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Misery Tourism Games

Started by Fetus Commander, April 01, 2012, 01:53:26 AM

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whduryea

#45
August 02, 2013, 08:01:18 PM
And now we have a Kickstarter:

The Misery Index: Terrible Games about Terrible Realities

QuoteA collection of eight tabletop games about human suffering.

The Misery Index will be a collection of eight tabletop games about human suffering. Each game approaches a different miserable topic with unique mechanics. Our games tackle subjects ranging from racial and cultural violence to sexual abuse, class conflict, and mental illness, and do so through the lens of multiple genres, including science fiction, sword and sorcery, cyberpunk, supernatural horror, and superhero fantasy.

The Traveller

#46
August 10, 2013, 03:09:45 PM
Quote from: whduryea;676773And now we have a Kickstarter:

The Misery Index: Terrible Games about Terrible Realities
I hope it fails.
"These children are playing with dark and dangerous powers!"
"What else are you meant to do with dark and dangerous powers?"
A concise overview of GNS theory.
Quote from: that muppet vince baker on RPGsIf you care about character arcs or any, any, any lit 101 stuff, I\'d choose a different game.

Ladybird

#47
August 10, 2013, 03:15:27 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;679877I hope it fails.

Coincidentally, a game about the sense of vague depression bought on by a failed kickstarter project is one of the stretch goals.
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TristramEvans

#48
August 10, 2013, 03:40:07 PM
Quote from: VectorSigma;525227Would you guys have any interest in my Capricorn: Forbidden Desires game?  I mean, right now it's just a game about people that fuck goats, but I could tweak the setting so that the goats are an oppressed minority or something if you think that's better.  I really need an editor who can compensate for my white male cis-priv style.

Hole in one :D

whduryea

#49
August 10, 2013, 05:41:44 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;679885Hole in one :D

Stretch goal, obv.

The Traveller

#50
August 11, 2013, 07:47:21 PM
Anyone heard anything about this being a bona fide attempt to troll via kickstarter?
"These children are playing with dark and dangerous powers!"
"What else are you meant to do with dark and dangerous powers?"
A concise overview of GNS theory.
Quote from: that muppet vince baker on RPGsIf you care about character arcs or any, any, any lit 101 stuff, I\'d choose a different game.

whduryea

#51
August 11, 2013, 08:40:41 PM Last Edit: August 11, 2013, 08:46:14 PM by whduryea
Quote from: The Traveller;680203Anyone heard anything about this being a bona fide attempt to troll via kickstarter?

Does that add up, really?

There's over a year and a half of consistent, documented work here.

You can read the games. You can play them right now.

We have a well respected guy doing our layout. We've posted specs for the book.

Rudy and I have done multiple interviews about the project.

I can understand people thinking that there might be a tongue-in-cheek aspect to the games themselves, but we are 100% committed to delivering exactly what we've promised.

Rincewind1

#52
August 11, 2013, 08:42:18 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;680203Anyone heard anything about this being a bona fide attempt to troll via kickstarter?

They are genuine. I remember how we all were having a chuckle, as the site went up on April's Fools and we patted ourselves on the back and chuckled and said "Hah, such a wicked joke at those Storygamers expense".

And then we saw the site remain.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Skywalker

#53
August 11, 2013, 09:04:02 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;680203Anyone heard anything about this being a bona fide attempt to troll via kickstarter?

I think that's a rumour created by those that want it to be true.

whduryea

#54
August 11, 2013, 09:33:53 PM
Quote from: Skywalker;680230I think that's a rumour created by those that want it to be true.

This is the only conclusion that makes sense to me.

The dude on RPGnet says he has some kind of inside source, but there's no way that's true, because there's no one working on this project but Rudy, Jonathan, and myself.

And I've never had a conversation with anyone about the project that could even be misconstrued as "har, har, we're trolling them dudes."

It's just a really weird rumor. I can't make sense of how it got started unless someone saw the project, said, "Damn, that must be a troll," and then decided to concoct a story to back up that conclusion.

The Traveller

#55
August 12, 2013, 04:13:12 AM
Quote from: whduryea;680236It's just a really weird rumor. I can't make sense of how it got started unless someone saw the project, said, "Damn, that must be a troll," and then decided to concoct a story to back up that conclusion.
That would be Topher in action once again.

I'm now in a weirdly dissonant place where I can't decide which of the sides is creepier and less worthy of support.
"These children are playing with dark and dangerous powers!"
"What else are you meant to do with dark and dangerous powers?"
A concise overview of GNS theory.
Quote from: that muppet vince baker on RPGsIf you care about character arcs or any, any, any lit 101 stuff, I\'d choose a different game.

noisms

#56
August 12, 2013, 04:26:13 AM Last Edit: August 12, 2013, 04:29:36 AM by noisms
I know the entire project is in poor taste, but I think using a stylised version of that Kevin Carter photo as a logo is just about the poorest taste thing I have ever seen in an RPG.
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#57
August 12, 2013, 08:15:40 AM
Quote from: The Traveller;680278That would be Topher in action once again.

I'm now in a weirdly dissonant place where I can't decide which of the sides is creepier and less worthy of support.

Creepy, creepier, creepiest; they're all creeps.

Still, Topher's against these guys, so that's a mark in their favour.

Quote from: Rincewind1;680217They are genuine. I remember how we all were having a chuckle, as the site went up on April's Fools and we patted ourselves on the back and chuckled and said "Hah, such a wicked joke at those Storygamers expense".

And then we saw the site remain.

Is Fetus Commander still around? We could get him to start a thread about it.
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One Horse Town

#58
August 12, 2013, 09:10:53 AM
Apparently, it's now mooted as an RPGsite sponsored troll - despite the evidence in this thread that they've been trolling this site for months.

VectorSigma

#59
August 12, 2013, 05:42:29 PM
Quote from: whduryea;679923Stretch goal, obv.

Flatterer!  Actually the reference is to an old thread here somewhere where I talked about "Capricorn: Forbidden Desires" being the one-shot angsty storygame version of the pulp-action trad-rpg "Goatfuckers, Inc." - ie, could one 'reskin' a trad game to appeal to a more 'marketable' market etc etc.

Best of luck with your Kickstarter, regardless.
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