The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries made its premiere at Gen Con 2007 and is now available for purchase at IPR and Lulu! Look here to find out more about my storytelling game of exploration and adventure.

 

 

Welcome! Eric J. Boyd Designs is the publishing imprint of me, Eric J. Boyd. I am an independent designer of story games based in Phoenix, Arizona. Here you can find information on all of my past and present game projects and buy my published games.

 

What is a story game? Essentially it is a game focused on allowing the players to tell a story together as they sit around a table or in their living room. If you are familiar with role-playing games, a story game is very similar, except that the focus is on building a story together, rather than solely playing your character. Most role-playing games can be (and are) played as story games, but some games are designed to emphasize story from the get-go in their mechanics. My designs are each intended to facilitate the telling of certain types of stories - be it the freewheeling pulp exploration of The Committee for the Exploration of Mysteries, the police investigations in the underbelly of utopia in Utopolis: Policing the Retrofuture, or the macabre competition to create life of In Frankenstein's Wake.

 

Each story game has its own page here on my site, so take a look around and feel free to tell me what you think.

Feedback? Questions?

Email me at ericjboyddesigns@gmail.com

 

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