Game Lamprey
This is a bad idea.
It is driven not by what a designer should make, but what they could make.
More simply put, this is an RPG supplement that latches onto another game like a hagfish, slowly draining it of its essence.
I have no idea if it's fun to use, but if there's a book you don't mind actively weakening, you're welcome to place this next to it and let it latch on.
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Game Lamprey is a 6 page universal RPG supplement---meaning it can be used with any game system, anywhere, ever.
It also permanently modifies and/or destroys that game system, so consider yourself warned.
EDIT: For more Game Lamprey reading, see this incredible write-up by @LiberLudorum
2nd EDIT: For even more Game Lamprey commentary, see this article on Immerse.
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Other Games That Have Been Fed By The Lamprey:
-I Got Hit By A Meteor & Was Reincarnated As The Hero Of A Tabletop RPG by AlessandroAD
-GameLampshade by DeReel
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This is fantastic. I'm 100% okay with it!
"It also permanently modifies and/or destroys that game system, so consider yourself warned."
I am attempting to fathom this... This is precisely the sort of work (creature?) I should expect from you by this point, and yet I am still surprised
The good news is, if your Game Lamprey is ever doing too much harm to your core book, you can just install a Game Lamprey on your Game Lamprey. Five or so feedings later, the core book will be cured.
stop my brain is already melting hahaha
this game makes me feel like a designer or someone trying to follow the steps online to reach glitch town and slowly succeeding.
Some things the version i read does not include, but would likely arrive after the giddiness of writing and showing ppl a creation like this is given time to settle down: “all lamprays are allergic to safety rules” and if 1-page, change all instances of “page” to “line”.
Oh that's a good call. I endorse this.
Yeah, lampreys will not eat safety techniques. It's a dietary thing. They'll eat the rest of the page except for the technique, though.
Wait I just remembered the lamprey itself has X-card built in. It's not as comprehensive as the core game might be. But then again, there's cases where adding the lamprey might make the core game safer.
That's a sentence I never expected to write.
Don’t be too surprised if it it has real-world examples! https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/08/12/489619045/could-worms-in-your-gut-cure-your-allergies