Puppetland
A Storytelling Game with Strings in a Grim World of Make-Believe | |
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![]() Puppetland. First edition book cover, 1999 | |
Designers | John Scott Tynes |
Publishers | Arcane Magazine, Hogshead Publishing |
Publication | 1997 |
Genres | Horror |
Puppetland: A Storytelling Game with Strings in a Grim World of Make-Believe is a role-playing game written by John Scott Tynes.
The game was first published in Arcane magazine issue 16 in early 1997, then later by Hogshead Publishing 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, Pantheon, and Violence.
Kickstarter and New Edition[]
In November 2014, an expanded version of Puppetland was successfully funded on Kickstarter, to be published by Arc Dream Publishing.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Puppetland: The Storytelling RPG of Grim Make-Believe". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
External links[]
- British role-playing games
- Horror role-playing games
- Indie role-playing games
- New Style
- Role-playing games introduced in 1999
- Role-playing game stubs