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
Submissions(35)
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Explore the aftermath of an indigenous creation story
Exploration & Investigation game for a team of 2 or more
Adventure is in the cards.
A Honey Heist Hack about Golems discovering the world... and themselves.
A Wretched and Alone game
Breaking Point an investigative Tabletop RPG.
A cozy fantasy gm-less duet conversation rpg about old friends.
A spooky TTRPG inspired by the folklore of Hong Kong
GM led group TTRPG for heisting missions as a group of cats with cybernetic claw prosthetics.
A witchy, solo journaling TTRPG submitted for Folklore Jam 2024
A series of folklore inspired games using tarot and playing cards
A Br'er Rabbit inspired TTRPG
In which you drown the Goddess of Death.
Japanese monsters for Monster of the Week
A Folkpunk Game For One or Two Players
a mostly nonverbal, arts-and-crafts based larp about dangerous plants, for 5 to 10 people
your brother's an abomination, but that's no reason not to hang out!
A spooky 1 page ttrpg where you play as a folklore monster driving off those that disturb your land.
Portuguese Tale
Tactical monster extermination
Gods are busy. That's why they have staff. A silent committee / letter-writing game for 4 or more players.
A storytelling game about animal spirits, for 3-10 players
a two-hour freeform committee larp about gods making important decisions, for 4-12 players
An asymmetrical cooperative-competitive storytelling game.
a tooth fairy soloTTRPG for your inner child (and the Folklore Jam 2024)
a short freeform larp about personal role models, for 4 or more players
You're the Gorbals vampire; survive!
Teens dare each other to travel down a "haunted" road at night
You have a growing suspicion that there are vampires where you live. And so you go to your local cafe to find them.
2-player Xd6-lite fabled game about why the hours of the day and night change through the year.
Play as heroes in a gradually decaying story.
Physical playing card game about Finnish Folklores of story of "returning the Sampo" from the witch of the North.
Help Gram Burch get through her day in this magical solo adventure.
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