The Words We Leave Behind
The Words We Leave Behind is a duet epistolary RPG about time, war, love and hate inspired by "This is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone.
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A duet time travel game
You are a Proxy, an agent of change fighting an endless war across time and space. Your missions will reshape reality, bending it towards the future that your superiors desire.
But you are not alone.
You have a counterpart. An agent working for another faction who seeks to shape the flow of history and divert it to their own vision. They are your opposite. Your reflection. Your foil. Your nemesis. You know next to nothing about them.
And they intrigue you…
The Words We Leave Behind is a duet epistolary RPG about time, war, love and hate inspired by "This is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone. As you traverse the time stream you will work to rewrite history for your Faction, all while building a secret rapport with the only person who could ever understand you.
To play The Words We Leave Behind you will need: 2 players, a deck of cards each, an online document that you can both edit and a way to message one another.
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