Gothic & Folk Horror (w/ Luke Jordan)

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In this episode, we talk to Luke Jordan aka Wildwood Games, a queer non-binary game designer, writer, editor, performer, and professional GM. Their own games often combine a poetic sensibility, spooky themes, high emotion, and light mechanics. They've contributed to games like Girl by Moonlight published by Evil Hat and Koriko and The Slow Knife by Mouse House Press. Today, we're talking about two of their games that were crowdfunded in a double-barrel campaign with Possum Creek Games in late 2023. Grand Guignol, a second version of their game of queer gothic horror, and Harvest, a brand new folk horror set on some unnamed British isle. 

Harvest / Grand Guignol on Backerkit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/jay-dragon/grand-guignol-harvest 

Wild Wood Games on itch: https://gamesfromthewildwood.itch.io/harvest  

Luke Jordan on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wildwoodsgames.bsky.social 

Show Notes:

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Dracula

Jekyll and Hyde

Frankenstein

Penny Dreadful

The Wickerman 

The Apostle (2018)

Blood on Satan’s Claw

Witchfinder General

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched (documentary)

Midsommar

The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper

Games Mentioned

Apocalypse World

Dream Askew/Dream Apart

Wanderhome

Stonetop (with annotated actual play)

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