an absurdist modern fantasy roleplaying game inspired by welcome to nightvale, alice in wonderland, gravity falls, the twilight zone, etc. the mechanics are pbta based, and the base game comes with 9 playbooks for players to choose from:
the rulebook also has information about some of the organisations and locations that exist within the town, each falling into one of 4 factions present in the town; bureaucracy, community, underbelly, and entropy. each faction has its own agenda and resources and each playbook starts with different levels of connection to each of them.
listen, i fucking love so many of the touchstones of this ttrpg. welcome to nightvale was one of the first audio dramas i ever obsessed over. i recently watched most of gravity falls. i love the absurd. i want to play this so bad
the rulebook is well layed out, with lots of clarifying info, and examples of monsters and objectives for play. it's honestly a lovely read, and its my preffered level of info for a ttrpg, sometimes i struggle with visualising exactly how to form and plan sessions as a gm if the sourcebook throws a vague setting and some rules at me, but here, i feel like i'm given just enough of a framework that i feel inspired rather than left adrift
the playbooks are fucking fantastic, truly, and i love that part of the character creation includes questions to ask the other players which help build relationships between their characters and the factions and town. i don't know if i've ever been more excited to run a session 0/character creation session.
now i just gotta figure out a way to convince people to play this with me xD