Game Designer Panel & Game Launch: "Mythomorphosis"

Award-winning game designer Gordie Murphy will join Side Quest's Heather Silva to talk about his inspiration for Mythomorphosis, intergenerational narratives, and game design more broadly. After the chat, Gordie will run a session for those who would like to play!

Agenda:

• 6:30-7:30pm, discussion
• 7:30-9:30/10pm, game session

Ticket options:

• $5 discussion only
• $15 discussion + game session

ABOUT THE GAME

Stories evolve over time, influenced by the people who tell them, record them, and adapt them into new forms. Little Red Riding Hood alone has diverged into hundreds of variants. And as society changes, so do our stories. But for every story we remember, dozens more might be forgotten. How many stories have been lost to time?

Mythomorphosis is a collaborative storytelling ttrpg about how stories change over generations. Players will create a society, then create a central myth that their society tells. Over the course of five generations players decide how that myth changes in the aftermath of historical events that define each generation--which parts of the myth get passed on, which get misremembered, and which parts are forgotten entirely.

ABOUT THE DESIGNER

Gordie Murphy is an IGDN award-nominated game designer who has been designing ttrpgs since 2019, beginning with the first edition of Mythomorphosis (then called Apotheosis). His games explore themes of neurodiversity, alienation, and the way meaning changes over time.

ABOUT THE VENUE

Side Quest Books & Games is a woman-and-queer-owned fantasy shop for magical books, indie TTRPGs, and nerdy knick-knacks. It is located on the balcony level of Union Square's Bow Market in Somerville. (Please visit bowmarketsomerville.com for parking and transportation info.) Outside food & drink are allowed in. Masks are optional for this event, but please let us know and stay home if you fall ill.