Dahlia's Diversions For Peculiar Parties Live On BackerKit
What if Lemony Snicket were a punctilious old woman whose parlor game collection comprised exclusively indie RPG zines?
Well, her name was Dahlia, and she apparently bequeathed her "best of" collection to Steve some years ago . . . I found it while exploring the Deep Archives, and somehow wound up responsible for fulfilling an old promise and getting these games to print.
Dahlia's Diversions for Peculiar Parties is a set of eight short roleplaying games, a sampler of the wide world of RPG zines. The formats range from the familiar (a GM and players rolling dice to succeed or fail) to the esoteric (a solo LARP that you play on a train), and from the most wholesome themes (day-saving grannies) to your most twisted sense of humor (a blood-soaked retelling of your favorite childhood story). Dahlia presents the set with a letter, and has left her mark on the games – a familiar cursive offering words of wisdom for new GMs and players, alternate flavor, and the occasional joke.
The campaign is live on BackerKit now, and after a little over a day it's just past 2/3 of the way to its funding goal. This party's just getting started, so come find out what's on Dahlia's table!
This project saw some last-minute changes when tariffs plunged our initial plan of a boxed set into oblivion. We're working with a local printer in Atlanta, and assembly will be "in house" – literally at SJ's. I'm really proud of the work that went into each of these games, and hope you'll like them too!