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I'm getting my undergrads to make tiny RPG/storytelling games in the style of the @200WordRPG challenge, and to prep, we're looking at (and playing some) in class. A small thread for those interested in teaching games!
#teaching #gamedesign
@gshowitt's Mechanical Oryx. One of the more dice-heavy games in the challenge. A soft intro since we've played @john_harper's Lasers & Feelings. It'll show them the use of different dice, and how a few, choice prompts can create a weird world
200wordrpg.github.io/2017/rpg/winne…
Andrew Millar's "Route Clearance" is next in line. How to use common game pieces like playing cards in roleplaying games. Serious, contemporary themes, and war & violence beyond action-hero-glorification.

200wordrpg.github.io/2017/rpg/winne…
Now we're getting more 'out there' titles.
Will C's "Dear Elizabeth".
Epistolary games. Slow games. Single-player role-playing games. Historical inspiration.
Traditionally "feminine" ideas. I'm certainly gonna make two dudes play this one.
200wordrpg.github.io/2018/rpg/winne…
@mortaine's Escape Pod One. How much gaming can you pack in a short amount of time? How do you emulate a feeling of frantic escape?
200wordrpg.github.io/2015/rpg/winne…
We can't play this, but I've asked them to read Daniel Adam's "Stardust" to start thinking about objects to use in-game, ritual phrases, the importance of location.
200wordrpg.github.io/2016/rpg/winne…
Finally, my own draft of Several Miles from Heaven. We won't be playing this together (obvi), but I wanna talk about verbs as symbols, and how sex can be discussed in games.

200wordrpg.github.io/2018/rpg/2018/…
So yeah, playing a bunch of experimental, indie microgames to look at how we can tell stories through actions, and how games can be small and poetic!

#indiegames #storytelling
Oh, and I assigned this @subQmag essay I wrote to help contextualize some of the topics we'll be discussing.

sub-q.com/actions-verbs-…
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