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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.
"All science is merely a means to an end. The means is knowledge. The end is control." ― Milton William Cooper Someone is controlling people and making them kill. The FBI has sent the duo that handles these odd cases..
To learn more about how Tall Pines is played check out our primer episode.
The Protagonists for this game:FBI Agent Thersea Mills - The Believer
FBI Agent Alisha Sunderwala - The Rational
Paul Kather - The Student Filmmaker
Randy - The Cherished Eccentric
Huck Diamond - The Local Sheriff
Ken Zhang - The Best Friend _____ 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!
"Down at the arsenal they keep the nerve gasses Guarded day and night by caged white rabbits Been sitting there for years, I'm gonna have at it I cut through the fence, run right in and grab it, go crazy, crazy Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy" ― Dead Kennedys
Someone is controlling people and making them kill. The FBI has sent the duo that handles these odd cases..
To learn more about how Tall Pines is played check out our primer episode.
The Protagonists for this game:FBI Agent Thersea Mills - The Believer
FBI Agent Alisha Sunderwala - The Rational
Paul Kather - The Student Filmmaker
Randy - The Cherished Eccentric
Huck Diamond - The Local Sheriff
Ken Zhang - The Best Friend _____ 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!
"I don't have a skull. Or bones."
-Olaf the Snowman, Frozen
Beneath the frozen northern wastes sits an abandoned factory, now a tomb.
To learn more about how The Skeletons is played check out our primer episode. We're using a supplement for The Skeletons, a new skeleton, The Deer. You can get this on Bully Pulpit Games and keep up-to-date on the latest through their newsletter. We also recommend their Drip.
The Tomb:A round wooden hall with a series of stone columns in the center flanking a red sack suspended on a golden cord. Ancient works, tools and conveyance litter the space.
The Characters:
The Horror (Kelsey Dionne) - a twisted broken thing, that collects and care for the incomplete and flawed things cast-aside.
Big Head (Ken Breese) - The small stature of this being seems to be at home in the scaled down furnishings of the tomb.
The Deer (John Holt) - An acolyte of the keepers of this place.
Find Kelsey Dionne on her adventure website The Arcane Library and on Facebook.
Kelsey's new book is up on Amazon! 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!
"He may not enter anywhere at the first, unless there be some one of the household who bid him to come, though afterwards he can come as he please." -Bram Stoker
Beneath the frozen northern wastes sits an abandoned factory, now a tomb.
To learn more about how The Skeletons is played check out our primer episode.
The Tomb:A round wooden hall with a series of stone columns in the center flanking a red sack suspended on a golden cord. Ancient works, tools and conveyance litter the space.
The Characters:
The Horror (Kelsey Dionne) - a twisted broken thing, that collects and care for the incomplete and flawed things cast-aside.
Big Head (Ken Breese) - The small stature of this being seems to be at home in the scaled down furnishings of the tomb.
The Deer (John Holt) - An acolyte of the keepers of this place.
Find Kelsey Dionne on her adventure website The Arcane Library and on Facebook.
Kelsey's new book is up on Amazon!
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!
"The planet's famous red colour is from iron oxide coating everything. So it's not just a desert. It's a desert so old it's literally rusting." ― Andy Weir, The Martian
A colony on Mars resembles more of a human landfill than a viable foothold on the planet.
To learn more about how Dialect is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Em "Momo" (Eric Mersmann) - The scavenger who braves the wastes for new supplies.
Two "Deuces" (Jeff Dietlere) - The second child of the Mars Eternity colony, maintainer of the life-sustaining tech.
Madam Gisela "Shaman" (Ken Breese) - The naturalist healer that passes for a doctor on this rock.
Bizz Alden "Capatain" (John Holt) - The aged pilot of this doomed expedition.
The Setup:
Backdrop: The Outpost - a Martian colony 5 years since landed on the planet and out of communication with earth.
Main Location: Eternity - a termite hill of natural caves supplemented with scavenged hip tech and low-quality colony support equipment.
Aspects (2nd Age): Perpetual Storms We are Expendable There might be Something out there We're at the mercy of the "Upstaters"
Aspects (3rd Age): Perpetual Storms We are Expendable We are being hunted We're at the mercy of the "Upstaters"
The Language:Sump - the act of working. Dispo - the waste recycling unit we all depend on. Posit - A marker of time, roughly twelve hours, based on when the machine needs waste inputs. Upstate - Dying, specifically the act of walking out into the wastes to die - now used hyperbolically. Aftaxu - The name adopted by the Upstaters. Tight - A ritual when the upstaters/Aftaxu come to demand tribute, in the form of food, festivities and drugs. Blue Skies - A bright and positive future. Red Sand - Inevitable doom/Rebellion. Shareholders - Traitors who's interests align with the corporate colonists.
Find Eric Mersman @presenteric
Find Jeff Dietlere @excitingjeff
Time is up to back their successful LARP in Zine form - My Jam but keep an eye on their twitter for where you can get the .pdf version!
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!
"We came back [from Mars]," Pris said, "because nobody should have to live there. It wasn't conceived for habitation, at least not within the last billion years. It's so old. You feel it in the stones, the terrible old age.
A colony on Mars resembles more of a human landfill than a viable foothold on the planet.
To learn more about how Dialect is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:Em "Momo" (Eric Mersmann) - The scavenger who braves the wastes for new supplies.
Two "Deuces" (Jeff Dietlere) - The second child of the Mars Eternity colony, maintainer of the life-sustaining tech.
Madam Gisela "Shaman" (Ken Breese) - The naturalist healer that passes for a doctor on this rock.
Bizz Alden "Capatain" (John Holt) - The aged pilot of this doomed expedition.
The Setup:
Backdrop: The Outpost - a Martian colony 5 years since landed on the planet and out of communication with earth.
Main Location: Eternity - a termite hill of natural caves supplemented with scavenged hip tech and low-quality colony support equipment.
Aspects (1st Age): Perpetual Storms We are Expendable There might be Something out there
The Language:Sump - the act of working. Dispo - the waste recycling unit we all depend on. Posit - A marker of time, roughly twelve hours, based on when the machine needs waste inputs. Upstate - Dying, specifically the act of walking out into the wastes to die.
Find Eric Mersman @presenteric
Find Jeff Dietlere @excitingjeff
Time is running out to check out their kickstarter for a LARP in Zine form - My Jam
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!
"Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air." The Weird Sisters
Nothing beats the classics, but that doesn't mean you can't try.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The Tilt:
Mayhem: An out of Control Rampage & Tragedy: Somebody's life is changed forever in a bad way.
The Characters:
Antony Le Pumato (John Holt) - A work-a-day actor that still considers himself and artiste.
Timothy Thistleton Jr. (Alexi Sargeant) - The director who lives in the shadows of his more famous director father.
Anthony "Wrench" Pomota (Ken Breese) - The theatre's handyman and technical director.
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Alexi on twitter @alexisargeant and learn more about Alexi Sargeant's work on his website, alexisargeant.com.
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!
"Where got'st thou that goose look?" The Scottish Lord
Nothing beats the classics, but that doesn't mean you can't try.
To learn more about how Fiasco is played check out our primer episode.
The Characters:
Antony Le Pumato (John Holt) - A work-a-day actor that still considers himself and artiste.
Timothy Thistleton Jr. (Alexi Sargeant) - The director who lives in the shadows of his more famous director father.
Anthony "Wrench" Pomota (Ken Breese) - The theatre's handyman and technical director.
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Alexi on twitter @alexisargeant and learn more about Alexi Sargeant's work on his website, alexisargeant.com.
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!
"Harry, I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange." - Twin Peaks
A death in a remote wooded town brings darkness to the surface.
To learn more about how Tall Pines is played check out our primer episode.
The Victim for this game:Adam Wexler
The Protagonists for this game:The Local Sheriff - Anessa Felix
The Soft-Hearted Deupty - Roth P. Mayers
The Privileged Athlete - Parker Jefferies III
The Cherished Eccentric - Simon Vance
The Hardened Criminal - Elizabeth "Liza" Wexler
The Thankless Handyman - Mr. Coffin
Find Kelsey Dionne on her adventure website The Arcane Library and on Facebook.
Find John on twitter @LordJoho
Find Ken on twitter @Berlingsbeard
Go check out the Adventure Mixtape Volume 1, a collaboration anthology of four D&D 5th edition adventures w/ accompanying original music. Ken and Kelsey are among the 4 collaborators.
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!
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of Tall Pines by Ahva & Gaborit Miles Gaborit and published by Self-Critical Hits Games. Learn more at SelfCriticalHits.com.
Recommended number of players: 3-6 players, Play time around 30 minutes per player.
To play you'll need: Rules, Card Set, Index Card, Writing Utensils
Tall Pines is a murder mystery game or surrealism and symbology that evokes Twin Peaks. It is a GMless game.
You can purchase the game as a Print and Play or in a physical edition. It is available on Indie Press Revolution and from the publisher's site SelfCriticalHits.com.
Follow us on twitter @boredghostworldOur Bored Ghost theme song is by the amazing Pat Cupples, see his band website Hotels and Highways.
Bored Ghosts we hope you found distraction from your eternity in the void this week!
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