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Bright Bard Games
about 16 hours ago
Project Update: Adventure Reveal + New Poll
Happy Wednesday y'all! Jon here again with a few updates! Poll Results In classic Bat fashion, we had a 2-way tie between the League of Evil Exes and the Haunted Airbnb adve...
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Bright Bard Games
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Project Update: Launch Day
Happy Pride gang! First of all: thanks for kicking June off in style with us! We're really excited to be publishing a second edition of Longsword, Glock, Bat, Taser, and I'...
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In LGBT, you have 4 stats: Longsword, Glock, Bat, and Taser. Each corresponds to character traits loosely based on tropes associated with a queer identity. What's your highest stat? Longsword represents your versatility, flexibility, and loyalty. Roll Longsword to find a creative solution, be there when someone needs it, or drop everything for a friend. Glock represents your charisma, empathy, and flair for the dramatic. Roll Glock to bring panache or killer style to a scene, shoot your shot, or unload a full mag of out-of-pocket quips, genuinely helpful advice, or withering retorts on behalf of your friends. Bat represents your insight, candor, and might. Roll Bat to uncover the truth, cut to the chase, find a blunt solution to a problem, or overcome indecision. Taser represents your creativity, wits, and conviction. Roll Taser to come up with a plan or adapt on the fly, use your dazzling intellect to solve a problem, or a write a manifesto, blog post, or carefully-worded takedown.

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Bright Bard Games
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1 day ago

Project Update: Project Update: Launch Day

Happy Pride gang!

First of all: thanks for kicking June off in style with us! We're really excited to be publishing a second edition of Longsword, Glock, Bat, Taser, and I'm pumped to share some of the exciting new stuff we've got planned. To that end, we're running a poll right now to see which adventure prompt y'all are most excited about! We'll post a little update about the poll winner and talk about the process of writing it.

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Launch Party with Goosepoop Games: Tonight at 6pm Central, we're hanging out with Jordan of Goosepoop Games to talk about LGBT, game design, and more! Stop by Bri or Jordan's stream tonight and chat with us!

Stillfleet Studio: We had the please of chatting with Wythe and Chris last night on their podcast Why We Roll! It was a blast chatting with them about how we came to tabletop gaming, what Bri and I's process for designing games is like, some of the stuff you can look forward to in LGBT, and how we bring important themes into even our most whimsical titles. You can catch the VoD right now on Twitch or on their website!

That's All, Folks!

That's it for now! I'll see y'all at our next big funding milestone, or after our first poll with some information on the adventure prompt y'all are most excited about. Whichever comes first :] 

Thanks again for joining us on launch day!

- Jon
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1 day ago

Let's kick off our campaign by checking out one of our revised adventure prompts! Which adventure would y'all like to check out first? We'll share a page from the book and chat a bit about designing it once y'all select your favorite.

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Bright Bard Games
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about 16 hours ago

Project Update: Project Update: Adventure Reveal + New Poll

Happy Wednesday y'all! Jon here again with a few updates!

Poll Results

In classic Bat fashion, we had a 2-way tie between the League of Evil Exes and the Haunted Airbnb adventures! As such, I'll be sharing one adventure today, and the other tomorrow! I've also started a new poll where you can share what you think your highest stat is!

Alright, let's get into the adventure prompts. I'll start by talking about the Haunted Party Venue adventure prompt today, and chat a little about how we designed our adventure prompts!

Each adventure prompt includes: 
  • A high-level theme, like "Exorcise your Haunted Party Venue"
  • A short description of that prompts expected contents
  • The genre or mashup for that adventure prompt
  • A short list of hazards that might fit well with that prompt
  • 6 Scene objective recommendations like "Commune with the Spirits"
  • A short description of each scene's expected contents

Here's what the Haunted Party Venue adventure looks like:



Easy to Run, Easy to Mod

Since LGBT is a lightweight, narrative-focused system, our goal for adventure prompts was to provide a strong hook or theme and support it with a collection of scenes that could theoretically be run straight out of the book with little or no advance preparation. We also wanted to leave room for interpretation or modification on the gamemaster's part, since it's possible for characters' personal Pride goals (chosen at character creation) or the gamemaster's vision for the adventure to be a little different than what we thought might play out. 

At its heart, the Haunted House adventure is all about a paranormal surprise waiting for you at the venue you rented to hang out with friends. What kind of ghosts are haunting it in your game? What do they want? Will you have to fight them to make room for your friends' antics, or do they need help from you and your friends to find peace? 

It's ultimately up to you and the folks at your table to decide, and scene Objectives (the measure of your progress towards short-term goals in each chapter of the story) can be easily modified to better represent the story unfolding at your table. 

That's all, Folks!

That's it for today! Thanks to everyone who showed up last night and this morning, and we're looking forward to an exciting couple of days as we close in on our funding goal. I'll be back tomorrow with a short write-up on the League of Evil Exes adventure prompt. Don't forget to vote in the poll! 

Cheers, and the happiest possible Pride to y'all!

- Jon and Bri


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Bright Bard Games
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about 16 hours ago
Everyone can add enamel pins of a Longsword, Glock, Bat, or Taser to their Pledge!
Goal: $2,262 / $4,500
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