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Similarly to my other one-page horror oneshots, I'd recommend between 3 and 5 players, plus GM.

Similarly to my other one-page horror oneshots, I'd recommend between 3 and 5 players, plus GM.

I would aim for somewhere in the region of 3-5, plus your game master. Anything beyond that might be difficult to manage. 

It'll partly depend on the system you choose to use to run it: my own preference is Dread, which works really well with 3 players and gets tricky with more than 5.

That's fantastic to hear, glad you enjoyed it! Had a read through of the other games you looked at, as well as yours. What a great selection of games came out of this jam! Absolutely love making games to limitations, it really forces creativity in all the best ways. I look forward to seeing what else you make!

Fantastic concept, incredibly imaginative!

I was very much debating whether it counted when writing it! What would I call it? I honestly have no idea - your suggestion of "activity" is probably correct!

Hope you enjoy!

Thanks for the kind words! I can definitely see an alternate version of this that incorporates an "escape the maze" style of play, though with a 200-word limit I instead opted for a tragic no-win scenario.

If you like this one (and aren't put off by the impossibility of winning), may I recommend the other game I've made inspired by Greek myths, The Boulder?

Backed during the crowdfunding campaign, looking forward to playing it!

Glad you like it!

Thanks for the comprehensive response! I was struggling myself when writing that section to find a better way to put it but couldn't come up with anything that worked better, glad the example cleared up the problems you encountered!

Glad to hear I made the right choice by including an example and thank you very much for your kind words! Was there a particular section of the instructions that was unclear? I'm always looking to improve the clarity of my stuff!

I suspect it might be a combination of both of us on this one! Not sure if my writing was the most clear on the roll needed for each step.

Oh, I meant that the final step is literally impossible, you can't roll a 21 on a d20!

Glad you like the concept! It felt very appropriate to have the die literally be the boulder. Not convinced the odds of winning are quite as good as you think they are though...

Great to hear it! I've got a TONNE of paper around myself (drafts of various TTRPG design, research papers from when I was a student etc.), so this felt like a good way to make use of it and come up with something fun!

Really like the concept, definitely adding it to my list of games to try!

Hi all!

1. My name's Daniel (he/they)
2. I can never settle on a favourite system, though I'm enjoying messing around with exploding dice systems lately
3. This is my first year participating in the jam, though I've made a few one-page adventures and one one-page game before
4. I want to try making something (or multiple somethings) that avoid standard resolution mechanics -- it feels like it will be a fun challenge (already made one so far in the jam, maybe a second, we'll see)

Just followed you on Twitter/X (surprised I wasn't already following you tbh), as I assume that'll be the best place to send you a key.

Edit: Just realised I follow you on Tumblr, too. As before, whichever you prefer.

I realise I never posted here to let you know! Massive fan of the simplicity and elegance of the system! Made a game using it for Free RPG Day called The Curse Lingers! Thank you so much for your amazing work!

It really speaks to the design of your system that I decided to create the game a week before and was able to complete the game (including formatting and additional mechanics) before Free RPG Day!

(I'd love to send you a code to the game, as a thank you for your work, as I increased the price following Free RPG Day. Send me a message however works best for you if you'd be interested!)