This Halloween season, Side Character Quest is teaming up with Parable Games (makers of the horror tabletop roleplaying game Shiver) to demo their new entry into the horror genre: Don’t Play This Game.
A mock-up of Don’t Play This Game’s gamebook, dice, and various spooky stuff.
DPTG is a unique legacy solo horror experience that has players live out their own found footage horror movie. Although this is a solo game, players are invited to pass the record they create while playing to a new victim, who then has to pick up the curse where the first player left off.
On October 13th, we will be releasing Ty’s playthrough of DPTG, dramatized and sound designed to recreate the feeling Ty had when playing the game himself. Listeners are encouraged to pick up where his story leaves off, continuing the legacy in their own playthrough of Don’t Play This Game. Click here for resources.
The cover art for the upcoming episode of Side Character Quest. The illustration includes a neon green rabbit’s foot key chain, a handheld tape recorder, a set of dice, and a ring of barbed wire.
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Parable Games has provided Side Character Quest with a free demo of the game but is otherwise not sponsoring this episode. Special thanks to friends of the show Morgan Spatola and Dan Spencer for their help brainstorming this project. Watch for more information on future projects.