The Conservatory
The Conservatory is an ominous & enigmatic institution.
It could be a magical college, a mysterious church, an inscrutable greenhouse, a cursed performing arts academy, a shadowy spy agency, a haunted film studio, a spooky hunting lodge, a notorious corporation, a terrifying martial arts gym, a bizarre hospital, or any sort of organization doing the Work, a craft influenced by otherworldly forces.
The Conservatory is a tarot-based collaborative storytelling game for 1-5 players about founding a powerful, esoteric, & occult institution, setting it in motion, & tracing its history as it becomes shaped by & embroiled in havoc, leaving a perilous impact on the world.
The game plays out in a series of eras where players draw cards & answer prompts about the institution & its members, as well as its practices, plans, & influence on the local environment and community, each culminating in a dramatic bookend that will define its future. It works as a stand alone experience or as a world building game for another system.
The Conservatory was originally conceived as a prequel world-building game to Major Magicka, a game about bizarro magic college.
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Front & back cover art by Jack Taylor.
Additional art by Thomas E. Whitney and Devin Nelson.
The layout is designed for spreads but a single page version is also available.
Status | Released |
Category | Physical game |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (10 total ratings) |
Author | devindecibel |
Tags | GM-Less, occult, storygame, Tarot, Tabletop role-playing game, worldbuilding |
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