Cover art for Shapeshifter Problems

Shapeshifter Problems

itch.io
Queer Queer publisher
Avg rating
9.00
Bayes rating
--
Weight
--
Players
3-6
Playtime
--
Ratings count
8

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🏳️‍🌈 Why it’s here

What we found
  • Queer themes
    According to the game’s rulebook
    “sexuality andidentity, gender transition processes”
  • Queer creator
    According to our queer creator directory
  • Tagged queer by its creator
    According to the creator’s own tags on itch.io
    “itch.io tags: transgender”
  • Safety tools (X-card, lines & veils, session zero)
    According to the game’s rulebook
    “Lines and Veils is a tool for setting boundaries around topics that players do not want included in gameplay.”

Description

This is a digital/online LARP (Live Action Role-Playing) game about those middle-of-the-night moments when you hop into a call or a chat with a friend who’s going through a lot. Offer advice, provide distractions, be a listening ear, sneak into side chats to detangle details that confuse you, and generally try to be there for your friend (even when you’re not sure if you’ll be much help). Explore the awkwardness, tenderness, resentment, care, and many other assorted expressed and suppressed emotions of a friend group of characters who are doing their best in the face of mundane and supernatural stressors. This LARP was originally written as part of the 2022 Golden Cobra Challenge, and can also be found on the Golden Cobra site here. I drew on the Golden Cobra competition ingredients of Reflection and Midnight, as well as my own and friends' experiences of supporting each other via late night conversations about gender, relationships, and mental health.

Play mode

Competitive

Game type

Roleplaying game

What it’s about

Horror & the supernatural

Queer lens

Queer Queer Publisher

Publishers

None recorded

Designers

None recorded