Long Dog (and other elongated animals)

Long Dog is an absolutely incredible (or at least kind of okay) card game I made for my nieces and nephews the other day, in which you all compete to make the longest dog (or other animal) you can.

The Rules Of Long Dog

1. Everyone picks the head of their choice.

2. Shuffle all the tails and all the middles together.

3. Take it in turn to pick cards.

4. Once everyone’s turned up a tail card and finished their dog, whoever has the longest dog wins.

5. Return to 1.

You can even play it online if you want, by going here or here (contains a download version).

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Notes:

1. Made during December 2025
2. Basically the same as the Tail End game I had when I was a kid, where you assembled Loch Ness monsters.

3. But not utterly terrifying in every possible way

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Tales From The Town #191: In The Basement In The Bookshop

In the basement in the bookshop you could find: the science fiction books, the fantasy novels, the fairy tale collections, the folklore compendiums, pamphlets of poetry, artists’ manifestos, dissidents’ diaries, and the shelf full of sale items with torn covers and tattered spines. There was even a comfy old armchair, and occasionally a cat, but never, of course, anyone else at all.

Eleonora never told anyone this was where she spent every lunch hour, It was her own secret den, an oasis all to herself in the middle of an endless desert of days of despair.

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Notes:

1. Written on September 19th, 2024

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A Castle Built From Random Rooms

A Castle Built From Random Rooms is a text adventure built in twine in which you must escape from a castle built from random rooms. Playable and downloadable at itch.io, A Castle Built From Random Rooms is a magnificent masterpiece of the genre (kind of diverting, really). Contains several rooms, and also a few clever jokes.

You should play it you might like it.

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Notes:

1. This game was made during July and August 2024.
2. Using TWINE
3. It was inspired by/based on The Citadel Of Chaos by Steve Jackson
4. But then diverted away from that a bit because I was just making up any old rubbish that seemed to fit.
5. Anyway I know what I’m doing now so the sequel should be better, probably.

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Tales From The Town #149: The Cat In Springtime

Pouncing on:   pollen
       bees
       wasps
       leaves

Rolling in:      cut grass
       dust
       ant hills
       the sun

Sleeping on:     blankets
       deck chairs
       window ledges
       laps

Sitting in:       plant pots
       shoeboxes
       shed
       wendy house

Eating:        cat food
       birthday cake
       ice cream
       spiders

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Notes:

1. Written on May 5th, 2024

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Tales From The Town #116: In The Pale Moonlight

The cat was on the trampoline again, leaping, bouncing, wailing, crying. It was impossible to tell if it was having fun or not, and even if anyone had been awake, no one would have dared come down to see.

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Notes:

1. Written on May 16th, 2023

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