RPGaDay 2023 # 30

OBSCURE RPG YOU'VE PLAYED

This is my 30th post for RPGaDay 2023, if you’re not sure what that is you can find Autocratik’s blog post about it by clicking here.

Basically a list of prompts is provided to generate discussion around RPG topics, with creators making a blog post, video or podcast each day during the month of August, the list of prompts is included below:

OBSCURE RPG you’ve played

This will be a short-one, since I don’t think I’ve actually played any massively obscure RPGs as far as I recall, although—as I’ve said a number of times—my memory is pretty poor so if you’ve gamed with me and you know otherwise please let me know.

I think the most obscure game I’ve played is probably the Fighting Fantasy roleplaying adventure The Riddling Reaver which I played with my fellow presenters when we were doing the Purple Worm Podcast back in the day, it was run by Dave Aldridge and involves a group of adventurers trying to track down the obscure, Joker-esque trickster figure called the Riddling Reaver.

I don’t believe we ever completed the campaign but there are still a couple of videos showing the actual plays on the Purple Worm youtube channel for anyone who is interested: