These are really fun! To write that is. I have no idea if these are playable or even Role Playing Games. They’re certainly storytelling games and you play a part in them so I guess they are, but they’re a far cry from XP and d20s.
This game is called Flesh of the Gods, it’s a way to collectively create a pantheon and mythology. A way for Gods to get involved in the affairs of Man both vital and petty, and for them to end up with strange combinations of domains (Behold! It is I! The God of Sunlight, Poetry, and, er.. Plague).
A pantheon of Gods tell tales of their attributes and patronage.
Each player writes a:
– Divine domain (e.g. Storms, Agriculture, Cats)
– A treasured possession
– Body partPlayers randomly select one domain, possession, and body part to create their God.
Players also write three prayers (i.e. requests of a God), these are shuffled into a deck. Prayers can be as grand, solemn, trifling, or selfish as you like.
The starting God is whoever last ate an apple. The player opposite is the Village Elder this round and draws a prayer. They beseech the God for aid, the God must use the powers of their domain to answer the prayer. The God to the Elder’s left jealously intrudes and adds a complication. The God to the beseeched God’s left uses their possession to help overcome the complication. The beseeched God now gains an additional domain based on the prayer and the next God is beseeched.
Second time around it is the Gods to the right of the Elder and beseeched God rather than the left.
On the final round no other Gods intervene, the beseeched God must sacrifice their body part in order to answer the prayer.