I just dropped a committee larp for the Hour or Less Jam. It’s called the Frost-wreathed Heart, after the evil presence that has brought all the characters to this moment.

What’s a committee larp? Basically a game where the content of the gameplay is the discussion around a specific topic, and your characters all have conflicting opinions and perhaps secrets that inform how they are voiced in this conversation. Think Werewolf but with more roleplaying, basically.

In The Frost-wreathed Heart, you’re all adventurers who’ve just reached the center of a dungeon, and it took everything out of you. Most of your spells, potions and much of your physical strength is expended. You’re barely holding on. Then the door locks. A little investigation reveals that the only way to get out is to leave two of you behind.

That’s where the game starts.

You light a candle when you start, representing your last torch, which sits in the middle of the room, warding off the frost-wreathed monsters outside the door. It’ll go out in an hour or so, and if it does, you all die.

Then, you talk. Maybe you hold your secrets close. Maybe you accuse. Maybe you use your last trick to betray someone, or to save someone being betrayed. But if you do, you leave yourself vulnerable.

It’s a nasty, drama-filled hour in a dimmed room with nothing but your character sheets, a candle, and some gold. It’s got art by Hodag. Check it out here.

The Frost-wreathed Heart.

There are also 50 other entries to the Hour or Less Jam. I haven’t checked any out yet, but if you’re looking for short games, your chances are high you’ll find something you like.

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