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HOW TO

WRITE A
ROLEPLAYING
GAME
A comprehensive guide by
Riverhouse Games
ADVANCE PRAISE
"In addition to always encouraging people to
write their games no matter how self
indulgent they feel, Taylor has helped me
understand the arcane secrets of layout
software which has really opened up the
possibilities of my game design." - Alice Kyra
https://magical-girl-kyra.itch.io/

"Good grief I want to be this liberated in


expression and design." - Credit me as Tomas
Herbertson or @mossy_toes or something
w/e idk
Riverhouse Games Thanks You!
Thank you for reading this
Riverhouse game. You can find
more games at
RiverhouseGames.com as well as
podcasts and resources about queer
& LGBT+ tabletop gaming.
Thank you to the people backing
the Riverhouse Games Patreon,
such as:
Rohit Sodhia & Gamersplane.com,
The Redacted Files Podcast
Network, Mossy, Lucca, Landan
Smith, Elizabeth Bellisario, Kirsten
Engeseth, Nicole Trainor, Alice
Kyra, Kyle Krueger, Paul Bennett,
and Rob Abrazado: THANK YOU!
If you want to see your name in
upcoming Riverhouse games or
podcasts, you can set a small
monthly subscription at
Patreon.com/RiverhouseGames
It's Simple.
Here is what to do:

STEP 1
Write some profound shit like
"You are trapped in a cave with
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no light but your heart".

STEP 2
Add a mechanic like
"Do not roll dice" 02
STEP 3
Include something that doesn't
make sense like "When the
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waves crash over your dreams,
roll +hope."
Still with me?
Fine.

STEP 4
If possible, shitpost like
"also you're a gay wizard."
04

STEP 5
Make it gay like
"also you're a gay wizard." 05
STEP 6
Throw it into a template on
Canva dot com and upload it to
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Itch dot io.
This Is Killing
My Ink Levels
Why was this the choice I made???

STEP 7
This advice is meant entirely
seriously, and with love. If you
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use these rules to mock weird
games or to make light of the
stuff I or my friends write that
are weird or small or you don't
get then you are doing game
design wrong.

STEP 8
This is ultimately a failed
exercise. There is no way to
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design roleplaying games other
than the light you hold in your
own heart. Do not roll dice.
Instead, when the waves crash
over your dreams, roll +Hope.
Also, be a gay wizard. R. Mutt

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