The Stars Will Not Go Out: A Caltrop Core Game

About a month ago, a tutor on my course told us about a course-wide writing competition: a poem or a story, a side of A4 maximum, about our time on the course so far. I decided to write a game.

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This is a game about burnout, and all the things burnout entails. It is a game about being kind to others and remembering to show that same kindness to yourself. It is a game about loving, allowing yourself to be loved and in the calm contentedness of genuine connection, being stronger than you could have been alone.

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‘The Stars Will Not Go Out’ is a production of RJKGames, and is A Caltrop Core TTRPG. Find Caltrop Core at https://titanomachyrpg.itch.io/caltropcore.