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BREAK!! RPG Store Get the award winning fantasy TTRPG about teamwork & exploration

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Fascism in Play Vampire: The Masquerade is not a fascist-friendly game. If you are a neo-Nazi, "alt-righter", or whatever you’re calling yourself nowadays, we urge you to put this book down and call someone who you trust to talk about where you went so wrong in your life. That said, Kindred culture is inherently monstrous. Part of the political horror of Vampire: The Masquerade is surviving in a culture that worships the Bad Old Ways. Large parts of Kindred society (especially the Camarilla and the Sabbat) adhere to cults of tradition, ascribes to the idea of humiliating their enemies with overwhelming wealth and force, and praises religious fundamentalism or even pre-modern ideals like feudal rule. Many Kindred are old enough to remember WWII

in detail and are bound to have opinions on what’s going on in the world right now. Even so, it’s pretty easy to steer the game away from totalitarian perspectives. Emphasize the differences between individual vampires, and between factions as well as inside factions. Tell stories about infighting, surprising kindness, and new ideas. Play thin-bloods, Caitiff, Anarchs, or even Camarilla members in a Hellene city where most of the Ivory Tower’s traditions have been adapted to suit the present. Another way is to play is to portray Kindred society in all its malicious (and fascist) glory, but let the player characters oppose the system, from the inside or from without.

What if someone wants to play a fascist, though, or a Storyteller wants to introduce a fascist SPC? There are plenty of those throughout the World of Darkness — monsters, but many with pretty faces. They can be a tragic villain, or a former friend who fell, or even someone who the player characters think of as an ally. They might be the Brujah neo-Nazi, the far-right Ventrue billionaire, or the Tzimisce eugenicist. Whatever face they present, the player characters should be given the satisfaction of redeeming or destroying them eventually. After all, the player characters are something unique and special — something fascists cannot abide.

Remember: playing a character whose opinions you oppose can be a great way to understand how supremacist ideas work and how to spot and fight them in the real world. Fictionally experiencing seductive perspectives like blaming the Other, conforming to norms and fighting for a grand purpose, can help you spot these tendencies in yourself and others and diminish their power over you. This is all in character, of course. At the time of writing, the real world is currently inundated with far-right fascist ideologies being given free reign by well-meaning people who want to preserve civility. If you see people at your table opening up with alt-right talking points, we encourage you to shut that shit down. If you become uncomfortable with a storyline in game because of what’s happening out of game, use one of the techniques listed here. You are not obligated to tolerate fascists in-game or out-of-game. This game is a way to tell stories about understanding and perhaps fixing some of the darkness in our own world. Use that to your advantage.

Right, that's because it's covered in the full text of that section, literally in the next paragraph, but no one ever includes that part.

So in the interests of clarity, here's the full "Fascism in Play" section from @rufflejax.bsky.social 's excellent "Advice for Considerate Play" Appendix.

Highly recommend! And if you've backed any queer-inclusive bundles on itch in the past few years, there's a chance you already have it!

I ran a one-shot of it today. We had so much fun that the group asked me to run a follow-up. I'm also thinking about how I can tell more stories with this system. It's incredibly good for a slow-burn story featuring transformations. It's also trans-inclusive and has personalized safety tools.🧵

To Change by usducktape Transformational TTRPG using tarot

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The incredible "To Change" (by Duck ((@usducktape.bsky.social )) and Ewen) is a framework for telling stories where the characters struggle through an adventure while experiencing physical and mental transformations.

Review on itch.io
CW: NSFW imagery
usducktape.itch.io/to-change
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I loved it. It's easy to get sucked into the rhythm.

Oh, sure, give me a link.

What did they change it to?

Angelic AND diabolical. Love the lighting.

Oh, I love everything about this: serene and meditative.

I just can't put my finger on the difference. 😆

Mice Tea is my favorite visual novel and I am THRILLED we are getting a sequel.
cinswitch.itch.io/mice-tea/
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It's incredibly good. We had a great dialogue between players during setup. I was anxious I couldn't come up with an antagonist, but it took only a few minutes. The system of Hope and Despair is a little tricky at first, but it clicked by the end.

Thanks for the heads-up! I appreciate anyone taking the time to go through it like that. XD Weird thing, though: you're RIGHT, but when I click on it, it then redirects me to the right page.

Thanks for letting me know about Brachyr System!

I'm missing context, but I still love this.

Quietus by Sinister Beard Games A roleplaying game of melancholy horror

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Ran Quietus by Sinister Beard Games.
​What an incredible game. Quietus has an innovative take on the Forged in the Dark formula, fine-tuned for melancholic horror. I was enthralled by the writing. I got a couple players together and we had a fabulous time!
sinisterbeard.itch.io/quietus

I'm reminded of that line from Trailer Park Boys, but instead it's "I *am* the estrogen."

Here's a lesson I learned from reading a ton of RPGs: font choice and size matters! If the text is very small or the book uses certain fonts, odds are good that I'm going to put the book down even if I can read it and like the content.

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TTRPG List

Thank you! 😊 Here's the whole list
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TTRPG List

😂If you want to make suggestions, here's the list! docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Aww, looking so pretty! I love the pose.

Perfect! What a wonderful exercise. And look at that incredible detail on the outfit. So cool and intimidating. The bones really sell it!

I've done it. Over 800 games later, I've read through everything in my TTRPG library. I've been running one-shots as I go along, but I've finally hit the point that I'm running out of one-shots and new games to read. Now I just have 120 games to PLAY!

The kind of energy I try to share with the world. Raaaawr!

I love the detail on this piece. It looks so complicated!

I'd love to see more TTRPGs with bespoke safety tools.

Give me content warnings so I know the standard topics that players might want to line or veil in your game. 🛑

Work Stars and Wishes into how your game handles experience points. ✨

Make a custom CATS for your adventure modules. 🐱

This is incredible. Quiet and dignified, with a cybernetic tail I've neve seen shaped in that way.

She is ADORABLE! But it also looks like she's been through a distressing situation, so I feel bad for her. Incredible work, especially for a warmup.

Soul Cemetery by snow A solo narrative delve into a lost survival horror classic~

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Just played Soul Cemetery by Snow. ​I love this game. It hurts, and I love it. It's an effective analogue for the challenges of dealing with your parents growing up, being trans, and also the feeling of returning to people that you have mixed feelings about. snowttrpg.itch.io/soul-cemetery