A Rush of Blood
A downloadable game
A Rush of Blood is a 57-page horror-romance solo journaling TTRPG.
In this game you will play a vampire's favourite blood source. Discover how a vampiric influence can push you, improve you, or destroy you and your loved ones.
Play Style
Create your character, create her vampire Lady, and describe the beginnings of their relationships. Then pull Tarot cards to find prompts that will guide you through dramatic events in your character's life and push her to her limits. Attempt to take control of your life or follow where it takes you, all while being fed from.
You will need
a Tarot deck, one six-sided die (d6), a few tokens, and somewhere to journal.
Notes
This game encourages a romantic or sexual relationship between the characters and assumes said characters are both women. However, the game can easily be played with characters of any genders or sexualities.
Warnings: mature topics, sex, manipulation, potentially toxic relationships
Credits
- Writing & layout by Julia Kartes.
- Art by Marion Kartes.
- Template by Explorer's Design.
- Design elements by Alderdoodle.
No AI was used in the making of this game
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Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $7.30 USD. You will get access to the following files:
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Community Copies
If you're experiencing financial hardship feel free to grab a free copy of A Rush of Blood. I will be adding new community copies every once in a while.
Development log
- Plain Text version release + a small updateJul 07, 2024
Comments
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I'm hoping for some community copies to be available again! The few prompts in the example images tickled my creativity (currently suffering from writer's block)
I just added some now! Hope you enjoy <3
This is incredibly well made. The core is fairly simple, but several rules and the way the prompts are structured make it a very elegant system. The way tokens are linked to both skipping and actions feels to me like a great solution, as it ensures you don't just skip until you find a prompt that already fits what you had in mind (ensuring surprising twists even in a solo experience) while also allowing the skipping to have narrative weight ... and impact on future decisions.
And the prompts itself are great. Open enough for creativity but with enough additional questions (and optional draws on some) to help out when you're stumped.
I've written a few entries so far and I'm having a blast.
A bit of my brain also longs for a 1 on 1 option a bit like Star Crossed, though. Most of it would be usable, with the uneven balance a potential part of the charm, but the more introspective prompts would be a bit less interesting for the Lady.
Thank you for sharing this with the world!
Thank you for playing A Rush of Blood! I'm glad you're enjoying your playthrough!
Funny you mention a duet game because I do have plans for a version of the game for two! I'll definitely be coming back to this and adding new machanics + prompts for the Lady.
And thanks for commenting, this was really nice to read :)
I LOVE IT.
Thank you so much!!