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ONE DAY left!!!

We've got a new video about A Fool's Errand!

If you're curious about the lore and the world of the game, check it out here:

A Fool’s Errand is a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. Fools, go forth and explore realms both waking and subconscious. Beware: the Gods are watching, ready to manifest their love and rage as boons and calamities.

But these Gods are jealous, enormous, singular.  Death. Justice. The Hermit. These Gods are the Major Arcana.

As the Fools grow in power, the calamities grow in number, drawing players ever closer to the world’s biggest calamity yet - the next Big Oops.

If you're interested in this, it's only funding for a day more on Kickstarter!!

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Will you deny these jealous gods?

In A Fool's Errand, you'll:

Collaborate on the last apocalypse

Build a character that is tethered to the gods

Explore a vibrant science-fantasy world of Humans, Androids, and the Major Arcana gods

Hop from neon nightlife to haunted tundras to undersea cities

Incite calamities as you indulge or deny the gods

Get more powerful the more calamitous the world becomes

You are a Fool on a journey to see The World.

The Fool, being the 0th Major Arcana, is a being of infinite possibilities, of limitless potential.

How will you change the World when your journey is through?

A Fool's Errand is funding on Kickstarter right now!

If you can't wait to play a science fantasy campaign with your table that uses tarot cards in lieu of dice, check it out!

www.afoolserrandgame.com

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Let's build our playdecks!

This is part of a series where I show you how to play A Fool's Errand!

If you've ever bought a special set of dice for a character, this game is for you - make characters that suit your cool tarot decks in A Fool's Errand!!

This is one of my favourite parts of the game - your decks get better as you level up, and the mechanic is straight forward: draw equal to or under your Limit Score to succeed.

If you're interested in this, please help A Fool's Errand reach it's goal <3 it's funding right now until mid November!

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Cake from Planet Arcana is the ultimate npc. She's married, but her husband doesn't spend time with her at all. Her kid seems ok, but doesn't see her struggle at all. Her favourite book is Handmaid's Tale which isn't on the nose at all. She's strangely obsessed with lemons. She immediately falls for Celestine (in a friendly way or a romantic way I still don't quite get), then immediately goes after Rriot who simply tries to give her support and inspire her to take a stand against her husband. She even used to work at a casino.

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The World We Left Behind is a 1-5 player worldbuilding TTRPG about uncovering the mysteries of a deserted planet.

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A Fool's Errand is funding now!

A Fool’s Errand is a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between.

Fools, go forth and explore realms both waking and subconscious. Beware: the Gods are watching, ready to manifest their love and rage as boons and calamities.

But these Gods are jealous, enormous, singular.  Death. Justice. The Hermit. These Gods are the Major Arcana.

As the Fools grow in power, the calamities grow in number, drawing players ever closer to the world’s biggest calamity yet - the next Big Oops.

At a glance...

3-5 players make their Fools, and draw from a custom tarot deck to resolve incredible feats

The GM runs the game, gives a voice to the world around the players, and pulls the strings of the jealous Gods

Play in a vibrant science-fantasy world - explore neon nightlife, haunted tundras, undersea cities

Built for high drama, and high absurdity. Structured for expansive 6-8 session campaigns; supports one shots and years-long stories

Gameplay in multiple sessions, beginning with a collaborative Session 0 to detail the previous apocalypse

Help us make this game!

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Learn how to play! Did you know we have a freeeee demoooo?

How to Play A Fool's Errand - time to make your Fools!

A very brief overview of crafting characters in A Fool's Errand! Check out this tarot fueled science fantasy game here:

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Season one is complete, long live season one.

Parkdale Haunt was a learning experience. We made that show with only the vaguest idea of how creating an audiodrama worked. We just kind of did what we knew and hoped it would work out. And it did! We had such an amazing run. But that means you go into your next show with this quiet nervousness around it, will this be ok? Will people like it? Will they listen? You set a standard and then you have to live up to it again. I would be lying if I said that I never found that daunting as we ramped up into production.

But we're an independent show. We don't have to answer to anyone other than ourselves, so that means that we have to make the show that we want to make. In the end, every part of this is a labour of love, so we have to love what we're creating. And it's tiring, it is tiring during the depths of recording, it is tiring when the sound design is being put in and requiring Ian to spend hours upon hours carefully placing SFX, it is tiring when I'm sitting there, cutting hours and hours and hours of raw audio into something resembling proper dialogue. But it's so much fun. I am incredibly lucky to get to make another show with people I love and care so much about. What a joy! What a blessing. Creating art is terrifying but it's also wonderful. It's also terrible sometimes but it's mostly wonderful, and what luck to have found an audience for it. We can't make this stuff without our amazing cast, our phenomenal composer (hi Phil!), support from our friends and families, and the listeners who post and send us such wonderful comments and art and fan letters and everything else. I want to highlight the incredible and irreplaceable Andy Kelly's art one more time, he brought the show to life in a new way. And of course, to Emily and Ian, my creative partners but most of all my friends, none of this exists without the three of us. Forever thankful to be able to create and grow alongside you both. I know that I post about this stuff a lot, but I think it is important. Remember those who you create alongside. Speak their names. Thank them for their work. Everything we do is so short and fragile. Celebrate the good because someday you will only be able to look back. Create the things that you will later treasure. Hold close the relationships that make you better for having them. We are all but trees in fall, brilliant and delicate, colours that fade with the winter winds. Thank you for listening. We'll see you soon.

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Back this game!!!

The Time We Have is LIVE

My latest game is now crowdfunding!

This is a tragic two player storytelling card game about brothers in the zombie apocalypse. It is my most personal and meaningful game yet and I just know you are going to love it.

Head to the link in my bio right now and help us make it real.

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NEW EPISODE: A FOOL'S ERRAND WITH J STRAUTMAN

J is one of the Dungeon Masters for Planet Arcana, and the co-designer of A Fool’s Errand, a tarot-fueled science fantasy game set in a vibrant post-calamity world of Androids, Humans, and those in between. We sit down to build out characters and explore the world of the game, discovering a calamitous, world-shaking Big Oops along the way–and asking the question “what is life like for the people alive in its wake?”

You'll dig this episode if you like: Tarot-infused storytelling, big worldbuilding ideas, Metropolis, weird goofy schemers

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A snippet of our How to Play A Fool's Errand video!

Learn a bit more about the collaborative Session 0 we include in the game!

Use tarot cards to detail the previous apocalypse with your group, aka, The Big Oops.

Determine the relationships between the gods at the lead up to the world's biggest calamity.

Set up the world that you'll explore together in play.

If you like this, pick up a copy of A Fool's Errand for your table!

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HAPPY YAOI DAY

No man is that funny

Based on the Kurvitz quote!! :

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assorted dublin sketches, oct 12 – 18

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YOU CAN BACK IT NOW!!!!

A FOOL'S ERRAND IS LIVE!!

A Fool's Errand is LIVE! Help us make this tarot-fueled science fantasy game - play in the post-calamity as an Android, Human, or somewhere in between.

Build your Fool. As you explore realms both waking and subconscious, the Major Arcana gods take notice, manifesting their love and anger as boons and calamities.

The more power the Fools get, the more calamities are visited upon the planet, the closer the world gets to the next Big Oops.

Check out this primer on the core mechanics and the vibes of the game:

Early pledges help us out SO MUCH - if you're able to back on day 1, we greatly appreciate it!

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大和田バタークッキー / Owada Butter Cookies

were Dangan Ronpa branded treats available from March 13th- 26th 2014 at Patisserie Swallowtail. The pair of shortbread-like cookies referenced the character's infamous execution in which he was rendered into butter.

Advertised as having twice the fat, the cookies likely had a rich texture, though their taste of Mondo Owada was left mercifully undescribed.

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My new TTRPG is out!

DEATH OF THE AUTHOR is a 1-2 player tarot game about a character attempting to gain agency in their story, against the wishes of their author.

Over the course of five chapters, tell a story of character autonomy and authorial intent. What messages does the author send throughout the character’s story? What happens when the character finally confronts their author?

All that is needed to play is a deck of tarot cards, something to write with, and a few hours of time.

You can play the game solo as the character, or with a friend taking the role of the author. There's also advice on how to play the game with a pre-established character, such as an OC from a different TTRPG campaign.

There are also free community copies available to those who cannot afford a copy.