Dubious goblins dealing in sci-fi allotments

Having previously contributed to the 2021, 2022, and 2023 jams, Alexi is now compelled to continue and submitted entries for both the 2024 and 2025 One-Page RPG Jams.

He never did a blog post for 2024 so is going to talk a bit about both.

2024's theme was TRANSPORT. Alexi's game Dubious Sci-Fi Vehicle Dealers is, as with his other One-Page RPG Jam projects, a role-playing social game more than classic RPG system (so: no dice, stats, GM etc). Players take the roles of dubious sci-fi vehicle dealers, taking it in turns to be a buyer looking for a vehicle for a dubious purpose (with a flimsy cover story). The other players draw stupid vehicles then try and convince the buyer that theirs is the vehicle for them!

2025's theme was GROWTH. Alexi's game Allotment Goblins is, again, dice-less, stat-less, GM-less, this time featuring goblins (or other small creatures), sitting around in their allotments, trying to grow stuff, telling meandering little anecdotes to pass the time. Players give each other seed words, and try and fit those words surreptitiously into little stories fitted within one-minute time limits. Sneak more words in or get more false guesses from the other players? You grow your plants more effectively!

All of Alexi's one-page RPG games are free to download as PDFs (see them all here). If you play them and have any comments, do leave a note on the itch.io pages!

Has Alexi really done nothing since last year? Sort of. He has been dabbling in other media rather than scripting comics. Short stories, DJing, poetry even. What is the world coming to? He does still like comics though. He very much enjoyed Sequential Scotland (where he delivered a workshop) and will probably come back around to more comics sometime soon(ish, maybe).

Seeya, CCUK

Alexi had previously contributed to the first of the Comic Creatives UK anthologies, and is pleased to have a couple of stories in the third CCUK anthology, available to read free now!

(cover by Brett Burbridge & Owen Watts)

I Just Wanted To Say (art by Lomcia) is a wry look at people's capacity to choose to say really inappropriate things at the most inappropriate times.

What We Fight For... (art by James Newell) questions the varied motivations that give determination to your classic band of epic fantasy heroes.

Alexi was once again chuffed that such talented artists worked on stories he'd scripted. CCUK, the Discord forum, is coming to an end, but, in addition to three anthologies, it offered support and encouragement to a huge number of comic creators in the UK and around the world; it was a Good Thing.

Caught at the Court

 Having previously contributed to the 2021 and 2022 jams, Alexi now feels he cannot stop, so submitted a little game for One-Page RPG Jam 2023. Court of Whispers is a game of diplomacy and negotiation, themed around being some dreadful nobles, who've done dreadful things, who are trying to discover and reveal each other's dark secrets so they lose face in court, while trying to keep their own misdeeds secret. To be honest, it feels a little unstructured - after the setup, there's a bit of an onus on the players to come up with strategies to negotiate and lie successfully, but if you like that kind of thing, this light TTRPG/social game hopefully provides a fun framework to enjoy stitching up your friends. You can get it, and Alexi's other One-Page RPG Jam entries from alexiconman.itch.io.