Issue 111: June 2nd, 2023
Happy Pride Month! This issue is full of games to celebrate queer love, empowerment and defiance. Whether you want to fight back against oppressive systems, or just relax and enjoy something cute and romantic with your loved ones, these games are here for it with flags flying high.
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Crowdfunding Happening Now
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Girl by Moonlight by Andrew Gillis
Embrace the power of your true self and fight against the darkness of an oppressive world in Girl by Moonlight! Built on the Forged in the Dark engine, Girl by Moonlight is inspired by magical girl anime and designed to tell stories of self-discovery and defiant identity. It also includes playsets to adapt to other genres, including mecha space opera, deconstructive witchcraft and mysterious virtual realities. Support it on BackerKit here!
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The Spindlewheel Romance Pack is a collection of four games: Love Machine is about three hearts, trying to figure out how they fit together. The Oracle De Bergerac is a mechanical companion for writing romantic letters. On The Floor is a game of rythm and dance for up to four partners. And Red String Tailors is a game where you conspire to get two lovebirds together.
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Diàn Xīn (电心) Electric Heart is a cyberpunk game about trying to hold onto your sense of self-worth while surviving in a world that doesn't want you to thrive. It can be played with or without a game master, and revolves around only two stats: Diàn (电), or Electric, represents your physical self, usefulness and self-worth, while Xīn (心), or Heart, represents your emotional self, morale and connections with others. Can you maintain them both under a system that seeks to exploit you?
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Patreons and Other Subscriptions
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CtrlGroup are testing out new game systems
Looking to branch out and see what's new in RPGs? Have too many games you're curious about and not enough time to try them all? Check out CtrlGroup, a podcast all about testing out new systems! Their website is right here, with links to their episodes and the various games they're testing.
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Masks and Mayhem are playing Mutants and Masterminds
(Good grief that's a lot of M's.) Mutants and Mayhem is an actual-play podcast following the adventures of Atlantean ambassador Yardak, filmmaker-illusionist Vizual Aid, and aging vigilante Lazerhawk, as they find out what it means to be a hero... or at least not a villain, mostly. Subscribe to their episodes here.
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Games You Might Have Missed
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The Girlfriend of My Girlfriend is My Friend <3 by Sasha Winter
The Girlfriend of My Girlfriend is My Friend is a simple and heartfelt GM-less game about art, magic and identity, about being trans and about growing through adulthood together. Its rule-light system is meant for slice-of-life stories, and includes 10 pre-made playbooks plus all the tools you need to design more of your own! Get it here.
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Romantic by Lauren Bryant-Monk
Romantic is a collection of microgames that can be played alongside other RPGs, all meant to explore the thoughts and feelings of an asexual character, and the unique experience asexuality brings to interacting with the world in general and especially any romantic or even sexual partners an ace character might have. Get it here, and if you're ace yourself you can message the author for a free copy.
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