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Tumblr 200-Word RPGs 2023
Last November, we did an informal game jam for folks who wanted to write something for Writing Month, but would prefer to write fewer than fifty thousand words of it. You can find the complete list of participants for that event in this post here. There's also an off-Tumblr archive of entries whose authors gave permission for them to be preserved here, if any of those links turn out to be broken.
Last year's collaboration went over well enough that I thought we might dust it off again this year. To be clear, this is just for fun – it's not a curated jam, and nobody's judging winners or handing out prizes..
If you'd like to throw your hat in, just follow these steps:
Step 1: If you're unfamiliar with 200-word RPGs, read a bunch of last year's entries (linked above) or browse the 200 Word RPG Challege archives at https://200wordrpg.github.io/ to get your brain-meats properly configured.
Step 2: Write your own 200-word RPG. If you're not sure whether you have 200 words or not (and with RPGs it can genuinely be difficult to tell!), you can use the word counter at https://200wordrpg.github.io/wordcount to check.
Step 3: Reblog this post and append your 200-word RPG.
Step 4 (optional): Please indicate in your post whether you're okay with having your 200-word RPG archived off-site for posterity – if you don't say anything one way or the other, I'll assume the answer is "no".
(As before, as a courtesy to anyone who's creeping the notes, please restrict non-200-word-RPG commentary to replies and tags until November 2023 is over – let's make the actual games easy to find!)
A summary of entries posted 2023-11-02:
- AAA Roadside Assistance by @lesser-vissir
- THE ALIEN by @i8sigmapi
- Cat's Castle (abridged) by @pomrania
- The Cult by @curious-cerulean
- Extra, Extra! A game for 2 or 4 players by @captainlordauditor
- Fault by @liannaedgelord
- HEIST UNLIMITED by @moon-riffs
- House with a Soul by @olmbutch
- LIGHT AND DARK. by @cogandstar
- Mecha Design Bureau by @beleester
- The Meek and the Divine by @seth-a-nahk
- Multiverse Travelers by @wisp-of-the-willow
- Need, a 200 Word RPG by @3-slugcat-pilots-7-ornithopters
- Nitty Gritty Wargaming by @bluehairandpronouns42069
- Oh Fuck It's The Tower by @smallpileofmoss
- OVIPOSITOR by @reogan
- Precure! Finishing Move! by @bluedogxl
- PRETEND YOU ARE WORKING ACTION ROLE PLAYING GAME 3000 by @gazorninplat
- Quantum Pulse Drive. Earl Grey. Hot. by @clubconsent
- Revengers: Resemble by @adhdahri
- Rootin' Tootin' Cardin' and Shootin' by @goatsgomoo
- Rumor Circle: The Internet Hate Game by @mrjocrafter
- Sage of Aquarius by @itsnovadex
- TIME DUEL by @squidknees
- TOXIC YURI: A game of doomed romance between women by @ipunchvampires*
- Two Warriors Meet On The Road: A 200-Word Narrative Combat RPG for Two. by @nonbinarynobara
- Under a Doomed Banner by @kejaba
- VAULTDWELLER by @goodtimesinmspaint
- [Whimsical] Little [Gnomes] by @chromegnomes
- Yummy! by @random-chaos-thoughts
* technically this one went up yesterday, but it was missed in yesterday's summary owing to being posted simultaneously with it
Note: there have been more entries posted in the first 48 hours of November 2023 than were posted in the entirety of November 2022. What the hell.
Previous summaries: 2023-11-01
“ Привет! My name is Nastja Arina!”
“I am here to protect you.”
- Briandia
kakao doesn’t have to announce that i’ve reinstalled through a patch note :/
Lara
Ready for a fight
Mononocke
La Medellin
A forest fairy Sharr, perhaps?
:О
Winner by popular vote goes to, “top right” hair.
Black Desert Online - Guardian Awakening
Guardian gear sets.
the godslayer
- B R I A N D I A