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Belonging Outside Belonging
''Dream Askew, Dream Apart'' is a set of two tabletop role-playing games about marginalized communities struggling for survival. "Dream Askew" was designed by Avery Alder and "Dream Apart" was designed by Benjamin Rosenbaum. ''Dream Askew, Dream Apart'' is the blueprint for the Belonging Outside Belonging game system. Belonging Outside Belonging Both games use the Belonging Outside Belonging system, a set of dice-less mechanics that focuses on storytelling. Alder began designing the system for "Dream Askew," then collaborated with Rosenbaum to further develop it for "Dream Apart." The system became the basis of many games by other designers, including Wanderhome and Sleepaway. As of July 2024, Itch.io lists 211 products with the tag "Belonging Outside Belonging." Themes "Dream Askew" focuses on queer survivors of an apocalypse fighting threats and gathering resources. "Dream Apart" has Jewish protagonists and takes place in a fantasy version of a shtetl in 19th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avery Alder
Avery Alder is a Canadian tabletop role-playing game designer. She designs games with themes of LGBTQ self-discovery, community building, and post-apocalyptic survival. Alder invented the Belonging Outside Belonging system, which became a template for future designers' games. Her work is a topic of scholarship in the history of game design. Game design and writing Alder designs and writes indie role-playing games. She designed ''The Quiet Year'', a map-making game about community building, which won the 2013 Indie RPG Awards for "Most Innovative." She also designed ''Dream Askew'', which won the 2014 Indie RPG Awards for "Best Free Game," and ''Monsterhearts'', which was nominated for the 2013 Origins Awards for Best Roleplaying Game. ''Monsterhearts'' was one of the first published Powered by the Apocalypse games and an early example of a specifically queer ''Queer'' is an umbrella term for people who are not heterosexual or cisgender. Originally meaning or , ''queer'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |