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Bound on a journey; Bound together; Bound to fail

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Bound is a single player setting agnostic game about the connection between two people as they travel to a destination through the destruction of the world on a journey they will most likely not complete.

You will create two characters, their relationship to one another, the destruction that haunts them, and the motive for them to move forward.

During the game, you will be asked to write scenes in first person, switching perspectives between characters, and using their personality traits and subjective conceptualizations of each other to answer prompts.

For more dramatic scenes you will be asked to write in an objective third person, showing dramatic irony and increased tension between the truth and your characters' limited perspectives.

The journey will most likely end in failure, either through abandonment or death as chance of success is slim, but there is still a chance.

For the two player version, you and one other person take on the role of your characters.

Depending on the scene you will either be asking leading questions, answering said questions, or role playing the scene.

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Basic Info

Players: 1 or 2

Sessions: Single

Session Time: 1-2 Hours

Items Needed: 2 Decks of Cards, Writing Implements, 10 Tokens, Separate Character Sheet

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Single Player and 2 Player versions are in separate zip files which contain the following:

  • Full Color PDF Spreads and Pages
  • Plain Text PDF
  • Txt File
  • HTML File
  • Epub File


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Feel free to leave reviews and playthrough links in the comments!

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2024 Winner, The Awards

Updated 4 days ago
StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(22 total ratings)
AuthorK-Ramstack
Tagsjournaling, Singleplayer, solo, Solo RPG, Two Player
Average sessionA few hours
LanguagesEnglish

Purchase

Buy Now$5.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Bound Ramstack.zip 73 MB
Bound Together Ramstack.zip 75 MB

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Comments

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Hey! Just letting you know Bound is included in the June 16 issue of The Soloist substack.

Thank you so much for the mention!!

How many pages is the PDF?

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1 Player: 44 pages/ 21 spreads including front and back cover
2 Player: 48 pages / 23 spreads including front and back cover

Okay, thank you! ^-^

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A tragic journey game for 2 characters who will learn to know each other, to survive, to help each other... against the backdrop of the end of their world

Awesome! Powerful! Moving!

I love the card mechanics that I had already seen in the tragic romance game It Will Come Back.

K-Ramstack brings more diversity by opening up the possible options with each card draw.

The layout is absolutely stunning. I love it, it’s great art.

Well done

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Thank you so much for the review!!!

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The spreads are gorgeous! Thank you for including text and spreads versions as well as single and two player modes. Can't wait to play through it tonight