Day 1127
You'd think with the amount of writing I do in my off time, I wouldn't start other writing projects but here we are. I had stopped doing Alone on a Journey, though I really enjoyed it and would like to take it up again at some point. Things just got really crazy with work, and even though it doesn't require a lot of set up to do Alone on a Journey, there were times I just didn't want to do the set up.
In fairness, I had probably done about 16 sessions before I stopped, which is not bad considering. I was also still being stressed out by work, and then adapting to the new working schedule. I'm hoping now, with a monthly cleaner I can ease up on myself and spend a bit more time doing journaling role plays.
Which brings me to the journal rpg, Museum of Lost Things by lostwaysclub.
Now, I would argue that this is less of a roleplay game and more of a writing exercise. The way this game works is that you create an exhibit card for a 'lost thing' for your museum. The game provides you with museum locations like Hallway of Memories and Cabinet of Misplaced Items to sort of act as your writing prompts as you create an item that has been lost.
While the original game does not indicate this, you can, if you choose, make your own locations, which I had, creating Archive of Dream and Collection of Time.
The important thing to note though, is that the things lost, are the things you lose as you live life. As a result, this game can be come a reflection exercise as much as it is a writing exercise, as the museum locations is subtly asking the player to remember lost (aka forgotten) things. Maybe it's a person you haven't thought of in a long time, whose face you can barely remember. Perhaps it is a memory that you never visit without purpose, or maybe it is an actual object lost to you.
Or, in the case of the sample that was provided by the creator of this game, it could be time. We all lose time, constantly, I can't imagine how large our collections of lost time must be.
To me, this is a fascinating writing exercise, because it forces me to talk about things I would not consider talking about. So, occasionally (or a lot depending on how often I do this), I am going to introduce people to my museum, as my Museum of Lost Things remind me about the things I don't write about.
