Games like Denatured

Space is a huge inconvenience.  It’s big, it’s dangerous, and it is between you and anywhere interesting.  Once upon a time it was so outrageously hazardous that people traveling through it were killed now and then just for being there. Of course today spaceships are safe and sensible and no one dies in old-fashioned ways like “hull depressurization” or “reactor explosion”. Today spaceships are sm… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Ambulance.

As you probably know, here at the Time Institute we’ve built enormously expensive machines that generate ultradimensional wormholes and then create Einstein-Rosen bridges that allow us to exchange consciousnesses across time. We manage the destructive positive feedback loop of virtual particles circulating through a wormhole generator by sending returning particles not to their universe of origin … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Time Possum.

For the first time, a group of underwater people are getting together to meet, share their lives, and commiserate about life out of water.  Secret gill-men, naiads, barnacle lords, fish-women, and the people who love them all meet in their reluctantly adopted hometown far from the sea, all glad for some understanding and companionship in a dry, difficult world full of secrets and hardship. Maybe i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Underwater People.

It’s been seven years since John Pratt, The Patrioteer, was thrown into a collapsar by his nemesis, “The Empress of Crime”, King Moltke.  He has finally been declared dead. Now his children and friends have the unenviable task of dividing up his considerable estate according to his wishes. He wants you to sort it all out yourselves. He was that kind of guy. Get ready for the world’s worst family r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to American Patriots.

A Journalist A Vampire A Hunter Some uncomfortable questions A tongue-in-cheek game about monsters who present themselves otherwise. Logistics: Players: Three, one of whom facilitates.Time: An hour or so.Content: Vampires, all variety of vampire shit, journalism.Tone: Probably silly, but possibly tense and sad!Prep: Very light. What's Included? 5 page PDF  Questions? Comment here, or get in tou… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Interview with Some People Who Believe in Vampires.

Someone has stolen a pig. As a sophisticated traveler you may find this crisis laughable, but for these poor farmers a full-grown pig will fetch the same coin as two months of hard work, and it will keep a family from starving over a hard winter. It isn’t funny to the people who lost the pig—it is a disaster. They want their pig back and they want you to find it, alive or in pieces. And they want … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Liars Eat Well.

Magic Circle is the name of a leafy suburban cul-de-sac where a bunch of monsters live The monsters keep a low profile but there’s always something complicating the simple life. This game is about them meeting to address neighborhood problems, both mundane and fantastic. Magic Circle is a tabletop roleplaying game designed by Jason Morningstar. Logistics: Participants: 4-8 players, one of whom lig… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Magic Circle.

A year ago Dusia invaded.  There was a war and Dusia won.  Now your village belongs to Lord Gjerch Bravn and his wife, Lady Kløyk Bravn. The Dusians want to bring peace, order, and a sense of normality to the village, by the standards of Dusia. You are not going to like it, but they are in charge now regardless of your feelings. You play people who have lost a war and are being assimilated into … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Blue Way.

Sure, call it a ghost, that works. A ghost killed your dad. The truth is that there are ultradimensional monsters that can move back and forth across dimensions to fuck with our shit.  Why they do this we do not know, but they have done it throughout recorded history. They are angels and devils and UFOs and bigfoot.  From our point of view it is just senseless, mendacious evil. Now we have machine… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crushers.

Spring, 1375 Just after the Feast of the Annunciation Sir William de Cantilupe’s corpse has been found by the side of a road near Grayingham. It was arranged to appear as if he had been attacked by bandits, but the deception was poorly done. De Cantilupe was murdered in a more intimate fashion. In the de Cantilupe manor house in Scotton, Lincolnshire, those who knew him best assemble to remember S… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cantilupe.