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Quinn murphy

@gamefiend.bsky.social

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#TTRPG game designer. Have written for WotC, Paizo, and many more. Founder of Thoughtcrime Games. https://thoughtcrimegames.net

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · Jul 8

🧿 #BlueskyCoven

:: A tall radio tower on the cliffside broadcasts across all bands. An entertainment program, news and reports from the land, and an archival reading. Then music.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 2h

While I would certainly these days be more judicious who I shared and discussed with these days, my heart remains unchanged.

What remains most important to me creatively is the ability to provide others a way to ignite their own fire.

Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 2h

Back when I used to write poetry non-stop, I loved when people would read something and I could ask them what they thought it was about. I would shut up and not correct them or give my actual thoughts.

Their interpretation was its own form of poetry.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 2h

But what humbles and delights me about making games is knowing I am providing people with keys to open the doors of their own imaginations.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 2h

'Evocative economy' is about games using the minimum, most powerful words and structures to create platforms for people to create their own stories, their own moments.

There are many ways to go about it.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 2h

And to that end, less is *always* more.

This isn't a rant about games needing to be short or long, dont get it twisted; not every game needs to be a lyrically written or small.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 2h

The goal of games and poems is *not* to create an explosion for others to witness, but to provide the oxygen and spark for others to create an explosion within themselves.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 2h

The considerations and output for games and poems are quiet different, but what links them in my thoughts and my praxis is this:

Both games and poems utilize evocative economy, doing as much with as little to create a large effect in others.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 3h

Fun fact, I used to write a lot of poetry, but moved away from it during college. Ive always loved tabletop game design, and it has taken me a loooong time to loop around and connect that love of games with my love for poetry.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 3h

Yeaaaaaaah

Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 3h

It was strange, being a receiver catching this mysterious signal in the middle of the night, but... I'm not mad at it!

As long as it lets me sleep after, I am good lol

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · 3h

I woke up in the middle of the night with the first two lines of this poem repeating in my head. I couldn't sleep until I wrote it on my phone.

I fell asleep almost immediately after I finished.