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Dang, I accidentally uploaded the wrong file!  The link on the page will take you to the right one.

Thanks so much!  I had a lot of fun making it, and I hope the items come in handy for you.  Because they aren't statted in any way, they would probably work for any game.  I'm glad you like the illustrations!  I am very novice with my art skills :P

Your little booklet looks just like mine! :)  I didn't even think of using it as a little coloring book, but now I'm in love with that idea.

So happy I could contribute this year!  I've actually never written a game before, and this one was quite the whirlwind.

1. I actually didn't spend a tooooon of time on mine.  I finally had an idea the day before the deadline.  So I spent some time brainstorming and ruminating and then about 5 hours the day of the deadline.  I do think that shows.

2. I learned something useful.  Hack! Reskin!  Have a goal in mind.  Once my idea came to me (one page Carved from Brindlewood hack about fairytale characters), it became quick work.

3. My biggest challenge is layout.  My game is very plain.  A google doc with some bolding and columns.  I don't have experience with a program that does layout, so that was difficult for me.  And just from inexperience, it was tricky to know what could and couldn't be cut.  My game relies a lot on knowing Brindlewood games.

4. My underrated pick is a game called Broken Tales which is also fairytale themed but is much darker and actually has fantastic art.

Thanks Euan, I love a good pun!  I felt so clever.  And as it turns out Netflix is also clever lol

I love Brindlewood Bay.  If you get a chance to check it out, I highly recommend it for the cozy vibes and the collaborative storytelling.  Because of the page restriction, I wasn't able to give a great explanation on how to run and play a session of this.  Playing Brindlewood Bay or the Between or Public Access will help fill in the gaps that I wasn't able to in this format.  I hope to make it a little better with revisions though.

I'm glad the short section on mystery writing is appreciated.  I like having concrete guidance, so I at least wanted to put something in here.  I'm busy with a few other projects, but in the next couple weeks I want to write up at least one sample mystery.  That way there's an example to follow if people want to write one and something that helps show the tone that at least I'm going for.

Again, thanks for the kind words!