TEXT: The Unfolk
  a game for two players
  by Dee Pennyway
  Made for the Big Bad Game Jam 2019.
  
  You are not from the other world.
  
  You are just like everybody else.
  Always have been.
  
  We told you this and no other story for
  as long as you remember.
  
  It’s time to tell you the truth.
  
  1
  The Unfolk
  The world has suddenly become a frightening and
  dangerous place.Your family has successfully re-
  mained hidden for generations, walking among the
  free peoples of the world without question or ha-
  rassment. Until today.
  News has arrived that the government will be
  looking for members of a certain group of individ-
  uals, rooting them out, and ending their existence.
  Your family is in that group.
  Parents, you knew this day would come but you
  thought you had more time.You let your children
  believe that they were like everybody else: you
  taught them how to behave in public, that their
  powers were just silly children’s games.You had
  planned to tell them when they were older, about
  your people and where they came from.
  But now there’s no time; you have to tell them ev-
  erything.
  Children, you’ve never heard of these people be-
  fore, and you wonder why everyone is making
  such a big fuss. If the government says these peo-
  ple are bad, you’ve been taught to agree.Why
  should you worry about a bunch of no-good-do-
  ers?
  And why do your parents look so worried?
  
  2
  How to Play
  The Unfolk is a game for two players. One player
  inhabits the role of the children; the other player
  inhabits the role of the parents.
  The game is played in four scenes by following the
  instructions and prompts in each scene; at the end
  of the final scene, the game ends.
  You will need:
  ● A writing implement
  ● Some paper to write on
  ● A blank sheet of paper
  ● An envelope
  ● A six-sided die
  
  3
  Scene One: The Truth
  The details of your people are up to you to de-
  cide.This scene is for setting the parameters of
  the world in which the game takes place.
  Children
  Present the following questions and record the
  answers.You may ask follow-up questions as
  needed.
  ● Who or what are we?
  ● What do our people believe that is different
  from the people pursuing us?
  ● What do the people pursuing us think we
  can do that is dangerous?
  ● What can our people actually do?
  ● What customs do our people have that are
  different from the ones we were raised
  with?
  ● What are our secret names?
  ● Why did you keep our reality a secret?
  ● Where did our people come from?
  ● Where are the rest of our people now?
  ● Why have we not joined them until now?
  Parents
  Answer as best you can.
  At the End of the Scene
  Children, set the answers aside. Parents and chil-
  dren may refer to these answers as needed
  throughout the rest of the scenes.
  
  4
  Scene Two: What You Need
  There are some things that cannot come with you
  to the other world--and other things that must
  not be left behind.
  Parents
  On an empty sheet of paper, write out a list of ten
  things the child will need to either bring with
  them or leave behind, and record answers to the
  following questions for each item:
  ● What does it do?
  ● Why is it significant to our people?
  ● Why is it significant to us?
  ● Why is it dangerous?
  ● When will it be important?
  ● Can it be replaced?
  Read aloud the names of the items in the list, but
  do not reveal which items must be left behind or
  which ones must be brought with them.
  Children
  For each item, roll a six-sided die.This is the num-
  ber of questions you can ask about that item.The
  rest remain unanswered.
  Choose five items to take with you, and five to
  leave behind.
  At the End of the Scene
  Parents, fold the sheet of paper into thirds and
  slide it into an envelope. Seal the envelope.Write
  your child’s secret name on it.
  
  5
  Scene Three: Separated
  Parents, you have become separated from your
  children.Will they be alright? Do they have what
  they need? What will happen to them when they
  cross over without you? Will they be accepted in
  the other world?
  What will happen to you?
  Parents
  Decide how and where you become separated
  from the child by answering the following ques-
  tions:
  ● Did you become separated before, during, or
  after their escape?
  ● Did you make it to the other world?
  ● Did you get caught by the government? Did
  you escape? How?
  Children
  Roll a six-sided die. Choose this number of items
  to have been lost in the journey to the other
  world. How did you lose them?
  At the End of the Scene
  Parents, pass the sealed envelope to the children.
  
  6
  Final Scene: Left Unsaid
  Children, you are alone in the other world.All you
  have to remember your parents is an old coat--
  with an envelope in the pocket.
  Children
  Open the sealed envelope. Read the list aloud,
  along with the answers your parents recorded for
  each item and whether you brought it with you,
  lost it along the way, or left it behind.
  At the End of the Scene
  Parents and children, you may briefly discuss what
  happens in the other world, or keep that story to
  yourself.What happens next is up to the children.
  
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