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Everlasting, Neverending Game Night

so a raccoon got ahold of the Necronomicon

Published 22 days ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

Imagine it's after dark on the eve of All Hallows. Your car broke down, and now you're tramping through the woods in search of shelter. Ice-cold rain soaks through your too-summery clothes and into your bones.

A sudden shock: Lightning outlines a looming manor house. Deafening thunder—or is it the manse's baleful façade?—roots you to the spot.

Brambles choke its walls. Mazy gables top narrow windows from which fell figures stare out.

And then...like an ill omen...a Chevy Bluebird school bus wrapped in an Octopus carnival ride heaves into view above the roof, and a half-dozen raccoons leap from it to the shingles below.

And you say:

"This will end well."

If you were a raccoon, what would you do with the Necronomicon? A monkey's paw? A possessed doll, a mirror with a demon trapped inside, or a puzzle box unlocking another dimension?

Answer for yourself when you back Raccoon Sky Pirates on the first day!

I'll send everyone in that esteemed company a gigantic PDF map of a haunted house. It has four floors, a list of cursed Trash, and its own extended Disaster Track.

We plan to launch October 1st. Be sure not to miss it and sign up now!​

You're a raccoon, and it's Halloween.

What will you do?

xoxoxo
Chrys

PO Box 14294, Columbus, OH 43214
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Everlasting, Neverending Game Night

by Chrys Sellers, she/they

🌈🚀 Reliable wonder engine. I make narrative role-playing games that imagine a weirder, queerer, more connected world.

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