Deathmatch Production Arbitrator
Web randomizer for playing Deathmatch Island
Mirth Peddlers
Games, LARPs, and mirthful shenanigans!
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Brainstorming with AI
How the different AI models stack up as brainstorming tools
Lobby Games
I’ve become interested lately what I like to call “lobby games” — designed to be played in the lobby of a gaming convention or party. The lobby space is a social zone prime for short interactions with several people, where you run into old friends and potential new friends! There is overlap with parlor games, icebreaker games, party games, and hallway games, but I think there are some unique…
Looking Into The New Year
Looking back on all the games I played and ran in 2022 and looking ahead to 2023!
Handling Character Secrets
There are two ways of handling secrets in your game: closed secrets and open secrets
Creating an Emergent Mystery
Crafting a good mystery game is challenge. It's hard to find the right balance of player narrative agency surprise moments which are integral to a good mystery.
2022 Site Relaunch
Relaunching Mirth Peddlers with a new logo and new site!
Ghost Census
A business card game for tracking the ghost!
HeckaPoker
HeckaPoker, a game for use with the HeckaDeck!
Lacuna Dark
Lacuna Dark adapts the Cthulhu Dark rules for the sole purpose of enhancing the personal otherworldly horror of Lacuna.
Apocalypse Warren
A Warren world playset that brings the apocalypse back into The Warren! Bunnies in the apocalypse wasteland!
THE RAVER AND THE BEAR
I was inspired and made a micro rpg game for David Schirbun’s awesome 200 Word RPG challenge called THE RAVER AND THE BEAR!
Jeeves & Wooster Monster Hunters
Jeeves & Wooster Monster Hunters, playtest game which the idea came to me one night in a dream
Unstoppable Power!
Wedding, The LARP is a 16-80 person two hour freeform live action role play of a stereotypical American wedding — full of weird family dynamics, totally out of control flower children, absent minded ring bearer, mad libs vows, readings from random books, loud mouthed old friends, and exasperated caterers.
Wedding, the LARP
Wedding, The LARP is a 16-80 person two hour freeform live action role play of a stereotypical American wedding — full of weird family dynamics, totally out of control flower children, absent minded ring bearer, mad libs vows, readings from random books, loud mouthed old friends, and exasperated caterers.
A Surprise LARP Wedding
We got married in a surprise larp wedding!