Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #storygame, aggregated by home.social.
"My game's premise is a group of childhood friends gathering just after high school graduation to remember the magical companion they buried five years ago."
"Cool, neat image, but I don't want to play."
"Why not?!"
"Because these compact high concept story games usually turn into interminable trudges to stay on-premise. It's not a world or even a situation to explore, it's an assignment to complete."
Yeah, years of story-games have left me jaded
Ach ja - das Wichtigste habe ich vergessen 😆
In diesem Post ist der Link zum kostenlosen Download:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/heckmueller/jadara/posts/4762258
An enjoyable and insightful post from Ben Robbins: https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/5349/i-left-out-the-reaction-shot-a-dev-journal/
Ach ja - 100% der Runden sind der Erzähl(-rollen-)spiel-Seite des Hobbies zuzuschreiben. Das wiederum ist bei mir derzeit nicht sehr verwunderlich :pino_joy:
Ich habe gerade, jetzt gut nach Jahresmitte, mal versucht, mein Rollenspiel-"Tagebuch" für 2026 nachzutragen (könnte natürlich sein, dass ich gerade zu Jahresanfang was vergessen habe). Die Ergebnisse sind...interessant... :pino_sup:
Insgesamt 13 gespielte Runden, in 12 verschiedenen Systemen.
Bisher war ich 1x GM und 4x Facilitator.
7 Runden waren bei Events, erst ab Ende Mai außerhalb von solchen.
Die Entwicklung der letzten Wochen war jedenfalls gut.
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
Das sieht sooo gut aus! Ich hab den ersten Teil schon geliebt. Den hier muss ich unbedingt auch zocken. 😍
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/
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
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 second episode is bushfruit season.
Mariah and Fritz get their first products to market, a new set of natural dyes.
https://diceystories.com/ds440-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-2-of-8/
#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley #ActualPlay #sessionreport #storyGame
Today #DiceyStories starts a small series that concludes our exploration of the #AlphaCentauri setting. This time we take our Chronicles of Chiron characters to my very own #ttrpg, A Year in Farm Valley.
Seeking a simpler life away from Dome politics, Fritz and Mariah settle down at an abandoned farmstead along the edge of the Monsoon Jungle.
https://diceystories.com/ds439-cozy-farming-alpha-centauri-a-year-in-monsoon-jungle-part-1-of-8/
#IndieRPG #GMless #AYearInFarmValley #ActualPlay #sessionreport #storyGame
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Today #DiceyStories has a second addendum to our recently completed #ActualPlay #AlphaCentauri: Chronicles of Chiron. Leaving Genesys, we take NPCs from that campaign to #GMless #ttrpg #AWeekendInTheCountryside.
Murder in the Chiron Countryside - Spend a weekend relaxing at Nwabudike Morgan’s private dome in the remote Chiron wilderness with fellow members of the board of directors. Until… a murderer strikes!
https://diceystories.com/ds438-alpha-centauri-murder-in-the-chiron-countryside/
[Announcement] The Dragonfly Motel role-playing game will be released in English
*The dream hasn’t begun
and the last one isn’t over
Push open the door of the Dragonfly Motel
Guests of the Strange*
Coming in February 2026
🐔¡Ya estamos en directo!🐔
Tarde con juego navideño de terror recomendado por el chat: #AmongAshes, el juego dentro del juego dentro del juego dentro del juego
🔴 https://www.twitch.tv/dunkena
#horrorgames #indiegames #adventuregame #storygame #horror #gamedev #indiegame
Seoul-based Vittgen unveils All Adrift, a cosmic, story-driven adventure launching on PC in 2027.
Play as Sian Lightchaser, rewriting the universe’s dark history in a haunting blend of art, music, and philosophy. #AllAdrift #StoryGame
https://www.gematsu.com/2025/11/story-driven-adventure-game-all-adrift-announced-for-pc
People who design story games: how much narrative context do you find you need to test mechanics?
I'm trying to do "small slice" playtests, but I feel like I need to establish a lot of narrative around what the mechanics mean in order to test how they feel.
Any tips on how to do smaller tests?
#gameDesign #ttrpgGameDesign #ttrpgs #ttrpg #storygame #indieTtrpg #tabletopGaming
🎮 Habe heute mit dem allerersten „Life is Strange“ angefangen - nachdem ich „True Colors“ durchgespielt habe, bin ich mega gespannt, wie alles begonnen hat. Den Schuldirektor hab ich schon mal angelogen… und kurz davor ein Leben gerettet.
Irgendwelche Tipps?
Welche Entscheidungen hast Du nie bereut?
#GamingDad #LifeIsStrange #NintendoSwitch #SwitchGaming #StoryGame #MaxAndChloe #NarrativeGames 🕹️
Freue mich, dass die deutsche Ausgabe von A Thousand Year Old Vampire von @timh, erschienen bei @systemmatters, da ist. Ich habe eine Vorlage als Google Doc angelegt und im @openhearthrpg Play Aids Folder abgelegt: https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Og-OkvzWWUucKSCFAXdsabBrGIgs2BvIuJ7gfIzlB8/edit?usp=sharing
Walking on the ship we stole today, like...
For more stolen ship content wishlist Hope: A Sky Full Of Ghosts here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3072180?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=Azr&utm_content=SkylightWalkVid
#Scifi #Gaming #ScreenshotSaturday #PointAndClick #IndieGame #WishlistWednesday #NarrativeGame #StoryGame #CharacterDriven #GrumpyGamer #Steam
I played What We Possess for the first time a couple weeks ago. It's a no-prep GM-less story game/RPG where the players play ghosts haunting a location, collectively pushing the living towards helping you accomplish a goal or solve a mystery. Just about everything--the location, the living people and animals plus the things present, the minimal details about your ghost, the goal or mystery, and the clues uncovered--are all randomly pulled from card decks.
It requires a lot of improvisation and trust that a story will emerge. The game provides set pieces and expects you to work out what the story is, collectively. It says: Here's a bunch of stuff to play with, now start moving things around, fill in the details and go work out how your ghosts accomplish their goal. Or maybe they won't, running out of energy and fading into the void before they can move on, that's an option too.
(I've tried several times to write how the game is played, but it's gone over a toot's character limit each time.)
It was everyone's first time playing it and it definitely felt shaky for the first couple of scenes. Once we picked up some momentum, a story did start forming, we arranged the various pieces into a plot and were able to wrap it up in a couple of hours. Fun, but we had to sit with a lot of uncertainty during play.
The photo is my attempt to recreate our setup at the end of the game, since I didn't think to take a photo at the time.
Protagonist Wei Song, from my WIP narrative adventure #indiegame ◀Future Ghost▶
This is for a #comic panel-style cutscene...
Missing in The Moment – Trophy Dark
#BoxcarNation #Review #ttrpg #Trophy #TrophyDark #DarkStories #StoryGame #TheGauntlet @innsmouth.one
http://rollingboxcars.com/2025/01/22/missing-in-the-moment-trophy-dark/
Das ist Livi in Dämonenform, vielleicht muss ich noch was dran arbeiten, aber es gefällt mir schon ganz gut!
Hallöchen meine kleinen, süßen Dämonen 🥰
Ich schmeiß morgen den Stream an und wir werden #UntilDawn beenden.
Ob wir danach noch schaffen in #GodofWar weiter das Abenteuer zu genießen, weiß ich noch nicht.
Ich denke ich werde den Stream zwischen 17:00 - 17:15 Uhr starten!
Nehmt Platz, holt euch was zu knabbern, zu trinken, macht es euch gemütlich und entspannt ein wenig bei mir.
Spend a weekend relaxing at Noona Firebringer’s cattle station in remote Queens Land with her family, friends, and staff. Until… a murderer strikes!
Check out the #SessionReport for our recent game of A Weekend in the Country by @LariAssmuth. Once again, we adapt it to a different setting, this time garden-variety #fantasy.
https://diceystories.com/smoldering-tensions/
#IndieRPG
#AWeekendInTheCountry
#DiceyStories
#MurderMystery
#CozyMystery
#GMless #CozyMurder #StoryGame #ttrpg
At a remote ski lodge, the secrets of a wealthy heiress and her entourage are exposed… when a murderer strikes!
Check out the #SessionReport for our recent game of A Weekend in the Country. Once again, we adapt the #GMless #CozyMurder #StoryGame #ttrpg to an isolated modern setting. Thanks @LariAssmuth for making a fun, adaptable game!
https://diceystories.com/double-krossed/
#IndieRPG
#AWeekendInTheCountry
#DiceyStories
#MurderMystery
#CozyMystery
An ill-fitted crew heads out to answer a distress call sent across space. Will they prove more successful than humanity’s previous failed attempt?
Check out the #SessionReport for our recent #DiceyStories game of #GMless #TTRPG Foretold: From Earth by @jamesmullen.
@riewarden Here's a #storygame by @jamesmullen where you're doing a bar crawl with your friends, and you slowly uncover secrets of the past. Just needs a deck of regular playing cards for the prompts. It's called Foretold: Mile's End. Maybe it could work for you.
It's the first dark rainy day of this fall, so I'm up for a moody, gritty detective story.
Join me on Twitch tonight for #NobodyWantsToDie! 🍂🍄🫖
#gaming #MastoGames #storygame #TwitchStreamer #DetectiveGame
#RPGaDay2024 Day 19
We had a sensational session of #GMless #StoryGame #ttrpg A Weekend in the Country. You don’t need a block tower to play, but there's an optional threat mechanic using one. We tried various other approaches with dice or cards for our first handful of games, but finally I got a block tower. And wow! It really increased the tension! There were times when we discussed whether to accuse or press for more clues based on how shaky the tower was looking.
#RPGaDay2024 Day 16
I’ve facilitated A Weekend in the Country for people with little to no #ttrpg experience, and a game only takes about an hour. In this #GMless #StoryGame you investigate an Agatha Christie like murder at a British manor using deck-based prompts for clues.
For an idea of how it plays, check out one of our session reports. We’ve enjoyed it so much that we’ve reskinned it for contemporary murders in a variety of other settings.
https://diceystories.com/tag/a-weekend-in-the-country/
#ttrpgs