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[psychhound]

Shadow / Giant 2e Kickstarter

An overhaul & print run for the GMless wolf & cub TTRPG.

shadow / giant 2e is coming to kickstarter

shadow / giant is a 2-player ttrpg about a jaded adult and the traumatized, supernatural child now under their care. the 2nd edition is coming soon to kickstarter for a major overhaul and print run!!

touchstones include marvel's logan, stranger things, the last of us, telltale's the walking dead, bioshock, & god of war >:)

2e features brand new art & cowriting by @paladinbaby, enhanced new mechanics, pregenerated settings and characters in a host of genres, and lots of oracles to help run the game!!

very excited to announce the guest writer team!!

stretch goals for the kickstarter will bring in an all-star team of guest writers featuring an all-queer and culturally diverse set of perspectives to create unique settings and characters in different genres you can use to run the game

guest writer stretch goals will include ...

wendi yu (here, there, be monsters!) itch @wendiyu

rae nedjadi (apocalypse keys) itch @temporalhiccup

sahoni (exceptionals) itch @sahonithereadwolf

you can check out the first edition of the game here!!

and sign up for notifs when the kickstarter launches !! :D

Coming soon: Shadow / Giant 2e

A jaded guardian & magical child two-player episodic TTRPG

[littlecircus1]

More people should be talking about this game.

You see, I’ve been following Out Of Words since the Game Awards showcase and am absolutely flabbergasted with how absolutely gorgeous and interesting the game looks! I cannot wait for this game to release, but, I haven’t seen many talk about this game. At least not on YouTube, I don’t know how it is on Tumblr, but more people should be learning about this project either way!

[smallredrobin13games]

TTRPGS I've Been Playing - Host

Host by Brandon Lee of Ravenridge Press is a 2-player horror game about someone struggling against a parasite that is slowly consuming and warping their memories. 

Usual disclosure time: I've met the Ravens at cons and interacted with them a bit. They're warm, lovely people who have show me a lot of kindness over the years. I also want to mention that my copy of Host is from the original Kickstarter campaign and thus also got a pamphlet alongside the game itself. This will be relevant for later. 

So, to start, the art in Host is great. It's simple yet viscerally effective. I love the little wormy guys you find on various pages, they do a lot to sell the horror of the game. However, at times it feels as if they prioritized the admittedly slick style over substance. At times the layout of the main book felt confusing, mostly because the flaw of the mechanics was disrupted by it. When playing Host, I relied heavily on referencing the pamphlet in order to understand what I could do when, as the layout there felt much smoother and easier to follow. 

Host is played by stacking cards on top of each other to represent a memory being warped or recalled. Each card has a different associated prompt which affects the memory and how it's changed. The game ends when the host or parasite repress or consume 3 memories respectively. Each role has several different playbooks to choose from, another strength of the game in my opinion. I really struggled to pick a playbook because each of them have really engaging prompts. 

It took us a while to get into the flow of the game (partially because of the aforementioned layout), but once we did we had a really good time! The gameplay flow evoked 'Fortunately, Unfortunately', which really worked as the struggle between the parasite and the host. I had a lot of fun playing the host, but my friend found the parasite a bit limiting. As I've talked about before this is not an uncommon problem in two-player games, where one role is given more to do than the other. 

Host is not without flaw, but if you're looking for something to spice up Halloween with a friend, this will certainly fit the bill.

You can check out Host here.

[radiotraindevroom]

The fifth character has been added to my fighting game: Limpet from the web series Popocalypse! Kindly check out the series here in this hyperlink. The next character to complete the first set of characters will be Caine from TADC

[brandileigh2003]

Anyone have an under $20 board game or card game they love for 2 people?

Me and hubby are nerds so if it's more uncommon that's bonus points

(For reference, our favorite game takes up the dining room table lol...)

But we also like the things that don't take as much brain power and set up munchkin ticket to Ride, smash up, etc)

Nerd card status-- our favorite (Firefly) and part of our games, the main cabinet

[d4rkstar]

[techturd]