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The Village Crossing: Be Seeing You!

A Dread One-Shot Overview Players: 2–4 (plus 1 GM) System: Dread (Jenga tower for tension) Duration: 2–3 hours Tone: Folk horror, surveillance horror, hauntological dread Premise: You are former mayors of Animal Crossing, now trapped in Village 001, a charming island where smiles are mandatory, tasks are rituals,

Multiplication Isn’t the Point

On oracles, parlor tricks, and the danger of the wrong benchmark A recent LinkedIn post showed an AI model confidently failing a basic multiplication problem — and then rationalizing its mistake with total composure. This wasn’t just a math error; it was a narrative performance. And predictably, the comments rolled

The Quad of Exitlight

A Liminal Americana RPG Setting Along the endless highways of the Gulf Coast, where Interstate 10 hums with the weight of forgotten dreams, there lies a mythic quadrangle known as The Quad of Exitlight. It’s not a place you find on a map, but a state of being—a

Check Your Mag: Five Dummy Rounds We All Carry

Before we go loud, let’s get honest. We like to think we’re squared away—tight groups, good gear, situational awareness. But even in a clean draw and a clear conscience, we might still be carrying things we haven’t examined. These aren’t hollowpoints or FMJs. They’re

May Day: The Hollow Parade

A One-Shot for Dread Overview Players: 2–4 (plus 1 GM) System: Dread (Jenga tower for tension) Duration: 2-3 hours Tone: Folk horror, psychological dread, inevitable sacrifice Premise: You are mayors who’ve returned to Crossing Hollow, a digital island from Animal Crossing. The villagers welcome you, but their smiles

Keep the Crowd Whole

On Internal De-Escalation and the Quiet Power of CLARA In every protest, there is the official narrative: the chants, the signs, the demands. But beneath that is a second, quieter thread that determines whether the day holds—or frays. That thread is internal de-escalation. It’s easy to think of

A Playable Folktale: The Choir of No Votes

A Playable Folktale for drifters, hyperpigs, and static that hums no name. This is not a vote to cast or a world to save. It is a mirror for what rusts, what hums, what fades uncounted in the Glitter Band’s haze. What You Need * 2–6 participants * A shared

The Bell Is Full: A Crossing Tale

The sky was always perfect in Crossing Hollow. It wasn’t weather—it was design. Every leaf shimmered in the breeze. Every cloud was a soft-edged shape, cartoonish but real enough to almost believe in. The birds chirped a melody you couldn’t name, but which seemed familiar, like a

Daemon Dialogues: A Journaling RPG of Digital Self-Discovery

From the creators of LLMFT: Large Language Model Facilitated Therapy™ Overview You are a user of LLMFT, journaling your experiences with one of three "daemon therapists." Through surreal prompts and introspective writing, you explore your digital behavior, desires, and identity. This is therapy by way of satire, reflection,

Power with Purpose in Role-Playing Games

Reframing the RPG Power Fantasy as Community Aspiration I. Introduction In The Dungeon Is a Detonator, we explored how the dungeon, long treated as a self-contained challenge, is in fact a rupture—a keystone event that destabilizes the world around it. It is not merely a location, but a catalyst: