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You Cannot Play This TTRPG Jam

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You Cannot Play This TTRPG Jam (https://itch.io/jam/you-cannot-play-this-ttrpg-jam)

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This is a game jam for games that do not exist. They won't ever exist.They will never be playable. They will suggest a game,create a space in which it seems like a game could exist, but where there is none.It might make someone wish that it were an actual, real, game, and may even inspire them to create one, but will never itself be a game.Inspired by fake video games as showcased inthese (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8GnM5xD1k4)videos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hkkCbxoaz0&pp=0gcJCcUKAYcqIYzv) from Super Eyepatch Wolf.

Some examples of things you can submit are

Lore documents
Character sheets
Miniatures or Tokens
Guides and Reviews
Cover art
Playbooks and Expansions
Replay/Actual Play
Anything else you can imagine

This game jam has just a few rules

Your submission may not include any elements generated by AIwhatsoever
Your submission must not promote or encourage bigotry of any type
Your submission should be created specifically for this jam, uploaded to itch some time after the start date
Your submission must not be a game

I encourage you to get weird with it.

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(https://ordonsop.itch.io/sic)

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Sic (https://ordonsop.itch.io/sic)

A game that does not exist.

Ordon (https://ordonsop.itch.io/)

Image 4 (https://ad-delirium.itch.io/ten-cups)

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Ten Cups (https://ad-delirium.itch.io/ten-cups)

a roleplaying game of manic comedy (that you cannot play)

ad delirium (https://ad-delirium.itch.io/)

Image 5 (https://roadkillcandy.itch.io/illuminati)

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Illuminati Prodigy (https://roadkillcandy.itch.io/illuminati)

Drink The Cyder from the Goblet

roadkillcandy (https://roadkillcandy.itch.io/)

Image 6 (https://wittturner.itch.io/corporate-bodies)

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CORPORATE BODIES (https://wittturner.itch.io/corporate-bodies)

the truth hurts

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

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YOU ARE HENS WHO FEEL EVERY EGG YOU'VE EVER LAID LIKE THEY'RE PHANTOM LIMBS (https://wittturner.itch.io/you-are-hens-who-feel-every-egg-youve-ever-laid-like-theyre-phantom-limbs)

egg-based space exploration

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

Image 8 (https://joieyong.itch.io/trapped-in-the-dukes-company)

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Trapped in the Duke's Company (https://joieyong.itch.io/trapped-in-the-dukes-company)

A (fake) escape room ttrpg you can't play. Sorry.

Joie Yong (https://joieyong.itch.io/)

Image 9 (https://balianironguard.itch.io/boggarts)

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Boggarts & Baubles (https://balianironguard.itch.io/boggarts)

A Story About Making Games

Balianironguard (https://balianironguard.itch.io/)

Image 10 (https://crokomoko.itch.io/relaxing-music-for-free-2)

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relaxing music for free 2 (https://crokomoko.itch.io/relaxing-music-for-free-2)

the sequel

Croko (https://crokomoko.itch.io/)

Image 11 (https://roadkillcandy.itch.io/9th-weekly-portfolio-builders-jam)

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Mr Clown (https://roadkillcandy.itch.io/9th-weekly-portfolio-builders-jam)

weekly Portfolio Builders Jam!

roadkillcandy (https://roadkillcandy.itch.io/)

Action

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Old-School Existential (https://kerisiankult.itch.io/old-school-existential)

This rulebook is created with existentialism philosophical approach on game design.

Kerisian Kult (https://kerisiankult.itch.io/)

Image 13 (https://dicemonkey.itch.io/curse-the-unofficial-survival-guide-1998)

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CURSE: The Unofficial Survival Guide, 1996 (https://dicemonkey.itch.io/curse-the-unofficial-survival-guide-1998)

A fake guide to a fake text-based adventure

Dice Monkey (https://dicemonkey.itch.io/)

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The Hatters Cover Collection (https://uservin333.itch.io/d-hatters-covers)

Master Yu (https://uservin333.itch.io/)

Run in browser

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Dark Potat (https://abbax.itch.io/dark-potat)

an antagonistically unreadable solo journaling ttrpg

abbax (https://abbax.itch.io/)

Image 16 (https://darker-forest.itch.io/hostile-worlds-the-monster-compendium)

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Hostile Worlds (edition 2.5): The monster compendium (https://darker-forest.itch.io/hostile-worlds-the-monster-compendium)

For use with Hostile Worlds 2.5e

Dark forest (https://darker-forest.itch.io/)

Image 17 (https://wittturner.itch.io/who-says-so-swan-assortment)

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Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

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GOBLINZ (https://queer-wizard.itch.io/goblinz)

A Character Sheet for a Roleplaying Game that Does Not Exist

Queer Wizard (https://queer-wizard.itch.io/)

Image 19 (https://tragos-games.itch.io/tlf)

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Tractatus Logico‐Fictitius (https://tragos-games.itch.io/tlf)

An unplayable role-playing game inspired by formal logic

Tragos Games (https://tragos-games.itch.io/)

Image 20 (https://adisasterqueer.itch.io/clone-club)

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CLONE CLUB (https://adisasterqueer.itch.io/clone-club)

A character sheet for a game that doesn't exist

Alyssa Gabrielle (https://adisasterqueer.itch.io/)

Image 21 (https://sondeirypt-games.itch.io/alike)

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-alike (https://sondeirypt-games.itch.io/alike)

A fan supplement for -esque

Sondeirypt Games (https://sondeirypt-games.itch.io/)

Image 22 (https://cilindrocubico.itch.io/cb1994)

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Casa Betania: 1994 (https://cilindrocubico.itch.io/cb1994)

Una aventura de suspenso sin sistema

Cilindro Cubico (https://cilindrocubico.itch.io/)

Image 23 (https://solflo.itch.io/bendalfon)

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After Rainfall on Bendalfon (https://solflo.itch.io/bendalfon)

audio-scenario for time-waster ttrpg Unsaid, Unacted

solflo (https://solflo.itch.io/)

Image 24 (https://glitzydemon.itch.io/found-transcript-in-a-bottle)

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FOUND: Transcript in a bottle (https://glitzydemon.itch.io/found-transcript-in-a-bottle)

An AP transcript I found in a bottle

Fabian Blake (https://glitzydemon.itch.io/)

(https://wafflefrogproductions.itch.io/mage-academy-ttrpg-character-folio)

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Mage Academy TTRPG Character Folio (https://wafflefrogproductions.itch.io/mage-academy-ttrpg-character-folio)

Wafflefrog (https://wafflefrogproductions.itch.io/)

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FOOT BONES (https://wittturner.itch.io/foot-bones)

delusional dungeon crawl

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

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The Itinerant Apothecary (https://callmemeadow.itch.io/the-itinerant-apothecary)

Wander the land brewing helpful concoctions for your companions or those you meet along the paths.

Meadow (https://callmemeadow.itch.io/)

Image 27 (https://abbax.itch.io/index-abacus)

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Index Abacus (https://abbax.itch.io/index-abacus)

an unplayable ttrpg table

abbax (https://abbax.itch.io/)

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Three Impossible Dice (https://abbax.itch.io/three-impossible-dice)

an impossibility

abbax (https://abbax.itch.io/)

Image 30 (https://melrose001.itch.io/unplaybook)

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Unplaybook - The Endling (https://melrose001.itch.io/unplaybook)

A ttrpg playbook for a non-game that you never played.

melrose001 (https://melrose001.itch.io/)

Image 31 (https://azra-l-hawthorne.itch.io/you-define-yourself)

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You Define Yourself (https://azra-l-hawthorne.itch.io/you-define-yourself)

An unplayable morality system separate from any game

ARBL H. (https://azra-l-hawthorne.itch.io/)

Image 32 (https://wittturner.itch.io/games-for-revived-cryogenic-heads)

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REVIVED CRYOGENIC HEADS (https://wittturner.itch.io/games-for-revived-cryogenic-heads)

You're back. You're just a defrosted head.

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

Image 33 (https://wittturner.itch.io/hair-security-even-for-the-hairless)

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HAIR SECURITY WITH DANDRUFF EXORCIST (https://wittturner.itch.io/hair-security-even-for-the-hairless)

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

Image 34 (https://thorneishere.itch.io/into-the-great-pylor-cave)

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Into the Great Pylor Cave - A Play Session of Through the Stars (https://thorneishere.itch.io/into-the-great-pylor-cave)

A play session of the TTRPG 'Through the Stars'

Thorne :Þ (https://thorneishere.itch.io/)

Image 35 (https://wicakhidayat.itch.io/guns-and-taxes)

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Guns and Taxes (https://wicakhidayat.itch.io/guns-and-taxes)

If all you have are guns and you have to pay taxes. Put the two together to exit this hideous daily drudge.

overeasy (https://wicakhidayat.itch.io/)

(https://margaretcatterdevelopment.itch.io/please-power-cycle-the-system-cs)

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Will The Last One Leaving Please Power Cycle The System (https://margaretcatterdevelopment.itch.io/please-power-cycle-the-system-cs)

Hey I know the world is ending but please don't forget to power cycle the system on the way out. Thanks!

Margaret Catter Development (https://margaretcatterdevelopment.itch.io/)

Image 36 (https://abbax.itch.io/flower-fairy-guerrilla-warfare)

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Flower Fairy Guerrilla Warfare (https://abbax.itch.io/flower-fairy-guerrilla-warfare)

an imaginary asymmetrical tactical TTRPG

abbax (https://abbax.itch.io/)

Image 37 (https://leon-reinstein.itch.io/the-pearled-citadel)

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The Pearled Citadel (https://leon-reinstein.itch.io/the-pearled-citadel)

Doomed underwater kingdom pointcrawl

Leon Reinstein (https://leon-reinstein.itch.io/)

Image 38 (https://wittturner.itch.io/extinction-capitalism)

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EXTINCTION CAPITALISM (https://wittturner.itch.io/extinction-capitalism)

A GAME OF PARANORMAL NFTs

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

Image 39 (https://abbax.itch.io/the-penrose-dungeon)

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The Penrose Dungeon (https://abbax.itch.io/the-penrose-dungeon)

a metamathemagical atopology

abbax (https://abbax.itch.io/)

Image 40 (https://calvin-norwood.itch.io/barred-windows)

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BARRED WINDOWS (https://calvin-norwood.itch.io/barred-windows)

A tabletop fantasy that doesn't exist.

Calvin Norwood (https://calvin-norwood.itch.io/)

Image 41 (https://wittturner.itch.io/anomaly)

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ANOMALY! (https://wittturner.itch.io/anomaly)

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

Image 42 (https://wittturner.itch.io/bayeux-tapestry)

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BAYEUX TAPESTRY: WAR ROOM (https://wittturner.itch.io/bayeux-tapestry)

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

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NORTHERN MATRIARCH (https://wittturner.itch.io/northern-matriarch)

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Image 44 (https://wittturner.itch.io/knights)

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KNIGHTS OF THE CALCIUM CAVE (https://wittturner.itch.io/knights)

Wittturner (https://wittturner.itch.io/)

(https://breathingstories.itch.io/my-perfect-gametxt-working-title-devlog112)

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My_Perfect_Game.txt-[working_title]-[devlog#112] (https://breathingstories.itch.io/my-perfect-gametxt-working-title-devlog112)

A devlog for a game that does not exist

breathingstories (https://breathingstories.itch.io/)

Image 45 (https://sierraphantom.itch.io/bouquet-of-hearts)

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Bouquet of Hearts (https://sierraphantom.itch.io/bouquet-of-hearts)

A lost dating sim TTRPG

sierraphantom (https://sierraphantom.itch.io/)

Image 46 (https://jackvanriel.itch.io/opt-guide)

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SuB_opt_guide.doc (https://jackvanriel.itch.io/opt-guide)

Found a page for a class guide I think but I'm not sure for what game

jackvanriel (https://jackvanriel.itch.io/)

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