Update: Deadline extended by 2 weeks to the 14th of November
Analogue game jam on folklore (including myths, urban legends, etc.) from your own culture or a place you belong.
Previously held in 2019 and 2020 (also secretly in 2023), Folklore Jam is back for 2024!
Rules
- Write an analogue game that incorporates elements from a folklore (including myths, urban legends, etc) of your own culture or a place you belong.
- An analogue game is a game that can be played in physical space (but with the advance of technology, can also be played online), such as tabletop role-playing game, LARP and board game.
- Game about a folklore of your own creation is allowed.
- Game about folklore creation is allowed.
- Old games are allowed, as long as they are updated during the jam period.
- Revisit your old games and see what you can learn/improve from it.
- The update can be trivial, such as fixing typos.
- It is recommended to mention RPG safety tools in the itch.io game description.
- No AI or crypto-art! Entries containing them will be removed.
- No hate speech or bigotry!
- We may remove any submissions that are against the spirit of the jam.
Some notable entries from previous jams:
- Apotheosis by Gordie Murphy (Updated version here)
- Brinkwood: The Blood of Tyrants by Erik Bernhardt (Updated version here)
- If I Were a Lich, Man by Lucian Kahn (Updated version here)
- Stories of Love in Manila by Rae Nedjadi
- Ma'amser, Saan Po Kayo? by Pam Punzalan
- Nine Pins by Meguey Baker
- The Rake by Jay Dragon
- The Fickle Loom by Jack Harrison
- augur by Caro Asercion
- Tricksters by Kurt Potts
- Panchatantra by Thomas M
- Robber's Kin by Lari Assmuth
- Chupacabra by Lampbane
Submitted so far(25)
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2-player Xd6-lite fabled game about why the hours of the day and night change through the year.
GM led group TTRPG for heisting missions as a group of cats with cybernetic claw prosthetics.
A spooky TTRPG inspired by the folklore of Hong Kong
your brother's an abomination, but that's no reason not to hang out!
a short freeform larp about personal role models, for 4 or more players
An asymmetrical cooperative-competitive storytelling game.
a mostly nonverbal, arts-and-crafts based larp about dangerous plants, for 5 to 10 people
Tactical monster extermination
A storytelling game about animal spirits, for 3-10 players
A Honey Heist Hack about Golems discovering the world... and themselves.
Portuguese Tale
a two-hour freeform committee larp about gods making important decisions, for 4-12 players
Japanese monsters for Monster of the Week
A spooky 1 page ttrpg where you play as a folklore monster driving off those that disturb your land.
Adventure is in the cards.
A witchy, solo journaling TTRPG submitted for Folklore Jam 2024
Gods are busy. That's why they have staff. A silent committee / letter-writing game for 4 or more players.
Explore the aftermath of an indigenous creation story
You're the Gorbals vampire; survive!
A Folkpunk Game For One or Two Players
In which you drown the Goddess of Death.
Teens dare each other to travel down a "haunted" road at night
Physical playing card game about Finnish Folklores of story of "returning the Sampo" from the witch of the North.
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