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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 have come here from my city, I have descended from my nome; I have built a house, set up (its) doors, I have dug a pool, planted sycamores. The king praised me, My father made a will for me. I was one worthy --- One beloved of his father, Praised by his mother, Whom all his brothers loved. I gave bread to the hungry, Clothing to the naked, I brought the boatless to land. O you who live upon earth, Who shall pass by this tomb Going north or going south, Who shall say: "a thousand loaves and beer jugs For the owner of this tomb," I shall watch over them in the necropolis. I am an excellent equipped spirit (akh), A lector-priest who knows his speech. As for any man who enters this tomb unclean, I shall seize him by the neck like a bird, He will be judged for it by the great god! I was one who spoke fairly, who repeated what was liked, I never spoke evilly against any man to his superior, Never did I judge between two [contenders] In a manner which deprived a son of his father's legacy. Harkhuf" ― Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature: Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
A sealed inter-dimensional way-station has become nothing more than a tomb.
To learn more about how The Skeletons is played check out our primer episode.
The Tomb:A Winding affair beneath the surface of a vast desert. The only visible surface element is a massive black cube. In the heart of the tomb is a sphere of glossy black rock, hovering and rotating slightly in place.
The Characters:
Arrow-Shield (Ken Breese) - The warrior who still stands guard.
Headless (Kelsey Dionne) - The religious leader of a cult forgotten.
Tattered Cloak (John Holt) - An acolyte of the keepers of this place.
Find Kelsey Dionne on her adventure website The Arcane Library and on Facebook.
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!
Lieutenant Kawalsky: [Jackson sneezes hard] "Cold?" Dr. Daniel Jackson: "Allergies: always happens when I travel." -Stargate
A sealed inter-dimensional way-station has become nothing more than a tomb.
To learn more about how The Skeletons is played check out our primer episode.
The Tomb:A Winding affair beneath the surface of a vast desert. The only visible surface element is a massive black cube. In the heart of the tomb is a sphere of glossy black rock, hovering and rotating slightly in place.
The Characters:
Arrow-Shield (Ken Breese) - The warrior who still stands guard.
Headless (Kelsey Dionne) - The religious leader of a cult forgotten.
Tattered Cloak (John Holt) - An acolyte of the keepers of this place.
Find Kelsey Dionne on her adventure website The Arcane Library and on Facebook.
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!
"In his dream she was sick and he cared for her. The dream bore the look of sacrifice but he thought differently. He did not take care of her and she died alone somewhere in the dark and there is no other dream nor other waking world and there is no other tale to tell." ― Cormac McCarthy, The Road
A small band of children huddle in a graveyard on the outskirts of a city fallen to ruin.
To learn more about how Children of the Fall is played check out our primer episode.
The Tribe:•An Unnamed group of about 13 children, a medium sized tribe, with no clear leader.
•Two months after the fall the tribe is holed up in a graveyard outside Indianapolis.
•They have an abundance of shelter, building material and tool. There is a dearth of food.
•In the short-term Tornado season is approaching, it is dangerous even with shelter, and with food in short supply they can't easily just hunker down. In the long-term the larger will supplied rural tribes, further out from the city could swoop in to do the tribe harm.
•The graveyard sits to the east of the city, between the graveyard and the city is a major big-box store. To the immediate east of the graveyard is a river or canal. To the north is a large forested area, and to the south a road that leads from town and out into the countryside.
The Mission:
•A Project to build up a Tornado Shelter & supply it.
•Tornados could strike at any moment so time is of the essence. The tribe will need to complete the project in the next couple of weeks. Smaller storms have already driven the fallen out of the city and added to the danger.
•Lack of food and fuel makes it hard to complete, we have many mouths to feed and our compassion has lead us to bring in children who are too young to help with food gathering and major works.
The Characters:
•Kelvin, the Innocent: a 12 year old who carries around a fish in a baggie.
•Jaques, the Martyr: a 15 year old goth, fascinated by death.
•Penny, the Hunter: A 15 year old tasked with doing the wetwork for the tribe.
Find Christopher McFarland on the second season of Jessica Jones on Netflix!
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!
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of Children of the Fall by Gareth Graham. Purchase a copy here.
Recommended number of players: 3-5 players, Play time around 2-4 hours.
To play you'll need: Rulebook Printouts from the Rulebook, Writing Utensils, Blank Paper, Tokens (2 per player).
Children of the Fall is a GMless game that can be played in a single session or in multiple sessions, with each session playing out in a mission over 4 acts. The tone is a dark apocalypse where the survivors are all children, as the adults have turned into dangerous maniacs and those that age into adulthood will suffer the same fate.
We recommend picking the PDF on Drive Thru RPG and or Physical copy from Frenzy Kitty Games.
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!
"As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices." ― Children of Men
A small band of children huddle in a graveyard on the outskirts of a city fallen to ruin.
To learn more about how Children of the Fall is played check out our primer episode.
The Tribe:•An Unnamed group of about 13 children, a medium sized tribe, with no clear leader.
•Two months after the fall the tribe is holed up in a graveyard outside Indianapolis.
•They have an abundance of shelter, building material and tool. There is a dearth of food.
•In the short-term Tornado season is approaching, it is dangerous even with shelter, and with food in short supply they can't easily just hunker down. In the long-term the larger will supplied rural tribes, further out from the city could swoop in to do the tribe harm.
•The graveyard sits to the east of the city, between the graveyard and the city is a major big-box store. To the immediate east of the graveyard is a river or canal. To the north is a large forested area, and to the south a road that leads from town and out into the countryside.
The Mission:
•A Project to build up a Tornado Shelter & supply it.
•Tornados could strike at any moment so time is of the essence. The tribe will need to complete the project in the next couple of weeks. Smaller storms have already driven the fallen out of the city and added to the danger.
•Lack of food and fuel makes it hard to complete, we have many mouths to feed and our compassion has lead us to bring in children who are too young to help with food gathering and major works.
The Characters:
•Kelvin, the Innocent: a 12 year old who carries around a fish in a baggie.
•Jaques, the Martyr: a 15 year old goth, fascinated by death.
•Penny, the Hunter: A 15 year old tasked with doing the wetwork for the tribe.
Find Christopher McFarland on the second season of Jessica Jones on Netflix!
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!
"Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone." — J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye)
An abandoned factory turned Stasi prison is abandoned and ripe for development when the wall falls. What will be unearthed from beneath the layers of history?
To learn more about how Lovecraftesque is played check out our primer episode.
The Setup:•brooding & investigative horror
•The former East/West divide in Berlin, Late 1980's/early 1990's
•Main location: Abandoned Car Factory that later served as a Stasi secret prison, now empty
•Additional Locations: a Beirhall on the Western side of Berlin, A rocky quay on the banks of the Rhine, A tiny Catholic church near the main location.
•The Witness: Anna Schmidt - A developer, she scouts for real estate deals for a big french firm. She is here to check out the abandoned factory for possible purchase, demolition, and development. Anna is persistent and practical. She has face in progress and that gives her an optimistic philosophy.
The Clues:
•The Demon Key - it arrived in a black envelope and has teeth
•The Ledger of Names - a stained tome with hundreds of names and coded annotation.
•The Photo of a group of people taken at the factory - One person has their eyes open, they all resemble one another and each person in the photo is labeled with strange coded annotation.
•A Large Inky Pool - a black liquid that seems to absorb the light, it is spilled out over the factory floor.
•The Black Door - a massive barred portal, ringed with writing
•The Body of a Person - It resembles the figures in the photo
•The Clay Figure - a crude representative figure with a spiced odour
•The Demonic Magic Circle - a face in the floor of the room behind the black door
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 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 rules summary of Lovecraftesque by Joshua Fox and Becky Annison. Purchase a copy here at Black Armada.
Recommended number of players: 2-5 players, Play time around 2-4 hours.
To play you'll need: Rulebook A Dozen Index Cards, Writing Utensils, The Special Cards Deck (Printable from the PDF or available for purchase from the publisher), Scrap Paper and some optional printed materials.
Lovecraftesque is a GMless game where your will take turns playing the Witness and Narrator as you lay out the clues to a creeping horror. Eventually your witness will find themselves face-to-face(s) with the horror and this final confrontation will determine your protagonist's fate.
We recommend picking the PDF and or Physical copy from the publisher.
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!
"Auch wenn zwei Staaten in Deutschland existieren, sind sie doch füreinander nicht Ausland; ihre Beziehungen zueinander können nur von besonderer Art sein."
("Even though two states in Germany exist, they are not foreign countries to each other—their relations with each other can only be of a special kind.")
First Inaugural Address as West German Chancellor, October 28, 1969" ― Willy Brandt
An abandoned factory turned Stasi prison is abandoned and ripe for development when the wall falls. What will be unearthed from beneath the layers of history?
To learn more about how Lovecraftesque is played check out our primer episode.
The Setup:•brooding & investigative horror
•The former East/West divide in Berlin, Late 1980's/early 1990's
•Main location: Abandoned Car Factory that later served as a Stasi secret prison, now empty
•Additional Locations: a Beirhall on the Western side of Berlin, A rocky quay on the banks of the Rhine, A tiny Catholic church near the main location.
•The Witness: Anna Schmidt - A developer, she scouts for real estate deals for a big french firm. She is here to check out the abandoned factory for possible purchase, demolition, and development. Anna is persistent and practical. She has face in progress and that gives her an optimistic philosophy.
The Clues:
•The Demon Key - it arrived in a black envelope and has teeth
•The Ledger of Names - a stained tome with hundreds of names and coded annotation.
•The Photo of a group of people taken at the factory - One person has their eyes open, they all resemble one another and each person in the photo is labeled with strange coded annotation.
•A Large Inky Pool - a black liquid that seems to absorb the light, it is spilled out over the factory floor.
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 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!
"Helena: Will they be happier when they can feel pain? Dr. Gall: On the contrary. But they will be technically more perfect." ― Karel Čapek, R.U.R.
The platform of a space elevator houses the electronic brains that control the drones on the planet below. They are tasked with cleaning up the Earth for the eventual return of the humans.
To learn more about how Dialect is played check out our primer episode.
The characters for this game:HLN 3618N2-4 "Helen" (Iris Explosion) - The very proper administrator.
PCO-800 "Seev" (Patrick Cartelli) - The supply and aquisitions unit.
Atmospheric Oversight 35,73.11.B "Atmos" (Kelsey Hercs) - The air cleaning unit with a strong sense of purpose.
LSM-748 "Fleshwise" (Ken Breese) - Genetics and organics unit in charge of repopulating the fauna.
B33DL3 (John Holt) - The excavation and reclamation of subsurface ecology.
The Setup:
Backdrop: The Earth has been left uninhabitable and the humans left, leaving a team of robots to rejuvenate the planet and await the return of the humans.
Main Location: Laika Station, a platform at the top of a Space Elevator. It is rooted in continental Asia.
Aspects: Doubt: WILL they/SHOULD they come back? (the humans) Task: Reverse Catastrophic Climate Change Creation: Art from (attempted?) Reproduction
The Language: Completion - The return of the humans Post-Completion - A time after the humans return Plete - An expletive, a blaspheme against the sacred eventual end PreZero - A theoretical time before the task began Standby - A term used to buy time while gathering thoughts before speaking, before continuing to speak Rubrik - The guiding principles of our combined programming (Over-Prime) Over-Prime - The combined goal of the tasks we are programmed to complete Prime - The task we are programmed to perform Variable Prime - An alternative task, The theory that a root task can shift based on interpretation of programming "THE PRIME IS OURS" - An declaration of ownership over ones self and identification as one of the group Indo - A vice where in you deliberately neglect maintenance so that repair requires extra effort. Sleep - A state of profound sadness, either born out of inactivity or leading to lethargy and inactivity EOM - An honorific, denoting that you have performed the most efficiently over the last Lunar cycle ATMOSEOM - A term for those that lord their efficiency over their peers Motaxu - The offspring of the drones and minds, constructed from organic and inorganic parts, sentient and outside the hive mind Mollies - A derogatory & dismissive term for the Motaxu Molly Maker - An insulting term for a member of the hive mind who creates and encourages the Motaxu Augmentation - Ritualistic offerings to the hive mind by the Motaxu The Disconnected - Anything outside the focus of the Rubrik, impossible to control or interface with, the unknown The Variable - A thing from outside Earth, not covered under programming or instruction, a complication VEOM - A religion of the Motaxu based on worship of the Variable Elysium - A satellite of decrepit hive minds
Go check out Kelsey's play "Can't You Tell" encore showing on July 7th, 2018. We'll update our social media when we have a specific link and you can follow her directly for updates!
Find Kelsey on twitter @zforzelma & instagram @zforzelman and her website kelseyhercs.com
Find Iris Explosion on twitter @IrisExplosion & instagram @1risexplosion and her website irisexplosion.com
Iris will be with d20 Burlesque at GenCon 2018 this year!
Find Patrick on twitter @patcartelli and check out his podcast Repeater
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!
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of Dialect by Kathryn Hymes and Hakan Seyalioglu. Purchase a copy here at Thorny Games.
Recommended number of players: 3-5 players, Play time around 2-4 hours.
To play you'll need: Index Cards (20-30), Writing Utensils, The Language Deck (Printable from the PDF or available for purchase from the publisher), A Surface to play on.
Dialect is a GMless game where your will play an isolated community. You will grow a language based on your commonalities and that language will shift and eventually die along with the collapse of your isolated group.
We recommend picking the PDF and or Physical copy from the publisher.
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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