Monthly Archives: October 2021

IF Comp 2021: Goat Game

Posted on October 5, 2021 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

Goat Game is a tightly-crafted piece about complicity and corporate careers, the difficulty of effecting change, and how this intersects with how you relate to people. The characters are all anthropomorphic goats. There isn’t really any reason for or against … Continue reading →

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IF Comp 2021: The Last Night of Alexisgrad

Posted on October 3, 2021 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

The Last Night of Alexisgrad is a choice-based game for two players. This is an unusual but venerable format – the first I’m aware of is the Duel Master series, first published 1986, which were sold as boxed sets of … Continue reading →

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IF Comp 2021: The Mermaids of Ganymede

Posted on October 2, 2021 by Sam Kabo Ashwell

This game is not in any way a reference to Vonnegut’s The Sirens of Titan; rather, it’s a straightforward space-adventure story that has, y’know, actual space mermaids in it. It’s divided into chapters; each chapter takes place in a different … Continue reading →

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