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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

Updated 1 day ago
StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(16 total ratings)
Authorkumada1
Tagslamprey, permanent, Supplement, universal

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(+1)

That was so inspiring, I've started designing things that feed on other games. Thanks for that!

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Heck yeah! Let the weird and squamous game ecosystem thrive!

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Hi! You got hacked for the Hackathon! Tell me if you’re OK with it… https://dereel.itch.io/game-lampshade

This is fantastic. I'm 100% okay with it!

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"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

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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.

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stop my brain is already melting hahaha

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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”.

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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.

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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.

(+3)

That's a sentence I never expected to write.

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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