As it says on the tin, “Players create the narrative by writing each other letters in the style of Lovecraft.” Participants create and act as a fictional character they have created. Additionally, players take on characters with statistically described attributes. Quill seems aimed at a classroom setting and also includes dice rolls and scoring. This blog will review De Profundis, but if its style doesn’t suit, consider Epistolary: The Letter-Writing RPG and Quill: A Letter-Writing RPG. I haven’t played either, but a quick read indicates Epistolary relies on email, and the game mechanics involve dice rolls and scoring. Don’t know twenty-eight people? Don’t have any news? Perhaps you could just make stuff up and send it to imaginary people-enter the world of letter-writing games. Image by free-photos from Pixabayĭid you know February is International Correspondence-Writing Month? The letter-writing effort is called InCoWriMo (wink to NaNoWriMo-National Novel Writing Month) and promotes sending hand-written correspondence each day in February.
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