and Fritz independently begin thinking more seriously about their future together, such as whether it involves marriage or children.

https://diceystories.com/ds441-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-3-of-8/

#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley
#actualplay #SessionReport #storyGame

DS441 | Cozy Farming/Alpha Centauri | A Year in Monsoon Jungle | Part 3 of 8 : Dicey Stories

Mariah and Fritz independently begin thinking more seriously about their future together, such as whether it involves marriage or children.

Dicey Stories
My #ttrpg brain has been #osr -ified (not ossified!) to a degree, where I read a cool #storygame adventure and automatically start thinking about reorganizing the content into random encounter tables and hexmaps 😬