{"product_id":"our-queen-crumbles-hallowed-edition","title":"Our Queen Crumbles: Hallowed Edition","description":"\u003ctable cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" summary=\"Description\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"descr\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Game Chef 2019 finalist by Jason Brown returns in a new Hallowed Edition by Indie Groundbreaker Award-winning studio NessunDove.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe conclusion is already in place. You have failed. The Queen is dead.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen the Assassin swept through the Lonely City, they left rubble and blood in their wake. Fate, or some other kind of magick, pulled the Assassin past all resistance and into the throne room. It was there the Queen of the Lonely City collapsed into a pool of crimson blood.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt was the Gravity Witch who moved first. In a whirlwind she gathered a pile of shards and dust—the remains of the Quickened Guard, the Queen's army of living statues, shattered by the Assassin. And when the dust settled, there stood in the throne room a new living statue, misshapen and asymmetrical.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Queen returned.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYet this was only a temporary solution. The amalgam was not fit to hold a human soul for long, no matter the pull. There was, therefore, only one thing remaining to the Queen: Revenge.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Queen Crumbles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a collaborative storytelling game for \u003cstrong\u003e2-4\u003c\/strong\u003e players about \u003cstrong\u003erevenge\u003c\/strong\u003e, inevitable \u003cstrong\u003edeath\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003esaying goodbye\u003c\/strong\u003e to those you love. It is set in the weird-fantasy land of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHalloway\u003c\/strong\u003e, where the dead whisper to those who listen and the fundamental forces of nature can be bent to your will. The game is meant to be played in a \u003cstrong\u003esingle sitting\u003c\/strong\u003e, and is focused on developing interesting and dynamic characters over the course of a few hours— no matter your roleplaying experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Queen Crumbles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003euses a bespoke\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGM-less storytelling\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esystem centered on progressive character revelation— though you start the game with only a vague idea of who your characters are, each scene lets you dive into their history and personality a bit more. Players build scenes around a collection of character traits and story elements, allowing you to do on-the-fly worldbuilding alongside your friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach player chooses what kind of relationship bound them to the Queen. Were you as close to her as a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003esibling\u003c\/strong\u003e? Did she dote on you as if you were her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003echild\u003c\/strong\u003e, or were you the one acting as her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eparent\u003c\/strong\u003e? Or did you simply long to be her\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003elover\u003c\/strong\u003e? 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