{"product_id":"psychic-trash-detectives","title":"Psychic Trash Detectives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The folks at Scryptid Games are thoughtful and clever, and the ode to synanthropes that they've created in Psychic Trash Detectives is beautiful and profoundly odd.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e—Avery Alder, designer of \u003cem\u003eDream Askew, Monsterhearts 2,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Quiet Year\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"page-anchor\" id=\"h:-Psychic-Trash\"\u003e🦝 Psychic Trash\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePsychic Trash Detectives is a \u003cstrong\u003eshared-GM game\u003c\/strong\u003e inspired by guidebook-style TTRPGs and a pulpy, punk ethos that demands a shift in how games and literature are defined. You do not need roleplaying experience to play—just open the book and start to read.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"page-anchor\" id=\"h:-Collaborative-Storytelling\"\u003e🦨 Collaborative Storytelling\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you have played a TTRPG before, you'll find that Psychic Trash Detectives offers an \u003cstrong\u003eimmersive storytelling experience\u003c\/strong\u003e unlike any other. You and the other players will use actual trash to generate elements of the game world, resolve questions, and push the story forward. You'll use whatever trash you bring to the game space (or whatever trash is there already).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlus, you'll create the setting of the game together too, \u003cstrong\u003emapping out on a hand-drawn map\u003c\/strong\u003e the weird places where your characters find their favourite trash. And when it comes to the psychic trash visions, you'll play weird, surrealist mini-games to determine the supernatural messages and memories, such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemory collage.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each player shares a vision of one 5-second interaction that occurred with this trash in the past 24 hours. Discuss how these visions may answer the question.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePsychic sketching.\u003c\/strong\u003e Each player either closes their eyes or uses their non-dominant hand to privately sketch a picture that answers the question asked at the top of the scene.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eErasure poetry.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Protagonist chooses a piece of trash from the playing space or someone’s private trash stash that has words on it. Each player blacks out one of the words, revealing a new meaning within the text.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMusical inspiration\u003c\/strong\u003e. Randomly select a song from the musical playlist you’ve been playing. Listen to the song together and discuss how the title, music, and\/or lyrics answer the question.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/8464\/3619\/files\/psychicTrashDetectives_ebf9a4fb-0e15-44fb-a42a-bb62ea1b1469.jpg?v=1746004848\" alt=\"Psychic Trash Detectives example of a memory collage\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlayers will create \u003cstrong\u003etheir own \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003emystery\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and their own psychic trash animals: raccoons, opossums, seagulls, pigeons, dogs, cats, and all other manner of trashy little critters. And each trash animal has their own way of solving mysteries: are they the cozy grand possum wrapped in an afghan made from shredded plastic? Or are they the erudite cockroach who sees right through lies?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: none;\" alt=\"Psychic Trash Detectives - raccoon covered with trash for the animal TTRPG\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/8464\/3619\/files\/PsychicTrashDetectives_SG.jpg?v=1746004788\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003ere-playable game is for 3-5 players \u003c\/strong\u003eand tells a complete story in one session. It is a game that absolutely reeks of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003eradical self-acceptance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bold\"\u003epunk camaraderie\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by game designer and published fiction writer \u003cstrong\u003eBrigitte Winter\u003c\/strong\u003e, Psychic Trash Detectives is a full colour core game book illustrated by A.V.Eerie, who creates the amazing queer webcomic Along the River Phoria. In addition to containing the full Psychic Trash Detectives roleplaying game, it also features poetry and fiction inspired by the world of the game by:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJason B. Crawford\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDeidre Delpino Dykes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNino McQuown\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNat Mesnard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTonee Moll\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA.E. Osworth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTyler Vile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTristan B Willis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDustin Patrick Winter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinners of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1slfaVQ9pWKViZwT0JEaB-2uO5Sm0innGVVN_a2xCsw8\/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.hdfj0xfxyx0k\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-d5d4699d-7fff-8bf5-c282-147012b15143\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBest Indie TTRPG 2024 - CRiT Awards\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/8464\/3619\/files\/critAwards.png?v=1741688065\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Critical Kit Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55438560559480,"sku":"CKSGPTD","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0775\/9439\/4944\/files\/Psychic_Trash.jpg?v=1770026516","url":"https:\/\/nightspiregaming.co.uk\/products\/psychic-trash-detectives","provider":"Night Spire Gaming","version":"1.0","type":"link"}