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Johannes
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Story Games Enthusiast,
veteran in roleplaying and larp
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It's for the Folklore Jam 2025 on Itch - I'm using tarot decks for the PCs (humans transformed into crows), & the oracle deck for the story and the Mother who cursed them.

Here's an example spread - the Mother equals the Magus in the Lonely Tower - three cards to the right.
itch.io/jam/folklore...
A spread of momatoe's oracle deck and three different tarot decks on a table with a cover draft that reads "A Murder of Crows". Seven cards of the oracle deck on the top right stand for the story of the crows, three cards for their Mother on the right. On the bottom left, three individual crow characters are made up of three cards from three different tarot decks each - The Tarot of Servants from Bluebeard's Bride, The Urban Tarot by Robin Scott, and the Spheres of Heaven.
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Gaming Halloween in full swing, wow! I ran The Magus by @momatoes.com for the Paradice Halloween Special at Hauptbücherei Wien.

My table was all newbies who were amazed that the session was entirely improvised, just based on the Oracle Deck. We had a blast, no notes!
#TTRPGs #StoryGames #ZeroPrep
Five happy gamers holding up their oracle cards/characters for The Magus. In the background, there's about 20 tables of gaming at Hauptbücherei Wien. A room full of role-playing gamers having a blast at the annual Paradice Halloween Special at Hauptbücherei Wien. Selfie of me at the gaming table with one of the players - Me, with beard and glasses and in an iFoL t-shirt. The table sports snacks, an x-card and cards from the oracle deck. There's also a copy of Women are Werewolves lying around. The full gaming table with snacks, an x-card and gaming paraphernalia - notes, oracle cards, pencils, index cards and dice. Four players are getting up from the game to take a break.
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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#Lovecraftesque arrived, at long last. I can't wait to try out the Second Edition. It's really beautiful.

#TTRPG #StoryGames #GMlessGames #MysteryGames #HorrorGames

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The boxed game Lovecraftesque Second Edition with three scenario packs on my kitchen counter. The cover features a young lady in Jeans and a jacket crouching down on a road at night to investigate a cobwebbed monstrous infestation in the headlights of an Oldtimer car. Her left hand is oozing black goo onto the road. Next to the car, there's a tentacled skull-monster menacing her from behind.
February 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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No one else posted Ars Magica - to me, it's a classic. It really says what the game is about, directly and in symbols. It's a game and a book about magic and books.

I'm not sure if it's minimalist, but definitely symbols and sigils.

#ArsMagica #ttrpg
Cover of the Ars Magica 5th Edition tabletop roleplaying game. In the middle is the round symbol of the Order of Hermes, three entangled golden snakes with an apple, an ankh and a fasces symbol on their heads, respectively, circling around a golden triangle. Arranged around the symbol in a concentric circle are portraits of each of the founders of the Houses of Hermes, drawn in a style imitating medieval book illustrations. The four corners of the central cover illustration feature pictures of an angel, a fairy, a demon and a dragon - representing the supernatural realms of the Divine, Fairy, the Infernal and Magic. Around the illustration are floral ornaments, and on top of it there's a colorful calligraphy: Ars Magica - The Art of Magic. Fifth Edition. On the bottom, it says: Created by Jonathan Tweet and Mark Rein-Hagen
December 7, 2024 at 7:11 PM