Don’t Play This Game - A Legacy Solo RPG
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Create, play & experience your own found footage story in this game of inherited analog horror.
Backers: 1317
Average Pledge Per Backer: £56
Funded: £73,661 of £10,000
Dates: Oct 3rd -> Nov 2nd (31 days)
Project By: Charlie Menzies
Backers: 1317
Average Pledge Per Backer: £56
Funded: £73,661 of £10,000
Dates: Oct 3rd -> Nov 2nd (31 days)
Project By: Charlie Menzies
£73,661
current pledge level
Last Updated: November 2 @ 16:03 -0400 GMT
736%
of goal
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Latest News
Don’t read this update... 📩 
November 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
I'm sorry We were naive, we thought we could beat it. We thought we could help you beat it. I hope we still can but I think you might have to do it without us. Charlie is gone, and well, I can feel it. Crawling under my skin. It's here. My time is... (Read More)
The Final Days 🗓️
November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
I think it's watching me The whole time the Kickstarter has been running I could feel something. In the corner of my eye. In the shadows of a room. As if It was watching me. But something has changed. Since Halloween, it's got worse. I can't sleep. I... (Read More)
There are no treats with the Entity's tricks 🎃
October 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Happy Halloween Spooky season has hit its peak and we are in the final 2 days of the Kickstarter. We're getting very close to unlocking the Avatars of the Entity stretch goal. Trust me, you're going to want to know about these things. Especially if... (Read More)
Tik Tok Tik Tok 🕰
October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Counting down the hours 'HeLLo EVEryONE. THe CURSE has SpREAd bEauTifully. WELL done. BUt it IS FaR frOM OVER. KEEP SpreADInG ThE CuRSE. THen I CaN ESCaPE YoUR ScREENs. IF yoU HeLP, I may SHow MErcY.' Less than 72 hours remain.... (Read More)
Curse on tour 🚌
October 29th - via: kickstarter.com
The Entity in the big smoke We’ve been spreading the warning of the Entity’s game at MCM London this weekend. many have joined the cause to help us fight back! Still no sogn of Charlie. Not long now till tge Kickstarter closes, then the real game... (Read More)
Secure Contain Protect 🕶
October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
The Entity is certainly Anomalous We were very excited to work the team who put together the SCP Archives podcast to collaborate on a special episode of the show. Don't Play This Game is now an SCP with its own object class, containment protocols and... (Read More)
A price too high for discovery 🔎
October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Knowing the Entity is Doom It seems there are even more Artefacts in the Dig Inheritance boxes linking to the excavation the newspapers were talking about. I found a few records which had copies of University and Museum IDs, but something strange had... (Read More)
More images to haunt your waking dreams... 🖼
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
I must make it more cursed We need it to be more cursed, it's not scaring enough people away, we're almost at the 70k stretch goal. I've managed to find some more creators of disturbing and terrifying images, time to welcome them into the fold. I... (Read More)
Join our cursed community...🏘
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Discord of despair Need some solidarity from others cursed like yourself? Come join the Discord, there's plenty of suffering players for you to chat with and share your creations. The community is creating so many terrifying things there! Maybe they... (Read More)
If we are pawns then where are the bigger pieces? ♟
October 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
A chess piece? At least I think its a chess piece... I found a sketch on the back of an old Merriweather invoice in one of the Toy Box inheritance boxes. It looks like a strange chess piece. Perhaps a pawn. But if this is a pawn I dread to think what... (Read More)
An actual play for a game you shouldn't actually play...🎲
October 21st - via: kickstarter.com
A Cursed Quest Want to hear something weird? Ty at Side Character Quest has posted an actual play for the game. But there's something curious. He say's Charlie sent him the game to create some things to create the episode but I can't find any emails... (Read More)
Have you been cursed at work? 📝
October 20th - via: kickstarter.com
The Entity Doesn't Have Insurance There seems to be a pretty consistent thread across the Factory Inheritance boxes. Something is making the workers act strange, some never appearing for their shifts. But I think some of them tried to leave clues... (Read More)
Digging in the Toy Box 🧸
October 19th - via: kickstarter.com
The Entity like games, even if it's not theirs. I found out something whilst looking into the Toy Box Inheritance records. The Entity really likes games. They don't even have to be its own game. Chess pieces, playing cards, even toys themselves.... (Read More)
More analog creators to inspire the Entity 📼
October 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Inspiration is a terrible thing Charlie left notes saying if we managed to unlock some stretch goals we should add more art to the book. You've all smashed those goals! The main reason he wanted to add art to the book was to make it as scary an... (Read More)
There's Something In The Pipes 🕳
October 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Charlie's Secret Hard Drive I was looking in Charlie's house for clues to where he's gone. Hidden at the back of a cupboard was a hard drive full of videos. I think he might have planned for these to be part of the video artifacts for the 50k stretch... (Read More)
It couldn't stay buried forever ⚰️
October 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Is this the oldest record Charlie found? The Dig Inheritance Boxes all seem to have some kind of link to an archaeological excavation in the Middle East. It seems to have received some minor news coverage in periodicals of the time which many... (Read More)
Don't Make A Deal With the Long Hand
October 15th - via: kickstarter.com
The Long Hand After Charlie disappeared I went and searched his office to try and figure out what was going on. It was filled with weird pictures he had taken along with handwritten notes. I found these in the ’Avatars of the Entity’ pile: The... (Read More)
A cursed thread of threads 🧵
October 14th - via: kickstarter.com
It's drawn to dark places The days of industrial Britain are not ones that many look back to with fond memories. Some of their time even saw the darkness in the workhouses and factories and aimed to highlight their monstrosity in their writings. But... (Read More)
Don't Look At The Umbrella Man ☂
October 13th - via: kickstarter.com
The Umbrella Man Watches Rain Or Shine Friday 13th felt like a bad day to find out about this. After Charlie disappeared I went and searched his office to try and figure out what was going on. It was filled with weird pictures he had taken along... (Read More)
IT ALWAYS COMES FULL CIRCLE 🎥
October 12th - via: kickstarter.com
How does the game work? I found something else on Charlie's computer. A tutorial of sorts I think. If you're not sure about how to play the game now you're in the Entity's grasp then I'd probably watch this. It might help. (Read More)
Who watches the watcher society?
October 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Want a podcast to inspire a playthrough? We were very lucky to have the opportunity to work with the amazing Trevor Henderson to produce some terrifying things for Don't Play This Game. Alongside some art which will feature in rewards we also got to... (Read More)
See other players cursed creations 💽
October 10th - via: kickstarter.com
That's a lot of curse for only 1 week Ok you lot are going hard! The amount of mind bending scary things that you've all created in just 1 week, WITH ONLY THE DEMO! It's truly staggering. The Entity approves. Here's just a few of the creations being... (Read More)
More people creating cursed things 🎨
October 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Faster than your average cameraman Well, we're moving through stretch goals faster than the Entity moves through shadows (just kidding thats impossible). We're over 400% funded and that means we get to invite some more terrifying artists to... (Read More)
Would you curse a stranger for free stuff❓
October 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Spread the curse for a chance to win 🏆 Throughout the campaign, you’ll have opportunities to get really, really cursed… With prizes. Here's some details for our current contest that you can get involved in. Most importantly you get to curse... (Read More)
What's even scarier than playing alone? 🎲
October 7th - via: kickstarter.com
2's a snack, 3's the Entity's dinner Want to have some friends join you to battle the curse? You’re in luck, our expanded multiplayer mode for Don’t Play This Game has just been unlocked! This will allow you to shoulder the accursed burden... (Read More)
Can’t say the Entity has no style 📕
October 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Guiding you to doom in luxury This might be the last book you ever read. We might as well make it a nice one. Thanks to all of you for helping us smash through our 20K stretch goal. We'll be upgrading the book with a number of improvements and... (Read More)
I keep getting weird voicemails about stretch goals 📞
October 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Seriously you need to hear these... I don't know what the Entity is up to. But ever since we unlocked the 15K stretch goal something weird is going on. I've had no phone calls, but somehow I keep getting voicemails from Charlie. I've not seen him... (Read More)
An Inheritance for everyone 📦
October 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Well that was very speedy 💨 Guess you were all really pumped to fight the Entity. You completely decimated the 24 hour Early Bird goal in a mere 3 hours, a huge thank you from us and also the monstrous puppet master controlling us. That means ALL... (Read More)
Funded in 3 hours - The Entity thanks you!
October 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Now to spread the curse... Thanks for all of your support in helping bring 'Don't Play This Game' to life. We're happy to say the horror is just beginning... Keep an eye out for more updates as the curse grows and spreads with stretch goals and... (Read More)
Tabletop Found Footage Roleplaying Game "Don't Play This Game" Launches on Kickstarter
October 3rd - via: bloody-disgusting.com
Don’t Play This Game is a legacy solo tabletop roleplaying game. A mysterious entity curses the player; they must play the game, or else bad things will happen to them. (Read More)
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