Indie RPG Spotlight -  A Thousand and One Nights
Channel: Rym DeCoster
Date: 2013-12-21

A Thousand and One Nights is an amazing indie role playing game that centers around a sultan's court.  But, rather than merely playing the characters in this court, you play these characters who are THEMSELVES playing characters in stories they tell to pass the time.

Yo Dawg.

This is a game where characters don't have strength stats: they have senses and aspects of envy. They have goals and desires.  When you can't express your frustration with the court poet directly without angering the Sultan, you find yourself doing so indirectly in your story.

This is a game where you are expected to lounge and eat dates while you play. Atmosphere and storytelling are paramount.  To be sure, this isn't Dungeons & Dragons.

http://nightskygames.com/welcome/game/1001Nights

Rym and Scott of GeekNights presented "Beyond Dungeons & Dragons" at PAX Australia 2013. (They've previously presented this at ConnectiCon 2008, PAX Prime 2008, PAX Prime 2009, PAX East 2010, MAGFest X, and dozens of other conventions).  This is a short excerpt from that full lecture, spotlighting one of the specific game examples they used.

Full Lecture:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERc0-mp75oY