Chris Longhurst

writer and game designer

Creator of:

  • See Issue X, a solo or multi-player game about superheroes with complicated backstories

  • Pigsmoke, the RPG of wizard academia

  • Bleak Spirit, a game of a lone wanderer in a melancholy land

  • Strike Force Omega, a fast-paced game of tactical space wizard combat against a war-torn backdrop.

And many other things besides.

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Won't Be Missed is a short story about a wizard and his demigod ex-girlfriend.

A few pages of comedy setting writing from Pigsmoke, the RPG of wizard academia.

Two scenarios from Bleak Spirit to show a gloomier writing style.

Eight of the potential lovers from The One, if you want to see what I can do with a very limited word count.

Dragonslayer and brevity quest, two free-to-play Twine games.
(Serious and not-so-serious, respectively.)

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Just a list of useful RPG design resources.

Brandon Leon-Gambetta on PbtA move structures.

Nathan D. Paoletta's zine covering a lot of basic RPG design theory.