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Calling all the lost, broken, and unplayable ideas. Everything discarded, unfinished, dreamt but never written. Word docs rusting in a dust-laden folder. Mostly-empty journals with doodles and notes. Put them here.

Something small. Something weird. A poem, a song, a twisted series of words that we call “game.” An odd drawing, a playtest of something never released, a walkthrough of something never seen. The review of a game you’ll never imagine. The play report that drags a game into existence.

Lyric games, ergodic games, literature games, art games, video-game games, dream games, ritual games, dance games, fighting games, a game where we look at the moon and share the secrets she whispers to us. 

I want everyone to make at least one “unplayable” game. I want this to be the pit where we cast these magic pdfs, txts, gdocs, mp3s, comics, and htmls. The pit that bubbles and boils and churns and that we can all drink from and gather inspiration. We cast them so that they can become fuel for the next thing. To share what we desire and dream of so that everyone can dream something new.

This jam runs for 1 month. And I want you in. I want you to write something. Now. Today. Upload a jpg of something scrawled on a napkin. Unclog the drain and let your ideas spill out. No holding back. 

I want to find the next great experimental game in these submissions. I want to find the line that makes me shiver with delight. 

This jam would not be possible with the SnowTTRPG discord server, where we’ve talked about this kind of thing before and will continue to do so for quite a long time

Lost, Broken, Unplayable Rules

  1. Create a game that is lost, broken, or otherwise unplayable.
  2. Upload it as a txt, pdf, jpg, html, mp3, .wad or any other format.
  3. Add a title and submit it to the jam.
  4. Check out at least one other submission and rate it!

Hidden rule: Don’t just repost some older game of yours that you made a while ago. Old, hidden projects are fair game, but this is a jam. We’re in the house together right now slinging paint at one another. Make something NEW!

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Submitted so far(28)

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Adventure
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a game you should never play with your loved ones, the bandaids in your apartment, and sharp teeth...
a toxic yuri breakup game sequel to teeth bingo card scavenger hunt
A system for breaking down systems
An unplayable singing game about the sin of avarice.
A Memo about a lost TSR Game of Psionic Warfare.
A guide for introducing philosophy to your fantasy roleplaying games
A lifestyle mementobuilder
Unfinished. Will likely remain that way.
A game where you must hide what you are to live
a destructive trench warfare simulation
The Hollow is a solo journaling ttrpg similar to something you might find in Wretched and Alone.
An unplayable physical game about fighting people in real life
Lost Umbrella is a game where you play as a girl to push boxes to reach the umbrella.
Puzzle
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Little bits and pieces I suppose I'll never use.
encounter and embody werebeasts on your real life walks
solo epistolary game of banishment and letters
Role Playing
The worst high-school reunion. Scenario Fragment for Liminal Horror
An outline for a game I want to make, made for the 'Lost, Broken and Unplayable' Jam.