Outliers: the award-winning solo TTRPG of weird research

A project in Leeds, UK by Marx Shepherd
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Play a research assistant recruiting participants, collecting data, and performing weird tasks, before the study runs out of funding.
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Backers: 891
Average Pledge Per Backer: £14

Funded: £12,071 of £1,800
Dates: Feb 15th -> Feb 29th (15 days)
Project By: Marx Shepherd
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Lab Notebook Entry: Day Fourteen

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Assistants, I had to wait ninety minutes after waking up this morning to check the Kickstarter page but I was not disappointed. Stretch GoalsWelcome to the 100+ new backers we've had since I lasted posted an update. It's a bit surreal to be... (Read More)

Lab Notebook Entry: Day Eleven

February 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Research Assistant, It's been a while since we updated you. Have you seen how well we're doing? Frankly I'm astonished. We've been pretty steadily getting nearly £400 per day, and for a small campaign like this, that's truly something else. At... (Read More)

Lab Notebook Entry: Day Four

February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
(found open on waking on Day Five) 11:32pm - a busy day at the lab. after some considerable effort, managed to locate the source of the humming - a participant had deliberately locked themself in a supply cupboard, and had been surviving on erasers... (Read More)

Lab Notebook Entry: Day Three

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
7:53am - check funding. seems we're past £4,000 and 200 community copies. go back to sleep. 9:37am - deal with the steady realisation that this is the biggest Kickstarter I've ever dealt with. 11:12am - a mild panic. ask a friend to deal with... (Read More)

Lab Notebook Entry: Day Two

February 16th - via: kickstarter.com
6:32am: woke up to find we're at 200% funding, which given we're at less than 18 hours in, seems pretty unreal. 7:24am: checked again. number still high and ever-increasing. 11:37am: still rising. time to update the boss? Folks, at time of writing... (Read More)

Lab Notebook Entry: Day 1 (supplemental)

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello Assistants, When I pushed the "Launch" button earlier, I did not expect to fund on day one, let alone in six hours. I can only thank you for your support, which has absolutely blown me, Sam, Carly, James, and J away. We're so, so grateful for... (Read More)

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February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
We're off to a flying start! Incredible effort. Thank you for backing - this is such an exciting project and we're stoked to have you along for the ride. Please tell all your friends about the campaign! We'd love to sell this zine to everyone, but we... (Read More)

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