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Randy Lubin

@randylubin.com
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 04/04/2026
I'm working on one inspired by 18th/19th century revolutions! It's still in its early stages but I'm enjoying the design challenge. Instead of locations, characters organize into "Regime" "Reform" and "Revolt" categories. Each Act, the characters reorganize based on new coalitions of power.
A screen shot of the prototype of a Desperation game inspired by revolutions, with a spread of character cards
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 26/11/2025
It's now available in a free public beta and you can either grab files for print and play or play it online via playingcards-io It plays in under an hour, is GMless, and uses card driven prompt mechanics inspired by @jmstar.bsky.social's Desperation games Let us know if you play it!
a session of Three Generations on playingcards.io toward the end of the third era, with the map fully built out
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 23/08/2025
Hey - we covered this in Trust & Safety Tycoon! Would you make a different decision? Play here: trustandsafety.fun
A screenshot from Trust and Safety Tycoon where players have to decide if they comply with an "age appropriate" state law. One option is to block the stateA screenshot with the result when you block the state: Everyone is angry at you. Politicians in Illinois call the geoblock a "stunt" and say that it proves that you don't care about children. Users both inside and outside of Illinois argue that this is too heavy handed a response.
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 22/08/2025
Just got my copies from our One Billion Users Kickstarter. They look great!
A case containing copies of the game One Billion Users
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/08/2025
Working the Case, my murder mystery storytelling game, is now officially out of beta! I've tweaked the visual design of the playcards.io version and updated some of the cards content in the Cyberpunk and Space Station playsets. Grab it now and play online! randylubin.itch.io/working-the-...
The cyberpunk playset for Working the Case - in this session, the Activist killed the Trillionaire
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 07/07/2025
There's a main tab that contains all of the possible game screens with content columns for the main text, player options, and decision results. There are also helper columns for changing game state, pointing to the next screen, and setting criteria for if options are visible and/or locked.
A screenshot of one dilemma in a spreadsheet, with different rows for response options
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 20/11/2024
Hah - this is the best I can do: our Star influencer wearing an hour glass (just imagine it’s on a chain)
Two cards from One Billion Users: The Star influencer and one with an hour glass
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/10/2024
Hey all! I make light storytelling games through my studio diegeticgames.com and serious/foresight games through leveragedplay.com I'm currently excited about my murder mystery game Working the Case and my political intrigue game Seizing the Crown
a screenshot of the final state for the game 'Seizing the Crown' with the Fanatical Low Witches victorious.A screen shot of the final state of "Working the Case" - the scientist was guilty and killed out of jealously!
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 17/09/2024
Wow - #4,278!
I’m user 4278
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 15/09/2024
"Our Demigod plan is most popular with companies of your size but you'll need to upgrade to our Pantheon plan if you want *monkey's paw* protection."
A parody of a SaaS pricing page but for godlike AIs
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 21/08/2024
Clearly this leads to either Disney managed indentured servitude or a "work-play" parks package akin to how colleges have "work-study" programs
Phone screenshot of NYT notification saying "Debt for Disney Vacations: Families are spending more than they can afford on visits to Disney's theme parks – all in the name of making memories"
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 28/05/2024
We should play Working the Case! It's my <1hr murder mystery game where we build the case by placing cards on an evidence grid.
The working the case evidence grid with suspects and evidence cards spread out
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 05/04/2024
Behind the Magic, my fantasy mockumentary game, is now available via Mixam Print-on-Demand: mixam.com/print-on-dem... Grab a copy and tell silly stories about incompetent adventurers on a quest to save the world.
A printed copy of Behind the Magic
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 26/02/2024
Just a few days left to back Behind the Magic, my fantasy mockumentary game, on Kickstarter. I just got the proof copy of the zine and it looks great! kickstarter.com/projects/ran...
The zine copy of behind the magic, held by the designer Randy LubinAn open spread of the zine, with a very confused looking ranger
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 18/10/2023
Hey - co-designer here! We definitely used some storylet-like approaches. The option a player selected would either point directly to the next node in the graph or to a specific "selector" that would choose the next node based on game state. There's no random shuffling of storylet branches though.
a screenshot of the sheet powering Trust and Safety Tycoon, zoomed into the logical selectors
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 02/10/2023
Ended up running the game 6 times! In this run, the Botanist killed their employee, the Royal, sparking a wave of anti-monarch uprisings across the galaxy.
A working the case tableau - the botanist was the murderer!
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 29/09/2023
Excited to be back at Big Bad Con! We just solved our first murder of the weekend: the Diplomat was killed by their old rival, the Professor, who claimed it was in self-defense
A completed working the case evidence board
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 19/09/2023
And the box arrived, too
The box for working the caseThe box for working the case, open showing the cards
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 11/09/2023
Just got my prototype copy of Working the Case - my under 1hr murder mystery storytelling game. Excited to bring it to Big Bad Con later this month!
The prototype version of Working the Case with a flag sized playmat and a spread of cards
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Randy Lubin @randylubin.com · 07/08/2023
Blue skies over Tomales Bay and Point Reyes this weekend
Dunes, lagoon and blue sky in Point Reyes Landscape of the beach at Estero de San Antonio north of Dillon Beach
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