Congratulations on finishing a draft of your game! Here’s how you submit it:
Post the Following in the Comments Below
- Chef(s): Your name/handle and those of your collaborators, if any. If you want to submit your game anonymously, that’s fine. Just make up a new handle.
- Title: What your game is called.
- Link: A hyperlink to your draft or a webpage with the download link. Please do not update the file attached to this link after you have submitted your game. Keep working on it if you like, but do so in a separate file, somewhere else.
- Elevator Pitch: A Tweet-length (140-character) description of your game.
- Word Count: The word count of your game’s text, not including optional supplemental materials. Should be 4,000 words or less, but if you’re over by a little (less than 100), we’re not going to split hairs.
- A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: This could be your email address or a thread on Praxis, for example. This can be included within the text of your game or within the comment you submit here.
- Eligibility: If you are submitting a game for review but are not eligible to win (because you were a member of the secret advisory cabal this year, because your game is significantly longer than the 4,000 words, because you broke other rules, etc.), please mention that explicitly. You’re definitely still welcome to participate in the reviewing process, but you can’t compete for the crown. Please opt out on your own so I don’t feel the pressure to disqualify games.
Remember that submitting your game means that you are honor-bound to participate in the reviewing process, reading 4 games by other designers and recommending one to be considered for the overall winner of Game Chef 2013. You may end up being assigned games that are not eligible to win. That’s fine! Please be prepared to review them anyway, but only recommend an eligible game.
You will be assigned games to review and be given some brief instructions for doing so on May 30th and will have until June 7th to submit your recommendation.
If you are not submitting your game, for whatever reason, but are willing to be an alternate reviewer in the case of someone being unable to do their duty, please also let me know below.
If you have any questions, please ask!
Check back here on May 30th to see the posted list of games and all review assignments.
May 22nd, 2013 at 2:02 pm
The Elevator of Regretful Memories
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1166629/The%20Elevator%20of%20Regretful%20Memories.doc
An RPG about how the regrets of the past can infect the the concerns of today. When bad memories turn to monsters we must do battle.
Word Count: Just under 2000
Contact: It’s at the top of the game text.
Eligibility: As far as I know, this is eligible unless I missed something.
Enjoy!
Jesse
May 22nd, 2013 at 2:12 pm
I’m just gonna continue my yearly practice of submitting my game way early.
Chef(s): Nick Wedig
Title: Afterlife, Incorporated
Link: http://nickwedig.libraryofhighmoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/AfterlifeIncorporated.txt
Elevator Pitch: You died. Then you got a boring job at Afterlife, Incorporated. You don’t have to be a soul devouring demon to work here, but it helps!
Word Count: Somewhere between 3737 and 3863, depending on which word count tool you trust.
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: email me at nickwedig@yahoo.com
Eligibility: i believe that I am eligible
May 23rd, 2013 at 7:59 am
Chef: Aryel
Title: Gaze of the Golem
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v7vuiu9ibw9t79j/Gaze%20of%20the%20Golem.doc
Pitch: A board game about a deeply philosophical issue: Why didn’t you turn off the Golem’s switch atop the tower before venturing down, you idiot?
Word Count: 3192
Contact : Email adress on the first page of the game.doc.
Eligibility : I’m hopefully eligible.
May 23rd, 2013 at 11:47 am
Chef: Martin Ralya
Title: Signal Lost
Link: http://www.martinralya.com/files/Signal-Lost.rtf
Elevator Pitch: Signal Lost is a story game about exploring the Distant Star, a deep-space survey vessel that has gone dark, and facing an alien terror.
Word Count: 3,997 according to MS Word
Contact: Email martin martinralya com (also on the cover of my game)
Eligibility: Eligible
May 23rd, 2013 at 2:58 pm
Chef: Marshall Miller
Title: Going Up?
Link: http://www.finemessgames.com/about/game-chef-2013
Elevator Pitch: Going Up? is a nano-game where you play strangers stuck together in an elevator. One or more of you may be a bad apple.
Word Count: 171 words
Contact: mease19@gmail.com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 23rd, 2013 at 4:23 pm
Chef: Brie Sheldon (BrieCS)
Title: The Orchard
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7o51od4rw5hnh6u/GameChef2013Submission-TheOrchard.docx
Elevator Pitch: The Orchard is a game about what is important, balance, and life where life shouldn’t be. Sentient androids in a world after humans fight against their own creations to keep their humanity intact.
Word Count: 1445
Contact: briesheldon@gmail.com
Eligibility: Eligible.
May 23rd, 2013 at 8:46 pm
Chef: Steve Hickey
Title: Soth
Links:
Word – https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3362532/Soth%20-%20Game%20Chef%20Draft%20-%20230513.doc
.pdf – https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3362532/Soth%20-%20Game%20Chef%20Draft%20-%20230513.pdf
Elevator pitch: It’s Call of Cthulhu after you’ve gone mad. A game about cultists in small-town USA trying to summon Soth.
Word count: 3,022
Contact: wave dot goodnight at g dot com
Eligibility: Eligible … however: this is a radically different version of a game I wrote in 2007. It’s also based on the framework of the Apocalypse World engine which I’ve done my best to acknowledge and rework in order to avoid plagiarism. I’ve outlined these risks (and provided a link to the 2007 game) in the document and am happy to accept the judges’ and reviewers’ rulings.
May 24th, 2013 at 2:56 am
Chef: Michael Sands
Title: The Worlds Above and Below
Link: https://sites.google.com/site/gamesteratlarge/free-games/The%20Worlds%20Above%20and%20Below.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1
Elevator Pitch: You and your friends find yourselves in strange, fantastic worlds, and the locals need you to be heroes.
Word Count: 3922
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: You can email me at michael.sands@generic.gen.nz
Eligibility: Yes!
May 24th, 2013 at 6:17 am
Chef: Joe J – Artexercise
Title: Icon Theatre Proudly Presents…
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DK-wyyxnvntYTF55iESLFWC2m5Rv644WzuBPyh_-Mcg/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: “Icon Theatre Proudly Presents…” is a game for 3 or more players in which you create a radio drama with an eclectic set of characters.
Word Count: 2844, by Google Drive Count
Contact/Feedback: Please use the Praxis Thread : [GAME CHEF] Icon Theatre Proudly Presents…
Eligibility: eligible.
May 24th, 2013 at 7:27 am
I can feel myself stopping working on this, so I guess it’s done.
Chef: TheBoyd
Title: The Spy (working title)
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cvityhltn09hh0h/The%20Spy.txt
Elevator Pitch: Story game intended to create short episodic stories about a Secret Agent. No dice or traditional GM/Player relations.
Word Count: 278
Eligibility: Yes please.
May 24th, 2013 at 7:41 am
Chef(s): Daniel Stull
Title: The Heavens and the Hells
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zYNiEHaBwqvoILamEv3pK3wiQwLX06oyzLQh-F7AORk/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: A post-apocalyptic RPG where the players have to choose a side – Heaven, Hell, or Humanity.
Word Count: 3574
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: mrdanielstull@gmail.com
May 24th, 2013 at 9:48 am
Chef: Maurice “Moe” Tousignant
Title: P O L A R I T Y – A game with no middle ground.
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B_ed6SHkNYlxQThVdjBlVXJieVE/edit?usp=sharing
Pitch: The world has gone dark. They came from Us. Its now Us vs Them. You are one of Us. A unique 2d6 system where one die goes up and one goes down.
Word Count: 3950
Contact: Twitter: @Windsorgaming Email: GilvanblightATgmailDOTcom or look for Moe Tousignant on G+
Eligible.
May 24th, 2013 at 10:48 am
Christopher Weeks
Conclave
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iQJX8PzkQoy-4z2-QTjzgxToUZs4yLglVJakrLApjYo/edit?usp=sharing
Real-life crafting; light costuming; ritualized trading; role-playing?
1184 words (as counted by UltraEdit)
Reviewers could email me at clweeks at Google’s big mail source.
May 24th, 2013 at 12:58 pm
Chef: Bryan
Title: Open the Pod Bay Door
Links:
Word: Open the Pod Bay Door Word Docx
PDF (includes a play aid): Open the Pod Bay Door PDF
Elevator Pitch: A high-pressure, sci-fi story game that asks, can the terraformers retake their colony ship from a malfunctioning, homicidal robot.
Word Count: 778 (including theme and ingredient descriptions.)
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: Leave feedback at my website – emptygamegox.com.
Eligibility: Yes, eligible.
May 24th, 2013 at 1:37 pm
Chef: Jeff R.
Title: The Diamond-Studded Suit (And Other Lies)
Link: .DOC at http://mappamundorum.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/diamond-studded.doc
Or PDF at http://mappamundorum.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/diamond-studded.pdf
Elevator Pitch: The survivors of a once-great nation must traverse deep ruins to survive, and face the truth behind the lies they believe about their past.
Word Count: 3996
Feedback Contact: Comment at http://mappamundorum.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/game-chef-2013-the-diamond-studded-suit-and-other-lies/ or email at end of document
Eligibility: Yes
May 24th, 2013 at 3:07 pm
Name: Ryan Perrin
Title: As Above, So Below
Link: http://dl.dropbox.com/s/60yigo33si4x8eu/GameChefSubmission_AsAboveSoBelow_FINAL.docx
Pitch: The players take on the role of teenage witches who gained power and have the will to punish those around them for real or perceived wrongs.
Word Count: 2105
Contact: On title page of document
Eligibility: Eligible.
May 24th, 2013 at 3:43 pm
Chef(s): Gareth Hanrahan
Title: Uncertain Paths
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5492944/Game%20Chef%202013%20Submission%20Version%20%E2%80%93%20Uncertain%20Paths.doc.
Elevator Pitch: A semi-competetive storytelling engine of certain fates
Word Count: 3500ish
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: mytholder@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 24th, 2013 at 4:35 pm
Chef: Adam Hake
Title: Quarantine
Links:
Game Rules : http://wp.me/a3juzg-4E
About : http://wp.me/a3juzg-4D
Elevator Pitch: Your crew has been stranded on a hostile planet. Rescue is coming in a few days, however some of you are infected with alien parasites, and you don’t know who to trust.
Word Count: 621
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: hakeadam@gmail.com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 24th, 2013 at 6:04 pm
Chef(s): Guy MacDonnell
Title: The Flasher
Link:
Elevator Pitch: The misadventures of an exhibitionist trying to get off on a flashing fix. I am so sorry.
Word Count: 3500
Contact: guy.macdonnell@gmail.com
Eligibility: I am eligible for this contest.
May 24th, 2013 at 7:52 pm
Chef: Josh Porter
Title: The Merlin Worm
Link: Choose your format!
Here is the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vfNY6eHesm5CxW7gzlzZAEZvk51SrdzoK1QlA6ub7qo/edit?usp=sharing
Here is the PDF: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6AKcTWvDmp5MU5EXzhrOVFtSjg/edit?usp=sharing
And here is the .doc: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B6AKcTWvDmp5MlktYmNwOFhaeGM/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: Mind-controlling parasites are travelling back in time through memories to destroy all humans at the source. There is one in your brain and you must not let anyone know or super soldiers from the future will murder you.
Word Count: According to Google Drive it’s 3,976 words.
Contact Info: See the last page of the document to email me!
Eligibility: totally eligible
May 24th, 2013 at 8:01 pm
Chef(s): Paulo Rivas, a.k.a. Warriormonk
Title: Adapt
Link:http://resourcefullrpg.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/adapt-my-entry-for-the-game-chef-2013/
(the direct download link is at the end of the post)
Elevator Pitch: A funny game about living in an isolated colony in the middle of an evolutionary experiment, while trying to keep on with your life.
Word Count: 3858 words
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: paulorivas100@hotmail.com or a comment in my blog: http://resourcefullrpg.wordpress.com/
Eligibility: Yes, I believe so.
May 24th, 2013 at 8:09 pm
Chef: Brian Engard
Title: The Wicked World
Link: http://2d6cents.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Brian-Engard-The-Wicked-World1.pdf
Elevator Pitch: A noir detective game about angel PIs sent to Earth to thwart the plots of demons and their minions.
Word Count: 3469
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: engard@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 25th, 2013 at 2:20 am
Chef: Jacob Possin
Title: Hollow Realm
Link: Google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EhwYRF-UsT9S0PpBJyZv555Rnpk1ORBLpxvA5UrbJYQ/edit?usp=sharing
PDF: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBxjkDyHvfJakpUYW1QZU5wMWc/edit?usp=sharing
Doc: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzBxjkDyHvfJSmJiWjJUem9YS0E/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: The Realm of Filth and the Bitter Realm fight over this world. You are a Lamplighter, you seek to end this conflict. You are the defender of this Hollow Realm.
Word Count: 3186
Contact with Feedback: jrpossin@gmail.com
Eligibility: yes
May 25th, 2013 at 3:04 am
Chef: Manu Saxena
Title: Finding Haven
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Pwq-FbdThtOE42bnNOMW51NDA/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: A sci-fi rpg where V meets Logan’s Run in space :-)
Word Count: 4000, exactly
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: http://story-games.com/praxis/comments.php?DiscussionID=597, or my blog at http://hollowsandhobgoblins.wordpress.com
Eligibility:Yes, eligible
May 25th, 2013 at 6:52 am
Chef: Julius Kuutti
Title: Elevated State
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/59313932/Elevated%20State_GameChef2013.pdf
Elevator Pitch: A scifi roleplaying game about emotions and their power. Play a logical cyborg that is suddenly taken over by strong emotions. Struggle to maintain balance between emotions and logical thinking. Which road will lead to the Elevated State?
Word Count: 2122
Contact: julius.kuutti@yahoo.com
Eligilbility: Eligible
May 25th, 2013 at 7:14 am
Chef: Martin-Pierre Frenette
Title: Exit from Purgatory
Link: http://www.frenette.info/ExitfromPurgatory.doc
Elevator Pitch: A card and dice game in which the players are all dead and are trying to leave purgatory
Word Count: 2315 words
A way for reviwers to contact you with feedback: mpfrenette@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 25th, 2013 at 9:19 am
Chef: Johan Nordinge
Title: Jacob’s Ladder
Link: http://www.boningen.org/jacobs-ladder
Elevator Pitch: Humanity has built a Space Elevator. When they travel up, they take some things with them and other things are left behind. What will you sacrifice to save mankind?
Word Count: 3998 words.
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: johan@boningen.org
Eligibility:Yes
May 25th, 2013 at 12:28 pm
Chef: Clinton Dreisbach
Title: Black Cavern
Link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/409319/BlackCavern.docx (Word) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/409319/BlackCavern.pdf (PDF)
Elevator Pitch: You wake, cold, wet, hungry, and naked. You can see nothing. You are trapped in a black cavern. Will you ever make it home? Your memories are all the tools you have to make it back.
Word Count: 3717
Contact: clinton@dreisbach.us or @cndreisbach on Twitter
Eligibility: Yes
May 25th, 2013 at 2:13 pm
Chefs: Michael Godesky. Layout by Jason Godesky.
Title: Seers
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/98326630/seers.pdf
Elevator Pitch: An evocative storytelling game of magical realism. You are a Seer who must make deals with spirits while maintaining balance between them.
Word Count: 1,976
Contact: godesky@gmail.com
Eligibility: I believe I am eligible.
May 25th, 2013 at 4:00 pm
Chef: Jonathan Janssen
Title: Illuminati: Race to the Top!
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5Oyb7lbMeRqeTA5WkNSZHhpeFE/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: A light and humorous game where randomly generated agents fight their way to the top of the Illuminati pyramid.
Word Count: Not sure
Contact: mrjonathanjanssen@gmail.com
Eligilbility: Eligible
May 25th, 2013 at 6:19 pm
Chefs: Faith and Russell Portier
Title: Infinite Elevator
Link: PDF on Dropbox – https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5vy3kh539hj24n1/x7H7j5BX3_/InfiniteElevator.pdf
Elevator Pitch: A storytelling game pitting human roadies for alien rock bands against hotel employees in a futile quest to keep the rockstars happy.
Word Count: 2596
Feedback: lordaric@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 25th, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Chef: Jay Randall
Title Compossbility
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jcanjojzdr425zb/Game%20Chef%20Submission.doc
Elevator Pitch: Time travelers must stop the assassination of the Chinese emperor through the use of gadgets, keeping or losing their cool, and stealth.
Link: forthcoming. I’m sorry, I’m ready to submit, but I’m downloading dropbox!
Word Count: 1955
Feedback: jayusrandallus@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
My apologies! I’m on the east coast of the US–I got the above comment submitted at midnight, but I was still downloading and/or getting dropbox setup/usable. This game is eligible, but not quite finished.
May 25th, 2013 at 9:47 pm
Chef: Peter Edwards
Title: Shuriken Survival
Links: Main Game Text
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37054116/Shuriken%20Survival.doc
The Cards
Pitch: A card game that pits you against your friends. When the shurikens start to fly all you need to know is whether to jump or duck.
Word Count: 1000
Feedback: chucky.edwards@hotmail.com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 26th, 2013 at 12:21 am
Chef: Antti Lax
Title: The Parasite
Link: PDF on Dropbox – https://www.dropbox.com/s/ss39ebbfwr2vkqf/TheParasite_AnttiLax_2013.pdf
Elevator pitch:
A game of distrust for 4 to 8 players where players have a limited amount of time to find out who are the parasites among them.
Word Count: 1171
Feedback: antti.lax@northernrealms.net
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 9:00 pm
Chef: Paul Hubbird
Title: Victor
Link: https://sites.google.com/a/regretgames.com/regret-games/news/victor/Victor.pdf
Elevator pitch:
A clone is you… or will he be? You’ll need a soul, first.
Word Count: 1062
Feedback: paul@regretgames.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 4:47 am
Chef: Orion Canning
Title: In Sights
Link: Google Drive .doc – https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B3a8hYdn1DAZdDBPTXBPWVQtSEE/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: Secret agents with telepathy watching each other. At first the spy has full control over narrating their target’s actions, then as scenes grow more intimate the target gains more control.
Word Count: 3568
Feedback: orion.canning@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 4:49 am
Chef(s): Jonathan Lavallee
Title: Firment: A game of, allies, relationships, and social mobility.
Link: http://blog.firestorm-ink.com/gamechef/Firment.pdf
Elevator Pitch: Rise up in the city of Firment through your actions with the four Orders, and your relationship with the other players.
Word Count: 2622 including all extra pages.
Feedback: jonathan dot lavallee @ gmail dot com or jonathan @ firestorm-ink dot com
Eligibility: I’m having problems with the tagging in the document, for some reason it’s not reading the first line of every paragraph which means I’m working on it to fix it, which means I’m going to update this file when it works (so screw your rules man for that). If that makes it ineligible so be it, if not it works. I’m not too plussed either way.
May 26th, 2013 at 7:00 am
Chef: Michael Raston
Title: Cultists!
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fuw2UQ_d0jk0IIwOF-klI_bKH9-A1Q2nd1M89bes8y0/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: A group of mad cultists arrive in an unsuspecting town, brought by rumors of an altar of unlimited power located nearby. Who will find it first and destroy the world?
Word Count: 4041.
Contact: mraston@iinet.net.au
May 26th, 2013 at 7:25 am
Chef: Gabriel Leclerc aka 21stCentury
Title: The Tower
link: zipped file containing the rules in PDF format, a list of cards in PDF format and printable card sheets as .JPGs on Dropbox – https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/97963867/The%20Tower/Gamechef%202013%20entry%20-%20The%20Tower.zip
Elevator Pitch: A card game in which randomly-generated characters explore a dangerous tower using their wits and by spending energy wisely.
Word Count: main text: 1222 Card list: 2388 Total: 3610
Feedback: gab.leclerc at gmail.com (also on the cover of the main rules .pdf)
Eligibility: I believe i am eligible
May 26th, 2013 at 7:25 am
Chef: Eric Duncan
Title: The Rise and Fall of the Majestic Ones
Link: PDF on Dropbox
Elevator Pitch: A lost ship creates a group of superbeings, but the “infection” is spreading. Will you stay majestic or fall and break the world when you do?
Word count:1300 words
Contact: dragonsong@gmail.com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 26th, 2013 at 10:45 am
Chef: W. H. Duryea
Title: Shame
Link: http://miserytourism.com/shame.doc or http://miserytourism.com/shame.pdf (Both links contain the full game. The doc version is included for optimal accessibility.)
Pitch: Shame is a simple game of ritual humiliation. Humiliate yourself and/or our your friends. Woo.
Word Count: 1128
Feedback: whduryea@gmail.com
Eligibility: Totally eligible, bro.
May 26th, 2013 at 11:10 am
Chef: Jim McGarva
Title: The Tantalizing Sub-World
Link: Word: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87648110/The%20Tantalizing%20Sub-World.docx
PDF: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/87648110/The%20Tantalizing%20Sub-World.pdf
Elevator Pitch: “Honey, I Shrunk the Secret Service.” The President is dead! You play Secret Service agents. Shrink down to the size of an ant to test experimental technology while keeping the President safe from tiny robots and unseen threats in her food, in her office, and in the world at large.
Word Count: MS Word clocks me at 3,998
Contact for Feedback: Email jmcgarva at gmail dot com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 26th, 2013 at 11:22 am
Chef: Alex Pakula aka alexalgebra
Title: Double Life
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e7ylyd521eokpnb/Double%20life.pdf
Elevator Pitch: Double Life is an improvisational play about fractured families and relationships, splintered by addiction, going through an intervention.
Word Count: 2,393
Feedback: pakula dot alex at gmail dot com (also on PDF)
Eligibility: Yes.
May 26th, 2013 at 11:59 am
Chef: Ashok Desai
Title: Paper Tigers
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-4ZVV-fFkJ3MlpSSmlIaHl1Njg/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: It’s election time in the Cardboard Utopia, and every last sleazy, poe-faced, backstabbing politico wants a piece of the action!
Word Count: Approx. 3,700, not including optional quick-start material
Contact: http://story-games.com/praxis/comments.php?DiscussionID=591&page=1#Item_8
Eligibility: Yep.
I haven’t had chance to make the papercraft models I’d hoped to include, but if I get them done before midnight (UK) I’ll add them to Google Docs as a separate zip. They’re technically additional content since they’re not 100% necessary to the game, so I may slip them in after the deadline.
May 26th, 2013 at 12:22 pm
Chef(s): John Quiett, foolsmask
Title: Fate of Humanity
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h2UWQY9SPX0-FVRXD4hXdeIPddPpLLVYR_y47VOaVQc/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: This game is a board game with cooperative storytelling elements for 2 or 4 players in which the ultimate fate of humanity is decided.
Word Count: 1586
Feedback: foolsmask@gmail.com
Eligibility: Eligibility
May 26th, 2013 at 12:35 pm
Chef(s): Josh Epperson
Title: To Live, You Must Die.
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bz5BO5Uzkds1ZmhBUGdjUTdSV28/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: Long ago two gods died. Today their spiritual descendants battle each other for control of the planet..
Word Count: approximately 3107
feedback: eppersonjr@gmail.com
Eligibility: As far as I know I am eligible
May 26th, 2013 at 1:15 pm
Chef: Daniel McKenna
Title: Chroma Team VS The Terrorlights
Link 1 (Google Doc): https://docs.google.com/document/d/14x3nh2dsqaMsurhMsCs1hO9T0afMONlGTSf6V_PILkY/edit?usp=sharing
Link 2 (Plain Text):https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3130511/ChromaTeamvsTheTerrorlights.txt
Elevator Pitch: Members of the superhero/sentai group, Chroma Team, battle it out with giant kaiju monsters created by the evil Terrorlights.
Word Count: 3515
Feedback: Contact info included in document.
Eligibility: Yes; however, the game makes use of color. I have tried to accommodate gamers with vision disabilities by offering a conversion table that allows color to be exchanged for patterns, animals or numbers.
May 26th, 2013 at 1:29 pm
Chef: Jesus Rodriguez
Title: One of All
Link: http://www.fandible.com/files/Jesus_Rodriguez_GameChef_Submission.pdf
Elevator Pitch: The game is a two player story telling game where you help determine the course of one individual or a group of individuals using UNO Cards.
Word Count: 1882
Feedback: arvandus.fandible@gmail.com
Eligibility: As far as I know
May 26th, 2013 at 2:03 pm
Chef: Ryan Szesny
Title: Clockwork
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6f27t3v8x0qe7jq/Clockwork.doc
Elevator Pitch: A RPG about Horror, Tragedy, and mob rule. You are playing as a group of people drawn to a mysterious island my an ominous being who is leading you to your doom. How will it turn out? Why not play and find out?
Word Count: 3444
Feedback: ryanszesny@hotmail.com
Eligibility: Why Not?
May 26th, 2013 at 2:09 pm
Chef(s): PiHalbe
Title: Spine Dwellers
Link: http://pihalbe.org/sites/default/files/kram/GameChef2013-PiHalbe-SpineDwellers.pdf
Elevator Pitch: Parasites navigate the dark, close world, infesting Hosts to seek enlightenment for the Council and evolve new capabilities.
Word Count: 4054 in the main text (but at least 100 are additional Missions which I consider supplementary).
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: “achim” at the “pihalbe” dot org
Eligibility: See word count.
May 26th, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Chef: Noah Donnelly (iandioch)
Title: Hidden Motives
Links to zipfile (rules + cardfiles) and pastie (just rules): http://iandioch.com/hidden-motives
Elevator Pitch:
A storytelling cardgame where it’s the goal of each player to try and figure out where their opponents are trying to get the story to go, and the goal of the storyteller to try and not reveal their motive.
Word Count: 1377 words.
Contact: Email included in game rules, or tweet me @iandioch if you need anything at all.
Eligibility: Yarr matey. This booty be eligible.
May 26th, 2013 at 2:40 pm
Chef: mrtrickquestion
Title: Hive
Link: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxmb3hoYW1tZXJnYW1lc3xneDo2NWVmMjI0MDdkMTA4ODRi
Elevator pitch:
Players take on the role of “activated” Hive androids trying to gain the data required to be the new Master Computer
Word Count: 928
Feedback: mrtrickquestion@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 2:47 pm
Chef: Stuart Burns
title: Conjunct
Link:https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Sziblf_vKGoP2tG64ZoyHvlAmLn7_W_gQX1VTs1-3U/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator pitch: Hyper intelligent larvae plot to overthrow alien uprising by outfitting themselves in power-inducing costumes.
Word count: less than 1500 I think.
contact: burns.SG@gmail.com
Eligible: Yes
Word count:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/18Sziblf_vKGoP2tG64ZoyHvlAmLn7_W_gQX1VTs1-3U/edit?usp=sharing
May 26th, 2013 at 2:48 pm
[Posting on behalf of Kamil Wegrzynowicz.]
One Summer Night
Kamil Wegrzynowicz
Pitch: One summer night …is a game about Kate and Wormy. Kate is 7 years old girl and Wormy is her friend who happens to be actual worm from outer space.
Word Count: approximately 710.
Contact: cutesealpup@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 2:58 pm
Chef(s): Elias Helfer
Title: Brain Bugs vs Cyber Minds
Link: It is in a post on my blog here: http://eliashelfer.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/brain-bugs-vs-cyber-minds.doc
Elevator Pitch: Cthonian Brain Bugs battle Cyber Minds from space – using human minds!
Word Count: 4,033
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: elias.helfer AT gmail.com
Eligibility: I should be eligible.
May 26th, 2013 at 3:10 pm
Chef: Alla Hoffman
Title: House of Glass
Link: http://the-back-of-the-napkin.blogspot.com/2013/05/gamechef-2013.html (a link to a googledoc on my blog)
Elevator Pitch: A game about regret and family for 3 to 6 players. The real question here is: who is haunting whom?
Word count: 1152
Feedback: You can leave reviews on my blog post above.
Eligibility: Yes, I think?
May 26th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
Chef: Rabalias
Title: The Enemy Within
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/60504151/The%20Enemy%20Within.doc
Elevator Pitch: An RPG for 3+ players. One character struggles to stay true to her beliefs as elements of her own mind rebel against her.
Word Count: 3892
Feedback: gamechef@vapourspace.net
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 3:21 pm
Chef: Neal Stidham
Title: Excendance
Link: accessible plain text: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9VRCfhk4bEtZzdlZnY4c24wVVk/edit?usp=sharing
mobile-optimized PDF: http://parenthesispress.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/excendance1.pdf
Elevator Pitch: Strangers bring a new belief system to your young space colony. Do you help the colonists accept it or reject it?
Word Count: 3,346 for the plain text version, slightly higher in the PDF.
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: email parenthesispress (at) gmail (dot) com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 3:33 pm
Chef(s): Larry Bierworth
Title: Heart and Feather
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yksDBfDkkRzNDTDfjcmRphey8ErnKogA6hJujsF8tpo/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: A roleplaying game about self reflection for two players.
Word Count: 1392
Eligibility: Yes
Contact: LBierworth@gmail.com
May 26th, 2013 at 3:42 pm
Chef: Marc Majcher
Title: Last Winter’s Lights
Link: http://bit.ly/13x6oxn (cards at: http://bit.ly/19fta2T)
Elevator Pitch: Tell the stories of intrigue between courtiers trapped in a snowbound castle, jostling for status as the King tries to remove the icy curse.
Word Count: 3949
Contact: majcher@gmail.com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 26th, 2013 at 3:53 pm
Chef: Steven Monroe
Title: The Facility
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19yG_zquCFxCPWdjIxPcdsNqpYkBMnRfU6hc82O2sadg/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch:
A game where its you vs. your opponents vs. the game! When fighting for your life, you can either ascend to salvation or descend into darkness and let the frost take over.
Word Count: 1122
Feedback: Kirrikk99@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 4:17 pm
Chef: Pedro Ziviani
Title: Deadline
Link: PDF in Dropbox – https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19417035/Deadline%20RPG%20-%20GC2013.pdf
Elevator Pitch: A game about redemption and death. Damned souls must go back and make things right, but it won’t be easy.
Word Count: 3980
Contact: pedroziviani@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 4:27 pm
Chef(s): Jason Pitre
Title: The Posthuman Doorways
Link: http://www.genesisoflegend.com/2013/05/the-posthuman-doorways/
Elevator Pitch: A transhuman future, explore the lives of characters offered enlightenment and evolution. Are you willing to sacrifice your humanity?
Word Count: Approximately 3350 words.
Feedback: Comments on the post would be ideal, or you can email me at genesisoflegend@gmail.com.
Eligibility: Eligible! the last two pages are non-accessible supplimentary materials.
May 26th, 2013 at 4:52 pm
Chef: Todd Zircher
Title: Road to Ruin
Link:
http://tangent-zero.com/files/RoadToRuin_GC2013_docx.zip
Also available in MS Word 97 format…
http://tangent-zero.com/files/RoadToRuin_GC2013_Word97.zip
Elevator Pitch:
The Ruin is an ever shifting dungeon of death. The Mage’s Guild
sees it as a bottomless pit of wealth. Guess who you work for?
Word Count: 4,076
Feedback: http://story-games.com/praxis/comments.php?DiscussionID=593
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 5:16 pm
Chef: Joseph Breitreiter
Title: Before the Gods of my People
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rsqfu_TBaRf9vyZIX2GiTp-zE5W_yBsuxPtN4Ka4Pgc/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator pitch: One player plays a hero, setting forth on a quest. The other players play the gods of the hero’s village. Before completing the quest, the hero will face a trial from each god.
Word Count: 1679
Feedback: joseph@dreamlands.org
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 5:30 pm
Chef: Kristin Firth
Title: Propalinal People
Link: http://goo.gl/ZoM5f
(This Google drive document has extra white space in some browsers. So, also including PDF with proper page breaks. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/496167/PropalinalPeople.pdf The PDF does not appear to be accessibility-compatible though, so the first link to Google drive is my official submission.)
Elevator Pitch: In a world where some people are growing older, and some are growing younger, how do two souls traveling in opposite directions connect?
Word Count: 3665
(Game Chef icon discussion: 95, game text: 1925, sample play: 1363, rules summary: 282)
Contact: Kristin.Firth@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes.
May 26th, 2013 at 5:58 pm
Chef: Zhaconda Sunders
Title: Adelphos Megas.
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3355816/AdelphosMegas.pdf
Elevator Pitch: LARP about ancient greek ruler, undoubtly the wisest and most luminious ever, and a reality show-like game he holds. About Ierarchy and Procrustes
Word Count: 3706
Contacts: within text or via keyl.sunders@gmail.com
Eligibility: yes
May 26th, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Chef(s): Keith Stetson and Clarissa Baut Stetson
Title: Reconsolidation.
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bWymzkDxfFFpfW6UJ3MyJiER7YCil0wz06ZP3K5bj9w/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: Reconsolidation is a collaborative storytelling card game about navigating the corridors of memory to free a patient from the burden of a repressed traumatic memory.
Word Count: 1559
Contact info contained in Google Doc
Eligibility: Yup
May 26th, 2013 at 6:24 pm
Chef: Mark Richardson
Title: The Freezer
Link: http://knowpoint.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/the_freezer_game_chef_2013_may26.pdf
Elevator Pitch: A sci-fi RPG of shared consciousness, use other peoples knowledge while avoid the pitfalls of their emotional baggage.
Word Count: 3,300
Feedback: greenhat@rogers.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 6:33 pm
Chef: Aaron Scott
Title: Purgatory Inc.
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cKin__XYds_PQU8DlXeHuT1B4WyYLANDAaahxAayDtU/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: An advance in quantum mechanics proves the existence of God. A few months later God is bought out. You are employees in purgatory’s dept.
Word Count: 1,602
Feedback:: j.walterman@gmail.com
May 26th, 2013 at 6:46 pm
Chefs: Finch & Ben
Title: Trauma Control
Link: (Direct Download of MS Word Document) http://islanddemeter.com/gamechefsubtraumacontrol.doc
Elevator Pitch: Trauma Control is a game about being pushed past your breaking point and attempting to pull the pieces together.
Word Count: 851
Feedback: uninterpretative@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 7:41 pm
Chef: Rishi Agrawal
Title: Isolation, Strife, Snow Beast
Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/90897473/ISOLATION%20STRIFE%20SNOW%20BEAST.pdf
Elevator pitch: You are monks in an isolated monastery tasked with imprisoning a snow beast. Destroy the beast or free the beast? Determine your fate.
Word count: 3031 (3810 if you include cover, supplemental material, etc.)
Feedback: GamingMeerkat@gmail.com
Eligible: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 7:54 pm
Chef: Rudy Johnson
Title: Egos
Links: http://miserytourism.com/egos.doc or http://miserytourism.com/egos.pdf
Elevator Pitch: A competitive role-playing game about superheroes and their secret identities.
Word Count: 2117
Feedback: branogan_mchawke@hotmail.com
Eligibility: I hope so
May 26th, 2013 at 8:02 pm
Chef: Nathan Harrison
Title: Cabin Wars!
Link: (written & hosted on Google Drive) https://docs.google.com/document/d/13a0lfsT_Udtw3zMfKhVITqBOxayyxscmBM0l6yKbuCA/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: Cabin Wars! is a game of prestige, grudges & pranks at summer camp. Players are split into rival cabins & vie for the Camp Cup through points & demerits in this GM-less RPG.
Word Count: 3,661 sayeth the Google Drive.
Feedback: My email, Twitter handle and website are all listed on the last page of my game.
Eligibility: totes eligible.
May 26th, 2013 at 8:53 pm
Chef: Eric M. Paquette ( @ericmpaq on twitter )
Title: Elevator of the Third Eye
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B058Xe8lLLPGV1hrQ2xRRWozRDA/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: A secret psychic war for freedom between the human resistance and alien parasites.
Word Count: 1,671 words.
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: paquette7385@rogers.com
Eligibility: Yes
Time submitted: 11:53PM ET
May 26th, 2013 at 9:00 pm
Chef: Anonymous
Title: The Prisoner Game
Link: Text file on Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g0j8y7hdye20os0/The_Prisoner_game.txt
Elevator pitch: This is about communication without language. It is played in silence. Without language, they think you can’t escape. Prove them wrong.
Word count: 4,056
Feedback: zzz115995@yahoo.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 9:04 pm
Chef: Mikael Andersson a.k.a. Lachek
Title: Heist
Link: http://bit.ly/10ui9aO (Google Drive, game draft), http://bit.ly/12XyWCD (Google Drive, PDF of Mystery cards). Note that character sheets are not created yet, but you can play this version with just a name and a marker to keep track of numbers between 1 and 10.
Elevator pitch: An adaptable engine for playing 1-session, GM-less or not, low-social-footprint heist scenarios. An included dungeon teaches how to play.
Word count: 4099 (eeek!) + Mystery cards PDF
Feedback: lachek@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes!
May 26th, 2013 at 9:05 pm
Chef: Matthew Nielsen
Title: Babel, Inc.
Link: RTF on GoogleDocs
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5vbCi-nBtVWVkE5aDNNTDRXdUk/edit?usp=sharing
Alternative Link: GoogleDoc (will not be edited)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JjXRvouPY4hHCkitpgpyHbGaEA2YWbZfH3h2WOnaATs/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch (how appropriate…):
A game of choices on a journey to reach the divine, exploring a character’s past and their possible futures.
Word Count: 3,943
Feedback: nielsen.matthew (at) gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 9:07 pm
Chef: Emily Care Boss
Title: As Above
Link: Open Document on Dropbox —
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-1ZG99Rn0O1UTJwU3FFUUExQ2M/edit?usp=sharing
PDF on Drop box:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-1ZG99Rn0O1UUJobGNKaGZJaDg/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch:
Fairy tale storytelling rpg, set at the crossroads of the worlds.
Feedback: keirgreeneyes@yahoo dot com
Eligibility: I think so!
May 26th, 2013 at 9:19 pm
Chef: Christopher Bair
Title: Final Judgment
Link: http://www.christopherbair.com/gamechef/Final-Judgment-Bair-Christopher-Game-Chef-2013.pdf
Elevator Pitch: Players compete as arbiters of a dying person’s fate, whether he or she will go to paradise or be reincarnated to try for a better life.
Word Count: 1050 words
Contact: iwriteforme@gmail.com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 26th, 2013 at 9:23 pm
Chef: Paul Lyons
Title: A Pleasant Place
Link to .doc file: http://frequency.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/A-Pleasant-Place-by-Paul-Lyons.doc
Link to .pdf file: http://frequency.spookyouthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/A-Pleasant-Place-by-Paul-Lyons.pdf
Elevator Pitch: Colonists on an alien planet with brain damage from cryogenic stasis try to survive under an authority AI that delivers questionable orders.
Word count: 4,000
Feedback: pdlyons@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes.
May 26th, 2013 at 9:26 pm
Chef: Chris Leader
Title: Open Market
Link: Zipped .doc file on Dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/p0oeqz45ct5n93y/Open%20Market%20Updated%20Submission.zip
Elevator Pitch:
An experiential game that has players taking on the role of product design, manufacture, and sales while navigating the tides of corruption in a colony known only for the collapse of its engineered “perfect” market.
Word Count: 4,031 (includes description of images and information in tables, does not include one separate, supplemental file on Key Places in the Colony)
Feedback: followthechris (at) gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes.
May 26th, 2013 at 9:31 pm
Chef: Ross Cowman
Title: Snomute
Link: heartofthedeernicorn.com/downloads/snomute-alpha.pdf
Elevator pitch: Snomute is a Larp for 12-18 players about children with Android parents on a frozen hell-world.
Feedback: ross@heartofthedeernicorn.com
Wordcount: 2,509
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 9:59 pm
Chef(s): Fiora Booth
Title: Disphoria
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1eshXCK-Fxva3JiVW1FbGRobDA/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator Pitch: A game of small group dynamics focusing on conflict, compromise, conformity and rebellion.
Word Count: 4099
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: Fiora.b@live.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 26th, 2013 at 11:32 pm
Chef: Nat “woodelf” Barmore with Caitlin Doran
Title: (D)Evolution Terraforming, Inc.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/3t7p46bcf2ls768/%28d%29evolution%20terraforming%20inc.pdf
Elevator Pitch: Humanity has learned to self-direct its evolution, but that just raises the stakes in office politics.
Word Count: ~2700
Feedback: natbarmore@gmail.com
Eligibility: Well, didn’t technically make the deadline for my timezone. That’ll happen when you can’t come up with an idea until Saturday, and putting the various bits together only finally clicks on Sunday at 5 pm. Anyway, I’ll leave it up to the powers that be to decide whether I’m eligible or not.
May 26th, 2013 at 11:33 pm
Chef: Antifinity
Title: Something Like Alive
My Game
Elevator Pitch: Saving a spaceship that doesn’t want your help, in a world where wounds never heal. A game of perfect infection, and the imperfect cure.
Word Count: 4052
Eligibility: Eligible
Feedback: http://gmstuffblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/something-like-alive.html
May 26th, 2013 at 11:59 pm
Chef: Ed Turner
Title: Synanthropes
Link: http://thoughtcheckgames.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/synanthropes.pdf
Elevator Pitch: A group of scientists, the evolved descendants of rats, roaches, crows, and raccoons, comb through an old, abandoned human skyscraper.
Word Count: 4,078 for the actual Rules Text, with a further 1,912 in optional extras (a scene oracle and species fluff).
Feedback: EdwardDTurner@gmail.com
Elegibility: Yes, just under the wire.
May 27th, 2013 at 12:00 am
Chef: Keenan Scott aka SevenSidedDie
Title: The Emperor’s Garden
Link: http://d7.pipemaze.com/the-emperors-garden/the-emperors-garden.zip
Elevator Pitch: You can’t save the Empire from the Emperor, but as his Imperial Gardeners you can execute your duty with honour. Or can you?
Word Count: 2112
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: d7@pipemaze.com
Eligibility: Eligible
May 27th, 2013 at 12:07 am
Chef: Jackson Tegu
Title: Pursuit of Happiness
Link: http://www.photographsoflightning.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Pursuit-of-happiness-Jackson-Tegu-Gamechef-2013.doc
Elevator Pitch: Sam and Jaime are private investigators. Today they have an unusual case – their client has asked them to discover how a certain somebody can become happier.
Word Count: 1852
A way for reviewers to contact you with feedback: of.lightning@gmail.com
Eligibility: Y
May 27th, 2013 at 12:10 am
Chef: David Berg
Title: Extraction from Earth
Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1r2DrTvAnfp4_wGPfYqkQQ6t2EZo9lxjvBkNad-rsR3A/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator pitch:
You’ve left your Borg-like civilization to work as moles on Earth, and 5 years in, you’ve grown to like it here. Can you maintain your bonds while struggling to convince the Collective that they face a greater threat? Or will you change their mission by infecting them with the human values you’ve adopted?
Word Count: 3498
Feedback: http://story-games.com/praxis/comments.php?DiscussionID=601&page=1 or if joining Praxis is a problem, you can contact me at bobsurface at ye gmail.
Eligibility: Yes
May 27th, 2013 at 2:08 am
Chef: Miles Gaborit
Title: Infinite Novelty
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nuv49pht84lodi9/Infinite%20Novelty.docx
Elevator pitch: Young story creators with the power to write things into reality get stuck in their own fiction
Feedback: miles.a.gaborit@gmail.com
Eligibility: Yes
May 27th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
[submitted on behalf of Dave M]
Chef: Dave M
Title: Fall and Rise of Metal
Link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4GF0nJQdKAOTGZ3WVN0d3pEV2s/edit?usp=sharing
Elevator pitch: It has been over 12 long years under martial law. The military government rules with media, fashion and video games. Sure you have CyberWare and NanoBots, but will it be enough?
Word Count: 3,997
Feedback: dindenver@yahoo.com
Eligibility: Yes