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Thrown Together came about after another day went by without an RPG session; with only one of my friends online available to play, I despaired that there were so few simple, low-prep games that were suitable for two-players. The next day, I started writing this game, so that we'd have something to do in future!

I designed this with both face-to-face and online play in mind, so it requires little in the way of other resources and relies heavily on the improv & story-telling skills of the players. The main buy-ins you'll need are first, a familiarity with the genre of 'screwball comedy romance' and second, a willingness to play romantic scenes. I advise a quick talk about lines & veils before you begin playing: whatever is over the line for you stays out of the game completely, but you can draw a veil over things you would just rather not portray in detail.

The resources you'll need for the game are:

TT Assistant & Tycoon, etc: each pair of titles is a sheet with two Partner playbooks on it; each Partner is a suggested character you can play in the game, with prompts for filling in their backstory and guidance for creating a story around them. You can mix and match the Partners in any combination you like: the pairs they appear in are not intended to be a suggestion for play.

TT Rulesx2: the basic rules are small enough to fit onto half a page of A4, so they are presented twice here; print them onto the back of the Partner sheets, cut along the middle and voila! You have a set of playsheets with the rules on one side and a playable character on the other.

TT Love Triangle+: since there are sometimes three friends at a loose end, looking for a quick game to play, this sheet presents some rules modifications that turns Thrown Together into a three-player game.

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

TT Alien & Paragon.pdf 68 kB
TT Assistant & Tycoon.pdf 68 kB
TT Lawyer & Witness.pdf 69 kB
TT Love Triangle+.pdf 50 kB
TT Rascal & Superstar.pdf 68 kB
TT Rulesx2.pdf 49 kB
TT Spy & Rebel.pdf 68 kB
TT Stripper & Bodyguard.pdf 69 kB

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Hey! I couldn't contact you on twitter, but I wanted to ask: me and a friend played this system together and recorded it, and it was so much fun. We want to do a livestream of us playing one of the playsets, but of course wanted to make sure this is ok with you, and how to credit you. What do you think?

Sure, go for it! Any credit will be fine as Groundhoggoth or Groundhoggoth games; drop me a link and I'll spread it around the internets!

Here's my twitter handle is you want to contact or @ me there

https://twitter.com/Groundhoggoth

If you're on Discord, you can usually hmu in the Indie RPG or PbtA servers as well
https://discord.gg/pRNNUm
https://discord.gg/Zejrkf