The As If Collective

Apr 17, 2025

The As If Collective is a network of roleplayers, gamers, GMs, Game Designers, artists and neophiles interested in exploring and contributing to experimental applications of narrative engineering. Every month I do 2-4 Releases: each is a minigame, a subsystem, an adventure, a table/chart, a form/sheet, or a web-based tool which will be of interest to Roleplayers, Storygamers and Interactive Fictioneers. As a member of the Collective, you get early access to all of these works in both draft and final form, with the added knowledge that you helped make them happen. Click Here.

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DayTrippers Source Rules Released under Creative Commons

The DayTrippers core rules have been collected into a "source document" which is available in text-only format to facilitate reuse and derivation. These Source Rules are released under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License (Cc By 3.0) Right here. Now...

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The Devil’s RPG Dictionary

The Devil's RPG Dictionary was the second in my "Too Far?" series at story-games.com, a tongue-in-cheek exercise designed to encourage bonding and alleviate boredom. Project contributors include... oh, numerous people, some of whom you may know. [Open PDF] Below is...

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The Difference between Narrative and Story – Pt 2

In the first installment of this series, we looked at the differences between Story, Narrative, and Narrative Structure. A Narrative Structure is the shape and purpose of a Story, absent the mundane, non-archetypal details. As for "Narrative" vs "Story", some banal...

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