Tales of the Rampant Coyote: LoFi RPG: The Linear RPG

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Sunday, March 01, 2009

LoFi RPG: The Linear RPG
This was one of the entries into RPGDX's "LoFi" Indie RPG Jam. Not only is it a brilliant deconstruction of the fundamentals of RPG gameplay, it's actually mildly fun and interesting to play through. Once or twice. If you boil most of the details out, this is what you get:

The Linear RPG (SophieHoulden)

Thanks to I Whine About Games for the heads up. And to RPGDX for organizing the Jam.

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