LISTENING to a VANISHED GOD

Devlog

• Fail States rules
  November 09, 2023 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  Revised the rules to use FAIL STATES rpg. Old version with Maze Rats still available... Continue reading
• Revised combat.
  January 31, 2023 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  I like my Schrödinger's Ghosts rules for combat so much that I ported them into LitaVaG, too... Continue reading

  
• Added the final piece of art
  December 26, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  #art, #ttrpg, #dice, #print and play

  Carlos Castilho for the win. Love his style, so expressive and perfect for the simplicity of this game... Continue reading

  
• New version - for MAZE RATS!
  November 29, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  #maze rats, #ttrpg, #magic words, #talismans, #trolls, #wyverns

  The rough sketch will be "arted" by Carlos Castilho later in December. I totally revised art and layout, and also revised the rules. The game now is compatible with Ben Milton's MAZE RATS . You will f... Continue reading

  
• Itchfunding layout
  April 14, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Thank you, so much, to all who purchased during the itchfund round for ART. Carlos Castilho's pieces are great, and I'm very grateful to all of you for supporting his additions to this work. I have re... Continue reading
• New art from Carlos Castilho
  March 24, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  I decided that I would like the trolls to be more bestial, more ambiguous in their personhood... Continue reading

  
• Released final version!
  March 13, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  LISTENING to a VANISHED GOD is a game about exactly that. It is now released as a 72 page zine . Available here in pdf. Will be available at drivethrurpg in Print on Demand, softcover standard color... Continue reading
• Big update! -> 68 pages "complete"
  March 03, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  LISTENING to a VANISHED GOD is a game about exactly that. It will be released as a 72* page zine, sometime in March. The 68 pages so far completed are available now. Some art still to be filled in, as... Continue reading

  
• Rolled the Rules back to 24XX
  February 25, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  I am playtesting the Ziggurat of Mag adventure (included in this zine) with an opposed-rolls version of 24XX. It runs ok. But at the same time I am running a game of CRAWLERS , which is a straight-up... Continue reading

  
• Name Change: Not Hiding the Ball
  February 17, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Changing the name of this game, to fully express its central themes. How do your characters, the "reavers," experience the powers they bear as gifts from an absent deity? What purpose do they seek for... Continue reading
• Retooling Core Mechanic
  February 13, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Reworking the core of the game, to make it 24XXy, as follows: = Turn Down for What? = Your reaver has many attributes. A few examples are Brutal, Cunning, Dexterous, Friendly, Graceful, Learned, Skill... Continue reading
• Preview of "Tomes"
  February 11, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp#magic, #ttrpg, #spells

  Continuing to work on the zine. I have expanded the rules for Tomes with some examples of spells... Continue reading

  
• Added partial preview of full zine
  February 08, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  I lost count but there's either 52 or 54 pages completed, the preview's available at the final price point if you want to get it early. The screenshot of the bookmarks shows generally what's in it, on... Continue reading
• Added example of magic
  February 07, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  A screenshot of online play, where someone decided to risk binding and casting a spell... Continue reading

  
• Summary of setting
  January 31, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Six generations ago, the four-armed god emperor Mag disappeared , producing tumult among the populace of its eponymous domain. The fey have returned. The minotaurs roam the grass dunes freely. Trolls... Continue reading
• Now itchfunding for 60 page zine (ZineMonth)
  January 29, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  Some of this project will always be free. An update coming toward the end of February will massively expand it with encounter tables for three cities, three hamlets, and at least six different environ... Continue reading

  
• Coming next
  January 26, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  = Spoils of Magog = A listing of various goods or properties, and a few services, that can be purchased for derniers, sous, livres, or quintals. = Encounters in Magog = A combined encounters-and-weath... Continue reading
• Submitted to game(s) jam
  January 21, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  I submitted Reavers , which is a mashup of World of Dungeons, Barbarians of Lemuria, and Gumshoe, to the game(s) jam. Also, updated rules to simplify and clarify how wounds work and to make armor more... Continue reading
• Modified core engine and combat
  January 19, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  I revised the core engine so that a SETTLE result requires a tough choice between "avoiding part of the risk and accomplishing part of their action, or taking all of the risk and accomplishing all of... Continue reading
• Status of Reavers
  January 15, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  The published rules include a core mechanic, foes and combat, wounds and healing, magic, marks and scars, tomes of power, and examples of reavers and their gifts. A free version is available at https:... Continue reading
• Added more about combat
  January 09, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  Added some detail on six different types of opponents that your reaver might face. Some opponents present an escalating series of risks. Others can take out your reaver with a single blow or crushing... Continue reading
• Added Marks of magic and Scars of combat
  January 07, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  Another page of tables. Also some art... Continue reading
• Added Magic
  January 04, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

  I added brief rules for magic, three paragraphs and four tables (Traits, Actions, Animals, and Objects) that are inspired by the Maze Rats magic tables - but a totally other thing that gives the playe... Continue reading

  
• Added a pdf of the rules
  January 03, 2022 by @tibbius@dice.camp

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  I published a pdf of the rules, with a pretty cover... Continue reading