Heart RPG, Annihilation, & Sangfielle: Brainworms All the Way Down
Channel: A.A. Voigt
Date: 2023-10-03

This is an essay about the TTRPG, "Heart: The City Beneath," written by Grant Howitt and Christopher Taylor, with illustrations by Felix Miall. It is available here: https://rowanrookanddecard.com/product/heart-the-city-beneath-rpg/

Other works discussed in this text are "Jeff VanderMeer's "Annihilation," and Friends at the Table's, "Sangfielle." They can be found at the following links:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374537159/annihilation
https://friendsatthetable.net/

Categories: Resistance System, dungeon crawl, horror
Players: 2 to 6, including GM
Supplies: set of RPG die, at least 3 ten-sided die
Time to Play: 2 to 4 hours
Disclosures: n/a
Content Warnings: Unreality, infection, infestation of bodies, bees, exploration and colonization, blood, body horror, snakes consumption of flesh, hypnosis and discussions about being compelled to do things against one’s will, parasites

A transcript of this essay may be found on my website: https://aavoigt.com/f/heart-rpg-annihilation-sangfielle-brainworms-all-the-way-down

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