{"id":179,"date":"2017-05-11T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T22:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/05\/11\/of-the-woods-lonely-games-of-imagination-now-on-drivethrurpg\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T00:39:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T05:39:48","slug":"of-the-woods-lonely-games-of-imagination-now-on-drivethrurpg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/05\/of-the-woods-lonely-games-of-imagination-now-on-drivethrurpg\/","title":{"rendered":"Of the Woods: Lonely Games of Imagination Now on DriveThruRPG!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/209823\/Of-the-Woods-Lonely-Games-of-Imagination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Of the Woods: Lonely Games of Imagination now live on DriveThruRPG!<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-pklWB8o7wk8\/WRTnBW33H9I\/AAAAAAABMNM\/Ih-5pvCrKBI2Yl73q1qJjkO3QkI6KIT6wCLcB\/s1600\/OfTheWoodsCover.jpg?ssl=1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-pklWB8o7wk8\/WRTnBW33H9I\/AAAAAAABMNM\/Ih-5pvCrKBI2Yl73q1qJjkO3QkI6KIT6wCLcB\/s320\/OfTheWoodsCover.jpg?resize=247%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"247\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 247px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 247\/320;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i>Of the Woods<\/i>&nbsp;is a collection of six single-player lonely games. A lonely game is a game of questions to tell haunting, introspective, and quiet stories. The original game by Brie Sheldon, Locked Away, inspired the subsequent games by Kimberley Lam, Moyra Turkington, Meera Barry, Chris Bennett, and Adam McConnaughey, the last of which involves a tarot card mechanic. When you play a lonely game, you tell a story no one else has told &#8211; to keep locked away, or to share with others who are lonely, too.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the sales will go entirely to The Trevor Project (www.thetrevorproject.org\/) to support LGBTQIA+ youth.<\/p>\n<p>This project has been slow in progress for a number of reasons, but the first ever Daedalum Analog Productions release, and my first published project as designer &amp; curator, is now on DriveThruRPG.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/goog_1918128483\"><br \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/209823\/Of-the-Woods-Lonely-Games-of-Imagination\">http:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/209823\/Of-the-Woods-Lonely-Games-of-Imagination<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post was supported by the community on <a href=\"http:\/\/patreon.com\/briecs\">patreon.com\/briecs<\/a>. Tell your friends! <\/p>\n<p>To leave some cash in the tip jar, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/paypal.me\/thoughty\">http:\/\/paypal.me\/thoughty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like to be interviewed for Thoughty, or have a project featured, email <a href=\"mailto:contactbriecs@gmail.com?Subject=Thoughty%20Blog\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">contactbriecs@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the Woods: Lonely Games of Imagination now live on DriveThruRPG! Of the Woods&nbsp;is a collection of six single-player lonely games. A lonely game is a game of questions to tell haunting, introspective, and quiet stories. The original game by Brie Sheldon, Locked Away, inspired the subsequent games by Kimberley Lam, Moyra Turkington, Meera Barry, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/05\/of-the-woods-lonely-games-of-imagination-now-on-drivethrurpg\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Of the Woods: Lonely Games of Imagination Now on DriveThruRPG!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[390],"tags":[27,133,10,17,50,132,8,15,12],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","tag-briecs-original","tag-daedalum-ap","tag-game-design","tag-gaming","tag-lonely-games","tag-of-the-woods","tag-roleplaying-games","tag-rpg","tag-rpgs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paHOcG-2T","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175,"url":"https:\/\/briebeau.com\/thoughty\/2017\/05\/designer-devourer-episode-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":179,"position":0},"title":"Designer &#038; Devourer Episode 5","author":"Beau J\u00e1gr Sheldon","date":"May 21, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Designer & Devourer Episode 5 on PatreonCheck out Episode 5 of Designer & Devourer by clicking the post title! 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