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In this episode, we talk to Luke Jordan aka Wildwood Games, a queer non-binary game designer, writer, editor, performer, and professional GM. Their own games often combine a poetic sensibility, spooky themes, high emotion, and light mechanics. They've contributed to games like Girl by Moonlight published by Evil Hat and Koriko and The Slow Knife by Mouse House Press. Today, we're talking about two of their games that were crowdfunded in a double-barrel campaign with Possum Creek Games in late 2023. Grand Guignol, a second version of their game of queer gothic horror, and Harvest, a brand new folk horror set on some unnamed British isle.
Harvest / Grand Guignol on Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/jay-dragon/grand-guignol-harvest
Wild Wood Games on itch: https://gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest
Luke Jordan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wildwoodsgames.bsky.social
Show Notes:
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Dracula
Jekyll and Hyde
Frankenstein
Penny Dreadful
The Wickerman
The Apostle (2018)
Blood on Satan’s Claw
Witchfinder General
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (documentary)
Midsommar
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Games Mentioned
Apocalypse World
Dream Askew/Dream Apart
Wanderhome
Stonetop (with annotated actual play)
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