The tale of Barbabianca is made up of rumours, words getting around without quite knowing who spoke them, and seeing the word-of-mouth that keeps bringing a few new faces in every day is heartwarming. Thanks for this, too: every time you share a link, message someone about the game, or just mention it in passing helps brings this little homemade game a little further.
And to keep with the musical theme, we want to shout out another Zinetopia project by our dear friend Côme Martin.
THREE PUNK GAMES is a collection of 3 small TTRPGs, each dealing with the theme of punk in its one way. Each is presented and being played differently:
Hex & the Punks is a small, 40-page booklet including a GMless game of angry witches fighting against a personification of capitalism, patriarchy, or both, and is played with coins;
We were punks is a 24-page, risograph-printed booklet, offering a GMless, system-less epistolary game which is played solo first and then as a group, and in which characters reconstruct the history of a punk band and the zine that talked about them;
SEX/VIOLENCE/POOP 3: REBELLION ON PLANET TURD will be printed on 9 sheets of toilet paper. In that game, 3-8 players take on the role of slaves of Turd Planet, rebelling against their Master (played by the GM). The game uses a system based on rock/paper/scissors.
We've translated some of Côme's work into Italian, and his minimalist styles is a source of endless fascination. Give these a listen, it'll be worth it.