Come play Parsely, a party game parlor style RPG that's a love letter to the old text-based computer adventures. With all the laughs, frustrated groans and story paths that you remember :D Can you unlock the best ending? A whole game takes less than 2 hours! Relive the glory days of floppy disks, dot-matrix printers and 128K RAM with this collection of party games inspired by the text adventures of the 1980s.
Before the first 3D video game came out, all video games were text-based adventures. These were simple scenarios with limited interactions. The player would type their actions into the game, and if it was a valid command, the game would respond with new content.
Players will take control of a character together and the GM will play as the parser and control the computer processing your commands. Players will alternate giving commands like GO NORTH, LIGHT LAMP or GET SWORD, which the GM will follow to the best of the imaginary computer's ability. There’s no limit to the number of people that can play and no limit to the fun. So what are you waiting for? It’s time to unplug from your computer and plug into Parsely! Don't forget to hit SAVE and be mindful, because 3 deaths means GAME OVER! ;-)
Today I'm sending you on Enchanted Forest Adventure! An old wizard lives in a tower in the enchanted forest. He mostly keeps to himself, but some nights ago at the stroke of midnight, thick black toxic smoke has been coming out from his tower, poisoning the air around the forest. You are a young elf sent by your village elders to the enchanted forest to stop the smoke coming from the tower.
This game will be great if you like choose-your-own-adventure books, 80s computer RPGs, Fairytales and Super Mario.
Players will control a single nameless player character together as a group.
This session will be especially good for new players. New players are welcome.
The game runner is very familiar with this system.
This game will be played in room #4 of the TTRPG Pickup Con Discord Server. Spectators are welcome in the Discord room.
CW: lack of control, character death (but without any gore or explicit details)