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Bad Quail Games // G. Michael Truran
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He/They.

Librarian by day. Tabletop games artisan some of the rest of the time.

Purveyor of fine PDFs at https://bad-quail.itch.io.

Logo by John W. Sheldon.
Reposted by Bad Quail Games // G. Michael Truran
LASER-RITTER emerges from the thought: what would it be like to make a Star Wars game that tries to replicate the feeling of watching the OT for the first time as a kid in the early 90s (rather than encyclopedically reproducing the Star Wars canon.

bad-quail.itch.io/laser-ritter
Laser-Ritter ASHCAN EDITION by Bad Quail Games
An Anti-Canon Space-Fantasy RPG
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Bad Quail Games // G. Michael Truran
DARKER MALLEUS. A game about hate, fanaticism, and self-destruction. Really, a 60-page hack of Lasers and Feelings. Players take on the role of witch hunters and through play gradually lose the better aspects of themselves to evil; one way or another.

bad-quail.itch.io/darker-malleus
Darker Malleus by Bad Quail Games
an adventure game of grim tragedy
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Bad Quail Games // G. Michael Truran
GHOST ORBIT. Maybe the first game I published on Itch. It's a space horror game for one shots, emphasizing the fragility of life in space via everything breaking. The tagline is "a game abut things breaking in space."

bad-quail.itch.io/ghost-orbit
GHOST ORBIT by Bad Quail Games
a game about things breaking in space
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Reposted by Bad Quail Games // G. Michael Truran
In this bundle you can find . . .

PLUNDERLIGHT. A heroic dark fantasy sandbox game. It has procedures for collaborative setting building, and a character system that emphasizes individual goals and skills you use to improve.

bad-quail.itch.io/plunderlight
Plunderlight by Bad Quail Games
A Fiction First RPG About Overcoming a World of Grim Peril
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
(Also, there's a demo on the itch page that us the full rules sans art if you want to check it out before dropping cash on it)
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
At the risk of tooting my own horn, I think Laser-Ritter has pretty cool weapons. And, like, big opinions about armor too.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
What do you think makes weapons cool in a taterpig?
November 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
kitty soft
November 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
And Mint did a very thoughtful review of Laser-Ritter on her Tumblr.

bsky.app/profile/bad-...
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
LASER-RITTER emerges from the thought: what would it be like to make a Star Wars game that tries to replicate the feeling of watching the OT for the first time as a kid in the early 90s (rather than encyclopedically reproducing the Star Wars canon.

bad-quail.itch.io/laser-ritter
Laser-Ritter ASHCAN EDITION by Bad Quail Games
An Anti-Canon Space-Fantasy RPG
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
DARKER MALLEUS. A game about hate, fanaticism, and self-destruction. Really, a 60-page hack of Lasers and Feelings. Players take on the role of witch hunters and through play gradually lose the better aspects of themselves to evil; one way or another.

bad-quail.itch.io/darker-malleus
Darker Malleus by Bad Quail Games
an adventure game of grim tragedy
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
GHOST ORBIT. Maybe the first game I published on Itch. It's a space horror game for one shots, emphasizing the fragility of life in space via everything breaking. The tagline is "a game abut things breaking in space."

bad-quail.itch.io/ghost-orbit
GHOST ORBIT by Bad Quail Games
a game about things breaking in space
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In this bundle you can find . . .

PLUNDERLIGHT. A heroic dark fantasy sandbox game. It has procedures for collaborative setting building, and a character system that emphasizes individual goals and skills you use to improve.

bad-quail.itch.io/plunderlight
Plunderlight by Bad Quail Games
A Fiction First RPG About Overcoming a World of Grim Peril
bad-quail.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 PM
* experimental, more like? small batch?
November 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM