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Bored Ghost uses tabletop roleplaying games to create stories. Each week we release half of a tale born out a play. From independently published collaborative storytelling games to traditional Role-Playing Games, we try it all to tell stories. These tales and games are experiments.
"I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing." ― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale
The singleminded mysticism of the Nazis allowed them to amass legendary objects of power. What became of these artifacts after the war? Our adventurers want to find out.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Caliope Trager (Yvonee Hartung) - A former librarian now a field researcher for a for-profit treasure hunting firm .
Udo Kreiger (Ken Breese) - A German ex-pat with a heart for adventure and a hunger for riches.
Jack Stone (D Gailey) - A war photographer and freelancer who may have ties to the spy game.
Dr. Hans Fugue (John Holt) - A former German rocket scientist now building spy planes for the US.
TILT:
Innocence - Misdirected Passion
Failure - Fear leads to a Fateful Decision
The grid for this game:Between Ken and John: Romance - Old friends in romantic denial and and Object - mysterious and holy Holy Mirror of Truth.
Between John and D: The War - Behind enemy lines in their Uniforms and a Need - To get Ultimate Power by turning the Ancient and Mythical powers of the artifact on the World.
Between D and Yvonne: Odd - A Nosy Neighbor and a Secretive Person and a Need - To get out of this one-sided relationship.
Between Yvonne and Ken: Professional - Adventure Seekers and a Location - South America, the streets of Rio during Carnival
Find D Gailey on twitter @mxnurd
Find Yvonne at Team Awesome Robot
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"To fall in love with God is the greatest romance; to seek him the greatest adventure; to find him, the greatest human achievement." ― Augustine of Hippo
The singleminded mysticism of the Nazis allowed them to amass legendary objects of power. What became of these artifacts after the war? Our adventurers want to find out.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Caliope Trager (Yvonee Hartung) - A former librarian now a field researcher for a for-profit treasure hunting firm .
Udo Kreiger (Ken Breese) - A German ex-pat with a heart for adventure and a hunger for riches.
Jack Stone (D Gailey) - A war photographer and freelancer who may have ties to the spy game.
Dr. Hans Fugue (John Holt) - A former German rocket scientist now building spy planes for the US.
The grid for this game:
Between Ken and John: Romance - Old friends in romantic denial and and Object - mysterious and holy Holy Mirror of Truth.
Between John and D: The War - Behind enemy lines in their Uniforms and a Need - To get Ultimate Power by turning the Ancient and Mythical powers of the artifact on the World.
Between D and Yvonne: Odd - A Nosy Neighbor and a Secretive Person and a Need - To get out of this one-sided relationship.
Between Yvonne and Ken: Professional - Adventure Seekers and a Location - South America, the streets of Rio during Carnival
Find D Gailey on twitter @mxnurd
Find Yvonne at Team Awesome Robot
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear people saying they miss their pets. I never have. But last night I started really missing my dog. It's very odd, 'cause I don't have a dog." ― Bono
On the road the day-to-day grind of putting on a show wears away the shine.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Stix (Lauren Bilanko) - A former goth band drummer turned road manager.
Johnny "Shakes" McTavish (Ken Breese) - A young roady in love with life on tour.
Crater Jim (John Holt) - A run down roadie who may be ready to hang up his black t-shirt.
The grid for this game:
Between Ken and John: Parasites - Roadies and a Need - To get fucked to prove we're straight.
Between John and Lauren: Trouble - Insane Stalker and Tour Personnel and an Object - Fuckin' Awesome full-body burn suit.
Between Lauren and Ken: The Grind - Boss and Roadie and a Location - The Arena in the Mosh Pit.
Find Lauren's gaming oasis, Twenty Sided Store in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, New York. Also on twitter @20sidedstore
Find Lauren on twitter @bilanko
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"The world is come upon me, I used to keep it a long way off, But now I have been run over and I am in the hands of the hospital staff." ― Stevie Smith, Selected Poems
Wackiness in the heartland hospital where the staff's priorities are not patient-oriented.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Nurse Paddles (Ken Breese) - A pony-tailed motor-trike riding RN w/ a massive amount of debt.
Dr. Sarah Smith (Tiffany Cook) - A doctor who provides abortions under the table to women of OK.
Nurse Practitioner Gunner Boyd (John Holt) - A down-home christian with a love for babies.
The grid for this game:
Between Ken and John: Work (daydream) - Supervisor and Underling and a Need - To get Rich by selling a black market kidney.
Between John and Tiffany: Friendship (daydream) - Totally one-sided Friendship and a Location - Patient Area, Deluxe out-of-your-mind Mack-Daddy Birthing Suite.
Between Tiffany and Ken: Hospital - On the Chief of Staff's Shit-list and an Object (daydream)- A Deadly filthy germy used handkerchief lying on the floor.
Find Tiffany Cook on twitter @TiffanyECook, tumblr and instagram
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"It was the last day of summer camp. It was the first day of the third week in August."
Once more into the woods.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Joan Jenkins (Riff Richards) - First time at camp, she is considered the Hot Twin.
Justiphine Jenkins (Emily Scott) - A camp goer turned camp counselor- she's the twin in glasses.
Shana Quib (John Holt) - Queen of the camp.
TILT:
Paranoia - A Sudden Reversal of Status of Fortune / of Sympathy
Failure - Something Precious is on Fire
The grid for this game:Between Riff and John: Secret - Peeping Tom and Eye Candy and a Location - The Trails around the Lake
Between John and Emily: Friends - Queen Bee and Sycophant and a Need - To get even with every last one of these motherfuckers
Between Emily and Riff: Family - Identical Twins and an Object - A Weapon - A taped up old Oar
Find Emily out in the world!
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Riff on working at The Hinterlands in Kensington or The High Dive in Park Slope (both in Brooklyn, NY!)
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"And they all have pretty children, And the children go to school, And the children to go summer camp, And then to the university, Where they are put in boxes And they come out all the same." - Malvina Reynolds
Once more into the woods.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Joan Jenkins (Riff Richards) - First time at camp, she is considered the Hot Twin.
Justiphine Jenkins (Emily Scott) - A camp goer turned camp counselor- she's the twin in glasses.
Shana Quib (John Holt) - Queen of the camp.
The grid for this game:
Between Riff and John: Secret - Peeping Tom and Eye Candy and a Location - The Trails around the Lake
Between John and Emily: Friends - Queen Bee and Sycophant and a Need - To get even with every last one of these motherfuckers
Between Emily and Riff: Family - Identical Twins and an Object - A Weapon - A taped up old Oar
Find Emily out in the world!
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Riff on working at The Hinterlands in Kensington or The High Dive in Park Slope (both in Brooklyn, NY!)
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
"The mask of self-deception was not longer a mask for me, it was a part of me. Night lifted it, laying bare the stifled truth below; but there was no one to see except myself, and when day broke the mask fell back again of its own accord." ― Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
Through all time and beyond reason exists the city.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Hank Rockfort (Ken Breese) - 52yr old explorer and adventurer- hardened and still strong, but has lost much of his memory.
The Mysterious Stranger (Sharang Biswas) - A figure of unclear gender with equally mysterious powers and motives.
Midge Bones (John Holt) - A woman who has taken her research out of the library.
The Tilt:
Tragedy - Pain followed by Confusion
Guilt - Somebody develops a Conscience
The grid for this game:Between Ken and John: Echoes - Have you read the Accursed Book? and a Need - To Destroy the Face in the Mirror
Between John and Sharang: Power Play - Woman Seduced by an Enigmatic Stranger and an Object - a creature in the form of a life-sized marionette strung up through the ceiling.
Between Sharang and Ken: Family - Estranged Father and Child and a Location - The Lost City, Wandering down Endless Streets
"Ah," she said, "to come is easy and takes hours; to go is different—and may take centuries." ― Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
Through all time and beyond reason exists the city.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Hank Rockfort (Ken Breese) - 52yr old explorer and adventurer- hardened and still strong, but has lost much of his memory.
The Mysterious Stranger (Sharang Biswas) - A figure of unclear gender with equally mysterious powers and motives.
Midge Bones (John Holt) - A woman who has taken her research out of the library.
The grid for this game:Between Ken and John: Echoes - Have you read the Accursed Book? and a Need - To Destroy the Face in the Mirror
Between John and Sharang: Power Play - Woman Seduced by an Enigmatic Stranger and an Object - a creature in the form of a life-sized marionette strung up through the ceiling.
Between Sharang and Ken: Family - Estranged Father and Child and a Location - The Lost City, Wandering down Endless Streets
Find Sharang Biswas on twitter @SharangBiswas, and check out his game Mad Science Foundation
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme comes from the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found some distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
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