Puppetland
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Puppetland: a storytelling game with strings in a grim world of make-believe is a role-playing game
written by John Tynes
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The game was published together with Powerkill, a satirical role-playing metagame by the same author, under the title Puppetland/Powerkill.
A free edition, including most of the game text is available on the author's web site.
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Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
written by John Tynes
John tynes
John Tynes is a writer best known for his work on role-playing games such as Unknown Armies, Delta Green, Puppetland, and for his company Tynes Cowan Corporation. Under its imprint Pagan Publishing, Tynes Cowan Corp...
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The game was published together with Powerkill, a satirical role-playing metagame by the same author, under the title Puppetland/Powerkill.
A free edition, including most of the game text is available on the author's web site.
New Style
Puppetland/Powerkill was part of a series experimental/alternative role-playing games published by Hogshead Publishing. Other games in the series included the award-nominated The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Münchhausen, PantheonPantheon (role-playing game)
Pantheon and other Roleplaying Games is a 24-page book that includes 5 self-contained role-playing games for 3-6 players and designed to be completed in 1–2 hours.-System:...
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Violence (role-playing game)
Violence: The Roleplaying Game of Egregious and Repulsive Bloodshed is a short, 32-page roleplaying game written by Greg Costikyan under the pseudonym "Designer X" and published by Hogshead Publishing in 1999 as part of its New Style line of games...
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