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## recommended
-| game | date | type | rules | players | tested? | good? | description |
+| game | description | | players | type | tested? | rules | good? | date
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
-| [doodle rpg](https://tilde.za3k.com/doodlerpg/) | 2022-12-03 | computer | light | 1-99+ | beta | yes | draw and explore a universe
-| [hack-an-adventure](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/adventure/) | 2022-11-29 | computer | light | 1 | yes | yes | listen as a premade story is revealed, and doodle what happens.
-| [hack-a-snake](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/snake/) | 2022-11-27 | computer | light | 1 | yes | maybe | play snake
-| [hack-a-hell](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/hell/) | 2022-11-22 | computer | light | 1 | yes | yes | avoid bullets and shoot the music visualizer
-| [hack-a-minigame](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/mini/) | 2022-11-16 | computer | mid | 1 | yes | maybe | save and load a snake game to win
-| [hack-an-asteroid](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/asteroid/) | 2022-11-07 | computer | light | 1 | yes | maybe | asteroids
-| [doodle adventures](doodle_adventures) | 2021-03-29 | drawing | light | 1-6 | no | yes | listen as a premade story is revealed, and doodle what happens.
-| [in media res](in_media_res) | 2022-02-25 | storytelling | light | 3+ | yes | maybe | 3+ people tell a story
-| [logic potions](logic_potions) | 2021-03-13 | board | heavy | 2-4 | yes | maybe | a potion-brewing game. not about logical deduction, but about logical deduction clues themselves
-| [loot boxes](lootboxes) | 2021-02-08 | storytelling | light | 2-4 | yes | maybe | "car trip" game. Players have an inventory of random items. They must use the items to solve a series of challenges.
-| [no, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!](invincible) v2 | 2021-02-08 | storytelling | mid | 2-8 | yes | yes | villains send wave after harder wave of enemies at the Heros, until they kill the Villains.
-| [ultimate archwizards vs the dark Lord](ultimate_archwizard) | 2021-02-03 | storytelling | light | 3-5, GM | yes | yes | one-page storytelling game about the final episode in a fight anime.
+| [doodle rpg](https://tilde.za3k.com/doodlerpg/) | draw and explore a universe | 1-99+ | computer | beta | light | yes | 2022-12-03
+| [hack-an-adventure](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/adventure/) | listen as a premade story is revealed, and doodle what happens. | 1 | computer | yes | light | yes | 2022-11-29
+| [hack-a-snake](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/snake/) | play snake | 1 | computer | yes | light | maybe | 2022-11-27
+| [hack-a-hell](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/hell/) | avoid bullets and shoot the music visualizer | 1 | computer | yes | light | yes | 2022-11-22
+| [hack-a-minigame](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/mini/) | save and load a snake game to win | 1 | computer | yes | mid | maybe | 2022-11-16
+| [hack-an-asteroid](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/asteroid/) | asteroids | 1 | computer | yes | light | maybe | 2022-11-07
+| [doodle adventures](doodle_adventures) | listen as a premade story is revealed, and doodle what happens. | 1-6 | drawing | no | light | yes | 2021-03-29
+| [in media res](in_media_res) | 3+ people tell a story | 3+ | storytelling | yes | light | maybe | 2022-02-25
+| [logic potions](logic_potions) | a potion-brewing game. not about logical deduction, but about logical deduction clues themselves | 2-4 | board | yes | heavy | maybe | 2021-03-13
+| [loot boxes](lootboxes) | "car trip" game. Players have an inventory of random items. They must use the items to solve a series of challenges. | 2-4 | storytelling | yes | light | maybe | 2021-02-08
+| [no, this cannot be! I AM INVINCIBLE!](invincible) v2 | villains send wave after harder wave of enemies at the Heros, until they kill the Villains. | 2-8 | storytelling | yes | mid | yes | 2021-02-08
+| [ultimate archwizards vs the dark Lord](ultimate_archwizard) | one-page storytelling game about the final episode in a fight anime. | 3-5, GM | storytelling | yes | light | yes | 2021-02-03
## untested
-| game | date | type | rules | players | tested? | good? | description |
+| game | description | | players | type | tested? | rules | good? | date
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
-| [bazaar](bazaar) | 2022-03-04 | card | mid | 4-8 | no | not yet | trade with other plays and try to make a profit. neither cooperative nor competitive.
-| [faux pas](faux_pas) v2 | 2021-04-28 | cooperative | mid | 3-8 | no | maybe | a "visible role" game, where everyone knows your secret identity except you. try to enter the dining room in order of social rank.
-| [emperical zendo](emperical_zendo) | 2021-03-19 | board | mid | 2-8 | no | no | a variant on traditional zendo, where you score points for predicting the rule but never guess the rule outright.
-| [infinity questions](infinity_questions) | 2022-02-25 | party | light | 2 | no | maybe | a frustrating game of 20 questions
-| [deadly education rpg](deadly) | 2021-02-12 | roleplaying | mid | 2-6, GM | no | no | a traditional pen-and-paper roleplaying game based on the affinity-based magic system from Naomi Novik's "A Deadly Education"
-| [ninjas ninjas ninjas!](ninjas) v2 | 2021-02-07 | storytelling | mid-heavy | 3 | no | no | fast, diceless storytelilng game about how cool ninjas are.
-| [stupid conspiracies](conspiracies) | 2021-01-17 | party, competitive | light | 10+ | no | maybe | conspiracy nutjobs try to join as many conspiracies as possible, and get as many people as possibly to believe their conspiracy.
+| [bazaar](bazaar) | trade with other plays and try to make a profit. neither cooperative nor competitive. | 4-8 | card | no | mid | not yet | 2022-03-04
+| [faux pas](faux_pas) v2 | a "visible role" game, where everyone knows your secret identity except you. try to enter the dining room in order of social rank. | 3-8 | cooperative | no | mid | maybe | 2021-04-28
+| [emperical zendo](emperical_zendo) | a variant on traditional zendo, where you score points for predicting the rule but never guess the rule outright. | 2-8 | board | no | mid | no | 2021-03-19
+| [infinity questions](infinity_questions) | a frustrating game of 20 questions | 2 | party | no | light | maybe | 2022-02-25
+| [deadly education rpg](deadly) | a traditional pen-and-paper roleplaying game based on the affinity-based magic system from Naomi Novik's "A Deadly Education" | 2-6, GM | roleplaying | no | mid | no | 2021-02-12
+| [ninjas ninjas ninjas!](ninjas) v2 | fast, diceless storytelilng game about how cool ninjas are. | 3 | storytelling | no | mid-heavy | no | 2021-02-07
+| [stupid conspiracies](conspiracies) | conspiracy nutjobs try to join as many conspiracies as possible, and get as many people as possibly to believe their conspiracy. | 10+ | party, competitive | no | light | maybe | 2021-01-17
## flops
-| game | date | type | rules | players | tested? | good? | description |
+| game | description | | players | type | tested? | rules | good? | date
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
-| [hack-a-tile](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/tile/) | 2022-11-11 | computer | light | 1 | yes | maybe | place tiles
-| [doubledore](doubledore) | 2021-06-06 | card | light | 2 | yes | no | a tower-defense card game. when you defeat a monster, it attacks your opponent instead.
-| [stupid russia](stupid_russia) | 2017-10-29 | party, competitive | mid-heavy | 10+, GM | yes | no | spy directors make deals with each other, trying to report more agents than anyone else, without getting their own agents executed.
-| [colony on the moon](colony) | 2016-07-05 | computer (minecraft) | heavy | 1+ | alpha | no | a minecraft modpack. Based around providing reductionist components and having the player do their own automation.
-| [volcano](https://github.com/za3k/volcano) | 2013-02-05 | computer | light-med | 1 | beta | no | an ASCII roguelike I made in college. Not much fun.
+| [hack-a-tile](https://tilde.za3k.com/hackaday/tile/) | place tiles | 1 | computer | yes | light | maybe | 2022-11-11
+| [doubledore](doubledore) | a tower-defense card game. when you defeat a monster, it attacks your opponent instead. | 2 | card | yes | light | no | 2021-06-06
+| [stupid russia](stupid_russia) | spy directors make deals with each other, trying to report more agents than anyone else, without getting their own agents executed. | 10+, GM | party, competitive | yes | mid-heavy | no | 2017-10-29
+| [colony on the moon](colony) | a minecraft modpack. Based around providing reductionist components and having the player do their own automation. | 1+ | computer (minecraft) | alpha | heavy | no | 2016-07-05
+| [volcano](https://github.com/za3k/volcano) | an ASCII roguelike I made in college. Not much fun. | 1 | computer | beta | light-med | no | 2013-02-05
## games by others
-| game | date | type | rules | players | tested? | good? | description |
+| game | description | | players | type | tested? | rules | good? | date
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------|----------------------|------------|--------------|----------|---------------|-------------|
-| [lexicon](lexicon) | 2003-11-20 | storytelling | light | 2+ | yes | yes | players collaboratively build a world by writing an encyclopedia about it |
+| [lexicon](lexicon) | players collaboratively build a world by writing an encyclopedia about it | | 2+ | storytelling | yes | light | yes | 2003-11-20
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