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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'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings." - Walter Jon Williams
An old house is chased across the world- the people who built it have unfinished business.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The TILTSince the last episode we have added a tilt going into Act II:
Paranoia- a Stranger Arrives to Settle a Score
Mayhem- Magnificent Self-Destruction
The characters for this game:Gus Bilby (Ken Breese) - Maxine's estranged twin, a former contractor on her crew, now a cowed occultist.
Maxing Bilby (Lauren Bilanko) - Owner of Bilby Builders and go-getting entrepreneur in the development of suburban communities.
Berthold Scavaellum (John Holt) - An architect and mason with an affinity for sacred geometry and the occult.
The grid for this game:Between John and Ken: Obligation, Jailor and Jailed
Between Ken and Lisa: They dream the same dream.
Between Lisa and John: Architect and Builder
There is a NEED element: - To control Dangerous Emissions
There is a LOCATION element:- Travel: Clinging to the back of a Demon
There is an OBJECT element:- A Dangerous Faulty Generator
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 song is by 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!
"If I were gonna haunt somebody, this would certainly be the house I'd do it in." ― House on Haunted Hill (1959)
An old house is chased across the world- the people who built it have unfinished business.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Gus Bilby (Ken Breese) - Maxine's estranged twin, a former contractor on her crew, now a cowed occultist.
Maxing Bilby (Lauren Bilanko) - Owner of Bilby Builders and go-getting entrepreneur in the development of suburban communities.
Berthold Scavaellum (John Holt) - An architect and mason with an affinity for sacred geometry and the occult.
The grid for this game:Between John and Ken: Obligation, Jailor and Jailed
Between Ken and Lisa: They dream the same dream.
Between Lisa and John: Architect and Builder
There is a NEED element: - To control Dangerous Emissions
There is a LOCATION element:- Travel: Clinging to the back of a Demon
There is an OBJECT element:- A Dangerous Faulty Generator
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 song is by 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!
Patricia: "I wonder where we'll end up?" Joe: "Away from the things of man, my love. Away from the things of man." ― Joe VS. the Volcano
The heart of downfall is the world you will play in. Our first episode is the creation of this world and the characters at the heart of it's imminent destruction.
To learn more about how Downfall is played check out our primer episode.
The world of this game:World Name: COM (Crucible of the Machine)
Flaw: Sloth
Elements: Fire, Music, Pasta
Traditions:
Birth- No one gives birth and more, children are provided in birthing pods randomly, no one knows their parents
Arts- Minimalist 'gas organ' music is all the rage, played on a central organ shaped like a lung
Death- A dying person must drag themselves to the Hall of Voice and hurl themselves into the lava. If their dead body is found it will be rolled out over the volcano's lip.
Religion- Replacing your organs with mechanical part is to bring yourself closer to the divine, the ultimate symbol is to have your heart replaced with an external heart.
Education- When children do go to school they are sent to trade or management, the trade trained are tattooed with a hammer on their forehead.
Fashion- People wear pasta as clothes, which is destroyed as they move about. It is replaced each morning by robots. It is a status symbol to have pasta build up on your body.
The characters for this game:The Hero is Do-Org 5.
A skinny person with some muscular definition, shaved bodily, the pasta it wears is thin because it is active. One blue eye, one brown sets them apart. Middle aged for their caste- 45 years. 100% organic as is standard for its caste. Works as an organ player for the central gas venting organ. Wants to express themselves beyond the bounds of minimalist creative taste of the day.
The Fallen is Do-Vent 5.
A bit more muscular definition, shaved bodily, the pasta it wears is almost nothing because it is very active. A metal jaw replacement makes it different from its caste. Middle aged for their caste- 45 years. Works as an engineer guiding the poisonous gases through the venting organ. Has grown up in apprenticeship and worked with Do-Org 5 for some 25 years.
The Pillar is La-V
A pasta encrusted upperclass citizen, only 20% of La-V is still organic. It lays about on a palanquin and rolls out to appreciate the music of Do-Org5
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Find Lisa on Google+
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme song is by 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!
"There is no escape—we pay for the violence of our ancestors." ― Frank Herbert, Dune
The heart of downfall is the world you will play in. Our first episode is the creation of this world and the characters at the heart of it's imminent destruction.
To learn more about how Downfall is played check out our primer episode.
The world of this game:World Name: COM (Crucible of the Machine)
Flaw: Sloth
Elements: Fire, Music, Pasta
Traditions:
Birth- No one gives birth and more, children are provided in birthing pods randomly, no one knows their parents
Arts- Minimalist 'gas organ' music is all the rage, played on a central organ shaped like a lung
Death- A dying person must drag themselves to the Hall of Voice and hurl themselves into the lava. If their dead body is found it will be rolled out over the volcano's lip.
Religion- Replacing your organs with mechanical part is to bring yourself closer to the divine, the ultimate symbol is to have your heart replaced with an external heart.
Education- When children do go to school they are sent to trade or management, the trade trained are tattooed with a hammer on their forehead.
Fashion- People wear pasta as clothes, which is destroyed as they move about. It is replaced each morning by robots. It is a status symbol to have pasta build up on your body.
The characters for this game:The Hero is Do-Org 5.
A skinny person with some muscular definition, shaved bodily, the pasta it wears is thin because it is active. One blue eye, one brown sets them apart. Middle aged for their caste- 45 years. 100% organic as is standard for its caste. Works as an organ player for the central gas venting organ. Wants to express themselves beyond the bounds of minimalist creative taste of the day.
The Fallen is Do-Vent 5.
A bit more muscular definition, shaved bodily, the pasta it wears is almost nothing because it is very active. A metal jaw replacement makes it different from its caste. Middle aged for their caste- 45 years. Works as an engineer guiding the poisonous gases through the venting organ. Has grown up in apprenticeship and worked with Do-Org 5 for some 25 years.
The Pillar is La-V
A pasta encrusted upperclass citizen, only 20% of La-V is still organic. It lays about on a palanquin and rolls out to appreciate the music of Do-Org5
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Find Lisa on Google+
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme song is by 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!
This is a brief overview that lays out the basic of setting up and playing a game of Downfall.
Recommended number of players: 3, Play time 2-4 hours on average
Downfall is a 'GMless' game, you don't need a Dungeon Master or Game Master setting up the rules and the world.
We recommend picking up a copy of the rules from Less Than Three Games. They have copies available as PDF and physical books. Try your friendly local games store. If they carry role playing games they probably carry Fiasco.
In addition to players, Downfall only requires a handful of components:
1) Rulebook
2) Character Sheets (3 total- 1 Hero, 1 Fallen, & 1 Pillar) - available to print or copy from the rule book.
3) Index Cards/Paper
5) Writing Utensils
I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for." ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
A wizarding school only has its student's well-being and magical education at heart, right? This week we team up with Angela M Webber (of the Doubleclicks) & Richard Malena (Angela's co-host on Gosh Darn Fiasco) and their friend Kenna Conklin (co-host with Richard on Going Last). We've also got John's former New To You Show co-host, Mary Varn (of NPCcomic.com)
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:
Parsnip McBobbleehat (Angela M Webber) - Founder of House Bobbleehat, now a ghost who inhabits the school.
Hyacynth Rosemary (Kenna Conklin) - The first year student desperate to make friends.
Nicholas Lindbergh (Richard Malena) - A student repeating a year and doing some extra-credit with Professor Beachum.
Prof. Remedy Beachum (John Holt) - Magical Medicine Professor with a preoccupation with dark magic.
Prof. Dolores McBobbleehat (Mary Varn) - The sister of Parsnip, Professor of Magical Home Economics.
The grid for this game:Between Angela & Kenna: Members of a Secret Organization w/in the School
Between Kenna & Richard: One of them took a Love Potion
Between Richard & John: One Teaches the other dark and unspeakable magic in private
Between John & Mary: Fellow Professors
Between Mary & Angela: Family, Sisters
There are two NEED elements: - The Need to Get Respect from the Entire School - The Need to the Truth about the week I have no memory of
There is a LOCATION element:- The Groundkeeper's house
There are two OBJECT elements:- A rumor that the school is built on a gravesite and the ghost are angry - A magic watch that can turn back time
The TILT:Going into Act II we've generated our two TILTS:
INNOCENCE: Collateral Damage
GUILT: Somebody Develops a Conscience
Find Angela on twitter @angelamwebber, check out her band The Doubleclicks, and her fantastic Fiasco series Gosh Darn Fiasco.
Find Richard on twitter @rmalena and check out his youtube series Atomic Game Theory
Find Kenna on twitter @goinglast and her podcast w/ Richard Going Last
Find Mary on twitter @maryvarn and her comic npccomic.com
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme song is by 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!
Fiasco - Toil & Trouble w/ the folks from Gosh Darn Fiasco
"We could have been killed - or worse, expelled." ― Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone
A wizarding school only has its student's well-being and magical education at heart, right? This week we team up with Angela M Webber (of the Doubleclicks) & Richard Malena (Angela's co-host on Gosh Darn Fiasco) and their friend Kenna Conklin (co-host with Richard on Going Last). We've also got John's former New To You Show co-host, Mary Varn (of NPCcomic.com)
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Parsnip McBobbleehat (Angela M Webber) - Founder of House Bobbleehat, now a ghost who inhabits the school.
Hyacynth Rosemary (Kenna Conklin) - The first year student desperate to make friends.
Nicholas Lindbergh (Richard Malena) - A student repeating a year and doing some extra-credit with Professor Beachum.
Prof. Remedy Beachum (John Holt) - Magical Medicine Professor with a preoccupation with dark magic.
Prof. Dolores McBobbleehat (Mary Varn) - The sister of Parsnip, Professor of Magical Home Economics.
The grid for this game:Between Angela & Kenna: Members of a Secret Organization w/in the School
Between Kenna & Richard: One of them took a Love Potion
Between Richard & John: One Teaches the other dark and unspeakable magic in private
Between John & Mary: Fellow Professors
Between Mary & Angela: Family, Sisters
There are two NEED elements: - The Need to Get Respect from the Entire School - The Need to the Truth about the week I have no memory of
There is a LOCATION element:- The Groundkeeper's house
There are two OBJECT elements:- A rumor that the school is built on a gravesite and the ghost are angry - A magic watch that can turn back time
Find Angela on twitter @angelamwebber, check out her band The Doubleclicks, and her fantastic Fiasco series Gosh Darn Fiasco.
Find Richard on twitter @rmalena and check out his youtube series Atomic Game Theory
Find Kenna on twitter @goinglast and her podcast w/ Richard Going Last
Find Mary on twitter @maryvarn and her comic npccomic.com
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme song is by 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 oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear." ― H.P. Lovecraft
In a small New England town the outside pressures of the Great Depression are barely felt. It is the darkness within the sleepy old town that threatens all hope.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Roger Morris (Stacey) - Former University Law Student, now and FBI Agent
Prof. Von Thornton (Ken) - The University Law professor and dabbler in arcane knowledge.
Skippy Von Trapp (Steve) - Ancient Languages graduate student and aspiring cultist.
Judge Argus Wroth (John) - Town Judge and high-ranking cultist.
The grid for this game:Between John & Ken: Keepers of a shared secret (of the past?)
Between Ken & Stacey: Part of the Law community
Between Stacey & Steve: Con man and Mark (undercover agent and unwitting junior cultist)
Between Steve & John: Young Upstart and Old Guard cultists.
There are two NEED elements: - The Need to Get to the Truth About the Secret Ingredient in Madeleine's Pies - The Need to Get Respect from the Cult by Taking Over
There is a LOCATION element:- The University Research Lab
There is one OBJECT element:- A single word on a scrap of paper
We've also added a TILT:
Failure: A Tiny Mistake Leads to ruins & Guilt: Greed Leads to Killing
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Find Stacey on instragram @stadomo
Find Steve on his website stephenmoverley.com
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme song is by 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!
"From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent." ― H.P. Lovecraft, Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
In a small New England town the outside pressures of the Great Depression are barely felt. It is the darkness within the sleepy old town that threatens all hope.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Roger Morris (Stacey) - Former University Law Student, now and FBI Agent
Prof. Von Thornton (Ken) - The University Law professor and dabbler in arcane knowledge.
Skippy Von Trapp (Steve) - Ancient Languages graduate student and aspiring cultist.
Judge Argus Wroth (John) - Town Judge and high-ranking cultist.
The grid for this game:Between John & Ken: Keepers of a shared secret (of the past?)
Between Ken & Stacey: Part of the Law community
Between Stacey & Steve: Con man and Mark (undercover agent and unwitting junior cultist)
Between Steve & John: Young Upstart and Old Guard cultists.
There are two NEED elements: - The Need to Get to the Truth About the Secret Ingredient in Madeleine's Pies - The Need to Get Respect from the Cult by Taking Over
There is a LOCATION element:- The University Research Lab
There is one OBJECT element:- A single word on a scrap of paper
"There is no future. There is no past. Do you see? Time is simultaneous, an intricately structured jewel that humans insist on viewing one edge at a time, when the whole design is visible in every facet." ― Alan Moore, Watchmen
Heroes course through air in a world where humanity comes in extra shades of color, and an extra wide scale of ability.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Avery Jones (Stacey) - Woman from the future.
Kitsu the Fox Diety (Lisa) - The avatar of a fox god in female form.
Dee-Kay (Ken) - An entropic parasite that has haunted humanity from the beginning of time.
President E.R Rager (John) - President of the United States and alien steroid junky.
The grid for this game:Between John & Ken: President & Advisor
Between Ken & Lisa: Their Paths have crossed over the Centuries
Between Lisa & Stacey: Romane, one remembers the other doesn't. Time Travel makes you sad.
Between Stacey & John: One knows the other's identity and uses it as leverage.
There is a NEED element: - The Need to Get Laid to Continue your Species
There is a LOCATION element:- The UN Building in New York
There are two OBJECT elements:- The Mayor's Corpse - Super Truth Serum
We've also added a tilt:
Tragedy: Somebody's Life is Changed Forever, in a bad way.
Failure: Fear leads to a Fateful Decision
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Find Stacey on instragram @stadomo
Find Lisa on Google+
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworld
Our Bored Ghost theme song is by 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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