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The world: full of vendettas, schemes, cons, bounties and assholes. 

You: full of magical ribs. 

It's as close to a fair fight as you're gonna get.

Enter the city of Burntwater, and lose yourself in the rare victories, stinging losses and risky compromises that are part-and-parcel of just trying to keep your head above water (and your ribs in your chest - unless some really drastic action is called for...)

Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's A Mess is a solo TTRPG where the things your character cares about are under near-perpetual threat, and you choose the steps they take to protect them - and, in the process, what kind of person they truly are. All against a backdrop of spectral buildings, helpful vampires, redeveloped castles - and, of course, magical ribs.

Preview copies with 4 (not consecutive) pages from the game are available for free.

Content warning: This game features themes of betrayal, distrust and loss. The level of gore involved in the removal and use of magical ribs is left entirely open to individual players; there are no descriptions or depictions of this in the game (though colourful illustrations of ribcages are featured). The game explores disability and related themes of fatigue, pain, injury, strain and othering.

Sensitivity and Accessibility Consulting by Robin Tynan.

The game is available in pdf and epub formats as well as a text-only word version. There is also now a reduced file size pdf version as the original was slow to load for some readers; there is a slight impact on the quality of background images but these are not essential for following the game - if you just want to scroll through quickly this will help!

StatusReleased
CategoryPhysical game
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
Authorroll / flip / draw
Average sessionAbout a half-hour

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Buy Now$9.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $9 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's a Mess.epub 81 MB
Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's a Mess.pdf 39 MB
Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's a Mess.docx 736 kB
Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's a Mess - reduced file size.pdf 708 kB

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For every sale of Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's a Mess, a free Community Copy of the game will be made available. If you are unable to budget for a copy of the game, please claim one of these copies.

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Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's a Mess - preview.epub 12 MB
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Your Ribs Are Magic and Your Life's a Mess - preview.pdf 19 MB

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