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Devlog

• Devlog #4: It's TWELFTH NIGHT! and a playtest recap
  January 07, 2026 by Gowanusaurus Rex#shakespeare, #playtest, #theater, #theatre, #christmas

  Today is January 6th, the Feast of the Epiphany, Three Kings' Day, or as Shakespeare knew it: Twelfth Night . (Or maybe that was yesterday, depending on when you start counting.) Remember what this im... Continue reading

  
• Riz Ahmed is HAMLET and there's a Shakespeare renaissance...
  December 24, 2025 by Gowanusaurus Rex#hamlet, #shakespeare

  I'm pretty excited about this... Continue reading
• Am I the only one who watched this?!
  December 10, 2025 by Gowanusaurus Rex#shakespeare

  You ever think you're the only person who remembers something? Some movie, some TV show, some book... now that Chloe Zhao's Hamnet is out, and I -- painfully -- still haven't seen it, I was reminded o... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #3: "The play's the thing" (DEMO RELEASE!!)
  November 18, 2025 by Gowanusaurus Rex#shakespeare, #theatre, #theater, #acting, #ttrpg

  It's going to be a big couple of weeks for Shakespeare news. First, a new portrait has been discovered that may very well be of William Shakespeare himself. Dubbed "The Wadlow Portrait," there's curre... Continue reading

  
• Devlog #2: "To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first." (Demo?!)
  November 10, 2025 by Gowanusaurus Rex#shakespeare, #ttrpg, #demo, #theatre, #theater, #larp

  Had a really fantastic conversation about this game with 200-Proof Games over on Discord, and in knocking our heads together about the mechanics we realized there's really two components of the game,... Continue reading
• Devlog #1: Kismet and Feedback
  September 24, 2025 by Gowanusaurus Rex#shakespeare, #playtest, #feedback, #recommendations

  Had a couple of interesting run-ins recently. Was just thinking about how I need to playtest MERELY PLAYERS (it's been such a hard time getting folks together!) and passed these on the street, glaring... Continue reading

  
• All the world's a stage... (Announcement!)
  September 01, 2025 by Gowanusaurus Rex#shakespeare, #ttrpg, #card mechanics, #announcement

  Theater's been a huge part of my life, particularly the works of William Shakespeare, so I couldn't be more excited to announce this project I've been toiling away on. It's a tabletop game where you a... Continue reading