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Fiasco by @bullypulpithq.bsky.social is such a great game, and it works extremely well as the foundation and engine for fast-paced, personal stories, which put intensely selfish humanity front and center. Great TTRPG, 10/10, highly recommend.

And the Writer Emergency Pack by @johnaugust.bsky.social is an incredible tool for any writer. Usually, it's used to get you unstuck in your writing, help you look at your characters and situations through new and exciting lenses.

I've finished this sort of project twice now, each time resulting in a short novella. Both stories went places and explored themes I wouldn't have thought of, all because of the prompts of the cards, and the restriction and direction of Fiasco.

There's a third one in the pipe right now, with the larger goal of creating a sort of anthology of selfish humanity as a larger collection of these stories. Three stories of greed and trauma, three distinct casts of three characters trying to make it big, or at least make it out alive.

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All three stories use the "Roadkill" playset for Fiasco, which can be found among many others at fiascoplaysets.com Of all playsets I have looked at/used, Roadkill just hits the right spots for me and the kind of stories I want to tell using Fiasco.

I have adopted a philosophy of preparing less for the games I run, relying on random prompts and more and more over the years. Mythic GME by @tanapigeonwmg.bsky.social is one of the best tools out there for that. I think that's the reasons I enjoy this project to so much, as well.

The cards just force you out of your comfort zone, let you think about your characters in ways you'd never even consider due to genre or plot biases you might have. Draw a "Zombies" card in a realistic heist story, and then what? The card would make you think about an unstoppable force...