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We're back with another FIASCO! This time, prepare yourselves for multiple attempted murders, white collar crime, a big pile of divorce papers, and— The Sticc?!

Fiasco is by Jason Morningstar and Bully Pulpit Games. The "Road Kill" playset is by Christine Roth. 

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And this is a purely materialistic rational statement; it is independent of any objective hierarchy at all. Philosophy has nothing to say; and Science can only suspend judgment, pending a proper and methodical investigation of the facts alleged.

Agent Gamble, a field ops agent of the Forensic Department of Paranormal and Demonic Activity, has disappeared while pursuing a confidential investigation for the department. His department head, Agent Pallas, believes his disappearance to be connected to the case he was working on, and has requested three agents unconnected to Field Ops to pick up his work and locate him if possible.

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when prompted to "make the most Rule of Cool DeviantArt-OC-ass character you can think of," Andrew did what any sane person would do...

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Up today for Patrons, we played the 200 Word RPG "When All You Have is a Gun, Everything Looks [Verb]able" by @that-house — this episode sat in editing hell for several months but we had such a good time playing it!

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200 Word RPGs 2024

Each November, some people try to write a novel. Others would prefer to do as little writing as possible. For those who wish to challenge their ability to not write, we offer this alternative: producing a complete, playable roleplaying game in two hundred words or fewer.

This is the submission thread for the 2024 event, running from November 1st, 2024 through November 30th, 2024. Submission guidelines can be found in this blog's pinned post, here.

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turns out Chance Gladwish is fine and on Taskmaster

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THREE HOURS TO GO! IT'S 32% OFF NOW!

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NINE HOURS LEFT TO GET COVENANT FOR 25% OFF!

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two days left to get Covenant on sale!

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four days left to get Covenant on sale!

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A little late but congratulations on wrapping another season! The Q+A was a blast to listen to and I'm really excited for next season. Even though it's a ways out the promise of a season with an original system is fascinating. The fantasy game space seems to be blowing up in a big way lately so it'll be cool to see another take :>

If it's not too giving too much of the secret away do you think you could talk about some other games (genre related or not) that you're drawing inspiration from/feel the system will be in conversation with?

thanks so much!!

I don't want to say too much—not because it's a secret but more because things are very much still in development—but in addition to Forged in the Dark stuff (and some of our own experiments with that form in Ruin's Gate) we're very much looking to pieces of design from Heart: the City Beneath (my beloved......), Grimwild (which was the game that made Andrew and I say "huh, maybe we could figure out our own system"), and a few other games, while also trying to go in a much different direction with how we're thinking about character creation beyond traditional classes/playbooks.

part of my hesitation to run a fantasy season has always been feeling a lot of friction when I try to run most of the high fantasy systems I've encountered, so it's also in conversation with some systems in terms of that friction—not just what do we want to draw (positive) inspiration from, but also what are the pieces of design that have felt like obstacles to me, and how can we look elsewhere for workarounds or alternatives to those!

I'll be happy to talk about this more as we get further in the development process! I'm really excited to keep working on it, testing it, and eventually to share it!

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do you think somehow she knew it was the last sunset she was going to see?

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