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A few questions

A topic by Jane created Dec 01, 2019 Views: 128 Replies: 1
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Hey, super excited about all this! This is different from what I've seen and it's such an interesting concept. 

I don't have Twitter and I wasn't sure if I should post them here but I thought it might help people who was wondering the same things I was, so here goes:

  1. Is there a specific format or length for the submission? I'm guessing it'd be a Word format, but is there a length?
  2. Does the tabletop game to be written about need to exist in real life? Or can it be a fictional one? 
  3. Essentially, it would be sort of like the Jumanji film right? A story about people playing a tabletop game. I just wanted to make sure unless I'm getting it wrong. 

Thanks!

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Hi  Jane!

  1. No length requirement, so write it however you want. But for me, I think 3000-6000 words is a good range. Long enough to show what you think is the core fun of the game and some player and game drama.
    And I was assuming most people would submit pdfs, but a text file or rtf file would be fine. You can export from Google Docs as a pdf.
  2. There's so many tabletop RPGs and storygames on itch (and on RPGnow and elsewhere) that no one's talking about playing and that I was hoping people would think would be fun to write about playing. It's what inspired the jam. Would you like suggestions?
  3. Yes, like Jumanji. The story of people playing a tabletop game. I was thinking a roleplaying or storytelling game, but if you're inspired to write about playing a board game I'd be excited to read that too.


Paul