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Maurice Suckling

@writegameread.bsky.social

Writes stories, makes games, reads history. Assistant Professor, Games and Experiential Media, RPI, NY. Researching narrative in games & historical simulations. Writer of stories for games. Designer of board games. https://mauricesuckling.com

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That sounds excellent. It was my first time with it. I think I will have students play it first day of my new Narrative-Driven Analog Games course in the fall.

04.08.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That sounds excellent. It was my first time with it. I think I will have students play it first day of my new Narrative-Driven Analog Games course in the fall.

04.08.2025 11:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s game: For the Queen. Everyone defended her, although everyone was conflicted.

03.08.2025 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I totally agree - thereโ€™s more mileage here. I hope to be able to share something soonishโ€ฆ

24.07.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes - wholly so. Now starting to think through tweaks to that.

24.07.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s activity: testing a decision tower.

24.07.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Todayโ€™s development: a Decision Tower (prototype 1.0) - exploring the potential of Dirk Hennโ€™s battle tower for other uses.

23.07.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s arrival:

22.07.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s game, brought to me by my artist/designer friend Ron: Reductio Ad Absurdum (all the faces of the die are marbled effect without lettering or numbers and are difficult, although not impossible to tell apart).

22.07.2025 18:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s arrival: some alternative history where Japan does not surrender in 1945 - the last ditch coup that failed in our timeline succeeds in this novel.

22.07.2025 12:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s reading: about the failed coup in the last few hours of WWII that sought to overturn the Japanese governmentโ€™s (and the Emperorโ€™s) decision to surrender.

17.07.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s arrival:

12.07.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterdayโ€™s game: A Gentle Rain. Check out step 1 of set up: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/33...

11.07.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How about we talk on Discord? We can have a proper conversation there face to face. You can find me there as โ€œMaurice Sucklingโ€.

10.07.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you thinking in terms of video game design in general, or video game narrative/narrative design?

10.07.2025 14:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My guess is most games writers will find this useful, as a refresher, or a teaching tool, or perhaps as instruction for those still early in their career trajectory. I canโ€™t send all the contents here - but this is most of it. I hope this helps.

09.07.2025 21:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s arrival:

09.07.2025 02:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s extravagance:

09.07.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s reading:

08.07.2025 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Crisis: 1914 Can you prevent World War I with your diplomatic skills?

The perfect game for June 28 doesnโ€™t exiโ€ฆ boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/39...

28.06.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Today in Halifax, NS, HMCS Sackville, WWII corvette.

22.06.2025 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can attest to that. Really enjoying this place!

22.06.2025 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Yesterdayโ€™s game: Junior Labyrinth. Board game cafe in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

22.06.2025 11:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, Terry. Itโ€™s getting closer. Hoping to take it to SD HistCon later this year.

16.06.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for saying so.

16.06.2025 23:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you. Currently in talks with a publisher. Nothing final yet. But I will update my website soon - will return to thisโ€ฆ

16.06.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s delivery: latest card revisions for Elizabeth: England Aflame (4-7 players about spycraft in Elizabethan England).

16.06.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I hope to try it later this summer, with a view to possibly bringing it into a class next semester on Narrative-Driven Analog Games.

13.06.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s arrivals:

13.06.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Todayโ€™s arrival:

12.06.2025 13:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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