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A week of new games!

Last week I was away at an informal roleplaying con with a group of old friends. There were a couple of dozen of us in total, and 18 different games (mostly playtests) were run – an impressive variety and range. Games that I played Bluestockings is designed and was run by Liz Lovegrove, of Rise […]

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Haunted House

I’ve now done an update of the rules for Haunted House, based on the last playtest – thanks to ar_gemlad, metame, ar_boblad, mr_snips and lanfykins for taking part, and for great suggestions and thoughts. See it in its glory here: http://www.undyingking.com/free_games/haunted_house.html So this is a bit simplified from earlier versions, with the removal of room […]

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Haunted House II: The Hauntening

I ran another playtest of Haunted House the other day, which went much better than the last one thanks to me (a) not having a migraine, and (b) explaining it properly to the players beforehand. This was the blurb: Deep in the South Seas, far from the normal trade routes, the merchant ship Unconquerable Angel […]

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New game idea — Haunted House

I had some thoughts last night about what might be an interesting game. It might already exist, or might not work, in which case ho hum; but here you go anyway.