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Bored Ghost
by boredghostworld
making stories playing gamesBored Ghost uses tabletop roleplaying games to create stories. Each week we release half of a tale born out a play. From independently published collaborative storytelling games to traditional Role-Playing Games, we try it all to tell stories. These tales and games are experiments.
Episodes
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Ep186: Railroaded, pt 2
"... a man needs no camel to ride to hell, yea, nor horse, nor mule; a man may ride into hell on his tongue..." ― Terry Pratchett, Small Gods A pair of desperados meet on the caboose of a train bound for damnation. The Great Soul Train Robbery is designed by Alexi Sargeant as part of Cloven Pine...
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Ep185: Railroaded, pt 1
Grady: "Where you goin'?" Lane: "Where the hell do you suppose? To rob a train!" Jesse: "Rob a train?" Grady: "It's something to do!" -The Train Robbers, 1973 A pair of desperados meet on the caboose of a train bound for damnation. The Great Soul Train Robbery is designed by Alexi Sargeant as…
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Ep184: Limp Vellum, pt 2
"Keep reading. It's one of the most marvelous adventures that anyone can have." ― Lloyd Alexander A young magic wielder takes a tome of power and looks to unlock its mysteries. The Wizard's Grimoire is designed by Meguey & Vincent Baker you can find it here. The Wizard: Yelene - (Zack Norton).…
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Ep183: Limp Vellum, pt 1
"Real magic can never be made by offering someone else's liver. You must tear out your own, and not expect to get it back." ― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn A young magic wielder takes a tome of power and looks to unlock its mysteries. The Wizard's Grimoire is designed by Meguey & Vincent…
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Ep182: Valley of the Buzz, pt 2
"Such bees! Bilbo had never seen anything like them. "If one were to sting me," He thought "I should swell up as big as I am!" ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit or There and Back Again A Valley where the people and the insects have a tentative arrangement. Companion's Tale was successfully kickstarted...
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Ep181: Valley of the Buzz, pt 1
"One can no more approach people without love than one can approach bees without care. Such is the quality of bees…" ― Leo Tolstoy A Valley where the people and the insects have a tentative arrangement. Companion's Tale was successfully kickstarted and is now available for purchase. Learn more on...
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Ep180: Party Favorite, pt 2
"A crown of kisses to the queen of dreams." ― Albert Camus A retinue from the rose kingdom travel to seek an alliance and peace. For the Queen is available now. We have a primer episode up here. The Queen: A woman at home in the natural wonders of her Kingdom. More on the Designer: Find Alex on…
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Ep179: Party Favorite, pt 1
"And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust." ― Queen Elizabeth…
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Ep178: Discontinuum, pt 2
"In the space between chaos and shape there was another chance." ― Jeanette Winterson, The World and Other Places: Stories A woman from the 1920s finds herself falling for a space captain in the far future, but their love may take a back seat to the stability of the space-time continuum. To learn...
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Ep177: Discontinuum, pt 1
"What is my definition of jazz? 'Safe sex of the highest order." ― Kurt Vonnegut A woman from the 1920s finds herself falling for a space captain in the far future, but their love may take a back seat to the stability of the space-time continuum. To learn more about how Star Crossed is played…
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Ep176: Boo Que? pt 2
"Wooing, wedding, and repenting is as a Scotch jig, a measure, and a cinque-pace: the first suit is hot and hasty like a Scotch jig--and full as fantastical; the wedding, mannerly modest, as a measure, full of state and ancientry; and then comes repentance and with his bad legs falls into the...
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Ep175: Boo Que? pt 1
"And down I went to fetch my bride: But, Alice, you were ill at ease; This dress and that by turns you tried, Too fearful that you should not please. I loved you better for your fears, I knew you could not look but well; And dews, that would have fall'n in tears, I kiss'd away before they fell."…
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Ep174: Kid in a Poke, pt 2
"I almost wish we were butterflies and liv'd but three summer days - three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain." ― John Keats Three kids and a harried coach find a being of legend. To learn more about how Home By Dark is played check out…
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Ep173: Kid in a Poke, pt 1
"But looking back on the next day, I can tell you that happy endings are possible, even in situations as fraught with complications as this one was." ― James Howe Three kids and a harried coach find a being of legend. To learn more about how Home By Dark is played check out our primer episode.…
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Ep172: Ninest Lives, pt 2
"If cats looked like frogs we'd realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That's what people remember." — Terry Pratchett The kingdom of cats rules their floating island of luxury with the iron claws of fashion. To learn more about how Kingdom is played check out our primer...
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Ep171: Ninest Lives, pt 1
"I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." — Winston S. Churchill The kingdom of cats rules their floating island of luxury with the iron claws of fashion. To learn more about how Kingdom is played check out our primer episode. The characters for this...
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Ep170: Of the Land, pt 2
"Water and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans." ― Jacques-Yves Cousteau The island is blissfully unaware of the approaching darkness. The protectors can feel their dark selves looming. To learn more about how Dialect is played check out our...
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Ep169: Of the Land, pt 1
"Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance." ―...
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Ep168: C-Sides, pt 2
"I became Iggy because I had a sadistic boss at a record store. I'd been in a band called the Iguanas. And when this boss wanted to embarrass and demean me, he'd say, 'Iggy, get me a coffee, light.'" - Iggy Pop The record store is in trouble, the boss is keeping it afloat cause music is still his...
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Supplement 023: Damn the Man Save the Music!
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of Damn the Man Save the Music by Hannah Shaffer (on twitter @handbandit). The game is published by Make Big Things. Recommended number of players: 4-5, Play time from 3 hours To play you'll need: Rulebook 4 white 6-sided dice 4 black…
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Ep167: C-Sides, pt 1
"The record store was a place of escape. It was a library and a clubhouse" - Cameron Crowe The record store is in trouble, the boss is keeping it afloat cause music is still his passion, but today will make all the difference. To learn more about how Damn the Man Save the Music is played check…
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Ep166: Arcane Notation, pt 2
"What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon…
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Supplement 022: For The Queen
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of For The Queen by Alex Roberts (find her on twitter @muscularpikachu). The game is published by Evil Hat Games. Recommended number of players: 2-6, Play time from 45 minutes to 2 hours To play you'll need: Story Card Deck. For the Queen…
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Supplement 021: Star Crossed
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of Star Crossed by Alex Roberts (find her on twitter @muscularpikachu). The game is published by the great team over at Bully Pulpit Games. Recommended number of players: 2, Play time around 1 hour and 30 minutes. To play you'll need:...
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Ep165: Arcane Notation, pt 1
"If I got rid of my demons, I'd lose my angels." — Tennessee Williams The child of maths and magic summons a creature from beyond to catch a cat. To learn more about how Star Crossed is played check out our primer episode. The Lead: A Demon, generous and helpful (Lucas Sandford-Long) The Follow:...
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Ep164: One for Every Morning, pt 2
"Do not be afraid; our fate Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift." — Dante Alighieri The three join to spin, measure and cut a handful of lives that span time and worlds. The Fool's Journey is designed by Cheyenne Wall-Grimes and published by Glittercats Fine Amusements. Check out our rules…
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Ep163: One for Every Morning, pt 1
"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen." — Ralph Waldo Emerson The three join to spin, measure and cut a handful of lives that span time and worlds. The Fool's Journey is designed by Cheyenne Wall-Grimes and published by Glittercats Fine Amusements. Check out our…
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Supplement 020: The Fool's Journey
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of The Fool's Journey by Cheyenne Grimes (find them on twitter @cheyennergrimes). Purchase a copy here. Find more about their design company Glitter Cats Fine Amusements on twitter @PlayGlittercats and online here. Recommended number of...
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Ep162: Singel Ladies, pt 2
"When the light turns green, you go. When the light turns red, you stop. But what do you do when the light turns blue with orange and lavender spots?" — Shel Silverstein (A Light in the Attic) The streets and canals of Amsterdam run red, and it isn't a trick of the light. To learn more about how...
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Ep161: Singel Ladies, pt 1
"The last I saw of Count Dracula was his kissing his hand to me, with a red light of triumph in his eyes, and with a smile that Judas in hell might be proud of." — Bram Stoker (Dracula) The streets and canals of Amsterdam run red, and it isn't a trick of the light. To learn more about how Follow…
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Ep160: Already Seen, pt 2
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. That they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria, or...
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Ep159: Already Seen, pt 1
"Living creatures, if nothing else, have the right to life. It is their only truly precious possession, and the stealing of life is a wicked theft" ― Jack Vance, Mazirian the Magician A handful of colony ships fly from a despoiled Earth seeking a new home. Other colony ships fled the dying...
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Ep158: Everything Counts, pt 2
"Helena: Will they be happier when they can feel pain? Dr. Gall: On the contrary. But they will be technically more perfect." ― Karel Čapek, R.U.R. Three high school kids, in a suburban wasteland at the foot of a mountain range, try to keep things together in the early-nineties. To learn more…
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Supplement 019: Things From The Flood
This is a brief overview that lays out the basic of setting an a rules summary of Things from the Flood by Modiphius Entertainment. modiphius.net Note that Things from the Flood is a stand-alone game but also a sequel to Tales from the Loop - the mechanics are the same so check out our Tales from...
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Ep157: Everything Counts, pt 1
"We Boys and Men need to know how to Love. Though It may sometimes hurt, we need to persevere and party it out." — JUVENALIUS Three high school kids, in a suburban wasteland at the foot of a mountain range, try to keep things together in the early-nineties. To learn more about how Things from the...
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Ep156: Moonlit Marooner's Stack, pt 2
"Dreams do come true, if only we wish hard enough. You can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it." ― J.M.Barrie In a quiet tidal pool, by a cold dark shore, the spirits of drowned women await mortal petitioners who will accept their gifts. Rusalka is still in progress...
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Ep155: Moonlit Marooner's Stack, pt 1
"How doth the little crocodile Improve his shining tail, And pour the waters of the Nile On every golden scale! How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly he spreads his claws, And welcomes little fishes in, With gently smiling jaws!" — Lewis Carroll In a quiet tidal pool, by a cold dark shore,...
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Ep154: Ever-Beautifully-Changing Now, pt 2
d out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.." ― Ray Bradbury The people of the other world have come to the cradle of the mountains and their presence will shape the land. Companion's Tale was successfully kickstarted and is…
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Supplement 018: Companion's Tale
This is a brief overview that lays out the rules summary of Companion's Tale by Laura Simpson. Purchase a copy here. Recommended number of players: 3-5 players, Play time around 2-4 hours. To play you'll need: Rulebook, Companion's Tale Cards, Writing Utensils, Blank Paper. Companion's Tale is a...
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Ep153: Ever-Beautifully-Changing Now, pt 1
"But first whom shall we send In search of this new world, whom shall we find Sufficient? Who shall tempt, with wand'ring feet The dark unbottomed infinite abyss And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his aery flight Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast...
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Ep152: Blubbering, pt 2
"The thing that makes me happy is that I know that on Mars, two hundred years from now, my books are going to be read. They'll be up on dead Mars with no atmosphere. And late at night, with a flashlight, some little boy is going to peek under the covers and read The Martian Chronicles on Mars." ―...
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Ep151: Blubbering, pt 1
"Mars is far more attractive as an outpost colony for earthlings than the moon is." ― Buzz Aldrin The nations of Mars bow before the metal city. Icarus is live on Kickstarter til March 11th, 2019. The game is beautifully crafted. Thanks again to Hunter Books for providing us an in-progress...
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Ep150: The Fishy King, pt 2
"Slums are always a marvel; how human desperation can seem to warp the very laws of physics." ― Sam J. Miller, Blackfish City In a super-dense metropolis the dutiful locksmith opens a door that should remain closed. Lovecraftesque is available at Black Armada games, online game retailers and your...
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Ep149: The Fishy King, pt 1
"To condense fact from the vapor of nuance." ― Neal Stephenson In a super-dense metropolis the dutiful locksmith opens a door that should remain closed. Lovecraftesque is available at Black Armada games, online game retailers and your friendly local game store. Learn more at our primer. The…
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Ep148: Our Sick Rose, pt 2
"My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that." — Lewis Carroll (Alice in Wonderland) A retinue from the rose kingdom travel to seek an alliance and peace. For the Queen is expected to release in 2019. Keep…
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Ep147: Our Sick Rose, pt 1
"For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought." — Edmund Spenser (The Faerie Queene) A retinue from the storm kingdom travels to seek an alliance, or to demand surrender. For the Queen is expected to release in 2019. Keep an eye out at Evil Hat Games to get your copy. We'll put up a...
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Ep146: Sootprints, pt 2
"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul." — Pablo Neruda The gods of darkness and the earth wish to maintain control on creation, but the host of light stand in their way. This colony base with its military mission teeters on the edge of...
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Ep145: Sootprints, pt 1
"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle." — Francis of Assisi (The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi) The gods of darkness and the earth wish to maintain control on creation, but the host of light stand in their way. This colony base with its military...
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Ep144: Fluidity, pt2
"Carnal embrace is the practice of throwing one's arms around a side of beef." ― Tom Stoppard, Arcadia The beast lopes across the face of a barren world. An entire civilization festers beneath its skin. To learn more about how Downfall is played check out our primer episode. The Haven: The Glorge...
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Ep143: Fluidity, pt1
"People who live in society have learnt how to see themselves, in mirrors, as they appear to their friends. I have no friends: is that why my flesh is so naked?" ― Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea The beast lopes across the face of a barren world. An entire civilization festers beneath its skin. To learn...
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making stories playing gamesBored Ghost uses tabletop roleplaying games to create stories. Each week we release half of a tale born out a play. From independently published collaborative storytelling games to traditional Role-Playing Games, we try it all to tell stories. These tales and games are experiments.
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