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Hopeless Games

@hopelessgames.bsky.social

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Two game designers play niche games. Make up stories & design games of their own

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Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Tower of Silence Livestream Tonight at 19:00 CEST www.twitch.tv/hopelessstream Join us and the rest of our shipwrecked crew as we attempt to climb the treacherous Tower of Silence. Tonight, we are playing the first game in the uncompromisingly bleak Trilogy of Lost Hope. Designed by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Hopeless Games open the gates to the City of Chaos and walk the plague-ridden streets with Ulrich the Urchin. Will he find the key that unlocks his troubled past? Will roses burn and madness descend? youtu.be/SYbcLbqU514

City of Chaos - Playthrough

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

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Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Hopeless Games journey deep underground to face the ultimate question rising before them: Did dungeon crawlers exist before Dungeons & Dragons? Join the party and find out! youtu.be/60n-OZmS2jE

The History of Dungeon Crawlers

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

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Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Join Hopeless Games at the foot of Mount Vesuvius on that fateful day when the heavens caught fire and rained ashes upon the world. Did everything happen as Plinius the Younger told it in his letters to Tacitus? Or did he witness something too terrible to be put in writing? youtu.be/H63i1hsSRO4

A horror game set in ancient Pompeii - Lovecraftesque: Echoes of Vulcan

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

The secrets of Ancient Rome and Beyond revealed. Which game doubled as an advertisement sign at the Circus Maximus? And how long does it actually take to play a twelve-player game of Republic of Rome and Carthage? youtu.be/w8CddvSzSRg

History of Ancient Roman Board Games

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Hopeless Games sets out on the Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora in an attempt to find another species more deserving than our own. Will we find what we are looking for? Or will the hubris of our species refuse to surrender the torch to those who deserve it more? www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FHk...

Voyage of the B.S.M. Pandora

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

We pride ourselves in bringing you the utmost esoteric gaming knowledge. Today is no different as we present a sweeping tour of branching story games. From ancient dice divination and experimental literature to game books and paragraph-based board games. Enjoy🔮 youtu.be/S8im00sNXmQ

History of Branching Story Games

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Neola was wholly unprepared for the blizzard about to unleash its frozen hell. There never was much life around here. And soon there will be even less. Check out the AP of #DesperationRPG from @hopelessgames.bsky.social. #TTRPGs #RPGs youtu.be/wLIlngDkJCw

A dark and twisted story game (Desperation: Dead House)

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Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Sabotage Designed by Danish resistance fighters during the German occupation. It was illegally distributed in underground networks to raise money and encourage further acts of sabotage. youtu.be/mDdH0Fto_NA?...

Sabotage: The Secret Game of the Danish Resistance

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The Return of the Stainless Steel Rat is a pulpy sci-fi board game, based on the eponymous character from the short stories and novels by Harry Harrison. It remains one of the weirdest mashups of mechanics in sci-fi gaming. Or any kind of gaming, for that matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3M1...

Return of the Stainless Steel Rat

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Watch our thrilling playthrough of War Story: Occupied France www.youtube.com/watch?v=np48...

Join the resistance (War Story: Occupied France)

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Join Hopeless Games for an eclectic tour of early horror board games from Ye Witchcraft Game (1889) to Arkham Horror (1987). www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUGX...

A Brief History of Horror Board Games

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Join us for a solo playthrough of this pioneering yet long forgotten horror game from 1983 youtu.be/undt4zLQ-00?... #TabletopGaming #BoardGames #TabletopRPG #soloboardgame #boardgameplaythrough #arkhamhorror

Nightmare House (1983) & The History of Horror Gaming

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

How did Avalon Hill go from War Games to New Age Fantasy? We take a look at Magic Realm, Wizards and many others, as we talk about the early history of Fantasy Gaming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4Fm... #TabletopGaming #BoardGames #TabletopRPG #wizards #magicrealm #avalonhill #tsr

The History of Fantasy Gaming

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Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Our epic tome of Wizards is here! Go watch our Lore filled deep dive of this New Age Classic: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fakn... #wizards #tabletop #tabletoprpg #boardgamegeek #boardgame #newage

Wizards - A New Age deep dive

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Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Come hitch a ride with us through the mysterious and unexplored galaxies of Star Drifter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9iU...

The Eclipse Demon: A Star Drifter Playthrough

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Citadel of Blood Livestream, Tonight at 8PM CET www.twitch.tv/hopelessstream Join us for a solo playthrough of this Dungeon Crawl Classic from 1980. Designed by Eric Lee Smith based on the DeathMaze game system developed by Greg Costikyan.

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Go watch us solve a very mysterious case in Mythos Tales - A Lovecraftian Detective game 🕵️‍♀️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6ct...

Mythos Tales Playthrough – A Chilling Lovecraftian Investigation

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Bully Pulpit Games @bullypulpithq.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Why did the ancient mariner kill the albatross and do fish smell underwater? Tune in, listen, and find out when @hopelessgames.bsky.social played through The Isabel - one of the #DesperationRPG decks. #TTRPGs #RPGs #AP youtu.be/6SAK1LRLZnQ

The End is Near: Desperation RPG Full Playthrough

YouTube video by Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Mythos Tales Stream Tonight 7pm CET www.twitch.tv/hopelessstream A grain of evil is all it takes. To corrupt a soul, a species, an entire creation. The seed has fallen between the cobblestones. And how it blossoms! Come walk the streets of Arkham with us. Where horror is cosmic and hope is denial.

Hopeless Games @hopelessgames.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Watch as we struggle against starvation, exhaustion, and the relentless tide of war in Halls of Hegra. A brutal solo board game experience. How long can we last before the walls collapse and history swallows us whole? youtu.be/D3E8li2jZ9E

Halls of Hegra - A Doomed Defense | Full Solo Playthrough

YouTube video by Hopeless Games